Author: Freedom Watch
By John Kruzel TheHill November 15, 2019 Conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi has filed an appeal after a federal judge threw out his lawsuit against former special counsel Robert Mueller, the FBI and U.S. intelligence agencies. Corsi, formerly of the far-right conspiracy theory website InfoWars, is seeking $1.6 million in damages over claims that Mueller coerced him into giving false testimony to a grand jury about Corsi’s alleged role coordinating the release of stolen Democratic emails. A federal judge at the D.C. District Court tossed the case last month. Corsi, a steadfast Trump supporter, said on Wednesday he would appeal…
Kellyanne Conway after CNN plays George Conway remarks: ‘I’m embarrassed for you’ By Aris Folley TheHill November 14, 2019 White House counselor Kellyanne Conway confronted CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on live television Thursday after he played footage of her husband criticizing President Trump and Republicans as part of MSNBC’s coverage of the impeachment hearing the day before. Conway accused CNN of “embarrassing” itself by playing the remarks from frequent Trump critic George Conway, suggesting it was only doing so in a bid to drive ratings and make her look bad. Wolf Blitzer to Kellyanne Conway: “I don’t want to…
Strictly Legal: Sheriff Joe Arpaio gets a lesson in press freedom By Jack Greiner Cincinnati.com November 14, 2019 Former Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio got some bad news recently in a defamation lawsuit against CNN, Rolling Stone magazine and the Huffington Post. The federal court in The District of Columbia dismissed the lawsuit because, in the court’s view, it failed to state a viable claim. The court’s discussion of Arpaio’s actual malice claim has particular relevance in today’s polarized political climate. During Arpaio’s tenure as Sheriff, he was sued over his office’s policing tactics in Latino neighborhoods.…
Andrew Napolitano Explains to Fox & Friends: Trump Delaying Ukraine Aid ‘Is the Quid Pro Quo’ Mediaite November 14, 2019 Fox News Judicial Analyst Andrew Napolitano demonstrated why he continues to be something of a significant outlier on Fox News’s opinion programming Thursday morning, as he explained in fairly simple terms why President Donald Trump is under political threat from current Congressional impeachment hearings. Napolitano appeared on the very pro-Trump Fox & Friends program and, after some rather predictable discourse following the first day of hearings, co-host Ainsley Earhardt tried to pour cold water on the quid pro…
Fox’s Chris Wallace: Bill Taylor Was ‘Very Impressive’ and ‘Very Damaging’ to Trump By Justin Baragona The Daily Beast November 14, 2019 During the first recess in Wednesday’s public impeachment hearing, Fox News anchor Chris Wallace noted that top Ukraine diplomat Bill Taylor was a “very impressive witness” and that his testimony was “very damaging” to President Donald Trump. In his lengthy opening statement on Wednesday, Taylor revealed for the first time that Trump’s interest in Ukraine investigating former Vice President Joe Biden and his son went even further than originally known. According to Taylor, U.S. Ambassador to…
Israel blasts European Court of Justice ruling to label settlement products By Talia Kaplan Fox News November 13, 2019 Israeli officials are blasting the European Union’s announcement that goods from Jewish settlements in the country must be specifically labelled, with Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations saying, “Anti-Semitism in Europe now has legal cover.” The European Union’s top court ruled Tuesday that EU countries must identify products made in Israeli settlements on their labels. The ruling pertains to products imported from settlements in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and Golan Heights, all captured by Israel in the…
Republicans offered more participation in Trump impeachment inquiry than in Nixon’s, Judge Napolitano says By Charles Creitz Fox News November 13, 2019 Despite an outcry by some in the GOP, Republicans have largely been given more ability to participate in House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Trump than the minority party has in the last two such proceedings, according to Judge Andrew Napolitano. During impeachment proceedings against ex-Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, data and initial testimony from witnesses was obtained in private and controlled largely by the majority party, Napolitano said Tuesday on “Your World.” “We saw…
Napolitano: Trump’s ‘dog whistles of lawless behavior’ call into question his fitness for office By Joe Concha TheHill November 12, 2019 Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano said Monday that President Trump’s “foul language” and “dog whistles of lawless behavior to many of his supporters” call into question “the president’s fitness for office.” “He publicly calls people crude names, uses foul language, and sends dog whistles of lawless behavior to many of his supporters,” said Napoltano on “Liberty File” on Fox Nation, the network’s streaming service that launched one year ago. “All of that is a question…
Rep. Ilhan Omar accused of anti-Semitism before CAIR gala speech New York Post November 10, 2019 New anti-Semitism accusations are swirling around Rep. Ilhan Omar. A Saturday tweet by the controversial Minnesota congresswoman — referencing possible presidential contender Michael Bloomberg and philanthropist Leon G. Cooperman — has left critics crying “dog-whistle.” The questionable tweet came in response to a CNBC article revealing that Cooperman would be supporting Bloomberg in his 2020 presidential bid. “I wonder why,” Omar said, adding a suspicious “hmmm” emoji. Continue Reading…..
By WND Staff WND November 9, 2019 Joe Arpaio, known as “America’s toughest sheriff” for his enforcement of federal immigration policy in Maricopa County, Arizona, has refiled a defamation complaint against the Huffington Post and Rolling Stone for falsely describing him as a “felon.” A complaint raising similar concerns was recently dismissed for lack of “specificity,” and his lawyer, Larry Klayman, promptly brought the new action. The case in federal court in the District of Columbia seeks $300 million in damages for “general defamation, defamation per se, defamation by implication, tortious interference with prospective business relations and false light.”…