Author: Freedom Watch

WATCH: The Rise and Fall of Jeff Sessions – One America News Network One America News Network September 27, 2018 As Rod Rosenstein feels the heat of stepping down from the Justice Department, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is the perfect example of an official in the Trump DOJ who best represents how a top official can plummet from grace. One America’s Marty Golingan has more on the rise and fall of Jeff Sessions. Continue Reading…..

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CNN reporter Jim Acosta prompts Trump to call on ‘female reporter’ at New York press conference By Elizabeth Zwirz Fox News September 26, 2018 CNN reporter Jim Acosta asked President Trump whether “one of our female colleagues” could be called on after he questioned the president at a Wednesday press conference in New York City, prompting Trump to question Acosta’s protocol request. “What does he mean by that,” Trump asked. In a series of crosstalk, during which Trump repeatedly asked him to “explain,” Acosta said he thought “it would be great if a female reporter would ask you…

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Trump said his ‘preference’ would be to keep Rod Rosenstein as deputy attorney general By Matt Zapotosky, Devlin Barrett Washington Post September 26, 2018 President Trump said Wednesday he would prefer to keep Rod Rosenstein as his deputy attorney general and that he might postpone a high-stakes meeting set for Thursday to discuss the future of Rosenstein’s job. At a rare news conference, Trump said he and Rosenstein already had a “good talk,” and he would “certainly prefer” keeping him in the No. 2 spot at the Justice Department. “My preference would be to keep him, and let…

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Rosenstein’s departure was imminent, but he may survive until after the midterms, officials say By Matt Zapotosky, Devlin Barrett and Josh Dawsey chicagotribune.com September 26, 2018 Inside the Justice Department, officials still struggled to understand the events that nearly produced a seismic upheaval in their leadership ranks – until it didn’t – and they braced for a potential repeat of that chaos later in the week. Some officials said that Matt Whitaker, Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ chief of staff, had told people he would be taking over for Rosenstein – an indication that the deputy attorney general’s departure…

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