Author: Freedom Watch
(Washington, D.C., August 30, 2018). Today, Larry Klayman, the founder of both Judicial Watch and now Freedom Watch and a former U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor who was on the trial team that broke up the AT&T monopoly during the Reagan administration, announced the filing of a class action lawsuit which, among many counts, alleges that social media giants Google/You Tube, Facebook, Twitter, Apple and Instagram conspired by entering into an explicit or tacit agreement, in parallel to each other, to restrain trade in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act. See Freedom Watch v. Google/You Tube et.…
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Why CNN is standing by a Michael Cohen story that his lawyer calls false By Howard Kurtz Fox News August 29, 2018 Lanny Davis, who has been engaged in high-stakes crisis management and political lawyering for decades, says he made a mistake. CNN, which relied on Davis at least in part for a story he now says is false, won’t say it made a mistake. And the contretemps contains a revealing look at the sausage-making of investigative reporting and the sometimes murky dance between reporters and their unnamed sources. Continue Reading…..
WATCH: CNN Gives Most Insane Defense Of Antifa Ever. Twitter Explodes. Daily Wire August 29, 2018 CNN analyst Jeffrey Toobin claimed on Tuesday that any criticism of the violent far-left group, Antifa, was based on President Donald Trump’s “appeal to racism.” The CNN segment was focused on discussing Trump’s recent remarks to a group of Christian leaders that if Republicans lose this November there could be widespread violence. Continue Reading…..
WSJ: Five Republican Senators Met With Sessions, Urged Him Not to Quit By Jason Devaney Newsmax August 29, 2018 Five Republican senators had breakfast with Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week and encouraged him to not resign despite constant pressure from President Donald Trump. According to The Wall Street Journal, Sessions invited Sens. John Cornyn of Texas, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, and John Kennedy of Louisiana to dine with him last Thursday morning at the Department of Justice. The meeting took place in Sessions’ dining room and included a…
Kavanaugh’s support for surveilling Americans raises concern By Dan Sewell Associated Press August 29, 2018 Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has frequently supported giving the U.S. government wide latitude in the name of national security, including the secret collection of personal data from Americans. It’s a subject Democrats plan to grill Kavanaugh about during his confirmation hearings scheduled to begin next Tuesday. Beyond his writings as an appeals court judge, some senators suspect Kavanaugh was more involved in crafting counterterrorism policies during the George W. Bush administration than he has let on. Continue Reading…..
Judge delays opening statements in 2nd Manafort trial NBC News August 28, 2018 WASHINGTON— The judge in Paul Manafort’s criminal case in Washington is giving the former Trump campaign chairman’s defense team more time to prepare for trial. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson says jury selection in Manafort’s trial on charges of acting as an unregistered foreign agent will begin as scheduled on Sept. 17, but she’s delaying opening statements until the following week. Continue Reading…..
Sean Hannity reportedly earns $36 million a year — here’s how the ‘King of Cable News’ spends his money By James Lindsay Business Insider August 28, 2018 Sean Hannity, both figuratively and literally, is a man on an island. One of the national media’s earliest and staunchest supporters of Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy, Hannity works in the blue enclave of Manhattan and calls pricey Centre Island, in Oyster Bay, New York, his home. The “King of Cable News” is one of the few on-air talents left from the 1996 debut of Fox News Channel. Between his TV program,…
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The Stupidity Of Trump’s Anti-McCain Antics By Ben Shapiro Daily Wire August 27, 2018 On Saturday, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) passed away at age 81. President Trump, who has had a historically awful relationship with McCain, responded in typical Trumpian fashion: he had the White House flag lowered to half-mast for the statutory period, then rose it to full height again despite the tradition of keeping the flag lowered until a sitting senator’s burial. Trump refused to issue a presidential proclamation about McCain, instead tweeting about McCain: My deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of…