Author: Freedom Watch

DOJ appeals decision to order special master to review evidence seized in Mar-a-Lago search and says it’s halted intelligence review | CNN Politics By Tierney Sneed CNN September 9, 2022 The Justice Department on Thursday appealed a court-ordered special master review of the materials seized by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago — including more than 100 classified documents — as it argued the order was putting US national security at risk. The government has halted the intelligence community’s risk assessment of classified documents it obtained during last month’s search of former President Donald Trump’s home and resort. Continue Reading…..

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A judge ripped the far-right Oath Keepers founder over ‘bewildering’ arguments for delaying a Capitol riot trial By C. Ryan Barber Business Insider September 8, 2022 A judge refused to delay the upcoming trial of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes. Judge Amit Mehta said arguments for the delay were “incorrect” and “bewildering.” Mehta also declined to allow Rhodes to fire his lawyers, creating a potentially awkward arrangement. Continue Reading…..

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Trump lashed out at Bill Barr after the former attorney general said the DOJ was justified in raiding Mar-a-Lago By Kelsey Vlamis Business Insider September 3, 2022 Trump said Bill Barr was a “weak and pathetic RINO” after he said the Justice Department probably had “pretty good evidence” before the Mar-a-Lago raid. He also said Trump’s request for a special master was a “crock of shit.” Trump on Friday called Barr, his one-time ally, a “weak and pathetic RINO.” Continue Reading…..

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Biden sounds newly strong alarm: Trumpism menaces democracy AP NEWS September 2, 2022 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden charged in a prime-time address that the “extreme ideology” of Donald Trump and his adherents “threatens the very foundation of our republic,” as he summoned Americans of all stripes to help counter what he sketched as dark forces within the Republican Party trying to subvert democracy. In his speech Thursday at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, Biden unleashed the trappings of the presidency in an unusually strong and sweeping indictment of Trump and what he said has become the dominant strain…

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Biden warns Trump and his closest followers are trying to undermine American democracy in combative speech By Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly and Kaitlan Collins CNN September 2, 2022 (CNN)President Joe Biden delivered his sharpest rebuke yet of Republicans and their fealty to his predecessor in an evening speech in Philadelphia on Thursday, alleging they “thrive on chaos” and warning their attempts to undermine democracy could devolve into violence. “They live not in the light of truth but in the shadow of lies,” Biden said in front of a red-lit Independence Hall, harnessing the historic setting to call for…

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