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House Republicans to call for second special counsel to investigate alleged FISA abuse, Hillary Clinton probe By Samuel Chamberlain Fox News May 22, 2018 A group of congressional Republicans will introduce a resolution Tuesday calling for the appointment of a second special counsel to investigate alleged misconduct at the FBI and Justice Department. The resolution is backed by Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus as well as two of the group’s co-founders — Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla. Continue Reading…..

Watchdog report to fault FBI for Clinton probe delay New York Post May 22, 2018 Top FBI officials — including former director James Comey — will be criticized in an upcoming report from the Justice Department’s internal watchdog for failing to quickly review a trove of Hillary Clinton’s e-mails discovered in the last months of the 2016 election, a report on Monday said. The DOJ inspector general will say that leading FBI officials knew about the e-mails on former Rep. Anthony Weiner’s laptop in September 2016 but didn’t get a warrant to review them until the next month,…

Adolf Hitler definitely died in WWII, new research says By Chris Ciaccia Fox News May 22, 2018 A team of French researchers who recently examined Adolf Hitler’s remains say the leader of the Nazi party definitely died in Berlin and not elsewhere, as has been rumored about for decades. “There is no possible doubt. Our study proves that Hitler died in 1945,” co-author Philippe Charlier told AFP by way of The Washington Post, following the paper’s publication on the European Journal of Internal Medicine. Continue Reading…..

Opinion | Trump just escalated his war on Mueller. Here are three big takeaways. By Greg Sargent Washington Post May 21, 2018 THE MORNING PLUM: In what can perhaps best be described as an act of appeasement, the Justice Department has announced that its inspector general will examine whether the FBI acted out of political motivation in conducting its investigation into links between Russia and the Trump campaign. This comes in response to President Trump’s tweet that he will “officially” demand that the Justice Department investigate whether the department or the FBI “infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign…

DOJ asks watchdog to probe Trump campaign surveillance claims By Brett Samuels TheHill May 21, 2018 The Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked its inspector general to look into whether the FBI surveilled President Trump’s campaign for “inappropriate purposes.” “If anyone did infiltrate or surveil participants in a presidential campaign for inappropriate purposes, we need to know about it and take appropriate action,” Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said in a statement. DOJ spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said in a separate statement that “the Inspector General will consult with the appropriate U.S. Attorney if there is any evidence…

Trump warns extended Russia probe will ‘put some hurt’ on Republicans during midterms By Joseph Weber Fox News May 20, 2018 President Trump on Sunday expressed his frustration with the ongoing and wide-ranging Russia collusion investigation, suggesting that federal investigators could “easily” extend the “witch hunt” through the critical midterm elections to “put some hurt on the Republican Party.” The investigation into whether the 2016 Trump presidential campaign colluded with Russia is now more than a year old. And Trump appears increasingly eager to conclude the probe, which has put a huge cloud over his political agenda and…

Trump Should Get Details on Informant Before Mueller Interview, Giuliani Says By Peter Nicholas WSJ May 20, 2018 President Donald Trump shouldn’t agree to talk with special counsel Robert Mueller without knowing more about a man said to have approached Trump campaign aides in 2016 as part of the U.S. investigation into Russian election interference, his lawyer said Saturday. Rudy Giuliani said Mr. Trump could be “walking into a trap” unless federal prosecutors make clear the role played by the suspected informant and whether the person compiled any “incriminating information” about Mr. Trump’s associates. Continue Reading….. See also:…

Hillary Clinton to receive Harvard University’s Radcliffe Medal The Washington Times May 20, 2018 Hillary Clinton is being honored with a medal during Harvard University’s graduation week. The former First Lady, U.S. Senator, Secretary of State and Democratic candidate for president will be awarded Friday in Cambridge with the Radcliffe Medal, which the university says honors individuals whose life and work have had a “transformative impact on society.” Organizers say Clinton was chosen because she’s a “champion for human rights,” a “skilled legislator” and “an advocate of American leadership” on the world stage. Continue Reading…..

Trump’s implanted-informant theory is a lot like his wiretapping allegation By Z. Byron Wolf CNN May 19, 2018 Put his tweets together and the President’s paranoia goes something like this: The deep state is out to get him with a coordinated witch hunt unlike anything this country has ever seen. He’s been cheated, bugged and now spied on as they try to bring him down. Maybe. Meanwhile, the real criminals, who he vanquished despite long odds in 2016, walk free and the Department of Justice won’t even investigate them. All that comes from his Twitter feed, the direct…

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