Author: Freedom Watch
Jeff Sessions questioned by Mueller in Russia investigation YouTube April 1, 2018 Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned for several hours last week by special counsel Robert Mueller’s office as part of the investigation into Russia’s meddling in the election and whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice since taking office, a source close to Sessions told CNN. The interview, a major development in Mueller’s investigation, took place last Wednesday. A source familiar with the discussion said it was the first time Sessions was interviewed and he was not under subpoena. Continue Reading…..
Robert Mueller Reportedly Eyeing Sessions As Sessions Cheats On Recusal | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC YouTube April 1, 2018 Rachel Maddow shares new reporting that Robert Mueller’s investigation includes looking at Jeff Sessions contacts with Russians, while at the same time, Sessions is sending investigators to look at the conduct of the Trump Russia investigation. Continue Reading…..
Trump administration sides with PLO in terror victims’ Supreme Court appeal By Mark Sherman The Washington Times April 1, 2018 Despite its bumpy relationship with the Palestinians, the Trump administration is siding with the Palestine Liberation Organization in urging the Supreme Court to reject an appeal from American victims of terrorist attacks in the Middle East more than a decade ago. The victims are asking the high court to reinstate a $654 million verdict against the PLO and Palestinian Authority in connection with attacks in Israel in 2002 and 2004 that killed 33 people and wounded hundreds more.…
Turley: Sessions’ Using Utah Federal Prosecutor Much Better for Trump than 2nd Special Counsel By Ken Klukowski Breitbart March 31, 2018 WASHINGTON, DC — Professor Jonathan Turley, a top national legal expert on government investigations, commented on Thursday about Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to bring in U.S. Attorney John Huber. Turley called it “brilliant”to combine all the powers of the U.S. Department of Justice’s inspector general with a prosecutor who can bring charges, seek indictments, and get results for President Trump far more quickly than a second special counsel. Turley is a law professor at George Washington…
Freedom Watch TV March 31, 2018 See also: “Help Me Destroy D.C. Swamp,” by Larry Klayman
Trump, Sessions relationship takes new turn with special counsel decision By Katie Bo Williams and Morgan Chalfant TheHill March 31, 2018 President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have a new complication in their historically contentious relationship: The decision by Sessions not to appoint a second special counsel to investigate conservative allegations of abuse at the Justice Department. Sessions on Thursday notified key lawmakers on Capitol Hill that he has tapped Utah’s top prosecutor, John Huber, to coordinate with the department’s inspector general — but he stopped short of ceding to demands for a new special counsel, at…
Israel vows expanded response if Gaza clashes go on as UN calls for investigation into Friday’s violence Fox News March 31, 2018 Israel warned Saturday of a stepped-up response if violent protests in Gaza continued as the head of the United Nations called for an investigation into Friday’s deadly clashes in the volatile border zone. Palestinian health officials said 15 Palestinians were killed and more than 750 wounded by Israeli fire as protesters clashed with Israeli soldiers near the border fence separating Gaza and Israel. Continue Reading…..
Sessions is moving shrewdly on the FISA abuse investigation Power Line March 31, 2018 Early this month, President Trump tweeted: Why is A.G. Jeff Sessions asking the Inspector General to investigate potentially massive FISA abuse. Will take forever, has no prosecutorial power and already late with reports on Comey etc. Isn’t the I.G. an Obama guy? Why not use Justice Department lawyers? DISGRACEFUL! Trump’s tweet was foolish at several levels, as I argued here. For one thing, folks who know what they’re talking about — e.g., Trey Gowdy — say that the Inspector General, Michael Horowitz, is doing…
Larry Klayman: John Huber ‘Not the Right Guy’ to Probe FISA Abuses Newsmax March 31, 2018 Attorney General Jeff Sessions has “buried his head in the sand” by appointing federal prosecutor John Huber to probe FISA abuses by the FBI and potential mishandling of investigations into Hillary Clinton’s Uranium One deal, former federal prosecutor Larry Klayman told Newsmax TV on Friday. “It’s a step backward,” Klayman, founder of the government watchdog Freedom Watch, said to Miranda Khan on Newsmax’s “America Talks Live.” Continue Reading…..
Judge ridicules suggestion ‘deep state’ made him dismiss NSA lawsuits Washington Examiner March 30, 2018 A federal judge dismissed a long-stalled class-action lawsuit against the National Security Agency on Wednesday, writing that a suggestion he was influenced by the “deep state” was no substitute for “well-pleaded” legal arguments. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon wrote that conservative legal activist Larry Klayman had not offered a sufficient legal basis for keeping the case active against the NSA’s bulk collection of domestic call records. Continue Reading…..