Author: Freedom Watch
Freedom Watch TV March 30, 2018
Jeff Sessions rejects call for second special counsel By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times March 29, 2018 Attorney General Jeff Sessions rejected requests to name a second special counsel to probe allegations of misconduct at the FBI, saying Thursday that other investigations should be able to cover the ground already. The move came a day after the Justice Department’s inspector general said he was opening a probe into the FBI’s use of the anti-Trump Steele dossier to win approval to snoop on a Trump campaign figure in 2016. Continue Reading…..
By Bill Hoffmann Newsmax March 29, 2018 Congress should steer clear of trying to regulate Facebook in the wake of revelations the personal information of 50 million users was mined by a data analytics firm that helped elect President Donald Trump, former federal prosecutor Larry Klayman tells Newsmax TV. “Private companies now have the capabilities of the National Security Agency,” Klayman, a conservative lawyer and founder of the government watchdogs Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch, told host Miranda Khan on Tuesday’s “America Talks Live.” Continue Reading…..
By Larry Klayman Newsmax March 29, 2018 As the French proverb says, “the more things change the more they remain the same!” Nowhere is this more true that with the disingenuous announcement by our inert and compromised Attorney General Jeff Sessions that the Inspector General of his U.S. Department of Justice was opening an investigation over the so called “Steele Dossier” and its allegedly illegal use in obtaining warrants before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to spy on persons in and around President Donald Trump, including possibly the president himself during his 2016 campaign. This Steele Dossier, containing…
DOJ Inspector General reviews alleged FISA abuses by DOJ, FBI By Brooke Singman Fox News March 28, 2018 Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced Wednesday he will review potential Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) abuses by both the Justice Department and the FBI, following requests from Congress and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The Office of the Inspector General released a statement Wednesday outlining the start of the review. Continue Reading…..
Analysis | Mueller just drew his most direct line to date between the Trump campaign and Russia By Aaron Blake Washington Post March 28, 2018 Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation just drew what appears to be its most direct line to date between President Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia. That line is drawn in a new court filing related to the upcoming sentencing of London attorney Alex van der Zwaan. Van der Zwaan has pleaded guilty to lying about his contacts with deputy Trump campaign manager Rick Gates and a person identified in the document only…
Freedom Watch TV March 28, 2018
Mueller tells court Rick Gates knew he and Manafort were dealing with ex-Russian intel agent Newsweek March 28, 2018 In a court filing Tuesday night special counsel Robert Mueller alleges Rick Gates, a close associate of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, knew the two were working with a former Russian intelligence officer during the 2016 election. The FBI has determined the former officer continued to have ties to Russian intelligence in 2016 and worked with Gates and Manafort in September and October that year. It is not clear whether the two men knew this. Continue Reading…..
Trump attack unleashes oppo against Mueller By Darren Samuelsohn POLITICO March 28, 2018 When President Donald Trump lashed out against Robert Mueller by name earlier this month, the president’s supporters sprang into action—treating the chief Russia investigator to political campaign-style opposition research. Within hours, the Drudge Report featured a story blaming Mueller, the special counsel leading the Justice Department’s Russia probe, for the FBI’s clumsy investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks when Mueller ran the bureau. The independent pro-Trump journalist Sara Carter posted a story charging that Mueller, as a federal prosecutor in Boston in the mid-1980s, had…
Bipartisan Senate duo calls on Trump to back off Mueller By Elana Schor POLITICO March 28, 2018 Sens. Thom Tillis and Chris Coons defended the rationale behind their bill but put the onus on Trump to let Mueller continue rather than demand congressional leadership take up their legislation. “We urge President Trump to allow the Special Counsel to complete his work without impediment, which is in the best interest of the American people, the President, and our nation,” they added. Continue Reading…..