Author: Freedom Watch
Mueller ‘should look at’ whether Trump lied on desire to fire special counsel: Starr ABC News January 28, 2018 The former independent counsel who investigated President Bill Clinton said President Donald Trump can fire special counsel Robert Mueller “for any reason.” But the former counsel, Ken Starr, also told ABC News’ “This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz that Mueller should “look at” whether Trump lied to the public about wanting to fire the special counsel. Starr said he takes “very seriously” any possibility that the president may have misled the public when he told reporters last August that he…
The Politics of Race and the Photo That Might Have Derailed Obama The New Yorker January 28, 2018 It’s useful, almost ten years after his election to the Presidency, to recall how much of the opposition to Barack Obama during his first run for that office was conducted via image, and the promise—or, really, the threat—of images to come. The way he looked was inextricable from the rest of his appeal as a potential leader, and so, perhaps, a game of subliminal, symbolic tit for tat was to be expected. The latter months of Hillary Clinton’s losing 2008…
Republican lawmakers consider need to protect Mueller By Mallory Shelbourne TheHill January 28, 2018 Republican lawmakers on Sunday grappled with the potential need to protect special counsel Robert Mueller in light of a report that said President Trump called for his firing last year. Hosts on the Sunday shows questioned lawmakers about the revelations in The New York Times report and what they mean for the investigation into Russia’s election interference and any potential ties between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. Continue Reading…..
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Can Woody Allen Work in Hollywood Again? By Melena Ryzik and Brooks Barnes New York Times January 28, 2018 Hollywood says it’s done with Harvey Weinstein, James Toback, Kevin Spacey and other figures ousted for misconduct through the #MeToo movement. But what about Woody Allen? His film distributor, Amazon, the presenters of his musical “Bullets Over Broadway,” and colleagues are now grappling with renewed scrutiny of allegations that Mr. Allen molested his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow in 1992 when she was a child. Mr. Allen has steadfastly denied the claims and was not charged. But at a moment…
Robert Mueller is ‘perfect guy to get to the bottom’ of Russia probe: Top GOP senator By Rachel Tillman ABC News January 28, 2018 A top GOP senator and ally of President Donald Trump said he thinks special counsel Robert Mueller “is the best person to look at” whether the president may have tried to obstruct justice through any possible interference with the Russia investigation, and said he has “complete confidence” in the special counsel. “Mueller is doing a good job. I have confidence in him to get to the bottom of all things Russia,” Graham told “This…
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Dershowitz: I Wouldn’t Have Campaigned for Obama If I Knew About Farrakhan Pic Fox News Insider January 27, 2018 Harvard Law Professor and longtime Democrat Alan Dershowitz said he would not have campaigned for then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) if he knew about the future president’s photo op with Louis Farrakhan. Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, is a “virulent anti-Semite and anti-American,” Dershowitz said on “Fox & Friends.” Continue Reading…..
Stymied with Mueller, Trump reportedly mulls firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein The Week January 27, 2018 President Trump reportedly backed off his threats to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller last year under pressure from White House Counsel Don McGahn, but more recently, CNN reports, he has expressed an interest in firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein instead. Rosenstein oversees Mueller’s probe into Russian election meddling efforts and alleged Trump campaign collusion, and multiple unnamed sources tell CNN the president has complained about him in recent weeks. “Let’s fire him, let’s get rid of him,” Trump reportedly says…
Las Vegas Review-Journal January 26, 2018 Lifelong Southern Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, recently cleared of federal charges and freed from jail after nearly two years, has turned his sights on state and county government. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in Clark County District Court, Bundy claimed that former President Barack Obama’s late 2016 establishment of Gold Butte National Monument, which occurred while the rancher was in federal custody, was “as illegal as it is unlawful” and would preclude him from continuing to function on his land and destroy his livelihood. Continue Reading…..