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Freedom Watch TV January 23, 2018 See also: Mueller’s office spoke with Sessions, Comey in Russia investigation: CNN 0:00 Good afternoon, my name is Larry Klayman. You know me as the chairman and general counsel of Freedom Watch. Formerly, I was the founder and I conceived of the creation of Judicial Watch. 0:11 I’m coming to you today because an important development has just occurred, as being reported initially by CNN, the Clinton News Network, as we know. And they’re reporting that Robert Mueller interviewed under oath Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week, last Wednesday to be exact. 0:28…
FBI Director Chris Wray replaces James Rybicki, Comey-era chief of staff By Alex Pappas Fox News January 23, 2018 FBI Director Chris Wray said Tuesday that his chief of staff, James Rybicki, was leaving the bureau, a development that follows President Trump taking aim at other senior FBI officials who worked under the former director, James Comey. Rybicki, who served in the same position under Comey and continued his role under Wray, came under scrutiny from Republicans in recent months over his role in the Hillary Clinton email investigation. Continue Reading…..
Mueller’s office questioned Sessions in Russia investigation By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter CNN January 23, 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…
Scoop: FBI director threatened to resign amid Trump, Sessions pressure By Jonathan Swan Axios January 22, 2018 Attorney General Jeff Sessions — at the public urging of President Donald Trump — has been pressuring FBI Director Christopher Wray to fire Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, but Wray threatened to resign if McCabe was removed, according to three sources with direct knowledge. Wray’s resignation under those circumstances would have created a media firestorm. The White House — understandably gun-shy after the Comey debacle — didn’t want that scene, so McCabe remains. Continue Reading…..
By Larry Klayman, Chairman and General Counsel Freedom Watch January 23, 2018 As I have written before, it falls upon Freedom Watch to rid the nation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, since no one else — including President Trump’s own establishment lawyers — Ty Cobb, Jay Sekulow and John Dowd — has had the fortitude, much less desire, to do it. And the group which I conceived of and founded, Judicial Watch, relies on the government to police itself, focusing mainly on just getting documents under the Freedom of Information Act but not itself bringing legal enforcement actions. The…
Pence says US will open embassy in Jerusalem next year New York Post January 22, 2018 Vice President Mike Pence referred to Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and announced the US will open its embassy there by the end of 2019 — escalating the controversial move’s timeline. “The United States has chosen fact over fiction — and fact is the only true foundation for a just and lasting peace,” Pence said during an address to the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, on Monday. Continue Reading…..
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Team Is Still Working During The Shutdown By Zoe Tillman BuzzFeed January 22, 2018 The federal government on Monday braced for the first work week of the shutdown, but for the team of lawyers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, it was business as usual. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office, which is funded through a permanent, indefinite appropriation, will continue to operate during the shutdown. A spokesman for the special counsel’s office confirmed to BuzzFeed News Monday morning that the office is open and people are showing up to work. Continue Reading…..
Is the FBI’s Latest Probe of the Clinton Foundation A “Witch Hunt” — or Something More? Salon January 22, 2018 With few exceptions, most presidents fade from public life once they step down. Bill Clinton, however, has shunned leisure time since his administration ended in January 2001. Instead, he has whiled away the hours toiling for an eponymous foundation he established with his wife Hillary Clinton. At least initially, the foundation seemed well-suited for cleaning up his legacy, after the ugliness of the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the subsequent impeachment and Senate trial tarnished it. Continue Reading…..
FBI Says It Failed to Preserve 5 Months of Strzok’s Text Messages By Solange Reyner Newsmax January 22, 2018 The FBI on Sunday said it “failed to preserve” five months of text messages involving a senior agent who was taken off Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team following a report he made derogatory comments about President Donald Trump, The Washington Post reports. The revelation came after the Justice Department turned over additional text messages to Congress involving Peter Strzok, a veteran counterintelligence agent who also worked the Hillary Clinton email case. He was discharged from Mueller’s team after…