Author: Freedom Watch
Newsmax TV December 15, 2017
Biden says he owes Anita Hill an apology By Maegan Vazquez CNN December 14, 2017 Former Vice President Biden says he owes Anita Hill an apology for not doing more for her during confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Biden chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee when Hill testified there in 1991. Hill said she was sexually harassed by Thomas while he was her supervisor at the Department of Education. Thomas denied the allegations, calling the questioning during the hearing a “high-tech lynching.” Continue Reading…..
Hamas will reverse Trump’s Jerusalem move, leader tells Gaza rally By Reuters Editorial Reuters December 14, 2017 GAZA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Palestinians including hundreds of gunmen rallied in Gaza on Thursday to mark the 30th anniversary of Hamas’s founding and its chief vowed to reverse U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Earlier in the day, Israel shut its border crossings with Gaza in response to daily rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled enclave since Trump’s announcement on Dec. 6, which stirred anger across the Arab and Muslim world and concern among Washington’s…
Report: Paul Ryan Is Considering Retirement After 2018 Midterms Via @dailycaller The Daily Caller December 14, 2017 A new report published Thursday indicates that House Speaker Paul Ryan may be retiring in the near future. According to Politico, “Ryan has made it known to some of his closest confidants that this will be his final term as speaker.” The report also indicates that Majority Whip Steve Scalise and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy have begun to plan to replace Ryan as speaker. Continue Reading…..
DOJ fuels doubts about integrity of Mueller probe By Darren Samuelsohn POLITICO December 14, 2017 Amid a rising drumbeat of Republican criticism of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, members of Congress and former prosecutors say the Justice Department has amped up the pressure by quietly putting out information bolstering claims that the investigation is unfairly biased against President Donald Trump. Through a series of small and sometimes subtle moves, DOJ’s actions appear to run counter to the goal of keeping Mueller’s probe free of political meddling. Continue Reading…..
Rod Rosenstein tells Congress he hasn’t seen “good cause” to fire Robert Mueller CBS News December 14, 2017 WASHINGTON — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, facing congressional questions about anti-Donald Trump text messages exchanged between two FBI officials assigned to the Russia probe, defended special counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday and said he had seen no cause to fire him or received encouragement to do so. At a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing, in an exchange with Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-New York, Rosenstein said that if there were “good cause” to fire Mueller as special counsel, “I would…
Hannity on Mueller Probe: Rod Rosenstein ‘Aiding and Abetting’ the ‘Threat to Rule of Law’ Fox News Insider December 14, 2017 Sean Hannity said that the fallout continues over new examples of political bias in Robert Mueller’s investigation of President Trump. He recalled several examples of “Trump-bashing” from members of Mueller’s team. Hannity said they exposed “massive conflicts of interest and political prejudice…in our justice system.” Continue Reading…..
Disney deal set to value Fox at more than $75 billion: source By Reuters Editorial Reuters December 14, 2017 Walt Disney Co’s (DIS.N) deal to buy film, television and international businesses from Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (FOXA.O) will value the latter at over $40 per share, or $75 billion, a person familiar with the matter said. The deal, which is set to be announced on Thursday, will end more than half a century of expansion by Murdoch, 86, who turned a single Australian newspaper he inherited from his father at age 21 into one of the…
Trump ally Roger Stone said he is writing a book about the president’s impending demise By Marie Solis Newsweek December 13, 2017 One of President Donald Trump’s longtime allies is foretelling doom for the commander in chief, who is embroiled in multiple controversies that threaten his office. Political strategist Roger Stone said it’s only a matter of time before special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe and the Trump sexual misconduct allegations that number well into the double digits catch up to the president. Continue Reading…..
Activist DeRay Mckesson sues Fox News, media personality Jeanine Pirro for defamation By Jessica Anderson Baltimore Sun December 13, 2017 Civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson has sued Fox News and media personality Jeanine Pirro, alleging she defamed him while discussing a lawsuit brought against the Black Lives Matter movement. Mckesson alleges that Pirro made “false and defamatory statements” claiming he directed other protesters to commit violence that resulted in a police officer getting stuck in the face with a rock, according to a lawsuit filed in New York on Tuesday. Continue Reading…..