Author: Freedom Watch

Hispanic Caucus denies membership to Republican Curbelo By Heather Caygle POLITICO November 16, 2017 Some CHC members were turned off by Curbelo’s refusal to back the DREAM Act, their bill to grant legal status to Dreamers. Curbelo has said he would vote for the Dream Act if it made it to the floor but has resisted CHC pressure to cosponsor the bill. Curbelo told POLITICO he doesn’t expect their spat to hamper efforts to get a solution for Dreamers by the end of next year — while taking a shot at the CHC. Continue Reading…..

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NFL lays groundwork to remove Jerry Jones as Cowboys owner NY Daily News November 16, 2017 The ongoing feud between Jerry Jones and the NFL has reached new heights. The NFL sent a letter to Jerry Jones’ attorney Wednesday laying the foundation to potentially remove Jones as owner of the Dallas Cowboys due to his ongoing sabotage of commissioner Roger Goodell’s contract extension, as first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Continue Reading…..

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By Barnini Chakraborty Fox News November 16, 2017 A California TV host and sports radio broadcaster on Thursday accused Democratic Sen. Al Franken of kissing and groping her without her consent in 2006. Leeann Tweeden posted a blog detailing the alleged incident and also tweeted a picture of what seems to be a grinning Franken standing over her as she sleeps, pretending to grab her breasts. Continue Reading…..

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Speaker Ryan: Moore Should ‘Step Aside’ From Alabama Senate Race By Sandy Fitzgerald Newsmax November 16, 2017 Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore should “step aside” from the race following several allegations of sexual misconduct, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday. “These allegations are absolutely credible allegations, so the guy should step aside,” Ryan told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” program. Continue Reading…..

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Bill O’Reilly: Roy Moore to Be ‘Pariah’ If He Wins Special Election By Todd Beamon Newsmax November 16, 2017 Bill O’Reilly told Newsmax TV on Wednesday that “the Democratic Party is going to hang Judge Roy Moore around the neck of the Republican Party if he does win.” “Even if he wins,” the Dec. 12 election, “he’ll be isolated, he’ll be a pariah, because his defense against the allegations was weak,” O’Reilly told “Newsmax Now” host Bill Tucker in an interview. Continue Reading…..

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(Washington, D.C., November 16, 2017). Today, Larry Klayman, the founder of both Judicial Watch and now Freedom Watch and a former federal prosecutor filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Case No. 1:17-CV-02459) to force Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director Christopher Wray and the heads of the Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) and Inspector General (IG) to expeditiously investigate and remedy the continuing illegal grand jury leaks and conflicts of interest emanating from the Office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Having previously filed an administrative complaint with OPR and…

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We Don’t Need a Special Counsel to Investigate the Clinton Foundation By Andrew C. McCarthy National Review November 15, 2017 Republicans, whether in the White House or on Capitol Hill, do not seem to appreciate how much they may be undermining what they say they want — a serious investigation of the Clinton Foundation and such related matters as the Uranium One transaction, the interplay between the foundation and the operation of the State Department during Secretary Clinton’s tenure, and the question of whether that interplay explains the use of the improper private email system and the destruction…

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Opinion | Donald Trump Jr.’s incredible history of dumb decisions By Dana Milbank Washington Post November 15, 2017 With all the documentation of Russian collusion piling up, President Trump’s best excuse may be that his people were too incompetent to organize a conspiracy. Luckily for him, an innocent-by-reason-of-stupidity defense has the virtue of being plausible. For example, there is clear and compelling evidence that Donald Trump Jr. is dumb as a post. Continue Reading…..

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Fox Analyst Steps Down From Management at Her Law Firm After Saying Women Often Lie About Sexual Harassment By Jordan Weissmann Slate Magazine November 15, 2017 The Fox News legal analyst who told Sean Hannity that women regularly lie about sexual harassment and that actual victims of predators are rare has stepped down from management at her law firm following the controversy over her comments. Mercedes Colwin, an employment lawyer who specializes in defending corporate executives accused of harassment, will no longer serve as the managing partner of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani’s New York office, according to a…

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