Author: Freedom Watch
NRA-TV: Attorney Larry Klayman joins Grant Stinchfield to discuss the violent leftist group Antifa as they are scheduled to have planned protests over the weekend. Freedom Watch TV November 3, 2017
Judge mulls gag order in Manafort, Gates case By Josh Gerstein POLITICO November 3, 2017 The judge assigned to the criminal case involving former Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates indicated Thursday she was already wary of the intense media coverage of the case and said she was considering issuing a gag order limiting public statements by lawyers involved. “This is a criminal trial, and it’s not a public relations campaign,” Judge Amy Berman Jackson said as she conducted her first hearing in the case filed by special counsel Robert Mueller, who was appointed to investigate…
Lawyers for Paul Manafort and Rick Gates mount first counterattack against Mueller charges By Julia Fair USA TODAY November 2, 2017 WASHINGTON — Lawyers defending President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort mounted their first counterattack against federal money laundering and conspiracy charges on Thursday, insisting that federal prosecutors had “embellished” the strength of their case. Manafort and another former Trump aide, Rick Gates, have been under house arrest since Monday, when special counsel Robert Mueller unsealed a 12-count indictment tied to their work on behalf of a pro-Russian faction in Ukraine. The charges that both served as…
Donna Brazile Slams Wasserman Schultz for Giving Hillary DNC Control By Mark Swanson Newsmax November 2, 2017 In her new book coming out next week, Donna Brazile excoriates former Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz for turning over the party to Hillary Clinton in the summer of 2015. In an excerpt of “Hacks: “The Inside Story … That Put Donald Trump in the White House” published in Politico, Brazile also slams former President Barack Obama’s “neglect” that left the DNC “in significant debt.” Continue Reading…..
Jake Tapper Blasts ‘Slime Coated’ and ‘Lying’ Fox News Over ‘Allahu Akbar’ Comment By Josh Feldman Mediaite November 2, 2017 CNN’s Jake Tapper called out Fox News on Twitter tonight for “lying” about comments he made during coverage of the NYC terror attack. Yesterday, after it was reported that the terrorist was heard saying “Allahu Akbar,” Tapper said, “The Arabic chant, Allahu Akbar——God is great——sometimes said under the most beautiful of circumstances, and too often we hear it being said in moments like this.” Continue Reading…..
Opinion | Trump pulls another stunt of cynical distraction By Editorial Board Washington Post November 1, 2017 DID HILLARY CLINTON sell the country’s uranium to Russia in return for donations to the Clinton Foundation? Did the Democrats collude with Russian nationals to tip the election against Donald Trump? No, and no. Which raises a third question: Why is any of this relevant, particularly now? A fair look at the facts suggests only one option. President Trump needs a distraction, and his surrogates, some Republican members of Congress, right-wing media and even some people in mainstream outlets are helping…
Trump Lawyer Jay Sekulow: Pardons ‘Not on the Table’ Newsmax October 31, 2017 A personal lawyer for President Donald Trump says the president is not planning to fire Robert Mueller, the special counsel in the Russia probe. And, Jay Sekulow says, pardons for his former campaign aides facing federal charges “are not on the table.” Sekulow’s comments to ABC’s “Good Morning America” come a day after a former Trump aide admitted lying to the FBI about meeting with Russian intermediaries and former campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty to money laundering and conspiracy charges. Continue Reading…..
Mueller team won battle to force testimony from lawyer for Manafort and Gates By Josh Gerstein POLITICO October 31, 2017 Prosecutors convinced a federal judge to require a lawyer for Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates to testify before the grand jury investigating Russian involvement in the 2016 election, a court ruling unsealed on Monday showed. The unusual move is an indication of the aggressiveness of special counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecution team as they prepared to indict Manafort and Gates on charges of money laundering and failing to register as foreign agents. The 12-count indictment was…
Paul Manafort judges: Who are Deborah A. Robinson and Amy Berman Jackson? Fox News October 31, 2017 The veteran judge former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates will appear in front of Monday afternoon has presided over a list of big-name defendants and has experienced the criminal justice system firsthand — when her son was convicted of dealing heroin. The case will then be handed over to an Obama-appointed judge who donated $1,000 to former President Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign. Continue Reading…..
Sign Petition at https://www.freedomwatchusa.org/urgent-klayman-needs-to-be-named-special-counsel By Steven Nelson Washington Examiner October 30, 2017 Conservative legal activist Larry Klayman is petitioning President Trump for an appointment to be special counsel to investigate possible crimes committed by Hillary Clinton and her associates. Klayman, a colorful litigator with three decades of head-turning pursuits, told the Washington Examiner he will form a “citizen’s grand jury” to review evidence against Clinton if Trump doesn’t appoint him special counsel by the end of November. Continue Reading…..