Author: Freedom Watch
By Larry Klayman Newsmax July 17, 2017 Want to know why the Trump campaign was receptive to help from outside persons, groups, and national interests in conducting and receiving so called “opposition research” concerning Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton? Eight words explain it: “The courts refused to do their legal duty!” In this regard, not just my public interest group Freedom Watch, but a host of others, including my former foundation Judicial Watch, and numerous media organization such as the Associated Press, had filed Freedom of Information Act requests to uncover documents and records concerning Mrs. Clinton’s numerous alleged…
Jason Chaffetz calls time in Congress a ride on ‘the crazy train’ By Matt Rivera NBC News July 16, 2017 With 48 hours left in office, then-Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) sat down with Chuck Todd to talk about his time in Congress, the cost that his family paid for his tenure in Washington, and why he was leaving when his party was in power. The full interview is available in the latest 1947: The Meet the Press Podcast. For some, serving in Congress can feel like toil. Many Representatives spend years working as junior members of a committee,…
Vatican-vetted magazine accuses Steve Bannon of ‘apocalyptic geopolitics’ By Associated Press, Saphora Smith and Claudio Lavanga NBC News July 16, 2017 A close confidant of Pope Francis, writing Thursday in a Vatican-approved magazine, has condemned those within American presidential administrations who espouse the ideology of “Christian fundamentalism” — naming White House chief strategist Steve Bannon as a proponent of such “apocalyptic geopolitics.” In a damning article, the Rev. Antonio Spadaro, editor of the influential Jesuit journal La Civilità Cattolica, also took aim at conservative religious support for President Donald Trump, accusing activists of promoting a “xenophobic and Islamophobic…
Texas congressman files articles of impeachment, says Trump must “come before the bar of justice” Newsweek July 16, 2017 When it rains, it pours… impeachment articles. Just three days after Representatives Brad Sherman, a California Democrat, and Al Green, a Texas Democrat, filed their first article of impeachment against President Donald Trump, Green revealed he had more on the way if necessary. Related: New Trump Article of Impeachment Claims President Obstructed Justice President Donald Trump meets with members of the airline industry at the White House February 9, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Win McNamee/Getty Continue Reading…..
Fox News Insider July 16, 2017 Judge Jeanine Pirro said she is sick of seeing the double standard embraced by Democrats when it comes to the Russia collusion narrative. “If the devil called me and said he wanted to set up a meeting to give me opposition research on my opponent I’d be on the first trolley to hell to get it,” the judge said on her show Sunday. “And any politician who tells you otherwise is a bald-faced liar.” This week saw the Russia collusion accusations against the Trump campaign resurface when a meeting came to light between…
Chelsea Clinton fires back at Fox News contributor who said Hillary ‘would sell her daughter’ to become president By Brandon Carter TheHill July 16, 2017 Chelsea Clinton fired back at a Fox News contributor on Saturday who said that her mother, former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, would “literally sell her daughter” to be president. On Fox News’s “The Five,” contributor Lisa Boothe called Hillary Clinton “the most soulless woman on the planet.” “[She] would literally sell her daughter to be president, literally sell her only child to be president,” she said. Continue Reading…..
Comey’s Writing a Book, and Publishers Are Eager to Pay Big Money for It By Alexandra Alter New York Times July 16, 2017 James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director who was fired in May by President Trump, is writing a book about his experience in public service, including his tumultuous and brief tenure in the Trump administration. Mr. Comey has been meeting with editors and publishers in New York in recent days, and is being represented by Keith Urbahn and Matt Latimer, partners at the literary agency Javelin. The book is expected to go to auction this…
McConnell delays action on health care after McCain surgery Fox News July 16, 2017 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Saturday that he will delay consideration of health care legislation in light of Sen. John McCain’s absence from recent surgery. McConnell, R-Ky., released a statement on Saturday night saying that he would defer action on the measure while McCain recovers at his home in Arizona. “While John is recovering, the Senate will continue our work on legislative items and nominations, and will defer consideration of the Better Care Act,” McConnell said. Continue Reading…..
How Bill Clinton and George W. Bush got over their politics and became BFFs By Avi Selk Washington Post July 16, 2017 At his presidential library in Dallas on Thursday, George W. Bush sat for an hour with his predecessor, Bill Clinton, and tried to convey the depths of their friendship. Bush called Clinton humble, and respectful. He went further. He called the former president his “brother with a different mother” — not the first time he’s used that term for the man who unseated his father, President George H.W. Bush, from the Oval Office. Continue Reading…..
‘Lie after lie after lie’: Fox News’s Shepard Smith has a Cronkite moment on Russia By Aaron Blake Washington Post July 15, 2017 Between its “Fox and Friends” morning show and Sean Hannity at night, Fox News has become a haven for those who think this whole Russia thing is nonsense. On Friday morning, Steve Doocy even declared that “the Russia story is starting to fall apart.” But on Friday afternoon, a Fox host went off on the Trump administration’s handling of Russia in a way we’ve rarely seen. Shepard Smith is no stranger to challenging the administration…