One down, two to go? From the beginning of Donald Trump‘s presidency, pundits often cast a glance at the three elder justices on the Supreme Court. Now that “swing-voter” Anthony Kennedy, 81, is retiring, the POTUS is getting the chance to solidify the conservative majority. Can he do more? Liberal Stephen Breyer is 79. Even […]
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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Fight over North Carolina County Prayer…
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear an appeal from county officials in North Carolina who argue they should be allowed to give a prayer at the start of public meetings. The Rowan Country Board of Commissioners had asked the court to reverse the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, which found the board’s […]
FDNY Chief Who Led Recovery Efforts Dies of 9/11-Related Cancer…
A New York Fire Department chief who led recovery efforts at the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has died of cancer that was caused by the toxins he exposed to at Ground Zero. The New York Daily News reported on Saturday that Ronald Spadafora died of cancer. He was 63. “In […]
FBI Agent Peter Strzok Appears Before Congress for Closed-Door Deposition…
FBI Agent Peter Strzok appears before a joint house committee today for a closed hearing deposition. Mr. Strzok will appear before an open congressional hearing to be scheduled later. Today’s deposition is an opportunity to ask questions and get an “official record” of specific answers to multiple lines of inquiry. Peter Strzok is at the […]
DOJ Refuses to Release Top Secret Loretta Lynch Intercepts Suggesting Secret Deal to Rig Clinton Probe…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is refusing to release intercepted material alleging that former Attorney General Loretta Lynch conspired with the Clinton campaign in a deal to rig the Clinton email investigation, reports Paul Sperry of RealClear Investigations – The information remains so secret that Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz had to censor it […]
Lawmakers Demand Mueller Unmask Team Members to Root Out ‘Politically Biased Investigators’…
A group of Republican lawmakers have requested Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein hand over the names of every individual working on special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. The seven GOP lawmakers told Rosenstein they are “disturbed” by the perceived anti-Trump bias demonstrated by FBI agent Peter Strzok and attorneys Lisa Page and Kevin Clinesmith — […]
Did Sen. Warner and Comey ‘Collude’ on Russia-Gate?…
An explosive report by investigative journalist John Solomon on the opinion page of Monday’s edition of The Hill sheds a bright light on how Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and then-FBI Director James Comey collaborated to prevent WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange from discussing “technical evidence ruling out certain parties [read Russia]” in the controversial leak of […]
James Fields, Driver of Car Killing Heather Heyer During Charlottesville Protests, Facing Hate Crime Charges…
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted James Alex Fields Jr. on 30 hate crime charges in the deadly Aug. 12 car attack that killed one and injured dozens. Fields, of Maumee, Ohio, was charged with one count of a hate crime resulting in the death of Heather Heyer; 28 counts of hate crime acts […]
Justice Kennedy, the Pivotal Swing on the Supreme Court, Announces Retirement…
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announced Wednesday that he is retiring from the Supreme Court, a move that gives President Trump the chance to replace the court’s pivotal justice and dramatically shift the institution to the right, setting up a bitter partisan showdown on Kennedy’s successor. “It has been the greatest honor and privilege to serve […]
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SHOWDOWN: House Intel Committee to FBI’s Rod Rosenstein – CONTEMPT or IMPEACHMENT…
The House Judiciary Committee approved for the first time a resolution Tuesday demanding that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein turn over all requested documents regarding the FBI’s handling of the Russia investigation during the presidential election after seven days or face possible impeachment or contempt. The decision to move forward with the resolution came after […]
The Mysterious Seven Preludes of the FBI’s Trump-Russia Probe…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation formally opened its Trump investigation after Western intelligence assets and Clinton-affiliated political operatives repeatedly approached the Trump campaign and tried but failed to damage it through associations with Russia, a growing body of evidence suggests. Before the FBI began investigating the Trump campaign in an operation code-named “Crossfire Hurricane,” there […]
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Here’s One Unverified File the Feds Won’t Leak: About Loretta Lynch…
The FBI had little problem leaking “unverified” dirt from Russian sources on Donald Trump and his campaign aides – and even basing FISA wiretaps on it. But according to the Justice Department’s inspector general, the bureau is refusing to allow even members of Congress with top security clearance to see intercepted material alleging political interference […]
Comey Intervened to Kill WikiLeaks Immunity Deal…
One of the more devastating intelligence leaks in American history — the unmasking of the CIA’s arsenal of cyber warfare weapons last year — has an untold prelude worthy of a spy novel. Some of the characters are household names, thanks to the Russia scandal: James Comey, fired FBI director. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), vice […]
TRUMP TRAVEL BAN UPHELD…
The Supreme Court today handed a major victory to the Trump administration. By a vote of 5-4, the justices rejected a challenge to President Donald Trump’s September 2017 order – often referred to as the “travel ban” – restricting immigration to the United States by citizens of eight countries, most (but not all) of which […]
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What Did Peter Strzok Do?…
As former top FBI official Peter Strzok faces congressional requests to testify, it’s worth examining who he is. Strzok is the subject of what I see as one of the most damaging conclusions in the Department of Justice (DOJ) inspector general report: As the nation’s top FBI counterespionage official, he indicated “a willingness to take […]
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FBI Sends Classified Letter to House GOP on Use of Informants in Trump Campaign…
The FBI on Friday sent a classified letter to House GOP officials disclosing whether the agency used top-secret confidential informants in the Trump campaign prior to opening an investigation into Russian election meddling, Fox News has learned. Congressional Republicans had formally demanded an explanation from the FBI after numerous former Trump officials said they suspected […]
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Sharyl Attkisson: IG Report Criticizes Over 80 DOJ/FBI Officials; ‘This wasn’t a ‘handful of people’…
Investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson is doing something most journalists (and apparently most Senators) have failed to do. She’s actually reading reading the entire Inspector General’s report on the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email affair. For those journalists who have only read the Executive Summary of Michael Horowitz’ report they come away with assumptions […]
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A “View” from the Courtroom: Wait, Wait…There’s More…
Today is the last day scheduled on the court’s calendar for the justices to take the bench. But most observers are not expecting the court to issue all six remaining merits opinions. For one thing, although it was once routine for the justices to release as many as six opinions on a single day, the […]
Supreme Court Rules All But One Texas Election District in Lawsuit…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Texas lawmakers illegally gerrymandered one district by race when they drew up federal and state legislative districts in 2011 and later amended them in 2013, limiting the rights and power of black and Hispanic voters there but not in 3 other challenged districts. “It was the challengers’ […]
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Now It All Starts Making Sense – Deep State “Fixer”: Henry John Kerner, the Cover-Up Expert….
Years of questions about how so many DC scandals never ended up with any accountability are now slowly beginning to make sense. Henry Kerner is a missing piece of a very frustrating puzzle. Thanks to the efforts of Judicial Watch, we now find a name at the very heart of some of the most controversial […]
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