These columns have many times observed Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s failure to set limits on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. To trigger the appointment of a special counsel, federal regulations require the Justice Department to identify the crimes that warrant investigation and prosecution — crimes that the Justice Department is too conflicted to investigate […]
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Engineer on Florida Bridge Project Called State Two Days Before Deadly Collapse to Report ‘Some Cracking’…
A lead engineer responsible for a pedestrian bridge that collapsed near Miami left a voicemail message for a state transportation official warning of “some cracking” two days before the structure crashed, state officials said Friday night. The engineer with the private contractor FIGG Bridge Engineers did not consider it a safety issue, he said in […]
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Announces Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Has Been Fired…
Inspector General Michael Horowitz recommended a review by the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility. The referral was based on IG Horowitz interviewing McCabe and identifying McCabe was lying about his instructions to FBI Communication Director Michael Kortan leaking to media on his behalf. Mike Kortan, Lisa Page and Peter Strzok then proceeded to leak to […]
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‘Not our problem: GOP Leadership Is Going to Fund Sanctuary Cities…
Republican leadership is going to fund sanctuary cities in the must-pass spending bill next week, giving Democrats a huge victory while simultaneously undercutting conservatives who put them in power, a senior GOP aide told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “House and Senate leadership has rolled over and played dead on border security. When it comes […]
Best Pals?!!: Mueller’s Latest Witness George Nader Vacationed with Bill Clinton and the Boys Just Last Year…
The Clinton’s get busted again. It’s a never-ending saga that somehow always seems to out do itself. Special counsel Robert Mueller is getting the cooperation of a Lebanese-American businessman with ties to Arab royalty in his probe of foreign influence on the Trump presidential campaign, including the possibility of a back channel between the Kremlin […]
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Paul Manafort Takes Another Crack At Challenging Robert Mueller’s Appointment As Special Counsel…
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort on Wednesday night asked a judge to dismiss the criminal case filed against him in federal court in Washington, DC, arguing that special counsel Robert Mueller’s appointment was invalid and that Mueller had exceeded the scope of his authority. This is the second time that Manafort has attempted to […]
U.S. Accuses Russia of Cyber Attacks, Sanctions “Putin’s Chef”, Russian Troll Farm…
The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has posted a new and improved list of cyber-related sanctions targeting several Russian individuals and entities. Among those sanctioned are Yevgeniy Prigozhin, a Russian caterer known as “Putin’s Chef.” As Bloomberg reports, The U.S. issued financial sanctions against two major Russian intelligence agencies along with a St. […]
Demand Grows for Second Special Counsel from Senate…
Ranking Republican senators are calling on the Department of Justice to appoint a second special counsel to investigate potential abuses by FBI and Justice Department employees connected to their role in the investigation into President Trump. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-SC, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas and Sen. Thom Tillis, R- […]
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IG Could Soon Release Explosive Report on FBI’s Clinton Probe, as Sessions Weighs Firing McCabe…
The Department of Justice’s inspector general could soon release his expected explosive report detailing a more than yearlong review of the FBI and DOJ’s Hillary Clinton investigation – an effort that has already put top FBI official Andrew McCabe and his pension in jeopardy. Over the last year, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz […]
Robert Mueller’s Beltway Cover-Up by Lee Smith…
News that special counselor Robert Mueller has turned his attention to Erik Prince’s January 11, 2017 meeting in the Seychelles with a Russian banker, a Lebanese-American political fixer, and officials from the United Arab Emirates, helps clarify the nature of Mueller’s work. It’s not an investigation that the former director of the Federal Bureau of […]
Obama Aide Started Christopher Steele-FBI Alliance…
A senior Obama State Department official gave the green light to an FBI agent in 2016 to meet with dossier writer Christopher Steele, a new book says. The two met at Mr. Steele’s London office, touching off a relationship that would fuel the ongoing investigation into possible Donald Trump-Russia election collusion that shows no sign […]
Pedestrian Bridge Under Construction in Miami Collapses; Multiple Injuries and Fatalities…
Several fatalities were reported after a newly installed pedestrian bridge at Florida International University collapsed Thursday, leaving multiple vehicles trapped underneath the sprawling wreckage. Florida Highway Patrol confirmed to Fox News there were several fatalities after the structure, called the “Instant Bridge,” collapsed just before 2 p.m. at the Miami-area university. No official number was […]
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Grassley: Broward County Sheriff ‘Let The American People Down’ By Refusing To Testify…
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley took a direct shot at Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel during his opening remarks at a hearing on the Parkland shooting Wednesday. After reading off the list of witnesses, Grassley noted that “the committee also invited Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel to testify.” “He declined,” Grassley flatly continued. “I’ve […]
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Broward County School Shooter Offers Again to Plead Guilty If Prosecutors Waive Death Penalty…
Accused Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz walked into a Broward courtroom Wednesday with his head bowed to face arraignment on charges that he killed 17 people and wounded 17 others during a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Family members of the victim, seated in the second row of the courtroom’s gallery, stifled tears […]
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Book Provides New Details About Major Steele Dossier Source…
During the 2016 presidential campaign, the founder of the opposition research firm behind the Steele dossier tipped a major news network off to Sergei Millian, a Belarus-born businessman who has been identified as a source for the salacious claims made in the dossier. Glenn Simpson, the founder of Fusion GPS, provided the tip to ABC […]
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FBI Continues to Skirt Court Order to Turn Over McCabe Communications…
For more than two months, the FBI has failed to abide by a judge’s order to turn over all of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s text messages, emails and SMS phone messages to a government watchdog group that has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a former senior FBI special agent. The communications in […]
4 Big Supreme Court Cases to Watch Over the Next Six Weeks…
Supreme Court justices departed for a brief, two-week recess on March 5 and will return to the bench on March 19 for oral arguments. From March through April, the Supreme Court will consider a number of high-profile cases in addition to Benisek v. Lamone, a case challenging the redrawing of Maryland’s 6th Congressional District. The […]
Obama Campaign Hired Fusion GPS to Investigate Romney Too. Payments Made Through Same Law Firm Hillary Used…
The Barack Obama presidential campaign hired Fusion GPS in 2012 to dig up dirt on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, according to a book released on Tuesday. The Obama campaign hid its payments to Fusion GPS through its law firm, Perkins Coie. The arrangement is similar to the one that the Clinton campaign and Democratic […]
Rex Tillerson Removed As Secretary of State…
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson did an excellent job representing the professional and deliberate diplomatic approach of the U.S. and President Trump administration. His personal view toward foreign service on behalf of the U.S. was exemplary, and deserves high praise. Having said that, as President Trump stated earlier today, there was also more than a […]
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Former DNI James Clapper Allegedly Leaked to CNN, Investigation Revealed…
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper allegedly leaked information to CNN in early last year regarding the classified briefing given to then President-Elect Donald Trump and President Barrack Obama on the salacious dossier and its contents claiming the Russians had compromising information on the president-elect, according to government sources, who noted the evidence of […]
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