by George Rasley Remember when the Democrats lost the 2016 election and the charge was that the Russians “hacked” the election? Then the charge morphed into, the Trump campaign, or maybe even Trump himself, “colluded” with the Russians to keep Hillary Clinton out of the White House? As Rowan Scarborough…
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Commentary: Paul Manafort Is a Political Prisoner
By Printus LeBlanc Paul Manafort is in a fight for his life, literally. He is currently facing up to 305 years in prison if he is convicted of all the crimes he is alleged to have committed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Manafort is currently in solitary confinement for 23 hours a…
Read MoreSpecial Counsel Robert Mueller Will NOT Present ‘Collusion’ Evidence at Manafort Trial
by Chuck Ross Special counsel Robert Mueller said in a court filing Friday that his prosecutors will not present evidence regarding Trump campaign collusion with Russia at an upcoming trial for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. “The government does not intend to present at trial evidence or argument…
Read MoreThe Two Justice Systems in America
By Printus LeBlanc This week the American people learned there are two justice systems in the United States. There is a system for the politically connected and illegal immigrants, and then there is the system for the regular Americans. Can you guess who the system is toughest on? The…
Read MoreRep. Mark Meadows: Growing Evidence FBI Documents Were Altered in Clinton Email Investigation
by Chuck Ross North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows made two startling claims in a House hearing on Tuesday, asserting that there is “growing evidence” that FBI officials altered documentation of witness interviews in the Hillary Clinton and Russia probes. The Republican also revealed the name of an FBI attorney he…
Read MoreDOJ IG: McCabe Used Strzok’s Mistress To Bypass Chain Of Command To Monitor Clinton Probe
by Luke Rosiak – Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe used Peter Strzok’s mistress, Lisa Page, to get information on the FBI probe into investigation of Clinton’s private servery – McCabe used Page to “circumvented the official chain of command” – Other bureau officials took issue with the decision Then-Deputy FBI…
Read More‘We’re Getting Close:’ Nunes Says Impeachment Is On The Table For Rod Rosenstein
by Chuck Ross House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said Sunday that “there will be hell to pay” — including impeachment for top Justice Department officials — if the agency fails this week to give Congress documents about an FBI informant used to spy on the Trump campaign. “We…
Read MoreNunes Accuses DOJ Of ‘Obstruction’ In Battle Over FBI Informant Documents
by Chuck Ross House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes is giving the Department of Justice until Tuesday to provide documents about an FBI informant used to spy on the Trump campaign. In a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Friday, Nunes accused the agency of “obstruction” and…
Read MoreFormer FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Seeks Immunity For Senate Testimony
by Chuck Ross Andrew McCabe, the former deputy director of the FBI, is seeking immunity in order to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to documents released Tuesday. “This is a textbook case for granting use immunity,” Michael Bromwich, an attorney for McCabe, wrote Monday in a letter to Republican Sen.…
Read MoreWhite House Official Feels ‘Duped’ By FBI Informant Who Sought Ambassadorship
by Chuck Ross White House trade czar Peter Navarro said he feels “duped” by Stefan Halper, the FBI informant who sought out members of President Donald Trump’s campaign and applied for an ambassadorship in Trump’s administration. “I feel duped, yeah, pretty much,” Peter Navarro told Fox Radio’s Brian Kilmeade on Wednesday.…
Read MoreCommentary: Time For Democrats and The Media To Admit the Russia Investigation Was Illegitimate from the Start
by George Rasley In the last week, as revelation upon revelation hit that Obama administration officials and career employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) spied on the Donald Trump campaign in the run-up to the 2016 presidential…
Read MoreSenator Grassley: Fusion GPS Founder Gave ‘Extremely Misleading’ Testimony About Trump Work
by Chuck Ross The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is accusing Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson of giving “extremely misleading” statements, if not telling “outright lies,” during Senate testimony in 2017. Simpson may have lied when he denied working for clients to investigate President Donald Trump after the…
Read MoreTrump Contends Prosecutors Will ‘Meddle’ in 2018 Elections
U.S. President Donald Trump contended Tuesday that prosecutors investigating his 2016 campaign’s links to Russia “will be MEDDLING” in November’s congressional elections. The 13 Angry Democrats (plus people who worked 8 years for Obama) working on the rigged Russia Witch Hunt, will be MEDDLING with the mid-term elections, especially now…
Read MoreCommentary: Time to Fire Deputy Attorney General Rob Rosenstein
by CHQ Staff We’ve said many times that we think Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein should be fired, but his latest round of tone deaf pronouncements ought to be the final straw for the President and Attorney General. After President Trump rightly complained about the latest revelations about the…
Read MoreCommentary: Time For Chairman Nunes To Subpoena Trump Campaign Spy Stefan Halper
by George Rasley Last Friday, the Washington Post and New York Times published articles that shed much more light on the Obama administration’s surveillance of the Trump campaign. There was indeed an FBI informant – Stefan Halper – spying on Trump campaign officials. The New York Times and Washington Post, by the way, were apparently aware of Halper’s identity, but…
Read MorePresident Trump Says He’ll Order DOJ Probe of Alleged Campaign Surveillance
by Steve Herman U.S. President Donald Trump says he will order an investigation Monday about a secret source of the country’s top law enforcement agency he claims infiltrated his 2016 election campaign – setting up a potential showdown with his Department of Justice, which oversees the Federal Bureau of Investigation.…
Read MoreTrump’s Attorney Says Special Counsel Has Narrowed Questions
President Donald Trump’s attorney said Friday the special counsel in the Russia probe has narrowed the scope of potential questions for the president, even as Trump advanced an unverified theory that the Justice Department planted a spy in his 2016 campaign and is now “out to frame him.” Rudy Giuliani…
Read MoreMueller Says He Won’t Indict Trump. Here’s Three Things You NEED To Know
by Kevin Daley Rudy Giuliani told CNN Wednesday that special counsel Robert Mueller informed President Donald Trump’s legal team that his office concluded a sitting chief executive cannot be indicted. Here are three things you need to know about this revelation. 1. The special counsel could still recommend action…
Read MoreRon DeSantis Says He May Know Who Was Spying On The Trump Campaign: ‘There Needs To Be Follow Up’
by Nick Givas Republican Rep. Ron DeSantis of Florida thinks he may know who was spying on President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, but said further investigation is needed to get to the truth. Rumors of an FBI mole planted within the campaign have surfaced and DeSantis, a Florida gubernatorial candidate, believes the…
Read MoreGrassley Flags ‘Apparent Contradictions’ In Comey’s Testimony About Michael Flynn
by Chuck Ross The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is trying to get to the bottom of “apparent contradictions” in former FBI Director James Comey’s claims about former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Comey told a Senate Judiciary panel in a March 15, 2017 interview that the FBI…
Read MoreJudge Napolitano Thinks Bob Mueller’s Tactics Amount To ‘Bribery’
by Nick Givas Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano said special counsel Bob Mueller’s tactics of squeezing witnesses for information amounts to “bribery,” Thursday on “Fox & Friends.” “I have argued that prosecuting somebody like they did to [former national security adviser] Mike Flynn, squeezing him, reducing…
Read MoreReport: Porn Star Lawyer Avenatti Accuses The Wrong Michael Cohen Of Making ‘Fraudulent’ Payment
by Chuck Ross Michael Avenatti, porn star Stormy Daniels’ lawyer, released a seven-page dossier on Tuesday containing a list of payments purportedly made to Michael Cohen, the lawyer for President Donald Trump. But there is one problem with the document: two of the allegedly “fraudulent” payments were made to…
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