House Republicans Prepare Contempt Action Against FBI, DOJ

Bloomberg

Democrat Castro's position on issues

"U.S. House Republicans are drafting a contempt of Congress resolution against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray, claiming stonewalling in producing material related to the Russia-Trump probes and other matters.

"Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes and other committee Republicans, after considering such action for several weeks, decided to move after media including the New York Times reported Saturday on why a top FBI official assigned to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russia-Trump election collusion had been removed from the investigation. 

"Republicans, including the president, pointed to the reports as evidence that the entire probe into Russian meddling has been politically motivated.

“ 'Now it all starts to make sense,” Trump said on Twitter Sunday." . . .

The FBI today

"Mueller is a partisan hack to end all partisan hacks, and no sane observer believes otherwise. It was Mueller who got Bill Clinton out of trouble for selling missile launching secrets to China, secrets that may now be helping North Korea to aim nuclear-armed missiles at Washington DC and Paris."  James Lewis

Mueller's FBI Will Never Recover Its Good Name  "Robert Mueller just fired a senior FBI agent for openly twittering against POTUS Trump. But if Mr. Mueller imagines that firing one guy will restore his shredded credibility to the public, fuggedaboudit. The unprecedented witch-hunt against a newly elected Donald Trump will remain green in the public memory for years to come. The FBI and DOJ will therefore have to live with a huge loss of public credibility. The IRS will never recover among Trump voters.

"Elected governments only work as long as they enjoy basic public confidence, and when that is gone -- as it is in Italy and Greece -- it can take many years to restore." . . .

In the last election the Communist Party of the USA openly backed Hillary Clinton, and Hillary never said a word against them. She wanted their support. 

. . . "Harvey Weinstein might as well try to prove his virginity. Mueller will never, ever regain the kind of respect we used to feel for the Department of Justice and the FBI. The IRS cannot be trusted, as taxpayers around the country know very well. Our presidential candidates like the Clintons have sold favors for money, and the Obama White House sold our national security to the throwback mullahs of Iran." . . .

Peter Strzok's role in Clinton email investigation takes a sinister turn  "Former FBI counter-intelligence expert Peter Strzok, . . . was the individual responsible for changing the wording in Director Comey's statement on Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information from "grossly negligent" to "extremely careless."

"That single change probably kept Hillary Clinton out of jail.

"It has also been revealed that Strzok was the FBI agent who interviewed both Cheryl Mills and Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton's two top aides.  Mills and Abedin made misleading statements to the FBI in that interview but went unpunished. 

"That a demonstrably partisan investigator has been at the center of an investigation that could lead to the impeachment of a president of the United States makes it impossible for Robert Mueller to claim that his investigation is unbiased and independent.

"First, Strzok giving Clinton a "get out of jail" edit to Comey's statement." . . .By Rick Moran

By now it should be clear to every sentient American that the Mueller "investigation" is not an investigation at all

The "collusion with Russia" meme was and remains a non-starter, so now the real motive for Mueller's appointment as special counsel is evident for all to see.  It was always to find a way to remove Trump from office.  

Tony Branco

UPDATE: Revealed: Key Mueller Team Prosecutor Praised Sally Yates’ Refusal to Enforce Trump Travel Order

Top Clinton Aides Face No Charges After Making False Statements To FBI

Peter Strzok (pictured above) "Fox News has obtained a photo of Peter Strzok, the longtime FBI deputy fired by Special Counsel Robert Mueller over his bias against President Trump. Strzok (pronounced "Struck"), was sacked by Mueller after electronic messages he reportedly sent to a colleague emerged, but not before he played key roles in the probes swirling around Trump."

Daily Caller  "The FBI agent who was fired from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation team for sending anti-Donald Trump text messages conducted the interviews with two Hillary Clinton aides accused of giving false statements about what they knew of the former secretary of state’s private email server.

"Neither of the Clinton associates, Cheryl Mills and Huma Abedin, faced legal consequences for their misleading statements, which they made in interviews last year with former FBI section chief Peter Strzok. 

"But another Strzok interview subject was not so lucky.

Earl of Taint

"Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser, pleaded guilty last week to lying during an interview he gave on Jan. 24 to Strzok and another FBI agent. Circa journalist Sara Carter reported on Monday that Strzok took part in that interview with the retired lieutenant general.

"At the time, Strzok was the FBI’s top investigator on the fledgling investigation into Russian interference in the presidential campaign. He was appointed to supervise that effort at the end of July 2016, just weeks after the conclusion of the Clinton email probe. CNN reported on Monday that as the FBI’s No. 2 counterintelligence official, Strzok signed the documents that officially opened the collusion inquiry.

"The starkly different outcomes from Strzok’s interviews — a felony charge against Flynn and a free pass to Mills and Abedin — are sure to raise questions from Republicans about double-standards in the FBI’s two most prominent political investigations. FBI Director Christopher Wray will likely be pressed on the Strzok scandal on Thursday when he attends an oversight hearing before the House Judiciary Committee.

"Strzok was also a prominent part of the Clinton investigation, so much so that he conducted all of the most significant interviews in the case." . . .

FBI Agent Peter Strzok Changed Agency’s Description of Clinton from “Grossly Negligent” to “Extremely Careless”  "' . . .Here’s why this matters: The FBI’s description of Hillary Clinton was extremely relevant to how the former presidential candidate was treated. " . . . the change “reflected a decision by the FBI that could have had potentially significant legal implications, as the federal law governing the mishandling of classified material establishes criminal penalties for ‘gross negligence.'” . . .

(RELATED: Anti-Trump Text Messages Show Pattern Of Bias On Mueller Team)
 (RELATED: Anti-Trump FBI Agent Conducted Interview With Michael Flynn)

Please, Mr. President, SHUT UP!

American Pravda, WaPo: National Security Reporter Says Russia Story is “f*cking crap shoot"…

. . . "and “Maybe it doesn’t exist, we haven’t found it yet.”

Project Veritas

. . . "(New York) In this all new Project Veritas video, two Washington Post employees are caught on hidden camera expressing their biases and acknowledging that the Trump-Russia collusion narrative has no foundation.

"The Washington Post’s National Security Reporter Adam Entous says that the Trump-Russia story doesn’t hold much weight:

“But we really haven’t addressed… Our reporting has not taken us to a place where I would be able to say with any confidence that the result of it is going to be the president being guilty of being in cahoots with the Russians. There’s no evidence of that that I’ve seen so far.

“We’ve seen a lot of flirtation, if you will, between them but nothing that, in my opinion, would rank as actual collusion. Now that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist, it just means we haven’t found it yet. Or maybe it doesn’t exist.”

"Entous, who says he does “most of this reporting” on Russian collusion continues to describe the investigation as a “f*cking crap shoot.”

"Melissa McCullough, the Director of Newsroom Operations, expresses her bias against Trump, admitting “let’s just hope he doesn’t get re-elected in another three years.” She soon realized her mistake, saying “I shouldn’t be saying these things because we don’t… We’re not supposed to really talk about that kind of stuff.' ” . . .

15 Questions The Mainstream Media Would Ask Barack Obama If He Were A Republican

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Jeff Carter   "If you deny that there is liberal bias in the mainstream media, you are living under a rock. We saw George Stephanopolos take marching orders into debate questioning. 

"The only thing they don’t ask Republican candidates about much is economic questions and debt questions. Instead they ask horribly slanted, often irrelevant questions designed to make them look bad and help Obama. We’ve heard questions about contraceptives, religion, Newt’s angry ex-wife, Cain’s employees, Romney’s personal wealth, Gardasil, etc. Newt’s rise was because of the way he attacked the media and Obama in the debates because of the stupid and obviously planted questions.

"So, what would happen if the mainstream media treated Barack Obama the exact same way they treat Republicans? The questions might sound a little something like this. 

"1) Numerous Mexican citizens and an American citizen have been murdered with weapons knowingly provided to criminals by our own government during Operation Fast and Furious. If Eric Holder was aware that was going on, do you think he should step down as Attorney General? Were you aware of Fast and Furious and if so, shouldn’t you resign?" . . .

Read the rest of the writer's fifteen points here.

Kellyanne Conway: Americans Are Fed Up With the Clinton Double Standard

Katie Pavlich President Trump said, . . . " 'I feel badly for General Flynn.  I feel very badly.  He's led a very strong life, and I feel very badly," he said to a gaggle of reporters. "I will say this:  Hillary Clinton lied many times to the FBI and nothing happened to her.  Flynn lied and they destroyed his life.  I think it's a shame."

 
" 'Hillary Clinton, on the Fourth of July weekend, went to the FBI, not under oath -- it was the most incredible thing anyone has ever seen.  She lied many times.  Nothing happened to her.  Flynn lied, and it's like they ruined his life.  It's very unfair," he continued. 

"White House counselor Kellyanne Conway echoed that sentiment during an interview with Fox and Friends, arguing Americans are tired of the double standard between the Clintons and everybody else.

" 'It's very frustrating to many law abiding Americans who look up and always see a double standard, always see a special exception for Hillary Clinton," she said. "It's very disturbing."

"The comments from Trump and Conway come after news broke over the weekend an FBI agent working on the Special Counsel investigation was removed after he sent pro-Hillary and anti-Trump text messages to his girlfriend. That same agent worked on the FBI's criminal investigation of Clinton for her use of a personal email server to host and send classified information. Clinton of course was given a pass, despite FBI Director James Comey saying she had been extremely careless."

Bill Ayers and gang rape

M. Catharine Evans  "The current sex crimes dragnet sweeping across the country, pulling in celebrities, media millionaires, and politicians, has yet to reel in a high-profile professor from the hallowed halls of academia  

"Will Bill Ayers be the first? 

"In a 2006 Frontpagemag article entitled "Remembering a Sixties Terrorist," a woman named Donna Ron recounted what she described as "the defining event of my life."   

As a sophomore at the University of Michigan in 1965, Ron was caught up in the antiwar movement when she met and dated Ayers.  Two months after meeting Ayers, Ron alleges that he locked her in his apartment and told her she couldn't leave until she had sex with his roommate and his brother. 

From FrontPageMag (warning graphic language):

Bill Ayers' apartment was around the corner and a half a block away from the sorority house… Sometimes I would stop by...  What I do recall is that when I was getting ready to leave Ayers told me I couldn't go until I slept with his roommate and his brother.

. . .

The Vetting - Senator Barack Obama Attended Bill Ayers Barbecue, July 4, 2005

Snopes dismisses the above post as "partly true"..

"Connections between Obama and Ayers vary depending on the news source but typically range from sporadic contact to a significant political and professional relationship between the two — either way there is without a question some level of connection between the two men." . . .

The Mainstream Media Doesn’t Deserve Our Respect or Our Trust

Kurt Schlichter

. . . "You mainstream media hacks want trust and respect? Maybe you shouldn’t Tweet out instructions to contact Senators to defeat the tax bill like the New York Times just did. Maybe you should stop covering for the off-camera leering and grabbing and pinching of the talking heads who excoriate Trump for misogyny. Maybe you should stop hiring journalists who are ex-Obama flunkies. Maybe you shouldn’t email offers of assistance to Democrat campaigns. Maybe you should stop lying to us. Then maybe voters might trust you. Maybe people might respect you. And maybe you wouldn’t deserve the contempt we normals hold you in."

ABC News has announced that Brian Ross would be suspended for four weeks without pay “effective immediately.”
. . . "Ross came under considerable fire on Friday after he erroneously reported on live television that then-candidate Donald Trump had instructed Michael Flynn to make contact with the Russians. In a correction seven hours later, the channel admitted that it was “President-elect” Trump who had made the request of Flynn — a pretty significant difference." . . .

Recall that the MSM desperately wanted shooters to be TEA Party people.
. . . "Though Sherwood acknowledged Ross' error, he defended another controversial piece of ABC News reporting. The network had reported that Holmes' mother said "you have the right person" when it contacted her to ask if her son was the shooter. She has since said she was referring to herself to let the reporter know she was Holmes' mother." . . .

Dershowitz Slams Feinstein Over Obstruction Argument: 'Doesn't Know What She's Talking About'

Leah Barkoukis

. . . "Dershowitz, a lifelong Democrat, said Trump has the constitutional right as president to fire his FBI director. 

“ 'You cannot charge a president with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional power to fire Comey and his constitutional authority to tell the Justice Department who to investigate, who not to investigate,” Dershowitz said during an interview with Fox News.

“ 'We have precedents that clearly establish that.”

"Talk of the president obstructing justice resurfaced after his former national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI last week about his conversation with the Russian ambassador.

"Trump didn’t help matters by tweeting over the weekend that he knew Flynn lied to the FBI." . . .

But Gorsuch ... and Other Excellent Judicial Picks ... and a Tax Cut ... and Major Deregulatory Actions ... and Immigration Enforcement ... and the End of the Individual Mandate ... and a Roll Back of the HHS Mandate ...

Column by a man who has not thought well of Donald Trump.


 Rich Lowry   . . . and the reversal of the insane Title IX policy on campus . . . and an exit from the Paris Accords . . . and the avoidance of whatever Hillary would have wrought. 

"There is a meme used by anti-Trump conservatives on Twitter. Whenever Trump steps in it, they tweet the words “But Gorsuch.” It is meant to mock Trump loyalists who hold out Gorsuch’s nomination as a Trump accomplishment that overshadows any of his failings. The meme can be quite amusing — one version has a road sign emblazoned with the words “But Gorsuch” close to disappearing in a flood. 

"But I’ve never quite understood why anti-Trump conservatives would be so slighting about Gorsuch. He will presumably be a bulwark of the Constitution long after Trump has departed the White House three or seven years from now and is tweeting as a private citizen again. Bushies used to count George W. Bush’s two Supreme Court nominees as a central part of his domestic legacy, understandably (and Bush completely blew one of his nominations before getting it right). Trump is half-way there, with lots of time on the clock. 

 Now, it appears very likely that they will get the tax bill, which includes a rifle-shot elimination of the individual mandate. And the administration has been steadily reversing the executive aggrandizements of the Obama administration." . . .

 Full article

Mueller Strategy: It Is Now an Obstruction Investigation

Andrew C. McCarthy

Which means that it’s an impeachment investigation

"The smoke is clearing from an explosive Mueller investigation weekend of charges, chattering, and tweets. Before the next aftershock, it might be helpful to make three points about where things stand. In ascending order of importance, they are:

 1.) There is a great deal of misinformation in the commentariat about how prosecutors build cases. 2.) For all practical purposes, the collusion probe is over. While the “counterintelligence” cover will continue to be exploited so that no jurisdictional limits are placed on Special Counsel Robert Mueller, this is now an obstruction investigation. 3.) That means it is, as it has always been, an impeachment investigation.  

. . . "Since there is no collusion case, we can safely assume Mueller is primarily scrutinizing President Trump with an eye toward making a case of obstructing an FBI investigation. This also makes sense in light of the pleas that have been taken." . . .Read more

Donald Trump Attacks FBI For Going After Flynn Not Clinton

Clinton deleted 31,830 emails that she deemed ‘personal’ three weeks after receiving a congressional subpoena.

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Far Left Icon Garrison Keillor Fired from Public Radio for Alleged “Inappropriate Behavior”

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The Gateway Pundit   Minnesota Public Radio reported:

Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is terminating its contracts with Garrison Keillor and his private media companies after recently learning of allegations of his inappropriate behavior with an individual who worked with him.

Last month, MPR was notified of the allegations which relate to Mr. Keillor’s conduct while he was responsible for the production of A Prairie Home Companion (APHC). MPR President Jon McTaggart immediately informed the MPR Board Chair, and a special Board committee was appointed to provide oversight and ongoing counsel. In addition, MPR retained an outside law firm to conduct an independent investigation of the allegations. Based on what we currently know, there are no similar allegations involving other staff. The attorney leading the independent investigation has been conducting interviews and reviewing documents, and the investigation is still ongoing. We encourage anyone with additional information to call our confidential hotline 1-877-767-7781.

MPR takes these allegations seriously ". . .  Blah, blah, blah.

 USA Today:   . . . "In a statement provided by representative Azhar AlFadl Miranda, editorial page director Fred Hiatt said, “Readers are entitled to a basic level of transparency from the columnists they read in The Washington Post. Garrison Keillor failed to meet that standard this week. Knowing he was under investigation for his workplace behavior, he should not have written a column on that subject; or, if he was going to write, he should have told his editors and readers that he was under investigation. Instead, he wrote a column defending Sen. Al Franken without any disclosure of his own situation.' ” . . .