With news this week the Department of Justice had reopened investigations into the Clinton Foundation and Hillary Clinton’s private email server, the mainstream media has suddenly become concerned with the politicization of the U.S. justice system. Talking Points Memo was the latest to put forth this line. From President Trump’s calls to “lock her up” […]
Former FBI director James Comey appeared on Capitol Hill to give his side of his firing and insight into the Russia “meddling” probe being conducted by the FBI. He made statements that appealed to both sides of the political aisle, ranging from criticizing Trump’s alleged defamation of him to disagreeing on direct Russian interference in […]
Sanctuary cities, take notice: The Trump administration and the Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, will not take inaction on immigration lightly. As NBC News reported, Sessions said that sanctuary cities will lose Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security grants as a result of their decisions to not share immigration […]
James Comey, the fired FBI director, allegedly has a memo that detailed a phone conversation with President Donald Trump. In that conversation, Comey claimed that the president asked him to let the investigation of Michael Flynn (a former Trump advisor) die. Comey revealed the memo through an associate to his, which memo was read on the […]
Joel Gerstein at Politico received significant flack on social media for how his headlines read in pieces about a new administration firing U.S. attorneys from their predecessor. In this case, conservatives on social media focused on how Gerstein’s headline read “Obama to replace U.S. attorneys” while his more recent headline with Trump read, “Trump team […]
The Department of Justice made a public announcement of the completion of the transition between Trump and Obama by announcing resignations of Obama-appointed U.S. attorneys. Apparently, the abrupt announcement of their resignations shocked them, as they had not received notice that they were required to resign that day. As is custom, the previous administration’s appointees […]
The liberal media hounded Attorney General Jeff Sessions for neglecting to mention his meetings with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. in his confirmation hearing. However, Sessions’ camp said the meetings were due to his duties as a member of a Senate committee. Sessions did recuse himself from any probe of Russia-Trump campaign contact during […]
The Washington Post’s PowerPost piece outlined how the Democrats in the Senate can stall, but not stop, the confirmations of Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees, despite the protests of Democratic Party-aligned protesters at Capitol Hill. The following paragraphs from the article outlines the quandary that the Senate Democrats face in trying to stop Trump’s cabinet nominees […]
Contrary to the liberal media bias and narratives, acting Attorney General Sally Yates did not cite any legal basis of why she could not defend President Donald Trump (her new boss) and his refugee vetting executive order. As an acting Attorney General, one would think she would cite some legal precedent or evidence to not […]
Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs Peter Kadzik, a top official in the Department of Justice, warned the Clinton campaign about developments in the Clinton e-mail investigation. The e-mail was leaked by Wikileaks on Tuesday. But did the liberal media cover this? Let’s take a look: ABC News wrote a piece on it, but they only […]