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ANDREW McCARTHY: The real reason Hunter Biden's pardon goes all the way back to 2014 Original
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Trump victory should be death knell for Democrats' lawfare Original
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ANDREW McCARTHY: FBI's role in Hunter Biden laptop scandal is worse than you know Original
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Hunter Biden’s infamous "laptop from hell" may be the most damning trove of evidence tying the sitting (if sleeping) president of the United States to the over $27 million that his family raked in by peddling his political influence to agents of corrupt and anti-American regimes – in particular, the communist regime of Xi Jinping in China.
Democrats' Character Assassination of Trump Has Real-World Consequences
If Democrats didn’t believe they’d put President Trump in an assassin’s crosshairs the first time, they have no excuse for pleading innocent now. The suspect who hid in the bushes at Trump’s West Palm Beach golf club, Ryan Routh, waiting for his shot at the former president — AK-47-style rifle at the ready, serial number filed off — wasn’t some 20-year-old without a political paper trail, like the first would-be assassin, Thomas Crooks.
The Trump Mar-a-Lago lethal-force claim is just stupid. But it's par for the course
Video NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Having been at the Trump trial in Manhattan for the last couple of days, I cannot say I’m surprised at former president Trump’s inane claim that President Biden authorized the use of lethal force in connection with the FBI’s execution of a court-authorized search warrant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The claim is political red meat for conspiracy theorists.
Almost end times for Trump trial spectacle but there's still room for fireworks: 3 things to watch Original
Video NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In a column for National Review on Wednesday, I observe that the ongoing testimony of Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former lawyer and self-described "fixer," is a two-edged sword for the former president’s defense to the charges brought by Manhattan’s elected Democratic district attorney, Alvin Bragg.
‘Hush money’ is not a crime, and Bragg has no case against Trump
Opening statements get under way in Manhattan this morning in Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial – the first ever criminal trial against a former American president and, indeed, against a de facto major-party presidential nominee. It got me to thinking, why do we call it the “hush money” trial? Well, sure, the media-Democrat complex loves the salacious overtones of that spin. But that’s not the real reason.
What 'proportionality' really means in Israel's war against terror Original
In recent days, my brilliant colleague Douglas Murray schooled a British interviewer who challenged his defense of Israel’s military response to the October 7 atrocities carried out by Hamas.
Second Republican debate devolved into lame ‘Survivor’-like game show loaded with reality-TV wannabes Original
Dana Perino’s final question in last night’s cacophonous Republican debate summed up the whole sordid spectacle. Saying that Donald Trump would run away with the nomination if everyone on stage stayed in the race, she asked the seven candidates to vote one of their number “off the island” and out of the contest. This was a game show as far as the moderators were concerned. The candidates — led by Ron DeSantis, who objected first and loudest — refused to play along.
Hunter Biden digs hole even deeper by falsely claiming laptop was 'hacked'
At least Hunter Biden now admits that the emails, pictures and documents are his. That’s progress. It used to be that Hunter, while caviling about the invasion of his privacy, would not admit that the infamous laptop data actually belonged to him.
'Impeachment inquiry' name doesn't mean much, but GOP is making progress against Biden Original
The announcement of an “impeachment inquiry” in the House to determine whether there are grounds to remove President Joe Biden is more of a political move than a legal one. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s announcement Tuesday doesn’t change what GOP investigators — led by Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) — are already doing.
Obama, Clinton and Biden ALL used secret, fake-name email accounts to hide their actions
I am surprised that anyone is surprised that, as vice president in the Obama administration, Joe Biden used email accounts under fake names to loop his son, Hunter, into official U.S. government business. This is how the Obama administration rolled. When high officials were involved in a dodgy activity they wanted to shield from public disclosure laws, they frequently used pseudonymous email accounts. That included President Obama himself.
The Flaw in Trump’s Georgia Indictment
What’s become of the presumption of innocence? The question is an urgent one due to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s election interference case against Donald Trump and 18 others, which she has dubiously framed as a racketeering conspiracy.
Out of all indictments, Georgia is the most perilous threat to Trump
Another week, another indictment of Donald Trump. In Georgia, Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis reportedly is putting the finishing touches on her grand jury, in preparation of an ambitious indictment of the former president and perhaps over a dozen of his 2020 campaign advisers and operatives. The imminent charges relate to Trump’s efforts to undo the Peach State’s popular election, which was narrowly won by now-President Joe Biden.
Jack Smith hasn’t charged Trump with the Jan. 6 riots — but he wants to use it as a judicial cudgel Original
Of all the outrages in Biden special counsel Jack Smith’s latest indictment of Donald Trump – and there are many – the worst comes at the end of the 45-page screed’s Count One, the section entitled “The Defendant’s Exploitation of the Violence and Chaos at the Capitol.” This is where Smith waves the bloody shirt. Smith intends to try Trump for the Capitol riot even though he hasn’t charged Trump for the Capitol riot. No rioting charge. No allegation of criminal incitement.
Trump’s Jan. 6 Indictment: A Political Scheme to Influence the Next Election
The latest indictment of Donald Trump is politics masquerading as law masquerading as politics. To peel this onion quickly, there is no legal case against Donald Trump. There was a convincing impeachment case in January 2021, but the political class failed to proffer it.
The fix was in for Hunter Biden - until a hero judge stepped up Original
If you are trying to pull off a corrupt deal — one that is actually political theater, but that you are trying to masquerade as law — you’d better make sure the judge is in on it. When it came to that little detail, the Biden administration dropped the ball. Judge Maryellen Noreika instead did her job. That is why Hunter Biden’s sweetheart plea bargain blew up in Delaware federal court today. Understand what was happening here.
IRS whistleblowers reveal who’s really to blame for shocking Biden corruption
By Andrew McCarthy | Fox News In Wednesday’s marathon House hearing, Oversight Committee Democrats ran into a buzzsaw: two IRS whistleblower agents — Gary Shapley, the supervisor on the investigation who went public a few weeks ago, and Joseph Ziegler, the lead investigator on the case, who was publicly identified for the first time at the hearing.
The deceit behind Hunter Biden’s sweetheart plea deal gets even more audacious by the day Original
The Justice Department’s deceitfulness regarding Hunter Biden’s sweetheart plea deal gets more audacious by the day. Thanks to the media-Democrat complex’s partisanship, it also gets tougher to pierce — which, of course, is the point. Delaware US attorney David Weiss is in a vice of DOJ’s own making.
A proud defense of whataboutism - comparing Trump to other cases is the practice of law Original
Whataboutism! It’s becoming the lowest of pejoratives. For the Left, if you compare the way conservative politicians are treated to progressive ones, you’re rationalizing. You’re making excuses. If you use your brain the way thinking people do, you’re not really thinking. You are a cowardly MAGA-hack who is throwing up a smokescreen to camouflage the unique, sui generis evil that is — all together now — Donald Trump. Good grief. This bit of legerdemain has been around for a while.
Biden deserves same treatment as Trump for his classified documents scandal Original
The most egregious aspect for former President Donald Trump’s indictment for maintaining classified documents in unauthorized locations is the breathtaking sensitivity of the intelligence he was allegedly hoarding. The most interesting aspect of the 44-page indictment drafted by Biden Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is its elaborate descriptions of that intelligence.
Trump Is Being Charged with Willfully Retaining National-Defense Information - California Political Review
Reporting from the Washington Post and New York Times indicates that former president Donald Trump has been indicted on seven felony counts. The indictment obtained by special counsel Jack Smith from a federal grand jury in Miami is still under seal, so the reports are based on leaks from people said to be knowledgeable.
Indicting Trump Poses Bad News for Both Parties
Always bet on Democrats overplaying their hand. There are varying views in Republican and conservative circles about Donald Trump’s prospects. I am firmly in the “he can’t win” category. The indictments and other legal proceedings against him have paradoxical surge and tail effects: They help Trump in the short term.
How Obama officials and the FBI squashed any investigation into Hillary Clinton
Free Republic Browse · Search News/Activism Topics · Post Article Skip to comments. How Obama officials and the FBI squashed any investigation into Hillary Clinton NY Post ^ | May 19, 2023 5:57pm | By Andrew C. McCarthy Posted on by Red Badger When Andrew McCabe, former deputy director of the FBI, was fired in disgrace in 2018, it was commonly assumed it was because of the “Russiagate” investigation.
Andrew C. McCarthy: How Obama Officials and the FBI Squashed Any Investigation Into Hillary Clinton
https://bonginoreport.com/opinion/andrew-c-mccarthy-how-obama-officials-and-the-fbi-squashed-any-investigation-into-hillary-clinton When Andrew McCabe, former deputy director of the FBI, was fired in disgrace in 2018, it was commonly assumed it was because of the “Russiagate” investigation. After all, he essentially ran that fiasco, which Special Counsel John Durham definitively noted this week was a baseless farce. But no.
How Obama officials and the FBI squashed any investigation into Hillary Clinton Original
When Andrew McCabe, former deputy director of the FBI, was fired in disgrace in 2018, it was commonly assumed it was because of the “Russiagate” investigation. After all, he essentially ran that fiasco, which Special Counsel John Durham definitively noted this week was a baseless farce. But no. McCabe was fired because he serially lied to investigators that he wasn’t leaking investigative information to the media.
Trump’s ‘grab her by the …’ tape may cost him a rape trial — and the presidency Original
Politically speaking, Donald Trump was not hurt by the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape. Though many initially saw it as a harpoon shot through his presidential bid, he won the 2016 election anyway. The former president may be getting his comeuppance this week. Trump has been sued in federal court by the former Elle magazine advice columnist, E.
Biden's corruption is enough to disqualify him from office now Original
A little advice to Republicans overseeing the Biden investigations: Don’t worry if he’s a criminal. It’s bad enough to be corrupt. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has been teasing details about his committee’s Biden investigation.
Of course Biden officials are interfering in his son's case -- why else has Hunter skated for five years? Original
Let’s say you lied on a required federal firearms form to conceal your use of illegal drugs so you could buy a .38 caliber handgun, then you irresponsibly lost that gun across the street from a school, and then the government found video evidence of you waving that gun around while cavorting with a prostitute. If you had done all those things within a few days in 2018, do you suppose that by five years later, the government would have taken exactly zero action against you? No arrest. No indictment.
Bragg's case against Trump is utterly incoherent Original
Alvin Bragg alleges that Donald Trump defrauded voters into electing him president on November 8, 2016. Alvin Bragg also alleges that the first crime Donald Trump committed occurred on February 14, 2017. Are you seeing the problem here? There may not be enough space in the mega-verse to describe the sundry flaws in the Manhattan district attorney’s indictment against the former president of the United States. It fails, despite its 34 counts, to state a crime.
For the left, putting Trump through a painful prosecution is the point
Is the case Bragg is bringing against Trump trivial? Is it legally weak? Could it undermine the public perception of stronger cases against Trump being built? Read More
For the left, putting Trump through a painful prosecution is the point Original
We should stop thinking of Alvin Bragg as a law-enforcement official. Manhattan’s district attorney is an elected progressive Democrat who campaigned on putting the powers of his office in the service of partisan politics — explicitly vowing to exploit them against former President Donald Trump, his party’s archnemesis. This itself is a shocking development, especially for those of us who both grew up in New York City and had careers in law enforcement.
Since everyone had classified docs, prosecutors are going after Trump for obstruction Original
The Biden Justice Department has a dilemma. Up until January 9, 2023, when CBS News reported that President Joe Biden had a classified documents scandal of his own, you could have bet the ranch that DOJ was poised to indict former President Donald Trump for illegally retaining national-security intelligence at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Hunter Biden’s ridiculous legal letter trying to distract from real scandal — Joe Biden Original
Let’s keep our eye on the ball, kids. Hunter Biden is a sideshow.
Biden’s blame-shifting excuses for classified documents make scandal worse
President Biden, who “people know takes classified information very seriously,” maintains, through counsel, that his illegal retention of classified documents in multiple unauthorized private locations (so far, his private office, his garage, various areas of one of his homes, etc.) was an unfortunate case of their being “inadvertently misplaced.” But inadvertent misplacement is not a defense to felony mishandling of national defense intelligence by an official who has been entrusted with it.
Don’t believe for a moment the Secret Service doesn’t know who visits Biden’s house — it’s Congress’ job to find out Original
Let’s say the FBI was investigating a threat against the president, and one relevant line of inquiry involved figuring out who had visited the president’s private homes in Delaware during certain dates over the last 23 months. The Secret Service is responsible for keeping these private residences secure even when the president is not on site.
Biden already admitted guilt — he’s just betting Garland doesn’t prosecute him, or Trump Original
There will be much to chew on as the criminal investigation of President Biden by the newly appointed special counsel, Robert Hur, unfolds. For now, my question is: Have we already, in effect, witnessed a guilty plea? In announcing Hur’s appointment, Biden Attorney General Merrick Garland laid out the facts of the case that drove him to the decision.
Liberal media is trying to protect the FBI from hard questions about illegal surveillance Original
Besides addressing the crisis at the southern border, there is no more urgent matter for the new Republican House majority to direct its attention to than the conversion of the federal government into a progressive cudgel against civil rights. And there is nothing less surprising than the media-Democrat complex’s determination to strangle the probe in its cradle. In the left’s playbook, everything is either about race or Donald Trump — if not both.
Criminal referral may have helped Trump — by politicizing the DOJ’s decision
Like much of the House January 6 committee’s proceedings, its final meeting on Monday, featuring dramatic criminal referrals of the former president of the United States, was theater. In connection with the Capitol riot, the committee claims its investigation has shown that Donald Trump and others conspired to obstruct Congress, defraud the United States, suborn false statements, and incite insurrection.
How the FBI’s nod and a wink got social media to censor The Post’s Hunter Biden reporting Original
Stop looking for a smoking gun. That’s not how this game works. Just as it did in 2016, the Democratic Party colluded during the 2020 presidential campaign with FBI leadership, its like-minded transnational-progressives in the loose-lipped community of current and former national-security officials and the media. The objective in 2020, as in 2016, was to try to drag a weak, deeply compromised Democratic candidate across the finish line. The scheme worked in 2020 where it failed in 2016.
Special counsel shows cynical Democrats want to string along a wounded Trump Original
Donald Trump’s life is about to get very unpleasant. There are a number of interesting aspects of Biden Attorney General Merrick Garland’s appointment of veteran prosecutor Jack Smith as special counsel to take over the Trump investigations – and we have to say “investigations,” plural, because there are several (as I’ve detailed here). For starters, there is the illusion of independence.
Kudos to John Durham for exposing the truth of 'Russiagate'
A prosecutor can be an agent of sunlight or an agent of cover up. John Durham is letting the sun shine. The Russiagate special prosecutor has taken on a tough case: indicting Igor Danchenko, the principal sub-source for the discredited “Steele dossier,” which was penned by former British spy Christopher Steele and commissioned by the Hillary Clinton campaign to smear her GOP rival, Donald Trump, as a Kremlin mole.
Utter proof the FBI framed Trump and shielded Hunter Original
Igor Danchenko is on trial, but so is the FBI. That is the theme of Russiagate special counsel John Durham’s prosecution of Danchenko, heading into its third day of trial in Alexandria, Va., federal court.
Hunter Biden’s end game: It’s about far more than him Original
How does the Hunter Biden probe end? That question is stirring now that anonymous people connected to the case are leaking to the Washington Post — leaks of investigative information and prosecutorial deliberations that are about as surprising as the fact that the Washington Post somehow manages to make its report as much about Donald Trump as about the story’s putative subject, the incumbent president’s ne’er-do-well son. It’s not a new question because it’s not a new story.
Biden's $420B student loan boondoggle is blatantly illegal -- but progressives don't care Original
The Congressional Budget Office says the price tag for President Biden’s constitutionally illiterate, fiscally reckless, socially divisive student debt cancelation will exceed $420 billion. It’s staggering, it’s infuriating — and it’s illegal. So how is Biden getting away with it?
John Durham’s final act: exposing the FBI
Russiagate special counsel John Durham is in the homestretch. His grand jury wrapped up work last week, apparently with no new indictments on the horizon. Attorney General Merrick Garland is said to anticipate receiving his final report by the end of the year. And Durham is gearing up for his last trial: the prosecution of Igor Danchenko, the principal source for the discredited Steele dossier. That last one should be grabbing our attention.
How the DOJ have built a case against Trump for obstruction
I’ve been a naysayer on the notion that the Justice Department is trying to make a criminal case against former President Donald Trump based on the Mar-a-Lago raid, at least with respect to the offenses most often touted: mishandling classified documents and illegally retaining government records. But that has come with a significant caveat: If the evidence of obstruction of justice proved to be convincing, there’s a very good chance the government would indict.
Reading between the redacted lines: What affidavit tells us about DOJ’s Trump intentions
Predictably, it was much nothing about ado. To what should be the surprise of no one, the Justice Department so thoroughly redacted the affidavit supporting the FBI’s raid of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate that the exercise was pointless. DOJ has given us nothing about the monumental decision to execute a search warrant at the home of a former American president — unprecedented in US history. In the absence of information, we are left with speculation.
Prominent Putin Critic Dies under Mysterious Circumstances in D.C., Friends Suspect Foul Play By Diana Glebova
Prominent Putin Critic Dies under Mysterious Circumstances in D.C., Friends Suspect Foul Play By Diana Glebova Posted By Ruth King on August 19th, 2022 https://www.nationalreview.com/news/prominent-putin-critic-dies-under-mysterious-circumstances-in-d-c-friends-suspect-foul-play/ A fierce Latvian-American critic of Vladimir Putin living in exile in Washington, D.C., was found dead Sunday evening on the sidewalk outside his apartment building, police said.
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