No, Joe Scarborough, Spying On Trump Wasn’t Done ‘By The Book’
Joe Scarborough would have you believe that these actions are completely typical and normal, that informants are placed against campaigns all the time. If that’s true, who else are they doing it against?
How Obama Holdover Sally Yates Helped Sink Michael Flynn
Sally Yates’ Justice Department had no legitimate reason to believe Michael Flynn was either compromised or susceptible to compromise, yet they carried on as if it were so.
Here’s Why I Didn’t Fall For The Russia-Trump Conspiracy
Media outlets regurgitated leaks from politicized intelligence officials. They should have been far more skeptical.
Andrew McCabe Can’t Keep His Story Straight
Andrew McCabe’s motivation is to put blame on Rod Rosenstein, and excuse actions taken at the FBI by making it seem as if they were small-ball compared to Rosenstein’s at the DOJ.
Trump’s Executive Time On Twitter Is What Makes Him Successful
Critics complain that Trump spends too much time just sitting around tweeting and watching cable news. But Twitter and cable news are why he is president.
Hemingway And Harsanyi: Khashoggi, Treasury Leaks, And ‘The Good Place’
Senior Editors Mollie Hemingway and David Harsanyi round up this week’s biggest stories in politics on the Federalist Radio Hour.
The Deep State Leak Campaign Against Trump Has Switched From Offense To Defense
Past and present U.S. officials say the template for the current anti-Trump leak campaign can be traced back to the Obama administration’s efforts to sell the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
3 Major Problems With NYT’s Story About How The FBI’s Trump Informant Was Outed
The story fails on multiple levels to make its central claim that congressional oversight regarding the use of human informants against the Trump campaign is hurting intelligence-gathering in Moscow.
Why Stripping John Brennan’s Security Clearance Sets A Good Precedent
President Trump’s decision to strip John Brennan’s security clearance sets a strong precedent that a person who uses his security clearance improperly will have it revoked.
It’s Suspicious That The FBI And DOJ Didn’t Check Into Christopher Steele’s Leaks To The Press
Would you do everything you could to determine whether you could trust a source who lied to you before relying on him to treat a U.S. citizen guilty of treason?
Everybody Is Wrong About The Ali Watkins Scoops-For-Sex Scandal
All of the major players in this story — Ali Watkins, James Wolfe, The New York Times, and the Department of Justice — behaved in less than admirable fashion.
IG Report Shows James Comey Lied About Why He Publicized New Clinton Emails
The inspector general’s direct answer whether James Comey lied was curious, in that his conclusion conflicts with facts and testimony detailed in his own report.
James Comey And Peter Strzok Walk Into A Courtroom And Meet The America They Sold Out
Here’s what might happen if an ‘uneducated, lazy POS’ American happened to spend some time around FBI henchmen Peter Strzok and James Comey.
Hemingway And Harsanyi: Border Enforcement, IG Report, And FBI Investigation
On this episode of Federalist Radio Hour, Mollie Hemingway and David Harsanyi dive into immigration news, IG report findings, movies, music, and more.
The Inspector General Put Together An Insane FBI Leak Chart Upon Finding Rules ‘Widely Ignored’
‘Although FBI policy strictly limits the employees who are authorized to speak to the media, we found that this policy appeared to be widely ignored.’
What To Look For In The Inspector General’s Report About DOJ And FBI Election Interference
Tomorrow the inspector general for the U.S. Department of Justice will release a report about the DOJ and FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton investigation in the run-up to the 2016 election.
DOJ Frets About Source Outing While Deliberately Outing Source
Federal officials have provided more information to reporters at New York Times and Washington Post than they have in response to a congressional subpoena.
10 Key Takeaways From The New York Times’ Error-Ridden Defense Of FBI Spying On Trump Campaign
It’s reasonable to assume that much of the new information in the New York Times report relates to leakers’ fears about information that will be coming out in the inspector general report.
This Maltese Professor May Hold The Key To When The FBI Really Began Surveilling The Trump Campaign
Did Joseph Mifsud use George Papadopoulos as a pawn to set up Donald Trump? Did he feed Papadopoulos information about Russia to see how the Trump campaign responded?
The Idea That James Comey’s Leaks Were Non-Criminal Is Falling Apart
Now that the memos have been perused, the theories of a number of legal commentators have unsurprisingly proved to be full of errors, irrelevancies, and overstatements.
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