The White House on Thursday revealed that President Biden asserted executive privilege over audio and video recordings of his interviews with Special Counsel Robert Hur at the request of Attorney General Merrick Garland. During a media briefing, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said it was Garland’s suggestion that “law enforcement files like these need to be protected.” “And so …
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House Republican demands Garland appoint special counsel to investigate Biden over stalled Israel aid
Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., on Tuesday demanded in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland that he appoint a special counsel to investigate President Biden for stalling military aid to Israel. The letter comes as reports Tuesday claimed the Biden administration has told key lawmakers it would send more than $1 billion in additional arms and ammunition to Israel. It …
Read More »Maryland woman pleads guilty to conspiracy in alleged extremist plot to attack Baltimore power grid
A Catonsville, Maryland, woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to damage or destroy electrical facilities near Baltimore, which she and a co-conspirator planned to execute for white supremacist reasons intended to help to break down society. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a release that 36-year-old Sarah Beth Clendaniel pleaded guilty to conspiracy, while a co-conspirator, Brandon C. …
Read More »NY vs. Trump: Michael Cohen's lies, lies and more lies could sink DA Bragg's case
Michael Cohen raised his right hand on Monday in the Manhattan trial of Donald Trump and swore to tell the truth. It was a meaningless gesture. Cohen has done it before and then proceeded to lie under oath.He went to prison for it after lying to courts, lying to banks, lying to Congress, and lying to the IRS.Yet, once again, …
Read More »House GOP takes steps to hold AG Garland in contempt over subpoenaed Biden audio
The House Oversight and Judiciary Committees will consider a resolution Thursday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress over his failure to produce the subpoenaed audio recording of President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur during his classified records probe. House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., and House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, had …
Read More »Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez faces second federal corruption trial with jury selection starting Monday
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is facing his second federal corruption trial in a decade, as jury selection is scheduled to begin in Manhattan federal court on Monday, this time related to charges alleging that he acted to benefit the governments of Egypt and Qatar. The 70-year-old New Jersey Democrat and his wife, Nadine Menendez, are accused of accepting bribes from …
Read More »DOJ seeks 40-year sentence for Paul Pelosi hammer attacker David DePape under 'terrorism enhancement'
The Justice Department is seeking a 40-year sentence for David DePape under a “terrorism enhancement” in connection to the hammer attack on Paul Pelosi at his and his wife, Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s California home. In a memo filed on Friday in the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, federal prosecutors said they disagreed with the Probation Office’s decision not …
Read More »Justice Department rebuked for delay tactics in Biden-Hur tapes
The Justice Department faced criticism on Friday for pushing back on a federal court’s order to expedite the timeline for determining whether recordings of President Biden’s interviews with then-Special Counsel Robert Hur should be released. The situation developed after advocacy groups filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the recording last month. The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project, as …
Read More »GOP AG launches new probe into communications from DOJ and Trump prosecutors
FIRST ON FOX: A Republican state attorney general is probing the Biden Justice Department for documents related to any communications with prosecutors connected to the indictments of former President Donald Trump. In a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed Thursday, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey asked the DOJ to hand over “activity and/or communications between Manhattan District Attorney Alvin …
Read More »West Virginia AG blasts DEA for concealing 'critical' opioid database
FIRST ON FOX: The West Virginia attorney general is calling on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Commerce to explain their decision to limit public access to a “critical” database on opioid provider registrations. The Controlled Substances Act Registration Information Database, which was previously available to the public, has been restricted since January 2021 to a case-by-case, …
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