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The Unexpected FBI Background of Christine Ford’s Friend

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On Oct. 2, 2018, Senator Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to the attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford—who has publicly accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her while in high school—with a request for material evidence in three specific areas. The first request pertained to “notes from therapy sessions in which Dr. Ford discussed the alleged assault.”

In his letter, Grassley noted that some of these notes have already been provided to The Washington Post, thereby invalidating Ford’s attorneys’ claims of “private, highly sensitive information” as the reason for not providing the evidence.Continue Reading

Why Are the Brennan, Comey, and Rogers Transcripts Being Withheld?

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The House Intelligence Committee voted on Friday, Sept. 28, to release a number of transcripts taken from interviews during their investigation into election interference from Russia. The move by the committee had been previously disclosed in a Sept. 16 interview with Devin Nunes on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo.

A significant number of man-hours and effort went into the preparation of the committee’s report—including the review of 7,292 pages of testimony.

As part of their investigation, the House committee noted that they interviewed 73 individuals, resulting in 55 transcribed interviews. The report also indicated that seven witnesses had invoked their Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination.Continue Reading

Did Former Feinstein Staffer Have Involvement With Fusion GPS During 2016 Elections?

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In a March 8, 2018, op-ed for the Daily Caller titled, The Ever-Changing ‘Russia Narrative’ Is False Public Manipulation, Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska noted how “the disintegration of evidence-based journalism permits a surprisingly small number of individuals to destroy bilateral or multilateral relations.”

Deripaska then described an unusual meeting that took place on March 16, 2017, between his lawyer and a former intelligence staffer for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) named Dan Jones:Continue Reading

Jeff Flake’s Capitulation, Democrat Delay Tactics, and the Strategic Addition of Lawyer Bromwich

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During Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have repeatedly called for an FBI Investigation of events surrounding Dr. Ford’s claim that she was sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh when they were both in high school.

Judge Kavanaugh has already been through six FBI background investigations, including one for his nomination to the Supreme Court. The others occurred as Kavanaugh was appointed to previous significant positions.Continue Reading

An Unexpected Voice (Sort of)

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Boy, you all want power. God, I hope you never get it. I hope the American people can see through this sham. – Lindsey Graham to Democrat Senators – September 27, 2018

During Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, Lindsey Graham gave a voice to what many were thinking.Continue Reading

The UK and Australia Have Reason to be Concerned About Declassification

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Foreign intel agencies played crucial role in creation of Russia-collusion narrative

President Donald Trump last week received phone calls from two allies saying, “please, can we talk.” Those “allies” were almost certainly the UK and Australia.

The high-level calls were most likely coordinated and related entirely to President Trump’s recent declassification order.

The message appears to have been simple and direct. As President Trump noted, “key Allies called to ask not to release.”

These calls should be receiving far more attention than they have.Continue Reading

The Art of War: How President Trump Gained Significant Leverage With Declassification Order

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Last night President Trump made a brief but very important disclosure during a live interview with Sean Hannity while at a rally in Las Vegas. Hannity asked the president about the pending release of declassified documents. Here is how the president responded:

Well, we’re moving along, we’re working along. We’re also dealing with foreign countries that do have a problem. I must tell you. I got called today from two very good allies saying, “please, can we talk.” So, it’s not as simple as all that. And we do have to respect their wishes. But it will all come out.Continue Reading

The Insurance Policy

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Ever since the release of FBI text messages revealing the existence of an “insurance policy,” the term has been the subject of wide speculation.

Some have said that the insurance policy was the FISA spy warrant used to monitor Trump campaign adviser Carter Page—and, by extension, other members of the Trump campaign. This interpretation is too narrow and fails to capture the underlying meaning of the text.Continue Reading