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An Interesting Interview with Rod Rosenstein – Revisited

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Note: In light of Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein’s upcoming House Judiciary testimony on December 13, 2017, I thought it worthwhile to re-visit a post from August 2017 regarding an interview Rosenstein gave to Chris Wallace.

I hope you find his interview as interesting as I did.

The FBI recently created a new counter-intelligence unit to specifically target leakers. As noted by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on August 4, 2017:

I directed my Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray to oversee all classified leak investigations and actively monitor the progress of each and every case.Continue Reading

Emerging Details, Damning Timelines & the Obama Administration’s Complicity

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We are discovering incredible, and now daily, revelations surrounding the Mueller Investigation. They approach – and perhaps reach – the highest levels of the Obama Administration.

The FBI’s weaponization by the Obama Administration. The partisan, and quite possibly illegal acts by the Department of Justice. Manipulation of the FISA Court. Illegal Unmasking and Surveillance of American Citizens. The partisan actions of FBI Agent Peter Strzok, who seemingly appears everywhere in the Clinton and Flynn Investigation. The equally partisan actions displayed by DOJ Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr through his interactions with Fusion GPS and the Trump Dossier.

The list is almost endless.Continue Reading

Recognition of Jerusalem & a Practical Approach to Peace

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Congress passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act:

Congress makes the following findings:

(1) Each sovereign nation, under international law and custom, may designate its own capital.
(2) Since 1950, the city of Jerusalem has been the capital of the State of Israel.
(3) The city of Jerusalem is the seat of Israel’s President, Parliament, and Supreme Court, and the site of numerous government ministries and social and cultural institutions.
(4) The city of Jerusalem is the spiritual center of Judaism, and is also considered a holy city by the members of other religious faiths.
(5) From 1948–1967, Jerusalem was a divided city and Israeli citizens of all faiths as well as Jewish citizens of all states were denied access to holy sites in the area controlled by Jordan.
(6) In 1967, the city of Jerusalem was reunited during the conflict known as the Six Day War.
(7) Since 1967, Jerusalem has been a united city administered by Israel, and persons of all religious faiths have been guaranteed full access to holy sites within the city.
(8) This year marks the 28th consecutive year that Jerusalem has been administered as a unified city in which the rights of all faiths have been respected and protected.Continue Reading

The Inspector General’s Quiet Investigation

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Yesterday, as part of a larger post, I wrote these words:

Via an orchestrated FBI leak, a get-in-front-of-the-news Washington Post article was released yesterday:

The former top FBI official assigned to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election was taken off that job this summer after his bosses discovered he and another member of Mueller’s team had exchanged politically charged texts disparaging President Trump and supporting Hillary Clinton.

Peter Strzok, as deputy head of counterintelligence at the FBI, was a key player in the investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server to do government work as secretary of state, as well as the probe into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election.

During the Clinton investigation, Strzok was involved in a romantic relationship with FBI lawyer Lisa Page, who worked for Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.

The Post article – along with an accompanying NYT piece, was released only when it became clear that details of an ongoing Inspector General Investigation into the matter would be forthcoming.

In that moment, I initially missed the significance contained in that final sentence:Continue Reading

An Empty Flynn Investigation & Obama-Clinton Complicity

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General Michael Flynn, former National Security Advisor to President Trump, plead guilty to lying to the FBI regarding his conversations with Russia’s ambassador to the United States.

Flynn is pleading guilty to a one-count criminal information. The Statement of the Offense may be found here.

The false-statement charge stems from Flynn’s conversations on December 22, 2016 and December 29, 2016, with Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak. The first conversation was about an anti-Israel resolution that the Obama administration abstained from, while the second conversation involved sanctions on Russia.Continue Reading

President Trump’s Unmasking of the Establishment

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Since President Donald Trump took office, he has been consistently strategic in working to dismantle the radical, leftwing legacy of his predecessor. – Newt Gingrich

Change – even sudden change – can appear almost subtle when viewed on a day-to-day basis.

Think about these questions:

How do you see the Democratic Party?

How do you see the Republican Party?

What is your opinion of various GOP Congressional members?

How do you view Congressional Leadership?

How do you regard the major Federal Agencies and Departments?

How do you see the Mainstream Media?

How do you feel about Hollywood?Continue Reading

Mulvaney’s CFPB Oversight & Pocahontas’ Panic

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Whenever Democrats work themselves into a lather, a question is always worth asking:

What are they trying to hide?

Case in point, Elizabeth Warren’s frantic rants over President Trump’s appointment of Mick Mulvaney (Director of the Office of Management and Budget) as Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has a nice sounding name that hides a darker agenda.Continue Reading

Our Great Mistake – The 17th Amendment

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It is not by the consolidation, or concentration, of powers, but by their distribution, that good government is effected. – Thomas Jefferson

Separation of Power is one of the most fundamental tenets of our great Constitution.

When power is consolidated in the hands of the few, the needs of the many are ignored. Our Founding Fathers recognized this great trap and sought to put in place lasting safeguards against the natural tendency of national government to gain undue political power.

Safeguards that sought the preservation of individual and state rights against the natural process of power consolidation at the federal level.

Diffusion of power is good.Continue Reading