Russia Investigation - Page 216

May 7, 2019

Karl Rove: Barr exposed tone-deaf Dems in embarrassing Judiciary hearing

The attempted Democratic takedown of Attorney General William Barr last week during his Senate Judiciary Committee appearance was a thing to behold.  The gruff, direct, seemingly unflappable bear of an AG batted away each assault, question after question, hour after hour. But a second impression also emerged: the tone deafness of so many Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats.  Some seemed unaware of the full import of their questions and complaints.

May 7, 2019

Nadler moves toward holding Barr in contempt: How it would work

With U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr brushing aside requests to release a fully unredacted version of the Mueller report to Congress, Democrats have been threatening to hold him in contempt.  While this would hardly be the first time an administration official has been in this situation, it remains a complex process. Here's what it means.

May 7, 2019

Pelosi: Trump ‘is goading us to impeach him’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday she believes President Trump is “goading” House Democrats to impeach him because he thinks it could help him politically.

May 7, 2019

McConnell rails against Mueller report politics in blistering floor speech: ‘Case closed’

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, in a scorching floor speech on Tuesday, accused Democrats of rooting for a "national crisis" for political gain as he appealed to lawmakers to move on from the Russia controversy now that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report is complete. 

May 7, 2019

Charles Stimson, Hans von Spakovsky: House Dems show their contempt for the Constitution and the rule of law

Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., falsely labeled Attorney General William Barr a “liar.” Our colleague and former Supreme Court litigator Paul Larkin debunked that baseless epithet, as did Harvard Law School Professor Jack Goldsmith and Kim Strassel of the Wall Street Journal. 

May 7, 2019

Andrew McCarthy: The FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation was formally opened on false pretenses

Chicanery was the force behind the formal opening of the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation.

May 7, 2019

Judge Napolitano: Dem threats of jailing Barr are 'absurd', contempt warning used as 'political weapon'

Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano says the Democrats’ threats of putting Attorney General Bill Barr into the slammer for not complying with their subpoenas are “absurd.”

May 7, 2019

Rich Lowry: Bob Mueller’s job now is just to go away

The last thing the world needs is more of Robert Mueller’s commentary, but Congress is determined to have him hold forth at a public hearing.

May 7, 2019

Sean Hannity: Democrats are in a psychotic state of denial over the Mueller report

Sean Hannity: Unhinged Democrats have a new target - William Barr.

May 7, 2019

Tucker Carlson: Dems remain focused on Mueller because they want to divert attention from Obama's spying

Tucker Carlson: Dems are trying to divert attention away from the bigger story.