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May 8, 2020

Ex-Acting AG Matthew Whitaker: DOJ's Flynn decision good start but there's much more to do

The now revealed FBI effort to entrap Gen. Michael Flynn was shameful.

May 8, 2020

Alan Dershowitz says Barr did right thing in dropping Flynn case: 'There was never a crime'

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Attorney General William Barr did "exactly the right thing" in dropping charges against former Trump administration national security adviser Gen. Michael Flynn because there was never a crime committed, Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz asserted Friday.

May 8, 2020

Geraldo Rivera: Trump critics 'pre-occupied' America with 'phony' Russia allegations for 3 years

A fired-up Geraldo Rivera, the Fox News roaming correspondent-at-large and Fox Nation host, argued that the now-discredited FBI investigation of General Michael Flynn was indicative of a larger effort to undermine President Donald Trump.

May 8, 2020

Tucker Carlson shreds FBI over Flynn investigation: 'How many other lives have they destroyed'?

"How often does the FBI set people up? How many other lives have they destroyed without the public knowing about it?"

May 7, 2020

Hannity reacts to DOJ move to dismiss Flynn case: 'Where does he go to get his good name back?'

Sean Hannity opened his show Thursday by reacting to the Justice Department's move to dismiss its case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and called for apologies from "idiots in the media mob."

May 7, 2020

House Intel transcripts: Unnamed 'special agent' said Steele was barred from helping the FBI

In a recently released transcript of a House Intelligence Committee interview conducted during the Russia probe in 2017, an unnamed special agent from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said ex-British spy Christopher Steele was barred at one point from assisting the agency with its inquiry.

May 7, 2020

Gowdy slams Schiff for wasting 'longest damn year of my life' with Russia probe, decries 'arrogant' Comey

Former House Oversight Committee Chairman and Fox News contributor Trey Gowdy told "The Story" Thursday that it was a "great day for Bill Barr" and a "lousy day for Jim Comey" after the Justice Department moved to end its prosecution former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

May 7, 2020

McCabe admitted FBI was unable to ‘prove the accuracy’ of Steele dossier used for surveillance warrants

Former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe admitted the FBI was unable to “prove the accuracy” of the Steele dossier, particularly the information used to obtain surveillance warrants on former Trump campaign aide Carter Page. 

May 7, 2020

Schiff: Michael Flynn dismissal 'incriminates' Barr

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., slammed the head of the Justice Department Thursday after he announced the case of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn will be dropped. 

May 7, 2020

Grassley predicts there are 'more shoes to drop' after DOJ moves to dismiss Flynn case

Senate Judiciary Committee member Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, told "Special Report" Thursday that the Justice Department's move to dismiss its case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn "should have happened weeks ago."