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January 6, 2020

CNN silent after it was revealed correspondent Andrew McCabe apologized for lying to investigators

CNN pundit Andrew McCabe apologized for lying to federal investigators concerning a 2016 leak to The Wall Street Journal about the Hillary Clinton email probe, but you wouldn't know it if you were tuning in to his employer.

January 3, 2020

House Dems, Trump DOJ clash in court over McGahn subpoena push

The Trump Justice Department faced tough questioning Friday from a federal appeals court over a political and legal standoff with the House Judiciary Committee, dealing with a pair of interrelated disputes that could impact the current and future impeachment proceedings against the president.

January 2, 2020

McCabe apologized for misleading investigators on leak, transcripts show

Former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe apologized for lying to federal investigators concerning an October 2016 leak to The Wall Street Journal about the Hillary Clinton email probe, newly released transcripts show -- underscoring McCabe's legal jeopardy as U.S. Attorney John Durham continues the DOJ's criminal probe into bureau misconduct.

December 27, 2019

Judith Miller: ‘Richard Jewell’ raises troubling questions about how FBI and media operate

The list of FBI abuses is long and bipartisan. If Eastwood’s film helps spur public outrage about the FBI’s conduct and the need for prompt reform, so be it.

December 26, 2019

Washington Post media critic slams Rachel Maddow, says liberal host 'rooted' for Steele dossier

In a stunning takedown of MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple wrote Thursday that the liberal cable news star “rooted for” British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s dossier, which served as the basis for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants against Trump campaign official Carter Page, to be the smoking gun that would force the president out of office.

December 24, 2019

FISA court review order leaves out key FBI players implicated in Horowitz report

Fox News has learned the FISA court did not order the FBI to double-check warrant applications involving officials who made key omissions and errors in warrant applications as the bureau sought to surveil Carter Page.

December 23, 2019

Marc Thiessen on how Trump critics are damaging US institutions: FISA Court is the 'perfect example'

Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen said on Monday that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is the “perfect example” of how President Trump's enemies have become the enemy of democracy.

December 21, 2019

Brett Velicovich: FBI misconduct in Trump spying probe shows reforms needed to stop government abuses

FBI and Justice Department officials have an important and urgent assignment over the holidays: come up with reforms to correct the serious flaws and potential for abuse in the process used to get the permission of a secret court to spy on fellow Americans.

December 20, 2019

FISA court judge demands info about FBI lawyer linked to Carter Page warrant

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court’s presiding judge has sent another directive to the Justice Department, ordering officials to identify previous surveillance requests from an FBI lawyer linked to the 2016 warrant from former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.

December 20, 2019

Jason Chaffetz: Democrats are working to weaponize government power against their adversaries – It must stop

The alarming revelation that Rep. Adam Schiff’s House Intelligence Committee obtained and released telephone records of a journalist, another House member and President Trump's lawyers is just the latest in an escalating pattern of abuse by Democrats.