Trump: Whitaker will have free reign over Mueller probe

Like a case of genital warts, most of us just want the Mueller investigation to go away. Not that anyone on the right side of the aisle is worried Mueller will find something against Trump or his administration, but for many of us, the investigation has gone on for so long now it's beginning to rot.

In spite of this, I believe if Trump is innocent [and I'm sure he is] he ought to allow the probe to come to its fullest conclusion and assuage all doubts of guilt.

On Sunday, President Trump told Fox News' Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday" that he will be giving acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker free reign over the Mueller investigation on the Russia probe, including limiting or even shutting it down.

"It's going to be up to him," Trump said. "I wouldn't get involved."

President Trump picked Whitaker after he fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Whitaker is an outspoken critic of the Mueller investigation and this ignited renewed accusations that Trump is trying to squelch the investigation.

They would want Trump to select an acting AG who is all in for the probe and a Democrat to boot.

Trump said he didn't know of Whitaker's previous public remarks, which paints the president as uninformed and begs the question: why did he choose someone of whose ideology he was unaware?

I think the president was pulling our collective legs on that one.

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BREAKING: Trump fires Sessions

It comes as no surprise that President Trump hasn't been happy with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, but it still comes as a bit of a shock that he would fire him just hours after the midterm elections.

And he made the announcement the way he loves best: he did it on Twitter:

"We are pleased to announce that Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Department of Justice, will become our new Acting Attorney General of the United States. He will serve our country well. ..."

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We are pleased to announce that Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Department of Justice, will become our new Acting Attorney General of the United States. He will serve our Country well....

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We are pleased to announce that Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Department of Justice, will become our new Acting Attorney General of the United States. He will serve our Country well....

Donald J. Trump

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....We thank Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his service, and wish him well! A permanent replacement will be nominated at a later date.

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Sessions issued his own resignation letter in which he admitted that he was resigning at the president's request. He explained in the letter that "we have restored and upheld the rule of law--a glorious tradition that each of us has a responsibility to safeguard. We have operated with integrity and have lawfully and aggressively advanced the policy agenda of this administration."

Whitaker has previously been quite critical of the Mueller investigation and now that Sessions is gone, Rod Rosenstein will no longer be in an oversight position over the Mueller investigation.

When Sessions had recused himself from the Mueller investigation it negatively impacted on the president's relationship with him and it seemed that Sessions' firing would eventually be a sure thing based on Trump's history of how he dealt with those who oppose him.

For certain, Sessions was no Eric Holder. He ran the DOJ honestly and did his duty, not as a "Wingman" for the president as Holder said he was to Obama, but as an honest chief law enforcement officer of the United States.

It's unknown whether Whitaker will do anything to impede or end the Mueller investigation, only time will tell as it seems to be coming to a conclusion anyway.

We also need to wait and see who Trump will select to replace Sessions, but with the new Senate majority, it will be fairly easy to do so.


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Sleazy Avenatti hit with 2nd criminal probe over Kavanaugh

Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who gained notoriety representing porn performer Storm Daniels in a case against President Trump, is in hot water after his client said that he "twisted" her words about now Justice Kavanaugh.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley referred Avenatti to the Department of Justice for a second criminal investigation amid reports the woman he represented recanted her allegations against Justice Kavanaugh even before Avenatti submitted her sworn declaration.

Grassley's referral follows one already issued on Thursday alleging the crap weasel Avenatti and his client Julie Swetnick engaged in a "conspiracy" to provide false statements to Congress regarding Kavanaugh's alleged sexual misconduct--after Swetnick stepped away from some of the allegations.

This latest referral is about the second sworn declaration Avenatti submitted to the committee that supposedly backed up Swetnick's claims.

Grassley cited an NBC News report that revealed almost three weeks after Kavanaugh's confirmation that a second, unidentified accuser walked back her allegations even before Avenatti could post her statement on social media, saying the shyster lawyer "twisted" her words. Supposedly, she saw Kavanaugh "spike" the punch at the alleged parties.

But prior to the release of the statement, she told NBC News on September 30th, "I didn't ever think it was Brett" who spike the drinks and denied ever seeing Kavanaugh acting inappropriately towards women.

After she read her statement posted by Avenatti, she told the media that "It is incorrect that I saw Brett spike the punch. I didn't see anyone spike the punch. ...I was very clear with Michael Avenatti from day one."

"I would not ever allow anyone to be abusive in my presence," she added. "Male or female." She also said that she did not "like that [Avenatti] twisted my words."

The referral letter by Grassley to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director Chris Wray said that the woman's sworn testimony submitted to the committee Oct. 2 "appears to be an outright fraud."

"In light of this new information, I am now referring Mr. Avenatti for investigation of additional potential violations of those same laws, stemming from a second declaration he submitted to the Committee that also appears to contain materially false statements," Grassley added.

Avenatti responded to the referral by going on a Twitter attack: "How ignorant is Grassley? He keeps publicly demanding an investigation knowing full well that it will likely never happen--it is all for show. And if it does, he has placed Kavanaugh at risk of being removed from the SCOTUS. This is what happens when you never attend law school," the arrogant scum crumpet wrote.

Avenatti is an embarrassment to his profession.

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Boston Police Union refuses to endorse Fauxcahontas

The Boston Police Patrolmen's Association (BPPA), one of the largest police unions in the city, has refused to back Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren [aka Fauxcahontas] in her bid for re-election this year.

The union represents over 1,500 cops and has opted to endorse Warren's Republican challenger, Geoff Diehl, instead. Last week they announced that they could not endorse Warren due to her comments rebuking the criminal justice system.

In her obvious attempt at relevancy, and a probable bid for the 2020 presidential nomination, she referred to law enforcement as "racist," hoping to win the support of the far left. But the BPPA told the Boston Herald that her remarks prove that she doesn't "stand" with law enforcement.

Referring to Diehl, the union's president Mike Leary said, "We hope (this endorsement) helps get him elected. We stand with the people who stand with us and Elizabeth Warren has made derogatory comments to law enforcement and we can't stand with her for that."

Leary said, in a statement released by the Diehl campaign, that when it came to public safety and the issues important to law enforcement officers, the difference between the two candidates was sufficiently defined.

"The choice is very clear," Leary said, "we have an advocate who will fight for Boston police . . . as opposed to someone who undermines our efforts to keep neighborhoods safe."

In August, Warren called the criminal justice system racist "from front to back" during a Q & A session hosted by Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) at Dillard University in New Orleans.

"The hard truth about our criminal justice system, it's racist," the make-believe Native American senator said.  "And when I say our system, I mean all the way. I mean front to back . . . on the front end--what you declare to be illegal--[and] on how you enforce it, on who gets arrested."

Warren's bull crap triggered widespread condemnation from town hall attendees, elected officials, and of course, the police.

But take heart--she really doesn't believe her own words any more than she believes she actually is a Native American. She simply wants to go for the big one in 2020 and being hatefully outrageous is her strategy.

Her remarks even caused Attorney General Jeff Sessions to censure her, as the Republican Party appears to be growing a set of balls.

"Earlier this week, a U.S. Senator called our justice system 'racist,'" Sessions said. "This is a slander of every law officer and every prosecutor in America. And, frankly, I think it is an insult to their families and to the crime victims they have helped to face their attacker."

Fauxcahontas' remarks about race and the criminal justice system comes at a time when there is an increase in the level of violence perpetrated against police officers. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, noted that the local law enforcement personnel killed in the line of duty throughout the first six months of 2018 was 12 percent higher than the number recorded for the same time frame last year.

Accepting the union's endorsement, Diehl said that law enforcement needs a strong voice in Congress. "They need a senator who will have their back not throw them under the bus to score political points.," Diehl said. "Warren calls them racists. I call them heroes."

So you have to wonder, who does Warren really support?

And who is the real racist? The cops who protect all citizens regardless of race, or a woman using a fake claim of being a Native American [and refusing to take a DNA test] to land a job that a real Native American might have gotten?


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The plot sickens for McCabe and Strzok: both under grand jury investigation

As they came to that point in time to ride out into the sunset, Andrew McCabe and Peter "Consonants" Strzok allegedly did what any sneaky scumwafer would do while they still had access ro FBI files and computers--they tried to destroy evidence and documents, according to well-placed FBI and DOJ sources.

But low and behold, they were caught in the process by a sting operation.

Two guys who were supposedly the sharpest knives in the proverbial drawer serving the FBI, and headed the nation's Intel apparatus, both independently set out to allegedly destroy incriminating evidence before being dumped by the Bureau. And neither genius had a clue they were being watched--which usually can be attributed to a high level of narcissism.

FBI Director Chris Wray thought they might try covering their tracks and, working with people from the Inspector General's office, they set up a sting operation to prevent evidence from being destroyed, both documents and digital evidence, two FBI sources confirm.

McCabe and Strzok were under round-the-clock surveillance at different times, both at the FBI office and outside of HQ in Washington, D.C. All documents, databases and files that were manipulated or deleted by both Strzok and McCabe were being recorded and documented by federal agents. Original records were restored after the two muffs left the FBI.

"They had no clue they were being watched," an FBI source said.

Another inside source said "there were similar patterns" in what each dirtbag accessed at the FBI before being canned.

As to whether federal agents and the IG were running wiretaps on McCabe's and Strzok's phones while they were with the Bureau, one FBI source said, "It's a wise deduction."

Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired McCabe and Strzok was forced to resign after a public hearing on Capitol Hill in which he made faces that could only have been inspired by Satan himself. Both butt-munchers stayed with the Bureau long after they should have, but there was no rush to push them out while the sting operation was going on. And both Frick and Frack kept obliviously playing along.

Federal sources say a grand jury has been convened regarding the two mental giants, along with other former FBI personnel, and the evidence that had been gathered will be the focus of the grand jury, as well as other violations during their tenures to be considered.

Utah US attorney John Huber was quietly selected by Sessions in 2017 to work with the DOJ to examine FBI misconduct as the GOP claimed along with the FBI's failure to indict Hillary Clinton's ties to a Russian nuclear agency.

The entire procedure is "hush" according to high-profile FBI-linked people involved and added, "There is so much to tackle but from what I know, the grand jury is now moving into the witness phase."

Now we just need to wait and see what the outcome will bring.


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POTUS madder at The Times than a snake that married the garden hose

President Trump is calling on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to use his resources and manpower to launch an intense investigation to uncover the identity of the anonymous person behind the Op-Ed published earlier this week in The New York Times.

Trump has been madder than a mule chewing on bumble bees since the column was published and told reporters aboard Air Force One that the critical piece about his leadership is a "national security" issue.

Reporters asked the president if he would take any action and he said, "we're going to see. I'm looking at that right now."

The op-ed by a cowardly "senior" official, described a covert inside effort to protect the country from Trump's "misguided impulses." Thus began the search for the author while most Cabinet officials and others have quickly denied responsibility and condemned the author.

Michael M. Grynbaum, a journalist at The New York Times tweeted a statement saying they're "confident" the DOJ "understands that the First Amendment protects all American citizens and that it would not participate in such a blatant abuse of government power."

"The President's threats both underscore why we must safeguard the identity of the writer of this Op-Ed and serve as a reminder of the importance of a free and independent press to American democracy," the statement continued.

I have to agree with them on this. But the person who wrote the piece is clearly a coward and a phony. If he worries so much about the country as he or she says, why not come forward with full disclosure for the sake of the country. Unless that person's job is really more important to him or her.

In an interview with "Fox and Friends" Trump said the Times shouldn't have even had the piece--and I agree with him on this issue. It serves absolutely no purpose but to undermine the presidency.

There is a wonderful piece in National Review by David French. It's an open letter to "Anonymous," the person who wrote the Op-Ed.

Unlike Trump, he does not refer to the post as "treason," because it isn't. But it is a rather underhanded and cowardly thing to do.

Whether Sessions will follow up on Trump's call to investigate is unclear. But their relationship is eroding and the president has publicly and repeatedly faulted him over the Russia probe in which Sessions appropriately recused himself.

Trump would probably like Sessions to be his "wingman" like Eric Holder was to Barack Obama and actually said so. But that is not the role of the Attorney General and Sessions appears to be playing his role in a professional manner, whether we like it or not.

Last month President Trump complained to the public that Sessions "never took control" of the DOJ, to which Sessions put out a terse statement saying: "While I am Attorney General, the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations."

I firmly believe Sessions is doing so and will continue to do so until Trump fires him.

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Will Judge Jeanine replace Jeff Sessions?

The rumor mill is working overtime in the Trump administration. The latest scuttlebutt is that Judge Jeanine Pirro of the Fox News Network is looking to return to jurisprudence but not in any courtroom, in the role of attorney general replacing Jeff "I Recuse Myself" Sessions.

According to a report by Politico released Thursday, Pirro, a former Westchester County, New York district attorney and judge wants to replace Sessions who heads the Justice Department. The report states that she has repeatedly told President Trump's aides and advisers for the past year and a half that she is interested in taking over as the country's top law enforcement official, as stated by four people familiar with the conversations.

"Trump has dangled the possibility of giving her a top appointment. During a November meeting in the Oval Office, the president raised the possibility of nominating Pirro to a federal judgeship, according to a former administration official, though this person added that Trump was more likely engaging in flattery than seriously considering putting  Pirro on the bench."

Her colleagues at Fox evidently "laughed" at the idea of her getting a senior position within the Trump administration, but the way the president appears to operate, I wouldn't put it past him.

Even Politico mentioned that Trump has "demonstrated a penchant for bringing cable news stars into his administration--most recently tapping CNBC commentator Larry Kudlow to be his top economic adviser."

And let's not forget that Trump used Kim Kardashian West as his prison reform adviser.

Trump has been publicly critical of Sessions over his recusal with the Russia investigation and being the catalyst for the Mueller clown car act. Most recently, Trump made it once again clear that he wouldn't have chosen Sessions if he had known about his meetings with then-Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak.

Who are we kidding--Trump loves theater and Jeanine Pirro would be an added attraction to his administration. So don't count her out, in spite of the blowback Trump may get from many Republicans.

Remember, Sessions was a staunch Trump supporter due to his immigration stance, and he gave up his seat in the Senate to join his administration. A seat he would have likely held until retirement but which fell to the Democrats in the Roy Moore washout.

In a way, I hope Pirro stays put--Trump has more important things on his Big Mac.


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Nunes: wants AG Sessions held in contempt of Congress

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) wants to hold Attorney General Jeff Sessions held in contempt of Congress. And why not? Sessions is as useless as a yo-yo to a bottle fly.

The committee is looking into allegations that the DoJ and FBI abused the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in looking into the Trump campaign.

Nunes appeared on Fox News' "Fox and Friends" Sunday. "On Thursday we discovered that they are not going to comply with our subpoena," he said, adding, "the only thing left to do is we have to move quickly to hold the attorney general of the United States in contempt and that is what I will press for this week."

Nunes sent Sessions a classified letter two weeks ago but it was not acknowledged, so he then sent a subpoena, although Nunes conceded that it's possible the little AG wasn't aware of it. But he said that he will not accept any "excuses" relating to national security concerns in terms of the ongoing Russian probe and how it was handled.

This has been a "go-to" excuse by the FBI and DoJ in the past and Nunes is apparently fed up with it. "How many times have we heard this argument throughout this investigation?" he asked.

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) agrees with Nunes.

"I have deeper and deeper concerns the more I see some of this, not only the stonewalling, but what's been in some of these memos," Scalise said on 'Fox and Friends'. "We're also trying to get a lot of other information from the Department of Justice about this investigation, and everything that we uncover raises even deeper concerns about the direction."

The Department of Justice says that it responded to the Nunes letter, said Maria Bartiromo on "Sunday Morning Futures."

Nunes called the FBI and DoJ redaction of his committee's Russia report was "excessive and sloppy." The committee's report found that FBI agents "did not detect any deception during [Michael] Flynn's interview."

But you would never know that if your only news source was CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, or CBS. 


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Documents suggest coordination between FBI, CIA, Obama WH and Dems in Trump-Russia probe

Photo: Reuters

Text messages between FBI lovers/officials Lisa Page and Peter Strzok were recently uncovered suggesting a possible covert coordination between high-ranking officials at the Obama White House, Justice Department, CIA, FBI and former Senate Democratic leadership in the early days of the investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

According to investigators, the information provided to Fox News "strongly" suggests collusion between Obama's Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, then-Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (aka "Hairy Weed") and former CIA Director and possible closet Muslim John Brennan. This would clearly "contradict" the Obama administration's public claim about its hand in the process.

Photo: AP

A text by Lisa Page to Strzok on Aug. 2, 2016 read: 

"Make sure you can lawfully protect what you sign. Just thinking about congress, foia, etc. You probably know better than me."

The next day Strzok texted Page describing former FBI Deputy Director Andrew (Andy) McCable as being concerned with "information control" related to the initial investigation into Trump's campaign. Brennan was sent to Capitol Hill around the same time to brief members of Congress about possible election interference, according to the New York Times.

Five days later, Strzok texted Page:

"Internal joint cyber cd intel piece for D, scenesetter for McDonough brief, Trainor [head of FBI cyber division] directed all cyber info be pulled. I'd let Bill and Jim hammer it out first, though it would be best for D to have it before the Wed WH session."

"D" refers to since fired FBI Director James Comey and "McDonough" refers to Obama's Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, the GOP investigators said.

"We are not making conclusions. What we are saying is that the timeline is concerning enough to warrant the appointment of an independent investigator to look at whether or not the Obama White House was involved [in the Trump-Russia investigation]," a GOP congressional source told Fox News."

Of course, the CIA and FBI are independent agencies and are supposed to be non-partisan. Any coordination with the White House would be inappropriate.

Photo: AP

But does anyone doubt the existence of partisanship with Comey, Strzok, Page, Brennan and McCabe?

It seems as if they collectively believed they were being patriotic by thwarting Trump from remaining in office, that somehow it was their patriotic duty to get him impeached.

But alas, semi-useless Attorney General Jeff Sessions has now determined there will be no second special counsel and nobody will be held accountable in any of the aforementioned agencies.

And Hillary Clinton will never pay for her use of an illegal server. 

And Susan Rice will still be on the Netflix board of directors in spite of her lies and deception to the American public about Benghazi being inspired by a stupid video. 

And Obama will continue to make asinine, self-aggrandizing speeches about how there may one day be "a million Obamas." 

And Facebook will continue to farm our data to the Democrats.

And the sun will rise, and the sun will set, and nothing changes.



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Paul slams Brennan, America's hypocrite

Sen.Rand Paul (R-KY) slammed ex-CIA chief John Brennan for saying that President Trump will be remembered as a "disgraced demagogue." Rand said that Brennan's spying on Americans while he headed the agency was disgraceful.

"This man had the power to search every American's records without a warrant," Paul began in a tweet Sunday. "What's disgraceful is attacking the Bill of Rights and the freedom of every American."

Plus the fact that nobody knows the deal with Brennan, He visited the Muslim holy site, the Hajj, which only Muslims can visit. What's going on with that?

Paul has held strong disdain for Brennan for years, as does anyone who truly holds the U.S. Constitution as the final say in American democracy.

In 2013, Paul filibustered the Senate floor for 13 hours to block Obama's nomination for Brennan, a disgusting piece of floating effluvia in the scum pond of the gorilla cage at the Bronx Zoo in August. Paul's concern is whether the administration would execute a drone strike on an American on U.S. soil--after all, Obama executed a drone strike of an American citizen on foreign soil, not that the POS al Awlaki didn't deserve to be blown to bits.

The problem is, if you can kill an American, regardless of their terrorist ties, what's stopping the president from justifying the killing of an American he simply wants to kill? 

The president cannot be the judge and jury.

A year and a half after the filibuster, Rand joined a bipartisan call for the removal of Brennan as CIA chief after it was revealed his agency spied on Senate Intelligence Committee staffers.

Rands most recent criticism comes after Brennan's response to Trump on Friday night after AG Jeff Sessions fired FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe just two days before he was ready to retire on full taxpayer funded pension.

Sessions fired McCabe after an FBI report and an inspector general's report on McCabe showed his mishandling of the Hillary Clinton illegal email servers while pretending to be secretary of state.

Brennan tweeted:

"When the full extent of your venality, moral turpitude, and political corruption becomes known, you will take your rightful place as a disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history. You may scapegoat Andy McCabe, but you will not destroy America ... America will triumph over you."

Brennan's Twitter pages claims that he is non-partisan.

With such a copious vocabulary as Brennan, you think he knew the definition of non-partisan.


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Not all of California agrees with sanctuary cities

Imagine a state law that limits the amount of cooperation they allow between local law enforcement and federal immigration agents. This is what defines a sanctuary city. 

It defies logic for any government, local or larger, to protect illegal immigrants who have committed a crime and allow them to go free. It honestly makes no sense whatsoever.

But California never refused to defy logic, especially if by doing so, they defy the federal government, and especially if the president is Donald J. Trump.

Believe it or not, one California town wants to exempt itself from sanctuary city law and is taking a stand against the state law that limits cooperation with ICE.

The City of Los Alamitos is voting on an ordinance to exempt it from the sanctuary city law that council members say conflicts with federal law and a little old document known as the U.S. Constitution. Members of the council say the state law "may be in direct conflict with federal laws and the Constitution" along with the oath (aka sworn promise) they took in taking office.

According to the ordinance, the council "finds that it is impossible to honor our oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States."

The ordinance to exempt comes after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Justice Department was filing a lawsuit against California over three pieces of legislation that clash with federal immigration policy.

Los Alamitos council members agree with Sessions, who argued the laws are not only unconstitutional, but also a "plain violation of federal statute and common sense."

It's as if most of California has a teenage, angry and defiant personality, but a few small areas may be coming to their senses.


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McCabe turns over personal memos to Mueller investigation

Freshly fired FBI Deputy Director Andy McCabe kept personal memos a là James Comey, on his interactions with President Trump.

The disclosure of the memos on Saturday, were confirmed to Fox News by a sneaky source close to the disgraced weasel and comes after he was dumped by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

McCabe gave the memos to Special Counsel Robert Mueller and it includes what Comey told him about his interactions with Trump, so that is considered hearsay in a court of law.

In fact, just because McCabe turned over something he has written, doesn't make the content factual, just like the memos Comey leaked.

McCabe is trying to put the blame on the Trump administration for his termination, but it was Jeff Sessions and the DOJ's  Office of Professional Responsibility that nailed his lying butt. Sessions said that he acted on the termination after a Justice Department inspector general's report and on the recommendation of FBI disciplinary officials. 

Not President Trump.

Sadly for McCabe, but happily for tax payers, the firing came just two days before his official retirement and his eligibility to receive his full retirement package.

President Trump tweeted:

Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI- A great day for Democracy. Sanctimonious James Comey was his boss and made McCabe look like a choirboy. He knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the FBI.

Rep. Mark Pocan, (D.-Wis.) extended a job offer to McCabe on Saturday because if there's one guy the Democrats like, it's a guy who hates Trump as much as he hates following the law. 

By hiring McCabe at the position offered, he would be able to get the taxpayer's retirement money.

Pocan (not to be confused with Pocahontas or pecan, a different form of nut) said, "Andrew McCabe's firing makes it clear that President Trump is doing everything he can to discredit the FBI. My offer of employment to Mr. McCabe is a legitimate offer to work on election security." 

[It's possible that Pocan wants McCabe to work with the New Black Panthers to suppress the white vote if Kamala Harris is nominated in 2020.]

McCabe released a "Hillary-esque" statement Friday suggesting his firing was part of the Trump administration's "war on the FBI," and a vast right wing conspiracy the likes of which would blow your mind.

Trump loved the firing and this had to sit poorly with not only McCabe, but also with Comey when Trump compared the two.

Trump later tweeted of alleged "tremendous leaking, lying and corruption" among the leaders of the FBI, DOJ and State Department.

The IG's report will likely conclude McCabe authorized the release of information to the media and was not forthcoming with the FBI while it examined the bureau's handling of the Hillary Clinton inquiry regarding her use of an illegal private email server, for which she was not indicted due to her royal status, while serving as Secretary of State under former president and socialist, Barack Obama.

"The FBI expects every employee to adhere to the highest standards of honesty, integrity and accountability," Sessions wrote in a statement.

In an effort to dilute his dishonesty and lack of candor, McCabe tired to shift blame and maintain his credibility saying the attack on him was "part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally," but also the bureau and law enforcement, which doesn't make sense.

Mueller is investigating whether Trump's actions, including the firing of Comey, constitute obstruction of justice. McCabe could be an important, unbiased (LOL) witness.

McCabe served over 20 years as an FBI official. His wife, Jill, ran in the Democratic Party for the Virginia State Senate and for which McCabe accepted a $600,000 campaign contribution, which went for nought--she lost and for which Andrew did not recuse himself.

McCabe is also alleged to have leaked FBI investigative information to the media. That's grounds for termination all by itself.



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Sessions orders DOJ review on Obama administration and Hezbollah's 'free pass'

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has launched a review of Project Cassandra, a law enforcement program dealing with Hezbollah and its drug trafficking and money laundering operations. There is an allegation that the Obama administration gave Hezbollah a 'free pass' to allow the terrorist group to finance their terrorist initiatives against Americans and others across the globe.

If it is discovered that former President Obama knew of this interference with Project Cassandra, nothing will be done anyway. Sorry, but you and I both know that's true.

The DOJ told Fox News on Friday that Sessions ordered a review "to evaluate allegations that certain matters were not properly prosecuted and to ensure all matters are appropriately handled."

We'll see if Eric Holder is indicted. We know Obama won't be.


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Fusion GPS admits hiring wife of DOJ official to probe Trump

The co-founder and CEO of opposition research firm Fusion GPS, Glenn Simpson, acknowledged in a court document that his company hired Nellie Ohr, the wife of senior Justice Department official, Bruce Ohr, to help investigate then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016.

Bruce has since been 'turned loose' from the investigation for concealing meetings with Fusion GPS and was demoted to Deputy Kitchen Grease Pit Cleaner, or a similar position.

The company created the anti-Trump "dossier" containing sexual misconduct allegations about the president. The "dossier" was paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

The connections for the Ohrs are serious concerns for Republicans who see this as a conflict of interest and lack of objectivity at the Justice Department. It spurred Trump's outside counsel to call for a separate special prosecutor.

Fusion's CEO confirmation was in a signed declaration filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., and it depicted a clearer picture of how Nellie Ohr was involved with Fusion GPS.

Simpson's statement indicates that Nellie Ohr was quite involved in the oppositional research on Trump. He said bank records reflect his company's contract with her "to help our company with its research and analysis of Mr. Trump."

Simpson added that he told the House Intelligence Committee that he personally met with Bruce Ohr, "at his request, after the November 2016 election to discuss our findings regarding Russia and the election."

Woah Nellie.

According to evidence gathered by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), chaired by Rep. Devin Nunes (R.-Calif.) Ohr met with Christopher Steele during the 2016 presidential campaign. Steele is a former British spy who authored the "dossier." Ohr also met with Simpson after the election.


Republican lawmakers are most interested in determining whether the "dossier" served as the basis for the Justice Department and FBI to obtain FISA surveillance in 2016 on a Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page.

Jay Sekulow, Trump's attorney, on Tuesday called for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the special prosecutor's investigation. It is expected that should this happen, the Democrats will call for a special prosecutor to investigate the special prosecutor investigating the special prosecutor, ad infinitum.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is currently reviewing the House GOP members calling for a special probe regarding various Obama and Clinton-related controversies.

Regarding Sekulow's call, AG Sessions noted that he has already ordered a review following the prior call from the House.

   
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Feds Issue Arrest Warrant for Steinle Killer

The federal government issued a warrant containing felony weapons charges for Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, the Kate Steinle killer who received a not guilty verdict of murder from a leftist jury that has infuriated some people.

There is no doubt that the jury's verdict was a anti-Trump spite decision.

Zarate has been deported five times and the feds have promised to deport him again. 

Maybe six deportations is a charm.

The jury found Zarate guilty of being a felon while possessing the handgun which his defense team claimed accidentally fired the round that killed Steinle. It was that verdict that may have been the reason the feds issued the warrant, which claimed he violated the terms of his supervised release from prison in 2015.

Steinle's murder occurred in San Francisco, a so-called sanctuary city, which is a city that provides sanctuary for illegal aliens and takes sanctuary away from those who live there. The shooting sparked a national debate on immigration.

Although federal authorities requested that Zarate not be released from a San Francisco prison before his deportation, the jail released him about 3 months before he killed Steinle.

The Department of Justice unsealed the warrant on Friday in the Western District of Texas, according to The Hill. 

Following the verdict, both President Trump and Attorney Jeff Sessions spoke on lamented immigration enforcement that allowed for the release of Zarate.

Hopefully, there will be justice for Kate Steinle's family. 


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DOJ exploring possible follow-up on Steinle case

The Department of Justice is exploring an option of bringing federal charges against Jose Garcia Zarate after the San Francisco court reached a not guilty verdict in the Kate Steinle murder trial, according to Fox News who spoke with department officials of the DOJ.

A brain-dead California jury acquitted Zarate of the more serious charges in the case, which includes murder, involuntary manslaughter and assault with a deadly weapon.

The 5-time felon was only convicted of possession of a firearm.

U.S. immigration officials said they'd deport Garcia Zarate (aka Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez) who was wanted for deportation. 

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Zarate was previously deported only 5 times and kept worming his way back into the country, specifically, San Francisco because it's a sanctuary city for felons and other illegal aliens and he knew they'd protect him from the law.

Kate Steinle, 32, was with her father on a San Francisco pier in 2015 when Zarate, about 90 feet away, found a Sig Sauer handgun, picked it up, and it allegedly went off all by itself as handguns are all known to do, and shot her in the back.

Zarate could be sentenced 3 years in prison for the firearm charge, but he's already been locked up for over 2 years awaiting trial. 

President Trump, who simply cannot not comment on legal matters called the verdict "disgraceful" and has used the case to rally support for a border wall.

"The Kate Steinle killer came back and back over the weakly protected Obama border, always committing crimes and being violent, and yet this info was not used in court. His exoneration is a complete travesty of justice. BUILD THE WALL!" he tweeted Friday.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions also disagreed with the verdict in a written statement using zero exclamation marks, unlike the president.

"When jurisdictions choose to return criminal aliens to the streets rather than turning them over to federal authorities, they put the public's safety at risk. San Francisco's decision to protect criminal aliens led to the preventable and heartbreaking death of Kate Steinle," Sessions said. "While the State of California sought a murder charge for the man who caused Ms. Steinle' death--a man who would not have been on the streets of San Francisco if the city simply honored an ICE detainer--the people ultimately convicted him of felon in possession of a firearm."

Sessions said the DOJ "will continue to ensure that all jurisdictions place safety and security of their communities above the convenience of criminal aliens." 

He did not mention any additional charges that may be brought forward if the DOJ pursues the case.

The jury was never told that Zarate was a 7-time convicted felon and had been deported 5 times. Had they known this, the verdict may have been different. But in San Francisco, you never know.

Zarate didn't deny shooting Steinle, but he said it was an accident. He had several different explanations as to how the "accident" occurred, but that didn't seem to matter to the jury.

Kate Steinle was a white privilege woman.


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