There is no question that many of the lead investigators in the Clinton email case and the Trump/Russia case were deeply opinionated, with strongly emotional attitudes towards the main people involved. Those opinions went in one direction only: virulently anti-Trump, … Continue reading →
So now that I’ve struggled through the post I just wrote and published, I see we finally have Andrew C. McCarthy’s take on IG Horowitz’s report on the Clinton email investigation. And he—with his much greater knowledge of law, and … Continue reading →
Commenter Richard Saunders puts it succinctly: …[T]he IG report…didn’t say there was no political bias; it said there was no documentary or testimonial evidence of political bias. I hate to be lawyerly, but that’s not the same thing as there … Continue reading →
Manafort’s bail has been revoked: Paul Manafort was sent to jail Friday by a federal judge who said she couldn’t turn a blind eye to claims that he attempted to tamper with witnesses, adding pressure on President Donald Trump’s former … Continue reading →
A sampler: High-ranking FBI agents are under a separate investigation for "improperly receiving benefits from reporters" including the things that get politicians imprisoned, such as "tickets to sporting events, golfing outings, drinks and meals, and admittance to nonpublic social events." … Continue reading →
…until the Clinton Foundation is given the same treatment as this. See also this at Legal Insurrection.
Continue reading →Another aspect of the IG report released today concerns the behavior of the FBI—in particular, certain agents—in dealing with the Clinton email investigation: The bureau also said it accepts findings “that certain text messages, instant messages and statements, along with … Continue reading →
…and it’s 568 pages long. Who’s going to read that? Not even bloggers like me, unless they’re gluttons for punishment or unusually OCD. So we’ll have to rely on summaries, reports, social media, pundits, and the like. I eagerly await … Continue reading →
Today there’s been a big flurry of coverage of the report that Michael Cohen (remember him? Trump’s attorney and “fixer”?) will be cooperating with Mueller, since Cohen is about to part company with his lawyers. My first reaction was: I’d … Continue reading →
Not. Suzanna Danuta Walters, the author of the piece in that link, is a professor of sociology at Northeastern University as well as director of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program there and editor of a gender studies journal … Continue reading →
It’s extremely popular, but not for the reasons you might imagine: The popularity has little to do with interest in Judaism, let alone with the Holocaust. It is Anne’s personal story that draws most readers in, particularly young female readers. … Continue reading →
I have no idea if Kim is the least bit susceptible to propaganda—he is a movie buff, they say—but this is a fascinating piece of video persuasion that was shown to him in Singapore in a Korean language version. It … Continue reading →