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Clapper: Republicans Stood in the Way of Efforts to Warn U.S. About Russian Interference (Mediaite)
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said on New Day that Republican lawmakers stood in the way of efforts by President Barack Obama‘s administration to warn the U.S. about Russian interference in the 2016 elections.
Clapper was responding to a New York Timesreview of Obama adviser Ben Rhodes‘ upcoming memoir, which revealed the former administration’s frustrations with Republicans over their refusal to issue a bipartisan statement warning of Russian election meddling. [Read More]
Comedian Samantha Bee apologizes to Ivanka Trump (Politico)
Samantha Bee, the comedian and political commentator, on Thursday apologized to Ivanka Trump for crossing a line after she used a vulgarity to describe the White House adviser and president’s daughter.
“I would like to sincerely apologize to Ivanka Trump and to my viewers for using an expletive on my show to describe her last night,” Bee said in a statement on Twitter. “It was inappropriate and inexcusable. I crossed a line, and I deeply regret it.” [Read More]
Samantha Bee, the comedian and political commentator, on Thursday apologized to Ivanka Trump for crossing a line after she used a vulgarity to describe the White House adviser and president’s daughter.
“I would like to sincerely apologize to Ivanka Trump and to my viewers for using an expletive on my show to describe her last night,” Bee said in a statement on Twitter. “It was inappropriate and inexcusable. I crossed a line, and I deeply regret it.” [Read More]
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Yes, the FBI Was Investigating the Trump Campaign When It Spied (National Review)
Well, well, well. The bipartisan Beltway establishment has apparently had its fill of this “Trump colluded with Russia” narrative — the same narrative the same establishment has lustily peddled for nearly two years. The Obama administration recklessly chose to deploy the government’s awesome counterintelligence powers to investigate — and, more to the point, to smear — its political opposition as a Kremlin confederate. Now that this ploy has blown up on the Justice Department and the FBI, these agencies — the ones that went out of their way, and outside their guidelines, to announce to the world that the Trump campaign was under investigation — want you to know the president and his campaign were not investigated at all, no siree.
What could possibly have made you imagine such a thing? [Read More]
Trump pardons Dinesh D’Souza (Fox News)
President Trump on Thursday pardoned conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, who was convicted of making an illegal campaign contribution in 2014.
“Today, President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Grant of Clemency (Full Pardon) to Dinesh D’Souza, an accomplished author, lecturer, and scholar,” said a statement from White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders. “Mr. D’Souza was, in the President’s opinion, a victim of selective prosecution for violations of campaign finance laws. Mr. D’Souza accepted responsibility for his actions, and also completed community service by teaching English to citizens and immigrants seeking citizenship.” [Read More]
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