Wow. I was more than surprised… ====== WSJ 1/24/2018 By Mick Mulvaney When I arrived at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in November, I told employees that despite what they might have heard, I had no intention of shutting down the bureau. As members of the executive branch, we are charged with faithfully executing the law. The law mandates that we enforce consumer... Read more
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Transparency for Fusion and the FBI
January 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Law, The LeftWhose is opposed to transparency?? ====== By The WSJ Editorial Board Jan 18, 2018 The chance that Americans will learn what really happened between the FBI and Fusion GPS is growing with Thursday’s vote by the House Intelligence Committee to give every House Member access to key information. Soon the House should move to declassify all documents in the case that don’t jeopardize... Read more
The Definition of Stonewalling
December 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Law, Liberal Press, Party Politics, The LeftEven I am surprised at how neglected this story has been by the main-street press. ========= WSJ 12/11/2017 Christopher Wray was supposed to bring a new candor and credibility to the FBI after the James Comey debacle, but the country is still waiting. The director’s testimony Thursday to the House Judiciary Committee suggests he has joined the Justice Department effort to stop the... Read more
Obstruction of Justice? – WSJ
December 11 | Posted by mrossol | Law, Liberal Press, Party Politics, Strassel, US ConstitutionNo one should be surprised that ‘they’ are not giving up easily. ===== WSJ 12/8/2017 K A Strassel Obstruction of Congress The media echo chamber spent the week speculating about whether Special Counsel Robert Mueller can or will nab President Trump on obstruction- ofjustice charges. All the while it continues to ignore Washington’s most obvious obstruction— the coordinated effort to thwart congressional... Read more
Still Looking for Evidence
December 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Law, Liberal Press, Russia, Special Counsel===== WSJ Dec. 1, 2017 7:01 p.m. ET Robert Mueller’s special prosecution machine grinds on, and on Friday it crushed former national security adviser Mike Flynn on the ever-ready charge of lying to the FBI. The guilty plea is a tragedy for the former three-star general and head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, but whether it is ominous for the Trump Presidency... Read more
DNC and the Law – WSJ
November 19 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Hillary Clinton, LawDon’t hold your breath waiting for DOJ to investigate. ===== WSJ 11/13/2017 By Cleta Mitchell And Hans von Spakovsky Donna Brazile has confirmed Bernie Sanders’s worst suspicions. Ms. Brazile, who served as interim chairman of the Democratic National Committee during the fall 2016 campaign, says in a new book that during the primaries, the DNC was controlled by Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Ms. Brazile... Read more
