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Person Shot Inside US Capitol Has Died: Police

by NH PoliticianJanuary 6, 2021February 10, 2024

By Zachary Stieber The woman who was shot inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday has died, the Metropolitan Police Department said. A police spokesman told news outlets that the woman died, but declined to provide more details on her identity or what happened. The U.S. Capitol police didn’t return a request for information. Speaking to reporters in […]

Commentary Attorney General William Barr signaled on Tuesday that he has washed his hands of the president. He told the media that the Department of Justice has found no evidence of fraud that would change the election results in favor of Donald Trump. U.S. officials I spoke with do not understand Barr’s motivation for speaking to a press corps typically hostile to him as well as Trump. “There’s no evidence that the DOJ spoke with any of the numerous witnesses with first-hand knowledge of election fraud,” said one senior official. “And many people reached out directly to the FBI and got no response back.” The effect of Barr’s statement is to derail the Trump campaign’s efforts to reverse the vote in battleground states contested by the president’s legal team. It is difficult to imagine state legislatures or courts taking up the campaign’s cause when the headlines show that Trump’s own attorney general says nothing is wrong. By distancing himself from the president’s political fortunes, Barr gave his bona fides as an honest broker in order to resolve the issue that most matters to him—salvaging the reputation of the institution he’s led twice, the Justice Department. He revealed Tuesday that he’d appointed John Durham special counsel to continue his nearly two-year-long probe into the origins of Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI’s discredited investigation of the 2016 Trump campaign. According to Barr, the scope of the investigation he asked the U.S. attorney from Connecticut to lead in May 2019 has “narrowed considerably.” At first, it seemed sprawling. The two men reportedly traveled to Italy and contacted officials in the United Kingdom and Australia to gather information on foreign nationals allegedly involved in Crossfire Hurricane. In August, Durham interviewed former CIA director John Brennan for eight hours. In September, the prosecutor reportedly sought information on the FBI’s investigation of the Clinton Foundation. Republican officials reasoned that it was precisely because the investigation was so large and thorough that it was taking Durham so much time to deliver indictments. Reports claimed that he kept finding new evidence, was following more leads. On Tuesday, Barr said Durham’s work now “really is focused on the activities of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation within the FBI.” Perhaps Barr believes that limiting the investigation’s scope will convince a Biden White House that it does not threaten his administration. After all, a thorough investigation would have to look at Biden’s pick for National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan. What did the former Hillary Clinton campaign advisor know about the FBI’s role in the anti-Trump operation when he was briefing the press on “collusion” and tweeting out stories sourced to Clinton contractor and FBI source Christopher Steele? What did John Kerry, Biden’s choice for climate envoy, do with Steele’s Trump-Russia reports when they were passed to him as secretary of state? And why did then-Vice President Biden direct the FBI to look at Trump’s national security advisor Michael Flynn for violating the Logan Act? There’s nothing to stop Biden from dismissing Durham. Trump reportedly considered firing Robert Mueller at least twice. But the president’s legal team defended the probity of the coup targeting their client. “I would never have anything to do with any attempts to attack Bob Mueller’s integrity,” said the former spokesman for the White House’s legal team, Mark Corallo. In other words, the aides hired to defend Trump were less concerned with the stability of the U.S. government than the prospect that their reputations would be trashed in the press. A Biden administration will be lauded by the media for disarming a weapon dangerous to “democracy” if—when—Durham is fired, and any charges made are withdrawn. But the only Americans likely to be shocked by a cover-up of that magnitude are Trump voters. And they are no longer capable of being shocked by the corruption of the Democratic Party and its media partners after watching, for example, the press bury news of the Biden family’s financial ties to a Chinese regime responsible for a pandemic that left hundreds of thousands of Americans dead and tens of millions unemployed. It’s not clear why Durham can make a case now that he wasn’t able to make in a year and a half. He was rumored to be concerned that bringing charges or releasing a report too close to the election would look like a political hit job, and the investigation, conducted by a career prosecutor proud of his reputation as a “straight-shooter,” had to be above reproach. Only self-regard blinded him to the irony—his discretion left the rule of law liable to the outcome of a political contest. The subject of his investigation—corruption at the highest levels of government—was all the evidence he needed that its integrity would depend entirely on a Trump victory. Failing to bring charges, or even filing a report, for interfering in the 2016 election, was an invitation to interfere in the 2020 race. If no one was held accountable for what they did four years ago, there was little risk this time out. And now Barr speaks out to downplay the Trump campaign’s claims of election fraud when it is precisely because of the actions and decisions taken by the institution he cherishes that half of America has lost its faith in the justice system as well as the electoral process. On such things much smaller than war hang the fate of nations. Lee Smith is the author of the recently published book, “The Permanent Coup: How Enemies Foreign and Domestic Targeted the American President.”

Opinion

Barr Fails to Salvage DOJ’s Reputation With Statements on Election Fraud

by NH PoliticianDecember 2, 2020December 2, 2020

By Lee Smith Commentary Attorney General William Barr signaled on Tuesday that he has washed his hands of the president. He told the media that the Department of Justice has found no evidence of fraud that would change the election results in favor of Donald Trump. U.S. officials I spoke with do not understand Barr’s motivation for speaking […]

Opinion

COVID Fearmongering With ‘Cases’ of Perfectly Healthy People

by NH PoliticianNovember 9, 2020November 9, 2020

By John Carpay Commentary Across Canada, provincial governments are imposing new lockdown restrictions that violate the Charter freedoms of Canadians to move, travel, assemble, associate and worship. Like other provinces, Manitoba relies on COVID-19 “cases,” which include perfectly healthy people who show no symptoms of any illness, to justify the violation of Charter freedoms. Winnipeg […]

Economy

Final jobs report before Election Day shows US employers added 661,000 workers in September

by NH PoliticianOctober 2, 2020October 2, 2020

By Megan Henney FOXBusiness Economists expected employers to add 850,000 jobs last month, the smallest figure since the labor market’s recovery began in May. The U.S. economy added 661,000 jobs in September, suggesting the labor market’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is beginning to plateau amid fading government relief money and a gradually widening virus caseload. The Labor Department’s payroll report released Friday […]

Trump is reducing US involvement in wars, one of his nominators said

World

President receives third 2020 Nobel Peace Prize nomination

by NH PoliticianSeptember 29, 2020December 6, 2023

By Evie Fordham | Fox News Trump is reducing US involvement in wars, one of his nominators said. President Trump received his third 2020 Nobel Peace Prize nomination in September, this time from a group of Australian law professors. “What he has done with the Trump Doctrine is that he has decided he would no longer have America involved in endless […]

National News

AOC calls on Cuomo, de Blasio to raise NY taxes: report

by NH PoliticianSeptember 23, 2020September 23, 2020

By Brittany De Lea FOXBusiness De Blasio has said he is not opposed to raising some rates – though Cuomo has expressed resistance. New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is urging Empire State lawmakers to raise taxes, despite opposition from Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Ocasio-Cortez called on Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to increase rates […]

World

Trump declares ‘dawn of a new Middle East’ as he presides over signing of historic deals

by NH PoliticianSeptember 15, 2020February 27, 2024

By Adam Shaw | Fox News The deals allow Muslims to visit Islamic holy sites in Israel. President Trump on Tuesday declared the “dawn of a new Middle East” as he presided over the signing of two historic Middle East diplomatic deals between Israel and two Gulf nations. “We’re here this afternoon to change the course of history. After decades of […]

Business

U.S. coronavirus cases near six million as companies plan fresh layoffs

by NH PoliticianAugust 29, 2020March 23, 2024

By Dan Strumpf The Wall Street Journal Businesses brace for extended economic disruption. Confirmed coronavirus cases neared 25 million world-wide, while the U.S. closed in on six million infections and other countries saw case numbers rise. Several prominent U.S. companies are reporting a new wave of layoffs, as businesses reassess their staffing needs and brace for an extended […]

Opinion

Victor Davis Hanson: American soldiers leave Germany — and suddenly Germany is upset

by NH PoliticianAugust 23, 2020August 23, 2020

By Victor Davis Hanson | Tribune Media Services Will there be any point in the future when Europe is confident enough to be a full defense partner with the U.S.? President Trump recently ordered a 12,000-troop reduction in American military personnel stationed in Germany. That leaves about 24,000 American soldiers still in the country. A little more than […]

National News

Democratic convention sees party unity mission: Keep ‘resistive’ Bernie Sanders supporters from blowing this

by NH PoliticianAugust 16, 2020August 16, 2020

By Paul Steinhauser | Fox News Party wants to avoid replay of 2016 convention discord. For a party that endured a wide-open presidential primary with more than two-dozen candidates ranging from the left to the middle – and with the wounds of disunity from 2016 still healing – achieving party unity at this week’s Democratic National Convention is a top priority. And Democrats are intent […]

National News

President Trump to participate in every day of Republican convention

by NH PoliticianAugust 15, 2020August 15, 2020

By Marisa Schultz, John Roberts | Fox News President Trump will participate in every day of the Republican National Convention (RNC), an untraditional move for the nominee who is typically highlighted on the final night of festivities, Fox News has learned. But Trump already bucked tradition once before when, four years ago, he made a surprise appearance on the first night of the […]

Finance

S&P 500 gains on COVID-19 vaccine, stimulus hopes

by NH PoliticianJuly 20, 2020February 27, 2024

By Reuters (Reuters) – The S&P 500 edged higher on Monday as promising data across a range of COVID-19 vaccine candidates and hopes of more stimulus helped overcome fears around the extent of the economic damage from a surge in domestic infections.FILE PHOTO: Traders wearing masks work, on the first day of in-person trading since […]

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Person Shot Inside US Capitol Has Died: Police

Barr Fails to Salvage DOJ’s Reputation With Statements on Election Fraud

COVID Fearmongering With ‘Cases’ of Perfectly Healthy People

Final jobs report before Election Day shows US employers added 661,000 workers in September

President receives third 2020 Nobel Peace Prize nomination

AOC calls on Cuomo, de Blasio to raise NY taxes: report

Trump declares ‘dawn of a new Middle East’ as he presides over signing of historic deals

U.S. coronavirus cases near six million as companies plan fresh layoffs

Victor Davis Hanson: American soldiers leave Germany — and suddenly Germany is upset

Democratic convention sees party unity mission: Keep ‘resistive’ Bernie Sanders supporters from blowing this

President Trump to participate in every day of Republican convention

S&P 500 gains on COVID-19 vaccine, stimulus hopes

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