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The opposition research firm that hired a former British spy to dig up dirt on Donald Trump last year is refusing to answer questions recently posed to it by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The firm, Fusion GPS, is protected by attorney-client privilege and the First Amendment, its attorneys said in a letter to the committee. The chairman of the Senate panel, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, sent a letter to Fusion GPS last month inquiring about the Trump research project. Fusion GPS, which was founded by former Wall Street Journal reporter Glenn Simpson, hired ex-MI6 agent Christopher Steele in June to...

A federal complaint was unsealed today charging Candace Marie Claiborne, 60, of Washington, D.C., and an employee of the U.S. Department of State, with obstructing an official proceeding and making false statements to the FBI, both felony offenses, for allegedly concealing numerous contacts that she had over a period of years with foreign intelligence agents. The charges were announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General Mary B. McCord for National Security, U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips of the District of Columbia and Assistant Director in Charge Andrew W. Vale of the FBI’s Washington Field Office. “Candace Marie Claiborne is a U.S....

... I’ve done what I could in this space to avoid the subject of Hillary Clinton. I don’t want to be the perennial turd in the punchbowl. I’d hoped we’d finally seen the last of that name in public life — it’s been a long quarter of a century — and that we could all move on. Alas, no. And everywhere you see not an excoriation of one of the worst campaigns in recent history, but an attempt to blame anyone or anything but Clinton for the epic fail. It wasn’t Clinton’s fault, we’re told. It never is. Clinton had...

The last granite block in a series of historic Park Ridge milestones will be reserved for recognition of Park Ridge native Hillary Clinton, the city's Heritage Committee formally determined this month. The committee on April 11 passed a resolution stating that the milestones' final plaque, currently blank, be dedicated to Clinton's achievements, said Committee Chairman Milton Nelson. But when the plaque will be completed and installed at the Hodges Park site has not yet been finalized. "We have not decided on the wording, and the big problem is financing," Nelson said. "Our committee does not have any funds at all...

Susan Sarandon: Hillary Clinton’s Fans Harassed Me So Much I Changed My Phone Number BY: Sam Dorman April 13, 2017 4:15 pm Liberal actor Susan Sarandon said during an appearance on "The View" Wednesday that her decision to not support Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election caused Clinton supporters to harass her so much that she had to change her phone number. Sarandon broke with the majority of Democrats in 2016 when she sharply criticized Clinton and chose to support two other liberal candidates. Her decision provoked intense backlash from Hillary supporters, and Sarandon said she responded to the backlash...

Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies at New York University and Princeton, spoke Thursday evening with Fox News' Tucker Carlson about the latest shoes to drop in the investigations into the Trump campaign's possible ties to Russia. The Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday that Michael Flynn, President Trump's former national security advisor, has told the FBI and congressional investigators that he is willing to be interviewed in exchange for a grant of immunity from prosecution -- not a particularly good sign for the Trump White House. Cohen, one of the country's foremost experts on Russia, has been...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Hillary Clinton says she hopes the free college tuition plan approved by New York state lawmakers last week will lead other states to follow suit. The former Democratic presidential nominee rallied with Gov. Andrew Cuomo Wednesday at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City for a ceremonial bill signing of the scholarship for poor and middle class students....

Candace Marie Claiborne, a 60-year-old employee of the U.S. Department of State, was charged Wednesday with obstructing an official proceeding and making false statements to the FBI -- both felony offenses -- for allegedly concealing numerous contacts that she had over a period of years with Chinese intelligence agents, the Justice Department said Wednesday. The veteran State Department employee, who appeared before a judge Wednesday, is also accused of failing to report gifts she received from Chinese contacts. Claiborne allegedly failed to report repeated contacts with two intelligence agents of the People’s Republic of China, and the agents provided tens...

Candace Marie Claiborne has become the first Clinton-era State Department employee indicted on treason charges, after a federal grand jury indicted her for conspiring to defraud the U.S. government, concealing contact with foreign spies, obstructing an official proceeding, and making false statements to the FBI. Claiborne, a veteran State Department employee who possessed a Top Secret security clearance, concealed her extensive contacts with Chinese intelligence agents, who for years lavished her with thousands of dollars in gifts as part of a pay-for-play scheme, according to a Department of Justice press release.

Former Hillary Clinton spokeswoman Jennifer Palmeri acknowledged Wednesday that the press has a liberal bias, but she claimed that actually makes journalists harder on Democrats in their coverage. Palmieri spoke alongside former Bush administration spokesman Ari Fleischer at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., as part of a series of panels on "First Amendment challenges in the early days of the Trump administration." "I think most journalists are probably leaning more to the left than the right," she said. "Think about the kind of person that's drawn to do this as a career. They believe in government, they think politics matters,...

Kremlin-crazed Trumpophobes snored as Hillary and Bill made Russia great again.

Hillary Clinton lost in 2016 because she was unpopular, not because she's a woman. Last week, at the 8th annual Women in the World Summit, Hillary Clinton linked her election loss to her success and ambition. She claimed, "the more successful and therefore ambitious a woman is, the less likable she becomes." Clinton certainly had a likability problem during her presidential campaign, but it was due to her untrustworthiness, which she never overcame in the polls with the American public. With her email scandal looming large over her campaign, she saw her support drop. The email scandal and the ensuing...

As fate would have it, Hillary Clinton spoke at last month's Hillary Rodham Clinton Awards for Advancing Women in Peace and Security, where she emphasized the importance of peace, of women and of women in peace. "When women participate in peacekeeping and peacemaking we are all safer and more secure," said Clinton, who boasted of "evidence-based" research that backs up this claim. And she's right. Including women in the peacemaking process is often a valuable way of securing peace in war-torn countries. But she also got in what was seen as a partisan shot at the Trump administration. At one...

RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, there’s a new book coming out very, very soon. It’s by Jonathan Allen and Amy Parnes, and it’s a book on Hillary Clinton’s failed campaign and what went on. And it focuses and highlights all of the infighting, the very low morale, the lack of trust between Hillary and many of her staffers, the intervention of Bill Clinton trying to save the day and failing, all of the heated exchanges. And the book doesn’t say one thing about the Russians being responsible for any of it. It’s a devastating look at the Clinton campaign. And it...

During a FOX Business interview that aired on Wednesday morning, President Trump claimed his former 2016 election opponent "would be going to trial" if FBI Director James Comey hadn't been "very good to her." Speaking with FOX Business Network's Maria Bartiromo, Trump was asked if he had regretted not asking Comey to step down once he assumed the presidency -- and if it was too late even now to ask that of Comey, should he chose to do so. Trump responded to the question in vague terms, saying, "No, it's not too late, but, you know, I have confidence in...

‘We Got An Ass-Chewing’ Hillary was so mad she couldn’t think straight. She was supposed to be focused on the prep session for that night’s Univision debate in Miami, but a potent mix of exhaustion and exasperation bubbled up inside. She’d been humiliated in the Michigan primary the night before, a loss that not only robbed her of a prime opportunity to put Bernie Sanders down for good but also exposed several of her weaknesses. How could she have been left so vulnerable? She knew — or at least she thought she did. The blame belonged to her campaign team,...

Today North Korea threatened the US with nuclear destruction if the US "at any sign of U.S. aggression." PYONGYANG, April 11 (Reuters) - North Korean state media on Tuesday warned of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of U.S. aggression as a U.S. Navy strike group steamed towards the western Pacific.U.S. President Donald Trump, who has urged China to do more to rein in its impoverished neighbour, said in a Tweet North Korea was "looking for trouble" and the United States would "solve the problem" with or without China's help.Tension has escalated sharply on the Korean...

Katy Perry posted an Instagram photo Monday of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton modeling a pump for sale in the singer’s shoe collection. The caption informs people that they can receive a 25 percent discount on shoes as part of a spring sale.

Hillary Clinton will be honored next month in New York City with a “Champion of the Century Award” by Planned Parenthood as it celebrates 100 years of operation. The U.S. presidential election may have went to Donald Trump, but his Democratic Party challenger is still a “Champion of the Century” to Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards. Mrs. Clinton will be honored by the abortion and health services provider on May 2 for “her 40 years of service to women and girls.”

We know from the Bret Baier interview with Hillary Clinton that she was physically located at her 7th floor office in Washington DC on Sept. 11th 2012, the night of the attack. Unfortunately we also know during the November 2012 Thanksgiving holiday a mysterious fire took place in that building. Well, actually directly above her exact office – cause undetermined. March 2011 through Pre 9/11/12 attack: Who knew of Operation “Zero Footprint”?: President Obama and Vice President Biden (both Dems) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (Dem) CIA Director Leon Panetta (March 2011 – June 2011) *CIA Director General David Petraeus...