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A DEI dean at Stanford Law School, who went viral for her speech reprimanding a federal judge appointed by President Trump while a mob of law students shouted him down, will resign from her position, according to a school announcement. Students learned that Tirien Steinbach would leave her post as associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion in an announcement issued by the Dean of Stanford Law School, Professor Jenny S. Martinez. In her announcement, the dean mentioned the March 9 incident where Steinbach stoked a crowd of angry students while Trump-appointed U.S. Circuit Judge Kyle Duncan attempted to speak...

The pastor spent 45 hours in prison for alleged violations of a provincial health order.. ... Pastor Tobias Tissen of Steinbach, Manitoba, was imprisoned for .. a provincial public health order banning outdoor gatherings of more than five people. ... "They had these conditions that I wasn't allowed to attend any gatherings that were in contravention of COVID-19," Tissen said. "And that would automatically prohibit me from going to church and preaching. And I could not agree with that." Tissen had been in hiding for months before his arrest Monday, for some time only making public appearances at his Church...

FISA Abuse InvestigationJanuary 15, 2021Chairman Graham released 11 transcripts of interviews conducted during the Senate Judiciary Committee's inquiry into the origins and aftermath of the Crossfire Hurricane Investigation. (press release)Handling Agent 1: Interviewed on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 (Transcript)Michael B. Steinbach: Interviewed on Friday, June 12, 2020 (Transcript)Stephen C. Laycock: Interviewed on Monday, June 15, 2020 (Transcript)Dana J. Boente: Interviewed on Monday, June 22, 2020 (Transcript)Bruce Ohr: Interviewed on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 (Transcript)Stuart Evans: Interviewed on Friday, July 31, 2020 (Transcript)Supervisory Special Agent 1: Thursday, August 27, 2020 (Transcript)Jonathan Moffa: Interviewed on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 (Transcript)Deputy Chief, Counterintelligence...

The FBI’s top counterintelligence agent, Bill Priestap, originally wanted controversial FBI agent Peter Strzok removed from the team investigating unsubstantiated claims of collusion between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, the recently released Justice Department’s Inspector General report revealed. Priestap’s request was overruled by former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, who served under disgraced ex-FBI chief James Comey, the report further related. The report related that Steinbach was particularly concerned “about Strzok and [FBI attorney] Lisa Page working together because he was aware of instances where they bypassed the chain of command to advise McCabe about case related information that...

An FBI agent who quit his top position over the bureau’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation is heading to Congress to testify. John Giacalone, who led the Clinton investigation for the first seven months, will reportedly expose former President Barack Obama and fired FBI Director James Comey for corruptly helping Clinton. There’s a massive media blackout on this because Giacalone is expected to testify that top brass at the FBI rigged the investigative process so that Clinton could skirt charges for clear violations of the law. Exposing Comey also shines a big light on Obama, who many believe...

A top FBI official who oversees the bureau's counterintelligence division faced questions from lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday about the role of FBI agent Peter Strzok in federal probes, The Hill has learned. Lawmakers and congressional staff questioned Bill Priestap behind closed-doors for several hours as part of the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees' joint probe into the FBI's decision-making during the 2016 election. Republicans have been eager to talk to Priestap about his involvement with the bureau's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election as well as its probe into Hillary Clinton's use of...

Peter Strzok, who was pulled off Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigative team last year, played a more central role than previously known in both the Russia and Hillary Clinton email probes, a lawmaker familiar with the matter told Fox News Tuesday. The lawmaker's assessment of Strzok's role in both investigations was based on the most recent records and testimony, including a closed-door interview with FBI espionage chief Bill Priestap. Priestap was interviewed Tuesday as part of an ongoing joint investigation by the House Judiciary and Oversight committees. Priestap was Strzok's supervisor and oversaw both the Russia and Clinton investigations. The...

Michael Steinbach, former head of the FBI’s counterterrorism division and now special agent in charge of Miami, told over 30 congressional staffers in March of 2012 that, contrary to the White House's classification, the bureau does not refer to the Fort Hood shooting as "workplace violence." As head of the FBI counterterrorism division, Steinbach oversaw the investigation into the mass murder at Texas Army base. Steinbach made this claim during an unclassified counterterrorism briefing on Capitol Hill.

Germans, Poles clash over personnel of WWII center By MELISSA EDDY updated 1:16 p.m. ET Feb. 26, 2009 BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday said she will take her time to resolve the latest dispute with Poland over a memorial center to Germans relocated from eastern Europe after the war. The focus this time is Erika Steinbach, a member of parliament for Merkel's ruling Christian Democratic Union and a champion of the rights of the German expellees. Steinbach, who heads the Federation of Expellees, was nominated last week to sit on the board of Berlin's proposed "Center against Expulsions."...

Polish-German relations turn sour again 20.08.2007 The Polish-German relations turn sour after the meeting of the German Union of Expellees attended by the president of the EP, Hans-Gert Poettering. During the meeting the groupÂ’s chief Erika Steinbach said that the dislocation of expellees could not be justified by Hitler's actions. Many in Poland reacted by accusing the leader of the German Union of Expellees of attempting to revive wartime animosities. Danusia Szafraniec reports This is not the first time that Erika SteinbachÂ’s statements caused strong reactions in Poland. Head of the German Union of Expellees sparked outrage in this country,...

Polish Trustees deny poster slanders German MP Posted : Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:17:23 GMT Warsaw - The Polish Trustees on Thursday denied libelling a conservative German member of parliament by showing her posing with a Nazi officer and what appears to be a Teutonic Knight in a poster, Poland's PAP news agency reported. The Polish Trustees is a group opposed to compensating ethnic Germans who fled or were expelled from Polish territory after the Second World War. It was created to counter the activities of German organisations called the Union of Expellees and the Prussian Trustees. The Polish Trustees...

Steinbach draws German criticism on Polish jibes 13.03.2007 The latest negative remarks on Poland's ruling parties made by the head of the Expellees Union has triggered strong opposition of many German political quarters. Slawek Szefs reports The latest negative remarks on Poland's ruling parties made by Erika Steinbach, the head of the German Expellees Union, has triggered a wide protest among her own compatriots. This has not been the first time Erika Steinbach addressed sharp criticism towards Polish authorities. However, her description of Poland's ruling coalition parties as reflecting German ultra right groupings has caused quite a stir among domestic...

German lawmaker compares Polish governing parties with The Associated Press Published: March 6, 2007 BERLIN: The head of an organization representing Germans expelled from eastern Europe after World War II was quoted Tuesday as comparing Poland's governing parties with far-right German groups — a comparision swiftly rejected by fellow lawmakers in Berlin. Erika Steinbach, who heads the Federation of Expellees and is also a lawmaker for Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, has long been criticized in Poland. Mindful of a brutal Nazi occupation, many Poles view efforts to draw attention to the expelled Germans' plight with suspicion. Those efforts,...

New Setback in German-Polish Ties German President Horst Köhler has angered the Polish government by giving a speech to a group respresenting Germans expelled from Poland after World War II. But German commentators have rushed to Köhler's defense, saying Poland's Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski was wrong to condemn a speech urging expellees to respect Polish concerns. German President Horst Köhler has provoked the ire of Poland's Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski for addressing a gathering of 1,000 Germans expelled from Poland after World War II. In his speech Köhler urged Germans to be sensitive to Polish concerns about plans by the...

Exhibition sparks Berlin criticism over Poland's human rights 21.08.2006 - 09:59 CET | By Honor Mahony An official from the German government has for the first time reacted to the steady souring of relations between Warsaw and Berlin and suggested human rights are being eroded in Poland. Gunter Nooke, a Christrian Democrat human rights experts for the German government, criticised Poland in the influential German weekly, Der Spiegel, about its handling of a museum exhibition highlighting the fate of the millions expelled from their homes in the 20th century, including Germans in the post war period. He told the magazine...

Caution advised in Polish German relations 14.08.2006 Poland’s former foreign minister and Euro deputy of the Democratic Party Bronis³aw Geremek considers that the present achievements on the Polish German road to reconciliation are being wasted. Geremek said that both sides have to be blamed for the situation. Speaking for Polish Radio early this morning Geremek said he was always wary of the idea of setting up a Center for Expellees in Berlin, since he said the move is aimed at promoting the political career of Erica Steinbach.With such a plan Erika Steinbach, , draws a black line on the process...

Expellee group says it cannot afford inquiry into ex-Nazis links Aug 12, 2006, 16:02 GMT Berlin - The German refugee group that angered Poland's leaders this week with a Berlin exhibition about ethnic purges has said it cannot afford to investigate any failings in its own past. Erika Steinbach, president of the Federation of Expellees, an organization representing Germans expelled from eastern Europe after World War II, told the German news magazine Der Spiegel, 'That would cost money that we don't have.' The expellees, who sought for decades to recover their lost property, were regularly accused by communist governments of...

Immediately after World War II, millions of Germans were expelled from Poland and Czechoslovakia. And the wounds are still open today. Now, a preliminary agreement by the new coalition may pour salt on them. Poland is warily observing events in Berlin.

The president of the Federation of Expellees, Erika Steinbach, is hoping for an improvement in relations between Berlin and Warsaw. But this is not stopping her from insisting on setting up a Center Against Expulsion in Berlin -- despite strong objections from Poland.

Is the World Ready for German Victimhood? By Charles Hawley Immediately after World War II, millions of Germans were expelled from Poland and Czechoslovakia. And the wounds are still open today. Now, a preliminary agreement by the new coalition may pour salt on them. Poland is warily observing events in Berlin. The bulk of the exodus began soon after the guns of World War II went quiet as millions of Germans suddenly found their homes were now on the wrong side of the border. They were forced to abandon houses and property and trudge across the newly created frontier into...