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U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings’ Washington, D.C., office was shuttered in 2001 after anthrax spores were found, so he’s “very sensitive” to the investigation into the crime, he said. Now, Cummings said he supports a review of the investigation. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, D-N.J., proposed legislation in September to create a congressional commission to investigate the attacks and the federal government’s response. “Whatever we have to do to get to the bottom of this anthrax issue, we need to do it,” Cummings said. Holt’s bipartisan commission would mirror the 9/11 commission and make recommendations on how to prevent such attacks and...

President Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview Thursday with NBC News' Lester Holt, called ousted FBI chief James Comey a "showboat" and revealed he asked Comey whether he was under investigation for alleged ties to Russia. "I actually asked him" if I were under investigation, Trump said, noting that he spoke with Comey once over dinner and twice by phone. "I said, if it's possible would you let me know, 'Am I under investigation?' He said, 'You are not under investigation.'"

In the recently concluded presidential debate, Donald Trump said that Chicago's soaring murder rate could be cut by implementing a stop and frisk policy and that such a policy did wonders to reduce New York City's crime rate. Thereupon, debate moderator and liberal media fact checker Lester Holt interjected and informed the 100 million views watching the debate that stop and frisk is unconstitutional. Sorry, but the Holt was wrong. To begin with, Trump was correct in noting that stop and frisk was effective in reducing crime, particular violent gun related crime in New York City. Looking at the evidence,...

Must watch video. Absolute collusion! Sorry if this is a repost.

Earlier during our initial review of the debate we identified something that looked entirely suspicious because it is only evidenced for one specific candidate, and one specific lectern. We initially drew attention to it as “The Cleaner”: Well, this intrigue just got a whole lot more interesting. See “The Cleaner” at work here immediately following the debate: https://twitter.com/gigi2my4/status/781122139696930816 The Cleaner has been identified as George Lewis, a former member of NBC staff: 🐸PepeTrump @fige1000 Remember the guy that took the notepad from Hillary's podium at the debate? George Lewis, NBC Nightly News Staff @Cernovich@mitchellvii https://twitter.com/fige1000/status/781288137536446465/photo/1 Wiki: George Lewis (born 1943)...

This video shows Hillary Clinton using hand signals to communicate with Lester Holt at the first Presidential debate.

Unfortunately, this post is going to be severely fragmented. Our apologies in advance. However, if anyone can clean up these videos please notify us ASAP in the comments. You’ll see what I mean. Earlier during our initial review of the debate we identified something that looked entirely suspicious because it is only evidenced for one specific candidate, and one specific lectern. We initially drew attention to it as “The Cleaner”:

Very interesting! Watch as the 'Debate Cleaner' takes a folder from Hillary's podium and gives it to Lester Holt, with a nod.

@LesterHoltNBC Hey Les, is this Hillary signalling to you that you need to fact check her BRAIN? Or is it her confidential signal that you need to bring her a Kleenex®?

Video analysis of Presidential Debate #1 raises uncomfortable questions about the moderator role, much as questions have been raised about Hillary's email server. Hillary might have been using hand signals to indicate debate junctures where Hillary saw chances to use pre-memorized debate zingers. Other signals seem to prompt Holt to abruptly break in and contest certain claims advanced by Trump. The video will put Freepers in a mindset optimized to be on-guard against similar tactics in Debates 2 and 3.

During the debate when Clinton wanted to signal Holt whent she wanted the floor, she rubbed her face in a manner similar to a baseball manager. According to True Pundit she has not done this in any other debates during her career supporting the accusation that these were signals. . . Poker pro Mike Matusow agreed– Hillary was signalling Lester Holt.

Many are arguing over the winner of the so-called debate on Monday night between Trump and Clinton. Many argue that Clinton did not win that encounter. In fact, there are a host of polls that show Trump far above Clinton for the evening. And those few that do show Clinton as the winner have secondary questions also polled that are actually favorable to Trump. It appears that undecided saw that encounter and are largely moving to Trump How should we view it? First, bear in mind that it wasn't a debate. It was a joint press inquiry. In that inquiry,...

Lester Holt's blatant bias against Donald Trump Monday night held to Hunter S. Thompson's brutal description of journalists and journalism: Journalism is not a profession or a trade; it is a cheap catch-all for f---offs and misfits – a false doorway to the backside of life. Holt just proved to tens of millions of Americans that absolute media power corrupts absolutely. If trust and confidence in the media have fallen to the lowest in history, as recently reported, Holt, in his total abandonment of any semblance of objectivity, has lowered both even more. This bootlicking cog, beholden to his pro-Hillary...

I thought is was odd that she had notes to look at before responding to a question? How do you prep notes for a question you have not heard? I also thought her mic/earpiece unit was unnecessary as the podium had the mic for the debaters. Here is a good shot of it...

The “Debate of the Century,” the first face-to-face matchup between presidential contenders Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, quickly turned into a three-way affair, with NBC “moderator” Lester Holt (shown at left) repeatedly taking sides with Clinton and badgering Trump. The hour-and-a-half debate, broadcast live Monday night on all the major networks from the Hofstra University campus in Hempstead, New York, was expected to attract 100 million viewers, a new record for a political event, and second only to the Super Bowl. From tabulations now available, it appears the final viewer count may come close to those predicted numbers. Another even...

OK, I know that the source is not held in high esteem by many (including myself) but I don't think that the clip from the raw pool feed of the pre-debate preparations lies. It shows the 'Moderator', Lester Holt, testing his earpiece, and it not working, leading to the receiver / battery pack being replaced by studio techs. THIS IS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE WELL PUBLICIZED DEBATE RULES released last week. Lester Holt may have surpassed Candy Crowley for debate moderator malfeasance.

"If I were Donald Trump I wouldn't participate in another debate unless I was promised that the journalist would act like a journalist and not an incorrect, ignorant fact checker," Giuliani told reporters late Monday inside the spin room at Hofstra University. "The moderator would have to promise that there would be a moderator and not a fact checker and in two particular cases an enormously ignorant, completely misinformed fact checker," Giuliani said.

One of Donald Trump's closest advisers has said he would pull out of the next debate if he were running for president. "If I were Donald Trump I wouldn't participate in another debate unless I was promised that a journalist would act like a journalist and not an incorrect, ignorant fact checker," Rudy Giuliani said after Monday's debate between Trump and Hillary Clinton. While Giuliani lashed out at NBC News' Lester Holt, who moderated the event, Trump said he "felt [Holt] was fine." Giuliani added: "I did not say what I'm advising, I'm saying what I would do. Whatever advice...

There were concerns that Lester Holt would be this debate's Candy Crowley. He was a good deal worse. Every question was shaped to frame a left-wing agenda. Holt hurled numerous attacks at Trump. He only passingly offered Hillary a chance to address her emails when Trump had already brought it up. The debate was structurally biased and Holt biased it. He repeatedly argued with Trump about the facts. Despite the ban on fact-checking, Holt attempted to debate Trump on the Iraq War and on the birth certificate. It was a disgraceful and a biased performance. It is a reminder that...