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Jon Meacham: Trump May Be ‘in Thrall to a Foreign Power’

Randy Hall
March 8th, 2019 3:52 PM
As part of MSNBC’s never-ending quest to find worst-case scenarios in the hope of bringing down Donald Trump, presidential historian Jon Meacham on Thursday yet again repeated the concept that the GOP occupant of the White House might be “in thrall to a foreign power” while referring to Russia. Meacham went on to compare the situation with the 1790s, when Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson…
 
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Nets Skip FBI Lawyer in Hot Water, DNC Dropping Women's March

Curtis Houck
January 15th, 2019 8:14 PM

On Tuesday night, the broadcast network evening newscasts on ABC, CBS, and NBC failed to cover two intriguing headlines that the public deserved to hear about. One pertained to the revelation that a former top FBI lawyer is under criminal investigation for leaking to the news media while the other story was the Democratic National Committee cutting ties with the anti-Semitic friendly Women’s…

 

James Comey Called Out on Tweet About Wife Contacted by Pollster

P.J. Gladnick
November 4th, 2018 4:06 PM
"Hello. I'm a REPUBLICAN pollster and I would like to ask you a few questions." If anybody tells you that they or their spouses received such a phone call, they are lying. Why? Because political pollsters of all stripes (Republican and Democrat) NEVER identify their party affiliation during interviews so as not to taint the sample. Therefore what is one to make of self-sainted former FBI…
 
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GMA Blasts 'Shameful' Trump 'Punishing' His Critics on Russia

Kristine Marsh
July 24th, 2018 10:05 AM
As NewsBusters reported yesterday, ABC was in full panic mode after White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders announced that President Trump was seeking to revoke security clearances of top former Obama officials. Instead of noting that distinction, however, ABC instead decided to call the handful of former Obama officials “some of Trump’s fiercest critics on his approach to Russia.”
 
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ABC, NBC Decry Trump Revoking Security Clearances from Obama Spooks

Nicholas Fondacaro
July 23rd, 2018 9:43 PM
Liberal ABC and NBC were in a full-blown meltdown Monday night after the White House announced the President was looking to revoke the security clearances of six former intelligence officials, whom they contend abused the privilege of retaining it after their tenure. They even tried to pretend most of the officials named weren't Obama appointees.
 
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‘Give Me a Break!’ Matthews Mocks Anti-Trump GOP Calls to Back Dems

Curtis Houck
July 19th, 2018 4:31 PM
Occasionally, MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews has provided us with moments of humor and levity (though most of the time at his own expense) and Wednesday was no exception as he took time to mock anti-Trump Republicans and faux Republicans pleading with voters to back Democrats in November.
 
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Johnson: Trump Admin 'Terrorists,' Comey 'Pissed' at His 'Black' Boss

Brad Wilmouth
June 17th, 2018 5:51 PM
Appearing as a guest on Sunday's AM Joy, race-obsessed MSNBC contributor Jason Johnson accused former FBI director James Comey of resenting Attorney General Loretta Lynch for being a "black woman boss," and then went on to accuse Trump administration members of being "terrorists" who "terrorize people into leaving the country" to promote "white nationalism."
 
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Kim Strassel: Media Ignoring 'Searing Indictment' of FBI Culture

Tom Blumer
June 16th, 2018 12:03 PM

The Wall Street Journal's Kimberley Strassel appeared on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show Friday to discuss Thursday's Inspector General report on "Various Actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice in Advance of the 2016 Election." She made the big-picture point most of the rest of the press is either ignoring or denying, namely that the IG has delivered "a searing…

 
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Press Ignores Obama's Lie About Emails to Hillary's Private Server

Tom Blumer
June 15th, 2018 4:49 PM
Thursday's Inspector General's report reviewing FBI and Department of Justice actions before the 2016 election effectively concluded that former President Barack Obama lied to the American people and committed illegal acts in emailing then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private-server email addresses. The IG also found that former FBI Director James Comey scrubbed all hints of Obama's prior…
 
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Mark Levin: FBI Interference ‘Worse Than Russians Could Have Dreamed’

Randy Hall
June 15th, 2018 4:21 PM

Hours after the U.S. Inspector General office released a report on Thursday regarding liberal media bias in the Department of Justice and the FBI, radio host Mark Levin used an appearance on that day’s edition of Fox News Channel’s Hannity program to address the fact that “those people had as their purpose to interfere” with the 2016 presidential election. As if that wasn’t shocking enough,…

 
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Gagliano Unloads: Comey Brought in ‘Callow,’ ‘Inexperienced’ People

Curtis Houck
June 15th, 2018 1:59 PM

Appearing on CNN shows Thursday night and Friday morning, law enforcement analyst and former FBI Supervisory Special Agent James Gagliano slammed former FBI Director James Comey in context of the Justice Department’s IG report for having been “the least equipped lifeguard” to lead the FBI who “created a culture around him of young, callow, inexperienced agents.”

 
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Comey Claimed Ignorance of Any Hillary-Weiner Connection on NBC, NPR

Tim Graham
June 15th, 2018 11:10 AM
Mike Brest at the Daily Caller reported former FBI director James Comey told the Inspector General he couldn't figure out why Hillary Clinton's emails would end up on Anthony Weiner's computer. “I don’t know that I knew that [Weiner] was married to Huma Abedin at the time.” As dumb as this sounds, this is not a new spin for Comey. He also uncorked this I'm-seriously-uninformed line on NPR's Fresh…
 
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ABC, CBS Try to Shield Mueller Investigation from FBI Agent’s Lib Bias

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 14th, 2018 10:02 PM
The Department of Justice's Inspector General dropped a bombshell report on Washington, D.C. on Thursday which detailed their deep dive into the FBI’s handling of the Clinton e-mail probe. It found that former FBI Director James Comey was insubordinate, validating President Trump’s decision to fire him, but it also found that a small group of FBI agents had it out to get candidate Trump. Despite…
 
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CNN Frets WH Will ‘Seize’ Upon I.G. Report, ‘Take’ a ‘Victory Lap’

Curtis Houck
June 14th, 2018 3:51 PM

Moments after Thursday’s long-awaited release of the Department of Justice Inspector General report on the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation, a CNN Newsroom panel dismissed it as a “mild” report in which “[t]he other shoe didn’t drop” and will provide “[p]lenty of ammunition for both sides.” However, they fretted that the White House will “seize” on its findings and “…