BROOKINGS INSTITUTION UNDER SCRUTINY by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 26, 2020) — On today’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee Devin Nunes (R-CA22) told host Maria Bartiromo that the source of many of the allegations contained in Christopher Steele’s now-infamous “dossier” used to obtain surveillance warrants on 2016 Trump-campaign adviser Carter Page […]
“A DOUBLE STANDARD OF JUSTICE” by Jeff Crouere, ©2020 (Feb. 16, 2020) — This week was dominated by the questions regarding the sentencing of political operative Roger Stone. Last January, he was subjected to a predawn raid by federal officials carrying assault rifles. Somehow, CNN was informed about the raid and their cameras captured the […]
SUGGESTS FBI LAUNCHED INVESTIGATION INTO TRUMP CAMPAIGN SIGNIFICANTLY EARLIER THAN STATED by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 10, 2020) — On Monday night’s “Hannity,” investigative journalist Sara A. Carter said that two Republican U.S. senators have asked Attorney General William Barr to declassify certain information from the Justice Department inspector general’s “FISA abuse” report released to the […]
“WILL BE REVEALED VERY SOON” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 11, 2019) — Early Wednesday afternoon, former Trump foreign-policy adviser George Papadopoulos tweeted, responding to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, that “The tool embedded in the campaign who was wired against me AFTER the five spies before him failed to […]
“A TWO-TIERED SYSTEM” by OPOVV, ©2019 (Dec. 9, 2019) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the most entertaining news show in its time slot, ‘The Pulse of the Nation.’ This week’s award for the ‘Most Stupid Utterance’ goes to a previous (multiple) winner, Nancy Pelosi. Somehow being a good Catholic and supporting […]
“CRIMINAL REFERRALS” ANTICIPATED by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 12, 2019) — “Hannity” host Sean Hannity opened Monday night’s show by reporting that his sources say the anticipated Inspector General report on “FISA abuse” alleged on the part of the U.S. intelligence community will be released in “one week.” For more than a year, the FBI and […]
DOES THAT MEAN “INDICTED”? by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 29, 2019) — At approximately 1:40 PM EDT, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL1) tweeted that he believes Barack Obama’s director of national intelligence, James Clapper, and CIA director, John Brennan, will be “implicated” as the U.S. attorney designated to identify the origins of the Russia “collusion” narrative delves […]
“ANY TIME NOW” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 18, 2019) — On Friday night’s “Hannity,” guest host Jason Chaffetz announced that “big news” is anticipated to be released next week in regard to the U.S. Justice Department’s investigation into the “investigators” of the Trump-Russia “collusion” probe which hobbled the Trump administration for more than two years. […]
“SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BE PUNISHED” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 22, 2019) — Just before 10:30 a.m. in a lengthy interview with Maria Bartiromo of “Sunday Morning Futures,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham asked rhetorically, “Did Obama know?” in regard to the FBI’s counterintelligence probe into the Trump campaign. The wide-ranging interview, which began at […]
“WE’LL SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 20, 2019) — In the first segment of Thursday night’s “Hannity,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH4) said that former FBI Director James Comey is the “center” of the Trump-Russia “collusion” narrative which launched a 2½-year “saga” dominating headlines during the first half of the Trump presidency. […]
“WE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WE HAD” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 16, 2019) — On page 87 of the transcript of former FBI attorney Lisa Page’s second July 2018 closed-door deposition to members of Congress, Page said that she did not remember the idea of the FBI providing a “defensive briefing” to the Trump campaign to […]
“IT’S NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR ‘MR. SUPER-PATRIOT’” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 29, 2019) — According to “Hannity” host Sean Hannity and his first guest, investigative journalist John Solomon of The Hill Wednesday night, Thursday could be a day of revelations after months of waiting for classified documents from the Trump-Russia “collusion” probe to be made […]
“MANUFACTURED FROM THE BEGINNING” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 18, 2019) — In the final segment of today’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” investigative journalist and Vice President of Video for The Hill John Solomon said that his sources say that Attorney General William Barr and U.S. Attorney John Durham have focused their probe of the “Russia” investigators […]
“THESE PEOPLE HAD A PLAN…” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 8, 2019) — On Thursday night’s “Hannity,” Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton announced that his organization received and released the much-anticipated “302s” from DOJ official Bruce Ohr’s FBI interviews which Fitton said show proof of coordination among Ohr, Russia “dossier” author Christopher Steele, and Ohr’s wife […]
WILL HE ACHIEVE HIS ALLEGED GOAL? by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 11, 2019) — Shortly after 9:30 PM EDT on Thursday, Sen. Lindsey Graham, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, told “Hannity” host Sean Hannity that U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut John Durham is “looking at puttin’ people in jail” as a result of […]
“REPORTERS BASICALLY SPYING ON PEOPLE” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 20, 2019) — Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton appeared on “Hannity” Thursday night to report that newly-released emails between former FBI employees Peter Strzok, Lisa Page and others show “collusion” between The New York Times‘s Michael Schmidt and the FBI in relation to the Trump-Russia “collusion” […]
“A PERSON IN HER POSITION…” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 19, 2019) — On pages 82 and 83 of the transcript of a deposition of former FBI Chief of Staff James Rybicki in January 2018, Rybicki admitted that there were “discussions” about Hillary Clinton having been given “special treatment” during the agency’s investigation of her use […]
WAS “RIGOR” APPLIED TO THE PROCESS, OR SOMETHING ELSE? by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 10, 2019) — The transcript of a closed-door interview with former FBI Deputy General Counsel Trisha Anderson last summer indicates that the witness reviewed documentation associated with Russia “dossier” compiler Christopher Steele’s “credibility” but that a surveillance warrant applied for in October […]
REPORT: RUSSIA DOCUMENTS COMING “THIS WEEK” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 9, 2019) — At approximately 9:00 a.m. EDT, “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo tweeted that she expects a “big week ahead,” listing a number of guests to include Carter Page, who was the subject of four DOJ/FBI FISA warrants which may have been unjustifiably […]
WHERE WAS THE “COLLUSION?” by Sharon Rondeau (May 30, 2019) — During the initial segment of Thursday night’s “Hannity,” investigative journalist and Fox News contributor Sara A. Carter said that “evidence” and her sources indicate that Obama-era officials “violated the law” by staging a 2016 investigation into the Trump campaign alleging “collusion” with Russians to […]