WHY DOES A “DISCREDITED CONSPIRACY THEORY” CONTINUE TO RESURFACE? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 17, 2019) — At 11:17 a.m. EST, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA2), chairman of the House Rules Committee, began reading his opening statement in a hearing on impeaching President Donald Trump. McGovern began by stating, as did Democrats in the House Judiciary Committee […]
IN TEN MINUTES by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 13, 2019) — In a strict party-line vote on Friday morning, the House Judiciary Committee led by Chairman Jerrold Nadler voted affirmatively on two Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump. The vote took place without preamble beginning at 10:02 a.m. Nadler had abruptly adjourned an all-day hearing […]
“EVERY BIT AS BAD AS ADVERTISED” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 9, 2019) — At approximately 12:37 p.m. EST, Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC11) tweeted that he was provided a two-hour briefing on the about-to-be-released Justice Department Inspector General report on possible abuse of the “FISA” process in regard to the 2016 Trump campaign, stating that he […]
AND THE OBAMA BIRTH-CERTIFICATE INVESTIGATION FOUND WHAT…? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 4, 2019) — At approximately 11:40 a.m. EDT Wednesday in the first hearing by the House Judiciary Committee on the “impeachment inquiry” into President Donald Trump, witness and Stanford University Law School Professor of Public Interest Law Pamela S. Karlan responded to a question […]
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY “DESTINED TO CRASH AND BURN” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2019 (Dec. 4, 2019) — Before reading any farther into this post, first take nine minutes and nineteen seconds to watch the video of Democrat George Washington University Professor Jonathan Turley’s opening statement on his testimony delivered today to the House Judiciary Committee. That committee, […]
“PROBLEMS WITH THE AFFIDAVITS” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 1, 2019) — In an interview at the opening of “Sunday Morning Futures” guest-hosted by Mike Emanuel, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, responded to questions about the upcoming week’s “impeachment inquiry” activity concerning President Trump’s conduct in regard to Ukraine and […]
“A FACT WITNESS” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 14, 2019) — On Monday night’s “Hannity,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL1) accused House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA28) of “collusion” with the intelligence-community “whistleblower” whose purported complaint about President Trump’s July call with the Ukrainian president contained a “quid pro quo” based on second-hand evidence. The term […]
CHAIRMAN: “AN ABSOLUTE COVER-UP BY THE WHITE HOUSE” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 17, 2019) — 1:12 p.m. EDT – Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski will testify to the House Judiciary Commitee in a hearing titled, “Presidential Obstruction of Justice and Abuse of Power.” PBS is providing live-streaming of the hearing, as is the Committee. […]
RANKING MEMBER CRITICIZES CHAIRMAN FOR NOT “PUTTING BILLS FORWARD” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 25, 2019) — At 10:53 a.m. EDT, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY14) spoke at a hearing titled “Oversight of Family Separation and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Short-Term Custody under the Trump Administration.” Live streaming from the committee’s website is […]
WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON WEDNESDAY? by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 25, 2019) — Shortly before 9:00 AM EDT on Thursday, the hashtag “MuellerHearingDisaster” began trending on Twitter in response to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s appearance on Capitol Hill Wednesday. Yesterday morning, Mueller testified to the House Judiciary Committee in a hearing lasting more than three […]
“I’D HAVE TO PASS ON THAT” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 24, 2019) — Shortly after 8:30 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, former Special Counsel Robert Mueller was sworn in to give much-anticipated testimony to the House Judiciary Committee as to his report provided to the Justice Department which found insufficient evidence that anyone from the Trump […]
“FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS” by Sharon Rondeau (May 26, 2019) — On the May 26 edition of “Sunday Morning Futures,” guest host Charles Payne asked his first guest, House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ5), what might be expected as a result of President Trump’s authorization to Attorney General William Barr to declassify documents held by […]
PLAYING POLITICS OR CONDUCTING OVERSIGHT? by Sharon Rondeau (May 8, 2019) — At approximately 10:00 AM Wednesday, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, led by Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY10) began debating whether or not to hold Attorney General William Barr in “contempt of Congress” for failing to respond to its subpoena for the full “Mueller report” […]
AMID ALLEGED “FIRESTORM” by Sharon Rondeau (May 1, 2019) — Attorney General William P. Barr will be testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday beginning at 10 AM as to the completion and release of the much-anticipated “Mueller report” on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. During his confirmation hearings in January, Barr pledged […]
BUT WHAT ABOUT REGULATIONS PRECLUDING IT? by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 19, 2019) — As of 9:10 AM EDT Friday, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler issued a subpoena to Attorney General William Barr to appear before the committee on May 1 to produce the underlying documents relied upon by Special Counsel Robert Mueller to produce his […]
WITH EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY FROM OBAMA BIRTH-CERTIFICATE INVESTIGATOR MIKE ZULLO by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 16, 2019) — In the opening pages of the transcript from a second closed-door congressional session about the Russia “collusion” investigation commenced by the FBI on the Trump campaign, former FBI General Counsel James Baker told the four congressmen present, all Republicans, […]
BUT JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN SAYS OTHERWISE by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 27, 2019) — On November 8, 2018, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY10), then ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, published a press release in which he stated that Reps. Elijah Cummings and Adam Schiff, as well as Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) “sent letters to top Administration […]
COMEY PRESSER “DESIGNED TO INSULATE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 19, 2019) — Beginning on page 143 of the first transcript of former FBI Counsel Lisa Page’s private testimony to the House Judiciary Committee last July, a questioner for the minority, at that time the Democrats, asked Page about a text message sent […]
“THE DAY YOU SIGNED THE DOCUMENT…” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 17, 2019) — On page 104 of the transcript memorializing the private testimony of former FBI Deputy Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Peter Strzok last June, then-House Oversight & Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy pointedly asked Strzok, “Who drafted the electronic communication?” referring to the […]
IF SO, WHY? IF NOT, WHERE DID THE QUESTION COME FROM? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 16, 2019) — On page 83 of a 312-page transcript of closed-door testimony to the House Judiciary Committee by former FBI Deputy Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Peter Strzok on June 27, 2018, Strzok was asked whether or not he told […]