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Heavy-Handed Government: McCarthy Talks Flynn Case, COVID Cops

May 7, 2020 by GregC

Listen to “Heavy-Handed Government: McCarthy Talks Flynn Case, COVID Cops” on Spreaker.

On Thursday, the Justice Department announced it’s desire to drop the case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, a move that does not come as much of a surprise following last week’s revelation that FBI agents went to interview him in the White House with the intent of getting him to lie or to admit something that could get him fired or prosecuted.

In a statement, the DOJ said the January 2017 interview was “untethered to, and unjustified by, the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into Mr. Flynn” and that the interview was “conducted without any legitimate investigative basis” and that it was dropping the case “after a considered review of all the facts and circumstances of this case, including newly discovered and disclosed information.”

So how did this case move from a Flynn guilty plea to the Justice Department wanting to dump the matter?  Was Flynn the victim of a very shoddy process or are other lawyers right that the FBI used standard tactics in speaking with Flynn?

Former Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Andrew C. McCarthy says the FBI conduct towards Flynn was highly improper and amounted to little more than an effort to get him to lie without any underlying criminal predicate.

McCarthy and Radio America’s Greg Corombos also discuss whether most Americans will see this as a decision made on the facts and the law or through their partisan lenses.

In addition, McCarthy discusses Ventura County, California, officials announcing that COVID-infected patients may be forced to leave their homes if others in the residence test negative and there is only one bathroom.  Is that constitutional?  And what does it say about how governments are responding to this crisis?

Don’t miss McCarthy’s insights on these two critical issues.

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Filed Under: Constitution, Crime, Health Care, Journalism, law, News & Politics Tagged With: Bill Barr, COVID-19, DOJ, FBI, Flynn, news, Ventura

Ex-Deputy National Security Adviser: ‘They Were Trying to Blackmail Me’

April 30, 2020 by GregC

Listen to “Ex-Deputy National Security Adviser: ‘They Were Trying to Blackmail Me'” on Spreaker.

On Wednesday, handwritten notes concerning Trump National Security Adviser Gen. Michael Flynn revealed FBI agents were approaching their January 2017 interview with Flynn for the purposes of trying to prosecute him or get him fired.

The news comes as no surprise to K.T. McFarland, who served as deputy national security adviser under Flynn, who says federal agents were looking to pin a crime on Flynn and President Trump where there was none  The FBI also put the heat on McFarland to give up information it could use to incriminate Flynn or Trump.

In an interview, with Radio America’s Greg Corombos, McFarland says the FBI set a perjury trap for Flynn and she knows what one looks like because they tried to set one for her too.

“They were trying to blackmail Gen. Flynn. They were trying to blackmail me to either admit guilt to crimes we did not commit or to implicate others.  In my case, it was to implicate Flynn or to implicate President Trump in crimes I didn’t think they had committed,” said McFarland.

She says the FBI tried to nab her in a perjury trap.  And how does a perjury trap work?

“They control all your files, all your text messages, phone logs, emails. They have them. You don’t have them. They have them and they let you see a little bit here and a little bit there and then they quiz you on it.

“If you make any kind of mistake, you get the wrong date, you say, ‘I think that was Tuesday night’ and it was really Wednesday morning, then they can jump and say, ‘Well, you should have known that. We think you’re lying. Therefore, you’re committing perjury,” said McFarland.

Listen to the full podcast to hear the two reasons the FBI and intelligence community wanted Flynn out of the White House, what crimes the FBI wanted McFarland and others to point them too, and what needs to happen to make sure these sorts of tactics don’t happen again.

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Filed Under: Constitution, Crime, Elections, Foreign Policy, Journalism, News & Politics Tagged With: FBI, Flynn, intelligence, news, Perjury, russia, Trump

IG Report Skewers FBI Over FISA Warrants

December 10, 2019 by GregC

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On Monday, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz released his long-awaited report on the FBI’s handling of FISA warrant requests and renewals concerning one-time Trump campaign figure Carter Page.

Horowitz concluded that there was no provable political bias that went into some 17 major errors in filing for the warrants, including the admission of obviously false information about Page and Trump and the exclusion of exculpatory information.  He also did not refer anyone for criminal prosecution.

Democrats and former FBI officials declared this a win for their position and a death blow to the idea that the Obama administration spied on the Trump campaign in 2016.

But former Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew C. McCarthy says there’s plenty in the report which is very ugly for the FBI and everyone up the chain of command.

Listen to the full podcast as McCarthy tells Greg Corombos what stood out to him in the report, what’s still to come in the investigation led by U.S. Attorney John Durham and whether Horowitz is right to be worried that the rights of everyday Americans are at great risk of being trampled if the FBI acted in such a shoddy manner in a case of great national significance.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: 2016, Carter Page, DOJ, FBI, FISA, Horowitz, IG, news

Trump’s Impeachment Bump, IG Report Hammers FBI, Dems’ Curious Messaging

December 10, 2019 by GregC

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Lots of big news to break down on Tuesday’s Three Martini Lunch!  Join Jim and Greg as they marvel at how much better President Trump is doing against all top-tier Democrats in three key battleground states than he was before impeachment began.  They also discuss the IG report savaging the FBI and Justice Department for it’s sloppy, error-ridden FISA warrant requests aimed at the Trump campaign, and since the inspector general could not definitively find proof of  political motivation, they’re left to shudder at the conclusion that the FBI is just thoroughly reckless and incompetent at its job.  And Jim finds it awfully curious that Democrats would announce two articles of impeachment this morning and then immediately announce a series of legislative compromises with President Trump.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: 2016, 2020, FBI, IG, impeachment, National Review, paid family leave, polls, President Trump, Three Martini Lunch, USMCA, warrants

The Lessons of Richard Jewell, Schiff’s Latest Lie, Trump Wants China Looking at Bidens

October 3, 2019 by GregC

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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America look forward to Clint Eastwood’s new film about how the FBI and media convinced America Richard Jewell was the Olympic Park bomber back in 1996, ruined the man’s life, and obviously learned very little from this debacle.  They’re hopeful the movie will tell the truth about an ugly chapter in American history.  They also unload on House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who was caught lying about his office having contact with the whistleblower before the complaint was filed.  And they react to President Trump not only doubling down on his urging of Ukraine to investigates Joe and Hunter Biden but for China to start investigating them as well.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: Adam Schiff, China, Clint Eastwood, FBI, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, media, National Review, President Trump, Richard Jewell, Three Martini Lunch, Ukraine

McCabe Appeal Rejected, Castro vs. Biden, Yang’s Gimmick

September 13, 2019 by GregC

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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America are pleased to see a high-ranking government official actually moving closer to facing the same type of prosecution most Americans would face for allegedly divulging sensitive information and then lying about it.  Jim also hilariously shreds CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin for acting like the allegations in the case are incredibly complicated.  They also size up the third Democratic presidential debate and hammer Julian Castro for his obvious suggestion that Joe Biden is too mentally fuzzy to be president.  And they roll their eyes as Andrew Yang vows to give ten Americans a thousand dollars a month over the next year.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: 2020, Andrew McCabe, Andrew Yang, FBI, Jeffrey Toobin, Joe Biden, Julian Castro, National Review, Three Martini Lunch

IG Report Blasts Comey, More Scrutiny Coming

August 29, 2019 by GregC

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Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz blasted former FBI Director James Comey Thursday, accusing him of violating FBI policies and his own employment agreement in an effort to launch a special counsel investigation of President Trump.

The report blasts Comey for keeping personal memos after meeting with President Trump in his capacity as FBI director and then leaking memos to the media after Trump fired him as part of Comey’s effort to trigger a special counsel probe.  Then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein tapped former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III for the job just days after Trump fired Comey.

Former Justice Department official Victoria Toensing, a longtime Comey critic, says this condemnation in the IG report comes as no surprise.

“We knew that there was a recommendation for prosecution, so it wasn’t going to be wine and roses from the IG,” said Toensing.

The Justice Department ultimately decided not to prosecute Comey.

However, Thursday’s report is far from the end for Comey and ongoing review of how the Trump-Russia probe began.  In particular, Toensing is looking forward to the next offering from Inspector General Horowitz.

“I’m look for the IG report on the FISA abuse, and certainly Comey was part of that,” said Toensing.  “James Comey signed an application to the FISA court that said ‘all the material in here has been verified.’

“We know from (The Hill columnist) John Solomon’s reporting that the FBI had a diagram of a chart of all the accusations and 90 percent was not verifiable,” said Toensing.

Listen to the full podcast to hear Toensing explain why she thinks the Justice Department was absolutely right not to prosecute Comey for mishandling documents and leaking them to the media and why she believes the government must prosecute former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.

She also reacts to Comey’s contention that the IG report exonerates him.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: Comey, DOJ, FBI, Inspector General, Michael Horowitz, news, russia, Trump

Now What? – Ball of Collusion, Part 4

August 29, 2019 by GregC

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In the final part of our conversation, “Ball of Collusion” author Andrew C. McCarthy pivots from how the Trump-Russia unfolded to where we go from here.

What answers can we realistically expect from the Justice Department’s inspector general and from Attorney General Bill Barr’s investigation? Beyond that, how badly damaged is the credibility of the Justice Department and the FBI as a result of all this and how can that reputation be repaired.

Listen to the podcast as McCarthy explains that repairing the credibility of the DOJ and FBI is directly related to whether anyone is held responsible for what those institutions did to lose so much trust in the first place.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: DOJ, FBI, McCarthy, news, russia, Trump Collusion

Democratic Debates Round 2, FBI Botches Nassar Scandal, Beto’s Mom Breaks Silence

July 30, 2019 by GregC

Listen to “Democratic Debates Round 2, FBI Botches Nassar Scandal, Beto’s Mom Breaks Silence” on Spreaker.

Jim Geraghty of National Review and guest host Greg Knapp break down the next round of Democratic debates beginning tonight. They shake their heads at the FBI and other agencies being implicated in the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal. And they discuss Beto O’Rourke’s mother publicly offering campaign advice for her son.

(Gregory Knapp is a Speaker, Coach, and Talk Show Host. You can learn more about him and get a free gift at gregorybknapp.com. His podcast, Find Your Purpose-Live Your Passion is available on Apple Podcasts/iTunes.)

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts, politics, polls Tagged With: 2020, Beto, Biden, debates, democrats, FBI, Kamala, Nassar

New Documents Raise Questions over FBI’s Handling of Clinton Investigation

June 3, 2019 by GregC

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New documents obtained by Judicial Watch reveal new information regarding the FBI’s investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server and raise questions regarding the agency’s handling of the matter. Matt Fisher reports for Radio America.

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Filed Under: congress, news, News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: Clinton, FBI, Hillary

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