Free Republic

Another day, another leak. Special Counsel Jack Smith has uncovered new details about Trump’s so-called ‘inaction’ to stop the protestors on January 6 in a leak to ABC News ahead of Trump’s pitch to the appeals court on immunity claims. President Trump told supporters on January 6 to “peacefully and patriotically” protest. The new hit piece targets Trump’s senior advisor Dan Scavino. “Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has uncovered previously undisclosed details about former President Donald Trump’s refusal to help stop the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol three years ago as he sat watching TV inside the White House,...

Several years ago, I was the sponsor for a guy going through conversion from what he was (in a religious sense) to Catholic. He wasn’t just any guy; he was a very senior CIA officer who has frequently appeared on television since he transitioned to think-tank denizen. The Rite of Christian Initiation as an Adult (RCIA) experience builds a bond between sponsor and candidate/catechumen that often goes beyond religious conversations. On one occasion, we talked politics and foreign policy.What separates us from the Third World in our politics, he opined, are the twin concepts of peaceful transfer of power via...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders from both parties, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, swiftly pushed back Thursday after President Donald Trump declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election. Trump said during a Wednesday news conference, “We’re going to have to see what happens,” responding to a question about committing to the results. “You know that I’ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster.” McConnell and other leaders of Trump’s Republican Party had no hesitation in committing to an...

Last week, comedienne Sarah Silverman had to retract some comments she made about the military rising up against President Donald Trump. Silverman has been an active supporter of the “Resistance,” or “Resist” movement, which uses social media to rail against President Trump and his political policies. “WAKE UP & JOIN THE RESISTANCE. ONCE THE MILITARY IS W US FASCISTS GET OVERTHROWN. MAD KING & HIS HANDLERS GO BYE BYE,” Silverman wrote on Twitter. She would later walk back that statement, saying “FEAR can motivate even peacenik snowflakes 2 incite violence & last night I felt it hard.” Shortly after the...

A Secret Service agent took to Facebook to make a startling admission: she would not "take a bullet" for President Donald Trump. Kerry O'Grady, Special Agent in charge of the United States Secret Service Denver District, wrote in October that she would rather endure "jail time" than take a bullet for Trump.

<p>IRAQ HANDOVER 'TODAY'</p> <p>The handover of power in Iraq is to be brought forward to today.</p> <p>A formal announcement will be made later today, Tony Blair said.</p> <p>The informal announcement was made by Iraq's foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari.</p> <p>The handover of power to an interim Iraqi government was supposed to take place on June 30.</p>

LOS ANGELES - Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites) scheduled an afternoon press conference Wednesday to discuss his transition to the governor's office after voters, seething over taxes and red ink, dumped the unpopular Gov. Gray Davis (news - web sites). · Election Results · News, photos, video   With 98.8 percent of precincts reporting Wednesday morning, the recall was favored by 4,217,411 voters, or 54.8 percent, and opposed by 3,488,465 voters, or 45.2 percent. Among the replacement candidates, Schwarzenegger was ahead with 3,577,278 votes, or 48.2 percent of the vote; Democratic Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante (news - web sites)...