Day 2: Ex-FBI counsel Baker shrugs off failure to turn over key piece of evidence

Day 2: Ex-FBI counsel Baker shrugs off failure to turn over key piece of evidence

by WorldTribune Staff, May 19, 2022 In testimony on Day 2 of the trial of Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, former FBI General Counsel James Baker seemed to shrug off the fact that he had failed to turn over to prosecutors a key piece of evidence in the case. Special counsel John Durham has stated […]

In regular communications with key Pentagon official, WaPo columnist was ‘sir’

In regular communications with key Pentagon official, WaPo columnist was ‘sir’

by WorldTribune Staff, May 4, 2020 A senior Pentagon official had regular contact with the Washington Post reporter whose column was the impetus for the FBI’s interview of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, documents obtained by a government watchdog group show. Judicial Watch, through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), uncovered the communications between […]

Emails: Obama defense official was in close contact with columnist who leaked Flynn info

Emails: Obama defense official was in close contact with columnist who leaked Flynn info

FPI / April 29, 2020 By Judicial Watch Email records obtained from the U.S. Department of Defense show extensive communications between the Pentagon’s Director of the Office of Net Assessment (ONA) James Baker and Washington Post reporter David Ignatius. Lawyers for Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn alleged in a November 1, 2019 court filing that Baker […]

Pentagon analyst who criticized FBI informant Stefan Halper loses appeal

Pentagon analyst who criticized FBI informant Stefan Halper loses appeal

by WorldTribune Staff, June 21, 2019 A Pentagon analyst who was disciplined for allegedly mishandling classified information has lost his appeal in a case he says was retaliation for his complaining about FBI informant Stefan Halper. A Defense Department administrative judge denied the appeal of Adam Lovinger, who remains suspended without pay and was stripped […]

New Strzok-Page emails reveal FBI scrambled to accommodate Clinton just before 2016 election

New Strzok-Page emails reveal FBI scrambled to accommodate Clinton just before 2016 election

FPI / June 3, 2019 By Judicial Watch Judicial Watch announced on June 3 it received 218 pages of emails of disgraced former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page which show then-FBI General Counsel James Baker instructing FBI officials to expedite the release of FBI investigative material to Hillary Clinton’s lawyer, David Kendall in […]

‘Highly unusual’: Former Comey adviser says multiple Clinton loyalists lobbied FBI

‘Highly unusual’: Former Comey adviser says multiple Clinton loyalists lobbied FBI

by WorldTribune Staff, April 15, 2019 At least 10 supporters of Hillary Clinton plied FBI higher ups with Trump-Russia conspiracy theories during the 2016 campaign, former FBI general counsel James Baker told a House judiciary oversight task force last year. The Clinton supporters directly or via middlemen fed the accusations against Trump to the FBI, […]

Documents: FBI rushed to accommodate Clinton days before election

Documents: FBI rushed to accommodate Clinton days before election

by WorldTribune Staff, February 12, 2019 The FBI, prodded by Hillary Clinton’s lawyer, moved swiftly in the days preceding the 2016 presidential election to stress that the agency concluded that material found on Anthony Weiner’s laptop would not change the conclusion that Clinton should not be charged for mishandling classified information, newly released documents reveal. […]

Testimony: Clinton opposition researcher pushed Trump theory to top DOJ official

Testimony: Clinton opposition researcher pushed Trump theory to top DOJ official

by WorldTribune Staff, January 24, 2019 Operatives for the Hillary Clinton campaign approached the Department of Justice and pushed an unsubstantiated theory that a secret server at Trump Tower was directly tied to a Moscow bank linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to congressional testimony. Testimony from James Baker, the former FBI general counsel […]

Former FBI Counsel: Rosenstein, McCabe, and Page ‘seriously’ discussed ‘secretly recording Trump’

Former FBI Counsel: Rosenstein, McCabe, and Page ‘seriously’ discussed ‘secretly recording Trump’

by WorldTribune Staff, October 9, 2018 Former FBI General Counsel James Baker told Congress last week that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe and FBI lawyer Lisa Page had “seriously” discussed secretly recording President Donald Trump, a report said. Rosenstein also discussed the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment in […]

Pentagon analyst lost security clearance after criticizing Halper’s ‘sweetheart’ contracts

Pentagon analyst lost security clearance after criticizing Halper’s ‘sweetheart’ contracts

by WorldTribune Staff, August 16, 2018 A Pentagon analyst had his security clearance revoked and was relegated to clerical duty by Obama-appointed officials after questioning the FBI’s hiring of an informant to spy on the Trump campaign, a report said. Adam Lovinger, a 12-year strategist in the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment (ONA), complained to […]