A competing media outlet is pointing to de-platforming efforts from CNN and decrying claims CNN is making as part of its efforts as false. Newsmax TV has seen strong growth since the 2020 election, cutting into Fox News viewership. But its growth has sparked calls for censorship led by CNN. A CNN reporter recently pressured […]

For over two years, The Epoch Times has been investigating the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign and related FISA abuse, what’s now often known as “Spygate.” According to investigative journalists John Solomon and Seamus Bruner, co-authors of “Fallout,” the seeds of this scandal go back well before President Trump came into […]

Peter Strzok, the former FBI head of counterintelligence operations known for his vitriolic anti-Trump texts messages, had torn apart a 2017 New York Times article that alleged the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump had contacts with Russian intelligence. Strzok criticized the article as inaccurate in multiple regards in a recently declassified internal document. The […]

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is seeking to declassify a 40-page memo describing the FBI’s interview with the main source that former British spy Christopher Steele used to compile his infamous dossier. The senator said the FBI interviewed Steele’s source for three days in January 2017 and again in March. During the January interview, the sub-source […]

News Analysis The newly released report by Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, along with his groundbreaking testimony before Congress, noted the material failures of the FBI—“not only the operational team, but also of the managers and supervisors, including senior officials, in the chain of command”—with regard to the FISA warrant application on Trump […]

A senior State Department official involved in events connected to the surveillance of the Trump 2016 presidential campaign was directly involved in concocting a plan to have Vice President Joe Biden force the firing of the top prosecutor in Ukraine, by threatening to withhold $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, according to the impeachment inquiry […]

Commentary A controversy has emerged over whether the anonymous “whistleblower”—whose complaint about the July 25 call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky led to the impeachment inquiry—should be identified and appear as a live witness or anonymously answer written questions submitted by Trump’s lawyers. We’ve seen this movie before. As I wrote […]

Commentary Four recent, blockbuster developments in “Russiagate” could spell big trouble, including, in my opinion, forthcoming criminal indictments for upper-echelon Obama-era officials. Inspector General’s Report on FISA Abuses Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael Horowitz said in a letter to House and Senate leaders on Oct. 24 that he would shortly release his much-awaited […]

In the eyes of Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton, what is the significance of the Department of Justice inspector general’s (IG) report about former FBI Director James Comey? Does it exonerate Comey, as he claims? What is the significance of Bruce Ohr’s interview records, the FBI “302s,” with Christopher Steele? What else might be found in […]

Former FBI Director James Comey’s first meeting with then-President-elect Donald Trump appears to have been part of the agency’s counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign. Comey has described the Jan. 6, 2017, briefing at Trump Tower as a defensive briefing intended to inform the president-elect of salacious allegations contained in the so-called “Steele dossier.” He […]

Federal investigators from the Justice Department’s watchdog, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), have interviewed Christopher Steele, the ex-British MI6 agent who authored the infamous dossier that alleged the Trump campaign had colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Reuters reported on July 9, citing two unnamed sources, that three attorneys from […]

Commentary Remember the simple rule: Anyone who pronounces on Trump–Russia from the baseline of, “Yes, the Russians hacked the Democratic National Committee (DNC),” or its current, fuzzier iteration, “Russia interfered in the 2016 election,” is either directing, party to, or victim of a seditious campaign of deception against the U.S. people based on a series […]

Former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, best known for authoring the infamous anti-Trump dossier, has reached a deal with U.S. officials to answer questions about his work for the FBI, according to The Times of London. The Times, citing a source close to Steele, reported that the former spy will meet with U.S. officials in […]

A former FBI attorney who worked on the Russia investigation told Congress last year the bureau learned information about dossier author Christopher Steele “that might bear on his credibility as a source.” Trisha Anderson, the former principal deputy general counsel, said in a closed-door interview that meetings were held at the FBI with then-Deputy Director […]

News Analysis Special counsel Robert Mueller’s nearly two-year-long investigation concluded on March 22 with a report to Attorney General William Barr that recommended no further indictments. “The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities,” the report states. None of Mueller’s […]

2018 proved to be a year of numerous revelations that provided clarity regarding events leading up to—and following—the 2016 presidential election. It is now clear that elements within the FBI, the CIA, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the State Department were actively working against the Trump campaign, and that these elements continued to work […]

News Analysis The recent congressional testimony by former FBI Director James Comey has caused no shortage of outrage over his lack of recollection and ongoing deflections. But lost within that outrage have been a number of important facts that were actually communicated during his testimony. Comey’s interview was notably not under oath, but he was […]

Commentary Someone really likes reporter John Solomon of The Hill. While many in the media are chasing stories based on false narratives, trying to nail down a smoking gun for the supposed Trump—Russia election collusion they so desperately believe in, Solomon is over there in a corner breaking news that contains actual evidence. When somebody high up in […]

News Analysis In a March 8, 2018, op-ed for The Daily Caller titled “The Ever-Changing ‘Russia Narrative’ Is False Public Manipulation,” Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska noted how “the disintegration of evidence-based journalism permits a surprisingly small number of individuals to destroy bilateral or multilateral relations.” Deripaska then described an unusual meeting that took place on […]

News Analysis President Donald Trump last week received phone calls from two allies saying, “Please, can we talk.” Those “allies” were almost certainly the UK and Australia. The high-level calls were most likely coordinated and related entirely to Trump’s recent declassification order. The message appears to have been simple and direct. As Trump noted, “key […]

Lawmakers who questioned Justice Department (DOJ) official Bruce Ohr on Aug. 28 say there are significant discrepancies between what they learned from Ohr and prior testimonies given by former FBI attorney Lisa Page and Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson, suggesting that at least one among them may have lied to Congress. Ohr, Simpson, and Page […]

News Analysis The media seems to have taken a sudden interest in downplaying the significance of Justice Department (DOJ) official Bruce Ohr. An article that ABC News published Aug. 23 said Ohr was “operating outside of his chain of command” and quoted an unidentified official who said Ohr was “a non-figure, a non-entity in all […]

The former British spy who composed the infamous dossier of unverified claims about the presidential campaign of Donald Trump was “very concerned” that the firing of then-FBI Director James Comey in May last year would expose a clandestine operation. According to notes handwritten by senior Justice Department (DOJ) official Bruce Ohr on May 10, 2017, […]

News Analysis Declassified surveillance documents released this week revealed that the FBI relied on politicized information to obtain a FISA warrant to spy on Trump presidential campaign volunteer Carter Page. The FBI left the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which approved the application, in the dark about the fact that the information was paid for by the […]

Newly declassified documents released on July 21 substantiate long-held suspicions that a group of top Obama administration officials used an unverified opposition research dossier, funded by Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC), to obtain a warrant to spy on former Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page, yet failed to inform the court […]

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe knew in advance that CNN was about to publish its story regarding the Steele Dossier. McCabe also knew CNN’s internal reasoning for running the story and about a leak made to CNN about a closed-door meeting between then-President Elect Donald Trump and then-FBI Director James Comey. The Steele dossier […]

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe knew in advance that CNN was about to publish its story regarding the Steele Dossier. McCabe also knew CNN’s internal reasoning for running the story and about a leak made to CNN about a closed-door meeting between then-President Elect Donald Trump and then-FBI Director James Comey. The Steele dossier […]

President Donald Trump posted on Twitter a quote that implied former CIA Director John Brennan lied and is fearing criminal charges. The lengthy quote Trump posted on Monday, May 21, came from Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and instructor who guarded presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. “John Brennan is panicking, Steve,” […]

President Donald Trump posted on Twitter a quote that implied former CIA Director John Brennan lied and is fearing criminal charges. The lengthy quote Trump posted on Monday, May 21, came from Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and instructor who guarded presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. “John Brennan is panicking, Steve,” […]

The long-awaited House Intelligence Committee memos have both confirmed that the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) used uncorroborated third-hand sources, and a dossier funded by the DNC and the Clinton campaign, to get warrants to spy on Donald Trump’s team. The initial memo was released on Feb. 2 by Republicans in the House Intelligence […]