A powerful Republican senator who has recently fought off criticism for not issuing subpoenas in the review of the investigation of the Trump campaign says the ranking member on his committee is working to “undermine” efforts to subpoena a former State Department official. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said Sen. […]

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Aug. 18 release the fifth and final volume of its report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. The nearly 996-page report is the culmination of a three-year-long investigation, which involved the interviews of 200 witnesses and the review of more than a million pages of documents. Similarly […]

A federal judge on Aug. 17 dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by former Trump national security aide Carter Page.

Commentary Things seem to be speeding up now, which is good. I was beginning to think that John Durham was auditioning for a PoMo production of “Waiting for Godot” with himself in the title role. The public would be left like Vladimir and Estragon, disillusioned and alone. But the recent news that a felony charge […]

Sean Hannity fears for the future of America and the world. And he’s written his first book in ten years as a warning: “Live Free Or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink.” In this episode, we sit down together to discuss. This is American Thought Leaders 🇺🇸, and I’m Jan Jekielek. Jan Jekielek:  […]

In this interview for the American Thought Leaders series, Epoch Times senior editor Jan Jekielek speaks with TV and radio show host Sean Hannity about why he wrote his first book in 10 years: “Live Free Or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink.” Jan Jekielek: Sean Hannity, such a pleasure to have you […]

More subpoenas are coming in the investigation of the FBI’s probe into President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, a top Republican senator said on Sunday. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the chairman on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, blamed the delay in using authorization granted to him by committee members on agencies he said […]

Commentary On Aug. 9, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) went on the “Sunday Morning Futures” show hosted by Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business Network and dropped a bombshell. Graham revealed that in February 2018, FBI briefers had intentionally lied to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) when they claimed former MI6 spy Christopher Steele’s main source still […]

Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is turning over information to U.S. Attorney John Durham regarding the potential criminal actions of a former FBI official involved in the investigation of Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. Bill Priestap was 1 of 5 FBI employees who briefed the Senate Intelligence Committee in 2018, Graham said Aug. 14, accusing […]

Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton suggested in a new interview that would accept an offer to serve in Joe Biden’s administration if Biden wins the election in November. “I’m ready to help in any way I can, because I think this will be a moment where every American—I don’t care what party you are, […]

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, has issued a subpoena to the FBI requesting records relating to the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation. The subpoena, addressed to FBI Director Christopher Wray, calls for a designated bureau representative to appear before a Senate committee on Aug. […]

Commentary After listening to three years of lies about Russiagate from the Department of Justice and the FBI, not to mention the State Department and various of our 17 (count ’em) intelligence agencies, it’s hard to believe any arm of our government anymore. Trust, but verify, Reagan told us. But how do we even do […]

Republicans in the House and Senate are raising new questions about the involvement of current and former Brookings Institution associates with Christopher Steele, the author of the infamous discredited dossier that alleged collusion between then-candidate-Donald Trump and Russia. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) last week demanded all records regarding the communications […]

A Department of Justice review of 29 spy applications approved by a secret court uncovered only two material errors, in stark contrast to the 17 major errors discovered in applications to spy on former Trump campaign associate Carter Page. The findings bolster the case that the FBI acted with bias against Trump’s campaign. The Foreign […]

Arizona has filed papers with the Supreme Court in an effort to fight off Democratic Party efforts to relax electoral integrity measures and throw open the state to ballot-harvesting and out-of-precinct voting. The case is cited as Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee (DNC). Mark Brnovich is the state’s Republican attorney general. “Prohibiting unlimited third-party ballot […]

The primary source for the infamous Steele dossier was a business analyst from Russia who lived in Washington, the source’s attorney confirmed to The Epoch Times on July 26. Following the lead of open-source reporting by internet sleuths, The Epoch Times identified and contacted the analyst, Igor Danchenko, on July 19, but received no response […]

China, Russia, and Iran are actively working to undermine the 2020 electoral process in the United States, according to the head of U.S. counterintelligence, William Evanina. “At this time, we’re primarily concerned with China, Russia, and Iran—although other nation states and non-state actors could also do harm to our electoral process,” William Evanina, the director […]

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 […]

Commentary FBI documents recently released confirm what many had suspected: As Trump was coming into office, a year’s Russia counterintelligence investigation had come up empty. In them, even agent Peter Strzok, Trump-hating but candid, admitted that this dog wouldn’t hunt. But “crimeless” cases have long been a James Comey specialty, and a big one was […]

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 […]

The Senate Judiciary Committee on July 17 released a partly-classified FBI memo summarizing the bureau’s interview with the key source for the dossier compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele.  The contents of the newly released record further undermine the credibility of Steele’s infamous dossier of unverified claims targeting then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and […]

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 […]

Veteran political strategist Roger Stone said in an interview that he hasn’t decided whether he will appeal his criminal conviction after receiving executive clemency from President Donald Trump.  Stone told The Epoch Times on July 14 that he’s hesitant about going forward with an appeal because a victory would mean the same federal judge, Amy […]

Commentary A few thoughts on the adage that “if it weren’t for double standards, they would have no standards at all.” Who’s “they”? Well, there is Mitt Romney, for example. Confronted with the news that President Donald Trump had commuted the 40-month prison sentence of his friend Roger Stone, the anti-Trump senator from Utah tweeted […]

A British court on July 8 ordered Christopher Steele to pay damages to Russian businessmen who sued him over claims in one of the memos in Steele’s infamous dossier. In a lengthy opinion, High Court of England and Wales Justice Mark Warby ruled that Steele and his company, Orbis Business Intelligence, failed to properly verify […]

The Department of State worked closely with the FBI on the bureau’s investigation of the Trump campaign and its work with former British spy Christopher Steele, the author of the infamous dossier, according to Steele’s recent testimony in a UK court. Steele told the court he became convinced over the course of the summer and […]

In the court case against Lt. General Michael Flynn, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has ordered Judge Emmet Sullivan to grant the request of U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to dismiss. But what will happen next? In the eyes of General Flynn’s attorney Sidney Powell, what are the implications of Judge […]

The FBI failed to disclose crucial details about the political origins and dubious credibility of the claims included in an annex to the seminal Intelligence Community Assessment on Russia, according to a newly declassified record. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on June 11 declassified Annex A of the January 6, 2017, Intelligence Community Assessment […]

News Analysis The case of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn is inevitably heading toward its conclusion. While the presiding district judge, Emmet Sullivan, is trying to keep it going, there’s only so much he can do, chiefly because there’s nobody left to prosecute the case after the Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped it last month. In […]

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said that he hasn’t been able to gain access to interview FBI agents who met with a key source for the infamous Steele dossier who had disavowed the unsubstantiated document. Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” on June 7 that he had made requests to […]