Mark Levin on Mueller: 'Barack Obama's government did all this'

Conservative commentator Mark Levin lashed out against the Democrats in the aftermath of special counsel Robert Mueller submitting his final report to the Justice Department. During his Fox News show Sunday, the nationally syndicated radio host blamed former President Barack Obama's government for seeding a Russian collusion frenzy and called for an investigation into their role in peddling the narrative.

"The Democratic Party is not a pro-America party. They act like a third-world party because they want to destroy this presidency," Levin said. "It is time to focus on the Democrats in the House. It is time to focus on the media, the Hillary campaign, the DNC, Barack Obama — this was Barack Obama’s government that did all this when the Russians were interfering in our election." "They put spies in [Trump's] campaign, they abused the FISA court system. This country doesn't belong to Adam Schiff, and [House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold] Nadler and [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi."

Following Attorney General Bill Barr's submitting a four-page letter to Congress summarizing Mueller's findings, including finding no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, Levin said Democrats owe Trump an apology for repeated allegations, including House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif. A growing number of Republicans have called on Schiff to step down from his role as chairman.

Barr sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees on Sunday briefing them of the “principal conclusions” in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. The letter, which is four pages long, said Mueller found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Mueller also declined to determine whether Trump obstructed justice, and Barr said he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein concluded there was insufficient evidence to show the president committed a crime. Democrats are now calling on the Justice Department to release the full Mueller report and underlying documents. Some Republicans, including House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes, have gone further, pushing for the release of the Mueller scope memo and documents related to FISA warrants.

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Chicago mayor: 'How dare' Jussie Smollett insist he's innocent

Chicago mayor: 'How dare' Jussie Smollett insist he's innocent

by Claude Thompson

| March 26, 2019 02:32 PM

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson reaffirmed their positions that Jussie Smollett had generated a fake hate crime attack in order advance his own personal brand after all charges the "Empire" actor were dropped Tuesday. "This is, without a doubt, a whitewash of justice and sends a clear message that, if you are in a position of influence and power, you will get treated one way and other people will be treated another way," Emanuel said at a joint press conference in Chicago alongside Johnson. "There is no accountability, then, in the system. It is wrong, full stop."

The 16 felony charges brought against Smollett in February were dropped Tuesday by the state prosecutor after an unannounced, emergency hearing was held with a judge. The ruling was that Smollett was voluntarily surrendering his $10,000 bond to the city, and the charges dropped were in consideration for his work in the community.

Johnson said he believed Smollett still owed an apology to Chicago, arguing that the actor wouldn't broker a deal behind closed doors if he was falsely accused. "Do I think justice was served? No. What do I think justice is? I think this city is still owed an apology," Johnson said. "When I came on this job, I came on with my honor, my integrity, and my reputation. If someone accused me of doing anything that would circumvent that, I would want my day in court. Period. To clear my name. I have heard that they wanted their day in court with TV cameras, so America could know the truth, but no, they chose to hide behind secrecy and broker a deal to circumvent the judicial system."

In January, Smollett claimed he was attacked by two white men who targeted him for his sexual orientation and race and said they put a noose around his neck and told him he was in "MAGA Country." In February, Chicago police announced they had found two Nigerian-American brothers that had been the ones who accosted Smollett and the attack was organized between them and Smollett himself. Police presented a portion of evidence to a grand jury who then decided to bring forth the charges against Smollett.

Both Emanuel and Johnson said they were not included in the decision to drop the charges, adding they found out when the media found out. Emanuel said that behavior by the state attorney's office was "not on the level." Emanuel and Johnson also insisted that, despite the decision to drop the charges, the blame should remain with Smollett for the hoax.

"I want to say one other thing. Mr. Smollett is still saying he is innocent, still running down the Chicago Police Department. How dare him? How dare him?" Emanuel said. "This is not the superintendent and the detective department's word against his and, even after this whitewash, still no sense of ownership of what he's done. He says that, in fact, he is the wronged in this case. This is an unbelievable, not just whitewash of justice, this is a person now who has been let off scot-free with no sense of accountability of the moral and ethical wrong of his actions. You have a person using hate crime laws that are on the books to protect people who are minorities from violence to then turn around and use those laws to advance your career and your financial reward. Is there no decency in this man?" Emanuel said he couldn't say whether or not the decision was politically motivated, insisting he could only guess at it.

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Pelosi reassures Democrats on Mueller report: 'Let's just get the goods'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought to reassure restive Democrats Tuesday that the House will seek the full contents of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report apparently clearing President Trump of colluding with the Russians ahead of the 2016 election. In a closed-door meeting Tuesday, Pelosi, D-Calif., urged Democrats to “handle this professionally, officially, patriotically, strategically, and told them to “be calm” and “take a deep breath," according to a source in the room. She added, “Let’s just get the goods,” referring to the full Mueller report, which is still cloaked in secrecy while Attorney General William Barr determines how much of it will be made public. Pelosi’s remarks followed the angry and surprised reactions from many Democrats to the four-page summary of the Mueller report provided to Congress by Barr. Democrats, including Pelosi, are skeptical of the summary, and they instead want to read the entire report to mine it for wrongdoing by Trump that did not meet Mueller’s threshold for prosecution.

Barr was confirmed by the Senate along a party-line vote. Democrats objected because of his refusal to promise full disclosure of the Mueller report and because he authored a memo questioning the Mueller investigation. “We have to see the report,” Pelosi told Democrats. “We cannot make a judgment on the basis of an interpretation by a man who was hired for this job because he believes the president is above the law. And he wrote a 19-page memo to demonstrate that.” Pelosi sought to calm disappointed Democrats who believed the Mueller investigation would help them oust Trump from office. Pelosi reminded Democrats of the indictments and convictions against Trump associates, although none of them are related to Russia collusion or directly tied to the president. “Some people are viewing it as a glass half-full, glass half-empty,” Pelosi told Democrats. “I think half-full.”

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"Both Emanuel and Johnson said they were not included in the decision to drop the charges, adding they found out when the media found out."

Isn't this basically the samething Obama said about Hillary's private email and server? Wash rinse repeat!