The Clinton Foundation has been the subject of long-standing allegations of questionable donations and reporting. It is also viewed by many critics as a massive shadow campaign structure that employed aides and funded Clinton trips. However, the most serious...
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Clinton Admits That It Is ‘Fair’ To Question Her Truthfulness But Then Denies That The FBI Found That Any Of Her Emails Were Classified
by Jonathan Turley | Aug 2, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Hillary Clinton admitted this Sunday that it is “fair” for voters to have questions about her truthfulness. However, she then proceeded to make the very type of statement that has undermined her credibility with voters. Despite the express statement of the FBI that...
Lena Dunham Encourages People To Tear Apart The Movie Posters Of Other Artists
by Jonathan Turley | Jul 14, 2016 | Featured Articles
Fresh from declaring her support of Oberlin students in claiming the serving of sushi is cultural appropriation, actress Lena Dunham (creator of HBO’s “Girls”), is supporting producer Tami Sagher’s effort to get people to deface the posters for the Jason Bourne movie....
No “Glitch”: State Department Admits That Press Briefing Was Intentionally Edited To Remove Passage . . . But Insisted It Cannot Find Official Responsible
by Jonathan Turley | Jun 2, 2016 | Featured Articles
You may recall the controversy of a press conference at the State Department was later edited to remove an embarrassing question and answer regarding the Iran negotiations. When the exchange with Fox New Reporter James Rosen was found missing, Elizabeth Trudeau,...
Clinton Offers New Explanation For Email Scandal
by Jonathan Turley | Jun 1, 2016 | Featured Articles
I was on NPR yesterday on the Diane Rehm Show to discuss the Clinton email scandal. Appearing on the show was Brian Fallon, spokesperson for Hillary Clinton, who offered a new and rather implausible spin on the worsening scandal. Fallon said that Clinton was relying...
State Department Refutes Key Statements By Clinton On Email Scandal; Finds That She Violated Clear Rules
by Jonathan Turley | May 26, 2016 | Featured Articles
While the New York Times has reported that the “State Department’s inspector general sharply criticized Hillary Clinton’s exclusive use of a private email server” and “undermined some of Mrs. Clinton’s previous statements”, the report did far more than criticize and...
TSA Meltdown: Thousands of Bags Lost While Long Lines Push Passengers To Near Riot
by Jonathan Turley | May 13, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
We have previously discussed the meltdown at airports due to the latest failure of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Passengers are being asked to show up hours in advance and many are missing their flights due to endless lines. Now, thousands of bags...
‘We Do Investigations Here At The FBI’: FBI Director Reportedly Contradicts Clinton On Email Investigation
by Jonathan Turley | May 11, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The FBI and its director James Comey have been careful not to be swept into the political campaign in comments about the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s personal server. The Clinton campaign, and the candidate herself, have repeatedly scoffed at any danger of an...
Texas Teachers and Police Launch Absurd Investigation After Eighth Grader Attempted To Pay for Lunch With $2 Bill
by Jonathan Turley | May 5, 2016 | Featured Articles
We have been discussing the over-reaction officials in past cases where police have been called to address pranks or controversies once handled internally in schools. A news story out of Houston only servers to capture this absurdity. It began when Danesiah Neal, an...
‘This Is A Game’: The Clintons Continue To Mock Email Investigation
by Jonathan Turley | May 2, 2016 | Featured Articles
I have previously written about the peculiar position of being counsel for Hillary Clinton when your client, her advisers, and allies mock the massive federal investigation that continues into her reckless use of an unsecured personal server for her official...
Clinton Declares That She Will Never Be Indicted And Insists That Her 'Predecessors Did The Same Thing' On Emails
by Jonathan Turley | Mar 10, 2016 | Featured Articles
I watched last night’s debate with great interest. I thought both Sanders and Clinton had some very strong moments. However, I tend to watch these debates for the legal issues and I was most struck by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s discussion of the email...
Federal Magistrate Orders Apple To Help FBI Hack Its Own Phones . . . Apple Refuses
by Jonathan Turley | Feb 17, 2016 | Featured Articles
Apple has decided to fight an unprecedented and highly controversial order by US Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym that the company has to assist the government in breaking into one of its encrypted phones. Apple says that it does not have the technology and does not want to...
State Department: 22 Emails Will Not Be Released As “Top Secret”
by Jonathan Turley | Jan 31, 2016 | Featured Articles
The email scandal deepened for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday with the announcement that the State Department will not release 22 emails because they contain “top secret” information, the highest level of government classification. The latest...
Report: Clinton Emails Contained Human Intelligence Classified At Highest Levels
by Jonathan Turley | Jan 24, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
There is another surprising report out today on the Clinton email scandal. Fox News Reporter Catherine Herridge is reporting that at least one of the emails on Hillary Clinton’s private server contained extremely sensitive information identified as “HCS-O,” the code...
Afghan Positions Being Overrun By Taliban Due To Nonexistent “Ghost Soldiers” Used To Funnel Money To Corrupt Afghan Officials
by Jonathan Turley | Jan 12, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
As the Taliban probes the strength of Afghan forces, they are finding it an easier task than anticipated with a sizable number of the Afghan force constituted of “ghost soldiers.” As much as half of the soldiers in frontline positions are missing. We previously...
Federal Court Strikes Down Federal Provision Used To Bar Trademark Protection For Redskins and Other Controversial Names
by Jonathan Turley | Dec 23, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
I have previously written about my disagreement with the US Patent and Trademark Office decision to rescind federal trademark protections for the Redskins as a racially disparaging name as well as the underlying law used to strip the team of its trademark protection....
Obama Administration Fights To Withhold Over 2,000 Photos Of Alleged US Torture and Abuse
by Jonathan Turley | Dec 18, 2015 | Featured Articles
President Obama once pledged that his government would be the most transparent in history — a claim that is often mocked by civil libertarians and other critics who accuse him of almost Nixonian secrecy policies and inclinations. That troubling record is playing out...
Massachusetts Cheerleader Tweets Criticism Of Illegal Immigration, School Bans Her From Team
by Jonathan Turley | Nov 26, 2015 | Featured Articles
We have been discussing the rapid erosion of free speech on our campuses. That trend started a long time ago in our high schools where officials have steadily attacked the exercise of free speech by teenagers. Few however have reached the level of censorship and...
Forty Percent of Millennials Favor Censorship of Offensive Speech By Government
by Jonathan Turley | Nov 23, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
We have long discussed the rapid decline of free speech protections in the West. I have long argued that the West appears to have fallen out of love with free speech, which is more often viewed as a rising scourge rather than a defining value in some countries. A...
Idaho School Bans Confederate Flag On Student’s Car
by Jonathan Turley | Aug 25, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
We have previously discussed the ongoing controversy over the confederate flag as well as past cases of student speech being curtailed. This story combines those themes after Jordan Beattie, a student at Cossa Academy in Wilder, Idaho was banned from flying the...
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