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Maria Butina, Accused Of Being Russian Agent, Reaches Plea Deal With Feds

The Russian woman apparently was part of an effort to build clandestine ties between Moscow and important parts of the conservative establishment.

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Maria Butina, Accused Of Being Russian Agent, Reaches Plea Deal With Feds

Hannity hopes William Barr will use the attorney general's office to prosecute Trump's political opponents

SEAN HANNITY (HOST): We’re dealing with something far more sinister at work. And what you have is, you can give the Democrats credit for playing three dimensional chess, but more importantly it’s a very dangerous time for the country because, what I’ve been saying since the election of Donald Trump — and we now have discovered so much evidence that corroborates and confirms everything I’ve been telling you is true — is that we’ve got an awful lot of powerful people in this country that did their level best to literally shift the course of history, and in ways that I would argue are even illegal — and I’ll explain — help Hillary Clinton ascend to the presidency and stop Donald Trump. And that many of these high-powered people, similarly, simultaneously had a, OK, insurance policy in case they didn’t get it worked out the way they did. And as this story now becomes more and more clear to me in my mind, and the idea that maybe we have a chance with the new attorney general appointee of the president — assuming he gets confirmed, and I see no reason why he would not — that if we actually begin to have equal justice under the law, equal application of our laws, well we have a lot more evidence of real collusion with Russia to impact the election and hurt our national security just by dealing with the Uranium One deals and the dirty dossier deal.

Previously:

Fox News figures laud Trump’s choice to nominate William Barr as attorney general

Fox is going to love Trump attorney general pick William Barr

Trump tweets Congress should investigate Clintons after Hannity promotes Uranium One conspiracy

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Hannity hopes William Barr will use the attorney general's office to prosecute Trump's political opponents

Fox Business anchor on Department of Justice implicating President Trump in a crime: "I just want to get back to Comey"

ANDREW NAPOLITANO (FOX NEWS SENIOR JUDICIAL ANALYST): The statements that were released by — not by Bob Mueller, but by the acting U.S. attorney in New York City, acting because the U.S. attorney is a Trump appointee, Jeff Berman, who has recused himself. Bob Khuzami, who used to run the enforcement division of the SEC, is the number two person. And so the acting U.S. attorney for this case basically says in the documents filed with the court, Donald Trump paid Michael Cohen to commit a crime. Now, if you pay me to shoot somebody, you are as liable for my shooting them as I am. They haven’t charged him with anything, but the implication is clear. The ethics rules do not permit them to make an allegation like that unless they have evidence to substantiate it. As well, this is the most reputable prosecutorial entity in the United States, the Southern District of New York. They’re not going to stick their necks out to make an allegation against the president unless they can prove it. The question is, what do they do next?

DAGEN MCDOWELL (FOX BUSINESS ANCHOR): I just want to get back to Comey.

Related:

ABC News: Donald Trump directed Michael Cohen to make hush money payments during 2016 campaign, federal prosecutors allege in court filings

Previously:

After Michael Cohen pleads guilty to campaign finance violations at Trump’s direction, Fox’s Gregg Jarrett insists Trump didn’t do anything illegal

Watch Sean Hannity’s unhinged Trump defense after Manafort guilty verdict and Cohen guilty plea

Rudy Giuliani tells Fox News that Michael Cohen pleading guilty is good news for Trump

Source: MM4A
Fox Business anchor on Department of Justice implicating President Trump in a crime: "I just want to get back to Comey"

China Summons U.S. Ambassador Over Arrest Of Huawei CFO

Meng Wanzhou was detained during a layover in Vancouver. The U.S. government says a subsidiary of Huawei violated U.S. sanctions with Iran, and that the company deceived financial institutions.

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Source: NPR
China Summons U.S. Ambassador Over Arrest Of Huawei CFO