In the same week that Hunter Biden burst back onto the public stage to play the victim and lash out at Democrats, we also heard from his one-time protector-turned-reluctant nemesis, special counsel David Weiss, with similarly self-serving and disingenuous testimony to Congress. Weiss, the former US attorney in the Bidens’ home state of Delaware who presided …
It was worse than we thought. The January 6, 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment concluding that Russian President Vladimir Putin “developed a clear preference” for Donald Trump and “aspired to help his chances of victory” is revealed in a report released this morning by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to have been based on four pieces of evidence. One …
The hits keep coming. Amid controversies surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and Tulsi Gabbard’s Trump-Russia investigation, an odd new window was thrown open Monday into the FBI’s ill-fated “Midyear Exam” investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server. Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley R-Iowa) announced the declassification of a classified appendix to Justice DepartmentInspector General Michael Horowitz’s 2018 …
Jason Foster, the founder of the Empower Oversight Whistleblower Center and former chief investigative counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee, discusses the classified annex related to the Hillary Clinton email scandal and its implications in the ongoing investigations with John Solomon on this episode of the podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here.
Senator Ron Johnson from Wisconsin shares his insights on the FBI’s recent grand conspiracy probe, the implications of venue changes for prosecutions, and the challenges of holding powerful figures accountable. Then, Jason Foster, the founder of the Empower Oversight Whistleblower Center and former chief investigative counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee, discusses the classified annex …
Transparency groups are growing frustrated that the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) is maintaining positions in some cases previously held by the Biden administration. Organizations like the Oversight Project, Empower Oversight and Judicial Watch are waiting for movement on dozens of pending Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) cases, expressing disappointment that the DOJ is not …
The Polaris Project, which oversees the hotline that whistleblowers say regularly fails to refer tips to law enforcement for investigation, has longstanding ties to the Department of Health and Human Services office that oversees its grant, raising concerns about whether the nonprofit is facing proper scrutiny for its contract.Polaris, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit that administers …
A watchdog organization is pressing the Department of Health and Human Services for information related to a potential conflict of interest in its management of the National Human Trafficking Hotline. Empower Oversight filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) public records request Wednesday with HHS for records related to the Polaris Project, the nonprofit being paid to …
A federal watchdog and lawmakers want to see better management of the National Human Trafficking Hotline. Empower Oversight is pressing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to extend its deadline for applicants to operate the hotline; the current application deadline is May 30, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. The contract pays up to $9 million …
Americans should continue to be “unhappy” with the pace of disclosures from the Department of Justice (DOJ), incoming head of the Weaponization Working Group Ed Martin told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Martin said during an interview Thursday that there are “a lot of impediments” to getting information out but confirmed he is working with …