Jimmy Lai, a prominent publisher and pro-democracy activist, pleaded not guilty on Jan. 2 in a landmark trial, as prosecutors laid out details of what they called colluding with foreign forces threatening national security. Mr. Lai, founder of a now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, faces two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces under […]
House Republicans said in a March 30 hearing said that collusion between Big Tech and the government amounts to a “censorship industrial complex.” The hearing, the second round for Republicans’ Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, featured witnesses including Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, and D. John Sauer, former […]
A federal judge on Dec. 7 ruled that three high-ranking officials within the Biden administration will not be required to testify under oath at depositions in a lawsuit that alleges federal government collusion with Big Tech companies to censor users. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty in October ordered the depositions of Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) […]
HONG KONG—A Hong Kong court on Thursday adjourned to Dec. 13 the high-profile trial of tycoon and CCP critic Jimmy Lai, who faces several charges of collusion with foreign countries under a Beijing-imposed national security law. The postponement of the trial by three High Court judges comes three days after Hong Kong authorities asked the […]
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Nov. 30 said newly obtained internal documents further contradict congressional testimony by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the Disinformation Governance Board, and reveals that the board had a “much deeper” association with big tech companies. Hawley, in a press release, said that documents turned over by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—six […]
HONG KONG—A court in Hong Kong on Thursday sentenced a pro-democracy activist and former lawmaker, Ted Hui, to 3.5 years in jail for “criminal contempt” after he failed to show up for trial in several criminal cases. Hui, 40, fled Hong Kong in December 2020, several months after the Chinese regime imposed a sweeping national […]
White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, and other top Biden administration officials have been served with discovery requests after a federal judge ordered the administration to comply with discovery requests stemming from a lawsuit alleging government collusion with Big Tech. The lawsuit accuses government officials of working with Twitter and […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW—Andrew McCarthy, a former prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, shared what he learned about the Trump administration and the Mueller report at the Liberty Forum in Silicon Valley on August 13. Now a columnist and writer, McCarthy launched his new book that same day, titled Ball of Collusion: The Plot to […]
Former Trump Campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, #Walkaway founder Brandon Straka, and many others gathered at the Queens Village Republican Club’s 144th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner on March 24. Coincidentally, on the same day, Attorney General William Barr released his findings, stating that President Donald Trump and his 2016 campaign did not collude with the Russian government. […]
A prominent South African media outlet said it retracted a Twitter post that falsely stated the conclusions of the report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller regarding the potential collusion of U.S. President Donald Trump and his campaign, but an article containing incorrect and misleading information still remained live on its website. The Mail & Guardian […]
President Donald Trump on March 17 questioned if “Saturday Night Live” (“SNL”) and other similar late-night comedy shows were potentially colluding with the Democrats over their constantly biased treatment of him. In a pair of Twitter posts, Trump inquired whether the Federal Election Commission (FEC) or Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should investigate. The president’s criticisms came […]
At the time that Robert Mueller was appointed special counsel in May 2017, the FBI didn’t have evidence to determine whether the Trump campaign had colluded with Russia, according to excerpts of a closed-door interview between congressional investigators and former FBI attorney Lisa Page obtained by The Hill and Fox News. Page became one of […]
President Donald Trump on Wednesday called out Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) for leaking the transcript of a closed-door hearing the Senate Judiciary Committee conducted with Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson. “The fact that Sneaky Dianne Feinstein, who has on numerous occasions stated that collusion between Trump/Russia has not been found, would release testimony in such […]
The U.S. Navy destroyer, USS Fitzgerald, maintained its collision course despite light signals from Philippine container ship ACX Crystal, leading to a crash of the two vessels, according to a report by the cargo ship’s captain reviewed by Reuters. The crash killed seven U.S. sailors in clear weather south of Tokyo Bay at 1:30 a.m. […]
South Korea prosecutors charged ousted President Park Geun-hye with bribery. Park was indicted alongside Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin on April 17. Lotte is one of South Korea’s biggest companies. Prosecutors said Park and her friend Choi Soon-sil colluded 7 billion won,(US $6.16 million) from Lotte. Park was charged with abuse of power and coercion. […]
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was arrested on Friday (March 31) after a South Korean court approved the warrant. Park was removed from office earlier this month—she is the country’s first democratically elected leader to be ousted on accusations of bribery and abuse of power. Park will be taken to Seoul Detention Center and […]
