VICTOR DAVIS HANSON — If collusion is the twin of conspiracy, then there are lots of colluders running around Washington. Robert Mueller was tasked to find evidence of Trump and Russia collusion that might have warped the 2016 campaign and thrown the election to Trump. After a year, his investigation has found no concrete evidence of collusion. So it has often turned to other purported Trump misadventures. Ironically, collusion of all sorts -- illegal, barely legal, and simply unethical -- has been the sea that Washington fish always swim in.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Former FBI agent Terry Albury is likely to receive between three and five years in prison when he's sentenced for giving classified information to reporters, raising questions of a double standard benefiting the men who led the bureau at the time of his leaks.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — Former FBI Director James Comey was being investigated by the government's Office of Special Counsel for potential Hatch Act violations at the time he was fired, according to new documents released Friday as part of a Freedom of Information Act case. The OSC investigation was cut short by the firing, since the office doesn't probe people once they're out of government.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney will face a number of unhappy delegates at Utah's Republican state convention next week, according to The Salt Lake Tribune columnist Robert Gehrke. Although Romney has already accumulated the necessary amount of signatures to appear on the GOP primary ballot to replace Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, a large amount of "notoriously prickly delegates" seem unconvinced that he's the night choice.... (more)

JERRY NEWCOMBE — After my recent column on "fake news," someone sent me an email accusing me of propagating fake news by saying the Bible had anything to do with the founding of America. The email stated the common charge that the Constitution was the product of men of the Enlightenment, many of whom were under Masonic influence as well.... (more)

MICHAEL BARONE — As the likelihood of the charges of Trump campaign "collusion" with Russia seems headed toward zero, the likelihood of proof of a different form of "collusion" seems headed upward toward certainty. The Russia collusion charge had some initial credibility because of businessman Trump's dealings in Russia and candidate Trump's off-putting praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin. It was fueled by breathless media coverage of such trivial events as Jeff Sessions' exchange of pleasantries with the Russian ambassador at a Washington reception.... (more)

CHELSEA SCHILLING — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is facing criticism for a bizarre email she sent for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Friday that said special counsel Robert Mueller had been "fired."... (more)

BOB UNRUH — Andrew McCabe, the fired FBI deputy director, was accused by the Department of Justice's inspector general of lying, and now he's been referred to federal prosecutors. The IG's report on the FBI's onetime second-in-command concluded he lied about media contacts. The IG found McCabe "lacked candor, including under oath, on multiple occasions" in connection with a disclosure to the Wall Street Journal in violation of FBI codes.... (more)

JOAN SWIRSKY — (Author's note: In August 2016, I wrote an article entitled "James Comey and the Stinking Fish Factor," warning readers that the Comey fish was already rotting and that things were bound to get worse. Clearly, they just did. And it's just as clear that the uncontrolled hysteria we are witnessing from Democrats has to do not with bogus accusations about Russia, but the criminal indictments coming down the pike for the people they've blindly defended for decades -- that would be Bill & Hill Clinton -- and possibly against even bigger fish! I've updated this article by abbreviating its length but also adding a few sentences. -JS)... (more)

REAL CLEAR POLITICS — Alan Dershowitz reacted to James Comey's new book "A Higher Loyalty" on Friday's edition of Tucker Carlson's FOX News show. He called the book "gossipy," "scandalous and shameful." He also called the former FBI director "revenge-driven" and said he should never have been hired in the first place. Dershowitz said the way Comey condoned leaks sent a "horrible message" to FBI agents.... (more)

REAL CLEAR POLITICS — Tucker Carlson said Monday night what he learned from the interview with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday is that James Comey admires liars and gives them the benefit of the doubt while not extending the same courtesy to President Trump. Carlson said Comey is a partisan and should have never been director of the FBI.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The memos written by former FBI Director James Comey that were delivered to Congress by the Justice Department on Thursday have been leaked. The memos were obtained by the Washington Examiner. Comey, who was fired by President Trump last May, said in congressional testimony he kept memos memorializing conversations with the president.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The Republican chairmen who demanded Congress get access to James Comey's memos blasted him late Thursday, saying the revelations they contain show he "was blind to biases within the FBI and had terrible judgment with respect to his deputy Andrew McCabe."... (more)

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — In yesterday's column, I contended that it was outrageous for federal district judge Kimba Wood to direct that talk-radio and Fox News host Sean Hannity be publicly identified as Michael Cohen's third client. Cohen, whose law practice is, shall we say, less than thriving, is under criminal investigation by the FBI and federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York (SDNY). He claims only three clients. The other two, President Trump and GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy, acknowledge retaining Cohen. Hannity denies ever having had a formal attorney-client relationship with him.... (more)

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — At a hearing in Manhattan federal court Monday afternoon, a judge denied a request by President Trump and his lawyer, Michael Cohen, to prevent investigators from reviewing materials seized from Cohen's office and residences.... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW — The Southern Poverty Law Center has removed the "Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists" from their website after attorneys for Maajid Nawaz, a practicing Muslim and prominent Islamic reformer, threatened legal action over his inclusion on the list.... (more)

PHILIP KLEIN — When Republicans fail to advance a limited government agenda when they have power, it does not merely entrench the status quo -- it paves the road for liberals to fulfill their expansionist dreams when they're in charge. There is no better example of this than on healthcare policy. For decades, Republican inaction and acquiesce has allowed liberals to make uneven yet substantial progress toward their ultimate goal of imposing government-run healthcare on the United States. This time, Republican dithering may just enable Democrats to reach that promised land.... (more)

ALAN KEYES — Alan Keyes says Congress needs to do more than 'just listen to these jokers'... (more)

KYLE SMITH — For months, the media and President Trump's loudest opponents convinced themselves that James Comey's much-anticipated book was the ticking bomb that would blow up the Trump administration. Instead: No boom.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Former FBI Director James Comey's highly anticipated weekend TV interview fell flat for key members of the press. The one-hour interview, which aired Sunday on ABC ahead of the publication of Comey's book "A Higher Loyalty," received extensive coverage in the national press for Comey's sharp rebukes of President Trump, but there were almost no revelations in his answers, and some critics said Comey came across as self-serving.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — Acrimony between the FBI and Department of Justice was so bad in the waning days of the Obama Administration some agents quit the bureau, a former G-man said. Feuds over the direction of investigations -- and particularly some of the high-profile politically-involved probes -- began to build up as the 2016 election approached, and as the FBI felt pressure from its political masters at the department.... (more)

ROBERT KNIGHT — Federal judges sit on the bench for life and can either uphold the law or rule like tyrants. This puts judicial appointments right near the top of the most important things a president can do. The newest Supreme Court justice, Neil Gorsuch, has already shown what a difference a constitutionalist can make. But we need many more to counter the hundreds of Clinton, Obama and Jimmy Carter-appointed judges who issue zany rulings that override common sense and thwart democratically enacted popular will.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump formally notified Congress Sunday that he had constitutional authority as commander-in-chief to order the military strikes against Syria Friday night. In a letter, Mr. Trump said missile strikes against Syrian chemical-weapons facilities were "in the vital national security and foreign policy interests of the United States to promote the stability of the region, to deter the use and proliferation of chemical weapons, and to avert a worsening of the region's current humanitarian catastrophe."... (more)

JOHN TIERNEY — Imagine if the head of a federal agency announced a new policy for its scientific research: From now on, the agency would no longer allow its studies to be reviewed and challenged by independent scientists, and its researchers would not share the data on which their conclusions were based. The response from scientists and journalists would be outrage. By refusing peer review from outsiders, the agency would be rejecting a fundamental scientific tradition. By not sharing data with other researchers, it would be violating a standard transparency requirement at leading scientific journals. If a Republican official did such a thing, you'd expect to hear denunciations of this latest offensive in the "Republican war on science."... (more)

JOSEPH FARAH — Former Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, will be sentenced Tuesday following conviction on 23 felony counts related to using charitable donations for personal and campaign expenses. Wait a minute! Didn't Hillary Clinton do that? Oh, yes, in spades, but I digress. I've known Steve for many years. There's not a corrupt bone in his body. Don't believe anything else you read about this case anywhere -- including Fox News, which hung him out to dry. Steve went to Washington to do one thing -- defeat the Deep State.... (more)