Print Ben Shapiro Follow Read Full Bio Culture of Intimidation With new reports today that the Obama Department of Justice leaked documents intended to smear a whistleblower in the Fast and Furious gunwalking scandal, it is now more obvious than ever that this administration has, in the words of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) created a “culture of intimidation” that stretches from the White House down to myriad agencies of the executive branch. 20 May 2013 WH: Republicans 'Owe Ambassador Rice an Apology' for Benghazi Criticisms White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer took to ABC’s This Week to defend the Obama administration’s actions in the aftermath of the Benghazi terrorist attack of September 11, 2012. In the process of doing so, he came out in full-fledged battle mode for UN Ambassador Susan Rice. “Frankly,” he said, “I think many of the Republicans have been talking about this, now that they’ve seen the e-mails, owe Ambassador Rice an apology for the things they’ve said about her in the wake of the attack.” 19 May 2013 WH: 'Irrelevant' Where Obama Was During Benghazi Attacks On Fox News Sunday this morning, White House spokesman Dan Pfeiffer was asked by Chris Wallace where in the White House President Obama was during the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi that killed four Americans. Wallace asked whether Obama was in the Situation Room. “I don’t remember what room the President was in on that night,” shot back Pfeiffer, “and that’s a largely irrelevant fact.” 19 May 2013 Acting IRS Commissioner Admits Planting Question to Spin Scandal Last week, senior IRS official Lois Lerner was speaking at the American Bar Association conference in Washington, D.C. when she was seemingly-spontaneously asked a question about IRS discrimination against conservatives. She then admitted that the IRS had “used names like Tea Party or Patriots and they selected cases simply because the applications had those names in the title.” 17 May 2013 Former Obama Car Czar Defends 'IRS Mess' Even as Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Jim Renacci (R-OH) requested that Treasury Secretary Jack Lew demonstrate that there was no partisanship in the administration’s decisionmaking with regard to shutting down General Motors dealerships in 2009, former Obama car czar Steven Rattner has come to the full-throated defense of the Obama Internal Revenue Service’s discriminatory profiling of conservative groups. 17 May 2013 McConnell to Media: How Would You Report Scandals If President Were Republican? At a press conference on Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) launched into the press for their bias in favor of President Obama. 14 May 2013 Carney Scolds Reporter for Skepticism on Benghazi Spin On Tuesday, White House press secretary Jay Carney scolded a reporter for daring to shake her head at his spin. 14 May 2013 Carney on AP Scandal: President Believes in 'Unfettered' Press Tuesday at the White House, press secretary Jay Carney explained that he could not comment on the latest reports that the Department of Justice grabbed phone records for reporters and editors at the Associated Press. 14 May 2013 Holder on Associated Press Scandal: It Wasn't Me On Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder, whose Department of Justice has been the subject of scandals ranging from Fast and Furious to pulling phone records of Associated Press editors and reporters, said that he had “recused” himself last year from a federal probe that led to the AP records pull. 14 May 2013 Holder on IRS Scandal: 'I Have Ordered an Investigation' On Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder, under fire for his own involvement in a Department of Justice scheme to grab months worth of Associated Press phone records, said that he would open an investigation into the Internal Revenue Service. 14 May 2013 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next
Culture of Intimidation With new reports today that the Obama Department of Justice leaked documents intended to smear a whistleblower in the Fast and Furious gunwalking scandal, it is now more obvious than ever that this administration has, in the words of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) created a “culture of intimidation” that stretches from the White House down to myriad agencies of the executive branch. 20 May 2013
WH: Republicans 'Owe Ambassador Rice an Apology' for Benghazi Criticisms White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer took to ABC’s This Week to defend the Obama administration’s actions in the aftermath of the Benghazi terrorist attack of September 11, 2012. In the process of doing so, he came out in full-fledged battle mode for UN Ambassador Susan Rice. “Frankly,” he said, “I think many of the Republicans have been talking about this, now that they’ve seen the e-mails, owe Ambassador Rice an apology for the things they’ve said about her in the wake of the attack.” 19 May 2013
WH: 'Irrelevant' Where Obama Was During Benghazi Attacks On Fox News Sunday this morning, White House spokesman Dan Pfeiffer was asked by Chris Wallace where in the White House President Obama was during the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi that killed four Americans. Wallace asked whether Obama was in the Situation Room. “I don’t remember what room the President was in on that night,” shot back Pfeiffer, “and that’s a largely irrelevant fact.” 19 May 2013
Acting IRS Commissioner Admits Planting Question to Spin Scandal Last week, senior IRS official Lois Lerner was speaking at the American Bar Association conference in Washington, D.C. when she was seemingly-spontaneously asked a question about IRS discrimination against conservatives. She then admitted that the IRS had “used names like Tea Party or Patriots and they selected cases simply because the applications had those names in the title.” 17 May 2013
Former Obama Car Czar Defends 'IRS Mess' Even as Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Jim Renacci (R-OH) requested that Treasury Secretary Jack Lew demonstrate that there was no partisanship in the administration’s decisionmaking with regard to shutting down General Motors dealerships in 2009, former Obama car czar Steven Rattner has come to the full-throated defense of the Obama Internal Revenue Service’s discriminatory profiling of conservative groups. 17 May 2013
McConnell to Media: How Would You Report Scandals If President Were Republican? At a press conference on Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) launched into the press for their bias in favor of President Obama. 14 May 2013
Carney Scolds Reporter for Skepticism on Benghazi Spin On Tuesday, White House press secretary Jay Carney scolded a reporter for daring to shake her head at his spin. 14 May 2013
Carney on AP Scandal: President Believes in 'Unfettered' Press Tuesday at the White House, press secretary Jay Carney explained that he could not comment on the latest reports that the Department of Justice grabbed phone records for reporters and editors at the Associated Press. 14 May 2013
Holder on Associated Press Scandal: It Wasn't Me On Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder, whose Department of Justice has been the subject of scandals ranging from Fast and Furious to pulling phone records of Associated Press editors and reporters, said that he had “recused” himself last year from a federal probe that led to the AP records pull. 14 May 2013
Holder on IRS Scandal: 'I Have Ordered an Investigation' On Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder, under fire for his own involvement in a Department of Justice scheme to grab months worth of Associated Press phone records, said that he would open an investigation into the Internal Revenue Service. 14 May 2013
Watchdog report says DOJ official retaliated against ‘Furious’ whistle-blower, lied about it20 May 2013
Watchdog report says DOJ official retaliated against ‘Furious’ whistle-blower, lied about it20 May 2013
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