Susan Ferrechio
Articles by Susan Ferrechio
House’s corruption probe goes after Biden documents at National Archives
House lawmakers investigating President Biden are seeking access to some of Mr. Biden's emails from his time as vice president and all drafts of a speech he delivered to Ukraine lawmakers in 2015 when his son had a high-paying job on the board of a Ukraine energy firm. Published August 17, 2023
Trump indictment targets tweets, calls; criminal fraud claims clash with First Amendment protections
Georgia's sprawling criminal indictment of former President Trump takes direct aim at his tweets and phone calls in his bid to overturn the 2020 election results in the state. Published August 15, 2023
Global monitoring networks, some of them taxpayer-funded, suppress conservative news media
Conservative media outlets and journalists are fighting a network of organizations working to kill their advertising revenue by slapping them with misinformation labels. Published August 14, 2023
Joe Biden’s denials shift as evidence piles up about his involvement in Hunter’s deals
President Biden's repeated denials that he participated in his son's foreign business transactions or ever spoke to his son about them have shifted in recent weeks amid an accumulation of evidence from bank records and eyewitness testimony that show he likely played a pivotal role in securing the lucrative deals. Published August 12, 2023
Fake electors play starring role in Jan. 6 charges against Trump
The latest federal charges against former President Donald Trump accused him of working to subvert the 2020 election by pushing officials in seven states to create a fraudulent slate of electors to force then-Vice President Mike Pence to block Congress from certifying Joseph R. Biden's victory. Published August 10, 2023
DeSantis fires second state prosecutor for going soft on crime
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fired an Orlando-area prosecutor for soft-on-crime policies that he said allowed violent criminals to escape serious charges and roam free, further endangering the community. Published August 9, 2023
Bank records document foreign payments to Hunter Biden and associates
House investigators have released bank records that document how the Biden family and associates collected millions of dollars from Russian, Kazakh and Ukrainian oligarchs while Joseph R. Biden was serving as vice president. Published August 9, 2023
Nuclear power emerges as most reliable clean energy; reactors helping Biden reach emissions goals
As President Biden travels the West this week to promote his net-zero emissions goal, one of the largest generators of clean energy in the country is powering through its second week of operation in Georgia -- but it doesn't involve windmills or solar panels and doesn't fit neatly into the left's climate change agenda. Published August 8, 2023
House Dems spin Archer testimony: Hunter Biden gave business partners ‘illusion of access’ to dad
House Democrats twisted the testimony of a key Biden associate in a bid to convince the public the lucrative business deals secured by President Biden's son had nothing to do with his father's power and influence. Published August 5, 2023
Quid pro Porsche: Wealthy foreigner gave Hunter Biden a sports car after dinner with ‘Big Guy’
Kazakh businessman Kenes Rakishev inexplicably wired $142,000 to Hunter Biden in April 2014 so he could buy himself a sports car. Published August 4, 2023
‘Sad day for America’: Trump departs Washington after his not-guilty pleas to Jan. 6 charges
Former President Donald Trump quickly departed Washington on Thursday after pleading not guilty to four federal charges related to his efforts to remain in power after the 2020 election. Published August 3, 2023
D.C. to the rescue in Burisma corruption probe; Biden kept name out of dealings
Former Biden family business associate Devon Archer told House investigators that executives at the Ukrainian energy firm Burisma were desperate for President Biden's help in tamping down a state-run corruption probe into their company and asked Hunter Biden to call his father, then the vice president. Published August 3, 2023
Pence’s revenge: VP turns star witness against Trump in Jan. 6 case
Former President Donald Trump once called his vice president a "wimp" and the "p-word" for refusing to block Congress from certifying Joe Biden's presidential victory. Published August 2, 2023
Penalties for all Trump’s criminal charges total centuries in prison
No ex-president has ever been jailed, but former President Donald Trump could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted on the dozens of charges he faces in three criminal cases. Published August 1, 2023
Biden played power role for son’s deals; ex-partner says phone-ins part of ‘influence peddling’
The Bidens' ex-business partner Devon Archer told lawmakers Monday that President Biden's family "was in the business of influence peddling" and that Mr. Biden's 20-plus phone calls into business meetings were central to son Hunter Biden's strategy for cutting lucrative deals. Published July 31, 2023
Democrat says no evidence Biden involved in business deals, just said ‘hello’ at meetings
Halfway through Devon Archer's closed-door testimony before a House committee probing the Biden family's foreign business deals, a Democrat emerged to say there's no evidence President Biden was involved in the deals. Published July 31, 2023
Biden business insider Devon Archer talks to House investigators as DOJ eases up on prison threat
Biden family business associate Devon Archer arrived at a congressional office building Monday to deliver a closed-door deposition to lawmakers investigating whether President Biden was involved in influence-peddling schemes. Published July 31, 2023
Court rejects move by Disney to block DeSantis lawsuit
A state judge on Friday rejected efforts by theme park giant Disney to throw out a state lawsuit challenging a "back room deal" that attempted to block the state from ending the park's unique autonomy. Published July 29, 2023
Iowans boo criticism of Trump by fellow presidential candidate
Fledgling GOP presidential candidate Will Hurd learned the hard way Friday night just how popular former President Trump is among Iowa voters, getting booed by the crowd after taking a dig at Mr. Trump's legal woes at a GOP candidates dinner. Published July 29, 2023
Betrayed Biden partner to testify about dealings; Archer headed for prison while Hunter goes free
Devon Archer, the former Biden family business associate set to provide closed-door testimony to congressional investigators on Monday, will likely be in no mood to shield the first family from incrimination in shady foreign deals. Published July 29, 2023
