Republicans Just Sent Trump This HUGE Message the Establishment Won’t Want You to See

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By Fred Maxwell. Should front-runner Donald Trump fail to obtain the necessary 1,237 delegates to clinch its nomination, the Republican Party may have a contested convention.

According to a poll released Wednesday by Monmouth University, 54 percent of those expected to vote Republican believe if a contest convention takes place, Trump should receive the Republican presidential nomination.

When asked if another person should be nominated if Trump failed to garner the delegates needed, 34 percent said yes. When asked who should win the nomination in the event of a contested convention, 33 percent chose Sen. Ted Cruz, while 23 percent went for Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Sen. Marco Rubio earned 10 percent of the vote.

If Trump should fall short of the mark by a narrow margin, he has predicted his supporters would riot as well as sit out the election if he is not given the party’s nomination.

However, 43 percent of those polled said that even though they support Trump, they would cast their vote for whoever is the Republican nominee.

Trump has remained in the lead of the majority of preference polls for months, and according to the Monmouth survey, leads the overall Republican field with 41 percent of the support, followed by Cruz at 29 percent and Kasich with 18 percent. (Read more from “Republicans Just Sent Trump This HUGE Message the Establishment Won’t Want You to See” HERE)

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John Kasich Rejects a G.O.P. Call to Quit to Block Donald Trump

By Trip Bariel. Republicans desperate to stop Donald J. Trump from capturing the presidential nomination increased the pressure Wednesday on Gov. John Kasich of Ohio to quit the race, with Jeb Bush joining the growing number of party figures throwing their weight behind Senator Ted Cruz.

Mr. Kasich refused, saying that he, not the Texas senator, was the best option to stop Mr. Trump. But his argument was undercut by his dismal showings Tuesday in Utah and Arizona, where he won no delegates — as well as by the surprise endorsement Wednesday morning by Mr. Bush of Mr. Cruz.

Mr. Bush, who dropped out of the presidential race last month, is the latest mainstream Republican — following Mitt Romney and Senator Lindsey Graham — who is ideologically closer to Mr. Kasich, but whose embrace of Mr. Cruz is a strategic calculation that he has a better shot at stopping Mr. Trump. (Read more from “John Kasich Rejects a G.O.P. Call to Quit to Block Donald Trump” HERE)

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FBI May Seek Immunity for Huma to Nail Hillary, Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That

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Accomplished author Ed Klein, who has an superb track record for unearthing scoops regarding the Clinton Crime Family (which is the term they prefer, I hear) has another breaking report regarding Hillary’s illegal bathroom email server. Which was, I understand, a magnet for both spies and flies.

As context, please recall Hillary’s response to the question she was asked during a recent Democrat debate, to wit, whether she would step down if indicted for various crimes related to her email server, mishandling classified information, and/or other criminal activities related to the Clinton Global Graft Foundation.

She responded, “Oh for goodness … that’s not going to happen. I’m not even answering that question.”

Well, she better get ready to answer that question, because the investigation of Hillary’s email scandal is reaching a climax.

My sources tell me that the Justice Department is close to empaneling a grand jury and deciding whether to grant statutory immunity to Huma Abedin, Hillary’s closest adviser.

That would force Huma to testify under oath and face perjury charges and jail time if she lies. I’m also told that Hillary herself will most likely be forced to testify.

Klein indicates that FBI director James Comey is inching ever closer to a recommendation to indict Hillary Clinton, a political hot potato handed to Attorney General Loretta Lynch the likes of which the political system hasn’t seen since Nixon.

My sources say the likelihood is that Lynch will not make that decision herself. Instead, she’ll probably appoint a special counsel to make the decision. That will get the Obama administration off the hook and avoid charges of a conflict of interest or, even worse, obstruction of justice.

Klein offers a series of intriguing questions that this scenario raises, the first four of which are:

1. Could Hillary run for president if she is under criminal indictment?

2. Would she step down voluntarily?

3. Could the Democratic [sic] Party make her step down?

4. Who would take her place as the party’s presidential standard-bearer?

Maybe the Democrats could run someone to the left of Crazy old Marxist Bernie Sanders. Say, Obama’s baseball buddy Raul Castro, perhaps. (For more from the author of “FBI May Seek Immunity for Huma to Nail Hillary, Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That” please click HERE)

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Scott Walker Hints at Endorsing This Candidate

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker hinted at a possible Ted Cruz endorsement Wednesday, adding that Cruz would be the strategic choice to beat Donald Trump for the nomination.

In the interview with radio host Charlie Sykes, Walker fell short of an official endorsement, however, saying that he is still deciding between Sen. Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

Gov. Walker said he would make an endorsement within the week so as to have the “maximum impact” before his state’s primary April 5th – the only voting state on the calendar over the next month.

Continuing on, the former presidential hopeful spoke positively about the prospect of an “open convention”:

“And I stress open convention. Some in the media call it a brokered convention. It’s not a brokered convention. Republicans don’t have the capacity to have a brokered convention by our laws because it’s either the voters pick delegates who pick the nominee, or delegates, when it’s wide open, pick.”

Walker, once a top candidate for president, became one of the first to end his bid calling on others to do the same in hopes an alternative to Trump would emerge.

Still very popular among conservative Republicans, Walker could potentially be a vice presidential nominee. In response to that assertion Walker indicated to USA Today that he wouldn’t rule it out but, smiling, added, “That’s just way too premature.” (For more from the author of “Scott Walker Hints at Endorsing This Candidate” please click HERE)

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John McCain Just Revealed BEST Person to Take on ISIS–It’s Not Who You’d Expect

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When a reporter from TMZ caught up with Sen. Jon McCain in the Los Angeles airport, McCain added an element to his existing list of policy steps to fight ISIS: the man who should be in charge of that effort.

“John McCain,” the senator replied when asked who should lead the fight to take out ISIS.

“John McCain running for president!” the reporter then exclaimed.

“I’m staying out of that part of it,” McCain replied with a smile.

McCain referenced a number of statements and on-the-record pieces he’s authored on how to defeat ISIS. One was issued Wednesday on the site Globalo.

“ISIL has now created a terrorist safe haven in Iraq and Syria that has attracted thousands of foreign fighters, including hundreds from Western Europe and the United States. This poses a direct risk to U.S. national security and threatens to erase the gains in Iraq that nearly 4,500 brave young Americans have given their lives to achieve,” McCain wrote. (Read more from “John McCain Just Revealed BEST Person to Take on ISIS–It’s Not Who You’d Expect” HERE)

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Desperate GOP Establishment Turns to Ted Cruz

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The Republican establishment is sending in the cavalry for Ted Cruz, the latest unexpected twist in a presidential race that has defied all expectations.

Many prominent members of the GOP establishment intensely dislike Cruz. But they now acknowledge that he is the best option — perhaps the only option — to deny Donald Trump their party’s nomination.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush jumped on the bandwagon on Wednesday with a surprise endorsement of Cruz, describing the Texas senator as “a consistent, principled conservative” in a Facebook post.

Bush’s admiration for Cruz was noticeably lacking during the Floridian’s own run for the White House, when he mocked the Texan for political expediency. During one town hall meeting in New Hampshire, Bush said that Cruz had believed in immigration reform “until he went into the witness protection program” . . .

Mitt Romney, the party’s 2012 nominee, urged voters in Utah — a state in which he has deep roots — to support Cruz in caucuses Tuesday night. Though Romney stopped short of a full endorsement of Cruz, he went as far as to record robocalls on the senator’s behalf in which he said that it was “time for Republicans across the spectrum to unite behind Ted.” (Read more from “Desperate GOP Establishment Turns to Ted Cruz” HERE)

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Obama Dances While Brussels Burns

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In Brussels police are still desperately hunting a dangerous terrorist after he fled a triple-suicide bombing in the city that left 34 dead, as officials search for news on U.S. citizens who went missing during the attack and medics tend to nine more Americans lying wounded in hospital.

Meanwhile in Buenos Aires President Barack Obama was dancing the night away with wife Michelle at a glitzy state dinner alongside Argentine President Mauricio Macri and his first lady Juliana Awada as part of a two-day state visit.

Despite increasing calls from the likes of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz for the President to return home in the wake of the Brussels attack, Obama showed his determination to carry on regardless Wednesday night.

Perhaps as a concession to his critics, Obama said he will be sending John Kerry to Brussels on Friday to express his condolences on behalf of the American people and stand in solidarity with Belgium.

The Obamas also shared at candlelit dinner with Macri and Awada at the Centro Cultural Kirchner, named after Argentina’s former President and Marci’s predecessor, in the country’s capital this evening. (Read more from “Obama Dances While Brussels Burns” HERE)

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Border Patrol Union Chief Says Arrests of Afghans and Pakistanis Have Skyrocketed This Year

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The number of arrests made at the border of people from Afghanistan and Pakistan is up significantly this year compared to last, the president of the National Border Patrol Council said when he testified during a House hearing on Tuesday.

Brandon Judd, who has also served as a Border Patrol agent for nearly 20 years, also told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on National Security that he has witnessed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials fudge alien apprehension statistics by low-balling the number of “got aways” — illegal border-crossers who enter the country but avoid being apprehended by border agents.

Judd began by denying what he says is the Obama administration’s claim that “the border is more secure today than it’s ever been.”

“As a Border Patrol Agent, I will tell you the exact opposite,” Judd said.

The Obama administration fails “to give the American public key indicators such as the number of arrests of persons from countries with known terrorist ties or from countries that compete economically with our interests,” he added. (Read more from “Border Patrol Union Chief Says Arrests of Afghans and Pakistanis Have Skyrocketed This Year” HERE)

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ISIS Has Sent 400 Fighters to Attack Europe, Officials Say

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The Islamic State group has trained at least 400 fighters to target Europe in deadly waves of attacks, deploying interlocking terror cells like the ones that struck Brussels and Paris with orders to choose the time, place and method for maximum carnage, officials have told The Associated Press.

The network of agile and semiautonomous cells shows the reach of the extremist group in Europe even as it loses ground in Syria and Iraq. The officials, including European and Iraqi intelligence officials and a French lawmaker who follows the jihadi networks, described camps in Syria, Iraq and possibly the former Soviet bloc where attackers are trained to attack the West. Before being killed in a police raid, the ringleader of the Nov. 13 Paris attacks claimed he had entered Europe in a multinational group of 90 fighters, who scattered “more or less everywhere.”

But the biggest break yet in the Paris attacks investigation — the arrest on Friday of fugitive Salah Abdeslam— did not thwart the multipronged attack just four days later on the Belgian capital’s airport and metro that left 31 people dead and an estimated 270 wounded. Three suicide bombers also died. (Read more from “ISIS Has Sent 400 Fighters to Attack Europe, Officials Say” HERE)

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Officials Just Announced Something Horrifying About Guantanamo Transfers

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Americans have been killed by prisoners released from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior Defense Department official told lawmakers Wednesday, triggering sharp criticism from Republicans opposed to shuttering the facility in the wake of deadly attacks by the Islamic State group in Brussels and Paris.

Paul Lewis, the Pentagon’s special envoy for Guantanamo detention closure, declined to provide the GOP-led House Foreign Affairs Committee with details. He would not say whether the incidents occurred before or after President Barack Obama took office in January 2009.

“What I can tell you is unfortunately there have been Americans that have died because of (Guantanamo) detainees,” Lewis said during an exchange with Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif. (Read more from “Officials Just Announced Something Horrifying About Guantanamo Transfers” HERE)

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Fears Grow for Priest ‘Kidnapped by ISIS’

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By Ruth Halkon. Fears are growing for a priest believed to have been kidnapped by ISIS as sickening reports suggest he may be crucified on Good Friday.

Father Tom Uzhunnalil was seized when four armed militants stormed an old people’s home in Aden in Yemen on March 4.

The gunmen killed 16 people, including four nuns, in the brutal attack on the home run by the in a brutal raid which killed 16 people including four nuns.

No group has come forward to claim responsibility for the kidnap of the priest, who was a member of the Silesian order in of Bangalore, India, but a survivor said ISIS was to blame.

Now reports shared on social media suggest the priest faces being brutally tortured this Friday as Christians mark the day Jesus died. (Read more from “Fears Grow for Priest ‘Kidnapped by ISIS'” HERE)

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Quantity of Explosive Found in Belgium Surprises Officials

By C. J. Chivers. The announcement by the Belgian authorities that they had confiscated more than 30 pounds of the explosive TATP from a dwelling used by the attackers in Brussels was, in some ways, an expected development. But it contained one detail that bomb-disposal technicians and security officials regarded with surprise: the quantity of the particular explosive involved.

TATP, also known as triacetone triperoxide, is a white, crystalline explosive also used in the attacks in Paris in November, though it caused few casualties compared with the terrorists’ assault rifles. Highly unstable and sensitive to shock, friction and heat, it breaks down quickly in air. And while it can be made with basic chemistry skills and relatively simple equipment, it is more dangerous and tedious to manufacture than a commonly used fertilizer-based explosive, ammonium nitrate, which an American official, citing intelligence shared by Belgium, said the attackers had also used.

Unlike ammonium nitrate, TATP is typically seen in small quantities, not in the tens of pounds. One American official who had reviewed the intelligence related to the bombs in France and the newer intelligence from Belgium said the recovery of more than 30 pounds indicated an increased capacity since the Paris attacks. And that figure did not include any explosive actually used in the bombs that killed 31 people on Tuesday. (Read more from “Quantity of Explosive Found in Belgium Surprises Officials” HERE)

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