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Justice Dept. IG referred James Comey for criminal prosecution

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times - Wednesday, September 18, 201


Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz said Wednesday that he referred former FBI Director James B. Comey for criminal prosecution this year after concluding he leaked sensitive materials to a friend.


And the Justice Department watchdog told Congress he would “assess” Republican allegations of inconsistent statements in Mr. Comey’s testimony before the Senate.

Mr. Horowitz’s disclosure that he made the criminal referral marks his first public statement about the criticism lodged against Mr. Comey in a report released last summer. He told lawmakers it is standard practice to make a criminal referral when wrongdoing is suspected.

“We are required by the [Inspector General] Act to send information that we’ve identified that could plausibly be criminal to the Department of Justice,” Mr. Horowitz said.

The Justice Department ultimately decided not to prosecute Mr. Comey despite the conclusion by Mr. Horowitz’s team that he improperly leaked information to the news media. The documents leaked by Mr. Comey were sensitive but not classified.

Mr. Comey in May 2017 asked a law professor friend to share with The New York Times a memo detailing his conversations with President Trump to pressure the Justice Department to open an investigation of the president.


In a report released last month, Mr. Horowitz wrote that the former FBI director “set a dangerous example” when he shared the memos to push the Justice Department to act.


Testifying before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, the Justice Department watchdog said Mr. Comey’s behavior was worrisome.


“Our concern was empowering FBI directors or, frankly, any FBI employee with the authority to decide they are not going to follow established norms and procedures because, in their view, they’ve made a judgment that the individuals they are dealing with can’t be trusted,” he said.


When asked if Mr. Comey’s holding the highest position in the bureau added to his concern, Mr. Horowitz confirmed it had.


Rep. Jody Hice, Georgia Republican, called Mr. Horowitz’s revelation of the criminal referral of Mr. Comey “monumental.”

Rep. Mark Meadows, North Carolina Republican, asked Mr. Horowitz if he would look into allegations Mr. Comey was inconsistent during Senate testimony. Mr. Meadows said he believes there were “a number” of times when the ex-FBI director’s testimony did not match revelations included in the inspector general report.

For example, Mr. Meadows said the then-FBI director denied opening an obstruction of justice probe based on comments Mr. Trump made to him. But Mr. Horowitz’s team found Mr. Comey leaked memos of his conversations with the president to get a special counsel appointed.

“I’m finding just a number of irregularities,” Mr. Meadows said. “So would it be appropriate if ranking member Jordan and I were to refer those inconsistencies to the IG and if we did that, would the IG look at those inconsistencies?”

Mr. Horowitz said he would look into the matter.

“It is certainly appropriate for us to get a referral about a then-employee of the department and then we would assess it,” he said.

When asked if he knew of another FBI director referred for criminal prosecution, Mr. Horowitz said he did not.

Mr. Horowitz also fielded a few questions about his upcoming investigation into alleged Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuses by the Justice Department and FBI. He revealed little about his findings, which are expected to be released this month.

The FBI and Justice Department are reviewing his conclusions, Mr. Horowitz said, adding they will decide how much of his findings will be classified.

“That is normal process,” he said.
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When? Any day now?
 
McCabe memo indicates Rosenstein was serious about wearing White House wire

By Gregg Re | Fox News

A newly released two-page memo written by then-Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe outlined how former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein proposed wearing a wire in the White House "to collect additional evidence on the president’s true intentions," and thought the scheme was plausible because "he was not searched when he entered the White House."

The contemporaneous memo, which the Justice Department released after a transparency lawsuit by Judicial Watch, provided the strongest documentary evidence to date to undercut previous claims by DOJ officials that Rosenstein was joking when he apparently made the suggestion.

McCabe said in the partially redacted memo – written May 16, 2017, on the eve of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's appointment -- that Rosenstein offered to wear a recording device to gather evidence on the firing of former FBI Director James Comey and related matters. McCabe noted that he took Rosenstein's suggestion seriously enough that "I told him that I would discuss the opportunity with my investigative team and get back to him."

The DOJ and White House have separately rejected McCabe's claims outright and called his credibility into question.

"As our conversation continued, the DAG proposed that he could potentially wear a recording device into the Oval Office to collect additional evidence on the president’s true intentions," McCabe wrote in the memo. "He said he thought this might be possible because he was not searched when he entered the White House.

Also in the memo, McCabe -- he'd just taken over as acting head of the FBI -- said he began the lunch-hour meeting by informing Rosenstein that he had opened an investigation into the president concerning possible collusion and obstruction.

"I began by telling him that today I approved the opening of an investigation of President Donald Trump," McCabe wrote. "I explained that the purpose of the investigation was to investigate allegations of possible collusion between the president and the Russian government, possible obstruction of justice related to the firing of FBI Director James Corney, and possible conspiracy to obstruct justice."

When Rosenstein pushed for specifics, McCabe cited a disputed NBC News interview in which Trump emphasized that he was not firing Comey to obstruct any investigation, but also acknowledged that Comey's handling of the Russia probe was on his mind at the time.

In May 2017, then-Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe told Rod Rosenstein that he had opened a probe into the president -- based in part on a disputed Lester Holt interview. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

In his interview with Holt, Trump stated, "And in fact, when I decided to just do it [fire Comey], I said to myself — I said, you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. It’s an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should’ve won.”

However, conservative commentators argued that Trump's comments to Holt were, in context, seemingly exculpatory. For example, Trump also told Holt that he was aware that firing Comey might "even lengthen out the investigation, but I have to do the right thing for the American people. He’s the wrong man for that position.”

Trump additionally explicitly rejected Holt's suggestion that he was trying to send a message to future FBI directors that they should back off: “No, I’m not doing that. I think we have to get back to work. But I want to find out, I want to get to the bottom – if Russia hacked, if Russia did anything having to do with our election, I want to know about it."

McCabe did not mention either of those Trump statements in his memo.

Responding to the claim that Rosenstein may have sought to wear a wire, Trump told Fox News earlier this year that he had his doubts.

"I'd much rather have you ask him that question," Trump said, referring to Rosenstein. "It sounds a little bit far-fetched, frankly, but a lot of things in this case are far-fetched."

Rosenstein did not respond to multiple requests by Fox News for comment.

In the main, McCabe's writings in the memo square with what he has said publicly about Holt's interview with Trump, as well as Rosenstein's actions. McCabe, speaking to CBS News' "60 Minutes" earlier this year, mentioned that Rosenstein was not joking when he floated the idea of wearing a wire to gather evidence, and had suggested Trump could be removed under the 25th Amendment.

The memo's release comes as U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu earlier this month recommended moving forward with charges against McCabe. McCabe appealed the decision all the way up to Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, who ultimately rejected that request.

The potential charges relate to DOJ inspector general findings against him regarding misleading statements concerning a Hillary Clinton-related investigation.

A source close to McCabe’s legal team said they received an email from the Justice Department last week which said, “The department rejected your appeal of the United States Attorney’s Office’s decision in this matter. Any further inquiries should be directed to the United States Attorney’s Office.”

McCabe's lawyers last week pushed for the criminal probe to end, calling it "fatally flawed."

McCabe served at the FBI for 21 years. He became the acting director in May 2017 after Trump fired Comey.

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired McCabe in March 2018 after the inspector general found he had repeatedly misstated his involvement in a leak to The Wall Street Journal regarding an FBI investigation into the Clinton Foundation.

The IG report faulted McCabe for leaking information to then-Wall Street Journal reporter Devlin Barrett for an Oct. 30, 2016, story titled “FBI in Internal Feud Over Hillary Clinton Probe.” The story -- written just days before the presidential election – focused on the FBI announcing the reopening of the Clinton investigation after finding thousands of her emails on a laptop belonging to former Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner, who was married to Clinton aide Huma Abedin.

The Journal's account of the call said a senior Justice Department official expressed displeasure to McCabe that FBI agents were still looking into the Clinton Foundation, and that McCabe had defended the agent's authority to pursue the issue.

That leak confirmed the existence of the probe, the report said, which Comey had up to that point refused to do.

The report said that McCabe "lacked candor" in a conversation with Comey when he said he had not authorized the disclosure and didn't know who had done so. The IG also found that he lacked candor when questioned by FBI agents on multiple occasions since that conversation.
 
MARIS61 said:
McCabe memo indicates Rosenstein was serious about wearing White House wire

By Gregg Re | Fox News

A newly released two-page memo written by then-Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe outlined how former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein proposed wearing a wire in the White House "to collect additional evidence on the president’s true intentions," and thought the scheme was plausible because "he was not searched when he entered the White House."

The contemporaneous memo, which the Justice Department released after a transparency lawsuit by Judicial Watch, provided the strongest documentary evidence to date to undercut previous claims by DOJ officials that Rosenstein was joking when he apparently made the suggestion.

McCabe said in the partially redacted memo – written May 16, 2017, on the eve of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's appointment -- that Rosenstein offered to wear a recording device to gather evidence on the firing of former FBI Director James Comey and related matters. McCabe noted that he took Rosenstein's suggestion seriously enough that "I told him that I would discuss the opportunity with my investigative team and get back to him."

The DOJ and White House have separately rejected McCabe's claims outright and called his credibility into question.

"As our conversation continued, the DAG proposed that he could potentially wear a recording device into the Oval Office to collect additional evidence on the president’s true intentions," McCabe wrote in the memo. "He said he thought this might be possible because he was not searched when he entered the White House.

Also in the memo, McCabe -- he'd just taken over as acting head of the FBI -- said he began the lunch-hour meeting by informing Rosenstein that he had opened an investigation into the president concerning possible collusion and obstruction.

"I began by telling him that today I approved the opening of an investigation of President Donald Trump," McCabe wrote. "I explained that the purpose of the investigation was to investigate allegations of possible collusion between the president and the Russian government, possible obstruction of justice related to the firing of FBI Director James Corney, and possible conspiracy to obstruct justice."

When Rosenstein pushed for specifics, McCabe cited a disputed NBC News interview in which Trump emphasized that he was not firing Comey to obstruct any investigation, but also acknowledged that Comey's handling of the Russia probe was on his mind at the time.

In May 2017, then-Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe told Rod Rosenstein that he had opened a probe into the president -- based in part on a disputed Lester Holt interview. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

In his interview with Holt, Trump stated, "And in fact, when I decided to just do it [fire Comey], I said to myself — I said, you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. It’s an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should’ve won.”

However, conservative commentators argued that Trump's comments to Holt were, in context, seemingly exculpatory. For example, Trump also told Holt that he was aware that firing Comey might "even lengthen out the investigation, but I have to do the right thing for the American people. He’s the wrong man for that position.”

Trump additionally explicitly rejected Holt's suggestion that he was trying to send a message to future FBI directors that they should back off: “No, I’m not doing that. I think we have to get back to work. But I want to find out, I want to get to the bottom – if Russia hacked, if Russia did anything having to do with our election, I want to know about it."

McCabe did not mention either of those Trump statements in his memo.

Responding to the claim that Rosenstein may have sought to wear a wire, Trump told Fox News earlier this year that he had his doubts.

"I'd much rather have you ask him that question," Trump said, referring to Rosenstein. "It sounds a little bit far-fetched, frankly, but a lot of things in this case are far-fetched."

Rosenstein did not respond to multiple requests by Fox News for comment.

In the main, McCabe's writings in the memo square with what he has said publicly about Holt's interview with Trump, as well as Rosenstein's actions. McCabe, speaking to CBS News' "60 Minutes" earlier this year, mentioned that Rosenstein was not joking when he floated the idea of wearing a wire to gather evidence, and had suggested Trump could be removed under the 25th Amendment.

The memo's release comes as U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu earlier this month recommended moving forward with charges against McCabe. McCabe appealed the decision all the way up to Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, who ultimately rejected that request.

The potential charges relate to DOJ inspector general findings against him regarding misleading statements concerning a Hillary Clinton-related investigation.

A source close to McCabe’s legal team said they received an email from the Justice Department last week which said, “The department rejected your appeal of the United States Attorney’s Office’s decision in this matter. Any further inquiries should be directed to the United States Attorney’s Office.”

McCabe's lawyers last week pushed for the criminal probe to end, calling it "fatally flawed."

McCabe served at the FBI for 21 years. He became the acting director in May 2017 after Trump fired Comey.

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired McCabe in March 2018 after the inspector general found he had repeatedly misstated his involvement in a leak to The Wall Street Journal regarding an FBI investigation into the Clinton Foundation.

The IG report faulted McCabe for leaking information to then-Wall Street Journal reporter Devlin Barrett for an Oct. 30, 2016, story titled “FBI in Internal Feud Over Hillary Clinton Probe.” The story -- written just days before the presidential election – focused on the FBI announcing the reopening of the Clinton investigation after finding thousands of her emails on a laptop belonging to former Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner, who was married to Clinton aide Huma Abedin.

The Journal's account of the call said a senior Justice Department official expressed displeasure to McCabe that FBI agents were still looking into the Clinton Foundation, and that McCabe had defended the agent's authority to pursue the issue.

That leak confirmed the existence of the probe, the report said, which Comey had up to that point refused to do.

The report said that McCabe "lacked candor" in a conversation with Comey when he said he had not authorized the disclosure and didn't know who had done so. The IG also found that he lacked candor when questioned by FBI agents on multiple occasions since that conversation.
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And, yawn, indictments to follow any day now.
 
I don't want to hear any of these GOP people talking about Trump derangement of any kind. Hillary lives so far into their heads rent free it's borderline psychotic.
 
State Department stepped up Hillary Clinton email probe beginning in August:cheers:

The State Department reportedly has ramped up its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private server, potentially reviving an issue that dominated the 2016 presidential election campaign.

The Washington Post, citing current and former U.S. officials, reported late Saturday that as many as 130 current and former officials whose emails found their way into Clinton's inbox have been contacted by investigators. According to The Post, those officials have received letters notifying them that their emails from years ago have been retroactively classified and their transmission could constitute security violations.

STATE DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIES 23 VIOLATIONS, 'MULTIPLE SECURITY INCIDENTS' CONCERNING CLINTON EMAILS

Those being investigated will not face criminal prosecution since the FBI investigation of the Clinton email case closed before the 2016 election.

The FBI began investigating Clinton's use of a private email server in July 2015 based on a referral from the intelligence community inspector general. In July 2016, then-FBI director James Comey announced he was recommending the case be closed with no charges, saying Clinton and her aides' handling of classified information was "extremely careless" but not criminal.
 
MARIS61 said:
Those being investigated will not face criminal prosecution since the FBI investigation of the Clinton email case closed before the 2016 election.
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So, what's the point?

barfo
 
October 02, 2019 | Judicial Watch
DOJ Docs Show Rosenstein Advising Mueller ‘the Boss’ Doesn’t Know About Their Communications — Judicial Watch
Judicial_FB_JWPressRoom-Rosenstein_1200x627_v3.2-768x401.jpg

Rosenstein docs also show ‘off the record’ leaks to 60 Minutes, The New York Times and The Washington Post around and on the date of Mueller’s appointment.

(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch released 145 pages of Rod Rosenstein’s communications that include a one-line email from Rod Rosenstein to Robert Mueller stating, “The boss and his staff do not know about our discussions” and “off the record” emails with major media outlets around the date of Mueller’s appointment.

Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit after the DOJ failed to respond to a September 21, 2018, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:19-cv-00481)). Judicial Watch seeks:

Any and all e-mails, text messages, or other records of communication addressed to or received by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein between May 8, 2017, and May 22, 2017.

The time period referred to in this suit is critical. On May 8, 2017, Rosenstein wrote a memo to President Trump recommending that FBI Director James Comey be fired. The next day, President Trump fired Comey. Just three days later, on May 12, Rosenstein sent an email assuring Robert Mueller that “The boss and his staff do not know about our discussions.”

In a May 16, 2017 email, sent the day before Mueller’s appointment, Rosenstein emailed former Bush administration Deputy Attorney General and current Kirkland & Ellis Partner, Mark Filip stating, “I am with Mueller. He shares my views. Duty Calls. Sometimes the moment chooses us.”

And on May 17 Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Also, during the same time period, between May 8 and May 17, Rosenstein met with then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe and other senior Justice Department FBI officials to discuss wearing a wire and invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump.

The documents also show that, again during the same time period, Rod Rosenstein was in direct communication with reporters from 60 Minutes, The New York Times and The Washington Post. In an email exchange dated May 2017, Rosenstein communicated with New York Times reporter Rebecca Ruiz to provide background for this article about himself. Ruiz emailed Rosenstein a draft of the article, and he responded with off-the-record comments and clarifications.

  • In an email exchange on May 17, 2017, the day of Mueller’s appointment, Rosenstein exchanged emails with 60 Minutes producer Katherine Davis in which he answered off-the-record questions about Mueller’s scope of authority and chain of command:
Rosenstein: “Off the record: This special counsel is a DOJ employee. His status is similar to a US Attorney.”

Davis: “Good call on Mueller. Although I obviously thought you’d be great at leading the investigation too.”

  • On May 17, 2017, in an email exchange with Washington Post journalist Sari Horwitz and the subject line “Special Counsel” Rosenstein and Horwitz exchanged:
Rosenstein: “At some point, I owe you a long story. But this is not the right time for me to talk to anybody.”

Horwitz: “Now, I see why you couldn’t talk today! Obviously, we’re writing a big story about this. Is there any chance I could talk to you on background about your decision?”


“These astonishing emails further confirm the corruption behind Rosenstein’s appointment of Robert Mueller,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “The emails also show a shockingly cozy relationship between Mr. Rosenstein and anti-Trump media reporters.”

On September 11, Judicial Watch released 14 pages of records from the Department of Justice showing officials’ efforts in responding to media inquiries about DOJ/FBI talks allegedly invoking the 25th Amendment to “remove” President Donald Trump from office and former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein offering to wear a “wire” to record his conversations with the president.

On September 23, Judicial Watch released a two-page memo, dated May 16, 2017, by then-Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe detailing how then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein proposed wearing a wire into the Oval Office “to collect additional evidence on the president’s true intentions.” McCabe writes that Rosenstein said he thought it was possible because “he was not searched when he entered the White House.”
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press...-boss-doesnt-know-about-their-communications/
 
MARIS61 said:
October 02, 2019 | Judicial Watch
DOJ Docs Show Rosenstein Advising Mueller ‘the Boss’ Doesn’t Know About Their Communications — Judicial Watch
Judicial_FB_JWPressRoom-Rosenstein_1200x627_v3.2-768x401.jpg

Rosenstein docs also show ‘off the record’ leaks to 60 Minutes, The New York Times and The Washington Post around and on the date of Mueller’s appointment.

(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch released 145 pages of Rod Rosenstein’s communications that include a one-line email from Rod Rosenstein to Robert Mueller stating, “The boss and his staff do not know about our discussions” and “off the record” emails with major media outlets around the date of Mueller’s appointment.

Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit after the DOJ failed to respond to a September 21, 2018, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:19-cv-00481)). Judicial Watch seeks:

Any and all e-mails, text messages, or other records of communication addressed to or received by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein between May 8, 2017, and May 22, 2017.

The time period referred to in this suit is critical. On May 8, 2017, Rosenstein wrote a memo to President Trump recommending that FBI Director James Comey be fired. The next day, President Trump fired Comey. Just three days later, on May 12, Rosenstein sent an email assuring Robert Mueller that “The boss and his staff do not know about our discussions.”

In a May 16, 2017 email, sent the day before Mueller’s appointment, Rosenstein emailed former Bush administration Deputy Attorney General and current Kirkland & Ellis Partner, Mark Filip stating, “I am with Mueller. He shares my views. Duty Calls. Sometimes the moment chooses us.”

And on May 17 Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Also, during the same time period, between May 8 and May 17, Rosenstein met with then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe and other senior Justice Department FBI officials to discuss wearing a wire and invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump.

The documents also show that, again during the same time period, Rod Rosenstein was in direct communication with reporters from 60 Minutes, The New York Times and The Washington Post. In an email exchange dated May 2017, Rosenstein communicated with New York Times reporter Rebecca Ruiz to provide background for this article about himself. Ruiz emailed Rosenstein a draft of the article, and he responded with off-the-record comments and clarifications.

  • In an email exchange on May 17, 2017, the day of Mueller’s appointment, Rosenstein exchanged emails with 60 Minutes producer Katherine Davis in which he answered off-the-record questions about Mueller’s scope of authority and chain of command:
Rosenstein: “Off the record: This special counsel is a DOJ employee. His status is similar to a US Attorney.”

Davis: “Good call on Mueller. Although I obviously thought you’d be great at leading the investigation too.”

  • On May 17, 2017, in an email exchange with Washington Post journalist Sari Horwitz and the subject line “Special Counsel” Rosenstein and Horwitz exchanged:
Rosenstein: “At some point, I owe you a long story. But this is not the right time for me to talk to anybody.”

Horwitz: “Now, I see why you couldn’t talk today! Obviously, we’re writing a big story about this. Is there any chance I could talk to you on background about your decision?”


“These astonishing emails further confirm the corruption behind Rosenstein’s appointment of Robert Mueller,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “The emails also show a shockingly cozy relationship between Mr. Rosenstein and anti-Trump media reporters.”

On September 11, Judicial Watch released 14 pages of records from the Department of Justice showing officials’ efforts in responding to media inquiries about DOJ/FBI talks allegedly invoking the 25th Amendment to “remove” President Donald Trump from office and former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein offering to wear a “wire” to record his conversations with the president.

On September 23, Judicial Watch released a two-page memo, dated May 16, 2017, by then-Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe detailing how then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein proposed wearing a wire into the Oval Office “to collect additional evidence on the president’s true intentions.” McCabe writes that Rosenstein said he thought it was possible because “he was not searched when he entered the White House.”
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press...-boss-doesnt-know-about-their-communications/
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"Judicial Watch (JW) is an American conservative activist group that files Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits to investigate claimed misconduct by government officials.

Founded in 1994, JW has primarily targeted Democrats, in particular the Presidency of Bill Clinton, the Presidency of Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton; however, it has also sued Republicans, including the administration of George W. Bush. The organization has described climate science as "fraud science" and has filed lawsuits against government climate scientists. JW has made numerous false and unsubstantiated claims that have been picked up by right-wing news outlets. Courts have dismissed the vast majority of its lawsuits."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_Watch
 
I fail to see what is supposed to be incriminating about any of that. Was Rosenstein supposed to appoint Mueller without ever communicating with him beforehand?

barfo
 
Lanny said:
"Judicial Watch (JW) is an American conservative activist group that files Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits to investigate claimed misconduct by government officials.

Founded in 1994, JW has primarily targeted Democrats, in particular the Presidency of Bill Clinton, the Presidency of Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton; however, it has also sued Republicans, including the administration of George W. Bush. The organization has described climate science as "fraud science" and has filed lawsuits against government climate scientists. JW has made numerous false and unsubstantiated claims that have been picked up by right-wing news outlets. Courts have dismissed the vast majority of its lawsuits."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_Watch
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This is mostly fiction from Deep State wiki. JW has never made any false claims and has exposed more corrupt politicians from all parties than the FBI has since it's inception. Many FBI investigations were actually forced by JW presenting overwhelming evidence against pols the FBI was refusing to investigate. And, in fact, some of the corrupt pols JW has exposed were FBI employees.

It is not hyperbole to state that without JW investigating and exposing them, corrupt politicians would have nothing to fear. The FBI should be dissolved and their budget given to JW.
 
barfo said:
I fail to see what is supposed to be incriminating about any of that. Was Rosenstein supposed to appoint Mueller without ever communicating with him beforehand?

barfo
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You don't think it's incriminating that he hired the guy pushed on him by the guy he just fired for lying about rigging an investigation and disgracing the FBI? A guy who purposely let 2 innocent men die in prison for a crime they didn't commit that he (with his cohort, Andrew Wiseman) framed them for in order to protect a known serial murderer for personal profit? That he volunteered to illegally spy on the POTUS?
 
George Papadopoulos claims other nations had 'vested interest' against Trump's 'America First' platform in 2016

Former Trump 2016 campaign adviser George Papadopoulos claimed Monday several nations, including U.S. allies, had a "vested interest" against the then-candidate's 2016 platform.

Papadopoulos praised Attorney General William Barr and federal prosecutor John Durham for engaging with Australian, British and Italian officials, in an interview with Martha MacCallum on "The Story."

"Bill Barr and John Durham are not on a wild goose chase," he claimed. "These countries were willfully complicit in what I believe was an international conspiracy to undermine the Donald Trump campaign, and to assure that if he was elected president that he would be handcuffed because they had a vested interest in assuring that his America First policies would not be the ones that would be implemented."

Last year, Papadopoulos served 12 days in prison in connection with then-Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
He had pleaded guilty to making false statements to federal prosecutors and spent those nearly-two-weeks in a Wisconsin facility.

Speaking with MacCallum, Papadopoulos appeared to nod to the events during the campaign that led to the Mueller team focusing on him.

"I lived it," he said. "I spoke to these diplomats and I know what they wanted."

He also reacted to former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi reportedly threatening to sue him for $1 million.

Papadopoulos noted Renzi was in office during Trump's campaign and claimed the ex-politician went "on a rant about the president and then says he wants to sue me."

"I welcome discovery in any lawsuit."

Barr sparked criticism in multiple countries in recent days, as he seeks assistance in studying the Russia investigation's origins, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Justice Department official told Fox News on Monday that Attorney General Bill Barr asked President Trump to make introductions to foreign countries that might have had information pertinent to U.S. Attorney John Durham's ongoing probe into possible misconduct by the intelligence community at the outset of the Russia investigation.

But, a person familiar with the situation told Fox News it would be wrong to say Trump "pressed" the Australian prime minister for information that could have discredited Mueller's now-completed probe, as The New York Times reported earlier Monday.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/george-papadopoulos-donald-trump-australia-italy
 
Well, if conspiracy theorist, felon, and coffee boy George Papadopoulos says it, it must be so.

barfo
 
MARIS61 said:
You don't think it's incriminating that he hired the guy pushed on him by the guy he just fired for lying about rigging an investigation and disgracing the FBI? A guy who purposely let 2 innocent men die in prison for a crime they didn't commit that he (with his cohort, Andrew Wiseman) framed them for in order to protect a known serial murderer for personal profit? That he volunteered to illegally spy on the POTUS?
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My God, surely a man who has committed all those crimes will be indicted any day now. Or is the "Deep State" protecting him? I knew it, I knew there was a deep state cabal.
 
MARIS61 said:
George Papadopoulos claims other nations had 'vested interest' against Trump's 'America First' platform in 2016

Former Trump 2016 campaign adviser George Papadopoulos claimed Monday several nations, including U.S. allies, had a "vested interest" against the then-candidate's 2016 platform.

Papadopoulos praised Attorney General William Barr and federal prosecutor John Durham for engaging with Australian, British and Italian officials, in an interview with Martha MacCallum on "The Story."

"Bill Barr and John Durham are not on a wild goose chase," he claimed. "These countries were willfully complicit in what I believe was an international conspiracy to undermine the Donald Trump campaign, and to assure that if he was elected president that he would be handcuffed because they had a vested interest in assuring that his America First policies would not be the ones that would be implemented."

Last year, Papadopoulos served 12 days in prison in connection with then-Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
He had pleaded guilty to making false statements to federal prosecutors and spent those nearly-two-weeks in a Wisconsin facility.

Speaking with MacCallum, Papadopoulos appeared to nod to the events during the campaign that led to the Mueller team focusing on him.

"I lived it," he said. "I spoke to these diplomats and I know what they wanted."

He also reacted to former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi reportedly threatening to sue him for $1 million.

Papadopoulos noted Renzi was in office during Trump's campaign and claimed the ex-politician went "on a rant about the president and then says he wants to sue me."

"I welcome discovery in any lawsuit."

Barr sparked criticism in multiple countries in recent days, as he seeks assistance in studying the Russia investigation's origins, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Justice Department official told Fox News on Monday that Attorney General Bill Barr asked President Trump to make introductions to foreign countries that might have had information pertinent to U.S. Attorney John Durham's ongoing probe into possible misconduct by the intelligence community at the outset of the Russia investigation.

But, a person familiar with the situation told Fox News it would be wrong to say Trump "pressed" the Australian prime minister for information that could have discredited Mueller's now-completed probe, as The New York Times reported earlier Monday.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/george-papadopoulos-donald-trump-australia-italy
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It's all part of the deep state conspiracy. You've got no finer witness anywhere in or recently in the Trump administration than George Papadopoulos, a truly brilliant man. Well, brilliant as long as he doesn't consume alcohol.
 
MARIS61 said:
Weak, fictional obfuscation by the Fake News.
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The Fake News is all criminal except for Fox News and Breitbart. I say, let's take away their Constitutional privileges.
 
MARIS61 said:
George Papadopoulos claims other nations had 'vested interest' against Trump's 'America First' platform in 2016

Former Trump 2016 campaign adviser George Papadopoulos claimed Monday several nations, including U.S. allies, had a "vested interest" against the then-candidate's 2016 platform.

Papadopoulos praised Attorney General William Barr and federal prosecutor John Durham for engaging with Australian, British and Italian officials, in an interview with Martha MacCallum on "The Story."

"Bill Barr and John Durham are not on a wild goose chase," he claimed. "These countries were willfully complicit in what I believe was an international conspiracy to undermine the Donald Trump campaign, and to assure that if he was elected president that he would be handcuffed because they had a vested interest in assuring that his America First policies would not be the ones that would be implemented."

Last year, Papadopoulos served 12 days in prison in connection with then-Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
He had pleaded guilty to making false statements to federal prosecutors and spent those nearly-two-weeks in a Wisconsin facility.

Speaking with MacCallum, Papadopoulos appeared to nod to the events during the campaign that led to the Mueller team focusing on him.

"I lived it," he said. "I spoke to these diplomats and I know what they wanted."

He also reacted to former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi reportedly threatening to sue him for $1 million.

Papadopoulos noted Renzi was in office during Trump's campaign and claimed the ex-politician went "on a rant about the president and then says he wants to sue me."

"I welcome discovery in any lawsuit."

Barr sparked criticism in multiple countries in recent days, as he seeks assistance in studying the Russia investigation's origins, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Justice Department official told Fox News on Monday that Attorney General Bill Barr asked President Trump to make introductions to foreign countries that might have had information pertinent to U.S. Attorney John Durham's ongoing probe into possible misconduct by the intelligence community at the outset of the Russia investigation.

But, a person familiar with the situation told Fox News it would be wrong to say Trump "pressed" the Australian prime minister for information that could have discredited Mueller's now-completed probe, as The New York Times reported earlier Monday.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/george-papadopoulos-donald-trump-australia-italy
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Wasn't Papadapolous just a coffee boy?
 
I think the title of this thread is wrong, it should be "EXPANDING THE DEEP STATE"
 
Defense Intelligence Agency employee arrested for allegedly leaking classified information to reporters
By Bradford Betz | Fox News

A U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency employee was arrested Wednesday on federal charges that he leaked classified national defense information to two journalists – one of them romantically involved with him.

Henry Kyle Frese, 30, a counter-terrorism analyst who held a top-secret clearance at the DIA, had started there as a contractor in January 2017 before working at the agency full time.

Between April and May 2018, Frese allegedly accessed classified intelligence reports – some of which were unrelated to his job duties – and leaked secret information regarding a foreign country’s weapons system to a reporter, according to court documents.

The documents accused Frese of being romantically involved with one of the reporters to whom he allegedly leaked information.

A criminal indictment said the reporter wrote at least eight articles from five compromised intelligence reports leaked by Frese. It said Frese re-tweeted a link to one of the articles that used the information he allegedly had provided.

The first reporter then asked Frese if he’d be willing to speak to another reporter, according to the criminal indictment. Frese allegedly said he was “down” to help the second reporter if it helped the first reporter “progress.”

The indictment also accused Frese of speaking about classified national defense information to the second reporter via his cellphone on Sept. 24, 2019. The disclosures reportedly contained information that "could reasonably be expected to cause serious harm to the national security of the United States."

“As laid out in today’s indictment, Frese was caught red-handed disclosing sensitive national security information for personal gain,” Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers said. “Frese betrayed the trust placed in him by the American people—a betrayal that risked harming the national security of this country.”

Neither of the reporters was identified by name in court documents, and the Justice Department declined to provide any additional details about the classified information that was leaked.

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Zach Terwilliger told reporters Wednesday that an investigation started after it became apparent the classified information had gone public.

Terwilliger denied the Justice Department was trying to send a message to journalists. He said prosecutors were focused on the leaker, not the journalists.

"If you leak info, you will be prosecuted," he said.

Frese was arrested Wednesday at the DIA facing two counts of willful transmission of national defense information to persons not entitled to receive it.

If convicted, he would face up to 10 years in prison on each count.

Fox News' Jake Gibson and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/defense-employee-arrested-leaking-classified-information-reporters
 
MARIS61 said:
Defense Intelligence Agency employee arrested for allegedly leaking classified information to reporters
By Bradford Betz | Fox News

A U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency employee was arrested Wednesday on federal charges that he leaked classified national defense information to two journalists – one of them romantically involved with him.

Henry Kyle Frese, 30, a counter-terrorism analyst who held a top-secret clearance at the DIA, had started there as a contractor in January 2017 before working at the agency full time.

Between April and May 2018, Frese allegedly accessed classified intelligence reports – some of which were unrelated to his job duties – and leaked secret information regarding a foreign country’s weapons system to a reporter, according to court documents.

The documents accused Frese of being romantically involved with one of the reporters to whom he allegedly leaked information.

A criminal indictment said the reporter wrote at least eight articles from five compromised intelligence reports leaked by Frese. It said Frese re-tweeted a link to one of the articles that used the information he allegedly had provided.

The first reporter then asked Frese if he’d be willing to speak to another reporter, according to the criminal indictment. Frese allegedly said he was “down” to help the second reporter if it helped the first reporter “progress.”

The indictment also accused Frese of speaking about classified national defense information to the second reporter via his cellphone on Sept. 24, 2019. The disclosures reportedly contained information that "could reasonably be expected to cause serious harm to the national security of the United States."

“As laid out in today’s indictment, Frese was caught red-handed disclosing sensitive national security information for personal gain,” Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers said. “Frese betrayed the trust placed in him by the American people—a betrayal that risked harming the national security of this country.”

Neither of the reporters was identified by name in court documents, and the Justice Department declined to provide any additional details about the classified information that was leaked.

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Zach Terwilliger told reporters Wednesday that an investigation started after it became apparent the classified information had gone public.

Terwilliger denied the Justice Department was trying to send a message to journalists. He said prosecutors were focused on the leaker, not the journalists.

"If you leak info, you will be prosecuted," he said.

Frese was arrested Wednesday at the DIA facing two counts of willful transmission of national defense information to persons not entitled to receive it.

If convicted, he would face up to 10 years in prison on each count.

Fox News' Jake Gibson and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/defense-employee-arrested-leaking-classified-information-reporters
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Is this part of the (giggle) deep state?
 
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