Koko78 Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 3 hours ago, njbuff said: $20 million and counting. That is the bill the citizens of this country are paying and continue to pay on the most USELESS investigation in the history of this country. Good job........... moronic Dems. No expense is too much when you're attempting to turn a blackmail setup into instigating a palace coup against a literal Nazi.
Tiberius Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-prosecutors-poised-to-get-more-than-1-million-files-seized-from-michael-cohens-phones/2018/05/29/ff407104-63b1-11e8-99d2-0d678ec08c2f_story.html?utm_term=.a385453cfb00 Quote Federal prosecutors investigating President Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen are poised to receive on Wednesday one million files from three of his cellphones seized last month, according to a filing submitted to the court by special master Barbara Jones Tuesday night. In her update to the court, Jones said investigators from the office of the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York have already been given access to nearly 300,000 pieces of potential evidence seized from Cohen’s office and residences in an April raid. Jones was appointed by U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood late last month to review the material seized after attorneys for Cohen and President Trump said many seized documents and communications could be protected by attorney-client privilege. Jones, a retired judge who served on the federal bench for 16 years in the Southern District of New York, is a former organized-crime prosecutor who was chief assistant to Robert M. Morgenthau, the longtime Manhattan district attorney. On 5/26/2018 at 9:16 AM, B-Man said: Grassley Reminds FBI Agents Wanting to Blow the Whistle: You Are Legally Protected to Do So by Katie Pavlich Original Article According to media reports this week, a number of FBI agents are hoping to get subpoenaed in the Russia probe so they can expose corruption at the top of the Bureau. In other words, guys on the ground are ready to talk about decisions made by the suits in Washington D.C. Many agents in the FBI want Congress to subpoena them so they can reveal problems caused by former FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, three people in direct contact with active field agents tell TheDC. . Fake news
DC Tom Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 14 hours ago, njbuff said: $20 million and counting. That is the bill the citizens of this country are paying and continue to pay on the most USELESS investigation in the history of this country. Good job........... moronic Dems. Still less than what the Starr report cost.
3rdnlng Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 27 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Still less than what the Starr report cost. Not fair. It took Star something like 80 years to find out that Clinton had lied about a blow job.
row_33 Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 44 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Still less than what the Starr report cost. that was righteous though
Golden Goat Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 On 5/29/2018 at 5:13 PM, njbuff said: $20 million and counting. That is the bill the citizens of this country are paying and continue to pay on the most USELESS investigation in the history of this country. Good job........... moronic Dems. Chump change. They spent $45 million on a House seat that they LOST!
B-Man Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 MORE EVIDENCE OF MUELLER’S OVERREACH FTA: From all that appears, Trump simply asked Sessions to do his job, as the president understood it. When Sessions declined, Trump took “no” for an answer. He did not order Sessions to reverse himself. Moreover, Trump didn’t replace Sessions, as he had every right to do. If Trump were trying to obstruct justice via an Attorney General who would act as his “wing man” in the Russia investigation, he would have sacked Sessions long ago or, alternatively, kept Sessions and replaced Rod Rosenstein with a crony. Indeed, the very fact that Sessions recused himself demonstrated that he was not willing to play the “wing man” role, as Trump must have understood. Trump had no reason to believe that Sessions would “obstruct justice” on his behalf. His request that Sessions become involved was based, presumably, on the fact that he trusted the judgment of Sessions, whom he knew, more than that of Rod Rosenstein, whom he didn’t. Looking at the bigger picture, the notion of a prosecutor investigating a president’s personnel decisions (e.g., the firing of Comey) or interactions with cabinet members (e.g., Sessions) is troublesome. I’m not denying the possibility that a president could, in the course of making a request of officials in his government, commit a crime. If there were reason to believe Trump had requested that Sessions shoot Mueller, that would warrant investigating. But a request that a cabinet member exercise his normal duties is light years away from that. Mueller isn’t just nit-picking, he’s constraining the president’s exercise of his proper powers. If Trump has considered firing Sessions during the past year, he likely has taken into account the possibility that Mueller would seize on this decision as part of an obstruction of justice case. In effect, Mueller is protecting Sessions’ position. I want Jeff Session to remain the Attorney General. But I don’t want the president, in deciding whether to retain Sessions, to have to worry about how Robert Mueller would react to Sessions’ firing. Yet, that’s where we are, thanks to Mueller and his team of self-aggrandizing, Trump-hating prosecutors.
Tiberius Posted May 31, 2018 Posted May 31, 2018 15 hours ago, B-Man said: Yet, that’s where we are, thanks to Mueller and his team of self-aggrandizing, Trump-hating prosecutors. There's evidence of this? Ya right. Trump is just terrified and lashing out. He is acting guilty
Deranged Rhino Posted May 31, 2018 Posted May 31, 2018 Me, waiting for the coming "But McCabe's Memo!" turn in the narrative:
Tiberius Posted May 31, 2018 Posted May 31, 2018 An open letter from Adam Schiff to the FBI https://lawfareblog.com/open-letter-federal-bureau-investigation Quote At heart, these attacks all serve the same, destructive purpose. They suggest that the FBI is just another partisan institution, pursuing an agenda for or against a particular candidate, rather than carrying out investigations according to sound policy and the law. The inspector general has been asked to looked into each of these spurious charges, and it may have offer insights, criticism and recommendations for the future; that is its job. Even the best of institutions can improve its performance of difficult tasks. But none of this will obscure the fact that the investigation undertaken into Russia’s contacts with the Trump campaign was more than appropriate—it was essential to the security of the United States and to protect the country from foreign adversaries. Nor will it detract from the incredible work the bureau continues to do to keep Americans safe. This is not the first time the FBI has been tested by political interference, nor will it be the last. In 1972, Special Agent Dan Bledsoe was on duty at the major crimes desk the day after the burglary of the Watergate hotel. John Ehrlichman, President Nixon’s chief of staff, called to convey an order to terminate the investigation into the break in, explaining it came from the president himself. Agent Bledsoe refused the order, informing the White House that the law required him to open the investigation, and he was bound to do so. In its current time of trial, the FBI is deeply fortunate to have someone of Christopher Wray’s fine character and caliber at its helm. History, and the American people, will remember and record the decisions we make when our institutions are tested. I have every confidence that the FBI will pass this test with flying colors, and continue to live up to the high ideals expressed in its creed—fidelity, bravery, and integrity. Sincerely, Adam B. Schiff Member of Congress
Tiberius Posted May 31, 2018 Posted May 31, 2018 Trump loves that pardon power! https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/31/dinish-dsouza-latest-beneficiary-trump-pardon-power/658961002/ Not that he is trying to send a signal to his indicted cronies or anything. That's what he is doing. He is a criminal
Deranged Rhino Posted May 31, 2018 Posted May 31, 2018 Lawfareblog should be treated with the same skepticism as SPLC. Just FYI for those who don't know. (look at the board)
Deranged Rhino Posted May 31, 2018 Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) Remember that wire G-Pap was rumored to be wearing? Now, more evidence he wasn't being used to spy on Trump's team. From the court proceedings: This happened in July 28th, 2016. By August, Strzok was demoted and removed from Mueller's team. What happened between those two dates? Well, if G-Pap was being run by Strzok (which he almost certainly was), and G-Pap was wearing a wire to catch Strzok (and others)... you can fill in the blanks. Edited May 31, 2018 by Deranged Rhino
B-Man Posted June 1, 2018 Posted June 1, 2018 The Curious Case of Mr. Downer Wall Street Journal, by Kimberley A. Strassel Original Article To hear the Federal Bureau of Investigation tell it, its decision to launch a counterintelligence probe into a major-party presidential campaign comes down to a foreign tip about a 28-year-old fourth-tier Trump adviser, George Papadopoulos. The FBI’s media scribes have dutifully reported the bare facts of that “intel.” We are told the infamous tip came from Alexander Downer, at the time the Australian ambassador to the U.K. Mr. Downer invited Mr. Papadopoulos for a drink in early May 2016, where the aide told the ambassador the Russians had dirt on Hillary Clinton. . 1
Warren Zevon Posted June 1, 2018 Posted June 1, 2018 On 5/31/2018 at 11:38 AM, Deranged Rhino said: Me, waiting for the coming "But McCabe's Memo!" turn in the narrative: Still waiting - also still waiting for the imminent report.
Deranged Rhino Posted June 1, 2018 Posted June 1, 2018 3 minutes ago, peace out said: Still waiting - also still waiting for the imminent report. Are you (again) trying to deny it's coming? This line of thought is so hilariously imbecilic I thought your time away would have drilled some sense into you. 1
Warren Zevon Posted June 1, 2018 Posted June 1, 2018 Just now, Deranged Rhino said: Are you (again) trying to deny it's coming? No. Please point to the first time I denied it's coming.
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