Posted on 10/19/2017 7:50:22 AM PDT by mandaladon
Both the House and the Senate are investigating whether the former President Barack Obama’s administration used intelligence in a salacious “Trump Dossier” as “evidence” before a secret federal surveillance court to obtain permission to spy on Donald Trump campaign aides and later his transition team.
Leaders in Congress are trying to find out if the Obama Justice Department and the FBI introduced the totally unsubstantiated material alleging unsavory connections between Trump and Russia before the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court, congressional aides told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
The FBI used the dossier to secure permission to monitor the communications of Trump associate Carter Page, based on U.S. officials briefed on the Russia investigation, CNN reported in April.
The latest inquiries began Oct. 4, when the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence subpoenaed Fusion GPS, a political opposition research firm based in Washington, D.C., to appear before the committee and turn over bank documents. The committee is also seeking all Justice Department applications before the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court, also called the FISA court, to determine if any of the applicants rely on information from the dossier.
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, asked FBI Director Christopher Wray Oct. 4 if the FBI may have improperly presented any of the dossier information to the FISA court.
The presentation of evidence before the special surveillance court would have been FBI-generated documents delivered by Obama Justice Department attorneys, according to a congressional source familiar with evidence requirements before the court. At the time, FBI Director James Comey presided over the bureau and Attorney General Loretta Lynch oversaw the Justice Department.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
That would mean the Obama administration pursued “a type of manipulation of intelligence data and false intelligence data to mislead a court,” diGenova said. “It’s staggering in terms of its implications.”~~~~~~~~~~Things are heating up!!!
Old news. Fusion GPS pleads fifth
The only thing staggering about it will be that no one will be punished, per usual.
And likely spying on Trump as well. If it did happen, this would be the mother of all U.S. political scandals.
It already is. Strap in kiddies this one is going to get really exciting.
The elites are exempt from the laws and regulations that they pass for the rest of us “little people”. We have a two tiered legal system.
What a tangled web! I sure hope that those in the previous Admin will be held accountable.....but I won’t hold my breath. In the back of my mind, I am thinking the spineless Repubs in charge don’t want to ‘ruin the public trust in our political leadership’, even when that political leadership is the other side of the aisle.
Congress Probes Whether Obama DOJ Used The ‘Trump Dossier’ Before Surveillance Court
They did everything just shy of writing the dossier.
After the FBI received the dossier, didn’t they pay some money for a continuation of the dirt digging on their own behalf?
The FBI should recuse themselves from the investigation because of their collusion with the democrats.
I hope you’re right. The full scope of this scandal needs to be exposed.
However....I have no faith or confidence in Republicans to do it or to ever hold anyone accountable.
Whether Obama DOJ Used The ‘Trump Dossier’ Before Surveillance Court, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Of course they did.
Agitprop made to look “real.”
Its the Alinsky Rules for Radicals way.
Read about the Alinsky way here:
The Quintessential Fascist:
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.htm
The only thing standing in the way is the dirty FBI.
It seems that the FBI is not accountable to anyone. This is a real problem.
What if he did?
In your face tax payer...citizen [ha ha]
Now get back to work.
We, in the us gov, want to maintain the lifestyle we come accustomed to.
It seems that the FBI is not accountable to anyone. This is a real problem.
That or the policies in place make it difficult to just clean house all at once, or on a selective basis....
I , for one , feel The Donald would love to do just that....
It seems that the FBI is not accountable to anyone. This is a real problem.
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Sort of like the IRS, CIA, NSA, DOJ (under obama), etc.
The letter comes as the House Intelligence Committee is locked in a battle with the FBI over documents related to the dossier. The bureau has let several deadlines pass and has provided nothing to the committee. Now, Fusion GPS is attempting to defy its subpoena in the matter.--Byron York
Its wrong what they did to Donald Trump but will anyone pay for it?
This is political noise for show that’s what congressional hearings are about, a stage show with no ‘punchlines’.
If we want to get to the expeditious truth of this matter, then we need to remove Congress and the FBI and let Judicial Watch take over the investigation.
It seems like the FBI is in control.
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