Posted on 05/29/2020 12:40:14 PM PDT by kathsua
[Is the Bill of Rights a Bad Joke? pt. 2] .
Attorney General William Barr should send a letter to the Supreme Court stating that the 2016 election investigation violated the Constitution because it was based in part on an unverified dossier provided by a British MI6 agent who conceded that it might only be 70% to 90% accurate.
Most people don't understand that the Bill of Rights provisions regulating law enforcement weren't added to the Constitution to protect killers and thieves. The provisions were added to the Constitution to prevent corrupt law enforcement agencies from misusing the criminal justice system to harass political activists. One of the worst abuses in British legal history was the "Star Chamber" proceeding which allowed the use of secret unsubstantiated allegations against the accused, especially against political activists.
The involvement of British intelligence agent Christopher Steele in the investigation in effect makes it a form of Star Chamber proceeding. I know he says he's retired, but think about it. Obviously, if he's on a "secret mission" for the British government, he's not going to say "I'm on a secret mission to discredit Donald Trump." He's going to say "I'm retired." I have enough respect for Britain's MI6 to believe that it can arrange for agents on secret assignments to appear retired or to have "jobs" that have no connection to the British government.
Patrick Cockburn compared the Steele dossier to the British government's exaggerated claims about Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction.
American courts need to know how information is obtained so defense attorneys can have an opportunity to discredit government allegations, Agents like Steele need to keep some information and sources of information secret. Courts need to know the truth. Agents must be able to lie convincingly such as when the British overstated the status of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Regardless of whether or not Steele prepared the Trump dossier on assignment for his government, the dossier appears to be the type of propaganda piece an agent might prepare for his government. It's not important whether Steele's document caused the Mueller investigation or merely encouraged it. What is important is that allowing a foreign agent to encourage a criminal investigation of an American politician allows other countries to meddle in our politics by providing evidence to destroy politicians they don't like.
70% to 90% accurate? Who is he kidding? Maybe .007% to .009% accurate.
RE: Russia Investigation Blatantly Unconstitutional
Stop this evil lawless DC, or USA perishes.
The ENTIRE Kenyanesian Usurpation was blatantly unconstitutional.
Obama is not a natural born citizen.
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