Posted on 05/19/2018 8:18:17 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
The primary question within the letter is: under what authority, and within what statute, is the AAG authorized to assign a counterintelligence investigation to a special counsel:
“More specifically, section 600.1 states the Attorney General “will appoint a Special Counsel when he or she determines that criminal investigation of a person or matter is warranted.” The omitted regulations do not authorize counterintelligence investigations.”
One of the questions within the letter is additionally interesting. SEE:
7. “Have you delegated FISA approval authority to the Special Counsel? If so, on what date, and was the delegation done in writing? If it was in writing, please provide a copy to the Committee.”
[Omission: “If it was not in writing, please explain why it was not in writing.”]
What an odd framework for a question.
Did Rod Rosenstein refuse to answer the question on May 18th, 2017?
Why would Senator Grassley make note of that question, and then ask that exact same question again in this letter
(Excerpt) Read more at theconservativetreehouse.com ...
Something tells me Grassley already knows the answer to every question he asks in this letter.
When they all go to trial, it should be deep in Red State territory, or Gitmo.
You bet he did. The shift of focus on FISA is another nail in the coffin. The conspirators were always vulnerable there, because it’s all public record and it can’t be “lost”.
The noose is tightening.
Oh baby, I pray it is so. How sweet it would be if how sweet it is!—Jackie Gleason.
I was thinking the same thing. These questions are very specific and leave no room for nuanced answers or equivocation.
Looks like game set match. This is hot and ready to pop.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
I forget.
Nobody in the US Government has unilateral authority to ask for a FISA warrant.
And, they are only there for Counter-Intelligence investigations, not criminal investigations.
If Mueller was granted authority for this, it was illegal and there’s a whole new pile of crimes to be prosecuted.
These people must suffer hanging on the Capitol steps.
Grassley’s letter is gonna leave a mark...may need to put some ice on it.
Something tells me Grassley already knows the answer to every question he asks in this letter.
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As a good PROSECUTOR should.
They're putting these requests out in the public domain so the lawyers for criminal defendants like Gen. Flynn, Paul Manafort and Concord Management will know what to ask for in their respective legal proceedings.
>>And I’ve been saying all along that Grassley and Nunes aren’t pursuing this information because they really want it themselves.
They’re putting these requests out in the public domain so the lawyers for criminal defendants like Gen. Flynn, Paul Manafort and Concord Management will know what to ask for in their respective legal proceedings.
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Good analysis!
“The noose is tightening”.
Yep, it’s all coming together. And the noose won’t be tied in a half assed knot, either.
I think that the noose is tightening around the necks of the deep state operatives and that they either are going to start swinging in the wind or they are going to start turning States evidence begging for a plea deal.
Drain the swamp!
Very good thinking.
“They’re putting these requests out in the public domain so the lawyers for criminal defendants like Gen. Flynn, Paul Manafort and Concord Management will know what to ask for in their respective legal proceedings.”
Exactly. It also serves as constructive notice that if they continue acting without legal authority they can expect to be prosecuted.
There is absolutely NO way that Crooked Andrew Weissman hasn’t used FISA access if Rosenstein gave it to the SC.
Expect to hear “parallel construct” by defense teams real soon in all Mueller cases. ;)
Judge T.S. Ellis III may have access to that authorization information on Monday if revealed in the Manafort case.
Mueller: “We don’t bother with FISA warrants anymore, we just do what we need to do.”
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