Posted on 10/04/2019 7:02:34 AM PDT by Joachim
As many have noted: (1) the Ukraine-related "whistleblower" complaint lacks an “urgent concern” as defined in the statute to justify forwarding to Congress and (2) the complaint lacks first-hand knowledge, which the IG IC had specifically required for “credibility” and hence entitlement to whistleblower treatment—until after the appearance of this particular complaint. More fundamentally:
The Intelligence Community Inspector General (IC IG) has no authority to receive or investigate complaints about the President.
In Title 50 U.S. Code Section 3033 (“Inspector General of the Intelligence Community”), paragraph (g) (“Authorities”) sets out the IC IG’s authority. The authority to “receive and investigate” complaints is provide in subparagraph (g)(3): “The Inspector General is authorized to receive and investigate . . . complaints or information from any person concerning the existence of an activity within the authorities and responsibilities of the Director of National Intelligence . . . .”
The President’s conversations with other heads of state is not “an activity within the authorities and responsibilities” of the DNI. (Check Title 50 U.S. Code Section 3024, “Responsibilities and authorities of the Director of National Intelligence” if you like.)
By “receiving and investigating” an alleged whistleblower complaint about the President, the IC IG is acting outside his authority and contrary to law.
Put simply, the IC is not above the President. The Democrats and the anti-Trump media are effectively leading or joining an IC-facilitated coup by pretending otherwise.
It’s a coup and coups don’t follow the rules.
it smells like poo too
...and we still have the Second Amendment. Thank God!
How would you like a job as the US Attorney General? The guy doing the job now doesn’t seem to really get all this.
Mueller didn’t have the duty or authority to not exonerate Trump....
If only failed coups were handled properly.
Right. Reverse everything and there would be half a dozen indicted Republicans at this point. Bank it.
The damage has been done. Someone with standing needs to sue the ICIG for breach of duty or something; and if a federal judge agrees, he should be fired.
I fully understand that process would take months or even years.
Had Senator Graham really cared about supporting Trump he would have already hauled this coupist in front of his committee. Instead, he just runs his mouth on TV. The IC IG is in on the coup. No doubt.
Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Haul the coupists into GOP controlled Senate hearings and this episode ends.
For some reason the Senate GOP won’t do that. I can only assume it’s because they want POTUS wounded and/or impeached, too.
I haven’t even seen him on TV about this. His pal Juan (reach across the aisle) McCain was in on it for sure.
Mueller didn’t have the duty or authority to not exonerate Trump...
And therein lies the problem.. The media, politicians, and ill intentioned lawyers thrive on “ weasel words” to make us think that we can’t decipher BS when we hear it.
This whole Impeachment Inquiry is a prime example.....
Andrew McCarthy doing a great job speaking plain english about it, and calling it what it is all political theater....
If only the coup had failed.
Treason never doth prosper
And what is the reason?
Because if it doth prosper
None dare call it treason.
“Coupists”: cou-pissed, I love it. Added to my dictionary!
The land of the lawless, DC: it does not care about law, lawful law. It is above the law, creating non-law, on a regular basic for its servants, We-The-People.
Ever since SCOTUS ruled that the Commercial Clause portion of USConstitution, enabled DC to pass _laws_ which USConstitution actually does not allow.
Agree 100%. It’s like our Senate is on vacation.
Sedition - a coup d’état...pure and simple! But no one does anything about it - gov’t is so so F’ed up! I wish he had or used the power of the presidency!
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