Posted on 10/22/2019 8:08:16 AM PDT by bitt
Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley expressed frustration Monday at a months long delay in the release of the Justice Department Inspector General’s report on possible FBI surveillance abuse against the Trump campaign, questioning whether the “deep state” has somehow slowed the release of the document.
“All of the delays and excuses why the Horowitz IG FISA report isn’t public yet after several months of anticipation of its issues leads me to the suspicion it’s going to be ‘deep six’ by the deep state,” Grassley wrote on Twitter.
Michael Horowitz, the inspector general, began in March 2018 investigating whether the FBI complied with legal requirements in applications for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants against Trump campaign aide Carter Page. The bureau relied heavily on the unverified Steele dossier in applications for the warrants, as well as for the main investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian government.
Christopher Steele, a former MI6 officer, dug up dirt on the Trump campaign on behalf of the DNC and Clinton campaign. In the dossier, he alleged that Trump aides, including Page, worked with Kremlin operatives to influence the 2016 election. Steele also claimed that there was a “well-developed conspiracy of coordination” between the Trump team and Russians.
But the special counsel’s report undercut much of the dossier. It said there was insufficient evidence to establish a Trump-Russia conspiracy.
The OIG report was initially expected to be released in June, but has been steadily delayed amid new developments, including an interview that same month with Steele.
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Ask Chris Wray
It is all a sham...Trump is all by himself..
Where the hell is the GOP..Nowhere..
The FBI is involved with Horowitz in “declassifying” the report, so you can bet that they are rewriting it so their criminal behavior in spying on Candidate/President Trump will be hidden. This report will probably be a massive cover-up of their wrong doing.
Where the hell is the GOP..Nowhere..
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Situation normal for the GOP. AWOL again.
Wray is a Deep State hack.. should be fired.
Another whitewash in the making.
The GOP senators could hold hearings and call Horowitz. But they won’t.
We’re still waiting on all the JFK assassination documents, 56 years later. The last ones were supposed to be released last year, but Trump deferred to the CIA and pushed back the deadline
Wray keeps exposing himself for what he is....a deep state prick.
Trump can always declassify what Wray classified after the fact, exposing Wray for feces he is.
Well gee whiz, Chuck. You might want to think about dropping a few subpoenas on a few folks. You know, get them in front of your committee and put them under oath.
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While we’re at it, why doesn’t CIA want JFK assassination documents released?
Send in the Marines.
Maybe they are hoping to wait out Trump. I wonder what they will do if Trump wins another term? They can only wait so long before it does look like a cover up.
Didn't he turn the chairmanship of that committee over to LG?
The problem too is that a release might compromise “sources and methods.” It is too bad, if true, that the agencies used their power illegally.
I always believe that sunlight is the best disinfectant and even it might risk “sources and methods” WE THE PEOPLE need to know so that they can make an informed decision during elections and fire the people who were acting criminally.
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