Posted on 12/12/2021 11:39:26 AM PST by bitt
A top adviser to Attorney General Merrick Garland is facing calls to recuse herself from the Justice Department's investigation of the Trump-Russia probe, which has looked into the actions of her husband, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.
Margaret Goodlander serves as counsel to Garland, who oversees Special Counsel John Durham's investigation. Garland has oversight of Durham's budget, the scope of the investigation, and the release of a report Durham is believed to be writing. Sullivan, who married Goodlander in 2015, has been referenced in Durham's indictment of a cybersecurity lawyer who worked for the Clinton campaign. While there is no indication that Durham is targeting Sullivan, the national security adviser could be a witness for the investigation given that he was a foreign policy adviser to Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. Durham's report could also reveal embarrassing details about Sullivan's work on the campaign to dig up dirt on Donald Trump's possible links to Russia.
A spokesman for the Justice Department said Goodlander "has no role in Mr. Durham's investigation," but it is unclear whether she has formally recused herself from the matter or whether the Durham probe is outside her Justice Department portfolio. Fox News reported that Goodlander advises Garland on antitrust and international issues.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) and the watchdog group Empower Oversight say Goodlander should be formally recused from the Durham investigation to maintain public trust in the probe.
"The Justice Department's standing guidance calls for employees to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest, especially when it comes to ongoing criminal investigations," said Grassley, the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
"It’s in Garland's best interest—and he's obligated—to be transparent about whether his department is walling off officials who have a real or even perceived conflict, just as prior administrations have
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He has a conflict too
VIDEO: 2017 Jake Sullivan on CNN peddling the Alfa Bank hoax
https://rumble.com/vmmjcb-jake-sullivan-on-cnn-peddling-the-alfa-bank-hoax-a-key-portion-of-the-russi.html
The conflict is real, what the heck is she doing being assigned to this?
The DOJ is rotten to the core.
Oops, the Justice Department “minder” has been outed.
The DC swamp is more incestuous than a Pakistani tribal wedding.
2 custodians and a part-time secretary will be in jail for 1 night when all this is said and done. Thanks Durham.
Half of DC can donate a kidney to they other half. Bunch of DC inbreds that dare laugh at Appalachia.
DC, where everybody married to everybody.
5 Fun Facts About Failed National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4020616/posts
Spice is nice but political incest is best, and a hallmark of the Democrats, except at Pedo Island where they are all one big happy family.
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