Posted on 05/02/2019 8:09:40 AM PDT by Red Badger
For more than two years, leaks of highly sensitive, often classified information to a few ‘privileged’ media outlets by members of the deep state occurred on a regular basis as the coup attempt against POTUS Donald Trump slowly unfolded.
And for just as long, supporters of the president pleaded with members of Congress and the Jeff Sessions-run Justice Department to take action against those conspirators.
Sessions, who had foolishly recused himself from ‘all things Russia,’ refused to act, frustrating tens of millions of Americans who saw the president battered daily by skewed reporting based on contextual leaks aimed at creating the narrative that POTUS was a Putin stooge at worst and a criminal at best.
But as the saying goes, there’s a new sheriff in town — Attorney General William Barr — and he’s preparing to get to the bottom of this coup attempt and, we believe, hold those who helped craft and execute it responsible.
At least, that’s what he said under oath on Wednesday during his appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
In particular, the committee’s former chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), asked Barr about the leaks and what he was doing about them.
“The Inspector General found that during the department’s investigation of Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified information, there was a culture of unauthorized media contacts. During the Russian investigation, the leaks continued. Leaks undermine the ability of investigators to investigate,” Grassley argued. “Further leaks to the papers while Congress’s questions to the department go unanswered is unacceptable.
“What are you doing to investigate unauthorized media contacts by the department and FBI officials during the Russian investigation?” Grassley asked.
“We have multiple criminal leak investigations underway,” Barr responded.
.@ChuckGrassley asks Bill Barr: "What are you doing to investigate unauthorized media contacts by the department and FBI officials during the Russian investigation?"
Barr: "We have multiple criminal leak investigations underway." pic.twitter.com/v92lutyt2W
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) May 1, 2019
Multiple.
Sen. Joe Kennedy (R-La.) also asked Barr to extend his leak investigation to the special counsel’s office.
“When you’re investigating leaks at the Department of Justice and the FBI, I hope you will include the Mueller team as well,” Kennedy said, concluding his remarks.
Should Obama be arrested for illegally spying on Trump?
Last month, House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) sent at least five criminal referrals to AG Barr regarding spying on the Trump campaign that he says actually began in 2015, shortly after the president declared his intention to seek the GOP nomination.
Cue the deep state panic.
Time for Trump to empty the litter box.Its full and it stinks.
We need more than ‘leak’ investigation.
We need criminal conspiracy investigations.
And re-open HilLIARy’s investigation of classified material handling. Many people have gone to jail for far less.
Comey’s ‘recommendation’ not to prosecute was just that- a recommendation- it is not BINDING.
I wonder if any of those investigations are against members of the House Judiciary Committee?
Look for the deep state to deploy asset(s) to shoot up a mall or church as a distraction.
Let’s see some perp walks... finally!
Waiting.... waiting.
Barr should have said yesterday that the DOJ is contemplating an investigation into the congressional slush fund used to pay off women who have been sexually abused or harassed by congressmen.
Won’t work, now...................
What Barr said, in a round about way, is summarized by Wyatt Earp in Tombstone:
“You tell ‘em I’M coming... and Hell’s coming with me, you hear?”
Practice your lines, Mr. Barr!!!
Beginning yesterday, the Dems. will launch an all out assault on the AG because they are afraid he will begin indicting the leakers and people who started the false probe of the trump Campaign. They will do everything they can to destroy Barr before he can start the indictments. Stay Tuned!
i.e. If I were the CEO’s of Mainstream Media companies and even tech companies like Alphabet (Google), Facebook and Twitter, you better have your lawyers on retainer and speed dial.
Shifty Schiff included too who is the leader of the Intelligence Committee. Hahahaha, that alone is a joke.
Why do you think the dems are all clamoring for him to resign?
Anyone wonder why the press is so 'loyal' to democrats? Now we know - the press is bought. Bought with the coin of the realm... information that costs taxpayers billions to collect. It's no different than if someone paid David Ignatius or his paper a hundred thousand to run a favorable story on the front page...
Those indictments are already sealed......................
I believe Some executions may be appropriate too.
Earp went after the CLANTON GANG.
Barr goes after the CLINTON GANG!...................
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