Chairman Graham Announces Committee to Consider Subpoena Authorization Related to Oversight of FISA Process, Crossfire Hurricane Investigation [Approved today via 12-10 vote]

judiciary.senate.gov ^ | May 18, 2020 | US Senate Judiciary press release

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Chairman Graham Announces Committee to Consider Subpoena Authorization Related to Oversight of FISA Process, Crossfire Hurricane Investigation

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today announced that the Committee would debate and vote on a subpoena authorization related to the FISA abuse investigation and oversight of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.

Graham’s subpoena authorization covers a number of documents, communications and testimony from witnesses, including James Comey, Andrew McCabe, James Clapper, John Brennan, Sally Yates, and others.

The subpoena authorization will be first listed on the agenda for the Committee’s executive business meeting on May 21, 2020. The Committee is expected to vote on the subpoena authorization at its June 4, 2020 executive business meeting.

Background on Senate Judiciary Committee subpoena authorizations:

• Under Senate Judiciary Committee rules, the Chairman cannot unilaterally issue a subpoena. The Chairman can ONLY issue a subpoena with the consent of the Ranking Member or by a Committee vote.
• If approved by a majority of the Committee, the subpoena authorization gives the Chairman the ability to issue a subpoena for witnesses, documents or other materials.
• Subpoena authorization votes in the Senate Judiciary Committee are not common. Chairman Graham will use the precedent set by Chairman Leahy as a guideline for this subpoena authorization vote. On September 25, 2008, the Committee authorized subpoenas by party line vote.

Witnesses, documents and other materials covered by Graham’s subpoena authorization:

• Documents and communications referenced in, and testimony at a hearing or deposition of any individual named or identified by pseudonym in, the report titled “Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation” issued by the U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General
• Documents and communications related to, and the testimony at a hearing or deposition of any current or former executive branch official or employee involved in, the Crossfire Hurricane investigation (including investigations opened under the Crossfire Hurricane umbrella) or the receipt or analysis of reports prepared by Christopher Steele (commonly referred to as the “Steele dossier”)
• Documents, communications and testimony at a hearing or deposition related to any aforementioned matter from:

 

 Trisha Anderson, Brian Auten, James Baker, William Barr, Dana Boente, Jennifer Boone, John Brennan, James Clapper, Kevin Clinesmith, James Comey, Patrick Conlon, Michael Dempsey, Stuart Evans, Tashina Gauhar, Carl Ghattas, Curtis Heide, Kathleen Kavalec, David Laufman, Stephen Laycock, Jacob Lew, Loretta Lynch, Andrew McCabe, Mary McCord, Denis McDonough, Arthur McGlynn, Jonathan Moffa, Sally Moyer, Mike Neufield, Sean Newell, Victoria Nuland, Bruce Ohr, Nellie Ohr, Stephanie L. O’Sullivan, Lisa Page, Joseph Pientka, John Podesta, Samantha Power, E.W. “Bill” Priestap, Sarah Raskin, Steve Ricchetti, Susan Rice, Rod Rosenstein, Gabriel Sanz-Rexach, Nathan Sheets, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Glenn Simpson, Steve Somma, Peter Strzok, Michael Sussman, Adam Szubin, Jonathan Winer, Christopher Wray, and Sally Yates.

[martin_fierro]

Form over substance

[Jim Noble]

Why it matters: Today's vote gives Graham sweeping authority to subpoena documents and more than 50 individuals related to the Russia investigation, including former FBI director James Comey, former CIA director John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper

More nonsense.

This "sweeping authority" does not give Graham a shred of authority to do anything about these crimes, since the Constitution grants neither executive or judicial powers to Congress.

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 “Yes, I know people will show up to complain bitterly that “nothing’s gonna happen” but they’re wrong. :)”

Oh okay. Tell us then, when is the last time that Graham subpoenaing stuff led to an indictment?

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When Trump took office, more than half of the government and judiciary was corrupt. Since his election, he's appointed 300 federal judges. He couldn't start appointing them until the mid-term elections when patriots took the Senate, because the Senate confirms judges.

Sessions worked on cleaning out deep state actors in the DOJ while launching investigations that did not leak like sieves (e.g., Durham in Oct. 2017), so people assumed, and the MSM bragged, that nothing was happening.

Most of the corrupt officials in the FBI/DOJ with a profile high enough to attract attention were allowed to claim they were resigning to "spend more time with their families" or seeking civilian employment having served the public faithfully for many years. Here's some of the more notable "departures"

It's no coincidence that the "fired" group in the above meme includes the players in the org chart below who ran the fake investigation into Hillary's email's and let her walk free of her crimes:

Note that William Barr was the first to lay eyes on the FISA evidence when he took office, because Comey stopped Sessions for seeing it the day he took office by telling Sessions he was  under investigation and therefore had to recuse himself (The US Attorney General cannot be in charge of investigating the appropriateness of his own actions re FISA).

(Note: Rosenstein actually signed the fourth FISA and therefore had to recuse himself, but he didn't because the deep state had a grip on the FBI so there was no one to stop Rosenstein).

Once Barr had evidence in hand, he forced out Mueller and Rosenstein. Mueller and Rosestein were made to appear to leave by their own free will, denying the Deep State/Dems/MSM the riots they hoped to fan into calls for the UN to intervene in country oppressed and rioting as a result of a rogue president's Nixonian Saturday Night Massacre.

[side note: Since then, the Deep State then tried for UN "worthy" riots at the 2nd Amendment protests in Richmond, VA and again the past two weekends outside the White House. It's why Pelosi et. al. keep screaming we have no "leader"].

With the MSM assuring the public that the President's lying about the coup, the public is being brought around to the truth slowly so they can support the legal process now. The real weapon for justice here is taking actions in compliance with our legal system that the public will support. That's why the MSM and Big Social Media are screaming these days - they are losing/have lost "too much" public support for their effort to de-legitimize the investigation into the coup.

The president supports the rule of law, so the wheels of justice have turned slowly, as they always do, and now the spot light is beginning to shine on the Deep Staters who never though Trump would win. Deep State still holds some positions in our legal system (Judge Sullivan/Flynn) and government so the road is precarious, but now appears to be clear for Lindsay to proceed.

[Erik Latranyi]

Oh, they will subpoena and bring them in.

They will not make any referrals for prosecution because the election will have passed.

They have 4 months, with many adjournments along the way.

[Steve Van Doorn]

Nice post. They’re doing this very late. If the deep state wins the election this will be over in October.

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“Yes, I know people will show up to complain bitterly that “nothing’s gonna happen” but they’re wrong. :)”

Oh okay. Tell us then, when is the last time that Graham subpoenaing stuff led to an indictment?
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I forgot to add, the the Muller/Russia hoax enabled the deep state to “hold” or “freeze” access to documents now being brought to light; their game of “keep away” lasted for approximately 2 years, and Lindsay couldn’t proceed without documents like FISA’s etc.

[Chgogal]

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[upchuck]

Bear in mind this article is almost a month old.

We know her track record regarding promises, don't we?

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Remember that linda is up for reelection in November.
Remember also that linda announced last August he is writing a Red Flag bill.

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I think Lindsey Graham is teetering in between the deep state and President Trump. I think the DS has leverage they use to make him sit up and beg when they want.

He withheld, I think it was authorization of subpoenas, and so the good guys went around him and had Department of Homeland Security get the authorization (I know Lindsey tried to stop subpoenas somehow, can’t recall the details other than they went around him).

So this swaying traitor is similar to a rock being kicked up a hill. I believe there are enough patriots doing the kicking right about now to get info into the public eye even if Lindsey doesn’t like it.

[bagster]

Wake me when Comey and gang go to jail.

No. You're more likable when you're asleep.

[bagster]

I certainly didn’t count on the Democrats fully going completely nuts right including Burning pillaging and having our groups take over parts of a major city though!

You ain't seen nothin' yet. Wait'll they roll up the big dogs.

[bagster]

Oh okay. Tell us then, when is the last time that Graham subpoenaing stuff led to an indictment?

Are you aware that the Senate doesn't indict people?

[bagster]

This "sweeping authority" does not give Graham a shred of authority to do anything about these crimes, since the Constitution grants neither executive or judicial powers to Congress.

It gives him authority to make the case before the people, make criminal referrals, and bolster Durham/Barr's cases, which are in progress.

[Guenevere]

I believe!

[bagster]

Bear in mind this article is almost a month old.

Bear in mind this article is almost a day old.

Senate Judiciary gives Graham sweeping subpoena powers in review of Russia probe

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The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-10 along party lines Thursday to allow its chair, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), to subpoena former Obama administration officials as part of the GOP-led probe into the origins of the 2016 Russia investigation.

Bear in mind also that the derps threw up the rona to forestall this, amongst other things.

Bear in mind that you don't have a clue about what's really going on.

[upchuck]

I invite you to look at the original date of this, 5/18/2020, almost a month ago. Look at the Jud. Comm doc, dated 5/18/2020, almost a month ago.

[upchuck]

Agreed. Too bad the voters in SC didn’t know about this on Tues, June 9, the primary which linda won going away.

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I invite you to look at the original date of this, 5/18/2020, almost a month ago. Look at the Jud. Comm doc, dated 5/18/2020, almost a month ago.
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The groundwork is in the article linked at the top from May of 2020. In post #1, the article notes that today, the authorization passed in a 12 to 10 vote. I didn’t know how to put both in the top of the thread so I put the ground work on top and today’s vote in post #1.

[bagster]

These knobs will say anything to keep their sky is falling, nothing is happening narrative alive.

Its like chocolate to them. Negative vibes sustain them.

[Candor7]

Linda had better see this through!