Posted on 09/14/2019 6:26:32 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
Today’s Campaign Update (Because The Campaign Never Ends)
In case you missed it, plodding, thus-far-inept DOJ IG Michael Horowitz sent a letter to congress yesterday notifying key committee chairs that he has finally, at long last, completed the initial draft if his eons-awaited report on FISA abuse. The report now goes to Attorney General William Barr and swamp rat FBI Director Christopher Wray to begin the internal review process. That process will likely consume another month or so, maybe even longer, before the public will finally, at long last, be able to see the fruits of Horowitz’s glacially-paced labors.
This, of course will set the stage for all manner of leaking and self-puffery by the subjects of the IG’s report, including John Brennan, James Comey, James Clapper, Peter Strzok and Andrew McCabe, to name just a few of the Usual Suspects who the public record already available clearly demonstrates defrauded the FISA court repeatedly during 2016-17.
It also sets the stage for wild anticipation and irrational optimism among Trump supporters who have been paying attention to all of this that Horowitz is somehow about to deliver the goods on all the participants in the Obama DOJ/FBI Cabal, the foundation that will result in all of them being tried for treason and shipped off to prison for the rest of their lives.
Like clockwork, former prosecutor and ex-congressman Trey Gowdy appeared on Sean Hannity’s show last night to caution everyone to cool your heels and tamp down your expectations. Below is a video clip of that appearance, with a partial transcript to follow:
Here’s a partial transcript for those of you who still like to read stuff:
Gowdy: “It’s hard to convince 12 people of anything – I used to have to do that for a living. It’s tough. You’ve gotta dot every I and cross every T.
“Candidly, it is more difficult if it is a high-profile defendant. So, if they go forward with McCabe, it’s going to be a tough trial. You don’t want the U.S. government going to trial and losing on a regular basis. They lost the Greg Craig case, and that’s not good. If you’re going to go to trial, you need to win.”
Hannity shifts the subject to the IG Report producing indictments:
Gowdy: “You have to find a criminal statute if your objective is indictment. That is why I’m very clear every time I appear on your show that we cannot live in a society where an indictment is the only thing that carries any stigma [valid point there – more on that at the bottom of this piece].
“Most of the names in this FISA abuse process have already been fired or publicly called to task. Jim Comey, twice now, the IG said ‘you did not meet our expectations. You failed to follow policy. You violated your employment agreement.’ All of that has to be significant.
“I used to try to make representations in court, and I tried real hard to be honest and fair about it. But let’s assume that I didn’t tell the court something. The remedy for me is not indictment. The remedy is I may lose my law license, I may be held in contempt.”
[Hannity interrupts, which is what he is good at, but makes a good point about the use of the unverified Dossier as the basis for the FISA warrants being a conscious fraud on the court, which it was. Repeatedly.]
Gowdy: “Well, if you were a lawyer, you’d lose your law license, and the court could hold you in contempt. You would be held in contempt of court, absolutely and you can go to jail for that. But I don’t know that lawyers who make factual misrepresentations in front of judges get indicted. You’re gonna get punished, you’re gonna be held in contempt, you may get sent to prison.
“I’m not minimizing anything they’ve done. I’m saying we’ve gotta attach the right punishment to the right offense.”
[Hannity visibly angry now: “But by signing that, they’re denying an American citizen their constitutional rights. They’re literally using that lie to spy on a presidential candidate, and then transition.”]
Gowdy: “Aha! We’ve identified a statute! Using the color of a government official – it could be a 1983 action. And that’s all I’m saying – we have gotta match up the conduct with an official code violation. What you just laid out is a 1983 violation. Now, we’re getting somewhere!” [Note: U.S. Code Sec. 1983 allows prosecutors to pursue a civil action against anyone acting “under color of law” to deprive an American citizen of their civil rights. It is not a criminal statute.]
[Hannity: “I’ll send you Greg Jarrett’s list, he’s identified a whole bunch of violations.”]
Gowdy: “Don’t sent it to me, send it to Bill Barr.”
[Hannity dissembles about not knowing Barr. Interview ends.]
So, if you’ve been reading all those Twitter-based tick-tock conspiracy mongers and and watching Hannity air the same program every night for the last 18 months, leading you to believe the IG’s report was going to lower the BOOM on all the participants in the Obama Cabal, well, sorry. Trey Gowdy, a former prosecutor who never lost a case is here to tell you to dampen those expectations and go watch some football this weekend instead.
Finally, let’s review this passage of Gowdy’s comments:
“That is why I’m very clear every time I appear on your show that we cannot live in a society where an indictment is the only thing that carries any stigma [valid point there – more on that at the bottom of this piece].
“Most of the names in this FISA abuse process have already been fired or publicly called to task. Jim Comey, twice now, the IG said ‘you did not meet our expectations. You failed to follow policy. You violated your employment agreement.’ All of that has to be significant.”
Of course, Gowdy’s absolutely right there. Public stigma used to be a vital aspect of punishing bad actors like the Cabal participants whenever the government couldn’t succeed in actually prosecuting them under criminal statutes.
The problem, though, is that that stigma no longer exists for anyone who is opposed to President Donald Trump. That stigma can only exist if our society has a real, working news media establishment that is willing to lay out the truth of their acts to the public and shame them for it. Our fake new media no longer serves that function related to anyone opposed to Trump. In fact, those bad actors are not only NOT shamed by the media, many of them are handsomely rewarded by the media with big “contributor” contracts. Witness Andrew McCabe, John Brennan, James Clapper as prime examples.
Peter Strzok and Comey were fired, but then were rewarded by the media with big book deals. Strzok and McCabe were both able to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars from demented leftists when they set-up online funds for their legal defense. On and on the depravity on the political left and in our fake news media goes.
So, while what Gowdy says there used to be correct in a U.S. society of decades ago, it is utterly irrelevant in today’s world. Absent indictments, all of these co-conspirators will just keep laughing all the way to the bank with money largely provided them by our fake news media.
Sad, but true.
That is all.
America is a post-constitutional country. Everything is run by and for the oligarchs and against the people. A little reform here and there and asking people to do their jobs won’t make any difference.
Because you’re not in the protected class. Felicity Huffman gets 14 days for bribery. You’d get a couple years.
LOL...how anyone can watch Hannity TV show or listen to his radio show defines the word insanity....
Same litany of BS taking points every day and night expecting different results...
I was watching him on Trish Reagan at 8:00 and the first thing that popped into my mind was ‘what the heck is with the hair?’ It’s like he’s going Hollywood or something.
None of the participants of the Kenyanesian Usurpation will be charged because both parties cooperated to violate the Constitution and that must be kept under wraps at all costs.
Just ask Seth Rich......
How many pegs are we going to hang our hat on? Sessions, Huber, Wray, the farcical Q, Barr, Horowitz, Durham.
This whole thing is a travesty.
Many of us have been saying for some time that those at the top have great leeway in their jobs and that many things that are “wrong” are not illegal. However there are other forms of punishment than criminal, including financial and loss of prestige/reputation and hopefully all will be administered to Comey, Brennan, Clapper, et al. More likely for the lower level people will face prosecution.
When Trump says “this must never happen to another President” that tells you the emphasis is on fixing the system.
On the one hand, Hannity is completely correct. There was an abuse of power by the usual suspects, namely, the liberal elites in the permanent government.
On the other hand, he is a damn fool. If he ever believed that the elites investigating the elites would hold them to account, then he hasn’t been paying very close attention.
When these IG reports became more and more delayed, I knew that the white wash was on. Language will be dumbed down, offenses declared insignificant or the new fav, “unintentional.” But make no mistake, the elites protect their own.
When Donald Trump decried the system as “being rigged” he was dead on. He should return to that theme.
The fact is the FBI used a known false document to get a FISA warrant to spy on Presidential campaign..4 times. So Hannity is repetitious when he is talking about it. At least someone is on a network broadcast network talking about it. You should be ridiculing Horawitz for being the deep state stooge we all suspected he is.
Doesn’t matter. When Leftist Grand Juries refuse to indict, even in the face of provable lawbreaking, our system of Justice is non-existent. And for those who think they excuse all Deep-staters, show me which Republican has benefited from their ‘jury nullification’.
Gowdy: “It’s hard to convince 12 people of anything – I used to have to do that for a living. It’s tough. You’ve gotta dot every I and cross every T.
Yup, the jury found OJ not guilty
Has CNN received their copy yet?
These are politically motivated crimes - FISA, the Clinton server, the Russia Hoax, IRS targeting, etc.
But, Trump retained, re-assigned, or promoted almost every top executive in Obama’s DOJ and FBI.
Trump also refuses to assist any organization that is trying to obtain documents that show political corruption at the DOJ and FBI - there are literally dozens of FOIA requests and lawsuits that have been pending for years.
That's either political insanity - or it's absolutely deliberate.
Y’all need to watch the whole (6+ min) interview linked with the HONORABLE Trey Gowdy (blue background) BELOW the short cut HALF STORY at the top. At the end Gowdy gets to the JUST way to get these criminals behind bars.
Have faith, there is a remnant of white hats who, Lord willing, will enlighten the public, and dispense justice. Truly pray that our nation’s people eyes will be opened to the truth of not only the FISA abuse, but also the child trafficking. These people are SICK.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trey-gowdy-mccabe-case-greg-craig
Blackmon is good.
Thanks for posting.
I always enjoy his perspective.
Hope he’s a Freeper.
Yep.
For one thing, the whole point of FISA courts is that they are allowed to bypass normal legal standards and procedures.
The DOJ has well over 100,000 employees, and a budget of $30 billion. There may be up to a few hundred of those employees that don’t hate Pres. Trump or anyone conservative.
The coup is political, and demands a political solution. If enough voters don’t care, the winners and losers are clear, regardless of abstract concepts of justice.
I do have some experience with this “law and facts” issue in the real world.
My experience is that if a prosecutor is very determined to pursue a case, and is willing to commit the necessary resources to get it done, they can find the appropriate legal framework to match the relevant facts and will be able to convince a grand jury to get an indictment. (Conviction, of course, may be more difficult.)
If they are lukewarm or are not that interested in the case (for whatever reason) they can easily decide not to pursue it.
FISA abuse is a _big_ deal, and this should be a very high priority case.
Failure to pursue it is indicative of a lack of will, imho, and is not a function of either the law or the facts.
I’m shocked, shocked I say.
In 1991, Obama’s future Vice President Joe Biden actually voted for William Barr for Attorney General.
Compelling truth of the day, FTA:
“Absent indictments, all of these co-conspirators will just keep laughing all the way to the bank with money largely provided them by our fake news media.”
Sadly, doesn’t look like there will be any.
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