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.
Why not criticize Trump’s DOJ?
Pretty obviously not Trump’s DOJ at this point. Zee Resistance is in charge there. Although, I do think some of Trump’s political moves are misdirection to avoid direct intraparty conflict with the GOP in Congress. Barr takes the heat for them, basically. POTUS can’t win in 2020 while engaging his own party. He knows they won’t support him and trys to hide that fact from voters lest Trump voter morale crash.
The coup is bipartisan in nature...Mueller and his police state tactics never happen without top cover from the GOP. It’s that simple.
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Good comments all.
The GOP is complicit in this mess. Period.
Or maybe it's family protection...
If you go up against the Clintons, you are likely dead...If you go up against the entire Washington establishment, you no longer will have a family...
I believe Trump's doing the best he can with what he's got to work with...
POTUS can’t win in 2020 while engaging his own party. He knows they won’t support him and trys to hide that fact from voters lest Trump voter morale crash.
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Another very insightful comment! You’re on a roll today. :)
I hope Trump decides to start his own party at some point. The GOP does not, and never will, faithfully represent conservative interests.
Once a significant threshold of serfs who thought they were citizens has been reached there won’t be enough suckers for the game to go on.
Martial Law is an option that really needs to be considered. In fact, IMHO it is probably the ONLY thing that would restore our country to some semblance of what it was before the DOJ went rogue.
I said it before and I’ll say it again.. There is NO WAY in hell that ANY lawyer in DC is going to bring ANY OTHER lawyer in DC to JUSTICE..! If, at this point in time, you really want to see justice in the federal government, you better get a rope.... :(
I was trying to be ironic.
Constitutionally it should be Trump's DOJ, but it still remains firmly in the hands of the Deep State.
Or so it seems.
I guess it's still possible that Barr and Durham will show us otherwise, but watching Gowdy last night on Hannity, it sure seems like he was out there to deliver a message, that the fix is in.
But the “social contract” is unraveling. Notice the early indications. Just a year or so ago we had one guy crack and mail a bunch of fake bombs around. Not that long ago an Active Duty Officer made the mistake of talking to someone else about plans he was making and so he was thwarted. My guess is there is someone out there who won’t be foolish and mail fake bombs. Who won’t be foolish and talk about it. Some one who knows where McCabe or Comey or another of these conspirators will be at a given time and that person will visit justice on them through vigilance. Because that is what happens as things unravel. Barr had his chance.
I guess it’s still possible that Barr and Durham will show us otherwise, but watching Gowdy last night on Hannity, it sure seems like he was out there to deliver a message, that the fix is in.
Spot on. This is a sophisticated psywar op going on right now to condition us to that fact that nothing substantive will be done about the coup. The Deep State people are pros at gaslighting. Sadly, most the sheeple will never understand how they are being manipulated.
reply to: To allow them to preen and strut after what they have done. No. We ain’t having none of that.
OK, so when that doesn’t happen...what’s next?
Spontaneous events become increasingly more common is historically generally what evolves. I notice we had two “mass murders” in two days recently. Looks like the tempo is increasing to me.
EyesOfTX
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.
Including LOSING YOUR LAW LICENSE.
Being found in CONTEMPT OF COURT...SPECIFICALLY THE FISA COURT
For those still employed being fired en masse.
Perhaps lawyers, like Gowdy, have some thoughts.
If Weissman has his license revoked and Christopher Wray is FIRED, I would feel somewhat better.
So many traitors...so little time. Pathetic
We’ll hear that tired old refrain...mistakes were made and we have to make sure it doesn’t happen again...yada,yada,yada.
God does work through people. Hence the remnant! :)
Nineteen years here, and you’ve never learned how to post an image? Wow.
It's the top of the iceberg. Read Collyer's April 2017 Opinion and Order. The government undetakes RAMPANT warrantless snooping -- which is coincidentally constitiutional when performed to gather foreign intelligence.
The FISA warrant stack is there to "prove" a falsehood - that the government uses utmost care and the highest standards before snooping.
I see a real practical barrier to getting a "lied to the FISA court" conviction. I bet the application is literally true. Misleading, but literally true.
I believe I have considered 100% of the particular statutory violations posited.
It is true that I tend to ignore you.
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