Posted on 10/30/2014 5:55:30 PM PDT by digger48
Hot on the heels of the Department of Justice’s suddenly-renewed interest in George Zimmerman’s civil rights liability in the self-defense killing of Trayvon Martin (see: FBI Convenes Grand Jury For Zimmerman Civil Rights Case) just days before next week’s election comes another DOJ action timed perfectly for electoral manipulation.
National Review Online is reporting that the FBI (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the DOJ) has made the highly unusual decision to disclose their investigation into Mike Rounds (pictured above), a Republican Senate candidate in South Dakota, less than a week before next Tuesday’s vote.
The alleged misconduct being investigated is somewhat obscure–something involving a work visa program in the state–but it is notable that the alleged misconduct was to have occurred three years ago, and the FBI’s announcement comes a year after the state’s own attorney general closed its own investigation without bringing any charges.
The concern, of course, is that the FBI announcement was timed to influence Rounds’ prospects in next week’s voting. When asked for more detail, the FBI replied that the agent in charge of the investigation would be unavailable to provide additional information until late next week, after the election, thus leaving a cloud over Rounds’ candidacy through election day.
The National Review Online piece brought in some interesting insight from a career FBI agent, now retired, Jeff Lanza:
Jeff Lanza, who worked for the FBI for more than 20 years, tells National Review Online that the acknowledgement of an investigation is a breach of FBI protocol unless a public official has made the investigation public, knowledge of the investigation is already widespread, or the public admission serves a law-enforcement function. Lanza tells NRO that it remains unclear whether the investigation met any of these standards, and he says he is surprised by the bureau’s acknowledgement of the ongoing investigation. “It’s highly unusual that you would acknowledge an investigation into a political figure who is running for office in an upcoming election,” he says. “I think it deserves an explanation, because it does come off as potentially political when you announce an investigation in a candidate who’s running for office.” The FBI has not identified the specific target or targets of its investigation publicly.
Curiouser, and curiouser.
FBI Gate II is on the way. Is there nothing left that has not been corrupted.
Also in 2006 the FBI was part of the Democrat campaign to take the House when they mounted a high-profile raid on Curt Weldon’s home, seizing computers and documents two weeks before the election (no charges were ever filed, but the publicity gave the election to Joe Sestak).
That agent is probably busy trying to reconstruct the contents of his crashed hard drive.
It disappears shortly after the election.
I am at the point that I can’t believe anything the government does or says under Obama. It’s a shame when you have zero confidence in a President and his administration.
I’m not sure what is sadder; that the Regime is brazen enough to use the FBI as a political weapon or that the agents and their supervisors are so willing to be used; and as a result, corrupt the agency.
The FBI should be disbanded.
The irony is the fact that they are supposed to catch criminals, when in reality they are acting like criminals themselves time and time again. Shame!
Only a few of us seem to get it.
If anyone’s civil rights are being violated by the DOJ, it’s George Zimmerman and Darren Wilson. Funny how Whites are now the true victims of rampant racism these days - it won’t get better...
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