Posted on 02/10/2018 8:08:41 AM PST by MarvinStinson
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the criminal referral is "not based on any allegation" that Christopher Steele, the author of the infamous Trump-Russia dossier, lied to FBI investigators about former Trump aide Carter Page, or what was included in the dossier.
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., slammed the criminal referral of Christopher Steele by Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., saying it has numerous “flaws” and “omits key facts.”
In a five-page analysis released Friday, Feinstein says the criminal referral is “not based on any allegation” that Steele, the author of the infamous Trump-Russia dossier, lied to FBI investigators about former Trump aide Carter Page, or what was included in the dossier.
“[N]either provide any evidence that any of the information in Steele’s dossier is wrong. Instead, the referral is limited to a single baseless allegation: that Steele lied about his contacts with the press,” the analysis says.
This week Grassley made public more details from the Jan. 4 unclassified criminal referral of Steele. The referral asks the Department of Justice to investigate whether Steele lied to FBI investigators about his communications with the press.
The referral, which was first released in heavily redacted form on Monday, appears to confirm some level of coordination between the extended Clinton circle and the Obama administration in the effort to seek damaging information about then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.
The less-redacted referral fails to provide further illumination on the memo mentioned in the dossier obtained by BuzzFeed, which laid out how Steele allegedly received information from "a foreign sub-source who is in touch with [redacted], a contact of [redacted], a friend of the Clintons, who passed it to [redacted]" — redactions that appeared in the first issuance of the referral.
The unredacted referral does discuss the controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court applications seeking permission for the government to spy on Page.
Feinstein’s analysis claims the Grassley-Graham referral omits “key facts,” because they failed to modify the referral “before and after” the Justice Department provided the committee with documents about its interactions with Steele. This includes an Oct. 19, 2016, report that Steele received information from a “friend of the Clintons.” According to Feinstein, 14 of the 17 memos within the Steele dossier were created by him before the Oct. 19. report.
Feinstein’s analysis concludes that the criminal referral “fails to make a case” that Steele actually lied o the FBI.
“The criminal referral contains no new information. All the information in the criminal referral was already available to the FBI and the Department of Justice,” the analysis concludes. “In fact, the referral relies on publicly available information and information that was provided to Congress from DOJ and the FBI.”
In a statement accompanying the analysis, Feinstein said the Grassley-Graham referral has goals that include “undermining the FBI and Special Counsel [Robert] Mueller’s investigation, attacking Christopher Steele and deflecting attention from collusion and obstruction of justice investigations.
“Not a single revelation in the Steele dossier has been refuted. Unfortunately, the claims in the criminal referral rely on classified information, so it’s difficult to fully repudiate them here. However, as much as possible using unclassified information, the following points lay out the flaws in the criminal referral,” she said.
The Justice Department has not yet publicly commented on the Grassley-Graham referral.
Trump: “I will look at it at the time. I’m not looking at it now. What I’ve seen is so bad.” (referring to the email scandal)
Wallace pressed the question further. Trump replied, “What I’m saying is I will tell you at the time. I’ll keep you in suspense.”
Clinton then chimed in with what, in retrospect, was surely the most deceitful, treacherous answer in presidential debate history:
“That’s horrifying. That’s not the way our democracy works. We’ve been around 240 years. We’ve had free and fair elections, and we’ve accepted the outcomes when we may not have liked them, and that is what must be expected of anyone standing on a debate stage during a general election.“She added, “And let’s be clear about what he’s saying and what he means. He’s denigrating—he’s talking down our democracy. I for one am appalled that somebody who is the nominee of one of our major two parties would take that kind of position.”
Clinton was later asked by reporters about Trump’s statement at the debate and she said, “I truly doubt he has ever read the Constitution.”
That the Democrats wanted her to be president and have thrown a fit for over a year that she lost says all we ever need to know about them. Read the Constitution? Clinton and her acolytes shredded it in pursuit of power and wealth.
DiFi determined to take the Crazy top spot from Pelosi.
Multiple revelations in the Steele dossier have been demonstrably proven false.
How do you proof a negative Diane?
The onus is always on the one making the assertion to provide proof
And Ms. Finebrain is the anus that thinks the opposite!
Very slick of her. Grassley made it clear that either Steele lied to the FBI or the FBI lied to the court. He knows perfectly well that the FBI lied to the court. By insisting they review the charge of Steel lying Grassley is requiring the FBI to come clean about its own prevarication before the court.
Feinstein is deflecting. She understands perfectly the game that is afoot. Her charge that investigating the FBI is an attempt to undermine the FBI is outrageous. It insists that criminal behavior must be allowed to dominate the agency.
Hey Dianne: It’s the seriousness of the charge, right??
The bag needs to prove she is not insane. I say she is given as a fact for her to prove is not correct.
This is why we have presumption of innocence and require proof of guilt.
It is almost impossible to prove a negative as in prove you did not do something.
Demokrats are backasswards. Standards don’t apply to them, unless they can be turned inside out.
Diane Feinstein will demonstrate how to divide a number by zero.
In the age of extortion, Soros, and tabloid payoffs, I figure that if they were real, the prostitutes would have come forward for big money for interviews, etc. If one were to claim that the hookers would be killed if they came forward, you would have to look at the example Gennifer Flowers set when she said she came out because, with the Clintons, she was afraid for her life. If something happened to her as an unknown person, she would be forgotten. If she was harmed AFTER she made public accusations, her death would be considered suspicious.
“Prove you didn’t slap that pregnant woman in the face on July 21st, 1987 on Houston Street in New York City.” It’s called a “negative pregnant” in legal terms, and it’s bullshit as usual.
Feinstein didn’t write this, she’s not legally astute enough to recognize the points made within. Hillary’s people are in it to the death to put her in the WH, even if it costs Trump his life.
She is very worried about this, which is why she released the Glenn Simpson testimony. She knows this whole mess is going to bite the police state democrats badly.
The Onus is on Senator FeinSwine to prove she is not an Hogs Anus.
It’s a logical impossibility, unless there’s specific times and places and someone has documentation it was impossible at that time and place. Guilty until proven innocent is tearing us apart as a nation.
Thanks for the chuckle. Bazinga!
"Don't question faith, don't answer lies."
--Moody Blues
“....fails to make a case Steele lied”
More liberal stupidspeak. The FBI has failed to corroborate what is in the dossier and this is in itself proof it was a lie.
a blatant lie. several things have been factually refuted such a mixing up people with the same name, etc.
Things Bad For America:
1 - Bats**t crazy old leftist female millionaires in government
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