FBI testimony confirms Obama DOJ ordered 500,000 fugitives purged from background check database

bizpacreview.com ^ | March 15, 2018 | Frieda Powers

[TigersEye]

Acting FBI deputy director David Bowdich confirmed that it was a decision made under the direction of the Obama administration that led to more than half a million fugitives with outstanding arrest warrants to have their names removed from a national database.

[TigersEye]

Nov. 22, 2017 article about this in WaPo which fails to mention this occurred during the 0bama administration...

Tens of thousands with outstanding warrants purged from background check database for gun purchases

[econjack]

Under what Constitutional power does he have the right to do that?

[rovenstinez]

Calling Jeff Sessions, to look into this.

[originalbuckeye]

And how many were here illegally??

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Here...

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3639935/posts

[TigersEye]

Explanations are given in the WaPo article linked in post #2.

FWIW I’m not sure it’s Constitutional to prohibit someone from buying a gun
if they have not been convicted of a crime and being a fugitive does not necessarily mean that someone has been convicted of a crime.

[libertylover]

more than half a million fugitives with outstanding arrest warrants to have their names removed from a national database.

Imagine the outrage from the NYT and WP if 500,000 names were removed from an FBI database containing, say, (lawful) "militia" members.

[a fool in paradise]

Shades of Fast & Furious, increase gun crime by felons and tighten the grip on citizens in the “name of safety!”.

[TigersEye]

here too...

[a fool in paradise]

The same power he and Holder used to run guns to narcoterrorists in Mexico who then used the guns to murder thousands including Americans.

[MtnClimber]

Who is going to be held accountable for harm caused by this IDIOTIC/CRIMMINAL decision?

[ealgeone]

Sessions should swear out a warrant for Obama.

[Terry Mross]

A soldier can be, and usually is, prosecuted for following what the soldier should have known was an “illegal” order. Why can FBI agents break the law simply because the president tells them to?

[buffaloguy]

Done to increase crime and convince Americans to disable the 2nd Amendment.

I wonder how many Obama programs were started with the same objective.

[JudgemAll]

Fix Nics they said. The scam is that the GOP spends more time preaching to the choir (ie seeking monetary donation in exchange for their pitches pleas to let them be democrats) than preaching freedom to America

There is a huge vacuum in education with the GOP doing nothing towards it and democrats hard nosed to dumb it down

[TigersEye]

Direct link to longer Youtube video of DiFi questioning Acting FBI deputy director David Bowdich.

Acting FBI deputy director David Bowdich says Obama's DOJ forced the deletion of 500,000 fugitives

[TigersEye]

All of them?

[familyop]

"FWIW I’m not sure it’s Constitutional to prohibit someone from buying a gun if they have not been convicted of a crime and being a fugitive does not necessarily mean that someone has been convicted of a crime."

Agreed. It's a good story for the SJWs to fight over between themselves, though.

[buffaloguy]

Most all of them, yes. Good analysis.