Posted on 05/07/2018 10:04:13 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Cute how this works: Kick off the week with some “the Department of Justice is not going to be extorted” bombast from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, by which he rationalizes that his defiance of subpoenas and slow-walking document production to Congress — which is probing investigative irregularities related to the 2016 campaign — is required by DOJ policy and “the rule of law.” Then end the week with the Friday-night bad-news dump: the grudging removal of DOJ and FBI redactions from a House Intelligence Committee report on Russia’s election meddling.
Now that we can see what they wanted to conceal, it is clear, yet again, that the Justice Department and the FBI cannot be trusted to decide what the public gets to learn about their decision-making.
They tell us that their lack of transparency is necessary for the protection of national security, vital intelligence, and investigative operations. But what we find out is that they were concealing their own questionable judgments and conflicting explanations for their actions; their use of foreign-intelligence and criminal-investigative authorities to investigate Michael Flynn, Trump’s top campaign supporter and former national-security adviser; and their explicitly stated belief that Flynn did not lie in the FBI interview for which Special Counsel Robert Mueller has since prosecuted him on false-statements charges.
It is a fact of life that the precious commodity of a good reputation takes much less time to lose than to build.
There is no defending the redactions that have now been disclosed. Especially in light of recent history, this powerfully suggests that there is no justification for withholding much else that the Justice Department refuses to reveal.
Republican committees can carp all they like about Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein. The buck stops with the president.
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Wrong.
DOJ is subject to Congressional over-site. NO part of the Government is allowed to ignore Congress. It part of the check and balances.
DOJ is way out of control and has NO authority to ignore Congress. It time to start impeaching Sessions.
DOJ needs a forceable reminder that it is the SERVANT, not the MASTER.
Congress can start impeaching Session for refusing to submit to proper Congressional over-site. Trump can then fire Session for gross dereliction of duty. The new AG can then demand a review of Rosenstine’s and Muller’s actions and fire both for grotesquely exceeding their authority.
NO body is above the law. Not Session, not Muller not Rosenstine. It time the Rule of Law be re-imposed on DOJ.
“The DOJ has the power to charge people with crimes.”
Don’t tell Sessions.
Nice summary of one of the most colossal blunders in American political history.
“NO body is above the law. Not Session, not Muller not Rosenstine.”
Hillary is.
So far, that clock has not yet run out yet. Purging the poltical corruption at DOJ just might turn up a very unpleasant surprise for Team Clinton.
True. And I really think that Trump should just go ahead and get rid of the whole lot of them. Maybe that’s what Rudy is aiming for.
It’s doing him no good to just let this drag on, and they have certainly by now been abundantly revealed to be corrupt, treacherous but inept political agencies, having nothing to do with law enforcement.
Re: “The buck stops with the president.”
I’ve been saying this for more than a year at Free Republic.
Trump is the Chief Executive Officer of the Executive Branch of government.
He has the Constitutional authority to declassify and publicly release any document in the possession of the Executive branch.
Instead, Trump has done nothing serious to defend himself or his Administration from false charges.
In addition, Trump has done nothing serious to expose the political corruption at the Department of Justice, at the FBI, and at the Intelligence Agencies.
Simple Problem - Simple Solution
First, Trump can issue a blanket pardon to all persons caught in the web of the bogus Russia Investigation.
Adios, Obstruction of Justice.
Second, Trump can order the Special Prosecutor (or Rosenstein) to declassify and publicly release 100% of the evidence.
Let the Court of Public Opinion evaluate the evidence.
There is a heck of a lot more than that that needs to be classified.
The problem is that information cannot legally be classified to prevent embarrassment. And embarrassment is precisely why a lot of the material in this case is classified.
That’s why better to not classify unless it REALLY needs to be classified. I’d bet that 90 percent of the stuff classified is just to cover somebody’s butt or hide how much is being wasted.
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