Posted on 05/23/2018 9:52:37 AM PDT by MaxistheBest
On Friday May 11, 2018, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein stating Comey testified the FBI didnt think General Flynn lied. Grassley also revealed Joe Pientka was the second FBI agent who joined Peter Strzok on January 24th, 2017 in an ambush style interview to take down General Flynn.
Grassley demanded the FBI and DOJ produce the transcript of Flynns intercepted calls with Russian Ambassador Kislyak and the related 302s by May 25th. (302s are reports FBI agents take to summarize an interview with a subject.)
The recently unredacted portion of the House Intel report revealed Comey testified to House Intel members the FBI agents who ambushed Flynn did not detect any deception. The report also revealed the illegal leak of Flynns phone call with Kislyak is what allowed the FBI/DOJ to keep a counterintel operation open on General Flynn.
Chairman Grassley is demanding answers from the FBI and DOJ by this Friday the 25th.
In the last paragraph of Grassleys letter, he requests Special Agent Joe Pientka be available for a transcribed interview with Committee staff:
Accordingly, no later than May 25, 2018, please provide: 1. The information requested in our February 15, 2017 letter, including the transcripts of the reportedly intercepted calls and any FBI reports summarizing them; and 2. The FBI agents 302s memorializing their interview of Flynn and 1A supporting docs, including the agents notes.
In addition, please make Special Agent Joe Pientka available for a transcribed interview with Committee staff no later than one week following the production of the requested documents.
Investigative reporter, Sara Carter stated a couple weeks ago that according to numerous law enforcement sources, neither Strzok or Pientka believed Flynn was lying during their interview with him, as reported. Special Agent Joe Pientka and another non-partisan law enforcement officer were present in the Flynn interview per Sara Carters sources.
Legal expert, attorney and former special investigator, Joe DiGenova, believes that Pientka may be a good cop based on his actions related to the General Flynn case (see video below at the 6:00 mark)
Chairman Grassley quite properly wants to see the underlying 302 forms of the FBI agents who did the interview, the ambush interview of Flynn, at the White House during the transition period rather shortly after the inauguration.
Its pretty obvious that Comey and McCabe got together and decided they wanted to frame Flynn because they believed, they believed, believe it or not, that he was a danger to the Constitution, not them. He was a danger, when all he was doing was communicating with people that he had a legitimate right to communicate with, both as a candidate Foreign Policy Advisor, and as the National Security Advisor Designate, and as a National Security Advisor.
So Grassley wants to see the notes of these people and he wants to interview the one agent who was there who was very, very, very serious about how Flynn did not deceive. That agent that he wants to interview is the agent who went to the Inspector General and complained about the conduct of Strzok and McCabe.
I would like all this to wrap up and justice be quickly served, but it looks like this will continue to drag out into the fall election. That may be a good thing as the deep state corruption continues to dominate the headlines, and as dems try to justify their misdeeds and illegal acts as something Trump and Trump supporters should ‘appreciate’. The hypocrisy is obvious to all but the blind.
Flynn is owed restitution for what was done to him, IMHO.
As for the perpetrators (looking at the Obama administration), hanging by the neck is too good for them.
I do believe (course, beyond 2018 or 2019) that Flynn will be handed a ‘gift’ in that no charges are pushed, and criminal behavior by the FBI will be substantiated. He’ll sue, and somewhere beyond 2021...he’ll recover all of his money back.
I’m not sure if McCabe, Strozok or Comey will ever get jail-time but they’ve basically burned every single bridge of trust that existed. I wouldn’t even hire them to sell life insurance.
Bttt.
5.56mm
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Flynn is home free.
Mueller’s appointment was not made by a qualified constitutional officer, and thus his every action is null and void.
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Indict them
I have inside information that if Chuck doesn't get what he demanded he has asked Darrel Issa to help him draft a really, really stern letter.
It's like they don't understand that there's a few million REALLY p*ssed-off Deplorables that are willing to go to The Swamp and exercise the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
Mueller and his buddies are all hired thugs for the Clinton’s. Mueller seeks to slowly drain these folk’s finances via legal fees. The FEDS AND DOJ plus State are union thugs these days.
I want to see that weasel Comey go down HARD!
He deserves jail for the rest of his life. Death penalty for Treason would be fine with me as well.
Relying on subjective hand written notes is archaic.
Its dishonest. They can write whatever they want and skew it anyway they want.
I'm not sure what that even means. Are you suggesting that the U.S. Attorney General or Deputy AG aren't allowed to appoint their own subordinates?
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Rosenstein was not vetted and approved as per the constitution, thus he cannot make the appointment.
Simple.
I’m sure Mueller will charge him with something to prevent that.
I'm sure the FBI would be more than happy to provide that protection.
Last sentence. This agent supposedly complained to the IG.
Now, you want thermonuclear? Was the complaint to the IG provided to Flynns counsel? If it was, why would he have plead guilty?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Yes. So his car doesnt drive itself into a palm tree at 75 mph.
Will it have boldface AND underlining?
Huh? Where does the U.S. Constitution say Rosenstein even needed to be “vetted and approved” anyway?
Going after the corrupt is long overdo and in particular the two mentioned in this thread. Punishments need to be VERY SEVERE, thus sending a signal there’s a new sheriff in town and there are laws that even those two are subject to. There should be NO EXCEPTIONS. Once these two are fitted for their orange suits, go after the low hanging fruit (Hitlary for example). Time for settlements.
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