Posted on 09/09/2018 10:07:49 PM PDT by MaxistheBest
Chris Wallace says that the Woodward Book, the anonymous NYT op-ed, and Obama’s fiery speech were a “1-2-3 Punch” combination on Trump this week. But the word is that President Trump may be about to launch a devastating counterattack. It certainly looks that way.
The word is that the White House legal team is examining the original FISA Court application and renewal applications for the warrant to surveil Carter Page. As President Trump considers declassifying the 20 pages of these documents that were released completely (or heavily) redacted this summer, as many in Congress have requested, the White House wants to be certain that if anything needs to remain redacted, it will. Otherwise, the documents will be ready for declassification.
Trump alludes to it in a recent tweet:
Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump The Deep State and the Left, and their vehicle, the Fake News Media, are going Crazy - & they don’t know what to do. The Economy is booming like never before, Jobs are at Historic Highs, soon TWO Supreme Court Justices & maybe Declassification to find Additional Corruption. Wow!
7:19 AM - Sep 6, 2018 128K 67.2K people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy During an interview last week with Vince Coglianese and Saagar Enjeti of The Daily Caller, Trump was asked, “Do you think you’re going to be declassifying the FISA documents that have been targeting your campaign?” His answer was somewhat cryptic.
Well, we’re looking at it very seriously right now because the things that have gone on are so bad, so bad. I mean they were surveilling my campaign. If that happened on the other foot, they would’ve considered that treasonous. They would’ve considered that spying at the highest level. Can you imagine if we were doing that to Obama instead of Obama and his people doing that to us? Everybody would’ve been in jail for the next 500 years. Okay? Can you believe it, where they paid this guy millions of dollars, it turned out? If you look at all of the things that are happening.
Investigative reporter and journalist Sara A. Carter wrote that she has been told by numerous sources that the 20 pages of redacted material from these documents are expected to be declassified. The DOJ has been vehemently opposed to declassifying this information. Congressional members and investigators who have viewed the unredacted documents claim that they reveal explosive information about the FBI’s handling of the Trump-Russia investigation, according to sources. Why else would the DOJ fight so hard against their declassification?
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) appeared on Hannity recently and said, “The remaining classified documents regarding Page need to be declassified because there is exculpatory evidence…the judges should have been presented with this exculpatory evidence that the FBI and DOJ had.”
Another Congressional official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said, “All these documents will expose how the FBI handled this investigation and give clarity to the public. The American people deserve to know the truth and our country needs to move on.”
The importance of DOJ official Bruce Ohr’s role in this saga has only recently been uncovered. It was revealed that Ohr was in frequent communication by email and text with Christopher Steele and also met with him on numerous occasions, both before and after the FBI fired Steele for speaking to the media. Following Steele’s termination, the FBI wanted to continue receiving his information and counted on Ohr to provide it. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said:
The first guy that Bruce Ohr speaks to after meeting with Steele is Andy McCabe. Ohr calls him up a day or two later and meets with McCabe and Lisa Page.
So all the key people at the FBI know what’s going on before they take the dossier into the court. They know the full details of the dossier, they know who wrote it, who paid for it…and we don’t believe they conveyed any of that critical information to the FISA Court…
It was reported that a grand jury has been impaneled to investigate former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Although it will likely be a lengthy process, it will be interesting to see if McCabe agrees to turn against his former colleagues in exchange for leniency.
Another new and noteworthy piece of the puzzle involves the relationship between Bruce Ohr and Andrew Weissmann, who is the Mueller team’s lead prosecutor. In 2016, Weissmann was the chief of the DOJ’s criminal fraud division.
According to Fox News’ Catherine Herridge, “Weissmann was “kept in the loop” by Ohr about his contact with Steele and the FBI, according to the report.”
Earlier this year, Sara Carter reported that:
Before Weissmann was appointed to the Special Counsel, he arranged a meeting with AP journalists investigating Paul Manafort and his Ukrainian business dealings. On April 11, 2017 Weissmann, the AP reporters and several FBI officials Weissmann brought into the meeting met with the reporters.
On April 12, the AP published the explosive expose on Manafort.
According to sources who spoke with this news outlet, the meeting was attended by three different litigating offices. Two employees from the U.S. Justice Department and the other representative was from the U.S. Attorney’s office, according to the sources. FBI agents also attended the meeting, law enforcement sources confirmed.
At the time Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller, and chief Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores also declined to comment.
According to sources, FBI officials at the meeting complained about Weissmann’s failure to follow protocol with journalists. They issued a formal complaint against him to the Justice Department, as they were concerned the meeting with the journalists could harm the ongoing probe into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election.”
The interrelationships in Washington are almost incestuous. Everyone who has spent any serious time in the city knows almost everyone else in some capacity. This is why the law states that “The Special Counsel shall be selected from outside the United States Government.” The selection of Robert Mueller, who has spent his entire career working for the US Government, actually violated the law.
So, once again, we are left to wait. Labor Day has past and the midterm elections are two months away. Does Trump release the documents that the deep state has fought so hard to keep classified? If so, when? Now, or does he wait for an October surprise?
Monica Crowley ✔ @MonicaCrowley No wonder we're now getting a fierce new flurry of anti-Trump attacks
Sara A. Carter ✔ @SaraCarterDC ***EXCLUSIVE*** Trump May Declassify the 20 FISA Docs Congress Wants https://saraacarter.com/president-trump-may-declassify-the-20-fisa-docs-congress-wants/ …
The Nunes Memo was just a summary without any supporting evidence. This release is the supporting evidence.
There is no prosecution against Trump for which he can seek a claim of malicious prosecution, which is a civil concept in any event.
It was Guido, the Italian exercise machine. Everyone here in Las Vegas Valley knows that! LOL!
Nice little election you have coming up.
It’d be a shame if a bunch of those on the Democratic side suddenly were the subject of a few Federal investigations just before...
Hillary is actually a lesbian thespian.
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Up until now I agree, the damning information keeps coming out about the Deep State and they did confirm their existence with the NYT editorial piece, another screw up on thier part, but they seem desperate to even confirm its existence.
However, if Trump allows the release right before the election and the Republicans hold the congress, then he follows up with the firing of Sessions and appoints a Guilliani or McCarthy type AG and tells them you have criminal activity and evidence all over the place do something or I will get someone who will.
Otherwise the Deep State gets away with yet another screw up and crime on their part. No one in the Deep State is ever held accountable.
The Last Chance? [Can Trump revive the aspirational Spirit of '76?]
We have to win. Every thing is at stake.
At this point, after all of this nonsense, the American people deserve to see it all unredacted and a lot more.
Sorry. That is incorrect.
Trump is the Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Justice.
Trump can access any DOJ document, declassify it, print it out, and release it to the public.
Any document.
Any time he wants to.
I have no idea what that means.
If you want to make a substantive point, write it down.
By the way - I am always suspicious when I see Comments like yours coming from semi-ancient (2002) FR accounts.
Did you hack into the "Hoosier-Daddy" account?
You have posted only once - one Vanity - in the last eight years.
And your many Comments read like a paid Always-Trumper troll....
Abrasive, insulting, profane, confrontational - and always without substance.
Re: “Nice little election you have coming up. It’d be a shame if a bunch of those on the Democratic side suddenly were the subject of a few Federal investigations just before...”
I have no idea what that means.
If you have a substantive disagreement with one of my Comments, please write it down.
“Re: “According to written DOJ declassification process rules, Wray and Rosenstein need to sign off.”
Sorry. That is incorrect.”
Wrong. Read here:
https://www.archives.gov/isoo/policy-documents/cnsi-eo.html#three
That covers part of the written process I mentioned. There are also internal DOJ and FBI written procedures. Between them, yes, it gives Wray and Rosenstein signoff veto power. In case I need to state the obvious, this is current, written procedure. And it is currently being followed, to our detriment.
” Trump can access any DOJ document, declassify it, print it out, and release it to the public.
Any document.
Any time he wants to.”
Which is what I wrote in my point #2. And as I said, he is weighing it daily.
he’d have to fight 10 different enemies if the public gave a flying #### what they said, but i see NO EVIDENCE of that.
i didn’t even know about any of the three recent ones.
I’m buys enjoying life with a great president and not following a@@holes and a@@hole TV stations
“The way I understand it is that is the whole point of Huber, to NOT prosecute in DC.”
That pesky 6th ammendment begs to differ. The one that says,
“In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation...”
Huber CAN’T prosecute ANYONE outside his jurisdiction (Utah), and the 6th specifically states the jurisdiction must be established ahead of the “cdime.” So Congress (AG, courts) can’t just modify a different jurisdiction after the fact to go after a crime already committed.
Period.
First, you say that Wray and Rosenstein must sign off before Trump can declassify and publicly release documents.
Then, you agree with me, and say that Trump can declassify and release any DOJ document any time he wants to.
Please clarify.
My original exact statement:
“According to written doj declassification process rules, Wray and Rosenstein need to sign off.”
I suggest rereading my post.
Why is Trump deferring to Wray and Rosenstein when Trump has the Constitutional authority to declassify and release any document at any time?
More to the point, I started asking that same question 15 months ago, when Mueller was appointed.
Trump could have declassified and released EVERY document related to the Russia Farce 15 months ago.
The “Trump Obstruction of Justice” threat has always been absurd.
Trump could have preemptively issued blanket pardons to all persons implicated (which, by the way, is currently ZERO Americans implicated).
No prosecutions?
No obstruction!
I just saw the word elected and decided to toss in a bit of an OFFENSIVE stratedgy instead of all this DEFENSE that we get goaded into playing.
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