Posted on 05/11/2019 7:22:39 AM PDT by billorites
Washington attorney Joe diGenova claimed in an interview last night that the Department of Justice inspector general has determined that "the final three FISA extensions were illegally obtained," and the first one is still being investigated.
For the past year, DOJ IG Michael Horowitz has been investigating the FBI's 2016 surveillance activities and his report is expected later this month or in early June.
Washington power couple Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing appeared on Lou Dobbs' Fox Business Network show Thursday night to talk about the latest turns in the "SpyGate" saga.
"The only question now is whether or not the first FISA was illegally obtained," diGenova said.
He told Dobbs that the latest revelations in investigative reporter John Solomon's piece at The Hill, have prompted further investigation from Horowitz's team.
On Thursday, Solomon reported that newly unearthed memos show that a high-ranking government official from the Obama State Department met with former British spy Christopher Steele in October of 2016, and figured out pretty quickly that his dossier was a political hit job intended to slime Donald Trump on behalf of Hillary Clintons campaign.
The written account of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kathleen Kavalecs Oct. 11, 2016, meeting with Steele also shows that Steele admitted that his research was "political and facing an Election Day deadline," according to Solomon.
DiGenova said the inspector general was unaware of the memos, which were obtained last week through open-records litigation by the conservative group Citizens United.
"The Bureau hid those memos from Horowitz. As a result of that, they are doing some additional work on the first FISA," diGenova explained, adding: "It may be that all four FISAs will have been obtained illegally."
DiGenova and Toensing shared another explosive revelation on Sebastian Gorkas Salem Radio talk show America First on Thursday.
According to Toensing, the FBI tried to frame former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos by having an informant give him $10,000 in cash during a trip to Israel in the summer of 2017.
An individual allegedly talked the then-29-year-old into traveling to Israel to make a deal, and invited him to his hotel room.
And there on the bed is $10,000 in cash in a suitcase, she continued. Papadopoulos took the money and gave it to his lawyer, who has it still.
Toensing said when Papadopoulos returned to the United States, he was greeted by FBI agents at Dulles Airport and they started searching through everything that he had the second he landed.
She added, in fact, they already had his baggage from the plane. He couldnt believe they had his baggage.
It was a set up! exclaimed Gorka.
It was a complete set up, agreed Toensing.
DiGenova explained that the Feds already knew that he hadnt declared that he had $10,000 and were expecting to find the undeclared cash so they could arrest him and put the thumbscrews on and make him squeal, as Gorka put it.
Worst of all, according to Toensing, one of the FBI agents said to him, this is what happens when you work for Donald Trump.'
Government and government agencies clearly can’t police themselves, and the corruption within government has become systemic.
Systemic corruption requires systemic changes. Hopefully it’s not too late.
I wonder if Horowitz will find “no political bias” in the Bureau hiding memos from him.
FBI was a bit cheap and too obvious. $10,000 is the threshold for declaring cash brought into the US, so they just hit the magic number.
I believe it’s beginning to sink in to the culprits (smirk).......
They left a huge paper/electronic trail of their nefarious activities. Some of us were paying close attention.
Keep in mind, they were all living the heady days of Hillary being the “sure thing” who would sweep it all under the Oval Office rug.
On Thursday, Solomon reported that newly unearthed memos show that a high-ranking government official from the Obama State Department met with former British spy Christopher Steele in October of 2016, and figured out pretty quickly that his dossier was a political hit job intended to slime Donald Trump on behalf of Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
Can someone please explain why the IGs office needs some reporter to turn up evidence for them?
Oh, it was just an honest mistake, ya know. No harm, no foul. </s>
Truer words were never spoken.....
One theory went that the first Horowitz report was damning and that Rosenstein changed it and whitewashed it to some extent.
Don't know if that's true, but we do know that Rosenstein is now gone.
I do think it's a good thing not to trust the IG at this point. Let him prove himself with an appropriate report.
He also suggested that they were now looking at the original warrant to see if it was illegal
God bless you, and whoever else is numbered among the “some of us”, for “paying close attention”!
FISA extensions were illegally obtained,now releasing larger gators into the swamp and they are hungry.
Justice to ensue
No one trusts your FBI
where the truth was gone, and sent to die
Bob Mueller won’t you please come home.
Hilarious takedown of Bob Mueller
Bob Mueller Won’t You Please Come Home https://youtu.be/6EKvVZ8MGAc via @YouTube
Funny you can’t find the time,
when Hillary is committing the real crimes!
Bob Mueller won’t you please come home.
Hilarious takedown of Bob Mueller
Bob Mueller Won’t You Please Come Home https://youtu.be/6EKvVZ8MGAc via @YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EKvVZ8MGAc&t=2s
It seems that “good” FBI agents have a lot in common with “good” Muslims.
Whoever this guy is he knows something, and he probably knows others who know. He needs to be squeezed by a good DA.
“I believe it is not a crime to leak information from an investigation — just a violation of DOJ protocols. “
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I get where you’re coming from Alberta’s Child.
It’s a matter of preferring my/our side to the standards which we hold for the other side. This would include leaking information about investigations concerning DOJ protocols being broken.
Please, don’t misunderstand me. It’s extremely frustrating knowing Democrats/Rinos/all else are leaking like sieves all the versions they want to sell the American public. I simply don’t want to jump in that contaminated pool.
Who would like to see DiGenova and Toensing named as Special Counsels for the investigation of the plot against Pres. Trump.?????
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What happened to the McCabe referral?
...exactly.
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