Posted on 05/14/2019 9:36:45 AM PDT by jazusamo
Video at link.
(CNSNews.com) - "If they want to do a review, they can do a review, but it's a total distraction," Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said Tuesday, following reports that Attorney General William Barr has asked the U.S. Attorney in Connecticut to look into the origins of the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation.
Khanna said James Baker, the former general counsel for the FBI, has made it clear the Trump-Russia investigation "had nothing to do with the (Steele) dossier.
"It frankly had nothing to do with the Trump campaign," Khanna said. "It was on actionable intelligence from foreign ambassadors concerned that our democracy was under threat from foreign interference.
"And guess what, they turned out to be correct. Bob Mueller concluded that there was sweeping and systematic interference from the Russians. Jim Baker and the FBI should be applauded for the counterintelligence investigation that they undertook. The entire country should celebrate the FBI's work. And this is a total distraction that Bill Barr is trying to undertake."
The inspector general of the Justice Department is almost done with his review of FBI procedures and actions, and Khanna said inspectors-general are "typically very, very capable."
"I don't think there's any need for an additional review. I think Bill Barr is being political. He's trying to draw a false moral equivalence. There is clear evidence of misconduct by the president. And what Bill Barr is saying is no, there was misconduct by the FBI. The American people aren't going to buy it."
Host Kate Boldun noted, "You think with this move, since the I.G.'s review is still under way, you think that exposes the attorney general of this being a purely political move?"
"I do," Khanna responded. "I think especially when you look at the pattern of conduct, his usurping the Mueller report and giving a selective summary. His line to house and senate committees. Now he's asking for a review about the investigators. I mean, it's like you're asking for a review of the people who caught the bad guys.
"The people are smart in this country. They're going to see through this. What we really need is for Bob Mueller to testify in front of Congress, to tell the facts, and let the American people understand the gravity of the interference that took place."
Then tell Nadler to stop his witch hunts
Shove the investigation down their throats. Shove it so far they can’t breathe. Shove it so deeply they choke.
They are the ones that brought this on. It is all on them. I hope this experience is so devastating to the Left that they are out of power for fifty years.
It might take us that long to undo all the damage they have done the last fifty years.
I loves me some smell of desperation in the morning! It makes my rest of the day.
Dem Dims be runnin’ askairt!
Another lying Rat
Bump!
between this and Clapper, it sounds like the wind is shifting
He is just following his orders from the DNC and the Deep State which controls the DNC and our media.
Did Baker say this under oath? Then, there's one more to add to the counts of perjury! Thanks for locating this guy for us Khanna!!
Nothing he said is true. And talk about distractions, congressman, I give you “chairman” Naddler.
“It might take us that long to undo all the damage they have done the last fifty years.”
If our adult children and our grandkids are lucky and work hard at reversing 50 years of DNA/DeepState/MSM lies and bs.
Oh, it’s indeed a lot of wind passing, no doubt about it.
People want to know where the Russia hoax began. It’s not political.
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“...so devastating they will...”. And there it is. You are the winner. You have accurately identified after hours of careful thought and consideration the very reason the DOJ has decided the country cannot afford to do such damage to such a critical part of our political process. Sure, there are a bunch of people, as another Freeper kindly pointed out to me, the “Howard Beales”, who still satisfy themselves howling out the window, some nonsense about being Mad as Hell or something who just have not yet realized no body gives a crap what they think. The DOJ isn’t going after Democrats anymore than your mother would have beat your little brother to death. Get over it. The USA is dead. Whatever still lingers here ain’t the USA, just some scattered areas of a large garbage heap that haven’t yet rotted. Fly into Tegucigalpa some time. Get ready to live there because it’s coming to you.
“”It frankly had nothing to do with the Trump campaign,” Khanna said.”” And in the next breath says there’s plenty of evidence of misconduct by the president! WHOOPS!
I wouldn’t bet on it. The elite are snuggly sipping Pinot on the afterdeck of their yacht and their voters are watching Oprah sharing selfies on their 0bamafoams.
Kind of a dismissive post on your part (which I feel was unwarranted, but that might just be the way you roll, so I’m okay with that) but I do agree that there are degrees of expectation.
Do I think Obama will be prosecuted? No. Do I think Hillary should be prosecuted? No.
But I do believe the prosecutions could theoretically go as high as Brennan, Comey, and Clapper.
People would not have thought Andrew McCabe would have gone down, but I am pretty sure that is going to happen.
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