Posted on 08/18/2019 6:14:04 AM PDT by Magnatron
Cambridge professor and reported FBI informant Stefan Halper, who is being sued by a Russian-born academic for allegedly smearing her and former national security adviser Michael Flynn as part of a government conspiracy to bring down the Trump administration, declared in a recent court filing that he is entitled to legal immunity ordinarily afforded to federal agents – even if the lawsuit's allegations are true.
Halper did not explicitly admit to being an FBI informant in asking an Alexandria, Va. federal judge to throw out the case, and his filing followed legal rules that require defendants to assume that plaintiffs' factual allegations are true in the initial stages of litigation.
"Private individuals who participate in FBI investigations are subject to the federal common law qualified immunity applicable to government agents," as well as constitutional protections, Halper's motion to dismiss asserted.
The qualified immunity privilege exempts federal agents from litigation unless their violation of the law was so extreme that it broke an established statutory or constitutional duty of which a reasonable person would have been aware.
Nevertheless, Halper's motion to dismiss raised the prospect that the academic, Svetlana Lokhova, would have no recourse if the court accepted Halper’s claim. In her fiery complaint, Lokhova claimed that “Stefan Halper is a ratf---er and a spy, who embroiled an innocent woman in a conspiracy to undo the 2016 Presidential election and topple the President of the United States of America" by leaking false information to willing news reporters.
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Kinda says it all...
Whitey Bulger should have played that card seeing as he was an FBI informant.
Ha haaaa! He’s entitled to the immunity afforded FIB informants but he denies he’s an FIB informant. Lock him up!
I can’t speak for the other 49 states, but in Georgia, if you’re a snitch, you can sometimes be granted the ability to stay confidential, even if you testify(if the appropriate argument is made to the court and its allowed. But it better be a rather compelling argument).
In federal court, if you’re a snitch for the FBI or any other agency, you’re going to court and you’re going to be on the stand for questioning. What/if the feds do anything for you after the fact, ie protect you/witness protection, is a different matter. But in federal court, if you’re a witness of any kind, snitch included, you’re there.
So, it would appear that he’s acknowledging he’s a snitch. And of course, since they all thought they’d get away with it and it would all be swept under the rug, he was cashing checks and thought he was home free. Not so fast. I wonder if Judicial Watch has asked for all the financial records associated with the original operation to see what payouts were given, what amount and to whom they were given to.
Halper is claiming an FBI sanctioned “license to smear”. Lovely.
Who brought this Halper guy into the FBI circles in the first place? Who started this mess? There’s some 400-page book waiting to be written on this guy and all the relationships that he claims to have. You would think he was some James Bond-type character.
A break like this might get Bagpipe Bob to stop blowing and open up some of those 598,781 sealed indictments that are kicking around Washington, DC.
#FusionCollusion must not be what we all have come to believe it was. It must have not really been a very serious thing because none of the upper levels of the DOJ or FBI seem to think it was very serious. I’m not being sarcastic or flippant. It couldn’t really be “treason” if it didn’t actually endanger those who are actually in charge. Sure Trump is a bit upset but that’s because they were after him personally but it really didn’t have anything to do with the country at all, if it had they would be taking it seriously and they aren’t.
A tortoise granted me the ability to float in the air.
So, the defendant can make a motion for dismissal on the basis of “I work for the government and therefore can commit crime and torts with impunity”, and does not even have to provide evidence that he was acting in his working for the government capacity? Why can’t we all make that claim whenever convenient?
This is a farce of Justice. Government must be required to follow the law it exists to enforce.
He’s not an FBI informant. That makes him sound like a citizen who called F-troop witty a concern. He is a long time CIA guy participating in a CIA/FBI coup.
Who is the Judge in this case? I’m not happy with reporting that doesn’t list the Judge, which is consequential to the ultimate ruling.
Just 66 pages
<>https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.442627/gov.uscourts.vaed.442627.1.0_5.pdf
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Interesting reading.
Only those who are guilty try to claim immunity...
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Dive into the Google dumpster.
Halper’s father-in-law is reportedly Ray. S. Cline, a former CIA Director.
Halper’s name allegedly arose in the investigations of Debategate in 1983/84.
Deep Scummy Pond in DC.
Spying on Americans for the deep state pays very well. See above.
loks like halper is a US DOD contactor
Don’t think the fattened intel informant will see an immunity claim stick in court. The Resistard judges are seeing the writing on the wall. They will not go down with the ship or this rateffer Halper.
Fat a$$ Halper needs to be in prison for a long time.
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