Posted on 08/20/2019 10:44:48 AM PDT by bitt
Former U.S. Attorney Guy Lewis predicted the Justice Department inspector general's report on alleged Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuses will be "hard-hitting," with multiple recommendations for prosecution.
During an interview Monday on Fox News, Lewis said he used to work with Inspector General Michael Horowitz at the Justice Department and called him as "tough as a nail." Lewis added, "He’s tough, he is smart, and I think the report will be a blockbuster." He expects Horowitz's findings to make special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election "look like a sixth grade book report."
Asked to explain why, Lewis said, "It’s going to come out. It’s going to be hard-hitting. [Horowitz] spent almost two years interviewing various people — witnesses. Looking at what he describes [as] almost a million documents. And I think he’s going to make recommendations regarding prosecution and turn this whole FISA — this Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — the submissions, I think he will turn them on their head."
British ex-spy Christopher Steele's anti-Trump dossier, which was funded by the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee, was used by the FBI to obtain FISA warrants to surveil one-time Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, an American citizen who was never charged with any wrongdoing.
Republicans have argued the dossier's Democratic benefactors and its author's anti-Trump bias were left out of the FISA applications and have demanded accountability. Democrats countered that the FBI acted appropriately, saying the Justice Department and the FBI met the rigor, transparency, and evidentiary basis for probable cause.
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I'm gettin' old. Hurry up. I want to see these criminals get what is due.
This country will NEVER be what it should be if these seditionists aren't punished severely.
If justice does not come to them ........ there most likely never will be justice.
STUPID? What do you mean “stupid”? Just wait till next year, Charlie Brown. You’ll see! Next year at this same time, I’ll find a pumpkin patch that is *real* sincere and I’ll sit in that pumpkin patch until the Great Pumpkin appears. He’ll rise out of that pumpkin patch and he’ll fly through the air with his bag of toys. The Great Pumpkin will appear and I’ll be waiting for him! I’ll be there! I’ll be sitting there in that pumpkin patch... and I’ll see the Great Pumpkin. Just wait and see, Charlie Brown. I’ll see that Great Pumpkin. I’ll SEE the Great Pumpkin! Just you wait, Charlie Brown. The Great Pumpkin will appear, and I’ll be waiting for him...
... I’ll be there! I’ll be sitting there in that pumpkin patch... and I’ll see the Great Pumpkin. Just wait and see...!
We all know that IG reports are toothless, the most he can do is refer someone for prosecution. The track record of the United States Attorney for D.C. is about 0 and 10 in every indicting anyone based on these referrals.
McCabe, poster child.
And we know that big reports are spun. His last report about the Clinton Email Coverup amounted to: "Mistakes were made".
We know that by DOJ policy their is a quiet period for prosecutions of 2 months before a big election, so Sept. and Oct. 2020 is literally too late.
So, only about 12 months left for all the wrong doing to be righted.
No matter how much one wants to see that happen, and I'm sure nearly everyone on FR does, one has to admit that the clock is no longer our friend in this came. It's 21-0 in the 4th quarter. And, yeah, we're receiving the kick-off. Time for Team Trump to prove they have an offense.
“It will all come out after the next prez election. Trump had nothing to lose. Heads will rolel. Justice served.”
Unless that latter part is true, Trump, his family and anyone who dares express support for him or his family will be hounded by our domestic enemies for life.
Theirs or ours, whichever comes last.
Note to self: I expect to win The Power Ball.
Heard this baloney for months.
I expect nothing.
Trump may be fighting the Swamp, but not too much noticeable draining appears to be happening.
I use this one often.
It’s an evergreen.
Especially when it comes to punishment for government miscreants.
Walls closing in. Noose is tightening. Beginning of the end for the deep state
BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!! BOMBSHELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
| Metric Revision | 3 |
|---|---|
| Update No. | 14 |
| Last Update | 1/25/2019 |
Verifiable Event Based Scoring Metric
Mueller vs. Team Trump
| JB EVENT-POINT SYSTEM | |
| EVENT | POINTS |
|---|---|
| Indictmnet for Lying | 2 |
| Indictment for Actual Crime | 3 |
| Guilty Plea or Conviction, Lying | 4 |
| Conviction for Actual Crime | 5 |
| Indictment of Russians in Russia | zero |
| TEAM | EVENT | RESULT | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mueller | Flynn | Guilty Plea Lying | 4 |
| Mueller | Papadapolis | Guilty Plea Lying | 4 |
| Mueller | Gates | Guilty Plea fraud & lying | 5 |
| Mueller | Evgeny Freidman | Guilty Plea to Fraud | 5 |
| Mueller | Alex Van Der Zwaan | Guilty Plea, Lying | 4 |
| Mueller | Paul Manafort | Found Gulty & Guity Plea | 5 |
| Mueller | Konstantin Kilimnik | Indicted for tampering, on the lam | 3 |
| Mueller | Richard Pinedo, | Guilty Plea, forgery | 5 |
| Mueller | 13 Russians | Indicted, in Russia | 0 |
| Mueller | 2 Russian Companies | Indicted, in Russia | 0 |
| Mueller | Concorde Consulting | Indicted, in USA | 3 |
| Mueller | 12 Russian GRU officers | Indicted, in Russia | 0 |
| Mueller | Cohen | Guilty Plea, Actual Crimes | 5 |
| Mueller | Sam Patten | Guilty Plea, Unregistered Lobbying | 5 |
| Mueller | Roger Stone | Lying to Congress, Obstruction | 2 |
| Trump | James A Wolfe | Guilty Plea, Lying | 4 |
| Trump (but arrested by Mueller) | Greg Craig (Obama WH attorney) | Indicted for FARA violation | 3 |
| TOTAL SCORE | |
| Team Mueller | 50 |
| Team Trump | 7 |
I gave Trump credit for Greg Craig, and it's quite generous. In fact, Mueller is the one who indicted him, so you could just as easily add him to Mueller's head count, except he's not a Trump guy.
The cleanest would probably be a ZERO for him, he's collateral damage, and maybe a show-and-tell arrest for Mueller to make it seem like it wasn't totally a one-sided witch hunt.
But it was. And Trump's response has been toothless. We waited too long. We Trusted Sessions!
And here we are.
I expect the Detroit Tigers to win the World Series.
This...is the In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida of investigations.
Till next year and use it to damage the Democratic 2020 campaigns.”
This year, next year...it won’t matter.
They’re ready to roll with the same lefty talking points used whenever they’re caught with their hands in the cookie jar.
“We’ve seen all this before...there’s nothing new here, it’s old news. Republicans just need to move on and tell us what their plan is to get us out of the worst economy in fifty years...”
TICK TOCK
At some point the Law of Diminishing Returns kicks in, and I would say we are at that point now.
This will go on and on and....
Series shower bombshell alert. Stand by/s
Series shower bombshell alert. Stand by/s
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