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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It should be a requirement that people have to prove they have reached the maturity level of the average 6 year-old before being allowed to post on threads on this topic.
Last I hear two days ago: Oct 2019
Where Lolich will win 3 again....oh wait!
I am getting tired of waiting. I sure hope it comes sometime soon.
They may not win it again until 2084.
Oh f***ing stop it.
... any day now... *yawn*
ANYONE WHO DELAYS THIS FOR POLITICAL GAIN DURING ELECTION SHOULD BE FIRED TOO
Not this crap again
“I am getting tired of waiting. I sure hope it comes sometime soon.”
This is a thought for all of us. If you hired a contractor to replace all your windows, and you had given them a partial payment, what would you do if they kept pushing back the date for showing up and finishing the job, and never completed what they were contacted to do?
As long as we put up with the government we have, it will continue to be the government we have. If we don’t demand justice, and demand our rights, justice won’t happen and we will be ignored.
There will be no REAL accountability. The political elites who are part of the Swamp operate with impunity. Laws and ethical standards are only for the little people.
A few names might get mentioned in the report in terms of having acted outside of their authority, but none of them will ever face serious consequences.
All of the other ongoing investigations will take the same approach. That is, they will essentially indict the agencies but not the people who were involved in the plot against Trump and/or those who willingly violated the trust placed in them. Abuses of power will never be punished.
It’s no wonder that Americans have little or zero faith left in their government.
Especially when it comes to punishment for government miscreants.
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Let’s just say that ‘government accountability’ is an obvious oxymoron.
The sad thing is they have completely diminished what he could have accomplished. It’s still impressive he’s moving on, and he’s done so many excellent things. But not as much as he could have.
And, of course, of he’s defeated for re-election, then largely the coup will have worked.
And no one has been punished. It’s infuriating.
Are you Linus? That’s good.
tick tock . . .
They did in 84 and burned the town for days...
Blah blah.
And no one has been punished. It’s infuriating.
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One of the main reasons for the never ending delays is that the DOJ and FBI are resisting turning over requested information. Their stonewalling and non-cooperation with investigations is indeed infuriating.
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