Posted on 10/01/2019 2:48:17 PM PDT by janetjanet998
The State Department’s inspector general is expected to brief staffers from several House and Senate committees on Wednesday afternoon about documents obtained from the department’s Office of the Legal Adviser concerning documents related to the State Department and Ukraine, sources familiar with the planned briefing told ABC News.
Details of the briefing, expected to be conducted by Steve Linick, the inspector general at State, remain unknown. Linick is expected to meet with congressional staff in a secure location on Capitol Hill.
The unusual nature and timing – during a congressional recess – of the briefing suggest it may be connected to a recent intelligence community whistleblower allegation which describes, in part, the State Department’s role in coordinating interactions between Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal attorney, and Ukrainian officials.
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I agree...IG will most likely suggest that employees cannot be compelled without personal or state dept. counsel, just as Pompeo’s letter states.
Wait till you see how many old cronies the dims are going to drag out from moth balls to tell us that
ONLY REPUBLICANS DO WRONG THINGS AND CAVUTO SAYING “BOTH SIDES DO IT” IS NOTT TRUE. REPEAT:
ONLY REPUBLICANS DO WRONG THINGS.
Scott Stedman @ScottMStedman BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: I’m told that Pompeo’s office in recent days asked State Department HR/IG if they could “discipline” officers for “failure to follow direction” if they cooperate with Congress.
This, I’m told, is PART of the IG’s urgent request to Congress.
There is written documentation.
Scott Stedman @ScottMStedman ·
1h The IG and HR teams wouldn’t go along with Pompeo’s ask. 21 466 2.4K
Scott Stedman @ScottMStedman · 1h For when this is confirmed please credit me as the founder of @forensicnewsnet 21 309 2K
Scott Stedman @ScottMStedman · 1h The IG for State was appointed by Obama. Not sure about the HR people but the IG and HR are in lockstep against Pompeo’s ask. 31 362 2.1K Scott Stedman @ScottMStedman ·
29m I’m told that @OversightDems received a report on this from a government employee in the last hour. https://twitter.com/ScottMStedman/status/1179156540835500032
So’s the DOJ IG, but he seems a straight shooter.
janetjanet998, I’m not trying to be funny, but:
I DON’T KNOW WHAT ANY OF THAT MEANS.
I’m not the brightest bulb on the tree.
Could you help translate, using brevity.
No, this is the Department of State IG, not the DOJ IG.
People don’t know that every department has an IG.
More tidbits
CNN reports the IG sent this over about an hour after the SOS letter this morning
https://twitter.com/OutFrontCNN/status/1179191246448775168
“Vacancy during Clinton tenure
Throughout the tenure of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, there was no permanent inspector general at the State Department. Moreover, President Barack Obama did not nominate anyone for that position while she was Secretary.”
IG Linick is yet another Obama appointee and holdover so you can be sure he is 100% politically reliable so expect yet another trumped up charge this time maybe against Pompeo who was allegedly in the room on Trump’s Ukraine call.
I agree...IG will most likely suggest that employees cannot be compelled without personal or state dept. counsel, just as Pompeo’s letter states.
I read that House Dems changed a bunch of impeachment rules. One being witnesses can’t have lawyers with them. Or something like that. I’m sure the CIA blower with have a phalanx of Democrat lawyers with him when he appears, though.
The scuttlebutt is that the Horowitz report is due to be presented within the next six weeks, and that it is pretty much a dud. But, really, legally there is not much Horowitz can do anyway, as he has no indictment or charging powers. His investigation is simply to justify keeping scads of government employees on the payroll.
“Im telling you when the indictments come out and the ball starts rolling they will all be sh##ing their pants and running to hide not running toward a micropho=ne with another collusion story”
Wake me when any charges or indictments are handed down.
“I think they have the goods on HELLARY and her minions in the State Department who joined forces with the FBI, and CIA to spy on the Trump campaign!!!”
If they do, they’ll cover it up.
I agree...IG will most likely suggest that employees cannot be compelled without personal or state dept. counsel, just as Pompeo’s letter states.
” I think the better assumption, just playing the odds, is this is a hit job against Trump, maybe against Trump and Pompeo.”
I agree.
No the IG is “independent” at least in the sense that he is only obligated to the political officers who appointed him in this case Holder. He would not feel compelled to even tell a Republican Secretary of State what he was up to. Heck firing him would probably be an impeachable offense under this congress.
Graham said today “two weeks” for Horowitz. And that he will invite him to a hearing ASAP. He seemed pretty confident. No doubt the “report” is done and they are just waiting until closer to the Holidays to drop it.
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