Posted on 05/18/2020 4:26:00 PM PDT by RandFan
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) announced Monday evening that his panel will vote June 4 on a subpoena authorization to review documents and communications and solicit testimony from an array of senior Obama-era officials, including former FBI Director James Comey.
Graham announced in a press release that the subpoena vote will take place as part of his panel’s investigation into “FISA abuse” and the FBI probe “Crossfire Hurricane,” which investigated contacts between Trump advisers and Russian officials during the 2016 presidential election.
The subpoenas will cover “documents, communications and testimony from witnesses” including Comey, former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper and former CIA Director John Brennan.
Under Senate Judiciary Committee rules, the chairman cannot unilaterally issue a subpoena and must either receive the consent of the ranking member, in this case Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), or secure a majority committee vote.
Graham and Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are spearheading Senate Republicans’ investigation into whether the FBI’s probe of the Trump campaign in 2016, which later evolved into former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of possible collusion between Trump advisers and Russian officials, was politically motivated.
Republicans last week touted a declassified National Security Agency document released by acting DNI Richard Grenell showing that 39 former senior Obama administration officials — including Comey, Clapper and Brennan — requested authority to know the identity of an American individual whose conversations with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak were intercepted by U.S. intelligence.
That official turned out to be former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Flynn later pleaded guilt to charges of lying to federal investigators, but the Justice Department made headlines earlier this month when it announced it would drop the case against him, arguing agents had botched the matter and it was unclear if the charges could be proven.
Graham has said he is interested in investigating the unmasking of Flynn as well as the genesis of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation into Trump’s campaign.
His committee on Monday said it would seek to review documents and communications related to Crossfire Hurricane and the receipt and analysis of reports prepared by former British intelligence official Christopher Steele, who was at one time employed by a law firm on behalf of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee. Steele’s report was later provided to the FBI, which was already investigating the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russian officials.
Graham announced the subpoena authorization will first be listed on the agenda for the committee’s executive business meeting on May 21 and the committee will vote on the subpoena authorization at its June 4 executive business meeting.
What is the idea behind Barr’s finding nothing to investigate on barry and biden? What???
Can’t charge a president? THEY went after a SITTING PRESIDENT.. full load.. treasonous acts... and now those who committed treasonous acts can’t be touched?.. they did nothing to be charged with???
PLease!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The women on the noon fox show... with juan.... a man who thinks barry is untouchable because he is perfect....
they were agreeing with juan to leave barry alone...
man... what gives on this? it’s black and white ...they have committed destruction aimed at this country.. aimed at many people..and aimed at Our President and his family,
But Barr finds nothing??? Durham will do nothing????
This does not sit with me at all...no... not at all!!!!!!!
Because he wanted it to last long enough to affect the election.
Why are we waiting 3 weeks?
Get to it, Linda!
why another month and a half Linda?
“...will vote June 4 on a subpoena authorization to review documents and communications and solicit testimony...”
Gee Senator, why don’t you give them another 6 months so that they can thoroughly shred and burn every single document and bleach bit, smash and put their hard drives into a wood chipper and maybe also a few of those involved can have some sort of “accident”?
WHY isn’t the vote happening TODAY? How about YESTERDAY?
The million dollar question is:
What will he do WHEN they ignore the subpoena? Send them a sternly worded letter probably.
Linda was busy protecting mueller then.
In general rinos/(both open and closeted) never trumpers in congress were busy helping rats undermininig Trump when they had majorities in both houses of congress.
“Can’t charge a president?”
A few years ago during the email scandal (and others) the FBI said they wouldn’t ever charge Hillary with anything because she was a candidate. Apparently if you’re a RAT, all you have to do is run for office, and that’s a get-out-of-jail-free card.
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