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IG finds Justice Department spied on Patel and other congressional staffer without telling courts
Just the News ^ | 12/10/24 | Steven Richards

Posted on 12/10/2024 12:43:27 PM PST by CFW

The Justice Department spied on two House members and several congressional staffers in a leak investigation without telling the courts, the agency's inspector general found in a sweeping investigation released Tuesday.

As a result, the department obtained phone records from the two members of Congress and 43 staff members including President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, who worked as a staffer on the GOP-led House Intelligence Committee at the time.

The department initiated the probe to investigate leaks to the media of FBI classified information as part of the now-discredited Trump-Russia probe which had recently been shared with Congress.

Inspector General Michael Horowitz found that the Justice Department, in filings with the court, did not reference “the fact that they related to requests for records of Members of Congress or congressional staffers," despite implicating constitutional separation of powers between two government branches.

You can read the report below:

(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: California; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: adamschiff; andrewmccabe; apple; bidencrimefamily; california; christopherwray; corruption; creepstate; deepstate; departmentofjustus; dirtydems; doj; fbi; fib; fisa; google; kashpatel; lizcheney; merrickgarland; michaelhorowitz; patel; policestate; privacy; separationofpowers; singlepartystate; spying; surveillance; wyoming
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We knew this of course. Notice the IG's report didn't come out until AFTER the election.
1 posted on 12/10/2024 12:43:27 PM PST by CFW
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Subpoena Garland and everyone involved- if they do not show up arrest them 1/21/2025


2 posted on 12/10/2024 12:46:02 PM PST by God luvs America (6young 3.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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DOJ and FBI are as corrupt as they can be, no wonder Trump wanted Gaetz and Patel - these places need to be cleaned out top to bottom.


3 posted on 12/10/2024 12:47:13 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: CFW

And water will get you wet. What else is new?


4 posted on 12/10/2024 12:51:35 PM PST by sport
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To: CFW

So who is going to jail?

[crickets]


5 posted on 12/10/2024 12:57:04 PM PST by taxcontrol (You are entitled to your opinion, no matter how wrong it is.)
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>>>DOJ and FBI are as corrupt as they can be...

Sick sick agencies! Thank GWD Garland didn’t end up as a judge on the highest court!


6 posted on 12/10/2024 12:59:03 PM PST by existentially_kuffer
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Did the liberal democrat politicians secretly train in Soviet Union Russia for years????


7 posted on 12/10/2024 1:05:21 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: God luvs America

Another candidate for the Joe Biden 25 year pardon will be the Garland types. Defiantly corrupt.


8 posted on 12/10/2024 1:09:02 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Wouldn’t Gaetz be better as IG than Horowitz?
Horowitz appears to think his job is to protect the FBI.


9 posted on 12/10/2024 1:10:33 PM PST by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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You do not refer these cases to the Justice Department for prosecution until our team is in place.

Then hopefully the cases will be prepared and the indictments will get done.

Treason.


10 posted on 12/10/2024 1:10:38 PM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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Two articles posted at two different websites today within 45 minutes of each other:

“Kash Patel Doesn’t Belong at the FBI” by John Bolton at the WSJ

Followed by:

“IG finds Justice Department spied on Patel and other Congressional staffer without telling Courts” by Steven Richards at Just the News.

Rather amusing I thought.

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/kash-patel-doesnt-belong-at-the-fbi-cabinet-nominee-5ef655eb?mod=hp_opin_pos_0


11 posted on 12/10/2024 1:21:27 PM PST by CFW
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“Kash Patel Doesn’t Belong at the FBI” by John Bolton at the WSJ

This is why I won't subscribe to the WSJ, taking a op-ed from Bolton is demeaning.

12 posted on 12/10/2024 1:23:33 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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“Sick sick agencies! Thank GWD Garland didn’t end up as a judge on the highest court!”

That is one of the few things that McConnell got right.


13 posted on 12/10/2024 1:32:32 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: God luvs America

Throw them in jail.


14 posted on 12/10/2024 1:38:42 PM PST by jimbug
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To: Parley Baer

SO TRUE!


15 posted on 12/10/2024 1:46:12 PM PST by existentially_kuffer
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To: CFW

That sounds like laws were broken??


16 posted on 12/10/2024 1:49:45 PM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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“This is why I won’t subscribe to the WSJ, taking a op-ed from Bolton is demeaning.”


My employer paid for my subscription. I retired four years ago. I guess eventually they will cancel it, but I’m not reminding them to do so.


17 posted on 12/10/2024 1:50:07 PM PST by CFW
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To: JBW1949

Why, yes! Yes they did!


18 posted on 12/10/2024 2:11:17 PM PST by curious7
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To: CFW

What would you expect from the Bidenstapo?


19 posted on 12/10/2024 2:31:55 PM PST by antidemoncrat ( )
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The Trump administration better drop any pretense of being conciliatory over the abuses that have occurred. Its time for some serious and swift accountability. Anything less will only ensure that these types of abuses will occur again and again.

The corruption must be weeded out now.


20 posted on 12/10/2024 2:42:21 PM PST by Starboard
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