Posted on 06/02/2025 4:34:56 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Now in question is the entirety of Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation into the Russia-collusion hoaxers.
People familiar with the investigation into the Russia collusion hoax told The Federalist that senior officials did not know the FBI case management database, Sentinel, allowed agents to conceal the existence of evidence. Nor did anyone from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office mention that documents related to the investigation into the Trump campaign had been rendered invisible by use of the “Prohibited Access” coding in Sentinel — even though they knew the Department of Justice was investigating the origins and handling of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.
On Monday, a former political appointee at the DOJ expressed surprise that no one from Special Counsel Mueller’s team mentioned the “Prohibited Access” functionality of Sentinel to senior officials. This news follows last week’s release by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, of a recently declassified FBI report that revealed that Special Counsel Mueller’s office used a “Prohibited Access” restriction during the Trump/Russia-collusion investigation.
As The Federalist detailed earlier today, the “Prohibited Access” coding in the FBI’s Sentinel case management system, “precludes investigators from detecting the existence of potentially relevant serials.” “In other words,” according to the just-released FBI report, “when search terms that exist in the Prohibited Access-status cases are searched in Sentinel, the particular search will receive a false-negative Sentinel search response.”
This contrasts with FBI documents categorized in Sentinel as “Restricted Access.” While that restriction prevents FBI agents from viewing the contents of “Restricted Access” files, Sentinel will nonetheless show there are hits for the search terms. Other investigators will thus know that potentially relevant evidence exists. Not so with the “Prohibited Access” code, which will leave other FBI wrongly believing there are no responsive documents.
That senior officials overseeing the investigation into...
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I voted for results and not excuses. Do something PDJ!
Ready! Fire! Aim!
The Ghost of J Edgar Hoover still walks among the FBI.
I would bet that this categorization has been in place since AT LEAST the Obama days, and has been used extensively. They just didn’t TALK about it. It’s where they put the stuff that might come in handy someday for blackmail.
What’s always been amazing to me is just how many human beings have sold their characters, and their souls, to keep all this quiet.
Club Gitmo has immediate occupacny...
Oh, come on!
If the “something” is going to stick, then first get court orders for the stuff and subpoenas for the document hiders so everyone can see what was being hidden by who so real charges can be filed. Running around screaming do something is not going to work-that is why proper legal process must be followed...
Promotions for everybody! Quick make an announcement the FBI is going to investigate a militia in Idaho.
Any questions about why dirty Obama cop McCabe is bashing Patel and Bongino on CNN? He’s scared.
Why is he is scared? Patel probably has a poster of him on his wall.
TREASON!
“...that senior officials did not know the FBI case management database, Sentinel, allowed agents to conceal the existence of evidence....”
Remind me when the House of Representatives passed two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump they were:
(1) abuse of power, and
(2) obstruction of Congress.
I think that what was done by the powers that be within the FBI/DOJ are both an abuse of power and an obstruction of justice.
People should loose their pensions and end up in jail.
So what other cases/evidence is secured in the “Prohibited Access” section of the data base?
It’s rich for The Federalist to whine about this now. They enjoyed every minute of Crossfire Hurricane and wished it had succeeded. It failed to cancel DJT 45 and just made DJT 47 more focused.
Whoever programmed this into the software should face a separate criminal charge for each individual document that was not produced that would have been relevant to a search, investigation, or a FOIA request.
No one is above the law. Remember that?
The fact that the FIB was able to conceal evidence is reason enough to review ALL case convictions and plea deals during that corrupt leadership.
bullSchiff !
Lockheed Martin?
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