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Grassley wants 'gag order' lifted for FBI informant allegedly 'threatened' by Obama DOJ
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Posted on 10/19/2017 2:30:59 PM PDT by ptsal

A top Senate Republican is calling for the Justice Department to lift an apparent “gag order” on an FBI informant who reportedly helped the U.S. uncover a corruption and bribery scheme by Russian nuclear officials but allegedly was “threatened” by the Obama administration to stay quiet.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is focusing on the informant amid scrutiny of the 2010 approval of a controversial uranium deal with a Russian company. He’s raising questions about potential “conflicts of interest” for Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration, and especially wants to know whether the committee that approved the deal was aware of the FBI probe involving a subsidiary of the same Russian firm.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fbi; grassley; informant; sessions; uranium; uraniumone
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Time for the Dept of Just Us to get off the dime.
1 posted on 10/19/2017 2:31:00 PM PDT by ptsal
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FYI - Let’s get this stuff on the table.


2 posted on 10/19/2017 2:33:10 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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If Session refuses to do this, then he must be removed.


3 posted on 10/19/2017 2:34:31 PM PDT by Signalman
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credits for the report...

Fox News’ Judson Berger, Griff Jenkins and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.


4 posted on 10/19/2017 2:35:13 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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Trump needs to loan the guy some body guards.


5 posted on 10/19/2017 2:35:40 PM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners..)
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the Department of Justice today under President Trump, Attorney General Sessions, could tomorrow come back and say we are removing this gag order, that we believe that there’s a compelling national interest to know. We want this individual to testify before Congress. We want the public to know exactly what went on.

So, this is not something that’s unbreakable, but it just simply takes a request from the Department of Justice to remove that gag order. If that gag order is not removed, I think it’s doubtful this businessman will want to go public, because he doesn’t want to be put in legal jeopardy.

Transcript from Tucker Carlson's show via Brietbart

6 posted on 10/19/2017 2:36:21 PM PDT by workerbee (America finally has an American president again.)
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Conflict of interest is what Grassley is concerned about?


7 posted on 10/19/2017 2:36:47 PM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners..)
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Certainly, stay away from barbells and no driving around Malta.


8 posted on 10/19/2017 2:36:52 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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Bttt.

5.56mm


9 posted on 10/19/2017 2:37:09 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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Grassley has one foot in the grave. Why should he care?


10 posted on 10/19/2017 2:41:12 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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I hope Sessions doesn’t pass it off to Rosenstein and claim he can’t do anything because Russia is involved.

If he does that then Trump would seem to have no choice but to remove a completely impotent AG.


11 posted on 10/19/2017 2:47:58 PM PDT by Aria
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Trump needs to loan the guy some body guards.

Absolutely, the probability of Arkencide if you gave the Vegas oddsmakers a shot at it would be astronomic.

12 posted on 10/19/2017 2:50:14 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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(Lawyer: Unconstitutional to block FBI informant's testimony)
13 posted on 10/19/2017 2:50:25 PM PDT by yoe
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Just another Dog and Pony show, if Grassley really wanted to know anything he would just lean over and ask Schumer. But I think he already knows what happened, might even have got a check himself.


14 posted on 10/19/2017 2:50:27 PM PDT by eyeamok (Idle hands are the Devil's workshop)
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Now even a whisper on this on the Democrats MSM. You can hear a pin drop.


15 posted on 10/19/2017 2:50:48 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
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He’ll be Arkancided before he’s even allowed to be questioned.


16 posted on 10/19/2017 2:52:59 PM PDT by Kevin in California
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“Time for the Dept of Just Us to get off the dime.”

Its as if there is a straight line continuum of stonewalling...Holder to

Surely there is enough evidence to hang a whole bunch of democrat BIG SHOTS. Naturally, Holder and Lynch protected
their own species and Sessions is chicken.


17 posted on 10/19/2017 2:53:24 PM PDT by Bonemaker
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“Time for the Dept of Just Us to get off the dime.”

Its as if there is a straight line continuum of stonewalling...Holder to Lynch to Sessions.

Surely there is enough evidence to hang a whole bunch of democrat BIG SHOTS. Naturally, Holder and Lynch protected
their own species and Sessions is chicken.


18 posted on 10/19/2017 2:57:11 PM PDT by Bonemaker
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Absolutely! It’s way past time to act on this.


19 posted on 10/19/2017 2:57:19 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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SUPER! I must have seen this discussed on Tucker Carlson’s show last night as I didn’t watch much of Hannity. Can’t remember who he was talking to but it was mentioned that all that had to be done was the lifting of the order.
Nice to see something happening - IF IT REALLY IS!! Can’t imagine why we’ve all grown so skeptical and jaded over the past 8 years. Time for some real work and success!!!


20 posted on 10/19/2017 3:00:58 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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