Posted on 10/27/2017 1:52:00 PM PDT by Mariner
The House intelligence committee told a federal judge this week that it issued a broad subpoena for Fusion GPS’ bank records because so much of the investigation relies on classified information, and it can’t divulge details of what it’s looking for specifically.
Fusion, which assembled the 35-page anti-Trump dossier that emerged late in last year’s presidential campaign, has balked at the scope of the subpoena, saying if it knew what the House wanted, it could help narrow the search.
But House General Counsel Thomas G. Hungar told a judge during a phone conference held Tuesday that the committee is investigating matters beyond just the production of dossier and that its investigators must be allowed the freedom to search for all relevant information.
“It would be one thing if the bank could simply tell us everything that is relevant to what the committee needs, which is more than what Fusion seems to think it is. But the problem is the bank isn’t in a position to do that. Only the committee is,” Mr. Hungar said, according to a transcript of a Tuesday’s conference.
The negotiations come as the committee has sought to learn more about the dossier Fusion produced on President Trump amid the 2016 presidential campaign, and how federal investigators relied on the document as part of their own probe of Russian interference in the election.
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And it has received very little coverage.
The House is insisting on ALL of Fusion's bank records for mid-2015 until now. The reasons they cite for this very broad request are "classified" and cannot even be divulged to Fusion or the Judge.
Many thought the Judge would decide as early as today...but we could see fireworks over the weekend.
This is more fun than a barrel of monkeys.
All bank records will be destroyed. Wiped off the computers, like a cloth.
It kinda depends on the bank, right?
A very small CIA front bank in the Bahamas could disappear off the planet in hours.
CitiBank has nowhere to go. And far too much at stake.
WHAT. A. JOKE!
They are making this so complicated we will never get any straight answers and no one will be punished.
“This is more fun than a barrel of monkeys. “
Actually it’s like waiting for a bomb to be dropped on the RATs “political outhouse!” We are now just waiting for it to start raining $hit and boards on the lot of them! Next week, watch for them to be in rain gear and galoshes.
What’s so complicated about subpoenaing all bank records from Aug 2015 to present?
What’s the joke about that?
Don’t hold your breath... She was appointed by BHO
I just read a Reuters report from a few minutes ago:
Decision on release of Fusion GPS bank records delayed until Monday morning.
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My take on this is that the records are going to be released. This a Dem friendly judge who has had all the opportunities she needed to deny the request by the House. But she hasn’t done so and, IMHO, she’s not going to.
Interesting times.
Imagine the bribes or threats this judge is now receving.
“But she hasn’t done so”
The law is absolutely clear, and inarguable.
The government has a right to any and all financial records whenever they please.
The bank is obligated by law to provide them upon legitimate request. Or cease to be a licensed bank.
Payment(s), cash transfers, etc., could have gone to private individuals’ bank accounts of a variety of people in addition or instead and even in several steps.
“This is more fun than a barrel of monkeys. “
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See my post above. We have another delay until Monday morning.
And, I’ll see your barrel and raise you a barrel.
When have we had more fun on FR than we have this week? Not counting an occasional week in November in even number years of course.
Remember, Fusion has already taken the fifth before Congress.
That’s what prompted the subpoena.
Do you believe they will provide the records?
She'll get the number of her brand new swiss account number over the weekend to assist in her deliberation.
You are correct of course.
But this judge was always going to bend over backwards to support the Dem side. But she also knows you are right and that any ruling in favor of the Dems would certainly be overturned.
I think she is just giving Fusion GPS a little more time to make a deal with the House Committee. Dem friendly judge. No surprise.
Patience. Congress will have those records soon. And a bit later we should get a peek ourselves.
“Payment(s), cash transfers, etc.,”
I think more likely it will show revenue from a variety of Law Enforcement and Intelligence sources, US and Foreign (Russia) and payments to criminals, scam artists and politicians.
But I repeat myself.
This outfit is notorious for producing dirt on politicians and enemies of politicians. Rarely true.
But they have a nearly unique ability to saturate the media with their findings.
Which also leads me to believe they are paying very large media outlets too.
That’s what makes their dirt so dangerous.
I think large media outlets are paying Fusion (read CNN, MSNBC). I assume Fusion reps are some of the anonymous sources but the bank records won’t prove that.
The judge has no legal basis not to uphold the subpoena. So why the delay? Well, it gives the judge’s favored side leverage to demand a narrower scope. This is already a display of judicial corruption. Hopefully the Congressional side sticks to its guns. Appeal all the way to SCOTUS if necessary.
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