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 cant divulge details of what its looking for specifically.
Fusion, which assembled the 35-page anti-Trump dossier that emerged late in last years 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 isnt in a position to do that. Only the committee is, Mr. Hungar said, according to a transcript of a Tuesdays 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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6 to 9 mil for the Trump Tinkle Dossier?
Somebody got taken.
Probably a lot of the 1.2 billion dollar HC campaign expenditures found their way back into her greedy little hands.
I demand a full accounting!
What’s Lois Lerner doing these days. She is good with numbers. She certainly had the Tea Party’s number.
Probably. I think the bank could query their database and get all data about FusionGPS, for say the past year, more or less instantly. Then get the backup tapes for previous years and the whole thing could be done in a day. The extra time is to give them time to select what they're going to give the Republicans.
“When have we had more fun on FR than we have this week?”
I can’t recall a better week! The RATs “rotary actuator,” is out having a replacement motor installed, because they’ve burnt out the one that came with it. I understand they are getting one with 5X the horsepower just to make sure it doesn’t “crap out” again! I think there is a glimmer of hope that some, if not all involved in today’s four or five ongoing scandals will be becoming guests of the state sooner rather than later.
Well, that is interesting. It means Fusion had its hands in other matters the house is interested in. They said more bombshells(I hate that word) were coming, looks like they are.
“Then get the backup tapes for previous years and the whole thing could be done in a day. “
Not even close.
They do daily back-ups (incremental)and weekly full.
There are literally hundreds of copies of Fusion’s transactions and not all of them would be in the hands of the bank.
Which back-up/storage providers are willing to risk prison? How many bank officers are will to risk prison?
Once the subpoena was issued, any attempt to subvert or destroy would land the average Joe in federal prison for 10 years, minimum.
Which back-up/storage providers are willing to risk prison? How many bank officers are will to risk prison?
Well, plenty of people risked going to prison instead of letting Bill Clinton be removed from office, much less sending him to prison. I think only one guy went to prison for him.
Which back-up/storage providers are willing to risk prison? How many bank officers are will to risk prison?
Initially the bank refused to turn over anything. Since a court ordered them to hand them over the records they've slow-rolled it.
Once the subpoena was issued, any attempt to subvert or destroy would land the average Joe in federal prison for 10 years, minimum.
We're not exactly talking about the "average Joe" are we? The "average Joe" would've been sent to prison for 30 years to life over the known violations of our espionage laws by Mrs. Bill Clinton.
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