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Rod Rosenstein throws a spanner in the Democratic message machine
washington examiner ^ | 5/21/2018 | tom rogan

Posted on 05/21/2018 10:04:57 AM PDT by bitt

Many have laughed at Trump's concerns, but on Sunday, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein gave momentum to President Trump's belief that the FBI may have spied on his 2016 presidential campaign for political reasons. Rosenstein did so by ordering the Justice Department's inspector general to investigate whether there has been "impropriety or political motivation" in the FBI's Trump-related investigations.

Trump had called for just this kind of investigation earlier on Sunday with the following tweet:

I hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the Department of Justice look into whether or not the FBI/DOJ infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes - and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the Obama Administration! 1:37 PM - May 20, 2018

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: andrewmccabe; carterpage; christopherwray; doj; georgepapadopoulos; jamescomey; lisabarsoomian; michaelcohen; perjury; rodrosenstein; rosenstein; samclovis; steeledossier; stefanhalper; trump
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To: bitt

Good!


41 posted on 05/21/2018 11:33:10 AM PDT by Lopeover ( The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: bitt

It’s bullshiite. The doj IG can’t investigate Brennan, the CIA, Clapper, the State Department, Fusion GPS, etc.

It was a purposeful sabotage move by Rosensessions, to head off further calls for a new Special Counsel. Which is what we need.

It’s failing already, btw.


42 posted on 05/21/2018 12:26:36 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Stefan Halper Stefan Halper Stefan Halper Stefan Halper Stefan Halper)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“Go Rosenstein and Sessions!!“

Neither one of those chuckleheads has done a damned thing.

L


43 posted on 05/21/2018 12:31:17 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: SaveFerris

How about a wrecking bar? That is a tool used in construction and demolition. It’s solid steel, about 1/2 inch thick and 3 ft. long, with a crook and claws on one end, for pulling nails, etc., and a flat area on the other end for prying and ripping. It will do as much damage as a spanner or a monkey wrench if you throw it into the proverbial democrat gearbox.


44 posted on 05/21/2018 12:58:36 PM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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To: Tucker39

I like the wrecking bar. They’re heavy.


45 posted on 05/21/2018 1:02:30 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Reno89519

It is my understanding that the IG hands over what he learns to US Attorney Huber out in Utah, who can convene Grand Juries and indict the bad guys where appropriate.


46 posted on 05/21/2018 1:41:44 PM PDT by expat2
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To: jmacusa

For any wrench.


47 posted on 05/21/2018 1:42:59 PM PDT by expat2
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To: expat2

“make recommendations”

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/29/sessions-federal-prosecutor-evaluating-alleged-fbi-doj-wrongdoing-no-second-special-counsel-for-now.html

...“These senior prosecutors will report directly to the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General [Rod Rosenstein], as appropriate, and will make recommendations as to whether any matters not currently under investigation should be opened, whether any matters currently under investigation require further resources, or whether any matters merit the appointment of a Special Counsel.”

Sessions revealed Thursday in the letter to top Republican lawmakers in both chambers of Congress that Huber was the senior federal prosecutor leading that effort...


48 posted on 05/21/2018 1:47:33 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Lurker

Haters gonna hate


49 posted on 05/21/2018 2:21:49 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Democracy: The cliff's edge of Marxism)
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To: expat2

And the results so far? ZIP. Heck, most of these folks still work at DOJ/FBI, still have their clearances, etc. Nothing is happening.


50 posted on 05/21/2018 2:38:28 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“Haters gonna hate.”

And slackers gonna slack.

See Sessions.

L


51 posted on 05/21/2018 2:43:43 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: jmacusa

I think Scotty said “spanner” at least once on the old Star Trek.


52 posted on 05/21/2018 2:44:53 PM PDT by isom35
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“Haters gonna hate”

And, just for the record, I don’t hate him. I just want him to do his damned job.

L


53 posted on 05/21/2018 4:12:13 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: zerosix
Yep. IG can only question current employees of DoJ. That leaves out Comey, Clapper, Brennan, Yates, Lynch, host of other malefactors and miscreants who are not at DoJ as of today.

Rosenstein is a never trumper and this is his latest sham cover up.

54 posted on 05/21/2018 6:35:24 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: hinckley buzzard
I dearly hate to say this but I fear so many of us demanding justice, even for our current “untouchables,” have been pressed beyond anything a reasonable person should have to witness in America, where “All men (and women) are created equal, who knows how far people are willing to go forward.

We’ve asked for justice, demanded justice, sued for justice, yet it seems beyond our reach no matter how much is exposed about “our betters.”

I’m sure political advisors are “advising” their candidates to keep the pressure mounting until November, so much that there is a Red Tsaumi, never mind a “wave,” but most of us are boiling over and merely waiting to vote isn’t going to cut it this time!

55 posted on 05/21/2018 6:47:43 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: expat2; jmacusa
For any wrench.

Correct.

In fact, a "monkey wrench" is different from a "crescent wrench" although still an adjustable wrench. It more closely resembles a pipe wrench, but with smooth straight jaws, meant to turn a hex-head nut or bolt, instead of the curved gripper jaws meant for pipe. It has a nut above the handle

56 posted on 05/22/2018 9:47:12 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (The Obama is about to hit the fan.)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

“It’s Bicycle Repairman!’’ “See how he uses that spanner!’’


57 posted on 05/22/2018 9:51:05 AM PDT by jmacusa ("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: isom35; jmacusa
I think Scotty said “spanner” at least once on the old Star Trek.

We also have "spanners" in American nomenclature. They are usually large dimention (1"-2") wrenches cut out of heavy gauge sheet steel, as opposed to a forged and much thicker conventional wrench.

Like the OEM wrench for your table or skil saw, only bigger.

58 posted on 05/22/2018 9:53:55 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (The Obama is about to hit the fan.)
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To: jmacusa
Bicycle Repairman!

Well, my "bike" is a little more heavy duty than that.

59 posted on 05/22/2018 9:56:38 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (The Obama is about to hit the fan.)
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