Posted on 05/22/2018 6:01:42 AM PDT by blam
Former Attorney General Eric Holder blasted President Donald Trump’s demand to investigate possible federal meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign as “dangerous” and “democracy threatening” in a message posted Monday afternoon. “Trump demand for DOJ investigation is dangerous/democracy threatening. DOJ response is disappointing,” Holder lamented on Twitter. “There is no basis/no predicate for an inquiry. It’s time to stand for time-honored DOJ independence. That separation from White House is a critical part of our system.”
On Sunday, President Trump took to Twitter to demand that the Justice Department probe politically-motivated spying on his campaign.
“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!” the President said Sunday.
“If anyone did infiltrate or surveil participants in a presidential campaign for inappropriate purposes, we need to know about it and take appropriate action,” Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein said after ordering the Justice Department watchdog to probe whether the FBI’s counterintelligence operation against the Trump campaign was tainted by political bias.
Trump is meeting with FBI Director Christopher Wray, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and DNI Head Dan Coats at the White House on Monday to discuss the Justice Department’s request.
Holder himself benefited from a breach of “time-honored DOJ independence” while Barack Obama was in the Oval Office. President Obama asserted executive privilege to shield an investigation into then-Attorney General Holder and “Fast & Furious,” a DOJ operation which supplied firearms to Mexican cartels — one of which was used to murder Border Patrol agent Brian Terry.
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Like there’s no basis to investigate Fast & Furious?
The Lefties are the ENEMY. . .WADE INTO THEM. . .SPILL THEIR BLOOD. . shoot THEM in the belly. . .when you've put your hand into a bunch of goo, that a few minutes before, was your best friends face. . .you'll know what to do.
There is absolutely no mandate for the FBI or Justice Department to function independently. Under our Constitution there is no government department independent of oversight, veto, or external control. The so called “independence” of the Justice dept is a red herring and a blatant fraud.
Under Obama justice was a political tool of the administration. It was not independent at all but was under the thumb of the political machinations of the Obama administration. This crossed a red line when it was used to spy on and seek to destroy the Trump organization and later the Trump administration.
Trump not only has the right he has the Constitutional duty to reign in and control every department under his supervision including Justice.
Didn’t Holder, as AG, describe himself as “0bama’s wingman”? That doesn’t exactly sound like the DoJ was independent of the White House, now does it?
No basis for an investigation? That is like saying that it’s not certain that a porcupine has any quills.
Holder is ANOTHER Rat that needs to be in PRISON!
That mistake drives me crazy. The United States is a republic not a democracy.
I’m old enough to remember having to recite the Pledge of Allegiance every morning at school. I guess those days are over.
It drives me nuts when they call our great country America instead of the United States of America.
The louder Holder squeals, the more we are on target, IMO.
So tell me, Eric The Red, how many innocent people died as a result of your illegal and idiotic gun running scheme? And why shouldn’t you be tried as an accessory to murder, convicted, and executed for your crimes?
He didn’t use his race card must have left it at home.
Whatever this guy says, do the opposite.
Not a mistake by the pols. They purposely call us a democracy, because it mentally links to Democrat, makes Democrat sound more American than republic (whayever THAT means, right, millenials?).
Agree about USA. And, the United Stars ARE, not IS, a republic.
So much American Government 101 not taught anymore, thanks to our government pubic ed ‘teachers’. THAT drives me crazy!
Lockem ALL up!
“Donn’t look behind the curtain!”
How many top Dems in the Deep State signed off on the Hurricane Crossfire operation?
Eric the Red has nothing to complain about.
Hi Bankwalker ( I’d love to hear the back story about your screen name by the way).,
I don’t know if you were making a joke, but yes we should always use the correct terms. LOL!
I’m not making fun of you, but I love to goof around. Take good care of yourself friend. :-)
You can bet he is going to go after them
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The president is a New York street fighter; he will deal with it one way or another.
I have some inkling because my dad grew up on the streets of Chicago.
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