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DOJ refusing to give Grassley access to agent who interviewed Flynn
Fox News ^ | 11 June 2018 | Alex Pappas

Posted on 06/11/2018 12:28:47 PM PDT by Magnatron

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley isn't backing down as the Justice Department rebuffs his repeated attempts to speak with the FBI agent whose interview with Michael Flynn was used to indict the ex-national security adviser in the Russia probe.

“This is no ordinary criminal case,” Grassley, R-Iowa, wrote in a June 6 letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. “Congress has a right to know the full story and to know it now.”

Grassley is pressing his request anew after the DOJ once again rejected his bid to speak with FBI Agent Joe Pientka and to obtain the FBI’s records of the interview.

Flynn pleaded guilty in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe to making false statements to the FBI in that interview. He also lost his job at the White House after he was said to have misled Vice President Pence about a discussion with then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama; US: Iowa; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 3dtiddlywinks; alabama; boyd; chuckgrassley; doj; fbi; fbiagent; flynn; grassley; iowa; jamescomey; jeffsessions; joe; joepientka; lisapage; michaelflynn; peterstrzok; pientka; robertmueller; rodrosenstein; rosenstein; sessions; southcarolina; stephenboyd
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When are the Republicans going to wake up and quit getting punched in the face???


1 posted on 06/11/2018 12:28:47 PM PDT by Magnatron
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To: Magnatron

Yep the SWAMP / DEEP STATE is in control of aMeriKa...


2 posted on 06/11/2018 12:30:46 PM PDT by ncfool (America Reborn 1/20/2017. Lets make sure we don't screw up,the opportunity to MAGA.)
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To: Magnatron
" ...the Justice Department...."????

Sessions, Wray or RosenWeasel?

3 posted on 06/11/2018 12:31:00 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Magnatron

Is this part of AG Sessions super sophisticated plan to screw the deep state? /s


4 posted on 06/11/2018 12:31:07 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: Magnatron

5 posted on 06/11/2018 12:31:36 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Magnatron
Simple three step solution:

IMPEACH Rosenstein;

IMPEACH Wray;

IMPEACH Jeffie "Do Nothing" Sessions

6 posted on 06/11/2018 12:32:48 PM PDT by 21st Century Crusader (If you are not standing for The Flag or The Anthem, you damn well better be in a wheelchair!)
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Atta GO CHUCK.......keep at it.

Flynn was the victim of the liberal fascist cartel who were organized to cover the machinations of Clinton and Obama.

Get ‘em good Chuck!


7 posted on 06/11/2018 12:33:13 PM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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Jeff Sessions has been AG for 1 year, 4 months, 2 days.


8 posted on 06/11/2018 12:33:48 PM PDT by proust ("The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.")
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Its called a “subpoena”,Chuck. Issue one.

L


9 posted on 06/11/2018 12:34:14 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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I generally support Grassley in this, but I'm wondering why he's looking for information in a criminal case where the defendant (Flynn) has pleaded guilty and is awaiting a sentencing hearing that has been delayed multiple times this year.

Why hasn't Flynn's legal team pushed the DOJ on this already?

10 posted on 06/11/2018 12:34:14 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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To: gaijin

You’d think he was protecting the secret Keebler recipe with all this obstruction.


11 posted on 06/11/2018 12:34:38 PM PDT by proust ("The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.")
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To: Paladin2

“Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd, in a May 29 letter to Grassley, declined the requests.”


12 posted on 06/11/2018 12:35:05 PM PDT by Paladin2
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I think Sessions recused on this issue so its Rosenweasel...I think some folks there are still looking for reasons to be fired so they can scream obstruction of justice (so ironic).


13 posted on 06/11/2018 12:35:29 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: Magnatron

We’re all assuming those documents still exist.


14 posted on 06/11/2018 12:37:09 PM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorableu)
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To: Lurker

Its called a “subpoena”,Chuck. Issue one.


Exactly.


15 posted on 06/11/2018 12:37:42 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Magnatron

Can Trump order a raid?


16 posted on 06/11/2018 12:46:00 PM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: ncfool

It’s quite obvious that the bureaucracies now consider themselves more powerful then the elected representatives.

They’re in full rebellion.

Nothing to do now except dismantle them, start over.

No one will miss them.


17 posted on 06/11/2018 12:49:02 PM PDT by Regulator
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I think the 3 committees would like to charge obstruction of justice, and not sure why it hasn't happened already. Maybe the slow walking keeps DOJ a hair-width ahead, or maybe the committees need more than a majority vote? Obstruction of justice charges would help Trump justify firings.
18 posted on 06/11/2018 12:49:44 PM PDT by Missouri gal
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To: Alberta's Child
Why hasn't Flynn's legal team pushed the DOJ on this already?

I believe Flynn can still rescind his guilty plea and go back to court. He just needs a justifiable reason and he has several.

19 posted on 06/11/2018 12:56:10 PM PDT by usurper ( version)
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To: ncfool

Now is the time for congress to reassert their oversight control. Find Wray and Rosenstien in contempt and send US Marshalls to arrest and jail them. Start cutting funds for their operations in areas which hurts.

Either the peoples votes really matter or they don’t. Right now the deep state is saying F the people and their vote, we run the government. This attitude never ends well for them, think French Revolution...


20 posted on 06/11/2018 12:57:51 PM PDT by sarge83
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