Posted on 01/15/2019 6:13:42 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Former FBI general counsel James Baker is under criminal investigation for unauthorized leaks to the media.
The development was made public in a letter sent Tuesday to the office of U.S. Attorney John Durham for the District of Connecticut by Republican Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Mark Meadows of North Carolina.
In the letter, the two lawmakers cite the transcript of a congressional interview with Baker and his lawyer in October. “You may or may not know, [Baker has] been the subject of a leak investigation … a criminal leak investigation that’s still active at the Justice Department,” lawyer Daniel Levin told lawmakers, according to the transcript cited by Jordan and Meadows.
Levin then declined to answer any more questions about conversations Baker had with reporters. "As we continue our oversight and investigative work, we felt it prudent to write to you seeking an update. Without being apprised of the contours of your leak investigation and Baker’s role, we run the risk of inadvertently interfering with your prosecutorial plans," Jordan and Meadows wrote.
Baker was appointed FBI general counsel in January 2014 and reassigned by newly appointed director Christopher Wray in December 2017. Jordan and Meadows were part of a House GOP effort investigating how the Justice Department and FBI acted ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
The letter comes days after a New York Times reported detailed how senior FBI officials, in the days after former FBI Director James Comey was fired in May 2017, opened an investigation into whether President Trump was working on behalf of Russia.
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So this is the one guy that they’ll throw under the bus so they can say “justice was done,” for this entire FBI conspiracy to sabotage an opposition candidate in a presidential election.
Perhaps, but this guy, as chief FBI counsel, undoubtedly knows where ALL the bodies are buried.
Bump.
Hillary was under investigation by the “Justice” Department too. How did that one turn out?
Well, there is this:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3720186/posts
Just posted today. Fitton is like a stray dog with lockjaw when it comes to suing the Feds over FOIA, The Just Us Department may be corrupt, but he’s not!
This is just Baker's lawyer making an excuse to Jordan so that Baker doesn't have to testify before Congress.
That's the Deep State controlled DOJ's track record.
Brick by brick.
Meh...
They’re not going to prosecute a bigwig for leaking. There will be some phrase in a report similar to ‘lacked candor’ when they decline to prosecute bald lies.
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Like McCabe and Comey are under investigation?
Come on now, the team was told, we have your back, no one will face the legal music.
And it’s held, no one is in jeopardy, and now one has been.
The new guy will Investigate Big Macs being served before he looks at Bruce and Nellie Ohr (still working at Justice and their contractor (Fusion)).
It’s clear as can be.
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And Comey????!!!!
Throw out some journalist names and we can talk.
Is this James Baker any relations to James Baker IIIrd? The velvet hammer? Reagan Bush era guy? Handled the George W Bush reelection fiasco in Miami?
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The are all free as birds, by design.
Papadopoulos has been charged and sentenced. Manafort has already had Trials. Flynn?
If they weren’t running out the clock, something would’ve been done.
Huber was a Scam. IG Horowitz is a Scam, and Bruce Ohr still works at the DoJ!
Wifey is still doing opposition research for the Dems.
The FBi/ DoJ rushed through clearance of Comey’s book, so he could cash in (and embarrass Trump).
Clear as a bell. The FBi / DoJ is still running Get Trump Ops. Remember, last time Trump was meeting with a leader overseas they timed actions to embarrass Trump.
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I was an investigator for a number of years a way back. If I took as long as the DOJ and FBI do, I would have been fired. I had to present my preliminary investigation within 30 days of being assigned and if the boss said “go” the case continued. I had to produce results and a proven “no case” to him was as important as an indictment. These people in WDC are really slow!!!
Hillary in her server.
They are obviously slow walking this on the assumption that Trump wont be reelected.
Please squeeze that bastard for all he knows, or else send him away for a decade.
That is all.
....They are obviously slow walking this on the assumption that Trump wont be reelected.....
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So what happens when Trump wins his second term?
The same crap for four more years?
I don’t see anyone coming to help Trump.
Perhaps the TeaParty can do some good.
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