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 thats 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 Bakers 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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If Trump gets the nomination a third party candidate will step in to siphon enough votes to insure he cant win. They will be ready this time, he wont be allowed to win.
I might have to swipe that. Never saw one that goes to “Fabulous” - LOL
Quite the contrary. It only means the DOJ isn't allowing Congress to know anything about him or his misdeeds while he's "under investigation". As with all senior level deep state officials, it's a form of protection. They get immunity (especially if they're on board the "Trump's a Russian spy" program) and their records get sealed/destroyed. They write books, get gigs on CNN and all is well.
J. Edgar Huber has it all under control.
He SHOULD be in PRISON for the COUP he was helping plot!!
It’s the “JUST US” Dept.
Actually hes already been cleared with no charges according to Chuck Ross
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