Posted on 04/16/2019 3:19:40 AM PDT by reaganaut1
If the Federal Bureau of Investigation is to recover its lost reputation, the first item on Attorney General William Barr’s agenda must be to make good on something that set off a frenzy when he proposed it last week: an honest accounting of the FBI’s spying on the presidential campaign of Donald Trump. To do it, Mr. Barr would be well advised to use a grand jury, the same tool used by special counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation.
Right now the American people don’t even know when the FBI investigation into the Trump campaign really started. Officially it began July 31, 2016, set off by a tip from Australia’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Alexander Downer, that Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos had told him Russia had damaging information on Hillary Clinton. But the accumulating evidence—confidential informants were reportedly reaching out to Trump campaign officials well before July 31—casts doubt on the party line.
Mr. Mueller showed how to get answers. A grand jury, with the powers to subpoena and indict, would wonderfully concentrate many Beltway minds now not inclined to cooperate.
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Today the best candidate for a grand jury appearance may be former FBI general counsel James Baker. In closed testimony before the House Judiciary Committee released last week by Georgia Republican Rep. Doug Collins, Mr. Baker acknowledged his role in channeling Trump-Russia dirt commissioned by Clinton operatives to the FBI.
Under questioning, Mr. Baker agreed that the way the FBI handed the Russia investigation was “abnormal.” He further revealed he is under criminal investigation for leaks. On the advice of lawyers, he refused to answer questions about his contacts with reporters or whether Mr. Papadopoulos had been spied on via a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant.
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WSJ seems surprised
I'm personally shocked to see this in the WSJ.
Good manners and good sense require that they pretend to be surprised. The WSJ does not want to see the US lose its surveillance capabilities because of gross political abuse under Obama.
I want the FBI disbanded and sent to the dustbin of history. I want the truth to come out, all of it. That is more important than the punishment phase.
This is a strong article. Without convictions and prison time for the conspirators, the rule of law, as it pertains to our elites, is meaningless.
What the American people want is revenge and by his I mean they picked this fight and we will end it. How many times have we sat and watch the talking heads tell us all the info we need to know about these criminals and no one goes to jail let alone be indicted. We are sick and tired of being played! Now we want justice, real justice! They all need to go to jail or our system means nothing
Unfortunately, it is the hard coin of criminal and civil punishment of individuals that best changes behavior. The FBI is not going to be dismantled, but it can be reformed to a degree.
So funny! To hear people talk about “restoring” the DOJ or FBI. Please. And those folks who say “...not the rank and file...”, please. How do you say nothing when your boss is corrupt? There are no innocents in the DOJ. You cannot “restore honor” after what has been done any more than you can restore virginity. You can’t restore integrity to a banker who has embezzled or a merchant who cheats. If anyone was serious about preserving the country they would acknowledge these institutions cannot be saved and like a cancer must be removed to save the patient. Of course, no one is serious about saving the country, everyone is just trying to stay in a position they can catch a good chunk as it falls.
A grand jury composed of DC people. Pass the crack pipe.
Re: “The FBI Needs a Grand Jury”
LOL!
In Washington D.C., 96% of the potential jurors voted against Donald Trump in the 2016 election.
Maybe someone will get indicted.
But, no Democrat will ever be convicted of a politically related crime in that city.
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So funny! To hear people talk about “restoring” the DOJ or FBI. Please. And those folks who say “...not the rank and file...”, please. How do you say nothing when your boss is corrupt? There are no innocents in the DOJ. You cannot “restore honor” after what has been done any more than you can restore virginity. You can’t restore integrity to a banker who has embezzled or a merchant who cheats. If anyone was serious about preserving the country they would acknowledge these institutions cannot be saved and like a cancer must be removed to save the patient. Of course, no one is serious about saving the country, everyone is just trying to stay in a position they can catch a good chunk as it falls.
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BWAHAHAHA. I find your post highly hypocritical of many here on FR. Perfectly on point.
Just swap “(R)N(C)” for “FBI\DOJ”.
Yet, every election cycle, there’s their continued support (financially and electorally) for more of the same.
We have become lawless. If there is no justice, this situation will repeat, sooner rather than later.
Just swap FBi/DOJ with IRS.
“In Washington D.C., 96% of the potential jurors voted against Donald Trump in the 2016 election.”
Convene one in Texas.
Besides, testimony has already been made public so a grand jury would be going backwards, not forward.
Any US Attorney can now be assigned to handle anything that needs to be prosecuted.
This is a nothing more than an overt call for more delay.
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Just swap “(R)N(C)” for “FBI\DOJ”.
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Just swap FBi/DOJ with IRS.
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Doesn’t matter what govt dept/agency+ you plug in, it’s been the “false prophets” of the (R)N(C), and their zealots\knee-pad-brigade, that run on “Elect ME (us) and we’ll....” (lie through out teeth and consolidate power and line our own pockets w/ the public treasury while back-stabbing the dupes that put us here). Yet, they continue to get voted for again, and again, and....
And the (R)N(C) electorate believe they don’t live on the plantation *SMH* /rant over
A grand jury convened in Texas can only prosecute crimes committed in Texas.
“What a crock! The IG and Huber are the only tools that are needed and they’re already at work.”
Ah yes, the tag-team of Obama appointees that super-effective Jeff Sessions set to covering for, I mean “investigating” Obama cronies. How could we forget! I mean they have produced so many results so far.
I want the FBI disbanded and sent to the dustbin of history. I want the truth to come out, all of it.
Without convictions and prison time for the conspirators, the rule of law, as it pertains to our elites, is meaningless.
We are sick and tired of being played! Now we want justice, real justice! They all need to go to jail or our system means nothing.
If anyone was serious about preserving the country they would acknowledge these institutions cannot be saved and like a cancer must be removed to save the patient.
We have become lawless.
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