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Mark Meadows bypasses FBI to appeal for release of info linked to FISA abuse report
washington examiner ^ | 7/30/2019 | daniel Chaitin

Posted on 07/30/2019 8:28:44 PM PDT by bitt

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., is getting impatient with the FBI in his effort to root out misconduct in the early stages of the Trump-Russia investigation and went over Director Christopher Wray's head to try and move things along.

In the balance, the GOP investigator said in a letter to top Justice Department officials last week, is the American public's ability to fully understand DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz's upcoming report on alleged surveillance abuses.

In the letter addressed to Attorney General William Barr and Horowitz, Meadows pushed for the unredacted release of five pages related to British ex-spy Christopher Steele, who compiled an unverified dossier on President Trump's ties to Russia that was used by the bureau to obtain the authority to spy on a member of his campaign, Carter Page.

Meadows cited a Freedom of Information Act legal battle over the disclosure of documents from Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kathleen Kavalec that followed her meeting with Steele on Oct. 11, 2016, 10 days before the first Page warrant application was submitted. Notes taken from that meeting by Kavalec, obtained and released by conservative group Citizens United through open-records litigation, cast doubt on Steele's reliability. Kavalec wrote that during that meeting Steele admitted he was encouraged by his client, which was the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee, to get his research out before the November 2016 election, signaling a possible political motivation. Kavalec's notes also show she believed some of Steele's allegations were false.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fbi; fisaabuse; markmeadows; wray
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1 posted on 07/30/2019 8:28:44 PM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 07/30/2019 8:28:59 PM PDT by bitt (US intel is there to protect the safety and security of Americans. It is not a political tool.)
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To: bitt

Wray believes he works for FBI staffers and Deep Staters across the US government AND INTERNATIONALLY — he does not believe he works for President Trump and the American People.


3 posted on 07/30/2019 8:32:29 PM PDT by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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To: bitt


FBI DIRECTOR WRAY IS USELESS
LOOKS LIKE HE'S COVERING FOR COMEY

IS WRAY "OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE?"


4 posted on 07/30/2019 8:32:52 PM PDT by onyx
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To: bitt

Trump can order any information from the FBI. If he does not get it the next day he can fire the director.
Why does he sit on his hands and do nothing but tweet?


5 posted on 07/30/2019 8:34:07 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Magoo

Bump for the crackpots who think this bum is a white hat.


6 posted on 07/30/2019 8:36:12 PM PDT by JonPreston
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To: bitt

So much for all the *BOOM* investigations going on. We can’t even pry the FISA docs loose... and those are the basis for the entire scheme.


7 posted on 07/30/2019 8:37:00 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: bitt

Didn’t Trump say release it all. Maybe a few heads need to roll.


8 posted on 07/30/2019 8:39:51 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: bitt

Wray is protecting the institution and in doing so, protecting the guilty.


9 posted on 07/30/2019 8:42:51 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: bitt

Good for Meadows. Having been in positions I’ve had to break protocol, I can say it doesn’t make one many friends, and one discovers memories are long. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t, so full ahead, or head out the door. Meadows isn’t heading out the door as far as I can tell, so lets see how this all works out. Interesting. Maybe someone high up the chain will kick the right butt, and we’ll finally make some progress.


10 posted on 07/30/2019 8:44:20 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists call 'em what you will they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: minnesota_bound

Trump is not the first nanny or a human police action for every quarrel between Congress and Wray, or Barr, or Congress and the myriad of US departments loaded with career deep staters. This is between two separate branches of government.

I’m glad Meadows tried an apparently unique approach to circumvent this Wray guy. Wray has proven to be Comey II. Look what happened to him.
Wray will be gone when a trustworthy replacement can be found.


11 posted on 07/30/2019 8:52:40 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Publik Skools/Academia are the Marxists Farm Team for more coming. Infinitum.)
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To: RitaOK

>>Wray will be gone when a trustworthy replacement can be found.
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And one who the Senate will confirm as well.


12 posted on 07/30/2019 9:02:23 PM PDT by Kalamata (BIBLE RESEARCH TOOLS: http://bibleresearchtools.com/)
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To: Kalamata
Maybe they arent releasing the fisa warrants so the corrupt can have a fair jury 😂 atleast that’s what I’m hoping !
13 posted on 07/30/2019 9:41:44 PM PDT by BillyCuccio (MAGA)
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To: Kalamata

You recall the FBI had/has its own hierarchy system of succession. Obama corrupted it right before he left office and locked in the top four deep staters for ascension to Director. The fledgling Trump administration had to face Obama’s next-in-line, and I remember the name Boentes, or something like that, among them. They are all Gone now.

Anyway, Trump’s people got their bearings and Trump undid Obama’s EO on that hot loaded ascendancy trickery and took slow control.


14 posted on 07/30/2019 9:43:21 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Publik Skools/Academia are the Marxists Farm Team for more coming. Infinitum.)
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To: bitt

from one possible perspective all this delay is a form of slo mo kabuki designed for maximum yield on target around october 2020, just before the november 2020 election.

personally i would find it tough to wait that long, however...


15 posted on 07/30/2019 9:56:47 PM PDT by SteveH (intentionally blank)
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To: RitaOK

How do you like the sound of “FBI Director David Clarke”?


16 posted on 07/30/2019 10:02:22 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: bitt

Chris Wray needs to be fired!


17 posted on 07/30/2019 10:10:36 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: bitt
Wray is a disgrace. He needs to go.
18 posted on 07/30/2019 10:12:57 PM PDT by Chgogal (Trump: Make America Great Again. Democrat: Make America Mexico Again.)
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To: bitt

Wray is just as corrupt as his predecessors Comey, Strzok/Page, Yates, etc. TIME TO FIRE HIM, NOW!


19 posted on 07/30/2019 10:22:18 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Reno89519

Trump gave the responsibility to Barr. Be patient.


20 posted on 07/30/2019 10:41:29 PM PDT by Dave W
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