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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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To: minnesota_bound

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?


Nonsense. Trump is not king. He can’t do that and hope to win in 2020 without the support of his own party on his flanks. Clearly, he does not have it. In fact, the GOP is continuing to assist the Mueller Coup and would be happy to undermine POTUS in any battle he has with the FBI.


41 posted on 07/31/2019 8:09:33 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: BiggBob

PS hey what did Whitaker say Huber was doing at 1 mintute 25 secs
LOL

https://youtu.be/fzUUeOt-UaI


PS hey what did Deep State Whitaker say on Fox at 8 minutes? Cliff notes: He’s just fine with the Mueller Coup assaulting Flynn, Papadop and Manafort. “LOL.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpGQY0TfSUQ&t=531s


42 posted on 07/31/2019 8:15:20 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: BiggBob
What? No answer?

I'll tell you what, name ANY ONE PATRIOT who replaced one of these treasonous stiffs, and tell us a little about him/her? How on earth is that hard for a man who claims to have an inside track to the inner working of government? Or are you just spreading KooK nonsense?

43 posted on 07/31/2019 8:17:29 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: lodi90

If manafort or cohen Committed a crime they should be in jail, you disagree?


44 posted on 07/31/2019 8:18:41 AM PDT by BiggBob
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To: BiggBob

John Carlin, Assistant Attorney General – Head of DOJ’s National Security Division - FIRED


He quit 3 weeks before the election. You are a liar.

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/john-carlin-steps-down-national-security-justice-228803


45 posted on 07/31/2019 8:19:12 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: lodi90

And you are triggered LOL


46 posted on 07/31/2019 8:21:35 AM PDT by BiggBob
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To: lodi90

Oh no I made a mistake
Lol I’ll wait you factcheck the rest troll

Ill even give the media the benefit of doubt and pretend like they don’t lie to us ok...


47 posted on 07/31/2019 8:23:56 AM PDT by BiggBob
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To: BiggBob

No, I’m going to the post office. Adios, Q-Tard.


48 posted on 07/31/2019 8:24:12 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: lodi90

Ok bye Richard

Poor widdle twiggered twoll

Letm me know when You clowns Want to ty answering who fired them? Mmkayy


49 posted on 07/31/2019 8:32:17 AM PDT by BiggBob
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To: Reno89519
Didn’t Trump say release it all. Maybe a few heads need to roll.

Maybe DNI Coats just got s-canned.


50 posted on 07/31/2019 8:34:06 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: RobertoinAL

Exactly so.

Tom Fitton is a national hero, if largely unsung.

He should receive the Medal of Freedom, that guy.


51 posted on 07/31/2019 8:37:23 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: bitt

This crap could’ve been avoided if Trump had axed Wray when the other traitors were given their walking papers. It’s Trump’s fault.


52 posted on 07/31/2019 8:39:08 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: MayflowerMadam; bitt

Yeah,jeb wouldn’t have made that “mistake” LOL


53 posted on 07/31/2019 8:40:54 AM PDT by BiggBob
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To: lodi90

The FBI is not a kingdom of itself. Trump can fire people there and call out any republican who is supporting the crooks.


54 posted on 07/31/2019 8:55:44 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: JonPreston; BiggBob
"So your standard is to replace those associated with criminality, rather than arrest them? Why are they treated differently than you or I? Also, who are these "patriots" that replaced Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page, etc? and how do you know they are "patriots"."

____________________

Well said, J.P..

Answers please, BiggBob .

55 posted on 07/31/2019 9:08:07 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it divine ...)
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To: bitt

I used to believe the majority of agents of the FBI were honest upstanding folks...I’m questioning this in my heart these days.

Too many really bad acts against American citizens over the last few decades. I’ve lost confidence.

Looks to me like agents routinely close ranks and cover up bad behavior. This is the optics of what I see.


56 posted on 07/31/2019 9:15:33 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: a little elbow grease

Already answered @ comment #38

You know the next comment after the one you quoted...


57 posted on 07/31/2019 10:21:04 AM PDT by BiggBob
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To: Paladin2

Gawd, Yes! Thanks, Paladin, very much.


58 posted on 07/31/2019 11:58:43 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Publik Skools/Academia are the Marxists Farm Team for more coming. Infinitum.)
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To: Fightin Whitey

I agree FW, Tom should get the Medal of Freedom.


59 posted on 07/31/2019 1:11:28 PM PDT by RobertoinAL
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