Posted on 10/04/2019 3:43:32 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
A top CIA lawyer attempted to make a criminal referral to the Justice Department weeks ago based on allegations made in the recently released whistleblower complaint, NBC News reported Friday, citing officials familiar with the matter.
CIA general counsel Courtney Simmons Elwood, who was appointed by President Trump, attempted to make the referral, signaling that she and other officials determined that a crime may have been committed based on the whistleblower's allegations that Trump sought to get a foreign government's assistance in the 2020 election.
The timeline of Elwood's contact with the Department of Justice had been previously reported, but NBC is the first to report that she intended it to be a criminal referral over Trump's conduct.
DOJ later declined to launch a criminal probe into Trump's Ukraine call, saying in a statement that it had determined "there was no campaign finance violation and that no further action was warranted."
Elwood had been part of a conference call with John Eisenberg, chief legal adviser to the White House National Security Council, and top DOJ national security lawyer John Demers on Aug. 14.
Elwood and Eisenberg reportedly told Demers that the whistleblower's claims were worth DOJ scrutiny. Elwood was following rules that say there must be a report if there is a reasonable basis to a whistleblower's accusations, which is defined as "facts and circumstances…that would cause a person of reasonable caution to believe that a crime has been, is being, or will be committed," officials told NBC.
DOJ officials have reportedly said that there were unclear on if Elwood was seeking to make a criminal referral and that she was vague on the subject when they reached out for clarification.
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Good question why not Judiciary Committee?
Huh?
The FBI, the DOJ, and the CIA will need to be purged of their entire senior leadership and then reorganized.
Has Trump put anyone who is not a viper into the security agencies?
Yup there were so many people back when JFK was assassinated that absolutely believed the CIA arranged it.
More proof the Clowns need to be put out of their treasonous misery and shut down immediately. They would of had to have gone through Haspel to get to the DOJ. The traitors have completely infiltrated the Agency’s ranks and that goes for the DOJ as well. What a bunch of worthless lawyers that sit around on taxpayer paid time entertaining stupid, frivolous ways to take down their boss? What a disgusting revolting situation for something as horrific as this to be going on this long into the Administration
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz has officially completed his investigation into alleged Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuses by the Justice Department and the FBI.
Rep. Doug Collins, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, revealed in a letter Thursday that Horowitz notified Attorney General William Barr of the completion of his investigation earlier in the day.
Horowitz said in a letter to congressional leaders that his team is in the "process of finalizing our report by providing a draft of our factual findings to the Department and FBI for classification determination and marking." Once redactions are made and the report is returned to the inspector general, Horowitz's team will "proceed with our usual process for preparing final draft public and classified reports, and ensuring that appropriate reviews occur for accuracy and comment purposes."
So where it stands right now is not clear to me.
It could be the Barr/Durham investigation is why we haven't heard the results as of yet.
Who is this Elwood?
There are no lawyers that understand separation of powers and treason that Trump can put in place?
Time to disband both the CIA and the FBI.
New agencies needed.
And the rest of the people believed that LBJ arranged Kennedy’s murder.
I’m partial to the Mafia angle myself. JFK and RFK seriously double crossed them.
Not the ACTUAL phone call...but the PARTISAN complaint.
Mafia/CIA.. Odds are good they work together frequently when agendas align.
Bingo. It exists as the SISTER AGENCY to the STATE DEPARTMENT.
So many pathetic traitors and seditous criminals...so little time.
I remember when treason, sedition, plotting a coup, and attempting to overthrow the government were illegal. It’s a shame the globalist left now celebrates those crimes.
POTUS might be a special case but what are they supposed to do if the foreign actor is working with a US citizen?
...the Intelligence Community IG’s report that was filed only after the rules were changed four days in advance to allow a hearsay complaint ...
Turns out that was fake news. Nothing was altered that affected this case.
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