Posted on 07/15/2021 9:43:26 AM PDT by Red Badger
Ranking member of the powerful House Intelligence Committee Rep. Devin Nunes told me on The Sara Carter Show podcast that he still expects Justice Department Special Counsel John Durham to release a damaging report on the FBI’s debunked investigation into former President Donald Trump and Russia. He also expects it will lead to prison sentences for some former senior Obama officials.
Nunes is one of the few members of the Republican Party that still believe justice will be served. He laid out his reasons on The Sara Carter Show and said he hasn’t given up faith in Durham’s investigation despite the enormous speculation that the Durham investigation will fail to deliver justice.
Many supporters of Trump, including the former President himself, have already began questioning the legitimacy of the Durham’s probe and whether or not any action would be taken by the Special Counsel in his investigation.
The bottom line here is is that there’s a massive erosion of the of nearly every institution in this in this country right now
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-CA Durham resigned in February from his position as the top federal prosecutor in Connecticut but he remained the special counsel on the Justice Department’s investigation into the origins of the Russia probe. Durham was appointed in October by then-Attorney General William Barr to serve as special counsel to investigate the origins of the FBI’s unscrupulous investigation into Trump.
Over the past four year, numerous FBI officials under President Obama’s watch were fired for their involvement in the Trump probe. That probe was mainly led by Nunes’ intensive and all-encompassing investigation during his tenure as Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. The probe centered on investigating the malfeasance of senior Obama officials in the bureau and in Obama’s executive branch that targeted Trump.
Nunes understands the difficult task faced by Durham who is up against some of the worlds best trained intelligence officials and powerful bureaucracies. And the fight for Nunes isn’t over, he is been asked to head the investigation into the alleged unmasking by the NSA of Fox News television host Tucker Carlson.
Several weeks ago, Carlson disclosed that the National Security Agency was monitoring his communications to Russian officials as his team was trying to coordinate a possible interview with President Vladimir Putin. An alleged whistleblower, with direct knowledge of the NSA spying, informed Carlson that his communications had been delivered to a major news outlet in Washington D.C. in an attempt to discredit him.
“As you know, the Republican conference has asked me to investigate this,” he said. “You know, I’d like to get back to the days when I was just dealing with foreign threats, and looking at what’s happening in Cuba, looking at what Putin’s doing, looking at what the Chinese are doing. But I’m always getting rolled back into this because the the Democrats in this country have weaponized our institutions over the last five, six years.”
However, many Americans closely following these investigations have been disheartened by the DOJ’s failure to prosecute those responsible for trampling the Constitution and spying illegally against political opponents. I asked Nunes on The Sara Carter Show, how can we trust that there will be any accountability against those who broke the law.
“Where’s John Durham? What happened to William Barr? What about the report,” I asked. Believe me, when I tell you I’m almost just as jaded as the rest of the American public when it comes to the Justice Department’s failure to hold those senior Obama officials accountable.
After speaking with Nunes, I’m hoping he is right. I just can’t imagine how the United States can remain the Republic it was intended to be if the Justice Department fails to uphold the law and charge those responsible for the crimes they committed against the American people.
Nunes told me that he expects Durham’s report to be delivered. He also believes people will be charged by the DOJ.
After speaking to him on the podcast, I am holding onto that hope as well.
“I just have to have faith ultimately, that there’s that, you know, there was a special counsel created, Durham does have the power, we’re fully expecting him to deliver the report,” said Nunes, adding that it may be as early as next week. “It may not be as broad as we want it to be. But look, there are some major perpetrators. I think, as you and everybody else know, we’ve made over 14 criminal referrals. That doesn’t mean 14 individuals, that means 14 different criminal referrals involving multiple individuals… And this is one of the challenges.”
He noted that the investigation being led by Durham is not an easy task and poses similar challenges as the discovery that numerous Obama officials were unmasking Americans for political purposes ‘weaponizing the system’ against political opponents.
“I’m going back to the maskings,” said Nunes, who added that some measures have been taken to help strengthen protections against unwarranted unmasking.
“Again, that was investigated…Supposedly changes were made (to unmasking laws). But remember, it wasn’t illegal,” he said. He warned, the release of Gen. Michael Flynn’s private phone conversations to the media was “totally illegal, that should be people should be thrown in jail for that.”
However, But I’m sure the trails gone cold and whoever was in charge at the time, killed off that investigation.”
Like Nunes, Sen. Rand Paul , R-Ky., also wants an investigation into whether the National Security Agency.
Although the NSA has denied that Carlson was a target of the operation, the agency has not denied that they didn’t read or listen to his communications or that those communications weren’t delivered to a news agency.
Paul wrote a letter to NSA Director General Paul Nakasone asking for a formal investigation into the matter.
“Mr. Carlson is a journalist, who currently hosts the popular news program Tucker Carlson Tonight, and as such he is to be afforded the freedom of the press protections guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution,” said Paul.
Like Sen. Paul, Nunes is concerned that the NSA under Nakasone is being politicized.
“General Nakasone, who’s the head of the NSA, who already has a whole host of problems being completely politically corrupted. And he’s a very bad apple to go along with all the other bad apples.”
“The bottom line here is is that there’s a massive erosion of the of nearly every institution in this in this country right now,” Nunes warned.
You can follow Sara A. Carter on Twitter @SaraCarterDC
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Yeah, yeah.
Sure they will.
Shut up, Nunes.
“That is a question only Bill Barr can answer...and hasn’t yet.”
And he never will.
“Trust Barr.” Said the Qballs.
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Yaaaaawwwwwwwnnnnnnnn.
LOL! I thought it was Babylon Bee.
Cue the “Geez...Not this Shit Again” meme...
Not sure how anyone can put the blame on Trump. The blame should be where it belongs, on:
Lots of blame to go around, but from what I witnessed, the word inaction doesn't apply when it comes to Trump and what he tried to get done all the while being actively subverted by 99.99% of the fed gov. Unprecedented, actually.
Now, I suppose one could argue that it's Trump's fault for not nominating a new AG && FBI director every month, since just about everyone he could have nominated, and gotten through a confirmation hearing, would have wound up doing the exact same thing to the swamp crooks. (nothing).
I really have to wonder why this has taken so long. It maybe as simple as racking up income through steady employment. If that is the case, we might as well pay the same amount up front to get results back early. That’s assuming there are any results. I don’t trust establishment types to do the right thing.
Nobody will go to prison. The people who have to go to prison (Cough.FBI.DOJ.Cough) are the people who make arrests. They’re certainly not going to arrest themselves.
99% of the FedGov works in the Executive Branch. Trump was in charge of the Executive Branch but because he had such a shallow understanding of what his authority was and an absolute inability to communicate effectively - past the media as it were (as Reagan could) - he couldn't accomplish lasting change. That is ALL on Trump.
As it turns out, having someone manage one of the largest bureaucracies on the planet who doesn't have a clue how government works because he never worked in government in any capacity wasn't a very good idea. He compounded that bad idea by choosing people to work in his own West Wing that rarely shared his vision for the country and the world.
Being an effective president takes a lot more than giving barn-burning speeches to audiences full of supporters. It even takes more than wanting to accomplish the right things. Trump's policy instincts were great, one of the best in the modern era. But, he simply didn't understand how to breath lasting life into those policy ideas and positions.
99% of the FedGov works in the Executive Branch. Trump was in charge of the Executive Branch but because he had such a shallow understanding of what his authority was and an absolute inability to communicate effectively - past the media as it were (as Reagan could) - he couldn’t accomplish lasting change. That is ALL on Trump.
You don’t get it on this one. The executive branch mostly just ignored President Trump when not outright obstructing him.
I talked to one government contractor who flat out admitted his team just QUIT WORKING once Covid hit.
Trump was mostly a figurehead as POTUS. I wish it was different but it is what it is.
Better chance of Free Beer tomorrow.
They ignored him because they knew he would never inspect what he expected.
Trump ordered a complete withdraw from Syria in November of 2019. On Election Day 2020, the DoD had MORE service members in Syria than they had when Trump issued the order to withdraw.
How did that happen? Well, I’m told by people in the Pentagon that Trump never actually issued any order Syria. Instead, he just talked about it, proclaiming on Twitter that he ‘ordered’ the Secretary of Defense to withdraw troops. Did he? Who really knows. But, what didn’t happen is that was never put it into writing and transmitted to the DoD. So, they simply didn’t pay attention to what they read on twitter.
Because Trump had never worked in government, he simply didn’t understand how government worked. Manage the bureaucracy takes more than proclamations made in interview, news conference or on social media. It takes the considered execution of the bureaucratic regulations and - here’s the tough one for Trump - it takes follow-up. If you tell a government worker to do a thing, then you give them a deadline and then inspect their work. Trump never did and here we are.
I'm sure they show up on the daily delusional Q thread.
Believe it when I see it and not a moment before.
Ah, I see you're new here. Us old timers are still waiting for something to come of Whitewater.
99% of the FedGov works in the Executive Branch. Trump was in charge of the Executive Branch but because he had such a shallow understanding of what his authority was and an absolute inability to communicate effectively"
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I would go back to my original argument. 99.99% of the fed gov was actively subverting him.
Trump could issue orders...effective/lawful/legal/pro-USA orders all day long until he was blue in the face.
Who would carry out those orders?
The very same people who were trying to oust him with their ongoing coup? Those people?
As it turns out, having someone manage one of the largest bureaucracies on the planet who doesn't have a clue how government works because he never worked in government in any capacity wasn't a very good idea."
I would argue, that he was exactly who we needed then...and now. NOT someone who was part of the broken system.
The problem wasn't Trump, the single person. The problem was the ~entire fed gov, to varying degrees, backed a 4+ year coup against him. The problem was the supporting cast.
Had just Ryan and McConnell alone, acted just like Trump from day 1 and supported him fully, it would have made an enormous difference. Then add in other (R)'s in "leadership" in the first 2 years as well as Comey acting like Trump, working with him, instead of trying to oust him in a coup...and things would have been very different.
It wasn't that Trump didn't know how to manage a large entity. He knows far, far better than most career politicians how to manage.
The problem was that it was essentially the entire government against him.
Pretty difficult to be a captain of a ship with the entire crew in mutiny. The captain won't get much done and wont last long.
I would say, your balsa rocket ship, will make several trips to Mars, before any rat 🐀 is ever held accountable, for anything.
The guy had zero management experience, let alone for a large enterprise, etc.
Yet...he got far more of his reckless policies started/completed.
Why?
Not because of his vast government experience or his superior management skills.
He got more done because those around him thought like him, wanted to get what he was pushing done. He gave the "orders"...and they complied, with earnest.
And perhaps most importantly, the fed gov / media didn't have an ongoing coup against him.
Actually, Obama had quite a bit of government experience. Really, he only had government experience. His entire adult life was working as an ‘activist.’ What do activists do? They game the system - the system run by the government - to change their world. He saw first hand how government worked at the local level (as a ‘community organizer), the state level and then as a Senator.
He understood how deals get done in politics and how to make incremental but lasting change. This is an invaluable skillset to have when governing.
Trump entire life was the Art of THE Deal; he was a big deal kind of guy. Big Deals, however, don’t get done in DC. Instead, it’s a patchwork of tiny, little deals that moves the ball, incrementally. I’ll do you this little favor today, and you do me that little favor tomorrow. That’s how the sausage is made.
And while Obama didn’t have the personal management skills to make sure his policies were big implemented, he had worked in and around government long enough to populate his inner and outer circles with true-believers as you smartly mention. Trump came to DC with Jared & Ivanka both of whom were - wait for it - DEMOCRATS. Other than Larry Kudlow and Stephen Miller, that’s it more or less. He went through three or four Chiefs of Staff in four years and never had the kind of bruising consigliere that Obama had in Valerie Jarrett (and a couple others) who could make things happen.
For all these reasons, Obama was a surprisingly effective president, which is to say he was able to implement lasting change where Trump really wasn’t.
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