Originally posted by Pipe Smoker: “The Justice Department is set to release documents relating to the use of an alleged FBI informant during the 2016 presidential campaign.
According to reports, the information will be made available to lawmakers next week.
The DOJ has been pressured by congressional members to release the documents in recent weeks, however, they were reportedly hesitant as they feared for the alleged informant’s safety…”
I think the DOJ was supposed to deliver to Congress this morning, but they are apparently still "redacting"
June 07, 2018, 04:13 PM
sjtill
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DOJ issued a press release after midnight suggesting they will only meet with a group of select lawmakers to discuss the matter on the same day the North Korea summit opens in Singapore,
So any news will be buried under the avalanche of the biggest international news since the Iraq War.
_________________________ “ What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.”— Lord Melbourne
June 07, 2018, 06:37 PM
signewt
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So any news will be buried under the avalanche of the biggest international news since the Iraq War.
Or another way of saying 'hold your breath'....
**************~~~~~~~~~~ "I've been on this rock too long to bother with these liars any more." ~SIGforum advisor~ "When the pain of staying the same outweighs the pain of change, then change will come."~~sigmonkey
June 07, 2018, 06:41 PM
olfuzzy
The long-awaited watchdog report on the FBI and DOJ’s Hillary Clinton investigation during the 2016 presidential campaign will be released next Thursday, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz said.
In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Horowitz said “we anticipate releasing the report on June 14, 2018.” That day is also President Trump's birthday.
The inspector general also told committee chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, in the letter that he has accepted the invitation to testify about the report on June 18, meaning his scheduled appearance before the committee is being delayed again.
Washington has been on edge since last month, when Horowitz told lawmakers the draft report was done. Congressional committees have scheduled, and then postponed, hearings with Horowitz while waiting for the report to be released.
For more than a year, Horowitz has been reviewing the FBI and DOJ’s actions related to its investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.
Horowitz’s investigation has looked at a variety of allegations, including whether it was improper for former FBI Director James Comey to make a public announcement about not recommending prosecution over the Clinton email arrangement.
Horowitz’s review has already put top FBI official Andrew McCabe in legal jeopardy. The Justice Department’s internal watchdog sent a criminal referral for McCabe in April to the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington.
That was in response to Horowitz’s finding that McCabe leaked information to the press about the investigation and later lied about it to Comey and federal investigators, prompting Attorney General Jeff Sessions to fire him in March.
A portion of the report on McCabe had already been released to Congress.
In November, Horowitz said his team has interviewed dozens of people and had reviewed about 1.2 million records in the course of its investigation. He said his team was looking at whether “certain underlying investigative decisions were based on improper considerations.”
The review also looked at whether the Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for legislative affairs “improperly disclosed non-public information to the Clinton campaign” and should have been recused. That referred to official Peter Kadzik, who had been an attorney in the past for Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.
Horowitz has said the review is looking at whether any DOJ or FBI employees improperly disclosed non-public information.
The review has already made a splash.
The inspector general’s review uncovered the anti-Trump texts from FBI official Peter Strzok, who famously called Trump an “idiot” and texted about an “insurance policy” against a Trump presidency. Strzok had been assigned to Robert Mueller’s special counsel probe, but has since been reassigned.
That is thoughtful of the IG to give such a great birthday present to President Trump.
June 08, 2018, 07:03 PM
Tuckerrnr1
_____________________________________________ I may be a bad person, but at least I use my turn signal.
June 08, 2018, 07:15 PM
Sigmund
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Originally posted by olfuzzy:
...In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Horowitz said “we anticipate releasing the report on June 14, 2018.” That day is also President Trump's birthday....
Is anything else going on around June 14? Oh yeah, Trump will be meeting with Kim in Singapore, and that will dominate the news.
Gee, it almost seems like DOJ does not want this IG report to get much media coverage.
June 09, 2018, 05:43 AM
lastmanstanding
Trump asks NFL kneelers for a list of names of people who have been wrongly convicted and imprisoned and he will consider them for pardons.
The NFL and the players are in over their heads in dealing with Trump! The playaahs are gettin' plaayed!
"Fixed fortifications are monuments to mans stupidity" - George S. Patton
June 09, 2018, 06:02 AM
erj_pilot
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
George Soros recently lamented the rise of President Trump and anti-establishment parties across the globe, saying “everything that could go wrong, has gone wrong.”
He also said that he did not expect Trump’s election, saying, “Apparently, I was living in my own bubble.”
Soros has become known for using his immense wealth to influence politics in the United States and around the world.
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maybe Mueller can look into that
June 09, 2018, 04:25 PM
erj_pilot
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I'm sure Mueller is on Soros' payroll.
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
June 09, 2018, 04:58 PM
divil
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Originally posted by erj_pilot: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I'm sure Mueller is on Soros' payroll.
WORD.
June 09, 2018, 10:40 PM
flashguy
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Originally posted by Sigmund: Is anything else going on around June 14? Oh yeah, Trump will be meeting with Kim in Singapore, and that will dominate the news.
Well, it's Flag Day.
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth
June 10, 2018, 12:36 PM
lkdr1989
hehehe
...let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one. Luke 22:35-36 NAV
"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves." Matthew 10:16 NASV
John Brennan, who served as CIA director in the Obama administration, took a shot across the bow at President Trump after the president lashed out at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for being “dishonest” and “weak."
In a pointed tweet Sunday morning, Brennan said Trump is "a temporary aberration" whose impact on the U.S. will not last.
"Your wrong-headed protectionist policies & antics are damaging our global standing as well as our national interests. Your worldview does not represent American ideals. To allies & friends: Be patient, Mr. Trump is a temporary aberration. The America you once knew will return," Brennan said. The 6 blockbuster cases to watch as the Supreme Court term ends Watch Full Screen to Skip Ads
Hours earlier, Trump accused the Canadian leader of acting “meek and mild” during their meetings in Quebec during the G-7 summit and being “dishonest” in the way he portrayed the newly imposed U.S. tariffs. He also claimed to have informed U.S. officials not to affirm the communique signed by G-7 members.
Following Trump's Saturday departure from the G-7 for Singapore, Trudeau held a press conference stating that all of the member nations, including the U.S., had signed a communique dedicated to lowering tariffs and other trade barriers. He also said in response to Trump's tweets that "We are focused on everything we accomplished here at the summit. The Prime Minister said nothing he hasn’t said before — both in public, and in private conversations with the President."
The tweet from Brennan, a vocal critic of the president, echoed that of one sent by James Comey, the ex-FBI director who was fired by Trump last year.
"Our national security relationship with Canada is vital and saves American lives. It was built over generations and is bigger than any person or dispute. This too shall pass," Comey tweeted early Sunday.
June 10, 2018, 01:45 PM
Pipe Smoker
Red: “Be patient, Mr. Trump is a temporary aberration. The America you once knew will return," Brennan said.”
Under President Trump, The America they once knew has returned.
Serious about crackers
June 11, 2018, 06:44 AM
nhtagmember
Hollywood showed their true colors
even in a big production slapping themselves on their collective backs for a job poorly done, DeNero has conclusively demonstrated that he hasn't yet grown up
people that play pretend for a living reading words someone else writes shouldn't piss off those that actually do real work for a living...
