Thursday, December 21, 2017
House Republicans have been quietly investigating the FBI and Justice Department for weeks
Politico on Wednesday reported that the coalition is attempting to build a case that senior DOJ and FBI leaders improperly – and maybe criminally – mishandled a controversial dossier.
Four people familiar with the collective’s plans told Politico that the dossier is the one described alleged ties between President Trump and Russia.
A subset of the House Intelligence Committee’s GOP members is quietly working on the matter parallel to the panel’s probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential race.
Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) is leading the subset, which has not informed Democrats about its plans but has consulted with the House’s general counsel.
Politico’s sources said the goal is to illuminate what some panel Republicans view as conspiracy and corruption in the top ranks of federal law enforcement.
The group hopes to release a report in early 2018 explaining their concerns about the DOJ and FBI, and they might also seek congressional votes to declassify elements of their evidence.
Republicans in the effort suspect that the FBI and DOJ have worked to hurt Trump or help Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee he defeated in last year’s White House race. The separate inquiry was born out of steadily rising frustration with the DOJ’s refusal to share details of how the Trump dossier was used to start the FBI’s probe of his election bid last year. The examination is also interested in whether the dossier was the basis of any court-ordered surveillance of Trump’s associates.The group is using the same documents and testimony provided by....
BREAKING: Jeff Sessions Orders New Look Into Uranium One Criminal Investigation
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered prosecutors at the Department of Justice to begin interviewing FBI agents about evidence they uncovered in a criminal investigation into a highly-controversial uranium deal that involves Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Multiple law enforcement officials confirmed Sessions’ orders to prosecutors, NBC News reported exclusively in the early morning hours on Thursday.
At the heart of the issue is the 2010 Uranium One deal which Hillary Clinton signed off on while she was Secretary of State at the U.S. State Department.
NBC News adds:
A senior law enforcement official who was briefed on the initial FBI investigation told NBC News there were allegations of corruption surrounding the process under which the U.S. government approved the sale. But no charges were filed.
While Clinton has vehemently denied that she did anything wrong, a fresh round of reports in recent months from The Hill and Circa News suggests that there is more to this case than meets the eye.
An October report revealed that the FBI started gathering evidence in 2009 of Russian officials engaged in bribery, kickbacks, extortion, and money laundering that were involved in the Uranium One deal:
Federal agents used a confidential U.S. witness working inside the Russian nuclear industry to gather extensive financial records, make secret recordings and intercept emails as early as...
The 90 Miles Mystery Box: Episode #112
You have come across a mystery box. But what is inside?
It could be literally anything from the serene to the horrific,
from the beautiful to the repugnant,
from the mysterious to the familiar.
If you decide to open it, you could be disappointed,
you could be inspired, you could be appalled.
This is not for the faint of heart or the easily offended.
You have been warned.
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
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