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Weekly Update: Trump is Right on Comey Firing
Judicial Watch ^ | May 12, 2017 | Tom Fitton

Posted on 05/13/2017 10:07:32 AM PDT by jazusamo

President Trump Begins to Clean House at the FBI
Judicial Watch Seeks Russian Records Given To Dem Senator by Obama Administration
JW Seeks Sally Yates’ Emails While She Served as Acting Attorney General
JW Watching Presidential and VIP Travel

Emails Reveal More Instances of Clinton Using Unsecure Email Server for Classified Info

In a surprise but needed move, President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. Judicial Watch reacted immediately with a statement of support for President Trump’s move:

“This is an important move to restore public confidence in the fair administration of justice at the federal level. Mr. Comey did not seem to understand some of the laws he was asked to enforce and unfortunately politicized his sensitive position as the FBI director. President Trump took the right step in cleaning house at the FBI.”

Last week I was interviewed by host Alex Marlow on Breitbart News Daily, and we discussed FBI Director James Comey in some depth. Here are some of my remarks .

“Comey has repeatedly and improperly protected Hillary Clinton and her top people from the consequences of their criminal behavior by coloring the law, misstating the law, and focusing on everything but the elephant in the living room: Why didn’t he prosecute her? Why was immunity granted to all of these individuals? Why is it he said that he needed to prove intent, when in fact all they really needed was gross negligence, which was proven beyond the shadow of a reasonable doubt, and he probably had the intent there anyway?”

In the wake of Comey’s firing, JW has been out front, supporting the move in the face of outrage, however manufactured, from the Left and Establishment-types. You can see some media appearances discussing the issue here , here, here , and here . And please review my colleague Chris Farrell’s analysis of Comey (in fact, the whole panel is worth a relook.)

I appreciate that President Trump, in the face of predictable outrage, did the brave thing in firing Comey. As I told Fox News viewers this week, Comey’s removal may spur renewed or reinvigorated investigations of Hillary Clinton’s various alleged crimes.

The FBI has long needed new leadership. Don’t be distracted by the corrupt political class’ response to President Trump’s move. As I tweeted in reaction:

@realDonaldTrump held Comey accountable for lawlessness while the DC Establishment looked the other way. Good. Good. Good.

Judicial Watch Seeks Russian Records Given To Dem Senator by Obama Administration

The Left and its partisans are blowing lots of smoke about Russia, Comey, and our election. They are hoping citizens will think “fire.” Our position is to let the politicians foam at the mouth – we’ll uncover the facts.

And so, as part of our continuing effort in that regard, we have filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State for all records provided by them to Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) related to alleged Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election. We filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ( Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:17-cv-00852)).

We went to court after the State Department failed to respond to our March 2, 2017, FOIA request seeking:

The Obama administration reportedly spread information about alleged Russian efforts to undermine the 2016 presidential election:

There was also an effort to pass reports and other sensitive materials to Congress. In one instance, the State Department sent a cache of documents marked “secret” to Senator Benjamin Cardin of Maryland days before the Jan. 20 inauguration. The documents, detailing Russian efforts to intervene in elections worldwide, were sent in response to a request from Mr. Cardin, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, and were shared with Republicans on the panel.

This is our fourth Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit (see here , here , here ) related to the surveillance, unmasking, and illegal leaking targeting President Trump and his associates.

The question before us is: Did the Obama State Department improperly share classified information with a Democrat Senator as part of an anti-Trump scheme? Needless to say, the Senate won’t be investigating Senator Cardin’s role in any potential violations of law, but we are going to federal court to investigate his role.

JW Seeks Sally Yates’ Emails While She Served as Acting Attorney General

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cardin; comey; comeyfiring; emails; fbi; judicialwatch; jw; russia; tomfitton; trump; weeklyupdate; yates
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1 posted on 05/13/2017 10:07:32 AM PDT by jazusamo
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To: GOPJ; Diana in Wisconsin; ColdOne; Art in Idaho; Conservative Gato; ptsal; onyx; Tucker39; ...

Off the Wall Ping!
Contact to be added.


2 posted on 05/13/2017 10:10:32 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jazusamo

Draining the swamp is not going to be a pretty operation.

Kind of like pumping out a septic tank, then what do you do with the effluent? It is still pretty toxic.


3 posted on 05/13/2017 10:12:44 AM PDT by alloysteel (Why does anyone vote Republican, anyway? The Democrats STILL impose their will.)
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To: jazusamo
A Little Reality: “decapitato strategy” aka Decapitation Strategy alittlereality.blogspot.com/2007/05/decapitation-strategy.html

May 10, 2007 - Decapitation Strategy. Cut off the head of the snake and the body dies.

So was Comedy, the dangerous hidden head predator protector snake of the DC swamp?

4 posted on 05/13/2017 10:13:04 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (100+ days without Hilliarly/Huma as POTUS! Thanks, President Trump for this great reality!)
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To: jazusamo

Bottom line. Clinton was a primae facia case for bribery and mishandling of classified information.
Everyone knows she was not prosecuted due to a corrupt DOJ. The FBI lost its remaining integrity in making excuses for her.

Comey has prosecuted others who did FAR less.

Worst of all, Comey and the Intel community actively intervened on behalf of the Democrat candidate. Not a soul in the Intel community stood against this.

Trump was right to fire him. There should be many more.


5 posted on 05/13/2017 10:13:22 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: jazusamo
Judicial Watch under Tom Fitton is awesome.

What does your ping list cover?

6 posted on 05/13/2017 10:14:32 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Trump. He stands for the great issues of the day. Stay the course!)
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To: jazusamo
I have a theory that this employment termination happened when it did so the media and other liberals would focus on James Comey instead of another action that will have a much larger impact on draining the swamp; namely, President Trump announcing the formation of a special commission to investigate voter fraud.

Done correctly, this will lead to even more deportations of illegal aliens who voted in recent American elections, and actual requirements for voter ID.

And with Mike Pence involved, I expect this will be done correctly. All of this will happen while the Dems and MSM are obsessing about James Comey.

7 posted on 05/13/2017 10:15:02 AM PDT by Bernard (The Road To Hell Is Not Paved With Good Results)
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To: DesertRhino; Grampa Dave

Bump!


8 posted on 05/13/2017 10:17:20 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Lakeshark

Many JW pieces and some other articles that are blatant corruption and/or stupidity.


9 posted on 05/13/2017 10:19:29 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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10 posted on 05/13/2017 11:04:43 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: DesertRhino

I think it is obvious that the Democrats and Russians are thick as thieves. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Russians are actually tipping off the Democrats to help them reverse target government officials who in any way can be linked to Trump.


11 posted on 05/13/2017 11:17:35 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: jazusamo

If conservatives would march for justice against The Comey Standard, also known as the *special treatment for the politically connected”, then we might have a slim chance for pressuring Congress to approve a clean FBI Director, actually free from the Clinton tentacles.

The new director had better re-open the Hillary & Co. case or else openly declare that there is no law to be applied against the politically connected.


12 posted on 05/13/2017 11:29:58 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: Grampa Dave

In this case, we are reminded (in another thread) that Comey’s brother is engaged in the law company for the Clinton Foundation. Perhaps he was protecting the connections of the brother?


13 posted on 05/13/2017 11:33:05 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: Grampa Dave

Who is “Comedy?”


14 posted on 05/13/2017 12:10:10 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Bernard

+1


15 posted on 05/13/2017 12:28:06 PM PDT by Tobias Grimsley
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To: Cobra64

Comey has been a sad Comedy. I borrowed that spelling from someone, who saw him as a sad Comedy.


16 posted on 05/13/2017 12:46:36 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (100+ days without Hilliarly/Huma as POTUS! Thanks, President Trump for this great reality!)
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To: RitaOK

The Clinton Crime Family SLUSH FUND, aka Clinton Foundation, is a CESSPOOL of CORRUPTION and PAY to PLAY!!!


17 posted on 05/13/2017 1:37:50 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: jazusamo

Tom Fitton is a cool customer. His demeanor instills confidence.

I managed to catch his appearance on Fox News this week and enjoyed every minute.


18 posted on 05/13/2017 1:57:19 PM PDT by onyx (Donate Monthly ~ Join 300 Club!)
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To: RitaOK

I am hoping that either Rudy Guiliani or Newt Gingrich or both have managed to get word to President Trump the name or names of their solid picks who they can absolutely guarantee will be honest, strictly law and order and not prone to cater to democrat demands!

I know nothing special about Michael J. Garcia, but I am hoping he gets a second look.

NO women please, especially that Ayotte and NO Senator Cronyn from TX! UGH!


19 posted on 05/13/2017 2:05:17 PM PDT by onyx (Donate Monthly ~ Join 300 Club!)
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To: RitaOK

P.S.

And HELL NO, on that Former squishy pussy Congressman Rodgers or Rogers from MI!


20 posted on 05/13/2017 2:06:37 PM PDT by onyx (Donate Monthly ~ Join 300 Club!)
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