Posted on 05/08/2019 10:37:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
A newly unsealed court document reveals the FBI opened an obstruction of justice case against President Trump before Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to investigate Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
Trump claimed earlier this year that he was assured by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein he was not a target or subject of Mueller's probe.
But the final Mueller report showed his investigators looked closely at the question of whether Trump obstructed justice, while not reaching a conclusion. And according to the court document released this week, that avenue of investigation was being pursued before Mueller even took over. Michael Dreeben, an attorney for the special counsel’s office, said in a January 2018 hearing in federal court that in 2017, “Before the appointment of the Special Counsel on May 17th, the FBI had opened up an investigation into obstruction of justice.”
The 2018 hearing concerned an unsuccessful lawsuit from CNN seeking copies of former FBI Director James Comey’s memos about his interactions with Trump. CNN published a transcript of that hearing Tuesday after the Justice Department, under a court order, was forced to provide the transcript to the cable network.
CNN previously cited unnamed sources in saying then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe opened the obstruction investigation after Comey was fired and before Mueller was appointed. McCabe later said in an interview he launched the probe at that point. The court filing provides additional confirmation of that timeline.
During the court hearing, meanwhile, the special counsel’s office argued against releasing the Comey memos, saying they would interfere with the investigation.
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This stinks all the way up to Val Jar and Obama. Mark my words.
This country has flat out failed. There is no salvaging this government. We are ether headed the same way as Venezuela, or we collapse first and see what rises from the ashes. I’m not optimistic, to say the least.
I am convinced that was the real reason for the Page FISA warrants after the election. They were hoping that Trump would call Page and try to influence him.
Is this the same FBI that gave Hillary a pass before they even began the investigation...
Methinks Trump’s win was nothing short of miraculous.
He beat 0bama and his weaponized administration (I.e the DOJ, FBI, NSA, CIA, State Department), the DNC, Hillary, Hollywood, academia, and the MSM.
And other countries intelligence agencies.
Amazing.
5.56mm
The Democrat Media Complex is shocked Trump is still around.
Disband the FBI.
It’s rotten to the core.
WHAT IN THE EFF??????????????????????
And 16 Republican contenders.
5.56mm
God will prevail over ALL man’s devices.................
Divine Providence
It has happened before in American history
They knew they needed to stop Trump in June of 2015.
Any of the others they could have beaten easily.
PLUS all the vote fraud. (and I am sure they did their usual)
I think his victory was far more than what we saw.
They throw away votes as well as manufacture them. They just did not do enough.
With his 20,000 to 30,000 turnout at rallies, and hilLIARy’s pathetic 200 to 300, it was clear where the enthusiasm was.
And proves why it was so necessary that he win for there to be a chance to get things on track.
It’s ridiculous that people say they didn’t think he had a chance of winning the Election.
It hit me about nine months after the election that evidence was causing me to believe that his election was divine intervention. And that is why the left was so perplexed and insane about his winning. It was like a guy fixing a sporting event - but he still loses.
“Wray is another dirty cop”
Yes. Extremely.
We already knew this.
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