Posted on 05/11/2018 3:14:18 PM PDT by EyesOfTX
The Evening Campaign Update (Because The Campaign Never Ends)
Well, there’s never a dull moment in Washington, DC these days. It seems we can never get to the end of a work week without major new developments in the whole Russia Collusion fantasy play getting dropped into the mix for the weekend.
Tired of being stonewalled by the tag team of Rosenstein and Wray, Grassley late this afternoon sent a letter over to both men demanding documents his Senate Judiciary Committee had first requested more than a year ago. Specifically, Sen. Grassley is interested in seeing the underlying FBI documentation that was provided to Special Counsel Robert Mueller related to the General Mike Flynn guilty plea, including the 302 forms created by all FBI agents who were present at the initial interview of General Flynn.
When Grassley and his committee initially requested these documents in March of 2017, DOJ and the FBI responded by sending ex-FBI Director and current teenage drama queen Jim Comey up to capital hill to offer a closed-door briefing on the matter. In his letter today, Grassley confirms that, during that testimony, Comey told the committee that the FBI agents who interviewed Flynn saw no reason to believe he lied to them during the meeting, an assertion that Comey, in his preparation for his coming criminal defense, is now running all over the country denying.
This is a big deal, if for no other reason than that it places just one more pressure point on Rosenstein and Wray to end their long efforts to stonewall congressional investigators. The letter also places major new pressure on Comey to come clean with the following passage:
“The Justice Department declined to provide any of that information, and instead then-FBI Director Comey provided a wide-ranging briefing to us on March 15, 2017 that touched on the Flynn issues.
Like the Flynn interview itself, that briefing was not transcribed. Also like the Flynn interview, there are notes taken by a career, non-partisan law enforcement officer who was present. The agent was on detail to the Committee staff at the time. According to that agent’s contemporaneous notes, Director Comey specifically told us during that briefing that the FBI agents who interviewed Lt. General Michael Flynn, “saw nothing that led them to believe [he was] lying.” Our own Committee staff’s notes indicate that Mr. Comey said the ‘agents saw no change in his demeanor or tone that would say he was being untruthful.'”
So, not only do the committee’s notes reflect Comey’s assertion of Flynn’s truthfulness during that meeting, the notes of a “career, non-partisan law enforcement officer who was…on detail to the Committee staff at the time” reflect the same thing.
Again, this revelation, along with the May 25 deadline set by Grassley for production of these records, is a big deal. The walls just keep closing in on Comey and the rest of the anti-Trump cabal. Good stuff.
Just another day in Donald Trump just keeps on Winning America.
That is all.
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The dark state beast, is trillions of dollars strong.
The battle to remove USGovernment from its clutches is far from over.
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I think I heard the explosion, all 1200 miles away, out here in flyover country.
Apart from the contemporaneous notes, it was impossible for Flynn NOT to know that his conversation with the Russian ambassador was being recorded.
Flynn was the former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Why would he lie about a phone conversation he knew was recorded?
AG Sessions!!
Are you catching ANY of this stuff?
Sessions is too busy napping.
UNaccountable bureaucrats of the executive branch enmeshed with a rogue president, duplicitous members of congress and a compliant press. Nobody goes to prison. All of the ingredients of a sick, slick, deceitful 3rd world superpower.
Americans be aware!
Way to go after them, tiger!
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Sessions is part of the Get Trump Op.
Captain Obvious can figure this one out.
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It is polite to include posters when you reference them.
“”Tired of being stonewalled by the tag team of Rosenstein and Wray, Grassley late this afternoon sent a letter over to both men demanding documents his Senate Judiciary Committee had first requested more than a year ago””
One year ago!! Great follow up there, Grassley. In the private sector, you would have lost your job 11 months ago with that lack of attention to your job. No wonder nothing gets done for the country with that going on.
We never hear about Wray anymore. Is he still FBI Director? Really makes one wonder....
“”rogue president””
Congratulations - you just won the spelling bee of the week. I don’t know how many articles/postings I’ve read just this week alone that refer to the “rouge” president.. I think the president might object to the “rouge”....
Why? It might bring out his cheeks better. Just kidding. Rouge is a makeup right?
The mission is to block the Trump agenda, keepings things stirred up forever.
“Rouge President” was the way my local paper in NJ, the Huterdon Democrat, referred to President Trump in one of their Trump bashing editorials. Proof reading? Spell check is evidently enough.
before people get too excited about the delay-the original excuse was it was a matter under investigation-now apparently with the plea the investigation is closed
see the whole letter:
lot more good info here:
If I was one of the honchos at DOJ or FBI I’d $hitcan the letter and when asked would respond with “national security concerns”. Nothing would happen as anyone taking that action would be protected by the Dems and media...and a senator can’t fire me. Trumph won’t do anything either, as they have him boxed in with the threat of impeachment.
Thanks for all the info. Do we really know the date of the conclusion of the investigation? When Flynn plead guilty maybe? That was 12/1/17. I wonder what Grassley is prepared to do now if his request isn’t granted.
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