Posted on 07/16/2023 5:31:56 AM PDT by MtnClimber
On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee formally opened an investigation into claims that the FBI spied on two Republican staffers with the House Intelligence Committee while the “Russian collusion” probe was ongoing.
As reported by Just The News, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray addressing prior reporting by Just The News that the bureau had seized from Google the private email of Kash Patel, who had served as the chief investigator for then-Chairman of the Intelligence Committee Devin Nunes (R-Calif.).
The seizure occurred in late 2017, just before the release of an official memo from Chairman Nunes highlighting numerous wrongdoings in the Russia probe formally known as “Operation Crossfire Hurricane.” Patel and one other unnamed investigator from the committee who also had his emails seized were not informed about it until 2022, five years later.
“The Committee on the Judiciary is conducting oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),” Jordan said in his letter to Wray. “In 2017, Google reportedly received subpoenas for private emails and records belonging to two Republican staffers of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) while HPSCI was investigating the FBI’s misconduct.”
“These subpoenas only came to light in 2022 due to Google’s policy of alerting customers five years after law enforcement takes such action,” Jordan continued. “The timing of these subpoenas raises questions about whether the subpoenas were in retaliation for HPSCI’s oversight of the FBI.”
The letter was sent just one day before Wray arrived on Capitol Hill to provide sworn testimony under oath before the Judiciary Committee. Wray repeatedly refused to answer questions from Republican members, including Troy Nehls (R-Texas) and Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), regarding the FBI’s alleged abuse of power, weaponization against conservative activists, and potential involvement in the January 6th protests.
“I can definitively say it was an unlawful surveillance and snooping of me and it wasn’t just me,” Patel said in an interview responding to the news. “And I think it’s more than two people. And I think it’s more than just telephone and bank and phone records. I think they went further than that and got congressional records. So the House better step up right now. Because right now it affects them as much it affects me.”
Jordan’s letter orders the FBI to surrender all “documents and communications referring or relating to subpoenas issued to Google or any other email or telecommunications provider for records of members or staff of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence staff in 2017.”
I am surprised that Gurgle informed anyone.
Oh good... another “probe,” where nothing happens and every low-life POS gets away with all crimes.
Everyone is tired of hearing it, but we all know this would be Front Page News had the victims been staffers for Democrats. Of all the deep state scandals of the past few years this has got to be the most troubling.
Or BLM
Or AntiFa
Whatever happened to the January 6th video that Just the News was given exclusive access to? I remember one report that really wasn’t new, followed by nothing. I looked it up on the JTN website and didn’t find anything except a video that was supposedly an update, but it didn’t play.
You are correct sir, unfortunately.
Was just thi ki g the same thing: “great, another 2 year probe where nothing will happen but tons of money and time will be spent, just so rinos can say ‘hey, look, we tried’”
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The “probes” are designed to take forever.
And then their Toothless IG takes 28 months to review that.
No accountability
There is a very real possibility that in a year and a half the Republican-controlled House, which makes a lot of noise but accomplishes very little, will again be back in the hands of the Democrats, who make a lot of noise but also accomplish quite a lot.
We have been made aware of the money laundering activities of ACTBLUE on behalf of the Democrats. Millions of dollars flowed into the campaign coffers of Democrats allegedly donated by small donors consisting of mostly elderly retired people. Project Veritas contacted and verified that most of these alleged donors did not donate the money in the amounts attributed to them. Yet the Republicans have so far chosen to take no action to pursue this revelation. Why? It appears that it may be still happening and will again be a major advantage for the Democrats in the 2024 election cycle. This is another glaring example of the Republicans doing nothing about an unlawful activity of the Democrats.
You nailed it. What’s the point of investigating anything when there are never any consequences?
The GOP could threaten severe budget cuts to discourage future abuses, stonewalling and deliberate obfuscation but they won’t. They can’t even manage to defund NPR/PBS.
The GOP should have told Wray that every non-answer would result in reduced budgets in the organizational area(s) related to the question. The American people fund this agency and deserve accountability.
Cut the FBI’s funding
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