Posted on 12/07/2017 12:36:08 PM PST by mojito
Surely you jest.
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Nope. I think he will answer Jordan’s questions in a secure setting. But I could be wrong of course.
The Good News: The Freepers have finally figured out that this is a Watergate Level Big Deal. Hopefully Trump will handle it well and deal the Dems a political defeat big enough to positively affect the 2018 and 2020 elections.
As the story goes, they bought the house and had the SS build quarters on the estate then they charged the SS rent on the quarters. Seems the rent was sufficient to pay the loan payment. Only in America.
The swamp was drained to make DC.
The aristocrats were drained to create the USA.
There must be more aristocrat draining of these unelected desk jockeys
The OIG report will be issued by a Clinton loyalist and you expect the truth to come out? His job is to destroy the truth as is Mueller's.
Hell, I told him he’d make a great president! A few months ago, we had a couple of beers and chatted about a lot of things. He and a few other members (mostly Freedom Caucus) are working behind the scenes to discover and expose some of the shenanigans that Comey, Brennan and Clapper pulled on Hillary’s behalf - with Obama’s full support mind you. (That latter point will be tough to prove and prosecute.) Jordan’s tirade at Wray yesterday is only one of the first shots...
Hell, I told him he’d make a great president! A few months ago, we had a couple of beers and chatted about a lot of things. He and a few other members (mostly Freedom Caucus) are working behind the scenes to discover and expose some of the shenanigans that Comey, Brennan and Clapper pulled on Hillary’s behalf - with Obama’s full support mind you. (That latter point will be tough to prove and prosecute.) Jordan’s tirade at Wray yesterday is only one of the first shots...
Good news; keep us posted! Thanks!
Michael E. Horowitz was confirmed as Inspector General for the Department of Justice (DOJ) by the U.S. Senate on March 29, 2012, and sworn in as the fourth confirmed Inspector General on April 16, 2012. Since 2015, he has simultaneously served as the Chair of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE). As Inspector General, Mr. Horowitz oversees a nationwide workforce of more than 450 special agents, auditors, inspectors, attorneys, and support staff whose mission is to detect and deter waste, fraud, abuse, and misconduct in DOJ programs and personnel, and to promote economy and efficiency in Department operations.
Prior to serving as Inspector General, Mr. Horowitz worked as a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham, & Taft LLP, where he focused his practice on white collar defense, internal investigations, and regulatory compliance. He also was a board member of the Ethics Resource Center and the Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics. From 2003 to 2009, Mr. Horowitz served as a Presidentially-appointed and Senate-confirmed Commissioner on the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
Mr. Horowitz previously worked for DOJ in the Criminal Division at Main Justice from 1999 to 2002, first as Deputy Assistant Attorney General and then as Chief of Staff. Prior to joining the Criminal Division, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1991 to 1999. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Horowitz was the Chief of the Public Corruption Unit, and from 1995 to 1997, he was a Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division. In 1995, he was awarded the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service for his work on a complex police corruption investigation.
Before joining the DOJ, Mr. Horowitz was an associate at Debevoise & Plimpton and clerked for Judge John G. Davies of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Mr. Horowitz earned his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School and his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Brandeis University.
You’re probably right. I listened to Jordan/Wray again and modified my opinion, lowering my expectation level as to how much reaction I should expect from the witness **while the hearing was going on**. Perhaps Jordan has learned to settle for getting the kindling nice and dry and stacked and a bit of time has to go by before it looks like the fire is lit.
Jordan was not asking questions to get answers. He asked questions to put on the record what the committee knows.
Wray did not give direct answers because he wanted it known there was an investigation in process and that the FISA request was classified by NSA.
What took place was a process
He seems to be satisfied with Mueller and Sessions as well.
I do no subscribe to the secret Session, Mueller, Trump allied plan to arrest the deep state currently running hot on YouTube that Qanon and Former CIA operator Robert Steele are hyping.
For the record...... you don’t matter
Certainly Trump is not satisfied with Muller. It couldn’t be more clear that he considers the investigation a witch hunt. Firing Mueller is a different matter.
For sure but If you think anyone here matters you are deluded.
This is just a quieter version of shouting at the TV.
My wife retired from a job where she needed to be apolitical.
After about 10 years to be allowed to be political, she has developed the talent of shouting (or politely remonstrating) at the TV
The next step is likely to be a Contempt of Congress citation for the Bureau and DOJ...
Definition (From the Cornell Law School): Congress has the authority to hold a person in contempt if the person’s conduct or action obstructs the proceedings of Congress or, more usually, an inquiry by a committee of Congress.
Contempt of Congress is defined in statute, 2 U.S.C.A. § 192, enacted in 1938, which states that any person who is summoned before Congress who “willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry” shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a maximum $1,000 fine and 12 month imprisonment.
Before a Congressional witness may be convicted of contempt, it must be established that the matter under investigation is a subject which Congress has constitutional power to legislate. [Done. Jim Jordan made the point yesterday that the Judicial Committee has the responsibility for oversight of the FISA process, but didn’t mention that the committee also has oversight responsibility for DOJ and the FBI.]
The Bureau, as an institution, seems to lack recognition of the fact that, like any government agency, they are subject to congressional oversight.
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