Posted on 07/04/2018 11:52:37 AM PDT by Pollard
Being ignorant is no excuse...
TRUST SESSIONS...
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/03/sessions_makes_his_move.html
Back in 2011, the indomitable Peter Schweizer published Throw Them All Out, a detailed examination of political corruption as it is actually practiced in the halls of Congress.
In his investigation, Schweizer found one single member of Congress against whom no allegations could be held – who had never taken a dime that was not his, had never cut any backroom deals, had never, simply put, played the game.
That individual was Jeff Sessions.
WASHINGTON, DC – Professor Jonathan Turley, a top national legal expert on government investigations, commented on Thursday about Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to bring in U.S. Attorney John Huber. Turley called it “brilliant”to combine all the powers of the U.S. Department of Justice’s inspector general with a prosecutor who can bring charges, seek indictments, and get results for President Trump far more quickly than a second special counsel.
Sessions sent a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC), and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), informing them that Huber is conducting a full-fledged criminal investigation into all the matters Republicans are calling for a special counsel to investigate. Huber has been investigating these possible crimes for five months, since November 13, 2017.
Sessions informed Congress in his letter that all the matters recommended for investigation by Goodlatte, Gowdy, and Grassley are “fully within the scope of [Huber’s] existing mandate.” He also informed the chairmen that Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who is working with Huber, has a staff of 470 investigators, giving Huber access to enormous investigative firepower that far exceeds the staff of any special counsel.
That point is critical because as Sessions’ March 29 letter explains, the inspector general’s jurisdiction to conduct civil and criminal investigations includes “actions taken by former employees after they have left government service.” Then Huber can act on any of those matters.
As a U.S. attorney, Huber has full authority to empanel a grand jury and to file criminal charges. A grand jury can be empaneled anywhere, which means that it could be a group of citizens from deep-red Utah – in the heart of Trump country – instead of the D.C. Swamp that decides whether to hand down indictments for felony prosecution.
“The Inspector General’s jurisdiction extends not only to allegations of legal violations, but also to allegations that Department employees violated established practices as well,” Sessions added in his letter, which means that the IG’s report can hold people accountable even for actions that do not violate a specific statute.
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Thanks for the ping!
Cher needs to change the lyrics to her song to
Liars crooks and thieves
Yes you did.
Some of it soaked in
Thanx for reposting.
Ill. Check it out again.
Great info
Great info. So what’s your take on the plea deal, edzo?
This is the actual wording from the agreement: "Your client further understands that this Agreement is binding only upon the Criminal and Superior Court Divisions of the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. This Agreement does not bind the Civil Division of this Office or any other United States Attorney's Office, nor does it bind any other state, local, or federal prosecutor. It also does not bar or compromise any civil, tax, or administrative claim pending or that may be made against your client."
I am not an attorney. The wording does seem to give a possibility that a federal prosecutor from another locality could bring charges. Are you saying that's not allowed by DOJ rules?
That it is non-binding and only relates to the bank fraud makes me think co-operating witness. They gave the carrot of the plea on bank fraud still have the stick of other charges on everything else.
The terms of the deal, however, stipulate that it does “not bind the Civil Division of this Office or any other United States Attorney’s Office, nor does it bind any other state, local, or federal prosecutor.”
“It also does not bar or compromise any civil, tax, or administrative claim pending or that may be made against your client,” it states.
This means that other U.S. attorney’s offices or prosecutors could still file charges against Awan if evidence of wrongdoing is found.
In reaching the plea deal with Awan, prosecutors contradicted evidence found by House investigators that Awan and his associates made unauthorized and suspicious logins to congressional IT systems.
The Awan case is almost too much to bear if there are not a lot of answers & action.
Widespread embezzlement by Dem House members, the Dem Caucus server missing -- just blatant crime everywhere.
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“Unfortunately, leading the assault on the Dem corruption is not one of them.”
Would there be any political upside to Trump (via Sessions) leading the assault on Democrat corruption?
How would voters feel about Trump using his executive powers to try and convict the Obama administration of crimes?
I think the Democrats deserve to hang, and here on FR, I’d get a fair amount of support for that sentiment, but I have no illusion that I am in the majority - even among Republicans who voted for Trump.
When you add in the 50% of voters that actually voted for these Democrats - what percent of voters overall would favor an assault by a Republican administration on the prior Democrat administration?
My question is - wouldn’t the optics of this be simply horrible? Wouldn’t it be super easy for the Left to spin it as political retribution by an authoritarian POTUS?
Wouldn’t a smart guy like Trump instruct Sessions to steer clear?
I think Trump/Sessions can do a lot to expose the corruption, and run them out of town, so to speak. He may even be able to tarnish their brand so badly that the swamp s essentially drained.
But maybe he long ago decided to stop short of pursuing criminal prosecutions of Obama administration - and that might explain the AG and DOJ inaction on this front.
The only other explanation is that Sessions is protecting and covering for deep state corruption - and that just doesn’t ring true from where I stand.
She could do that, but she'll still be on their side.
100% agree. If you listed “getting Zero” or “getting Cankles” I think fewer than 10% of the voters would have that as a high objective, let alone their #1. I think Trump is doing exactly what the voters want, in the order they want it.
48% at Rasmussen today—ahead of Zero-—and I think that’s about 10% undercounted.
“I think Trump is doing exactly what the voters want, in the order they want it.”
Trump seems to know what the voters want even before the voters know what they want. Maybe his street-smart approach to governance is more “principled” than anyone gave him credit for.
Here’s a history question I’ve been pondering: Do you think the Founders arrived at their principles of limited government and individual liberty by a) moral introspection, soul-searching and philosophical inquiry, or b) pragmatism and a historical study of what works and doesn’t work?
If it’s b), then that could explain why Trump comes off as being unprincipled and amoral, yet gets everything right all the time - maybe the Founding Fathers were like Trump - pragmatists with a knack for seeing what works and what doesn’t.
I’d be interested in your take.
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Years ago we charged the lyrics to I Love This Bar to I love FR but couldn’t find anyone to sing it.
Even though Shelia has Toby Keith’s hat...
Good question, & some of each. Obviously, both the “big state/small state” and slavery compromises were practical. But everything was governed by an overall suspicion of government.
+10, my Friend..
“awan supposedly logged in to the white mosque many times?”
I never heard that! got any links?? that would be ‘delicious’...
He’s being given a sweetheart deal because the Deep State knows that if there is a trial, this terrorist spy will name names and a lot of them will be self important democrats AND republicans.
It a sad time for justice, the Shadow Government is running the show.
Yea, letting a thief/blackmailer/spy go Scott free, and letting 49 Dems who were complicit in stealing taxpayer money and allowing espionage against the US go unprosecuted is SHEER GENIUS!
Good grief... Sessions is the deep state's employee of the year for sure.
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