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Gregg Jarrett: If Rod Rosenstein defies Trump's order to declassify documents, he should be fired
Fox News ^ | September 18, 2018 | Gregg Jarrett

Posted on 09/19/2018 1:06:12 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

President Trump has ordered that numerous documents involving the Russia investigation be declassified. The records have long been sought by Congress under lawful subpoenas. Yet, the FBI and Department of Justice have consistently obstructed the release of these materials under the guise of “classified” secrets. This is a convenient alibi all too frequently employed to cover-up wrongdoing and abuse of authority by those we entrust to uphold the law.

These days, overzealous government officials automatically designate nearly all matters as national security risks, regardless of whether they truly are.

Whenever the FBI orders Chinese take-out, it is labeled “top secret” because… you know… it involves the Chinese. False classification has reached absurd proportions.

How do we know? Every time information is declassified we learn that the material should never have been classified to begin with. It was nothing more than a subterfuge. Here are two recent examples:

In July, a substantial portion of the wiretap warrant applications presented to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court was declassified. It turns out that no vital sources or methods were revealed in a way that jeopardized either national security or the FBI’s secret investigative techniques. Instead, we learned that much of the application to spy on a Trump campaign associate, Carter Page, was based on an unverified “dossier” that was funded by Hillary Clinton’s campaign and composed by a British spy, Christopher Steele, who was fired by the FBI for lying.....

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: declassification; deepstate; obstructionistdems; rosenstein; trump; trumpdoj; trumprussia
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1 posted on 09/19/2018 1:06:12 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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He’ll cooperate. He’s not an idiot.


2 posted on 09/19/2018 1:11:09 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Google thinks they’re slick posting his booking photo as the first pic we see when searching his name.

Mr. Jarret is a patriot, despite any personal issues he might have. Or had (?)

Don’t care either way, he’s one of us.


3 posted on 09/19/2018 1:12:13 AM PDT by SirLurkedalot (10/10/51-7/7/16 RIP Dad, I'll be missing you until I cross over to Eternity)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; LS

Dynamite observations.

I can’t wait to read his book.


4 posted on 09/19/2018 1:14:18 AM PDT by firebrand
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To: Gene Eric

There is cooperation, and there is an appearance of cooperation, with a few dozen varying degrees in the middle.


5 posted on 09/19/2018 1:17:13 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
My money is on at least a half dozen deaths from mysterious circumstances by October 1st.

This all sits itself right on Obama, Hillary, Brennan, Susan Rice, Comey, Rosenstein, and Vallerie Jarrett's doorsteps. Witnesses must be eliminated.

6 posted on 09/19/2018 1:29:19 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
And for the Sessios defenders, where’s Jeff and why haven’t the documents been released. All you need to do is give them to JW and we will all know what was in them.

There is. No excuse for Jeff to drag this out for one more minute.

7 posted on 09/19/2018 1:34:30 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Pelosi/Schumer/Schiff/Warner order intel agencies to ignore declassify until they are consulted




8 posted on 09/19/2018 1:36:57 AM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK (;I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.” Sherlock Holmes)
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9 posted on 09/19/2018 1:37:42 AM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK (;I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.” Sherlock Holmes)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Rod: So you want me to say we can't find the documents?
Jeff: Yeah, we can't find the documents.
10 posted on 09/19/2018 1:41:20 AM PDT by conservative98
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And for the Sessios defenders . . . . .

There are Sessions defenders? What are they defending, his right to remain silent and let his country continue get hurt by leftist sleeze and internecine warfare? How sweet of him.

11 posted on 09/19/2018 1:55:09 AM PDT by pt17
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I don’t get this. If President Trump orders the documents declassified, they are declassified. At that point, nobody else gets a vote.

The President should order the holders of those documents to bring them to the White House immediately, and send federal marshalls to ensure that they do not “trip” and “accidentally” drop them into the shredder.


12 posted on 09/19/2018 2:01:23 AM PDT by Ronin (Blackface or bolt-ons, it's the same fraud. - Norm Lenhart)
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I remember back when I was in Jimmy Carter declassified several satellite programs by naming and discussing them ... ***poof*** just like that.


13 posted on 09/19/2018 2:04:06 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Uh huh. We’ve been assured three or four times that Rosenstein would be impeached or fired THIS TIME FOR SURE if he dared to not comply with Congressional orders. Well he didn’t and he’s still there.


14 posted on 09/19/2018 2:48:20 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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Why would he need to be impeached? Trump could fire him out of hand.


15 posted on 09/19/2018 2:49:34 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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This is nuts.

Trump is the Chief Executive Officer of the DOJ and every Intelligence agency.

He can pull up any document he wants on a White House computer and post it on the White House website.

The declassification statutes clearly allow the President to release any information that is in the vital public interest.

The fact that the DOJ and FBI are politically corrupt is in the vital public interest.

Just do it, Trump!


16 posted on 09/19/2018 2:55:49 AM PDT by zeestephen
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Or...

Rod: “There are so many documents that it will take us five years to find them all.”


17 posted on 09/19/2018 3:15:29 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
In your Comment #8, to whom is the very first item addressed (consult Gang of Eight before declassifying), and on what date?

The other documents you posted from the Obama era are completely amazing.

You have a great memory and a great archive.

18 posted on 09/19/2018 3:19:52 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

I’ve never seen that executive order.


19 posted on 09/19/2018 3:19:57 AM PDT by Preachin' (I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What’s this “fired” word they keep throwing around? It should be “arrested” and/or “prosecuted”. They’re all seditious criminals.


20 posted on 09/19/2018 3:23:41 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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