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Chief Justice Roberts stays court order in mystery grand jury probe
American Thinker ^ | 12/24/2018 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 12/24/2018 8:02:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind

The Supreme Court appears to have intervened in the operations of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigations for the first time.  But we know precious little about what really is going on, beyond the mechanics of an order issued Sunday afternoon by the Chief Justice of the United States.

That order was reproduced in a tweet yesterday showing the relevant text:

BREAKING: Chief Justice John Roberts halts contempt order against company owned by foreign country and penalties in mystery grand jury subpoena matter, pending response due by Dec. 31 and further order of Roberts or the Supreme Court. pic.twitter.com/IRPeQFe3HF

 

This leaves the underlying issue entirely opaque, like everything else we have read about the secret proceeding. Kevin Daley of the Daily Caller News Foundation puts together what minimal evidence we have about the matter:

Very little is known of the case, which reached the justices on Saturday, because the matter has proceeded through the federal courts under seal, meaning strict confidentiality prevails over every detail.

The scant facts which are available about the case are these: a grand jury issued a subpoena to an unnamed company owned by a foreign government some time during the summer of 2018. That firm, referred to in court filings as “the corporation” has been fighting the subpoena in federal court since August.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit released one of the few public filings in the matter on Dec. 18. Since the entity is owned by a foreign government, it sought to quash the subpoena under the protections of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. The D.C. Circuit rejected those arguments, and found that the corporation must comply with the subpoena.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dsj02; johnroberts; mueller; scotus
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1 posted on 12/24/2018 8:02:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Remember that the secret FISA courts are under Roberts jurisdiction.

I’d rather it be eliminated or someone else put in charge.

I do not trust John Roberts.


2 posted on 12/24/2018 8:04:06 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: SeekAndFind

That whole discovery thing is a real b!tch when your trying to coverup high crimes! Merry Christmas everyone!


3 posted on 12/24/2018 8:04:18 AM PST by gr8eman (Since God has been banished from our classrooms, Satan has filled the void.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
All facts out...NOW ..

fisagate

4 posted on 12/24/2018 8:08:10 AM PST by timestax
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To: SeekAndFind

Witch Hunt!


5 posted on 12/24/2018 8:08:18 AM PST by JoSixChip (He is Batman!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ham Sandwich Inc.


6 posted on 12/24/2018 8:12:27 AM PST by PGR88
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To: timestax

It would bring down the entire government.
It would inevitably lead back to Usurpation Day, January 20, 2009.

ALL of our elected and appointed went along with the swearing in of a British subject/Kenyan national, non-natural born citizen in violation of the Constitution.


7 posted on 12/24/2018 8:15:00 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: SeekAndFind

Seems like something is wrong with Mueller’s case and the court recognizes it.


8 posted on 12/24/2018 8:19:30 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“ALL of our elected and appointed went along with the swearing in of a British subject/Kenyan national, non-natural born citizen in violation of the Constitution.”

Always remember how many HERE were perfectly satisfied with the Fraud “probably being a US citizen”, and urged us to concentrate on more important matters.


9 posted on 12/24/2018 8:20:02 AM PST by treetopsandroofs
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To: SeekAndFind
——company owned by foreign country——

If the company is owned by a foreign country rather than a company owned by individuals in a foreign country, then the US courts have no jurisdiction.

A sovereign can not be prosecuted in American courts. A company owned by a foreign country is an extension of that sovereignty

10 posted on 12/24/2018 8:21:57 AM PST by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: treetopsandroofs

Oh yes, I remember.
There are plenty here who want to make Anwar al-Awlaki’s kids, born in Yemen to one citizen parent, eligible just so a certain Cubanadian can run.


11 posted on 12/24/2018 8:22:44 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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It would bring down the entire government. It would inevitably lead back to Usurpation Day, January 20, 2009. ALL of our elected and appointed went along with the swearing in of a British subject/Kenyan national, non-natural born citizen in violation of the Constitution.

TRUTH will out.This isn't like the "good ole days" where truth would come out 50 years later, or 100 years later. This crap is in computer files somewhere, and it will come out.

12 posted on 12/24/2018 8:23:11 AM PST by timestax
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To: SeekAndFind

Rest assured, your sins will find you out....
You hear that odongo? hitlery? muleface? RATs?
You POSs aren’t going to be able to hide what you’re doing and you’ve done. It’s coming...just a matter of time.


13 posted on 12/24/2018 8:43:44 AM PST by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: lgjhn23

Light...I want light shining on these societal cockroaches. Light...NOW!


14 posted on 12/24/2018 8:46:11 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: SeekAndFind
If truth and justice prevail, the Supreme Court will terminate and nullify the entire disgraceful Mueller investigation and recognize it for exactly what it is: a strategy, by Democrat Party political operatives and corrupt bureaucrats and other political operatives, to invalidate the 2016 Presidential Election.
15 posted on 12/24/2018 8:56:00 AM PST by Savage Beast (The Trump Revolution is the Resistance to the Decadence of Western Civilization.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Good thing you didn’t mention his name.

His supporters have acquired a new “enthusiasm” for him thanks to Big Media’s recent surge against America.


16 posted on 12/24/2018 8:56:14 AM PST by treetopsandroofs
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To: SeekAndFind

John “Souter” Roberts cannot be trusted.


17 posted on 12/24/2018 8:57:23 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Savage Beast

They did not stop the Kenaynesian Usurpation.

Barack Obama was born a British subject and a Kenyan national even if he was born in Hawaii.

He is NOT a natural born citizen.

We have no Constitution if it will not be upheld.


18 posted on 12/24/2018 9:03:01 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

There is, or was, a birth registry for Steven Barnard Dunham in Vancouver, Canada, born to an unwed mother from Washington state way back when ...


19 posted on 12/24/2018 9:03:41 AM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

The FISA Courts, and baby stealing Chief Justice need to be removed.

MY GUESS?

Has something to do with the British snakes and their complicity in trying to
remove president Trump.

John Roberts is a traitor, a sneak and a thug and needs to be impeached.

Isn’t he ANOTHER cry-baby like John Boehner???


20 posted on 12/24/2018 9:06:04 AM PST by ZULU (Impeach John Roberts for corruption)
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