Posted on 03/10/2019 12:42:05 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
After the DOJ claimed no such document existed, the Justice Department has now unearthed a letter which Matt Whitaker delivered to the Utah U.S. attorney directing a review of how the department handled the Clinton Foundation and the Uranium One situation.
Jeff Sessions – who was at the time Attorney General – wrote the letter on Nov. 22, 2017 for Utah U.S. Attorney John Huber. Matt Whitaker, who was Sessions’ chief of staff at the time, emailed the letter to Huber that day, writing, “As we discussed.”
He also sent Huber a copy of a letter the Justice Department’s Congressional affairs chief sent to the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee on Nov. 13 of that same year.
A department lawyer said in court last year that senior officials insisted the document of Sessions directing the DOJ to revisit probes of Clinton didn’t exist.
The liberal nonprofit American Oversight obtained the letter through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request they filed on Nov. 22, 2017––the same day Matt Whitaker emailed Jeff Sessions’ letter to Huber.
The request asked for documentation of the directions Jeff Sessions gave Huber about the review of the investigations into Clinton.
After the DOJ failed to produce any written directions, American Oversight sued.
And on Nov. 16, 2018, Senior Counsel in the Office of Information Policy Vanessa Brinkmann, who handles FOIA Requests, claimed a lawyer in Sessions’ office told her no such letter existed.
Which wasn’t correct at all. This week, a DOJ lawyer told American Oversight that they had found the document that kicked off Huber’s work.
The letter obtained by American Oversight is consistent with what the DOJ’s chief of legislative affairs has told Congress: that Huber is scrutinizing the sale of a Canadian uranium mining company with interests in the United States...
(Excerpt) Read more at milnenews.com ...
I didn’t have much hope for anything coming of it, but a FReeper sent me an article showing how there IS an investigation going on for a while and it will bear fruit.
Who the heck knows when is the question?
I’m pretty lazy but if anyone wants, i’ll send the link :)
FTA: “The Justice Department hasn’t yet brought any charges related to the Clinton Foundation or the Uranium one transaction. This is because the Department hasn’t sufficiently investigated it. An investigation has been called many times and for the appointment of a special counsel to scrutinize the transaction.” They should get on with it or explain why they won’t.
Older than Trump’s case yet Mueller rips up the constitution and is steamrolling people’s lives left and right.
Old news.
Move on. org
I’ll be amazed if anyone really looked into it.
“A department lawyer said in court last year that senior officials insisted the document of Sessions directing the DOJ to revisit probes of Clinton didn’t exist. “
The beauty of it is that Sessions did not “direct” anyone. He only “Recommended”. Therefore no lie was told.
FOIA act after Hillary and Obama repeatedly said FO and destroyed thousands of documents and devices and used private emails to conspire.
maybe another 7-10 years. Whaddya think?
Looks like “American Oversight” does not want ANY oversight of the Clintons.
I’ve seen those. But some say “review” and others imply “investigation”, so I don’t know what is going on. Would be nice to see some justice, but I’m not losing sleep over it.
He recommended a review.
My faith and trust is in Donald J. Trump to protect and defend this nation from enemies foreign and domestic.
I have total and absolute faith and trust in him and those who helped him get elected. Case closed.
Jordan and Meadows did not send me a secret document.
But they have said several times that the key players have
not been interviewed by Huber for over 17 months.
It’s not hard to find out. You just make a few calls to
these key players or their attorneys and ask if they
have been interviewed.
The answer is no.
OK, but a recommendation is not an order while a directive is an order. Big difference.
Let us know how that worked out
Exactly.
So ... somebody is lying for Clinton. Surprise.
We elected Trump but got Obama holdovers which included Obama’s third term DOJ and FBI.
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