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Just a reminder: Do not put any hopes on Michael Horowitz doing anything to help bring the Coup Cabal to justice. – As we have repeatedly pointed out, Mr. Horowitz’s job is to investigate and provide cover for the bureaucracy that pays his salary. His internal role at DOJ is to “investigate” alleged wrongdoing among its employees and then to provide rationale arguing why that wrongdoing was nothing more than violations of internal policies, a simple lack of candor, innocent mishandling of documents, etc. He might make the occasional criminal referrals targeting low-level functionaries – the Peter Strzoks and Lisa...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions was scheduled to visit the prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on Friday to get a firsthand look at the facility. Sessions was to be joined on his tour by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, The Hill reported. Sessions has defended the detention facility. He said in March there is no legal reason not to send newly captured terrorism suspects there, according to The Hill. "Keeping this country safe from terrorists is the highest priority of the Trump administration," Ian Prior, Department of Justice spokesman said.

so far we have in the funny foot walk of shame (note: list updated 2017-12-30 20:00 PST imran awan............. (2017-07-15 -- arrested at dulles airport, apparently while fleeing, subsequently required by court to wear monitoring device) huma abedin............ bell bottoms (2017-09-26 — ??? — src: daily mail uk) hillary clinton......... ankle brace (first appearing on 2017-10-15, during uk tour) paul manafort.......... electronic monitor (2017-11-02 -- court ordered-- src: npr) rick gates................. electronic monitor (2017-11-02 -- court ordered-- src: npr) john mccain............. ankle brace (first appearing ~2017-11-06 on right foot; 2017-11-22 appearing on left foot) (note: changes from foot to foot)...

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) said "we are all going to lose patience with the attorney general" over his perceived apprehension to prosecute people like Lois Lerner and Peter Strzok. "I love Jeff Sessions. I think he is a great guy, but he has got to do the job he is there to do," Huckabee said. He said Sessions, a former Alabama senator, must "enforce the law... universally. Without regard to who the person is." Huckabee said Sessions may be holding off on prosecuting Lerner, the former IRS employee allegedly implicated in the conservative nonprofit targeting scandal, or Strzok,...