Clinton Ca$H...

Re: Clinton Ca$H...

Postby Stooo » Sat Jan 06, 2018 1:34 am

Hmm...

A pair of GOP senators sent a letter to the Justice Department on Friday urging an investigation into Christopher Steele, the intelligence agent behind that famous dossier from the Russia investigation.

And the whole thing is rather strange.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) sent the letter to the DOJ and FBI. In it, the pair says they have reason to believe Steele might have lied about disseminating information from the dossier.

But while they make the allegation publicly in the letter, the details of Steele's potential lying are contained within an attached document marked classified. In other words, they are suggesting Steele may have lied, but don't say what he might have lied about.

And indeed, it would be impossible for them to do so, given their accusation is apparently based upon his interviews with the FBI, which were recently shared with the Judiciary Committee and aren't public. But the point here is that they made the allegation of Steele's lying public.

As Devlin Barrett and Tom Hamburger note in their piece, that rubs some legal experts the wrong way. One former federal prosecutor, Peter Zeidenberg, called it “nonsense.” He suggested it was a political effort intended to impact the Russia investigation — in which Steele's dossier has become the focus of GOP allegations of improper conduct by federal law enforcement — rather than a serious letter. He said that he had never heard of such a letter being released.

Another reason it's strange is that Grassley and Graham are alleging that Steele may have lied using information the Justice Department already has and had shared with them. It's not clear why Grassley and Graham believe they see potential lies in Steele's interviews that the investigators haven't noticed. It's possible they have information from their own investigation that leads them to believe Steele lied, but they don't say as much in their cover letter.

The backdrop against which this letter has suddenly emerged is extremely important here.

There is an increasing effort among Republicans and the conservative-leaning media to question the legitimacy of the Russia investigation. Increasingly prominent in that effort are attempts to use the Steele dossier as the basis for a deep-state conspiracy against the president. The argument is basically that the dossier was used as the pretext for investigating the Trump campaign — despite The Washington Post and others reporting that other things also factored into that decision — and that it represents collusion between the Democrats who helped fund it and federal law enforcement. Grassley has long called for answers about the FBI's use of the Steele dossier. The FBI at one point reached an agreement to use Steele as a source, though that agreement was scrapped when his role in creating the dossier became public.

As a journalist, you generally prefer that things be stated on the record for all to see. But in this case, Grassley and Graham are making a very serious accusation about someone who is deeply involved in the most significant political story in our country right now, and without any substantiation.

Why not make this referral privately? What's the purpose of making it public, besides raising suspicions about Steele personally — and without the chance to really defend himself against unspecified charges?

About the only reason I can think of is that they want to apply political pressure — either because they don't trust the Justice Department to investigate Steele if they inquired privately or because they want to make the case that the investigation ignored their concerns if it doesn't, or both.

Indeed, it's not difficult for Democrats to make this look like a political document intended to besmirch Steele's reputation and further raise questions about the actual purpose of the dossier, which was eventually published by BuzzFeed News and much of which has yet to be substantiated. And it's also not difficult to imagine this becoming a pretty troublesome precedent for key people involved in future federal investigations.


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Re: Clinton Ca$H...

Postby Fletch » Sat Jan 06, 2018 2:30 pm

Saw that Stooo.

Republican Senators Raise Possible Charges Against Author of Trump Dossier

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/us/p ... pe=article

Grassley is one of the good guys, Lindsey Graham is just trying to save his own ass. Him and McCain have much to fear from it all coming out. (the corruption) Links to Bulgaria and the Dilyana investigation

Dilyana Gaytandzhieva: Diplomatic Flights Used as Cover for Arms Trafficking to Terrorists

http://tapnewswire.com/2017/09/dilyana- ... errorists/

Look out for details of a meeting in the situation room at WH on March 12th 2015 at 9-45pm. (strzok and others) Email exchange from Podesta on 8th might well be the catalyst. Navy involved too. (coastguard)
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Re: Clinton Ca$H...

Postby Fletch » Sat Jan 06, 2018 3:16 pm

Are the masked debits/credits on Fusion GPS bank records payments from the CIA? :wurms:

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Re: Clinton Ca$H...

Postby Fletch » Sun Jan 07, 2018 12:47 pm

Fusion GPS Bank Records Handed Over; May Shed Light On Payments From Russian Embezzler

At issue are 70 financial transactions from 2016, however Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) demanded "complete" records going all the way back to Aug. 2015 Fusion filed for an injunction - claiming Nunes issued the subpoena illegally, it was overly broad, and it was a violation of the 1st amendment.

The request also covers a period in which Fusion was paid $523,651 by a law firm for a Russian businessman whose company, Prevezon Holdings, Ltd. settled with the U.S. Justice department for $5.9 million in a money laundering an embezzlement scheme involving high level Russian officials. The Russian's attorney was none other than Natalia Veselnitskaya of Trump Tower meeting fame.

Federal District Court Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, wrote a scorching denial to Fusion's request - concluding that Nunes legally issued the subpoena, it wasn't overly broad, and that the transactions are not covered by the first amendment.

"Unfortunately for the plaintiff, I cannot agree," Judge Leon wrote on the basis that Fusion's commercial relationship with its clients does not provide Fusion with "some special First Amendment protection from subpoenas,

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Enter Natalia


Katsyv's attorney, Natalia Veselnitskaya - a John McCain fan who hates Trump and uses Democrat lobbyists, was initially denied entry into the United States, only to be allowed in under "extraordinary circumstances" by Obama's Homeland Security Department and approved by former AG Loretta Lynch so she could represent Fusion GPS client Denis Katsyv's company, Prevezon Holdings - and attend the meeting at Trump Tower with Donald Trump Jr. - arranged by Fusion GPS associate Rob Goldstone.

Google.com/2018-01- ... -embezzler

Much more on link. Katsyv involvement I knew about, glad to see it's being widely reported on now. They've mentioned the company but never him. Now the 'Russian meeting Trump team' narrative will be shown for what it always was. A Dem plot to frame Trump and to be used to prevent or remove him from the Presidency.

Got the pic of the masked financial transactions too and when the whole lot have been given up... :fan:
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Re: Clinton Ca$H...

Postby Fletch » Sun Jan 07, 2018 8:51 pm

Upcoming OIG Report Likely To Trigger Second Special Counsel; Comey, Lynch And Clinton In Crosshairs

While most of the MSM fixated last week on whether or not President Trump eats McDonald's in bed while watching Gorilla TV, a flurry of investigative bombshells involving Hillary Clinton, the Clinton Foundation, and conduct by the FBI's top brass during the 2016 election splashed across the headlines. As a quick review:

The DOJ is "taking a fresh look" into the Hillary Clinton email 'matter'
The FBI has launched a new investigation into the Clinton Foundation the day after the Clinton's Chappaqua property catches fire
Former FBI Director James Comey's full Clinton memo was released, revealing felony evidence of changes which "decriminalized" Hillary Clinton's behavior. Oh, and every one of the memos he leaked to his Cornell professor buddy was classified, per a sworn statement by the FBI's "chief FOIA officer" in a sworn declaration obtained by Judicial Watch.
The House Intelligence Committee will be granted access to "all remaining investigative documents," unredacted, along with all witnesses sought per a deal reached between Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Nunes
Opposition research firm Fusion GPS was forced to hand over banking records detailing various clients and their intermediary law firms, including the Clinton Campaign and a Russian money launderer whose lawyer was none other than Natalia Veselnitskaya of Trump Tower meeting fame

Most of these wheels which appear to be in motion are the result of corresponding groundwork laid on Capitol Hill you may not be aware of, including what might be the most important document in the entire process, expected in a little over a week.

On January 15, the DOJ's internal watchdog - the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), is expected to present their findings to Congressional investigators regarding a wide variety of alleged bias and malfeasance by the FBI, the Clinton campaign, and the Obama Administration - both during and after the 2016 election. Moreover, the man heading up the OIG investigation, Michael Horowitz, fought the Obama Administration to regain investigative powers which were restricted by former Attorney General Eric Holder during the Fast and Furious scandal.

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Walls closing in.
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Re: Clinton Ca$H...

Postby Fletch » Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:04 pm

Fletch wrote:DOJ Opens Probe Into Bundy Prosecutors Who Hid Evidence

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened a probe into federal prosecutors of the recent trial of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, E&E News reports.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-2 ... d-evidence

The uranium one connection to Bundy ranch might just be revealed after all.


After Government Corruption-Driven Mistrial, Judge Dismisses Case Against Bundys

After declaring a mistrial just weeks ago amid 'epic corruption', a U.S. judge on Monday dismissed the criminal case against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and three other men on charges stemming from an armed 2014 standoff with federal law enforcement officers over a cattle grazing rights dispute.

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Let's hope the investigation shows the truth this time :wurms:
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Re: Clinton Ca$H...

Postby ATXn;D » Tue Jan 09, 2018 3:21 am

FBI agents' texts spur probe into possible news leaks

http://video.foxnews.com/v/570553299600 ... show-clips
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Re: Clinton Ca$H...

Postby Fletch » Wed Jan 10, 2018 8:43 pm

Feinstein Unilaterally Posts Full Testimony Of Fusion GPS Founder, Grassley Furious

ust four days after two GOP Senators asked the DOJ to launch a criminal probe of Christopher Steele, the ex-MI6 British spy who was the author of the Trump dossier, and which according to many served as the basis for the Russian collusion probe, on Tuesday afternoon Senator Dianne Feinstein circumvented her Republican colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday and unilaterally released the full 312-page transcript of the committee's closed-door interview with Glenn Simpson, a former journalist and co-founder of Fusion GPS, which commissioned the controversial Donald Trump's dossier about alleged connections with Russians.

Needless to say, Grassley was furious after Feinstein's publication, stating that it is "totally confounding that Senator Feinstein would unilaterally release a transcript of a witness interview in the middle of an ongoing investigation" and that "Her action undermines the integrity of the committee’s oversight work and jeopardizes its ability to secure candid voluntary testimony relating to the independent recollections of future witnesses."

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Dems trying to ensure all witnesses get their stories straight for when they are questioned by the committee. :shake head:
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Re: Clinton Ca$H...

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Re: Clinton Ca$H...

Postby Fletch » Sat Jan 13, 2018 11:31 am

Mark Lambert indicted.

Former President of Maryland-Based Transportation Company Indicted on 11 Counts Related to Foreign Bribery, Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

An indictment against a former co-president of a Maryland-based transportation company that provides services for the transportation of nuclear materials to customers in the United States and abroad, was unsealed today for his alleged role in a scheme that involved the bribery of an official at a subsidiary of Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-p ... ed-foreign

He was acting for Clinton and chums running uranium rat line. Uranium 1 centre stage soon. His testimony should lead to the main players.

Small fish to catch the big fish?
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Postby Guest » Sat Jan 13, 2018 12:33 pm

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That is all that needs to be said on this latest attempt to tell us 'the real Russia story'
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Re: Clinton Ca$H...

Postby Fletch » Sun Jan 14, 2018 11:06 am

DOJ Unseals Indictment Involving Uranium One Scandal

In short, the FBI had ample evidence of the Russian bribery plot before the Obama administration approved the Uranium One deal thanks to their embedded mole in the Russian nuclear industry.

Google.com/2018-01- ... ne-scandal

Bit more about the Mark Lambert indictment

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Re: Clinton Ca$H...

Postby Fletch » Sun Jan 14, 2018 8:43 pm

Big Donors Buffett, Gates Should Worry As FBI Investigates Clintons' "Charity"

The revived FBI and continuing IRS investigations will eventually realize due diligence has been lacking from the start..."

Google.com/2018-01- ... ns-charity

Now we're getting to the heart of it. Charles Ortel has covered it extensively.

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Re: Clinton Ca$H...

Postby Fletch » Mon Jan 15, 2018 3:22 pm

Bill Clinton Triggered, Denies Clinton Foundation's Haiti Funds Were Used For Chelsea Wedding

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Let's open Pandora's Box and look at what the Clintons did to Haiti...

Google.com/2018-01- ... ed-chelsea

So many cans of worms these days, this bit could become the fishing forum.
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Re: Clinton Ca$H...

Postby Fletch » Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:13 pm

FBI Probe Into Russian Uranium Bribes Concealed By Obama DOJ; Mueller, McCabe, Rosenstein Involved

Meanwhile, Obama appointed "travel ban" Judge from Hawaii presided over laughable plea bargains once the Uranium One deal closed...

Google.com/2018-01- ... rosenstein

Slowly, slowly it will all come out.
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