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originally posted by: Rewey
originally posted by: soundguy
And even with those republican majority’s they still couldn’t catch her, lol. Hillary lives in rwnj’s heads rent free. a reply to: Xcathdra
Better living in people's heads rent free than in the White House rent free. That's all most people really cared about.
originally posted by: shooterbrody
originally posted by: jadedANDcynical
a reply to: Xcathdra
From the article:
4 – FBI wasn’t adequately investigating “high-risk” employees who failed polygraph tests (but, in fact, putting them in charge of high-profile investigations, like Peter Strzok who failed his poly). In one instance, an FBI IT specialist with top-secret security clearance failed four polygraph tests and admitted to having created a fictitious Facebook account to communicate with a foreign national, but received no disciplinary action for that.
Wow. It seems as though if one wants to commit crimes and not be prosecuted for those crimes, the best thing to do is to get hired on at the FBI.
lying to the fbi is only a crime if someone on the trump campaign or administration does it
originally posted by: kingsquirel
a reply to: JohnnyCanuck
Hell must have froze over Canuck as for once I agree with you after all these years. Our elected officials best get there sh..t together as this is not JFK huge this (Gigantic) as the FBI is our best and brightest ABC bureau, which wields the power in many decisions that Congress, the House, and the Senate pertain too. We are one step away from becoming a Banana Republic if our elected officials don't pull their sh..t together!
originally posted by: network dude
a reply to: Xcathdra
at this stage of the game, I'm still not sure the left understands where all the anger stems from, it's the double standard. The one highlighted in this and other articles. Fix that, and I'd bet that most of the left vs. right infighting would be gone.
Do they even see it?
originally posted by: jadedANDcynical
a reply to: Mahogany
a reply to: Extorris
Could either of you possibly go through each of the 35 points and refute them?
originally posted by: whargoul
a reply to: network dude
Jeezus, YOUR GUY IS THE FBI's BOSS NOW.
GD pity party here with the outrage crew.
originally posted by: Extorris
a reply to: Xcathdra
I think you do your mind a grave disservice reading Gateway Pundit.
originally posted by: jadedANDcynical
a reply to: Mahogany
a reply to: Extorris
Could either of you possibly go through each of the 35 points and refute them?
originally posted by: proteus33
a reply to: Xcathdra
Yes this has been ongoing for years. Can you imagine if they were actually punished for these misdeeds the amount of defense attorneys howling for appeals to their clients convictions on account that said fib investigators were found to be untruthful.
originally posted by: jadedANDcynical
a reply to: Extorris
This thread is about the article itself and a perfectly reasonable place to discuss each line item, but if you're unwilling or unable to refute them, then a thread per item is not going to change that.
You don't even have to do it in one post, you can make a post per item if you like. That way you won't run into the character limit.
Those of us who have closely followed the unfolding scandal at the Justice Department— particularly how the FBI abused its power not only to spy on the Trump presidential campaign but also on the president himself—have been frustrated with the inaction both of the White House and Congress. Documents have not been declassified as promised; letters by top lawmakers have gone unanswered with no consequence; and not one perpetrator in the biggest political scandal in history has been held accountable.
The New York Times over the weekend confirmed the worst suspicions: Andrew McCabe, a disgraced FBI official caught lying to federal investigators and fired by Trump, and his corrupt lackeys opened up a criminal and counterintelligence probe into President Trump on the flimsiest of evidence in May 2017.
Further, statements from William Barr, Trump’s nominee for attorney general, seem to indicate he would be deferential to Special Counsel Robert Mueller rather than focus on the real scandal. It was unclear whether a change in leadership at the Justice Department and on the Senate Judiciary Committee (Lindsey Graham took the reins from Charles Grassley this year) would restart stalled congressional inquiries.
A Clean-Up Pledge
But Barr’s confirmation hearing on Tuesday assuaged those concerns.
Republican senators expressed outrage that the FBI had investigated a sitting U.S. president, and Barr seemed to share their disgust. Graham brought up the Times article and asked Barr to “promise me and this committee to look into this and tell us whether or not a counterintelligence investigation was opened up by somebody at the FBI, Department of Justice against President Trump?” Barr confirmed he would. Graham read aloud derogatory texts, some including profanity, about Trump between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.
Barr admitted he was “shocked” when he first saw the texts. Graham then walked through a litany of offenses at the Justice Department and FBI, including the FISA warrant on Carter Page and Fusion GPS’s ties to Justice official Bruce Ohr and his wife, Nellie, who also worked with dossier author Christopher Steele.
“We are relying on you to clean this place up,” Graham told Barr.