Countdown to Horowitz beginning

Tony Stark · Nov 28, 2019

Tony Stark said:
Prepare for another letdown dumb ass.

Roughly a year ago, Horowitz also proved he’s willing to disappoint Trump and his supporters. He thoroughly investigated the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation and charges that the probe was rigged to let Clinton off the hook.

Horowitz amassed a mountain of embarrassing emails and electronic messages between former FBI counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok and his co-worker and lover, Lisa Page, about their hatred for Trump and an “insurance plan” to derail his presidency. However, Horowitz concluded that he could not link the “appearance” of personal bias against Trump to “evidence that any political bias or improper considerations actually” impacted the way the FBI pursued the Clinton email probe.

He also harshly criticized then-FBI Director James Comey for his July 2016 announcement that he would not recommend any charges against Clinton, and his subsequent October 2016 decision to tell Congress that the FBI had discovered new emails and had re-opened the case.

Still, Horowitz concluded that Comey hadn’t acted out of political bias, but did “deviate” from established procedures and engaged “in his own subjective, ad hoc decision making” in what the IG described as an extremely unusual case with high political stakes.
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Told ya

Tony Stark · Nov 28, 2019

TreeFrogTrader said:
. Both Horowitz and Durham are going to make my day.
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LOL!!!!

Tony Stark · Nov 28, 2019

TreeFrogTrader said:
He flat out took McCabe down and out with the first report.
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Really ? I see him on TV as a political commentator often.Id rather be in McCabes position than Manafort,Stone or Rudys

Tony Stark · Nov 28, 2019

WeToddDid2 said:
I am wondering what your response will be when we start seeing people do the perp walk.

I can't remember. What is the penalty for treason?
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Tony Stark · Nov 28, 2019

TreeFrogTrader said:
But yeh. I will be ready to move on to the prosecutorial/grand jury phase too. .
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Still ready?

Tony Stark · Nov 28, 2019

Snarkhund said:
John Durham.... OMG.

Coup plotters are going to prison for conspiracy. Comey, Brennan, Clapper, McCabe, Strok and a few others.

History will record this as the first attempted coup in the United States. This is why the Founders gave the President such comprehensive powers.
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Tony Stark · Nov 28, 2019

WeToddDid2 said:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/16/sean-hannity-devastating-fisa-abuse-report-by-doj-/

Sean Hannity: 'Devastating' FISA abuse report by DOJ inspector general coming, sources say

Lindsey Graham's response: 'If you love the rule of law, you'll be very upset'

“We now have two sources that told the FBI and the DOJ, the upper echelon, not the rank and file, I always make the distinction,” Mr. Hannity said. “I am told in both cases that with the [former British spy Christopher Steele] dossier, that [Department of Justice lawyer Bruce] Ohr warned them it was unverified — Hillary paid for it, Steele hated Trump. Also, now, we have the emails before the first application went in. It sounds like a premeditated conspiracy to commit fraud on a FISA court. I’m also hearing: Horowitz is done and it’s devastating.

“I can’t tell you what he found, but I can tell you that if you care about the rule of law you’re going to be very upset about how the DOJ and the FBI behaved themselves during the 2016 election,” he said. “If you hate Trump, you won’t care. If you love the rule of law, you’ll be very upset.”
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"I’m also hearing: Horowitz is done and it’s devastating."

LOL!!!

Tony Stark · Nov 28, 2019

WeToddDid2 said:

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Tony Stark · Nov 28, 2019

WeToddDid2 said:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/barr-r...-probe-could-lead-to-rule-changes-11558090803

Barr Says Review of Origins of Russia Probe Could Lead to Rule Changes

‘Government power was used to spy on American citizens,’ Barr says
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What rules will be changed?

Tony Stark · Nov 28, 2019

Tony Stark said:
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/05/07/politics/wray-senate-hearing-spying/index.html

FBI Director Wray distances himself from Barr's use of 'spying' on Trump campaign

By David Shortell, CNN

Washington(CNN) FBI Director Christopher Wray told a Senate panel Tuesday that the bureau is "working to help" Attorney General William Barr as he reviews the origins of the Russia investigation, but distanced himself from Barr's use of the phrase "spying" at a separate hearing last month.

"Well that's not the term I would use," Wray said.

"Lots of people have different colloquial phrases," he added to a Senate appropriations subcommittee. "I believe that the FBI is engaged in investigative activity and part of investigative activity includes surveillance activity of different shapes and sizes. To me the key question is making sure that it's done by the book consistent with our lawful authorities."

The period of time has come under scrutiny as President Donald Trump and his allies have focused attention on the use of government surveillance, referring to the story as "Spygate."

Appearing before the same Senate panel in April, Barr said "I think spying did occur" on Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

Wray said he and Barr were staying in "fairly close contact" on the subject.

"Now that the special counsel investigation is completed and having only recently returned to the department the attorney general is seeking to understand better the circumstances at the department and the FBI relating to how this investigation started and we're working to help him get that understanding. I think that's part of his job and part of mine," Wray said.

The Justice Department's inspector general is also reviewing the issue.

Asked by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat, if he had any evidence of illegal surveillance by the FBI into the 2016 presidential campaigns or people associated with the campaigns, Wray said, "I don't think I personally have any evidence of that sort."

Barr drew immediate criticism for his use of the term "spying" from Democrats,who said that the attorney general was mischaracterizing the FBI's counterintelligence investigation in an effort to please Trump.

Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, Barr defended his use of the word, telling lawmakers it was done "off the cuff" and calling backlash to it "faux outrage."

"I don't think the word spying has any pejorative connotation at all," Barr said. "I think 'spying' is a good English word that in fact doesn't have synonyms because it is the broadest word incorporating really all forms of covert intelligence collection."

In March 2018, amid calls by Republican lawmakers for a second special counsel to investigate how the Russia investigation began, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions revealed that he had designated a sitting US attorney to look into allegations that the FBI abused its powers in surveilling former Trump foreign policy aide Carter Page, among other issues.

At the same time, the office of the DOJ inspector general, Michael Horowitz, confirmed it would "review information that was known to the DOJ and the FBI at the time the applications were filed from or about an alleged FBI confidential source" and "review the DOJ's and FBI's relationship and communications with the alleged source as they relate to the (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court) applications."

A US official last month could not explain to CNN how the investigation by the US attorney, John Huber, factored into the Barr review.

Barr said he expected Horowitz's review will be completed in May or June
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The FBI Director told you idiots months ago