8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (4,898)
#9371474 at 2020-05-30 03:47:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11994: Masks and Social Distancing are Over Edition
>>9370634 Bill Barr worked as a liason for the CIA for about 4 years in the 1970's. Now we know why he could not find Epstein's killer. I thought he was one of us but he is a fucking clown. B2 bomber my ass.
LB
Ted Gunderson Report on The Finders cult:
http://media1.7x.cz/files/media1:50fec023cdae2.pdf.upl/Ted+Gunderson+-+The+Finders+Report.pdf
The Finders are a CIA front group of sexual degenerates who kidnap children. They sometimes use children as decoys. The police investigation into the Finders became a CIA internal affair and the files were classified secret and the FBI were withdrawn from the investigation (April 2, 1987).
Ted Gunderson is the former head of the Los Angeles FBI field office.
On page 60 of 84, Ted Gunderson lists people he sent letters to. One of them is William Barr, U.S. Attorney General, Washington, DC. The letter is on page 62 of 84.
On page 64 of 84 is a letter he sent to the Assistant Attorney General by the name of Robert S. Mueller.
What do you think of this, Q?
#9370634 at 2020-05-30 02:55:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11993: Now think about why Antifa plays right into the plan? Edition
Bill Barr worked as a liason for the CIA for about 4 years in the 1970's. Now we know why he could not find Epstein's killer. I thought he was one of us but he is a fucking clown. B2 bomber my ass.
WASHINGTON-Long before he was tapped by President Trump to be attorney general, William Barr helped the Central Intelligence Agency navigate one of the most turbulent periods in its history.
Mr. Barr has said his work in the CIA in the 1970s-as an agency liaison to a skeptical Congress-was good preparation for his rise through the Justice Department ranks in the first Bush administration. Mr. Barr will again face a skeptical Congress as he leads a Justice Department going through its own turbulent trials.
www.wsj.com/amp/articles/attorney-general-nominee-Barr-helped-navigate-cia-through-rocky-times-with-congress-11549974600
#9364152 at 2020-05-29 18:52:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11984: Nobody Escapes This~Q Edition
Cruz Asks For Criminal Probe Into Twitter Over Alleged Violations Of Iranian Sanctions
Senator Ted Cruz, R-TX, penned a letter Friday to Attorney General William Barr and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin urging them to pursue a probe against Twitter "for possible criminal violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et seq.) and sanctionable activities prohibited by Executive Order 13876 (E.O. 13876)."
In his letter, Cruz referred the officials back to his February 6th letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey "informing him that Twitter and its principals face criminal liability and sanctions exposure for providing social media accounts to Iranian persons designated as Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) by the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) pursuant to E.O. 13876. You were copied on that letter, as were President Trump and the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California Anderson."
Twitter, however, still allows officials such as Ali Khamenei (@khamenei_ir), the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, and Javad Zarif (@JZarif), the Iranian Foreign Minister to hold accounts. Cruz added that that action is a direct violation of "IEEPA to issue E.O. 13876, which prohibits 'the making of any contribution or provision of... goods[] or services' to persons designated pursuant to that order" and called on Dorsey to remove them from the platform. Violating the IEEPA could result in the payment of $1 million in fines and up to 20 years in prison.
In an April 3rd response to Cruz, Twitter argued that it would violate the platform's policy saying "to deny our service to [Iran's] leaders at a time like this would be antithetical to the purpose of our company." Moreover, they stated that it's Twitter's "goal is to elevate and amplify authoritative health information as far as possible."
"The position cannot be aligned with Iranian policy as it actually exists or with how designated Iranian officials use Twitter," Cruz said in his Friday letter. "Iranian officials ban Iranian citizens from accessing Twitter. In early April, Khamenei and Zarif used their Twitter accounts to post anti-American disinformation and conspiracy theories, not authoritative health information. They use their accounts provided by Twitter to threaten and taunt their enemies real and imagined. In any event, Twitter's corporate values and grave misapprehension of the threat that Khamenei and Zarif pose are irrelevant. An American person's disagreement with IEEPA or E.O. 13876 is no excuse for noncompliance."
Still, Twitter maintains that they're not violating IEEPA saying "[m]aking the Twitter platform available for use . . . as a tool of communication[] is broadly exempted from OFAC prohibitions." According to Cruz, Twitter's justification is baseless according to "The General License D-1 (GL D-1) to which Twitter implicitly refers creates an exception for services and software incident to Internet-based communication." adding that "it expressly 'does not authorize' the services 'to any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to any part of 31 C.F.R. chapter V, other than persons whose property and interests in property are blocked solely pursuant to Executive Order 13599 as the Government of Iran[.]'
Cruz continued, "Khamenei and Zarif are designated pursuant to E.O. 13876 and so the exception does not apply" adding that "E.O. 13876 authorizes sanctions against 'any person' who is determined to have 'provided technological support for, or goods or services to' such designated persons."
Copied on the letter are President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, FBI Director Christopher Wray, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California David L. Anderson, and District Attorney of New York County, New York Cyrus R. Vance Jr.
https://saraacarter.com/cruz-asks-for-criminal-probe-into-twitter-over-alleged-violations-of-iranian-sanctions/
#9355178 at 2020-05-29 03:23:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11972: Anons Exposing MN Fuckery Edition
>>9355116
3036
Trust POTUS Appointed AG William Barr
Q
!!mG7VJxZNCI
12 Mar 2019 - 8:50:23 AM
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/03/report-Barr-gave-mueller-permission-to-indict-trumps-three-adult-children-and-jared-kushner/📁
Re_read drop:
>>[MUELLER] sealed indictments installed [DC] prior to [RR] loss of >>power?
>>Sealed indictments [DC][blockade last resort] installed post >>SESSIONS departure & WHITAKER assumption?
>>Sealed indictment count [DC] post_SESSIONS departure?
>>Sealed indictment count [DC] pre_WHITAKER assumption?
>>Power of Barr?
>>Can a sealed indictment be pulled post filing?
Did POTUS just install a rogue AG who allows for the indictment of his children based on false pretenses?
Barr Senate vote?
54-45
Do UNICORNS exist?
Q
#9353912 at 2020-05-29 01:53:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11971: Riots and FF Fuckery Edition
The epic saga of the (supposed) Minneapolis cop who killed a Black man in broad daylight by holding his knee and shin on the prone Black man's neck for (reportedly) 9 minutes continues. Note: if you look at the video closely, stop it frame by frame you will see something.
We learn that the supposed cop, Derek Chauvin is not some super spook. He worked as an outside security guard at a club for 4 years. (He may even never been a cop). His victim, the Black guy, George Floyd, worked inside security at the same club.
This happened in Minneapolis. No way they did this without Minneapolis law officials at the highest (police chief, mayor, even the state A.G. Ellison his self) levels knowing about it. The saga sparked riots with looting and many buildings burned down.
Keith Ellison gave a special invitation to Jesse Jackson and Reverend Al Sharpton to come to the city. Don't think the local official counted on President Trump instructing his A.G., William Barr to oversee the investigation.
It was all set up to be spectacular, MSM already had the scoop before it was set into motion. What's happening? It's falling flat.
#9349812 at 2020-05-28 20:59:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11966: The Revolution Is Now Edition
I love our POTUS, look at the last paragraph
Donald Trump Signs Exec Order to Curb Big Tech's 'Unchecked Power
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday in the White House to defend free speech on social media and regulate social media companies for selectively censoring users.
"We're here today to defend free speech from one of the greatest dangers," the president said, referring to the "unchecked power" wielded by social media companies in the United States.
The president signed the order in the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon.
"They've had unchecked power to censor restrict, edit shape hide alter virtually any form of communication between private citizens or large public audiences," Trump said.
The president criticized the growing monopoly of social media companies in America, vowing to act to change the regulatory framework for the companies.
"There's no precedent in American history for so small a number of corporations to control so large a sphere of interaction," he said.
Trump said the increasing editorial actions by social media to control the content on their platforms endangered their liability shield under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act as a neutral public platform.
"The choices that Twitter makes, when it chooses to suppress, edit, blacklist, shadowban are editorial decisions, pure and simple, they are editorial decisions," Trump said.
The president accused the companies of political activism, calling it "inappropriate."
"What they choose to fact check and what they choose to ignore or promote is nothing more than a political activism group," he said.
Trump said that social media companies had "more power and more reach" than any phone company or newspaper or media outlet, and needed more regulation.
U.S. Attorney General William Barr attended the event and said his office would prepare legislation to restrict social media companies from pressing their particular viewpoints on their platforms.
"These companies grew because they held themselves out as public forums," Barr said, adding, "Now that they've become these very powerful networks of eyeballs. They've now switched and they are using that market power to force particular viewpoints."
The president also noted that checking social media companies had become a bipartisan issue, citing Democrat support for regulation.
When ABC News reporter Jon Karl asked why President Trump did not delete his Twitter account in protest of the company's decisions, Trump replied, "If you weren't fake, I would not even think about it, I would do that in a heartbeat
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/28/donald-trump-signs-exec-order-to-curb-big-techs-unchecked-power/
#9347618 at 2020-05-28 18:00:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11963: Making Doom Great Again Edition
What if I told you William Barr is ex-CIA?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barr
#9345442 at 2020-05-28 16:03:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11960: POTUS About To EO Some Fairness Edition
Barr taps U.S. attorney to investigate 'unmasking' as part of
Russia probe review
John Bash, a U.S. attorney out of Texas, was nominated by
President Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate in 2017.
By QUINT FORGEY
05/28/2020 09:25 AM EDT
"Attorney General William Barr has appointed a U.S. attorney to scrutinize episodes of the intelligence practice known as "unmasking" that took place "before and after" the 2016 election as part of the Justice Department's broader review of the Russia investigation, department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec announced Wednesday.
In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Kupec said John Durham - the U.S. attorney for Connecticut whom Barr tasked last year with probing the origins of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and potential coordination between the Russian government and the Trump campaign - "had been looking at the issue of unmasking" as part of his review.
"The attorney general determined that certain aspects of unmasking needed to be reviewed separately as a support to John Durham's investigation," Kupec said, "so he tapped John Bash, one of our U.S. attorneys out of Texas, to do just that."
Bash was nominated by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate in 2017 to serve as the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas. He previously served as a special assistant to the president in the Trump White House and as an associate White House counsel.
Bash's new investigative role with the Justice Department comes as the president and congressional Republicans have escalated their attacks on former senior officials within President Barack Obama's administration who might have been involved in efforts that unmasked Michael Flynn, Trump's first national security adviser.
Bash will be "looking specifically at episodes both before and after the election," Kupec said. "The frequency, who was unmasking whom, all of these circumstances and events can shed light and give us a better understanding of what happened with respect to President Trump, his campaign and, of course, what happened after he was elected, as well," she added."
MORE AT LINK:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/28/Barr-russia-probe-attorney-286920
#9345121 at 2020-05-28 15:36:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11960: POTUS About To EO Some Fairness Edition
Why do you think William Barr and John Durham keep moving the timeline?
#9339980 at 2020-05-28 03:23:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11953: Warriors Wanted! We Got The Best! Edition
DOJ: Barr Investigating Obama Admin's 2016 Election Unmasking, Appoints US Attorney John Bash
Department of Justice spokeswoman Kerri Kupec announced Wednesday night on the Sean Hannity show on the Fox News Channel that Attorney General William Barr has appointed John Bash, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, to investigate the unmasking by the Obama administration of Trump campaign and transition figures around the 2016 presidential election.
Kupec said the Bash investigation will support the one by U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut John Durham into abuses in the Trump-Russia collusion hoax investigations instigated during the Obama administration and continued afterward.
AG Barr has appointed US attorney John Bash to look into the unmaskings. pic.twitter.com/OjAiWLkirP
- The Dirty Truth (Josh) (@AKA_RealDirty) May 28, 2020
Now former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell declassified and released documents showing dozens of requests by many Obama officials were made to unmask Trump national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn (Ret.) during the transition, raising concerns the unmasking was done for political purposes.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/doj-Barr-investigating-obama-admins-2016-election-unmasking-appoints-us-attorney-john-bash/
#9334463 at 2020-05-27 19:03:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11946: D5 Will Bury DS, Go Go Digital Warriors Edition
House FISA bill suddenly on life support
A bill to reauthorize three expired surveillance programs is in jeopardy, with President Trump urging Republicans to oppose it and growing concerns from progressives on a key amendment.
House Democratic leaders say they still intend to vote on the measure this week, but it's suddenly unclear if it can muster the 218 votes needed to clear the chamber - despite an earlier version of the bill winning 278 votes in March.
Despite the limbo status, Democratic leadership is signaling they will move forward, setting up a showdown on the House floor over the fate of the bill.
An update from Democratic leadership sent shortly before noon said that "votes are expected" related to the legislation on Wednesday. And House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters early Wednesday afternoon that "we will act upon it today one way or another."
Trump, in a Tuesday night tweet, urged Republicans to vote against it, linking it to the surveillance he says was done against his campaign by the Obama administration in 2016 and 2017 that led to the resignation of his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn.
GOP leaders who had supported the bill immediately reversed their positions, with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) calling on Democratic leaders to pull the bill. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (La.) said he would whip against the measure.
"We just formally announced a whip against it, because No. 1, it's not going to become law. No. 2, there are still so many questions that need to be answered about real abuses that happened in the FISA system," Scalise said, referring to the court established by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
Scalise and Trump spoke on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with their talks, "and agreed that this bill should not move forward in the House in its current form."
Rep. Liz Cheney (Wis.), the No. 3 Republican in the House, also expressed opposition to the measure on Wednesday, though she faulted amendments that she said would weaken its ability to keep the nation safe.
It's unlikely Democrats could get the bill through their House without GOP support. The initial bill that passed the House in March garnered just 152 votes from Democrats.
Progressives and libertarian-minded Republicans have warned for years that they do not believe the FISA court provides enough legal protections for those targeted for surveillance. As a result, a number of House Democrats on the left were already likely to vote against the measure.
The initial bill was negotiated by Attorney General William Barr and House leaders and earned the support of some of Trump's biggest allies on Capitol Hill, including Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
Asked if Trump would sign the bill if it reached his desk, Jordan sidestepped during a House Rules Committee markup on Wednesday but said that Trump was "frustrated by this process."
Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), the top Republican on the committee, was more blunt, predicting that the bill can no longer pass.
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/499751-house-fisa-bill-suddenly-on-life-support
#9331205 at 2020-05-27 15:17:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11942: All [D] Assets Deployed Edition
Justice says it will recommend Trump veto FISA bill
The Justice Department said on Wednesday that it opposes House-proposed changes to surveillance reform legislation and will urge President Trump to veto the bill if it reaches his desk.
The statement, from Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd, is the latest setback for the legislation, which is currently scheduled to get a vote on the House floor on Wednesday, after Trump on Tuesday night urged GOP opposition to vote against it.
The veto threat from the Justice Department is a marked shift from March, when Attorney General William Barr helped negotiate the initial version of the bill with House leadership. The bill was then approved by the House in a 278-136 vote.
The bill reauthorizes three surveillance programs and makes some changes to the court established by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). But the Senate, when it took up the bill earlier this month, added language to create new legal protections for some FISA warrant applications, a change that garnered pushback from the Justice Department.
Boyd said on Wednesday that the Justice Department had offered "specific fixes to the most significant problems" stemming from the changes made by the Senate but signaled that they had been ignored by House lawmakers.
Instead, the House will vote on an additional amendment to the legislation as part of its debate on Wednesday that would tighten the limits on the FBI's ability to access Americans' web browsing history.
Boyd warned that the Justice Department believes the proposed change from the House would "weaken national security tools while doing nothing to address the abuses identified by the DOJ Inspector General."
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/499697-justice-says-it-will-recommend-trump-veto-fisa-bill
#9328086 at 2020-05-27 04:52:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11938: The One Hell Of A Show Edition
https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/26/richard-grenell-declassify-russia-document/
Grenell Declassifies Document Said To Be 'Very Significant' To Origins Of Russia Probe
As one of his last acts in office, Richard Grenell, the outgoing director of national intelligence, declassified a batch of Trump-Russia documents, including one that a senior U.S. intelligence official said is "very significant" to the origins of the Russia probe.
Grenell also declassified transcripts of December 2016 phone calls between Michael Flynn and former Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, Fox News reported Tuesday.
A senior U.S. intelligence official confirmed the Fox News report to The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Grenell left office on Tuesday after swearing in his replacement, former Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe.
Ratcliffe will ultimately decide when to release the documents that Grenell declassified.
The official told Fox News that the document related to the origins of the Russia probe is "very significant in understanding how intelligence was manipulated to support launching the Russia investigation."
Grenell released a slew of documents related to the Russia investigation during his short tenure as the temporary chief of national intelligence. President Donald Trump called Grenell a "superstar" on Sunday for declassifying the records. (RELATED: Here's The 'Unclassified' List Of Actions Ric Grenell Took As DNI)
Grenell declassified footnotes from the Justice Department inspector general's report on the FBI probe that showed the FBI had evidence of Russian disinformation in the Steele dossier.
He also finalized a review of 53 transcripts from the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. The transcripts showed that Obama administration officials saw no evidence of collusion while they still worked in government.
On May 8, Grenell declassified a list of Obama administration officials who requested the unmasking of Flynn in intelligence reports. He also declassified an email that former national security adviser Susan Rice sent herself on her last day in office regarding a Jan. 5, 2017, meeting in the Oval Office where Flynn was discussed.
Grenell said on Friday that he was conducting a declassification review of transcripts of Flynn's calls with Kislyak, which occurred on Dec. 29, 2016.
Flynn pleaded guilty in the special counsel's probe on Dec. 1, 2017, to making false statements to the FBI regarding his contacts with Kislyak. The Justice Department filed a motion to drop those charges on May 7, citing FBI documents discovered during an internal review of the case against Flynn.
Attorney General William Barr ordered the review after Flynn filed a motion on Jan. 29 retracting his claim to have lied to the FBI.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence declined comment on Tuesday when asked about the declassification and whether Ratcliffe plans to release the documents.
#9322092 at 2020-05-26 19:35:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11930: MSM Beat Down with Kayleigh Now in Progress Edition
Q, when is AG William Barr going to get off his fucking ass and start holding these totalitarian governors and mayors criminally liable for their purposeful and blatant violations of Title 18 U.S.C. Section 224 "Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law"?
Barr fucking around and not doing a God Damn thing about this serious ass issue is not restoring confidence in our system of justice. To the contrary. It is further eroding the American people's confidence. "American People", not those treasonous, rat bastard, motherfucking seditious, communist sympathizers. Better known as liberal democrats.
Welcome to the Banana Republic of The United States of America. 3rd World SHITHOLE brought to you not only by leftist, progressive democrats but by do nothing republican Attorneys General. WTF Sir!!!!!!!
#9317280 at 2020-05-26 05:42:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11924: We The People - Shaking Off The Death Grip Edition
>>9317206
>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/05/25/ag-bill-Barr-calls-the-action-of-sco-robert-mueller-and-doj-rod-rosenstein-abhorrent-and-a-grave-injustice/
>>9317060
baker
CH using a deceptive title
the vid is actually titled "Is William Barr saying RR…",
and Barr never mentions them, or even the SC.
generically calls out LE, IC, Obama and Biden
no RR & Mueller
fkn msm
#9314543 at 2020-05-26 00:18:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11920: Popularity [growth] drives general (non-Autistic) expansion. Edition
Dead People (Sleepy) running for Office?
Sitting as a SC Justice?
Or a Glass of Water?
You'll See.
President Trump has unloaded on rival Joe Biden, who he said "doesn't know he's alive," and has also promised that his new intelligence director and Attorney General William Barr will "Break the deep state."
In a relatively softball interview broadcast on Sunday, the president boasted to 'Full Measure' host Sharyl Atkinson about his response to the coronavirus pandemic, and slammed the Chinese government for its alleged role in allowing the virus to spread.
However, he saved his most characteristically Trumpian insults for Joe Biden, former Vice President and presumed Democratic candidate in this year's election. Asked what Biden's strongest feature as a competitor is, Trump didn't miss an opportunity to insult his opponent.
https://www.rt.com/usa/489641-trump-biden-deep-state/
#9310332 at 2020-05-25 16:42:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11915: Dues For The Souls That Fought So We May Carry On Edition
Sunday Talks: Andy Biggs Discusses "Why Now" as Chris Wray Initiates an FBI Investigation
Posted by sundance
It's a question that has been asked several times: why is FBI Director Christopher Wray now starting an internal review of those within the FBI who were engaged with the events around Lt. General Michael Flynn. Why did he wait so long?
In this interview Representative Andy Biggs discusses that question. WATCH:
The most likely answer is simply sunlight. The corrupt FBI activity was clearly evident within the organization in 2018 and 2019. However, the recent change is the public awareness of it with documented evidence.
Keep in mind there are dozens of currently employed FBI officials, agents, analysts and administrators who participated in the effort. As a result of USAO Jeff Jensen reviewing the activity; and in combination with DNI Ric Grenell declassifying and releasing the information to the public; FBI Director Chris Wray has no choice.
Remember, despite his involvement FBI supervising agent David Archey was promoted and now leads the Virginia field office. Additionally, one of the key actors, FBI Agent Joe Pientka, was transferred to San Francisco. Both Archey and Pientka are part of a much larger network of FBI officials that remain currently employed and have never been held accountable.
Agent's Pientka and Archey were coordinating their corrupt operations with several dozen FBI officials and staff.
Lastly there's the list of 53 witnesses that Senator Graham plans on calling:
Trisha Anderson, Brian Auten, James Baker, William Barr, Dana Boente, Jennifer Boone, John Brennan, James Clapper, Kevin Clinesmith, James Comey, Patrick Conlon, Michael Dempsey, Stuart Evans, Tashina Gauhar, Carl Ghattas, Curtis Heide, Kathleen Kavalec, David Laufman, Stephen Laycock, Jacob Lew, Loretta Lynch, Andrew McCabe, Mary McCord, Denis McDonough, Arthur McGlynn, Jonathan Moffa, Sally Moyer, Mike Neufield, Sean Newell, Victoria Nuland, Bruce Ohr, Nellie Ohr, Stephanie L. O'Sullivan, Lisa Page, Joseph Pientka, John Podesta, Samantha Power, E.W. "Bill" Priestap, Sarah Raskin, Steve Ricchetti, Susan Rice, Rod Rosenstein, Gabriel Sanz-Rexach, Nathan Sheets, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Glenn Simpson, Steve Somma, Peter Strzok, Michael Sussman, Adam Szubin, Jonathan Winer, Christopher Wray, and Sally Yates.
Once you get on the Sunlight Express you can't get off 'til the ride's over.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/05/24/sunday-talks-andy-biggs-discusses-why-now-as-chris-wray-initiates-an-fbi-investigation/#more-192615
#9297022 at 2020-05-24 13:54:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11898: Think for Yourselves & Trust the Plan! Edition
Potential Paytriot Greg Rubini has a new book coming out. Check out his pitch, which just dropped:
https://twitter.com/GregRubini/status/1264551630655062018
>1. This BOOK nails Obama with charges of TREASON and SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY.
>[THREAD]
>in this Book there is the Evidence.
>Evidence that William Barr & John Durham cannot ignore.
>"The Spy Operations on Trump"
>by Greg Rubini
>Link: https://am azon.com/dp/B0893BWPPH
>please RETWEET
>.
For relevance, Rubini recently made this thread implying many in the fmr. Obama admin were going down for seditious conspiracy + treason:
https://twitter.com/GregRubini/status/1262830519651205121
#9287475 at 2020-05-23 14:57:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11886: Harvesting Fires Edition
WAITING TO BE RIGHT part 1/2
Anyone wondering why Swalwell, Schiff and others are very vocal about releasing the Flynn/Kislyak phone call transcript?
I've said for 3 years yrs the Flynn phone call leak is being investigated by the DOJ.
I'm going to be proven right and here's why.
The DOJ did NOT
1. Announce the beginning of that investigation in 2017
2. Did not announce which US Attorney is running it
3. They CERTAINLY did not and will never provide updates about an investigation they won't even acknowledge is underway.
Everybody is ASSUMING FBI Director Christopher Wray could hand over this transcript whenever he wants to.
Well what if there's a legitimate reason he hasn't been able do that?
Under what scenario would the DOJ and the Attorney General be *forbidding* Wray to declassify this transcript & publicly release it that doesn't involve a massive cover-up by Trump appointees?
This may surprise and shock you….and a lot of the political pundits, reporters and commentators out there who've been relentlessly dragging Wray for months….
But I actually CAN present you with a legitimate reason Wray is not allowed to hand this over just yet.
I'm going to encourage everybody who knows how investigations with serious national security issues in play are handled at the Sessions and now the Barr Justice Departments THINK REALLY HARD about that question I just asked. .
Here's the question again:
Under what scenario would the DOJ and the Attorney General be *forbidding* Wray to declassify this transcript & publicly release it that doesn't involve a massive cover-up by Trump appointees?
Bake your noodle with it.
Here's the scenario:
IF the Flynn phone call leaked to Ignatius is the subject of a criminal disclosure of classified information investigation at the DOJ, that means that transcript is material evidence in an ongoing criminal case.
Because it would be material evidence in an ongoing criminal leak case, that means Wray couldn't declassify the transcript and give it to you, me, Jim Jordan or Tom Fitton even if he wanted to do that.
The laws concerning handling of classified information prevents him.
Remember when people had fantasies about Trump doing the SpyGate declassification all at once, like he'd call some freaking press conference and gleefully point to a bunch of binders stacked on a table and say "There it is, publicize it media!"
That's not what's happening.
Trump delegated declassification authority to Attorney General William Barr.
Remember?
Think about what that means.
So people are confused about WHO'S doing the SpyGate declassification & they're confused about HOW it would be done.
It's not happening all at once. They are rolling it out S-L-O-W-L-Y. One key piece of documentary evidence at a time.
When the time is right.
When Barr was good and ready, and he got the go ahead from Durham that releasing it now wouldn't compromise any of the ongoing SpyGate investigations, he sent USA EDMO Jensen into the DC US Attorney's office to find the documents they knew he was going to find there.
Then after Jensen gave the documents to Barr, Barr declassified them and approved their being handed over by Jensen to Flynn defense attorney
Sidney Powell
.
This was followed by
Richard Grenell
declassifying the unmasking list.
https://twitter.com/drawandstrike/status/1264198689821798400
#9285792 at 2020-05-23 09:35:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11884: The 'This is not a time to keep the facts from the people' Edition
Good morning. DOJ makes his move on commie governors..
The Trump administration on Friday weighed in on a lawsuit brought against Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker's coronavirus stay-at-home orders, with a rare federal court filing in support of the legal challenge he faces over his emergency powers.
The U.S. Justice Department's filing in Illinois marked another escalation by the administration in confronting state governors it sees as going too far with restrictions meant to quell the coronavirus pandemic.
The Justice Department asserted that Pritzker, a Democrat, acted improperly when he removed the case in question from state court, where it was filed by Republican state Representative Darren Bailey, to a federal court.
A similar lawsuit filed in state court by Republican legislators against Democratic Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and his top public health officer led to a state Supreme Court ruling last week invalidating stay-at-home orders there.
The Justice Department said it was intervening under an edict issued by Attorney General William Barr in late April directing his civil rights division to review the legitimacy of state and local government policies related to the coronavirus pandemic.
On Tuesday, the Justice Department sent a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom, also a Democrat, saying his lockdown orders discriminated against religious freedom by prohibiting indoor services while allowing some workplaces, including film studios, to reopen
A similar letter on Friday to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer questioned whether their local restrictions "may be an arbitrary and heavy-handed approach" to stay-at-home requirements.
Both letters and the Illinois federal court filing were signed by Eric Dreiband, assistant U.S. attorney general for the Justice Department's civil rights division.
Pritzker's lockdown order, like California's, bars indoor gatherings at places of worship, but has already survived federal court challenges brought on religious grounds.
And in removing Bailey's lawsuit from state court, Pritzker asserted his case also belonged in federal court because Bailey was alleging a violation of rights under the U.S. Constitution.
May 22, 2020 / 6:14 PM / Updated 7 hours ago
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-illinois/u-s-justice-department-backs-lawsuit-challenging-illinois-coronavirus-restrictions-idUSKBN22Y2ZH
#9284193 at 2020-05-23 04:20:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11882: Laggy Saggy Soggy Bread Edition
>>9283992
Washington - The Justice Department will consider taking legal action against governors who continue to impose stringent rules for dealing with the coronavirus that infringe on constitutional rights even after the crisis subsides in their states, Attorney General William Barr said.
https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/04/Barr-threatens-legal-action-against-states-that-continue-lockdowns.html
I had such high hopes for this pathetic fuck.
#9279904 at 2020-05-22 21:02:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11876: #Obamagate Edition
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FBI director orders internal review of Michael Flynn investigation
FBI Director Christopher Wray has ordered an internal review into possible misconduct in the probe of the former Trump administration national security adviser.
Author: ERIC TUCKER Associated Press
Published: 3:34 PM CDT May 22, 2020
Updated: 3:34 PM CDT May 22, 2020
WASHINGTON - FBI Director Christopher Wray has ordered an internal review into possible misconduct in the investigation of former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn, the bureau said Friday.
The after-action review will examine whether any employees engaged in misconduct during the course of the investigation and evaluate whether any improvements in FBI policies and procedures need to be made.
In announcing the review, the FBI, a frequent target of President Donald Trump's wrath, is stepping into a case that has become a rallying cry for Trump supporters. It comes as the Justice Department pushes back on criticism that its decision to dismiss the prosection earlier this month was a politically moticated effort to do Trump's bidding.
The announcement adds to the internal scrutiny over one of special counsel Robert Mueller's signature prosecutions during his investigation into ties between Russia and the 2016 presidential campaign. It underscores how a case that was seemingly resolved by Flynn's 2017 guilty plea has instead given way to a protracted, politically charged debate about FBI tactics during that prosecution and the Russia investigation more broadly.
The review will be led by the FBI's Inspections Division, which examines potential misconduct among bureau employees. Though the division does not have authority on its own to bring a criminal prosecution, the after-action review will look at whether any current employees engaged in misconduct deserving of discipline. The division cannot recommend discipline for former employees.
Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about conversations with the Russian ambassador during the presidential transition period, but the Justice Department says its own review of the case determined that there was an insufficient basis for agents to have interviewed Flynn in the first place and that any statements he made to agents were therefore not relevant to the underlying investigation into ties between Russia and Trump's presidential campaign.
The department's request to dismiss the case is now pending before a federal judge, who has not indicated whether he will grant it.
The FBI said that in addition to its own internal review, it has cooperated with other inquiries assigned by Attorney General William Barr, including investigations into the Flynn case and the origins of the Russia investigation.
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/nation-world/fbi-michael-flynn-investigation-internal-review/507-e7870697-4fbe-4e35-896c-44a509e53b51
#9278285 at 2020-05-22 18:31:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11874: Digital Army On Fire! #youaintblack trending Edition
Two different headlines. (Second one pictured) How to make Race Baiting the New Normal for 2020, and hurt POTUS.
Cohen, Manafort were released from prison early because of COVID-19. That's not the norm.
Michael Cohen is just the latest well-connected federal prisoner to be sent home early because of the coronavirus, even though he has served only a third of his sentence - well shy of the 50 percent threshold federal officials often cite in denying requests for early release. By contrast, prisoners like Eddie Brown, an Oklahoma man who has served a bigger portion of his sentence than Cohen and also cites health problems, remain behind bars, raising questions about the Bureau of Prisons' opaque process and its fairness.
New data show that Cohen, along with former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, released last week, are among the relatively few federal prisoners to win early release in the seven weeks since Attorney General William Barr cited the pandemic in ordering more federal prisoners to be let out. During that time, the number of people in home confinement increased by only 2,578, about 1.5 percent of the nearly 171,000 people in federal prisons and halfway houses when Barr issued his memo.
Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, was sentenced to three years in prison, and Manafort to seven and a half years. Manafort has served less than a third of his sentence, so he, too, did not meet the federal criteria for early release, although he and Cohen do have health conditions that put them at added risk if they contract the virus.
Brown, who is in prison in Tennessee for selling meth, has also cited his health in seeking emergency release, said his daughter, Amanda Bolding. Brown has served six years of his 15-year sentence, prison records show. But like thousands of other prisoners, he can't afford the kind of help Cohen and Manafort had that has proven crucial for many of the releases so far: a lawyer.
Groups and relatives advocating for the release of prisoners at risk from the virus say they don't begrudge well-connected people achieving that goal. The problem, they said, is that many other people who could meet Barr's criteria languish in prison, without legal help, unable to understand the complex process or lacking connections to help them as the pandemic spreads. As of Wednesday, the official tally had 59 federal prisoners dying from COVID-19 and more than 4,600 testing positive, though health experts believe that's almost certainly an undercount.
Melissa Ketter, a Minnesota woman whose daughter has served just over half of her sentence for a federal nonviolent drug crime, said she almost cried when she heard about Cohen's release.
"I'm happy for him don't get me wrong - but at the same time it was like, the rich white guy gets out early. I don't wish for bad things to happen to these people, but it's like can everybody be treated the same?" Ketter said.
The release process has been marked by foot-dragging and confusion, critics say, and a federal judge in a ruling Tuesday labeled the results "paltry."
The Bureau of Prisons won't release data, won't answer questions and keeps shifting policy on who qualifies for release, according to Georgetown Law professor Shon Hopwood, an expert on criminal justice reform.
"The Bureau of Prisons is operating all behind closed doors, and that's a big part of the problem," Hopwood said.
Lawyers for Cohen and Manafort did not return messages seeking comment.
More
https://www.yahoo.com/news/early-release-trump-associates-shows-234506604.html
#9276890 at 2020-05-22 16:08:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11872: You Ain't Black Edition
Attorney general Bill Barr asked Italy's spy chiefs what FBI agents were up to in the country before the 2016 election, Italy's prime minister reveals
Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte said Wednesday U.S. Attorney General William Barr was seeking information about the activities of FBI agents assigned to Italy in his meetings with Italian intelligence officials this summer.
Italian media reports have accused Conte of violating protocols in permitting the meetings.
Conte said that Barr first held a 'preliminary technical' meeting with intelligence officials in offices at Rome's Piazza Dante on Aug. 15. That was followed up with another meeting in the same offices on Sept. 27.
The September meeting also included the U.S. Attorney John Durham, who is examining what led the U.S. to open a counterintelligence investigation on the Trump campaign and the roles that various countries played in the U.S. probe.
The disclosure came after a report which claimed that Durham's probe is zeroing in on two former top national security officials based on new information he discovered in Rome.
Sources familiar with the investigation spearheaded by Durham told Fox News on Tuesday that the Connecticut U.S. attorney is 'very interested' in questioning former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former CIA Director John Brennan, an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump who recently called the probe 'bizarre.'
Durham and Barr have taken multiple covert trips overseas to collect evidence about the Russia investigation, including Italy, where they reportedly heard a recording from a taped deposition with Joseph Mifsud, the professor widely credited with sparking the counter-intelligence investigation into Trump campaign officials which eventually became wrapped up in Robert Mueller's investigation.
Mifsud allegedly offered to give ex-Trump aide George Papadopoulos Russian 'dirt' on Hillary Clinton in a move Papadopoulos has suggested was part of a set-up by intelligence agencies.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7605627/PM-Conte-testifies-Italys-intelligence-contacts-US.html
#9267327 at 2020-05-21 19:26:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11860: Level Up Faggots, They Fighting The Truth, Bitches Are Losing! Edition
Back Channels are important. Why is 8kun run on Military Servers.
https://qanonpress.wordpress.com/2020/05/02/we-get-through-it-through-social-media-and-some-other-great-friends/
Boom! 💥
SHARE ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS: https://twitter.com/GregRubini/status/1263154879972941826?s=20 JUST IN FROM GREG RUBINI @greagrubini
START THREAD - LIST below: (Info from a source close to Durham prosecutors.)
1. John Brennan will get the Dth Pnlty [THREAD] charges against Brennan:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
1 count of conspiracy to commit treason not just Brennan.
2. while you read this [THREAD], remember that William Barr has reinstated the Dth Pnlty for Federal crimes in July 2019
4. other charges against Brennan: 3 counts of lying to Congress 2 counts of lying to investigators
5. James Comey:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
6 counts of perjury
4 counts of obstruction of justice
4 counts of falsifying government documents
6. Andrew McCabe:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
2 counts of perjury
3 counts of lying to Congress
1 count of falsifying government documents
7. Peter Strzok:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
4 counts of perjury
3 counts of falsifying government documents
8. Sally Yates:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
3 counts of obstruction of justice
9. Loretta Lynch:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
2 counts of lying to Congress
10. Lisa Page:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
3 counts of perjury
1 count of obstruction of justice
11. Bruce Orr:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
1 count of falsifying government documents
12. sounds good to me… and this is just a provisional list. high probablity other crimes will be charged to the above thugs. and more names to be added to the LIST...
13. Note: the source of the info is a good source, connected with the Durham prosecutors. I cannot say more at the moment.
14. a few days ago, Trump hinted at "50 YEARS SENTENCES" an indirect hint? Trump certainly KNOWS. and he said: "a lot of people are going to pay"
watch: https://youtu.be/psosWK9qBFY
Trump: Unmasking of Flynn is greatest political scam in history of US
15. certainly 3 counts of "Conspiracy to overthrow the Government" guarantee 50 years of jail. or more… Think Comey, Clapper, McCabe, Strzok, Yates, etc. (see above)
16. Trump also said: "They tried to overthrow a duly elected President" which is exactly what the "Conspiracy to overthrow the Government" means. (the above mentioned charges) another coincidence?
watch again... listen carefully: https://youtu.be/psosWK9qBFY
17. so we have a LONG LIST of people that will be charged
with 3 counts each of "Conspiracy to overthrow the Government":
- Brennan
- Clapper
- Comey
- Andrew McCabe
- Peter Strzok
- Lisa Page
- Sally Yates
- Loretta Lynch
- Bruce Ohr
how many years of jail time each?
18.
from what I've read, that makes 20 years for each count of "Conspiracy to overthrow the Government".
60 years in jail each.
plus the additional charges.
Let's say 70 or 80 years of jail time, for each of them.
That's fine for me.
19. but first, I want to watch the TRIALS - broadcast LIVE !!
20. John Brennan is a different case.
because he has also the additional count of "Conspiracy to commit TREASON".
This means Dth Pnlty.
For Sure.
+++++++++++++++++
Once the Queen [HRC] is removed from the board [protecting the KING] [HUSSEIN] gets Checkmated.
#9267284 at 2020-05-21 19:22:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11860: Level Up Faggots, They Fighting The Truth, Bitches Are Losing! Edition
>>9267165
Help get the Wolf out of the henhouse. Q is the Graphic true? Kansas charging?
Back Channels are important. Why is 8kun run on Military Servers.
https://qanonpress.wordpress.com/2020/05/02/we-get-through-it-through-social-media-and-some-other-great-friends/
Boom! 💥
SHARE ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS: https://twitter.com/GregRubini/status/1263154879972941826?s=20 JUST IN FROM GREG RUBINI @greagrubini
START THREAD - LIST below: (Info from a source close to Durham prosecutors.)
1. John Brennan will get the Dth Pnlty [THREAD] charges against Brennan:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
1 count of conspiracy to commit treason not just Brennan.
2. while you read this [THREAD], remember that William Barr has reinstated the Dth Pnlty for Federal crimes in July 2019
4. other charges against Brennan: 3 counts of lying to Congress 2 counts of lying to investigators
5. James Comey:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
6 counts of perjury
4 counts of obstruction of justice
4 counts of falsifying government documents
6. Andrew McCabe:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
2 counts of perjury
3 counts of lying to Congress
1 count of falsifying government documents
7. Peter Strzok:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
4 counts of perjury
3 counts of falsifying government documents
8. Sally Yates:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
3 counts of obstruction of justice
9. Loretta Lynch:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
2 counts of lying to Congress
10. Lisa Page:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
3 counts of perjury
1 count of obstruction of justice
11. Bruce Orr:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
1 count of falsifying government documents
12. sounds good to me… and this is just a provisional list. high probablity other crimes will be charged to the above thugs. and more names to be added to the LIST...
13. Note: the source of the info is a good source, connected with the Durham prosecutors. I cannot say more at the moment.
14. a few days ago, Trump hinted at "50 YEARS SENTENCES" an indirect hint? Trump certainly KNOWS. and he said: "a lot of people are going to pay"
watch: https://youtu.be/psosWK9qBFY
Trump: Unmasking of Flynn is greatest political scam in history of US
15. certainly 3 counts of "Conspiracy to overthrow the Government" guarantee 50 years of jail. or more… Think Comey, Clapper, McCabe, Strzok, Yates, etc. (see above)
16. Trump also said: "They tried to overthrow a duly elected President" which is exactly what the "Conspiracy to overthrow the Government" means. (the above mentioned charges) another coincidence?
watch again... listen carefully: https://youtu.be/psosWK9qBFY
17. so we have a LONG LIST of people that will be charged
with 3 counts each of "Conspiracy to overthrow the Government":
- Brennan
- Clapper
- Comey
- Andrew McCabe
- Peter Strzok
- Lisa Page
- Sally Yates
- Loretta Lynch
- Bruce Ohr
how many years of jail time each?
18.
from what I've read, that makes 20 years for each count of "Conspiracy to overthrow the Government".
60 years in jail each.
plus the additional charges.
Let's say 70 or 80 years of jail time, for each of them.
That's fine for me.
19. but first, I want to watch the TRIALS - broadcast LIVE !!
20. John Brennan is a different case.
because he has also the additional count of "Conspiracy to commit TREASON".
This means Dth Pnlty.
For Sure.
+++++++++++++++++
Once the Queen [HRC] is removed from the board [protecting the KING] [HUSSEIN] gets Checkmated.
#9267194 at 2020-05-21 19:16:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11860: Level Up Faggots, They Fighting The Truth, Bitches Are Losing! Edition
News Stories Avoid Naming Israel
There are two stories that seem to have been under-reported in the past couple of weeks. The first involves Michael Flynn's dealings with the Russian United Nations Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. And the second describes yet another bit of espionage conducted by a foreign country directed against the United States. Both stories involve the State of Israel.
The bigger story is, of course, the dismissal by Attorney General William Barr of the criminal charges against former National Security Advisor General Michael Flynn based on malfeasance by the FBI investigators. The curious aspect of the story as it is being related by the mainstream media is that it repeatedly refers to Flynn as having unauthorized contacts with the Russian Ambassador and then having lied about it. The implication is that there was something decidedly shady about Flynn talking to the Russians and that the Russians were up to something.
In reality, the part left out of the story is that the phone call to Kislyak on December 22, 2016, was made by Flynn at the direction of Jared Kushner, who in turn had been approached by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu had learned that the Obama Administrating was going to abstain on a United Nations vote condemning the Israeli settlements policy, meaning that for the first time in years a U.N. resolution critical of Israel would pass without drawing a U.S. veto. Kushner, acting for Netanyahu, asked Flynn to contact each delegate from the various countries on the Security Council to delay or kill the resolution. Flynn agreed to do so, which included a call to the Russians. Kislyak took the call but did not agree to veto Security Council Resolution 2334, which passed unanimously on December 23rd.
In taking the phone calls from a soon-to-be senior American official who would within weeks be part of a new administration in Washington, the Russians did nothing wrong, but the media is acting like there was some kind of Kremlin conspiracy seeking to undermine U.S. democracy. It would not be inappropriate to have some conversations with an incoming government team and Kislyak also did nothing that might be regarded as particularly responsive to Team Trump overtures since he voted contrary to Flynn's request.
The phone call made at the request of Israel was neither benign nor ethical as the Barack Administration was still in power and managing the nation's foreign policy. At the time, son-in-law Jared Kushner was Trump's point man on the Middle East. He and his family have extensive ties both to Israel and to Netanyahu personally, to include Netanyahu's staying at the Kushner family home in New York. The Kushner Family Foundation has funded some of Israel's illegal settlements and also a number of conservative political groups in that country. Jared has served as a director of that foundation and it is reported that he failed to disclose the relationship when he filled out his background investigation sheet for a security clearance. All of which suggests that if you are looking for possible foreign government collusion with the incoming Trumpsters, look no further.
https://russia-insider.com/en/news-stories-avoid-naming-israel/ri30344
#9266310 at 2020-05-21 18:00:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11859: Buckle Up, Truth Coming Edition
Election Fraud alert:
DOJ: Democrats Paid Pennsylvania Election Officials to Stuff Ballot Box
A former Judge of Elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been charged and pleaded guilty to illegally adding votes for Democrat candidates in judicial races in 2014, 2015, and 2016.
On Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced charges against former Judge of Elections Domenick DeMuro, 73, for stuffing the ballot box for Democrats in exchange for payment by a paid political consultant.
The charges, and guilty plea, include conspiracy to deprive Philadelphia voters of their civil rights by fraudulently stuffing the ballot boxes for specific Democrat candidates in the 2014, 2015, and 2016 primary elections and a violation of the Travel Act.
"The Trump administration's prosecution of election fraud stands in stark contrast to the total failure of the Obama Justice Department to enforce these laws," Public Interest Legal Foundation President Christian Adams said in a statement. "Right now, other federal prosecutors are aware of cases of double voting in federal elections as well as noncitizen voting. Attorney General William Barr should prompt those other offices to do their duty and prosecute known election crimes."
As Judge of Elections, DeMuro was paid to oversee the election process in the 39th Ward, which encompasses Philadelphia.
DeMuro's guilty plea states that he was paid by a political consultant to illegally add votes for particular Democrat candidates in primary judicial races. The political consultant who allegedly paid DeMuro had been hired by those Democrat candidates.
According to the indictment, the political consultant allegedly solicited payments from Democrat candidates who hired him, classifying them as "consulting fees." The payments - which ranged from $300 to $5,000 - were then allegedly used to pay Election Board Officials, such as DeMuro, in exchange for those officials illegally adding votes for the consultants' Democrat candidates.
DeMuro admitted that he illegally added votes for Democrats on Election Day and then certified later that the votes counted were accurate.
"DeMuro fraudulently stuffed the ballot box by literally standing in a voting booth and voting over and over, as fast as he could, while he thought the coast was clear," U.S. Attorney William McSwain said in a statement. "This is utterly reprehensible conduct. The charges announced today do not erase what he did, but they do ensure that he is held to account for those actions."
The criminal complaint has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The case number is 2:20-cr-00112-PD.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/21/doj-democrats-paid-pennsylvania-election-officials-to-stuff-ballot-box/
#9265973 at 2020-05-21 17:38:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11859: Buckle Up, Truth Coming Edition
DOJ: Democrats Paid Pennsylvania Election Officials to Stuff Ballot Box
A former Judge of Elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been charged and pleaded guilty to illegally adding votes for Democrat candidates in judicial races in 2014, 2015, and 2016.
On Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced charges against former Judge of Elections Domenick DeMuro, 73, for stuffing the ballot box for Democrats in exchange for payment by a paid political consultant.
The charges, and guilty plea, include conspiracy to deprive Philadelphia voters of their civil rights by fraudulently stuffing the ballot boxes for specific Democrat candidates in the 2014, 2015, and 2016 primary elections and a violation of the Travel Act.
"The Trump administration's prosecution of election fraud stands in stark contrast to the total failure of the Obama Justice Department to enforce these laws," Public Interest Legal Foundation President Christian Adams said in a statement. "Right now, other federal prosecutors are aware of cases of double voting in federal elections as well as noncitizen voting. Attorney General William Barr should prompt those other offices to do their duty and prosecute known election crimes."
As Judge of Elections, DeMuro was paid to oversee the election process in the 39th Ward, which encompasses Philadelphia.
DeMuro's guilty plea states that he was paid by a political consultant to illegally add votes for particular Democrat candidates in primary judicial races. The political consultant who allegedly paid DeMuro had been hired by those Democrat candidates.
According to the indictment, the political consultant allegedly solicited payments from Democrat candidates who hired him, classifying them as "consulting fees." The payments - which ranged from $300 to $5,000 - were then allegedly used to pay Election Board Officials, such as DeMuro, in exchange for those officials illegally adding votes for the consultants' Democrat candidates.
DeMuro admitted that he illegally added votes for Democrats on Election Day and then certified later that the votes counted were accurate.
"DeMuro fraudulently stuffed the ballot box by literally standing in a voting booth and voting over and over, as fast as he could, while he thought the coast was clear," U.S. Attorney William McSwain said in a statement. "This is utterly reprehensible conduct. The charges announced today do not erase what he did, but they do ensure that he is held to account for those actions."
The criminal complaint has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The case number is 2:20-cr-00112-PD.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/21/doj-democrats-paid-pennsylvania-election-officials-to-stuff-ballot-box/
Former Philadelphia Judge of Elections Convicted of Conspiring to Violate Civil Rights and Bribery
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-philadelphia-judge-elections-convicted-conspiring-violate-civil-rights-and-bribery
#9256179 at 2020-05-20 21:34:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11846: #TREASON Edition
>https://www.dailywire.com/news/senators-dramatically-expanding-probe-into-obama-era-scandal-think-surveillance-may-have-started-even-earlier-than-2016
Two Senate committees are expanding their investigations into the Obama-era scandal that involved surveilling members of the Trump campaign, which Attorney General William Barr has said amounts to "spying," saying that they have reason to believe that they are becoming increasingly concerned that the surveillance started before the FBI's "Crossfire Hurricane" investigation.
#9253622 at 2020-05-20 18:37:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11843: DEM-PANIC Edition
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1262830519651205121.html
1. John Brennan will get the Dth Pnlty
[THREAD]
charges against Brennan:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
1 count of conspiracy to commit treason
not just Brennan. LIST below.
info from a source close to Durham prosecutors.
2. while you read this [THREAD],
remember that William Barr has reinstated the Dth Pnlty for Federal crimes in July 2019
other charges against Brennan:
3 counts of lying to Congress
2 counts of lying to investigators
4. charges against James Clapper:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
2 counts of lying to Congress
5. James Comey:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
6 counts of perjury
4 counts of obstruction of justice
4 counts of falsifying government documents
6. Andrew McCabe:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
2 counts of perjury
3 counts of lying to Congress
1 count of falsifying government documents
7. Peter Strzok:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
4 counts of perjury
3 counts of falsifying government documents
8. Sally Yates:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
3 counts of obstruction of justice
9. Loretta Lynch:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
2 counts of lying to Congress
(note: that THING is to ugly to post a photo)
10. Lisa Page:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
3 counts of perjury
1 count of obstruction of justice
11. Bruce Orr:
3 counts of conspiracy to overthrow the government
1 count of falsifying government documents
12. sounds good to me…
and this is just a provisional list.
high probablity other crimes will be charged to the above thugs.
and more names to be added to the LIST…
13. Note:
the source of the info is a good source,
connected with the Durham prosecutors.
I cannot say more at the moment.
#9253548 at 2020-05-20 18:33:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11843: DEM-PANIC Edition
>>9253530
As far as we know Huber is still investigating that:
>In a March 29 letter to Republican committee chairmen, Mr. Sessions said that Mr. Huber, the U. S. Attorney for Utah, had been appointed to "evaluate certain issues" raised by the GOP. He did not say which issues, but there are plenty.
>These included actions by Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Loretta Lynch and others, email controversies, mishandling of classified information, Fusion GPS and the Steele Dossier, FISA warrants, wire taps, leaks, grand juries, the Clinton Foundation and the Uranium One deal.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/investigative-bulletin/clinton-comey-uranium-one-john-w-huber/
>Barr said Durham would now be taking over Huber's role in handling any criminal referrals from Horowitz and Huber's involvement with Trump-Russia matters was done.
>"The other issues [Huber has] been working on relate to Hillary Clinton" are "winding down and hopefully we'll be in a position to bring those to fruition," Barr said.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/William-Barr-dishes-on-what-huber-horowitz-and-durham-are-investigating
>Utah Prosecutor Close to Completing Investigation of Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Says
https://www.theepochtimes.com/utah-prosecutor-close-to-completing-investigation-of-hillary-clinton-attorney-general-says_2945996.html
#9247851 at 2020-05-20 04:25:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11836: Keyboard Warriors, Untouched By The Weak Media Cluster Bombs Edition
Classified Leak Against Michael Flynn Didn't Come From An 'Unmasking' Request, Analysis Suggests
A leak of details of Michael Flynn's phone call with a Russian diplomat likely did not originate from an "unmasking" request, according to two former U.S. law enforcement officials.
Andrew McCabe, the former deputy director of the FBI, also explained in his book and congressional testimony that Flynn's identity was not masked in intelligence reports of phone calls he had with Sergey Kislyak.
A Washington Post columnist published a story in early 2017 based on a leak of classified information regarding the Flynn-Kislyak phone call.
A list of Obama-era officials who made unmasking requests for Flynn failed to address who obtained information about the call.
A leak of classified information to the media regarding Michael Flynn's phone calls in late 2016 with a Russian diplomat was likely not derived from a so-called "unmasking" request, according to analysis from two former U.S. law enforcement officials, and a review of newly released government documents.
Republicans have for over three years suggested that requests that Obama administration officials made for information on Flynn during the presidential transition period were somehow tied to the leak provided to The Washington Post for a Jan. 12, 2017, story about Flynn's phone calls with Sergey Kislyak, a Russian diplomat.
Post columnist David Ignatius reported that a "senior U.S. government official" said Flynn spoke by phone with Kislyak, the then-Russian ambassador, about U.S. sanctions against Russia.
The story touched off of a series of events that eventually led to charges against Flynn for making false statements to the FBI. The Justice Department filed a motion to toss out the case, citing evidence that the FBI withheld information from Flynn's lawyers. Attorney General William Barr defended Flynn's call with Kislyak in a May 8 interview as "laudable" and said the former national security adviser was the target of an FBI "perjury trap."
Republicans upset at the leak of the Flynn story to the Post have pushed for the declassification of a list of Obama-era officials who submitted requests for intelligence reports regarding Flynn. One hope was that the list of "unmasking" requests might shed light on which Obama administration official was behind the leak to the Post, or at least narrow down a list of possible culprits.
But those hopes were dashed May 13 with the release of the list, which included the names of 39 government officials, including Joe Biden, James Clapper and James Comey. The timeline of the unmasking requests did not match up with the date of Flynn's phone call with Kislyak - Dec. 29, 2016.
Clapper, who served as director of national intelligence, made a request a day earlier, on Dec. 28, 2016. The next request was not made until White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough did so on Jan. 5, 2017. Government officials were discussing Flynn's call with Kislyak between the dates of the Clapper and McDonough requests, suggesting that Flynn was identified in a report that did not require his identity to be unveiled.
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https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/19/michael-flynn-sergey-kislyak-leak-unmasking/
#9247692 at 2020-05-20 04:01:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11836: Keyboard Warriors, Untouched By The Weak Media Cluster Bombs Edition
>>9247599
TYB
These things take time
Full interview with Attorney General William Barr at Wall Street Journal CEO Council Meeting
#9247148 at 2020-05-20 03:01:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11835: HydroxyChloroquine Destroys Fear Edition
Graham Asks Grenell, Barr To Reveal Other 'Unmasked' Trump Officials
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-SC, sent a letter Tuesday asking Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell and Attorney General William Barr to reveal any names, in addition to Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, whose identities were 'unmasked' by former Obama administration officials.
"Given this extensive list of officials making frequent requests to unmask General Flynn's identity, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) sent a letter to Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Richard Grenell and Attorney General (AG) William Barr to ask that the Committee be provided with the names of any official who made a request to unmask the identity of individuals associated with the Trump campaign or transition team," Graham wrote.
Last week, Grenell declassified a list of 39 former Obama administration officials, which included former Vice President Joe Biden and Former United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power, who unmasked Flynn's identity between November 8, 2016 and January 31, 2017. "Given the extensive number of requests for the unmasking of General Flynn's name during this short time period, it raises the question of whether these or other officials sought the unmasking of the identities of other individuals associated with the Trump campaign or transition team," Graham added in a statement.
In his letter, Graham requested the following:
A list of names of any officials who requested, between November 8, 2016, and January 31, 2017, to unmask the identities of those associated with the Trump campaign or transition team, including but not limited to Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Corey Lewandowski, Paul Manafort, Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway, Sam Clovis, Chris Christie, Carter Page and George Papadopoulos, and the reason given for any such request.
An explanation as to why the list released on May 13th by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence did not contain a record showing who unmasked General Flynn's identity for his phone call with Ambassador Kislyak.
https://saraacarter.com/graham-asks-grenell-Barr-to-reveal-other-unmasked-trump-officials/
#9241150 at 2020-05-19 19:08:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11827: We Don't Want Any Damn Vax! Edition
Grenell Declassifies Full Text of Susan Rice's January 20, 2017 Email About Secret Oval Office Meeting
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) wrote a letter to US Attorney General William Barr on Monday requesting he declassify the remaining portion of Susan Rice's January 20, 2017 email to herself about the secret Oval Office meeting with the coup cabal.
"I request you review and declassify the remaining portion of Ambassador Rice's January 20, 2017, email and provide it to my office," Johnson wrote.
Recall, Senator Grassley uncovered a bizarre, partially declassified email former NatSec Advisor to Barack Obama, Susan Rice sent herself on January 20th 2017-Donald Trump's inauguration day.
Grenell declassified the entire email, however it has not been released to the public yet.
KIMBERLY STRASSEL: Sources say acting DNI Richard Grenell has declassified full text of the January 20, 2017 Susan Rice "email to self." Part of the email had been released, but part remained redacted. It has been sent to DOJ; let's hope Congress gets ahold and releases it soon.
Here's the backstory:
In February 2018, Chuck Grassley (R-IA) posted to his official Senate website:
Ambassador Rice appears to have used this email to document a January 5, 2017 Oval Office meeting between President Obama, former FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates regarding Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election. In particular, Ambassador Rice wrote:
"President Obama began the conversation by stressing his continued commitment to ensuring that every aspect of this issue is handled by the Intelligence and law enforcement communities 'by the book'. The President stressed that he is not asking about, initiating or instructing anything from a law enforcement perspective. He reiterated that our law enforcement team needs to proceed as it normally would by the book."
Grassley doubted the FBI, DOJ or State Department proceeded 'by the book.'
Grassley said in a letter to Susan Rice:
"It strikes us as odd that, among your activities in the final moments on the final day of the Obama administration, you would feel the need to send yourself such an unusual email purporting to document a conversation involving President Obama and his interactions with the FBI regarding the Trump/Russia investigation. In addition, despite your claim that President Obama repeatedly told Mr. Comey to proceed 'by the book,' substantial questions have arisen about whether officials at the FBI, as well as at the Justice Department and the State Department, actually did proceed 'by the book.'"
Senator Johnson wanted the remaining portion of Susan Rice's letter declassified so the American people know what happened in the secret Oval Office meeting shortly before Donald Trump was sworn in as US President.
Thank you, Richard Grenell!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/breaking-grenell-declassifies-full-text-susan-rices-january-20-2017-email-secret-oval-office-meeting/
#9236592 at 2020-05-19 12:25:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11821: The 'DJT Wasn't Kidding in 2016...' Edition
Sen. Graham Announces Potential Witnesses And Senate Judiciary Vote On Crossfire Hurricane Hearings
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham announced Monday evening that his committee would debate and vote on a subpoena authorization related to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance abuse investigation, as well as conduct oversight of the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane probe into President Donald Trump's campaign.
Graham, R-SC, said the subpoena authorization covers "a number of documents, communications and testimony from witnesses, including James Comey, Andrew McCabe, James Clapper, John Brennan, Sally Yates, and others." He also stated in a press release that the subpoena authorization will be the first listed on the agenda for the committee on May 21.
Some of the most notable witnesses that may be subpoenaed are Attorney General William Barr, former FBI General Counsel James Baker, Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, former United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power, as well as FBI Director Christopher Wray. These are only a handful of the long list published by Graham's office on Monday.
The Committee is expected to vote on the subpoena authorization at its June 4, 2020 executive business meeting, the press release stated.
However, he noted that under the Senate Judiciary Committee rules, Graham "cannot unilaterally issue a subpoena. The Chairman can only issue a subpoena with the consent of the Ranking Member or by a Committee vote."
The press release also noted that if the subpoena's are "approved by a majority of the Committee, the subpoena authorization gives" Graham "the ability to issue a subpoena for witnesses, documents or other materials."
"Subpoena authorization votes in the Senate Judiciary Committee are not common," stated the press release.
If it passes here are the witnesses, documents and other materials covered by Graham's subpoena authorization:
Documents and communications referenced in, and testimony at a hearing or deposition of any individual named or identified by pseudonym in, the report titled "Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane Investigation" issued by the U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General
Documents and communications related to, and the testimony at a hearing or deposition of any current or former executive branch official or employee involved in, the Crossfire Hurricane investigation (including investigations opened under the Crossfire Hurricane umbrella) or the receipt or analysis of reports prepared by Christopher Steele (commonly referred to as the "Steele dossier")
Documents, communications and testimony at a hearing or deposition related to any aforementioned matter from:
https://saraacarter.com/sen-graham-announces-potential-witnesses-and-senate-judiciary-vote-on-crossfire-hurricane-hearings/
#9236529 at 2020-05-19 12:15:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11821: The 'DJT Wasn't Kidding in 2016...' Edition
Republican lawyers tell emmet to dismiss case
Cleaned up the post
In a briefing filed Monday, the attorneys general said the court has created a problem of "inserting itself into the Justice Department's exercise of prosecutorial discretion."
They called for Judge Emmet Sullivan to "immediately grant" the federal government's motion to dismiss the case against Flynn, and said the federal judiciary "has no authority to make the executive branch pursue…a criminal conviction."
"Simply put," their brief reads, "the decision not to pursue a criminal conviction is vested in the executive branch alone - and neither the legislature nor the judiciary has any role in the executive's making of that decision."
They call for the court to grant the motion "without commentary on the decision to charge or not to charge, because such punditry disrobes the judiciary of its cloak of impartiality."
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is the lead writer on the briefing, which is signed by attorneys generals for Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and West Virginia.
The order was filed after Sullivan, a Clinton appointee, said he would allow interested parties to weigh in on the Flynn case. Sullivan on Monday tapped John Gleeson, a former federal judge in New York, to argue against the Department of Justice's (DOJ) motion to drop charges against Flynn.
Flynn's attorneys don't want the judge to allow outside parties to file briefs in the case, arguing it violates the separation of powers.
"It is no accident that amicus briefs are excluded in criminal cases," Flynn's lawyers wrote in a filing last week. "A criminal case is a dispute between the United States and a criminal defendant. There is no place for third parties to meddle in the dispute, and certainly not to usurp the role of the government's counsel. For the Court to allow another to stand in the place of the government would be a violation of the separation of powers."
The DOJ's move to drop charges against Flynn for charges of lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia in 2017 has sparked widespread pushback from Democrats, some of whom have renewed calls for Attorney General William Barr to resign over the decision.
Last week, nearly 2,000 former DOJ officials who served under Republican and Democratic administrations condemned the department for the move.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/498449-republican-attorneys-general-tell-flynn-judge-to-dismiss-case
#9236521 at 2020-05-19 12:14:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11821: The 'DJT Wasn't Kidding in 2016...' Edition
>>9236518
Part 2:
Attorney General Barr: What Obama Admin Did To Trump With 'Russian Collusion' Actions Is 'Unprecedented'
ATTORNEY GENERAL William Barr: I think as you know, I've commented since I have been attorney general and even during my confirmation hearings that over the past few decades, there have been increasing attempts to use the criminal justice system as a political weapon. The legal tactic has been to gin up allegations of criminality by one's political opponents based on the flimsiest of legal theories. This is not a good development. This is not good for our political life, and it's not good for the criminal justice system. And as long as I'm attorney general, the criminal justice system will not be used for partisan political ends. And this is especially true for the upcoming elections and in November.
We live in a very divided country right now, and I think that it is critical that we have an election where the American people are allowed to make a decision, a choice between President Trump and Vice President Biden based on a robust debate of policy issues. And we cannot allow this process to be hijacked by efforts to drum up criminal investigations of either candidate. And I'm committed that this election will be conducted without this kind of interference. Any effort to pursue an investigation of either candidate has to be approved by me. And what happened to the president and I've said this many times, what happened to the president in the 2016 election and throughout the first two years of his administration was abhorrent. It was a grave injustice and it was unprecedented in American history. The law enforcement and intelligence apparatus of this country were involved in advancing a false and utterly baseless Russian collusion narrative against the president.
The proper investigative and prosecutive standards of the department of justice were abused, in my view, in order to reach a particular result. We saw two different standards of justice emerge, one that applied to President Trump and his associates and the other that applied to everybody else. We can't allow this ever to happen again. The Durham investigation is trying to get to the bottom of what happened, and it will determine whether there were any federal laws broken. And if there were, those who broke the laws will be held to account. But this cannot be and it will not be a tit for tat exercise. We are not going to lower the standards just to achieve a result. The only way to stop this vicious cycle, the only way to break away from a dual system of justice is to make sure that we scrupulously apply a single and proper standard of justice for everybody.
Now under the longstanding standards of the department, criminal charges are appropriate only when we have enough evidence to prove each element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt. That is the standard we're applying. Now I have a general idea of how Mr. Durham's investigation is going and as I have indicated, some aspects of the matter are being examined as potential crimes. But we have to bear in mind what the Supreme Court recently reminded us of in the bridge gate case. The court said there, there's a difference between an abuse of power and a federal crime. Not every abuse of power, no matter how outrageous, is necessarily a federal crime. Now as to President Obama and Vice President Biden, whatever their level of involvement, based on the information I have today, I don't expect Mr. Durham's work will lead to a criminal investigation of either man. Our concern over potential criminality is focused on others. Thanks for your question, Pete. The next question.
#9236518 at 2020-05-19 12:13:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11821: The 'DJT Wasn't Kidding in 2016...' Edition
Attorney General Barr: What Obama Admin Did To Trump With 'Russian Collusion' Actions Is 'Unprecedented'
Part1:
Attorney General William Barr told reporters on Monday that the actions taken by Obama-era officials in federal law enforcement and in the Intelligence Community against President Donald Trump were "unprecedented in American history" and represented a "grave injustice."
"I've commented since I have been attorney general and even during my confirmation hearings that over the past few decades, there have been increasing attempts to use the criminal justice system as a political weapon," Barr said. "And as long as I'm attorney general, the criminal justice system will not be used for partisan political ends."
"And what happened to the president and I've said this many times, what happened to the president in the 2016 election and throughout the first two years of his administration was abhorrent," Barr continued. "It was a grave injustice and it was unprecedented in American history. The law enforcement and intelligence apparatus of this country were involved in advancing a false and utterly baseless Russian collusion narrative against the president."
"The proper investigative and prosecutive standards of the department of justice were abused, in my view, in order to reach a particular result," Barr continued. "We saw two different standards of justice emerge, one that applied to President Trump and his associates and the other that applied to everybody else. We can't allow this ever to happen again. The Durham investigation is trying to get to the bottom of what happened, and it will determine whether there were any federal laws broken. And if there were, those who broke the laws will be held to account."
transcript to follow Part 2
https://www.dailywire.com/news/attorney-general-Barr-what-obama-admin-did-to-trump-with-russian-collusion-actions-is-unprecedented
#9236482 at 2020-05-19 12:06:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11821: The 'DJT Wasn't Kidding in 2016...' Edition
Republican attorneys general tell judge to dismiss Flynn case
TheHill
HILL.TV
COURT BATTLESMay 19, 2020 - 07:34 AM EDTRepublican attorneys general tell judge to dismiss Flynn caseBY REBECCA KLAR0TWEET SHARE MORE
Fifteen Republican state attorneys general are urging the judge ruling over the Michael Flynn case to dismiss it, showing support for the Trump administration's move to drop the charges against the president's first national security adviser.
In a briefing filed Monday, the attorneys general said the court has created a problem of "inserting itself into the Justice Department's exercise of prosecutorial discretion."
They called for Judge Emmet Sullivan to "immediately grant" the federal government's motion to dismiss the case against Flynn, and said the federal judiciary "has no authority to make the executive branch pursue…a criminal conviction."
"Simply put," their brief reads, "the decision not to pursue a criminal conviction is vested in the executive branch alone - and neither the legislature nor the judiciary has any role in the executive's making of that decision."
They call for the court to grant the motion "without commentary on the decision to charge or not to charge, because such punditry disrobes the judiciary of its cloak of impartiality."
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is the lead writer on the briefing, which is signed by attorneys generals for Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and West Virginia.
The order was filed after Sullivan, a Clinton appointee, said he would allow interested parties to weigh in on the Flynn case. Sullivan on Monday tapped John Gleeson, a former federal judge in New York, to argue against the Department of Justice's (DOJ) motion to drop charges against Flynn.
Flynn's attorneys don't want the judge to allow outside parties to file briefs in the case, arguing it violates the separation of powers.
Former judge to argue against DOJ in Flynn case next monthMajority say they support decision to drop case against Flynn: poll
"It is no accident that amicus briefs are excluded in criminal cases," Flynn's lawyers wrote in a filing last week. "A criminal case is a dispute between the United States and a criminal defendant. There is no place for third parties to meddle in the dispute, and certainly not to usurp the role of the government's counsel. For the Court to allow another to stand in the place of the government would be a violation of the separation of powers."
The DOJ's move to drop charges against Flynn for charges of lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia in 2017 has sparked widespread pushback from Democrats, some of whom have renewed calls for Attorney General William Barr to resign over the decision.
Last week, nearly 2,000 former DOJ officials who served under Republican and Democratic administrations condemned the department for the move.
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#9235110 at 2020-05-19 06:00:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11819: Is This About The Virus OR THE ELECTION Edition
NotablesareNOTendorsements
#11819 @650, >>9234394, >>9234412, >>9234432, >>9234470
>>9234505, >>9234570 Senator asks Justice Department to declassify Susan Rice email on Oval Office confab about Russia
>>9234524, >>9234561 Pelosi hopping on the ad-hominem train. Ammo expired?
>>9234528 How The FBI Used 'News Hooks' To Advance The Trump-Russia Probe
>>9234531 Comey comms: "Homemade buns today from Iowa farm recipe." Seems spoopy.
>>9234653 As Moderna's Covid-19 Vaccine Takes The Lead, Its Chief Medical Officer's Recent Promotion of "Gene-Editing Vaccines" Comes to Light
>>9234707 The chopping block: Trump's list of fired IGs
>>9234738 The COVID Lockdown Ends When 'We The People' Withdraw Our Consent...
>>9234770 Attorney General William Barr directed prosecutors Monday to watch for civil rights infringements by state and local governments during the pandemic that may go too far.
>>9234784, >>9234933, >>9234895, >>9235086 Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt News Round Up: Gravey Edition
>>9234794, >>9234826 Disturbing news is coming out of Oregon, hundreds of people reporting voter registration was switched from Republican to non affiliated without their knowledge or permission.
>>9234850 Brennan claims he's willing to be interviewed by Durham, "has nothing to hide".
>>9234876 UAE arming Libyan warlord using covert flights, United Nations panel concludes
>>9234888 PB Baker correction: >>9229967 (pb) New report blames Cuomo, de Blasio for NY infecting America with CV-19, >>9229939 (pb) WHO offered Madagascar Pres. $20mil to poison potential Cure
>>9234939 The Pentagon has proposed legislation that aims to end reliance on China for rare earth minerals critical to the manufacturing of missiles and munitions,
>>9234973 Austin entrepreneur and educator Khotso Khabele has died at age 46
>>9234981 EXCLUSIVE: The Treasury Department Spied on Flynn, Manafort, and the Trump Family, Says Whistleblower
>>9235040 DonDon twat: Under the radar...
>>9235094 Jordan Requests Pompeo Turn Over Explosive Docs Exposing Alleged 'Whistleblower' And Hunter Biden
#11819
#9235054 at 2020-05-19 05:53:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11819: Is This About The Virus OR THE ELECTION Edition
NotablesareNOTendorsements
#11819 @600, >>9234394, >>9234412, >>9234432, >>9234470
>>9234505, >>9234570 Senator asks Justice Department to declassify Susan Rice email on Oval Office confab about Russia
>>9234524, >>9234561 Pelosi hopping on the ad-hominem train. Ammo expired?
>>9234528 How The FBI Used 'News Hooks' To Advance The Trump-Russia Probe
>>9234531 Comey comms: "Homemade buns today from Iowa farm recipe." Seems spoopy.
>>9234653 As Moderna's Covid-19 Vaccine Takes The Lead, Its Chief Medical Officer's Recent Promotion of "Gene-Editing Vaccines" Comes to Light
>>9234707 The chopping block: Trump's list of fired IGs
>>9234738 The COVID Lockdown Ends When 'We The People' Withdraw Our Consent...
>>9234770 Attorney General William Barr directed prosecutors Monday to watch for civil rights infringements by state and local governments during the pandemic that may go too far.
>>9234784, >>9234933, >>9234895 Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt News Round Up: Gravey Edition
>>9234794, >>9234826 Disturbing news is coming out of Oregon, hundreds of people reporting voter registration was switched from Republican to non affiliated without their knowledge or permission.
>>9234850 Brennan claims he's willing to be interviewed by Durham, "has nothing to hide".
>>9234876 UAE arming Libyan warlord using covert flights, United Nations panel concludes
>>9234888 PB Baker correction: >>9229967 (pb)New report blames Cuomo, de Blasio for NY infecting America with CV-19, >>9229939 (pb)WHO offered Madagascar Pres. $20mil to poison potential Cure
>>9234939 The Pentagon has proposed legislation that aims to end reliance on China for rare earth minerals critical to the manufacturing of missiles and munitions,
>>9234973 Austin entrepreneur and educator Khotso Khabele has died at age 46
>>9234981 EXCLUSIVE: The Treasury Department Spied on Flynn, Manafort, and the Trump Family, Says Whistleblower
>>9235040 DonDon twat: Under the radar...
#11819
#9234967 at 2020-05-19 05:38:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11819: Is This About The Virus OR THE ELECTION Edition
NotablesareNOTendorsements
#11819 @500, >>9234394, >>9234412, >>9234432, >>9234470
>>9234505, >>9234570 Senator asks Justice Department to declassify Susan Rice email on Oval Office confab about Russia
>>9234524, >>9234561 Pelosi hopping on the ad-hominem train. Ammo expired?
>>9234528 How The FBI Used 'News Hooks' To Advance The Trump-Russia Probe
>>9234531 Comey comms: "Homemade buns today from Iowa farm recipe." Seems spoopy.
>>9234653 As Moderna's Covid-19 Vaccine Takes The Lead, Its Chief Medical Officer's Recent Promotion of "Gene-Editing Vaccines" Comes to Light
>>9234707 The chopping block: Trump's list of fired IGs
>>9234738 The COVID Lockdown Ends When 'We The People' Withdraw Our Consent...
>>9234770 Attorney General William Barr directed prosecutors Monday to watch for civil rights infringements by state and local governments during the pandemic that may go too far.
>>9234784, >>9234933, >>9234895 Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt News Round Up: Gravey Edition
>>9234794, >>9234826 Disturbing news is coming out of Oregon, hundreds of people reporting voter registration was switched from Republican to non affiliated without their knowledge or permission.
>>9234850 Brennan claims he's willing to be interviewed by Durham, "has nothing to hide".
>>9234876 UAE arming Libyan warlord using covert flights, United Nations panel concludes
>>9234888 PB Baker correction: >>9229967 (pb)New report blames Cuomo, de Blasio for NY infecting America with CV-19, >>9229939 (pb)WHO offered Madagascar Pres. $20mil to poison potential Cure
>>9234939 The Pentagon has proposed legislation that aims to end reliance on China for rare earth minerals critical to the manufacturing of missiles and munitions,
#9234865 at 2020-05-19 05:23:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11819: Is This About The Virus OR THE ELECTION Edition
NotablesareNOTendorsements
#11819 @400, >>9234394, >>9234412, >>9234432, >>9234470
>>9234505, >>9234570 Senator asks Justice Department to declassify Susan Rice email on Oval Office confab about Russia
>>9234524, >>9234561 Pelosi hopping on the ad-hominem train. Ammo expired?
>>9234528 How The FBI Used 'News Hooks' To Advance The Trump-Russia Probe
>>9234531 Comey comms: "Homemade buns today from Iowa farm recipe." Seems spoopy.
>>9234653 As Moderna's Covid-19 Vaccine Takes The Lead, Its Chief Medical Officer's Recent Promotion of "Gene-Editing Vaccines" Comes to Light
>>9234707 The chopping block: Trump's list of fired IGs
>>9234738 The COVID Lockdown Ends When 'We The People' Withdraw Our Consent...
>>9234770 Attorney General William Barr directed prosecutors Monday to watch for civil rights infringements by state and local governments during the pandemic that may go too far.
>>9234784 Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt News Round Up: Gravey Edition
>>9234794, >>9234826 Disturbing news is coming out of Oregon, hundreds of people reporting voter registration was switched from Republican to non affiliated without their knowledge or permission.
>>9234850 Brennan claims he's willing to be interviewed by Durham, "has nothing to hide".
#9234770 at 2020-05-19 05:09:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11819: Is This About The Virus OR THE ELECTION Edition
>>9234738
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY THE LOCKDOWN IS OVER
US Dept of Justice is available by phone for reports of violation of rights if anyone tells you differently. Take off the masks, open your businesses, go about your lives as free citizens, everyone is essential, accept nothing less. Go on, get on with it and stop saluting the psychopaths posing as glorified day care managers colloquially known as politicians. The United States Constitution provides you these undeniable freedoms. Welcome back to America!
https://www.justice.gov/crt/deprivation-rights-under-color-law
>>9210843 (pb)
"There is actually a DOJ hotline number to call for when the governor or mayor or whomever is violating a person's rights with the quarantine nonsense."
HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT
The Civil Rights Division enforces civil rights laws in a wide variety of contexts. You may use the information on this page to find the appropriate way to submit a complaint or report of a potential civil rights violation. If you are not sure which Section is the appropriate one to receive your complaint, you may contact the Civil Rights Division at: toll-free 855-856-1247 or (202) 514-3847.
Criminal Section
Housing and Civil
Enforcement Section
Disability Rights Section
Immigrant and Employee Rights Section
Educational Opportunities Section
Special Litigation Section
Employment Litigation Section
Voting Section
Federal Coordination and Compliance
https://www.justice.gov/crt/how-file-complaint
Barr directs prosecutors to look for state and local stay-home orders that go too far
April 27, 2020
The attorney general said he was concerned about directives that could be "violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens."
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr directed the nation's federal prosecutors Monday to watch for restrictions imposed by state and local governments during the coronavirus pandemic that may go too far, violating constitutional rights.
"Many policies that would be unthinkable in regular times have become commonplace in recent weeks, and we do not want to unduly interfere with the important efforts of state and local officials to protect the public," Barr wrote. "But the Constitution is not suspended in times of crisis. We must therefore be vigilant to ensure its protections are preserved, at the same time that the public is protected."
He told the assistant attorney general in charge of the Civil Rights Division, Eric Dreiband, and all of the country's U.S. attorneys to "be on the lookout for state and local directives that could be violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens." He tasked the U.S. attorney in Detroit, Matthew Schneider, to help lead the effort.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/Barr-directs-prosecutors-look-state-local-stay-home-orders-go-n1193711
#9234505 at 2020-05-19 04:40:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11819: Is This About The Virus OR THE ELECTION Edition
Senator asks Justice Department to declassify Susan Rice email on Oval Office confab about Russia
A top Senate Republican asked the Justice Department to declassify the email that former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice sent herself about an early January 2017 Oval Office discussion about the Trump-Russia investigations. Sen. Ron Johnson, the chairman of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, sent a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner to Attorney General William Barr on Monday, asking for the partly redacted email to be declassified in its entirety and provided to the committee. "I understand your office is currently reviewing a January 20, 2017, email from former National Security Advisor Susan Rice," Johnson wrote. "In that email, Ambassador Rice summarized an Oval Office meeting with President Barack Obama and other administration officials that occurred on January 5, 2017. A majority of Ambassador Rice's email was declassified but a portion of the email remains classified." The Wisconsin Republican argued that "the significance of that meeting is becoming increasingly apparent as more and more information is declassified," and "for these reasons, it is essential that Congress and the American people understand what occurred during that January 5, 2017, meeting and how it was later characterized by administration officials." Johnson said, "The declassification of Ambassador Rice's email, in whole, will assist these efforts."
Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates told Robert Mueller's special counsel team she first learned the U.S. government had intercepted conversations between retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak from Obama himself following a White House meeting about the intelligence community assessment attended by Yates, Rice, then-Vice President Joe Biden, former FBI Director James Comey, then-CIA Director John Brennan, then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and others. Obama asked Yates and Comey to stay behind with Rice and Biden when the meeting concluded. On Obama's last day in office, Rice penned an internal memo detailing the Jan. 5 meeting. "On January 5, following a briefing by IC [intelligence community] leadership on Russian hacking during the 2016 presidential election, President Obama had a brief follow-on conversation with FBI Director Jim Comey and Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates in the Oval Office. Vice President Biden and I were also present," she wrote in an email to herself. "President Obama began the conversation by stressing his continued commitment to ensuring that every aspect of this issue is handled by the intelligence and law enforcement communities 'by the book.' ... The president stressed that he is not asking about, initiating, or instructing anything from a law enforcement perspective. He reiterated that our law enforcement team needs to proceed as it normally would by the book," Rice said.
If Barr allows the full letter to go public, it would be the latest in a series of declassified revelations. Last week, acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell declassified a National Security Agency document revealing unmasking requests from Obama officials between Election Day 2016 and Inauguration Day, with Biden being one of the authorized recipients of the unmasking intelligence. DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz released a December report revealing flaws in the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation, and footnotes newly declassified by Grenell and Barr show that the FBI was aware that British ex-spy Christopher Steele's dossier might have been compromised by Russian disinformation. "Thank you for your leadership and determination in providing relevant information to Congress, including the recent declassification of footnotes from the Office of the Inspector General report about the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation," Johnson told Barr on Monday. "The American people deserve transparency, and your tenacious work to bring previously hidden documents and conduct into the light is admirable and vitally important."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senator-asks-justice-department-to-declassify-susan-rice-email-on-oval-office-confab-about-russia
I usually like to pull letters and other doc's directly from pdf's links, interesting is this particular link has been removed from scrib. I did manage to gather the links directly from the article..in the foot notes of this letter are 2 other links w/b attached.
cc: The Honorable Gary C. Peters Ranking Member
#9234117 at 2020-05-19 04:00:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11818: "Based on the Information I Have Today" Edition
News/Notes
FBI Says Unlocked iPhone Messages Link NAS Pensacola Shooter to Al Qaeda; AG Barr Says Incident was 'Act of Terrorism'
The shooter who killed three sailors and wounded eight others in a December incident at a Florida Navy base had ties to Al Qaeda, and U.S. officials now believe the shooting was an act of terrorism, Department of Justice officials announced on Monday.
Attorney General William Barr told reporters the FBI found links between the shooter, Royal Saudi Air Force 2nd Lt. Ahmed Mohammed Alshamrani, and Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). The FBI found messages on two iPhones belonging to Alshamrani that linked him to the terrorist group.
According to the FBI, investigators found:
Alshamrani and his AQAP associates communicated using end-to-end encrypted apps, with warrant-proof encryption, deliberately to evade law enforcement.
Alshamrani's preparations for terror began years ago. He had been radicalized by 2015, and after connecting and associating with AQAP operatives, he joined the Royal Saudi Air Force to carry out a "special operation."
In the months before the Dec. 6, 2019 attack, while in the United States, Alshamrani had specific conversations with overseas AQAP associates about plans and tactics. In fact, he was communicating with AQAP right up until the attack and conferred with his associates until the night before he undertook the murders.
Barr and FBI director Christopher Wray chided iPhone maker Apple for not assisting the FBI in unlocking the Alshamrani's phone immediately after the attack, which added time for the FBI to unlock the phone.
"The trove of information found on these phones has proven to be invaluable to this ongoing investigation and critical to the security of the American people. However, if not for our FBI's ingenuity, some luck, and hours upon hours of time and resources, this information would have remained undiscovered," Barr said in a statement.
"The bottom line: our national security cannot remain in the hands of big corporations who put dollars over lawful access and public safety. The time has come for a legislative solution."
https://news.usni.org/2020/05/18/fbi-says-unlocked-iphone-messages-link-nas-pensacola-shooter-to-al-qaeda-ag-Barr-says-incident-was-act-of-terrorism
#9232976 at 2020-05-19 02:05:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11817: The Kayfabe Edition
One year ago….
May 28, 2019
William Barr's New Authority to Declassify Anything He Wants Is a Threat to National Security
As of today Barr has it all!!!
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/05/trump-William-Barr-declassification-national-security-dan-coats-threat.html
#9232503 at 2020-05-19 01:30:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11816: POTUS Rocks The HCQ Edition
>>9232492
Full list from /ourgirl/'s link:
Trisha Anderson Brian Auten, James Baker, William Barr, Dana Boente, Jennifer Boone, John Brennan, James Clapper, Kevin Clinesmith, James Comey, Patrick Conlon, Michael Dempsey, Stuart Evans, Tashina Gauhar, Carl Ghattas, Curtis Heide, Kathleen Kavalec, David Laufman, Stephen Laycock, Jacob Lew, Loretta Lynch, Andrew McCabe, Mary McCord, Denis McDonough, Arthur McGlynn, Jonathan Moffa, Sally Moyer, Mike Neufield, Sean Newell, Victoria Nuland, Bruce Ohr, Nellie Ohr, Stephanie L. O'Sullivan, Lisa Page, Joseph Pientka, John Podesta, Samantha Power, E.W. "Bill" Priestap, Sarah Raskin, Steve Ricchetti, Susan Rice, Rod Rosenstein, Gabriel Sanz-Rexach, Nathan Sheets, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Glenn Simpson, Steve Somma, Peter Strzok, Michael Sussman, Adam Szubin, Jonathan Winer, Christopher Wray, and Sally Yates.
#9232136 at 2020-05-19 01:02:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11816: POTUS Rocks The HCQ Edition
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY THE LOCKDOWN IS OVER
US Dept of Justice is available by phone for reports of violation of rights if anyone tells you differently. Take off the masks, open your businesses, go about your lives as free citizens, everyone is essential, accept nothing less. Go on, get on with it and stop saluting the psychopaths posing as glorified day care managers colloquially known as politicians. The United States Constitution provides you these undeniable freedoms. Welcome back to America!
https://www.justice.gov/crt/deprivation-rights-under-color-law
>>9210843 (pb)
"There is actually a DOJ hotline number to call for when the governor or mayor or whomever is violating a person's rights with the quarantine nonsense."
HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT
The Civil Rights Division enforces civil rights laws in a wide variety of contexts. You may use the information on this page to find the appropriate way to submit a complaint or report of a potential civil rights violation. If you are not sure which Section is the appropriate one to receive your complaint, you may contact the Civil Rights Division at: toll-free 855-856-1247 or (202) 514-3847.
Criminal Section
Housing and Civil
Enforcement Section
Disability Rights Section
Immigrant and Employee Rights Section
Educational Opportunities Section
Special Litigation Section
Employment Litigation Section
Voting Section
Federal Coordination and Compliance
https://www.justice.gov/crt/how-file-complaint
Barr directs prosecutors to look for state and local stay-home orders that go too far
April 27, 2020
The attorney general said he was concerned about directives that could be "violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens."
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr directed the nation's federal prosecutors Monday to watch for restrictions imposed by state and local governments during the coronavirus pandemic that may go too far, violating constitutional rights.
"Many policies that would be unthinkable in regular times have become commonplace in recent weeks, and we do not want to unduly interfere with the important efforts of state and local officials to protect the public," Barr wrote. "But the Constitution is not suspended in times of crisis. We must therefore be vigilant to ensure its protections are preserved, at the same time that the public is protected."
He told the assistant attorney general in charge of the Civil Rights Division, Eric Dreiband, and all of the country's U.S. attorneys to "be on the lookout for state and local directives that could be violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens." He tasked the U.S. attorney in Detroit, Matthew Schneider, to help lead the effort.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/Barr-directs-prosecutors-look-state-local-stay-home-orders-go-n1193711
#9232095 at 2020-05-19 00:58:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11815: POTUS About To Break The MSM Over HQC Edition
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY THE LOCKDOWN IS OVER
US Dept of Justice is available by phone for reports of violation of rights if anyone tells you differently. Take off the masks, open your businesses, go about your lives as free citizens, everyone is essential, accept nothing less. Go on, get on with it and stop saluting the psychopaths posing as glorified day care managers colloquially known as politicians. The United States Constitution provides you these undeniable freedoms. Welcome back to America!
https://www.justice.gov/crt/deprivation-rights-under-color-law
>>9210843 (pb)
"There is actually a DOJ hotline number to call for when the governor or mayor or whomever is violating a person's rights with the quarantine nonsense."
HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT
The Civil Rights Division enforces civil rights laws in a wide variety of contexts. You may use the information on this page to find the appropriate way to submit a complaint or report of a potential civil rights violation. If you are not sure which Section is the appropriate one to receive your complaint, you may contact the Civil Rights Division at:
toll-free 855-856-1247 or (202) 514-3847.
Criminal Section
Housing and Civil
Enforcement Section
Disability Rights Section
Immigrant and Employee Rights Section
Educational Opportunities Section
Special Litigation Section
Employment Litigation Section
Voting Section
Federal Coordination and Compliance
https://www.justice.gov/crt/how-file-complaint
Barr directs prosecutors to look for state and local stay-home orders that go too far
April 27, 2020
The attorney general said he was concerned about directives that could be "violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens."
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr directed the nation's federal prosecutors Monday to watch for restrictions imposed by state and local governments during the coronavirus pandemic that may go too far, violating constitutional rights.
"Many policies that would be unthinkable in regular times have become commonplace in recent weeks, and we do not want to unduly interfere with the important efforts of state and local officials to protect the public," Barr wrote. "But the Constitution is not suspended in times of crisis. We must therefore be vigilant to ensure its protections are preserved, at the same time that the public is protected."
He told the assistant attorney general in charge of the Civil Rights Division, Eric Dreiband, and all of the country's U.S. attorneys to "be on the lookout for state and local directives that could be violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens." He tasked the U.S. attorney in Detroit, Matthew Schneider, to help lead the effort.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/Barr-directs-prosecutors-look-state-local-stay-home-orders-go-n1193711
#9231617 at 2020-05-19 00:17:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11815: POTUS About To Break The MSM Over HQC Edition
GOP Senator Ron Johnson Asks Barr to Declassify Remaining Portion of Susan Rice's January 20, 2017 Email About Secret Oval Office Meeting
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) wrote a letter to US Attorney General William Barr on Monday requesting he declassify the remaining portion of Susan Rice's January 20, 2017 email to herself about the secret Oval Office meeting with the coup cabal.
Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Sally Yates, James Comey, Susan Rice, John Brennan and James Clapper all were in the January 2017 Oval Office meeting discussing the phony Russia dossier and General Flynn's phone calls with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
"I request you review and declassify the remaining portion of Ambassador Rice's January 20, 2017, email and provide it to my office," Johnson wrote.
Recall, Senator Grassley uncovered a bizarre, partially declassified email former NatSec Advisor to Barack Obama, Susan Rice sent herself on January 20th 2017-Donald Trump's inauguration day.
It was previously known the junk Russia dossier was discussed, but according to newly declassified documents, they were also discussing General Flynn's calls to Kislyak - A NON-CRIME!
In February 2018, Chuck Grassley (R-IA) posted to his official Senate website:
Ambassador Rice appears to have used this email to document a January 5, 2017 Oval Office meeting between President Obama, former FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates regarding Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election. In particular, Ambassador Rice wrote:
"President Obama began the conversation by stressing his continued commitment to ensuring that every aspect of this issue is handled by the Intelligence and law enforcement communities 'by the book'. The President stressed that he is not asking about, initiating or instructing anything from a law enforcement perspective. He reiterated that our law enforcement team needs to proceed as it normally would by the book."
Grassley doubted the FBI, DOJ or State Department proceeded 'by the book.'
Grassley said in a letter to Susan Rice:
"It strikes us as odd that, among your activities in the final moments on the final day of the Obama administration, you would feel the need to send yourself such an unusual email purporting to document a conversation involving President Obama and his interactions with the FBI regarding the Trump/Russia investigation. In addition, despite your claim that President Obama repeatedly told Mr. Comey to proceed 'by the book,' substantial questions have arisen about whether officials at the FBI, as well as at the Justice Department and the State Department, actually did proceed 'by the book.'"
Senator Johnson wants the remaining portion of Susan Rice's letter declassified so the American people know what happened in the secret Oval Office meeting shortly before Donald Trump was sworn in as US President.
"The significance of that meeting is becoming increasingly apparent as more and more information is declassified. For these reasons, it is essential that Congress and the American people understand what occurred during that January 5, 2017, meeting and how it was later characterized by administration officials," Johnson wrote in his letter to Barr (screenshot below).
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/gop-senator-ron-johnson-asks-Barr-declassify-remaining-portion-susan-rices-january-20-2017-email-secret-oval-office-meeting/
#9231406 at 2020-05-18 23:56:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11815: POTUS About To Break The MSM Over HQC Edition
Lindsey Graham Sets Vote To Subpoena Comey, Brennan And Dozens More In Oversight Of Crossfire Hurricane
Graham included the following list of individuals he plans to subpoena:
Trisha Anderson, Brian Auten, James Baker, William Barr, Dana Boente, Jennifer Boone, John Brennan, James Clapper, Kevin Clinesmith, James Comey, Patrick Conlon, Michael Dempsey, Stuart Evans, Tashina Gauhar, Carl Ghattas, Curtis Heide, Kathleen Kavalec, David Laufman, Stephen Laycock, Jacob Lew, Loretta Lynch, Andrew McCabe, Mary McCord, Denis McDonough, Arthur McGlynn, Jonathan Moffa, Sally Moyer, Mike Neufield, Sean Newell, Victoria Nuland, Bruce Ohr, Nellie Ohr, Stephanie L. O'Sullivan, Lisa Page, Joseph Pientka, John Podesta, Samantha Power, E.W. "Bill" Priestap, Sarah Raskin, Steve Ricchetti, Susan Rice, Rod Rosenstein, Gabriel Sanz-Rexach, Nathan Sheets, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Glenn Simpson, Steve Somma, Peter Strzok, Michael Sussman, Adam Szubin, Jonathan Winer, Christopher Wray, and Sally Yates.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/18/lindsey-graham-subpoena-james-comey-john-brennan/
#9231143 at 2020-05-18 23:31:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11814: Take Down Kate! Who's Next? Edition
>>9231110
WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today announced that the Committee would debate and vote on a subpoena authorization related to the FISA abuse investigation and oversight of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.
Graham's subpoena authorization covers a number of documents, communications and testimony from witnesses, including James Comey, Andrew McCabe, James Clapper, John Brennan, Sally Yates, and others.
The subpoena authorization will be first listed on the agenda for the Committee's executive business meeting on May 21, 2020. The Committee is expected to vote on the subpoena authorization at its June 4, 2020 executive business meeting.
Background on Senate Judiciary Committee subpoena authorizations:
Under Senate Judiciary Committee rules, the Chairman cannot unilaterally issue a subpoena. The Chairman can ONLY issue a subpoena with the consent of the Ranking Member or by a Committee vote.
If approved by a majority of the Committee, the subpoena authorization gives the Chairman the ability to issue a subpoena for witnesses, documents or other materials.
Subpoena authorization votes in the Senate Judiciary Committee are not common. Chairman Graham will use the precedent set by Chairman Leahy as a guideline for this subpoena authorization vote. On September 25, 2008, the Committee authorized subpoenas by party line vote.
Witnesses, documents and other materials covered by Graham's subpoena authorization:
Documents and communications referenced in, and testimony at a hearing or deposition of any individual named or identified by pseudonym in, the report titled "Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane Investigation" issued by the U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General
Documents and communications related to, and the testimony at a hearing or deposition of any current or former executive branch official or employee involved in, the Crossfire Hurricane investigation (including investigations opened under the Crossfire Hurricane umbrella) or the receipt or analysis of reports prepared by Christopher Steele (commonly referred to as the "Steele dossier")
Documents, communications and testimony at a hearing or deposition related to any aforementioned matter from:
Trisha Anderson, Brian Auten, James Baker, William Barr, Dana Boente, Jennifer Boone, John Brennan, James Clapper, Kevin Clinesmith, James Comey, Patrick Conlon, Michael Dempsey, Stuart Evans, Tashina Gauhar, Carl Ghattas, Curtis Heide, Kathleen Kavalec, David Laufman, Stephen Laycock, Jacob Lew, Loretta Lynch, Andrew McCabe, Mary McCord, Denis McDonough, Arthur McGlynn, Jonathan Moffa, Sally Moyer, Mike Neufield, Sean Newell, Victoria Nuland, Bruce Ohr, Nellie Ohr, Stephanie L. O'Sullivan, Lisa Page, Joseph Pientka, John Podesta, Samantha Power, E.W. "Bill" Priestap, Sarah Raskin, Steve Ricchetti, Susan Rice, Rod Rosenstein, Gabriel Sanz-Rexach, Nathan Sheets, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Glenn Simpson, Steve Somma, Peter Strzok, Michael Sussman, Adam Szubin, Jonathan Winer, Christopher Wray, and Sally Yates.
#9231003 at 2020-05-18 23:21:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11814: Take Down Kate! Who's Next? Edition
>>9230966
>>9230810
Reminder that Durham was given Huber's FISA investigation, but Huber still is investigating Hillary:
>In a March 29 letter to Republican committee chairmen, Mr. Sessions said that Mr. Huber, the U. S. Attorney for Utah, had been appointed to "evaluate certain issues" raised by the GOP. He did not say which issues, but there are plenty.
>These included actions by Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Loretta Lynch and others, email controversies, mishandling of classified information, Fusion GPS and the Steele Dossier, FISA warrants, wire taps, leaks, grand juries, the Clinton Foundation and the Uranium One deal.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/investigative-bulletin/clinton-comey-uranium-one-john-w-huber/
>Barr said Durham would now be taking over Huber's role in handling any criminal referrals from Horowitz and Huber's involvement with Trump-Russia matters was done.
>"The other issues [Huber has] been working on relate to Hillary Clinton" are "winding down and hopefully we'll be in a position to bring those to fruition," Barr said.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/William-Barr-dishes-on-what-huber-horowitz-and-durham-are-investigating
>Utah Prosecutor Close to Completing Investigation of Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Says
https://www.theepochtimes.com/utah-prosecutor-close-to-completing-investigation-of-hillary-clinton-attorney-general-says_2945996.html
#9230219 at 2020-05-18 22:17:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11813: HC'Q'd, No Leaks Edition
John Solomon
Breaking: House Dems tell SCOTUS 'new articles of impeachment' possible against Trump if Mueller documents turned over
https://twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1262505698145062914
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/house-dems-tell-scotus-they-are-considering-new-articles
In a filing with the U.S. Supreme Court, House Democrats reportedly said they are considering "'new articles of impeachment"
against President Trump.
The filing seeks to obtain redacted grand-jury material from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe in order to fulfill an "ongoing presidential impeachment investigation" in their "weighty constitutional responsibility," as reported by Fox News on Monday.
"The [House Judiciary] Committee's investigation did not cease with the conclusion of the impeachment trial," the Democrats wrote in their filing. "If this material reveals new evidence supporting the conclusion that President Trump committed impeachable offenses that are not covered by the articles adopted by the House, the committee will proceed accordingly - including, if necessary, by considering whether to recommend new articles of impeachment."
Democrats claimed they were investigating "the possible exercise of improper political influence over recent decisions made in the Roger Stone and Michael Flynn prosecutions, both of which were initiated by the special counsel."
The House has already conducted an impeachment trial on Trump, voting for an impeachment of the president. The U.S. Senate rejected the impeachment and voted to acquit the president of allegations that he improperly interacted with the president of the Ukraine in order to boost Trump's own domestic re-election bid.
The attorney general under Trump, William Barr, recently asked the Justice Department to dismiss the federal case against Flynn, Trump's former national security adviser.
The Justice Department earlier this month recommended a federal judge reverse the conviction of Flynn and drop the criminal charges, a stunning reversal in a case that became a powerful symbol of FBI misconduct in the Russia investigation.
#9230150 at 2020-05-18 22:12:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11813: HC'Q'd, No Leaks Edition
House Dems tell SCOTUS they are considering 'new articles of impeachment' in bid for Mueller docs
In a filing with the U.S. Supreme Court, House Democrats reportedly said they are considering "'new articles of impeachment" against President Trump.
The filing seeks to obtain redacted grand-jury material from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe in order to fulfill an "ongoing presidential impeachment investigation" in their "weighty constitutional responsibility," as reported by Fox News on Monday.
"The [House Judiciary] Committee's investigation did not cease with the conclusion of the impeachment trial," the Democrats wrote in their filing. "If this material reveals new evidence supporting the conclusion that President Trump committed impeachable offenses that are not covered by the articles adopted by the House, the committee will proceed accordingly - including, if necessary, by considering whether to recommend new articles of impeachment."
Democrats claimed they were investigating "the possible exercise of improper political influence over recent decisions made in the Roger Stone and Michael Flynn prosecutions, both of which were initiated by the special counsel."
The House has already conducted an impeachment trial on Trump, voting for an impeachment of the president. The U.S. Senate rejected the impeachment and voted to acquit the president of allegations that he improperly interacted with the president of the Ukraine in order to boost Trump's own domestic re-election bid.
The attorney general under Trump, William Barr, recently asked the Justice Department to dismiss the federal case against Flynn, Trump's former national security adviser.
The Justice Department earlier this month recommended a federal judge reverse the conviction of Flynn and drop the criminal charges, a stunning reversal in a case that became a powerful symbol of FBI misconduct in the Russia investigation.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/house-dems-tell-scotus-they-are-considering-new-articles
#9227781 at 2020-05-18 19:31:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11810: The Game Is Ours, Fight Fight Fight Edition
Ghost of J. Edgar Haunts Flynn Investigation
In this time of unprecedented political polarization, it's disappointing but not surprising to see the Justice Department's recent request to dismiss its prosecution of retired General Michael Flynn causing yet another media firestorm to swirl around Attorney General William Barr.
Obama Administration former officials, like the hyperventilating authors of this New York Times' op-ed, "The Appalling Damage of Dropping the Michael Flynn Case," go so far as to claim that dropping the case "embeds into official U.S. policy a shockingly extremist view of law enforcement as the enemy of the American people."
In stark contrast, other former FBI agents, myself included, are appalled at Bureau and other "national security" officials' numerous suspicious departures from standard FBI/Department of Justice policies that have finally been brought to light, marking this most bizarre investigation aimed at "get(ting) Flynn to lie."
Flynn was asked to "a friendly chat" with the FBI on Jan. 24, 2017, for which he was told he would not need a lawyer present. The interview was part of the FBI's Russiagate investigation, a purported scandal that has now all but totally collapsed.
The agents wanted to speak with him about his conversations with Sergey Kislyak, the then Russian ambassador to the U.S., while Flynn was on the Trump transition team as incoming national security advisor. Having already read the transcripts of those intercepted conversations there was nothing the agents could learn from Flynn.
According to FBI administrative notes released earlier this month, an official identified in the press as Bill Priestap, then assistant director of the FBI's Counterintelligence Division, asked whether the only aim of the upcoming interview with Flynn was to get him to lie about his conversations with Kislyak. "Our goal is to determine if Mike Flynn is going to tell the truth about his relationship with Russians," said Priestap in a hand-written note. But Priestap was having second thoughts.
"I agreed yesterday that we shouldn't show Flynn [REDACTED] if he didn't admit," he wrote, the redaction presumably meaning the transcript of Flynn's calls with Kislyak. "I thought about it last night, and I believe we should rethink this. What is our goal? Truth/admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired?...Protect our institution by not playing games."
Flynn was indeed formally charged with lying to an FBI agent and on Dec. 1, 2017 pled guilty after Russiagate Special Counsel Robert Mueller reportedly threatened to prosecute his son. Flynn was fired by Donald Trump after Flynn lied to the vice president about the conversations with Kislyak.
More
https://consortiumnews.com/2020/05/18/ghost-of-j-edgar-haunts-flynn-investigation/
#9227200 at 2020-05-18 18:44:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11809: Shills BTFO By the Letter Q Edition
For true Anons questioning Barr's motives…
Reminder, this was one of the DS headlines last year:
"William Barr's deep state resume: Cover-ups, covert ops and pardons
A close examination of Barr's legal career indicates a high tolerance for presidentially-sanctioned law-breaking"
https://www.salon.com/2019/01/17/William-Barrs-deep-state-resume-cover-ups-covert-ops-and-pardons_partner/
"William Barr's Deep State Resume: Cover-Ups, Covert Ops, and Pardons"
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/15/1826511/-William-Barr-s-Deep-State-Resume-Cover-Ups-Covert-Ops-and-Pardons-by-Jefferson-Morley
"William Barr's terrifying 'Deep State' resume: Cover-ups, covert ops and pardons"
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/William-Barrs-terrifying-deep-state-resume-cover-ups-covert-ops-pardons/
If Barr had been deemed trustworthy by the DS, would they have produced those headlines/talking points?
#9227050 at 2020-05-18 18:34:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11809: Shills BTFO By the Letter Q Edition
OUTRAGEOUS! Another Delay! - Judge Emmet Sullivan's 'Stand-in' Judge Gleeson to Argue Against DOJ in Flynn Case ... NEXT MONTH!
Last week Judge Emmet Sullivan appointed a retired Clinton Judge to fight back against Trump's DOJ, US Attorney General William Barr and General Flynn.
The Justice Department dropped its case against General Mike Flynn a couple weeks ago after bombshell documents released proved he was framed by Comey's FBI.
But Judge Sullivan last Tuesday extended the case by soliciting amicus briefs to allow for public comment on Flynn's criminal case.
Then Judge Sullivan took his unethical behavior to a whole other level.
In a dirty, politically motivated move, Judge Sullivan appointed retired Clinton judge John Gleeson to argue against the government's motion to dismiss the charge against Flynn and to look at whether Flynn could be held in criminal contempt for perjury.
On Monday, it was revealed John Gleeson will file an initial amicus brief by JUNE 10!
John Gleeson in a motion filed Monday asked the Court permission to submit a brief addressing three issues.
One of the issues: "any factual development I may need before finalizing my argument in opposition to the government's motion in this case."
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/just-another-delay-judge-sullivans-stand-judge-gleeson-argue-doj-flynn-case-next-month/
#9226936 at 2020-05-18 18:25:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11809: Shills BTFO By the Letter Q Edition
>>9226909
Mr. Barr then made another call. He asked for Governor Clinton. He must have had a direct number because he didn't have to wait. He began immediately. He explained that a substantial amount of "Enterprise" monies had disappeared. He further explained to Governor Clinton that it was suspected to be in excess of $100 million dollars and that it was definitely disappearing along the Panama to Arkansas connection. He suggested that Governor Clinton investigate on that end, and that he and Mr. North would continue investigating on the Panama side and that it must be resolved or it could lead to problems. "Big problems," he reiterated. He then asked Clinton to put his best man on it and stated that this was priority one. Then he terminated the call.
We broke down the equipment. I dropped Noriega and Harari at the airport and waited for Seal to leave in a Lear jet tail number N13SN. Then I returned the other passengers to Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras.
This is the content of the meeting and the mission. The following is the mission flight plan and passenger list.
If Lindsey Graham approves him as AG - it is a HARD NO. Though, putting him up for nomination makes the media, real journalists and the FBI dig, dig and dig. Could it be that the Criminal Investigation into the Clinton Foundation links all the way back to DOPE INC? I believe President Trump is trolling the DEEP STATE. #COUNTER
https://toresays.com/2018/12/06/William-Barr-bill-clinton-5242-7-km-100-mil-dope/
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#9226909 at 2020-05-18 18:22:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11809: Shills BTFO By the Letter Q Edition
William Barr - Bill Clinton 5,242.7 km, $100 MIL & DOPE
I challenge anyone to refute the authenticity of these documents.
The Court of Neptune. Pollywogs on Navy boats now anticipate this time. You get a certificate and everything. It's 2018, so I don't know if the tradition still stands but - that is the initiation any Navy person goes through when crossing the equator on the boat for the first time. Once you cross, you are a Shellback.
The President announced today that William Barr former Attorney General under Bush would be his pick for Attorney General. Barr may be considered a "Shellback." He was then-Vice President George HW Bush's right hand man.
LICENSE TO KILL : Pegasus
Chip Tatum, an actual 007 (as you can see above), signed by the recently departed George Bush. Why is this relevant?
March 15, 1985
U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa
When I arrived at the embassy, I was introduced to William Barr, Mike Harari, and Buddy Young. I had met Mr. Young one year prior in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. Barr represented himself as an emissary of Vice President Bush, who would be arriving in the future. This was an advance party designed to set up meetings for Vice President Bush. We joined the cocktail party and then accommodations were arranged at a local hotel. I was then asked to join Mr. Barr, Mr. Young, and Mr. Harari at a local German restaurant. I was picked up by the embassy car. Major Felix Rodriguez was in the car when I entered. We met the others for dinner and continued the meeting at the hotel. I was told that Mr. Young and Mr. Harari would fly back to Palmerola with me in the morning.
https://toresays.com/2018/12/06/William-Barr-bill-clinton-5242-7-km-100-mil-dope/
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#9226421 at 2020-05-18 17:58:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11808: LMAO At Goncern Shills, Justice Is Coming Bitches Edition
Justice Is Comi
Never mind:
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/05/18/William-Barr-probably-wont-be-a-criminal-investigation-of-obama-biden/
#9225828 at 2020-05-18 17:16:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11807: Barr Front N Center But Don't Forget Rudy G Edition
William Barr
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This is a chess club people, stop playing marbles.
#9225798 at 2020-05-18 17:14:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11807: Barr Front N Center But Don't Forget Rudy G Edition
Off the hook? Barr doesn't expect DOJ probe into Russian collusion will lead to criminal investigation of Obama, Biden
Attorney General William Barr said Monday that he doesn't anticipate that a Justice Department investigation in the federal Russian collusion probe will lead to a criminal probe into former President Obama or former Vice President Biden.
The review of the collusion probe is being conducted by John Durham, the Connecticut prosecutor whom Barr appointed last year to review the investigation.
"I don't expect Mr. Durham's work will lead to a criminal investigation of either man," Barr said.
The recent release of declassified documents related to the FBI investigation suggest that Obama and Biden were closely involved, which has resulted in President Trump and others calling for them to be investigated.
https://twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1262429207105323015
#9224998 at 2020-05-18 16:16:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11806: Lean Mean Press Beat'n Machine Edition
>>9224925
>Attorney General William Barr said Monday he didn't expect an ongoing investigation into the origins of the probe into whether the Trump campaign had colluded with Russia to result in criminal prosecutions of former President Obama or former Vice President Joe Biden.
<Attorney General William Barr said Monday he didn't expect an ongoing investigation into the origins of the probe into whether the Trump campaign had colluded with Russia to result in criminal prosecutions of former President Obama or former Vice President Joe Biden.
>Attorney General William Barr said Monday he didn't expect an ongoing investigation into the origins of the probe into whether the Trump campaign had colluded with Russia to result in criminal prosecutions of former President Obama or former Vice President Joe Biden.
<Attorney General William Barr said Monday he didn't expect an ongoing investigation into the origins of the probe into whether the Trump campaign had colluded with Russia to result in criminal prosecutions of former President Obama or former Vice President Joe Biden.
>Attorney General William Barr said Monday he didn't expect an ongoing investigation into the origins of the probe into whether the Trump campaign had colluded with Russia to result in criminal prosecutions of former President Obama or former Vice President Joe Biden.
<Attorney General William Barr said Monday he didn't expect an ongoing investigation into the origins of the probe into whether the Trump campaign had colluded with Russia to result in criminal prosecutions of former President Obama or former Vice President Joe Biden.
Are you beginning to understand what Q has really been doing here?
#9224925 at 2020-05-18 16:12:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11806: Lean Mean Press Beat'n Machine Edition
Barr Says Probe Won't Likely Lead to Prosecution of Obama, Biden
The investigation into the origins of the probe into whether the Trump campaign had colluded with Russia is proceeding on multiple fronts
By Dustin Volz
May 18, 2020 12:08 pm ET
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Attorney General William Barr said Monday he didn't expect an ongoing investigation into the origins of the probe into whether the Trump campaign had colluded with Russia to result in criminal prosecutions of former President Obama or former Vice President Joe Biden.
Mr. Barr last year appointed Connecticut U.S. Attorney General John Durham to review the origins of the 2016 probe into possible links between the Trump campaign and Russian election interference. The investigation, according to people familiar with it, is proceeding…
TO READ THE FULL STORY
#9224155 at 2020-05-18 15:21:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11805: Buckle Up... It's About To Get Real Edition
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/18/politics/pensacola-shooting-al-qaeda/index.html
FBI finds al Qaeda link after breaking encryption on Pensacola attacker's iPhone
The Saudi military trainee who killed three US sailors and wounded several others in a terror attack last year on a military base in Pensacola, Florida, was in touch with a suspected al Qaeda operative, according to multiple US officials briefed on the matter.
US investigators uncovered the al Qaeda connection after the FBI broke through the encryption protecting the Saudi attacker's iPhones, the officials said. Attorney General William Barr and the FBI are expected to announce the finding Monday in a news conference.
Mohammed Alshamrani, a member of the Royal Saudi Air Force who had been training at Naval Air Station Pensacola, was killed by law enforcement during the attack.
A breakthrough on the shooter's phone encryption for now temporarily disarms a standoff between the Justice Department and Apple over national security and the limits of encryption and privacy. The government has complained in recent years that stronger encryption, without the ability of law enforcement to get court-ordered access to data, endangers the public.
If Alshamrani was directed or trained by al Qaeda, it would mark the first time since 9/11 that a foreign terrorist organization had done so in a deadly attack in the US, according to New America, a think tank.
The Justice Department has previously called the attack an act of terrorism that was motivated by "jihadist ideology." Alshamrani had made anti-American, anti-Israel and jihadi posts on social media, including one on the September 11 anniversary, that stated "the countdown has begun," and another two hours before the attack that referenced the words of an al Qaeda cleric.
During a 15-minute shooting spree, Alshamrani shot at a photo of President Donald Trump as well as a former president. He also made statements during the attack that were critical of American servicemen overseas, the FBI has said.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, one of the deadliest branches of the terror group, had claimed responsibility for the Pensacola attack and said they were in touch with Alshamrani. In February, the White House announced that Qassim al-Rimi, the leader of the group, had been killed in an airstrike in Yemen.
No other co-conspirators have been charged in the shooting, and Barr said earlier this year that investigators did not find evidence that any of the shooter's friends or fellow trainees from Saudi Arabia had advanced knowledge that he was going to attack the base.
Investigators had initially been unable to retrieve data stored on two iPhones belonging to the shooter, and they cited that hurdle in trying to complete their investigation of the attacker's ideology and his radicalization. Justice Department and FBI officials said Apple had helped provide access to iCloud and other data from the shooter's devices, but that breaking the phones' encryption was key to retrieving more of Alshamrani's communications before the attack.
In January, Barr criticized Apple for building their phones with encryption that usually blocks out even authorities with a search warrant, and urged the company to help investigators unlock the shooters' devices.
Apple has said creating special access to its devices for the government was where it would draw the line, noting in January "there is no such thing as a backdoor just for the good guys. Backdoors can also be exploited by those who threaten our national security and the data security of our customers."
A number of lethal terror attacks in the US have been inspired by a foreign terrorist organization, although none have been successfully directed by the groups since the 9/11 attacks that left nearly 3,000 people dead, according to a 2019 study by New America.
Al Qaeda thrived for years after 9/11, conducting deadly terror attacks in Madrid and across the Middle East, but was largely hollowed out under the Obama administration, which waged a campaign against the group's core in Pakistan. Trump announced in September that Hamza bin Laden, the son of the late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, had been "killed in a United States counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region."
#9216905 at 2020-05-17 23:03:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11796: We Carry Those Who Have Died Edition
Worth remembering, this is what AG Barr had to say about FBI Dir. Wray (source from CBS 5 days ago):
Before we move on to some separate questions, many of these records should have been provided to Flynn's defense team long ago. Do you still have confidence in FBI Director Christopher Wray?
Well, you know, Chris Wray has always supported and been very helpful in various investigations we've been running. He cooperated fully with Durham, cooperated fully with Jensen. But, you know, there are a lot of cases in the Department of Justice and I don't consider it the director's responsibility to make sure that all the documents are produced in each case. So I don't– I wouldn't say that this has affected my confidence in Director Wray.
Does Director Wray have what it takes to make the changes at the FBI?
Yeah, as I've said, you know, he's been a great partner to me in our effort to restore the American people's confidence in both the Department of Justice and the FBI. And we work very well together. And I think both of us know that we have to step up. That it's very important to restore the American people's confidence.
Does he have his arms around the gravity of what happened in 2016 and 2017?
I think he does.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/attorney-general-William-Barr-on-michael-flynn-obamacare-and-coronavirus-restrictions-transcript/
#9215778 at 2020-05-17 21:23:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11795: WWG1WG@ - The Calm After the ReTweestorm Edition
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY THE LOCKDOWN IS OVER
US Dept of Justice is available by phone for reports of violation of rights if anyone tells you differently. Take off the masks, open your businesses, go about your lives as free citizens, everyone is essential, accept nothing less. Go on, get on with it and stop saluting the psychopaths posing as glorified day care managers colloquially known as politicians. The Unites States Constitution proves you these undeniable freedoms. Welcome back to America!
https://www.justice.gov/crt/deprivation-rights-under-color-law
>>9210843 (pb)
"There is actually a DOJ hotline number to call for when the governor or mayor or whomever is violating a person's rights with the quarantine nonsense."
HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT
The Civil Rights Division enforces civil rights laws in a wide variety of contexts. You may use the information on this page to find the appropriate way to submit a complaint or report of a potential civil rights violation. If you are not sure which Section is the appropriate one to receive your complaint, you may contact the Civil Rights Division at:
toll-free 855-856-1247 or (202) 514-3847.
Criminal Section
Housing and Civil
Enforcement Section
Disability Rights Section
Immigrant and Employee Rights Section
Educational Opportunities Section
Special Litigation Section
Employment Litigation Section
Voting Section
Federal Coordination and Compliance
https://www.justice.gov/crt/how-file-complaint
Barr directs prosecutors to look for state and local stay-home orders that go too far
April 27, 2020
The attorney general said he was concerned about directives that could be "violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens."
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr directed the nation's federal prosecutors Monday to watch for restrictions imposed by state and local governments during the coronavirus pandemic that may go too far, violating constitutional rights.
"Many policies that would be unthinkable in regular times have become commonplace in recent weeks, and we do not want to unduly interfere with the important efforts of state and local officials to protect the public," Barr wrote. "But the Constitution is not suspended in times of crisis. We must therefore be vigilant to ensure its protections are preserved, at the same time that the public is protected."
He told the assistant attorney general in charge of the Civil Rights Division, Eric Dreiband, and all of the country's U.S. attorneys to "be on the lookout for state and local directives that could be violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens." He tasked the U.S. attorney in Detroit, Matthew Schneider, to help lead the effort.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/Barr-directs-prosecutors-look-state-local-stay-home-orders-go-n1193711
#9215403 at 2020-05-17 20:48:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11794: A Tribute To Kayleigh Edition
>>9215246
>>9210843 (pb)
"There is actually a DOJ hotline number to call for when the governor or mayor or whomever is violating a person's rights with the quarantine nonsense."
HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT
The Civil Rights Division enforces civil rights laws in a wide variety of contexts. You may use the information on this page to find the appropriate way to submit a complaint or report of a potential civil rights violation. If you are not sure which Section is the appropriate one to receive your complaint, you may contact the Civil Rights Division at:
toll-free 855-856-1247 or (202) 514-3847.
Criminal Section
Housing and Civil
Enforcement Section
Disability Rights Section
Immigrant and Employee Rights Section
Educational Opportunities Section
Special Litigation Section
Employment Litigation Section
Voting Section
Federal Coordination and Compliance
https://www.justice.gov/crt/how-file-complaint
Barr directs prosecutors to look for state and local stay-home orders that go too far
April 27, 2020
The attorney general said he was concerned about directives that could be "violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens."
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr directed the nation's federal prosecutors Monday to watch for restrictions imposed by state and local governments during the coronavirus pandemic that may go too far, violating constitutional rights.
"Many policies that would be unthinkable in regular times have become commonplace in recent weeks, and we do not want to unduly interfere with the important efforts of state and local officials to protect the public," Barr wrote. "But the Constitution is not suspended in times of crisis. We must therefore be vigilant to ensure its protections are preserved, at the same time that the public is protected."
He told the assistant attorney general in charge of the Civil Rights Division, Eric Dreiband, and all of the country's U.S. attorneys to "be on the lookout for state and local directives that could be violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens." He tasked the U.S. attorney in Detroit, Matthew Schneider, to help lead the effort.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/Barr-directs-prosecutors-look-state-local-stay-home-orders-go-n1193711
#9212326 at 2020-05-17 17:14:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11790: Sunday Brunch Edition
From the Justice Department to the Intelligence Community, Donald Trump and William Barr Have Won
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/from-the-justice-department-to-the-intelligence-community-donald-trump-and-William-Barr-have-won
#9211135 at 2020-05-17 15:19:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11789: Sunday Morning Futures Edition
>>9210843 (pb)
"There is actually a DOJ hotline number to call for when the governor or mayor or whomever is violating a person's rights with the quarantine nonsense."
HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT
The Civil Rights Division enforces civil rights laws in a wide variety of contexts. You may use the information on this page to find the appropriate way to submit a complaint or report of a potential civil rights violation. If you are not sure which Section is the appropriate one to receive your complaint, you may contact the Civil Rights Division at:
toll-free 855-856-1247 or (202) 514-3847.
Criminal Section
Housing and Civil
Enforcement Section
Disability Rights Section
Immigrant and Employee Rights Section
Educational Opportunities Section
Special Litigation Section
Employment Litigation Section
Voting Section
Federal Coordination and Compliance
https://www.justice.gov/crt/how-file-complaint
Barr directs prosecutors to look for state and local stay-home orders that go too far
April 27, 2020
The attorney general said he was concerned about directives that could be "violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens."
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr directed the nation's federal prosecutors Monday to watch for restrictions imposed by state and local governments during the coronavirus pandemic that may go too far, violating constitutional rights.
"Many policies that would be unthinkable in regular times have become commonplace in recent weeks, and we do not want to unduly interfere with the important efforts of state and local officials to protect the public," Barr wrote. "But the Constitution is not suspended in times of crisis. We must therefore be vigilant to ensure its protections are preserved, at the same time that the public is protected."
He told the assistant attorney general in charge of the Civil Rights Division, Eric Dreiband, and all of the country's U.S. attorneys to "be on the lookout for state and local directives that could be violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens." He tasked the U.S. attorney in Detroit, Matthew Schneider, to help lead the effort.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/Barr-directs-prosecutors-look-state-local-stay-home-orders-go-n1193711
#9207898 at 2020-05-17 05:42:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11785: The Evil Dead Edition
Former CIA Director John Brennan Says He Is Willing To Meet With Prosecutor Investigating Origins Of Russia Probe
Former CIA Director John Brennan said Friday that he has yet to be interviewed by the federal prosecutor investigating the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, but that he is willing to do so and has "nothing to hide."
"I feel very good that my tenure at CIA and my time at the White House during the Obama administration was not - that was not engaged in any type of wrongdoing or activities that caused me to worry about what this investigation may uncover," Brennan said in an interview with MSNBC's Chris Hayes.
"I have not yet been interviewed by any of those individuals involved in this matter, but I'm willing to do so because I do believe that for too long, the American public have been misled by Donald Trump, by William Barr and others."
John Durham, the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, has been investigating several aspects of the FBI, CIA and other agencies' investigations and intelligence-gathering activities related to associates of Donald Trump in 2016 and 2017.
Durham is reportedly scrutinizing Brennan's activities, though there is no indication that the prosecutor has uncovered any wrongdoing on the former spy chief's part.
The New York Times has reported that Durham has requested Brennan's CIA communications to find out what role he played in developing an Intelligence Community Assessment that said the Russian government intervened in the 2016 election specifically to help Trump.
On Wednesday, two Republican senators released a list of Obama administration officials who made requests for intelligence reports that that led to the "unmasking" of Michael Flynn.
The list, which was declassified by Richard Grenell, the acting director of national intelligence, showed that Brennan made a request for a report that identified Flynn on Dec. 15, 2016. Former Vice President Joe Biden also made a so-called "unmasking" request on Jan. 12, 2017. Former FBI Director James Comey also made a request on Dec. 15, 2016.
Brennan defended the so-called "unmasking" requests, saying that he and other Obama administration officials were "carrying out our responsibilities correctly" when they requested intelligence reports that discussed Flynn.
Brennan asserted that he is in Trump's "crosshairs" because he has "spoken out against the corruption, the incompetence, the mischaracterizations that he and individuals around him have made to the American public."
Durham is also reportedly investigating some of the same areas detailed in a Justice Department inspector general's report on the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane probe. The IG found that the FBI made 17 "significant" errors and omissions in applications for surveillance warrants against former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
Many of the omissions centered on the Steele dossier, the unverified report that the FBI used to obtain authorization to wiretap Page.
The IG report said that FBI investigators withheld exculpatory information that undercut the theory that Page and other Trump aides were working with the Kremlin. FBI and Justice Department officials also failed to disclose information that called dossier author Christopher Steele's reliability into question.
The FBI also received evidence throughout 2017 that Russian intelligence operatives fed disinformation to Steele, a former MI6 officer.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/16/john-brennan-john-durham-unmasking-russia-probe/
#9206044 at 2020-05-17 02:11:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11782: Kung Flu Fighters vs ObamaGate Raiders Edition
>>9206018
just a few replies thus far
Denise Snively
@denise_snively
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40m
Replying to
@adamscrabble
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@Barnes_Law
That was said in 2016.
DDB
@ghostofglenmoor
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34m
Replying to
@adamscrabble
and
@Barnes_Law
Trump wins in a landslide….Fla, Michigan, Pa, Ohio and Wisconsin are his again!!!!
Wíñchéstér Öscår🐻🇺🇸🦂🧜???💵????
@scorpio8675309
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42m
Replying to
@adamscrabble
and
@Cernovich
I hope that means you are taking bets. I can use the easy cash.
Bobby Bigchest
@BBigchest
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37m
Replying to
@adamscrabble
and
@Barnes_Law
It's all up to AG William Barr. He's the only one with the guts to do the right thing. The GOP are part of the problem.
Alec Mazo
@Alec_Mazo
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10m
Replying to
@adamscrabble
Completely disagree. Freedom vs lockdowns frame. Trump will annihilate Biden
Dex
@dexterlab0
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40m
Replying to
@adamscrabble
He'll win by a landslide. Victory hand
#9205522 at 2020-05-17 01:19:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11782: Kung Flu Fighters vs ObamaGate Raiders Edition
CBS News releases statement on Catherine Herridge's reporting after Dems, media attack her
A Biden campaign spokesperson called Herridge 'a partisan, rightwing hack'
CBS News defended star reporter Catherine Herridge after her fierce reported triggered outrage from Democrats and the media this week.
"Catherine is a deeply sourced reporter who has worked the national security beat for two decades and just last week secured one of the biggest newsmaker interviews with Attorney General William Barr, which was cited by national and international outlets," a CBS News spokesperson said.
"This is the kind of aggressive reporting we applaud at CBS News," the spokesperson added.
Herridge was attacked on social media after she reported on the "unmasking" list related to the Michael Flynn case that acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell gave Congress this week.
Herridge's reporting was not unlike her previous work. As she is known to do, Herridge simply shared the official government documents and provided the necessary journalistic context.
Herridge is one of Washington's most prominent journalists, known for her intrepid work in national security journalism. She is trustworthy and has a long-standing record of breaking significant stories.
But that did not stop a spokesperson for Joe Biden's campaign, Andrew Bates, from attacking Herridge. Bates was responding to the fact that Biden's name was included on the list that Grenell gave Congress.
"SCOOP: Catherine Herridge is a partisan, rightwing hack who is a regular conduit for conservative media manipulation ploys because she agrees to publicize things before contacting the target to ask for comment," Bates wrote on Twitter in a since-deleted tweet.
Bates was similarly denounced himself, including by CNN's Jake Tapper. "Gross. Personal attacks on journalists for sharing facts is obnoxious and indecent. @JoeBiden approves this message?" Tapper said.
Still, despite the fact that Democrats and the media routinely condemn President Donald Trump for his so-called "attacks" on the press, the left-leaning Daily Beast published a story bashing Herridge.
Glenn Greenwald responded by calling out the mainstream media's hypocrisy, explaining on Fox News that the press corps always defends itself from Trump's criticism, but failed to defend Herridge when the Biden campaign attacked her.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/cbs-news-releases-statement-on-catherine-herridges-reporting-after-dems-media-attack-her
#9203162 at 2020-05-16 21:31:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11779: Potus Trollin for Obamagate, Again! Keep It Going! Edition
[They] must not like how she 'highlights' TRUTH.
The New CBS Reporter Driving Democrats-and Some of Her Own Colleagues-Crazy
The Daily BeastMay 15, 2020, 3:28 AM EDT
When Attorney General William Barr wanted to defend a decision that thousands of the Department of Justice alumni called indefensible, he knew just the reporter to turn to.
Catherine Herridge has a long history on the justice beat. She also possesses one of the rarer attributes in TV journalism: a massive mainstream platform, serving now as CBS's senior investigative correspondent. And she has reporting roots at the nation's leading conservative media outlet, having made the jump late last year from Fox News, where she served for 20 years.
…
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-cbs-reporter-catherine-herridge-is-driving-democratsand-some-of-her-own-colleaguescrazy?source=articles&via=rss
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cbs-reporter-driving-democrats-her-072855326.html
#9201281 at 2020-05-16 18:14:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11776: You have more power and influence than you realize. Edition
Former CIA Director John Brennan Says He Is Willing To Meet With Prosecutor Investigating Origins Of Russia Probe
Former CIA Director John Brennan said Friday that he has yet to be interviewed by the federal prosecutor investigating the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, but that he is willing to do so and has "nothing to hide."
"I feel very good that my tenure at CIA and my time at the White House during the Obama administration was not - that was not engaged in any type of wrongdoing or activities that caused me to worry about what this investigation may uncover," Brennan said in an interview with MSNBC's Chris Hayes.
"I have not yet been interviewed by any of those individuals involved in this matter, but I'm willing to do so because I do believe that for too long, the American public have been misled by Donald Trump, by William Barr and others."
John Durham, the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, has been investigating several aspects of the FBI, CIA and other agencies' investigations and intelligence-gathering activities related to associates of Donald Trump in 2016 and 2017
Durham is reportedly scrutinizing Brennan's activities, though there is no indication that the prosecutor has uncovered any wrongdoing on the former spy chief's part.
The New York Times has reported that Durham has requested Brennan's CIA communications to find out what role he played in developing an Intelligence Community Assessment that said the Russian government intervened in the 2016 election specifically to help Trump.
On Wednesday, two Republican senators released a list of Obama administration officials who made requests for intelligence reports that that led to the "unmasking" of Michael Flynn.
The list, which was declassified by Richard Grenell, the acting director of national intelligence, showed that Brennan made a request for a report that identified Flynn on Dec. 15, 2016. Former Vice President Joe Biden also made a so-called "unmasking" request on Jan. 12, 2017. Former FBI Director James Comey also made a request on Dec. 15, 2016.
Brennan defended the so-called "unmasking" requests, saying that he and other Obama administration officials were "carrying out our responsibilities correctly" when they requested intelligence reports that discussed Flynn.
Brennan asserted that he is in Trump's "crosshairs" because he has "spoken out against the corruption, the incompetence, the mischaracterizations that he and individuals around him have made to the American public."
Durham is also reportedly investigating some of the same areas detailed in a Justice Department inspector general's report on the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane probe. The IG found that the FBI made 17 "significant" errors and omissions in applications for surveillance warrants against former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
Many of the omissions centered on the Steele dossier, the unverified report that the FBI used to obtain authorization to wiretap Page.
The IG report said that FBI investigators withheld exculpatory information that undercut the theory that Page and other Trump aides were working with the Kremlin. FBI and Justice Department officials also failed to disclose information that called dossier author Christopher Steele's reliability into question.
The FBI also received evidence throughout 2017 that Russian intelligence operatives fed disinformation to Steele, a former MI6 officer.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/16/john-brennan-john-durham-unmasking-russia-probe/
#9194959 at 2020-05-16 02:43:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11768: FAKE NEWS IS NOT ESSENTIAL! Edition
Grenell: Top counterintel official will take charge of 2020 campaign briefings on election interference
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence announced Friday that its top counterintelligence official would carry out all election security intelligence briefings to 2020 candidates and campaigns instead of the FBI or Department of Homeland Security. The nation's top spy office, which oversees all 17 spy agencies and is currently led by acting spy chief Richard Grenell, said that the intelligence community "will lead all intelligence-based threat briefings to candidates, campaigns, and political organizations under the U.S. government's notification framework." ODNI said William Evanina, the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center since 2014, will "serve as the IC's leader to this critical effort." The ODNI also announced reforms to the National Counterterrorism Center on Friday. "U.S. elections are the foundation of our nation's democracy," Evanina said in a statement. "We are committed to supporting this Administration's whole-of-government effort to secure the 2020 election."
Evanina, a former FBI special agent, has led the NCSC since 2014, and, in February 2018, was nominated by President Trump to be the first Senate-confirmed director of the center. He was confirmed by the Senate last week when a two-year standoff ended after Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley said Grenell and Attorney General William Barr had provided long-sought transparency for the Trump-Russia congressional investigations. The intelligence community press release stated that having Evanina provide all the campaign briefings on intelligence threats "represents an important improvement and simplification to the threat notification process," and "the IC will continue to work in partnership with FBI and DHS to identify and integrate threat information." ODNI said Evanina and the elections team "will act swiftly to deliver the timely and thorough assessments to those affected by potential malicious influence." An intelligence official told the Washington Examiner that intelligence community leaders believed it made sense for the intelligence community to lead intelligence briefings while noting that election security broadly is about more than just threat briefings. The ODNI official said election security efforts such as the FBI's Protected Voices initiative and DHS's cybersecurity and infrastructure protection plans would continue full steam, and the biggest change is that Evanina would lead the 2020 briefings for campaigns to help them guard against foreign interference. National security officials, including Evanina, told lawmakers in March that the intelligence community has not concluded Russia is backing any particular 2020 candidate and warned about interference from multiple countries.
The information appeared in an unclassified ODNI fact sheet, which rejected a stream of media reports on classified briefings on election security. "The IC has not concluded that the Kremlin is directly aiding any candidate's reelection or any other candidates' election. Nor have we concluded that the Russians will definitely choose to try to do so in 2020," the fact sheet read. "This is not a Russia-only problem. China, Iran, other countries like North Korea and Cuba, and non-state actors all have the opportunity, means, and potential motive to interfere in the 2020 elections as a way to achieve their goals." This statement countered anonymously sourced media reports, which said the intelligence community concluded Russia was helping Trump with reelection and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont win the Democratic primaries.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/grenell-top-counterintel-official-will-take-charge-of-2020-campaign-briefings-on-election-interference
https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2117-acting-dni-grenell-announces-organizational-changes-to-national-counterterrorism-center
https://www.dhs.gov/topic/election-security
https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/counterintelligence/foreign-influence/protected-voices
https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/Foreign_Threats_to_US_Elections.pdf
#9190987 at 2020-05-15 22:03:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11763: Don't Tread On Me Edition
>>9190820
Behind the Justice Department's split over the Flynn dismissal
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/15/politics/flynn-justice-department-prosecutors/index.html
By Evan Perez and David Shortell, CNN
Before the Justice Department moved last week to drop the charges against Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, department officials and the FBI were in sharp disagreement over whether prosecutors and agents had improperly withheld documents relevant the case.
Behind the scenes, a set of documents produced late last month in a review of the case ordered by Attorney General William Barr, including notes handwritten by a senior FBI official and emails between investigators, divided the officials who handled them and argued over their importance, multiple US officials briefed on the matter said.
On one side, the documents were seen as insignificant and stale: the FBI had previously handed them over to outside inspectors, the agency said, and a federal judge had already ruled that some of them had been properly described to Flynn's legal team.
But others felt that the documents, some of which had apparently not been given to Flynn in full, should have been turned over. Some of the lawyers involved fear that by not making clear that there was no misconduct, the department has left them open to disciplinary action.
As prosecutors prepared to disclose the documents to Flynn's attorneys, an early draft of a cover letter included language saying that the Justice Department didn't believe the documents had been previously wrongly withheld, the officials said.
But that language, which prosecutors said is not uncommon in similar circumstances, was removed by officials overseeing the final draft, and it did not appear in the version of the letter that was later made public in a court filing.
Similar language was also excluded from the Justice Department's filing seeking to dismiss the charges, although members of the team had sought to add it in a footnote. When the motion to dismiss was filed last week, the signatures of career prosecutors who had handled the case for months were conspicuously absent, and one prosecutor had withdrawn from the case entirely. Justice Department officials say the career prosecutors didn't support the legal theory ultimately cited to toss the case.
The internal debate and its continuing fallout are the culmination of a three-year case that has seen Flynn transition from penitent cooperator to a right-wing agitation point boosted by Barr, who has sought to unravel the work of special counsel Robert Mueller. Whether the prosecutors and agents who built the Flynn case acted properly or could be potentially punished for wrongdoing remains a central question as John Gleeson, an outside lawyer brought in Wednesday by the judge overseeing the case, begins his work to argue against the Justice Department's dismissal attempt.
The Justice Department has never explicitly claimed that the newly public material should have been produced at an earlier date as exculpatory information under the court's so-called Brady rules. But by citing the material in its decision to dismiss the case, the department has suggested as much.
In an interview with CBS News last week, Barr said that the documents pointed towards a conclusion that the FBI had lured Flynn into a "perjury trap."
A Justice official says the department had intended to defend the conduct of the prosecutors and investigators in the case against the defense's allegations of misconduct before deciding to dismiss the case, but that has not happened publicly.
The Justice Department charged Flynn in 2017 with lying to investigators about his contacts with the then-Russian ambassador. In a West Wing interview in January of that year, Flynn allegedly lied to two FBI agents regarding his discussions with the ambassador, including about US sanctions stemming from the Kremlin's 2016 election interference.
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#9190563 at 2020-05-15 21:34:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11763: Don't Tread On Me Edition
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Russian Market
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CNBC: Justice Department & state attorneys general likely to bring antitrust lawsuits against Google - Dow Jones
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Justice Department, state attorneys general poised to hit Google with antitrust lawsuits: report
The Justice Department and a group of state attorneys general may file antitrust lawsuits against Alphabet Inc.'s Google as soon as this summer, according to a Wall Street Journal report that published Friday afternoon and cited people familiar with the matter.
The states' probes are centered on the Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, +1.19% GOOG, +1.25% subsidiary's online advertising business.
The Justice Department, which is also scrutinizing Google's ad technology, is focusing more broadly on how Google leverages its dominant search business to stifle competition, sources told the Journal.
The Justice Department could bring a case this summer, followed by some AGs - led by Texas Republican AG Ken Paxton - in the fall, the Journal reported. The Justice Department was not immediately available for comment.
"We continue to engage with the ongoing investigations led by the Department of Justice and Attorney General Paxton, and we don't have any updates or comments on speculation," a Google spokeswoman told MarketWatch. "Our focus is firmly on providing services that help consumers, support thousands of businesses, and enable increased choice and competition."
"We've issued [civil subpoenas] to Google and impacted third parties. We hope to have the investigation wrapped up by fall," Paxton said in a statement, according to the Journal. "If we determine that filing is merited we will go to court soon after that."
U.S. Attorney General William Barr, who continues to treat the investigation of Google as a priority despite the COVID-19 pandemic, told the Journal in March that he wanted a decision on the matter by the summer.
If filed, the lawsuits would pose a significant threat to Google's rougly $170-billion-a-year business and rank among the biggest antitrust cases in U.S. history, alongside the government's case against Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +1.45% in the late 1990s.
Despite its status as a tech titan with a market value of $769 billion, Google has largely avoided federal government enforcement actions. The Federal Trade Commission, which shares antitrust authority with the Justice Department, conducted a broad investigation of Google but closed it in 2013, citing a lack of evidence.
With the expected federal actions, Google becomes the first of the four major tech companies under antitrust scrutiny to face action. The other three - Apple Inc. AAPL, -0.59% , Facebook Inc. FB, +1.96% , and Amazon. com Inc. AMZN, +0.87% - and Google formally became the focus of the Justice Department and FTC nearly a year ago.
lphabet shares fell about 2% in after-hours trading Friday afternoon following the release of the report immediately after the regular trading session ended.
Alphabet shares have held up recently despite concerns about antitrust charges and effects of COVID-19 on the online advertising market, rising 2.5% so far this year as the S&P 500 index SPX, +0.39% has declined 11.7%.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/justice-department-state-attorneys-general-poised-to-hit-google-with-antitrust-lawsuits-report-2020-05-15
#9190264 at 2020-05-15 21:11:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11762: Let Freedom Ring Edition
>>9190159
Justice Department, State Attorneys General Likely to Bring Antitrust Lawsuits Against Google
WASHINGTON Both the Justice Department and a group of state attorneys general are likely to file antitrust lawsuits against Alphabet Inc.'s Google and are well into planning for litigation, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Justice Department is moving toward bringing a case as soon as this summer, some of the people said. At least some state attorneys general led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican are likely to file a case, probably in the fall, people familiar with the matter said.
Much of the states' investigation has focused on Google's online advertising business. The company owns the dominant tool at every link in the complex chain between online publishers and advertisers. The Justice Department likewise is making Google's ad technology one of its points of emphasis. But it is also focusing more broadly on concerns that Google uses its dominant search business to stifle competition, people familiar with the matter said.
Details about the Justice Department's legal theories for a case against Google couldn't be learned.
Though the coronavirus pandemic has complicated work for the Justice Department, Attorney General William Barr has devoted considerable resources to the Google probe and continues to treat it as a top priority. Mr. Barr told The Wall Street Journal in March that he wanted the Justice Department to make a final call this summer. "I'm hoping that we bring it to fruition early summer," Mr. Barr said at the time. "And by fruition I mean, decision time."
Mr. Paxton of Texas said the pandemic was not slowing the states' efforts. "We've issued [civil subpoenas] to Google and impacted third parties. We hope to have the investigation wrapped up by fall," Mr. Paxton said in a statement. "If we determine that filing is merited we will go to court soon after that."
"We continue to engage with the ongoing investigations led by the Department of Justice and Attorney General Paxton, and we don't have any updates or comments on speculation. Our focus is firmly on providing services that help consumers, support thousands of businesses and enable increased choice and competition," a Google spokeswoman said.
The department continues to gather information in its probe and all signs point toward it bringing a case, the people said, but both the federal and state investigations are ongoing and no final decisions have been made. Investigations at times can be settled without litigation, though it's unclear whether an agreement could be reached in the Google probes.
One unanswered question is whether the states will file their own complaint, or simply join in the federal case when it is filed. It's even possible different groups of states will file separate complaints. Texas has been focused closely on ad tech issues, while some other states have been more interested in Google's search function, for example, according to people familiar with the matter.
State officials generally recognize the benefits of cooperating with the Justice Department, which has relatively strong resources, some of the people said.
Wall Street Journal publisher News Corp is a longtime Google critic and is among a group of the publishers that have been contacted by antitrust investigators.
The lawsuits if they are filed could pose a direct threat to Google's businesses and rank among the most significant antitrust cases in U.S. history, alongside the government's antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. in the late 1990s. The search giant's critics have called for a range of sanctions against Google, from changes to its business practices to a breakup of the company.
As Google has grown into a powerful tech giant, it has long been on the federal government's radar, though it has largely avoided enforcement actions. The Federal Trade Commission, which shares antitrust authority with the Justice Department, previously conducted a broad investigation of Google but closed it in 2013, announcing that the evidence, on balance, didn't warrant it. The company made some voluntary changes to certain business practices.
The FTC's then-chairman, Jon Leibowitz, said that while some evidence suggested Google was unfairly biasing its search results to harm competition, the company's primary motivations were to highlight its products and improve the online experience for users.
https://www.morningstar.com/news/dow-jones/2020051512073/justice-department-state-attorneys-general-likely-to-bring-antitrust-lawsuits-against-googleupdate
#9189868 at 2020-05-15 20:45:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11762: Let Freedom Ring Edition
MICHAEL FLYNN'S LEGAL SAGA ISN'T OVER YET-HERE'S
WHAT COMES NEXT AS FEDERAL JUDGE DELAYS CASE,
EXAMINES ADDITIONAL CHARGES
BY ALEXANDRA HUTZLER
5/15/20 AT 4:27 PM EDT
"Eighteen months after pleading guilty for lying about his communication with Russian officials, former national security adviser Michael Flynn is back in the spotlight following bombshell developments in his legal battle.
Last week, the Justice Department abruptly moved to drop the charges against Flynn based on a review of the case tasked by Attorney General William Barr. The internal review found that Flynn's false statements weren't "material" to the Russia probe and therefore weren't a crime.
The move immediately launched a contentious debate in the intelligence community. Former federal prosecutors slammed the decision, arguing it was inappropriate for Barr to step into the case. President Donald Trump and his allies, however, saw it as a fix to an improper prosecution of the former national security adviser.
But the saga isn't over just yet. The case is now in the hands of U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, who signaled that he won't be letting the issue go so quickly.
"This hearing that Judge Sulivan will eventually hold is a very big deal," said former federal prosecutor Gene Rossi. "And I will predict this: The hearing will get very ugly."
Here's everything you need to know about what will happen next."
https://www.newsweek.com/michael-flynns-legal-saga-isnt-over-yetheres-what-comes-next-federal-judge-delays-case-1504455
#9189612 at 2020-05-15 20:26:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11761: Cures Already Exist Edition
'Wingman' Eric Holder orchestrated 'Obamagate,' says successor attorney general
Then-Attorney General Eric Holder acted as President Barack Obama's "wingman," creating a highly politicized Justice Department that would steer investigations away from Democratic allies, including Hillary Clinton, and onto GOP foes such as President Trump, according to a successor. Matthew Whitaker, a former U.S. attorney who served as a Trump's acting attorney general between Jeff Sessions and William Barr, claimed in a new book that Holder "created an above-the-law culture" in the department that led to the bumbled investigations that the president has dubbed "Obamagate."
In Above the Law, provided in advance of its release, Whitaker described a department that was more political under Obama than any department since President Richard Nixon's, one that sought to promote the efforts of partisans such as FBI chief James Comey, who has since been fired by Trump. "What Holder is advocating for," he wrote, "is a government full of Jim Comeys: government officials determining on their own what the Constitution demands, deciding which laws to prosecute and which to ignore, selectively releasing information to the media about Americans under investigation, and held accountable neither to the chief executive nor to voters." And as Obama's "wingman" at the department, added Whitaker, Holder built a team that would remain after he left and that would eventually shut down a probe into Hillary Clinton's email scandal at the State Department and eagerly build up an investigation into alleged Russian collusion with the Trump campaign in the 2016 election. "There's no doubt that Russia tried to influence the 2016 presidential election," he wrote in the book from Regnery Publishing. "But the political meddling within our own government, within the Justice Department, and within the intelligence community poses a far greater threat to Americans than any Russian internet troll farm. Without the rule of law, without respect for the Constitution, without honest administration in the Justice Department, we don't have a republic," he added.
The book is an indictment by a true insider of the "deep state" of liberal bureaucrats trying to protect their own and ignore Trump's election. It also highlighted the double standard of Obama-era officials, especially on recusals from cases they had an interest in. One that jumped out was of the case and conviction of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn. The book noted that the judge who accepted Flynn's guilty plea of lying to the FBI was a friend and neighbor of discredited FBI official Peter Strzok, who texted with his FBI lover about hoping Trump did not become president. Strzok did not recuse himself, and Judge Rudolph Contreras did only later. In several passages, Whitaker wrote about how Holder and his successors refused to investigate Obama-era scandals, such as the IRS's targeting of conservatives and a case against the New Black Panther Party, and he recalled how Holder successor Loretta Lynch met with former President Bill Clinton before ending the department's probe of the Hillary Clinton emails. "As longtime professional staff of the Justice Department privately acknowledged to me, the arrogance characteristic of the Obama administration, personified by his first attorney general, Eric Holder, created an above-the-law culture inside the Justice Department," wrote Whitaker.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/wingman-eric-holder-orchestrated-obamagate-says-successor-attorney-general
#9175324 at 2020-05-14 22:21:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11743: Impeach Judge Sullivan Edition
>>9175227
Method of Execution for Federal Treason is Injection of PENTOBARBITAL
July 25, 2019
Federal Government To Resume Capital Punishment after Nearly 2 Decade Lapse
The Federal Execution Protocol Addendum, which closely mirrors protocols utilized by several states, including currently Georgia, Missouri, and Texas, replaces the three-drug procedure previously used in Federal executions with a single drug-Pentobarbital.
Since 2010, 14 states have used Pentobarbital in over 200 executions, and Federal courts, including the Supreme Court, have repeatedly upheld the use of Pentobarbital in executions as consistent with the Eighth Amendment.Upon Attorney General Barr's direction, Acting Director Hurwitz adopted the Addendum to the Federal Execution Protocol and, in accordance with 28 C.F.R. Part 26.
Sauce: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-government-resume-capital-punishment-after-nearly-two-decade-lapsePENTOBARBITAL:Pentobarbital, also known as pentobarbitone, is a short-acting barbiturate. In high doses, pentobarbital causes death by respiratory arrest. In the United States, the drug has been used for executions of convicted criminals.
On July 25, 2019, US Attorney General William Barr directed the Federal government to resume capital punishment after 16 years.
Pentobarbitol's old name was Nembutal, known on the streets as "Yellow Jackets" due to yellow capsule.
Sauce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentobarbital#Execution
#9170336 at 2020-05-14 16:25:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11737: #HillaryKnew #ObamaGate Edition
Rep. Nadler: We expect to see Barr testify on June 9th
UPDATED 7:32 AM PT - Thursday, May 14, 2020
House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler has demanded that Attorney General William Barr testify before Congress as soon as Washington reopens next month.
In an interview Wednesday, Nadler said he's prepared to do whatever it takes to get Barr on the stand. He noted that he will consider issuing a subpoena.
"Now that the District of Columbia has expanded the stay-at-home order until June 8, we expect to see Barr in front of our committee on June 9th - the very next day," stated the New York representative.
@HouseJudiciary Democrats Call for IG Investigation into AG Barr's Politicization of DOJ pic.twitter.com/CziN8djUbG
- (((Rep. Nadler))) (@RepJerryNadler) May 9, 2020
https://www.oann.com/rep-nadler-we-expect-to-see-Barr-testify-on-june-9th/
#9168798 at 2020-05-14 14:43:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11735: Suicide Weekend Approaches Edition
From the New York Post:
William Barr may be subpoenaed to testify on handling of Flynn case
https://nypost.com/2020/05/14/ag-Barr-may-be-subpoenaed-to-testify-on-handling-of-flynn-case/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=mail_app
#9167654 at 2020-05-14 12:30:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11734: I Love The Smell Of PANIC In The Morn'n Edition
Once uncontroversial, Bill Barr is the Trump aide liberals love
to hate
by W. James Antle III
May 14, 2020 07:00 AM
"Attorney General William Barr has emerged as a top liberal boogeyman in the Trump administration, owing in part to his efforts to flip the script on the investigations that have plagued the White House since 2017 by turning inquiries once thought likely to bring down the president into serious scrutiny of the investigators themselves.
Rep. Adam Schiff, the California Democrat at the center of this year's impeachment inquiry, accused Barr of "the worst politicization of the Justice Department in its history." Former President Barack Obama said of recent Barr decisions that, "[Y]ou begin to get worried that basic, not just institutional norms, but our basic understanding of rule of law is at risk." House Judiciary Committee Democrats, led by New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, alleged "corruption and unacceptable political influence."
Politico described Barr as "working to dismantle and discredit special counsel Robert Mueller's probe, injecting Trump-friendly political considerations into criminal case decisions along the way." Brookings Institute senior fellow and former intelligence community lawyer Susan Hennessey protested on Twitter: "This moment represents the full collapse of an apolitical Justice Department. An astonishing assault on the rule of law and in a functional DOJ it would prompt mass resignation."
When President Trump tapped him to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Barr had already been attorney general under President George H.W. Bush at just 41 years of age. Barr was staunchly conservative but also seen as solid and uncontroversial - he was confirmed by a Senate voice vote in 1991, receiving the unanimous support of a majority-Democratic Judiciary Committee then chaired by Joe Biden - while Sessions had been a lightning rod proponent of the president's populist and nationalist policies. But Sessions recused himself from the Trump-Russia investigation, paving the way for Mueller's appointment and rupturing his relationship with Trump, while Barr has zealously defended the president's prerogatives.
Barr has appointed U.S. Attorney John Durham to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, which found no criminal conspiracy between Moscow and the Trump campaign. Instead, a subsequent review concluded questionable FISA applications were used to surveil at least one Trump aide. Under Barr's leadership, the Justice Department has also dropped federal charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn."
moar:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/once-uncontroversial-bill-Barr-is-the-trump-aide-liberals-love-to-hate
#9164886 at 2020-05-14 03:55:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11730: No One Is Above The Law - A Good Day Edition
Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns state's stay-at-home order
May 13 (UPI) – The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the state's stay-at-home order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The high court issued a 4-3 decision, ruling that Wisconsin's Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm exceeded her powers by issuing the order and threatening imprisonment for noncompliance. "In issuing her order, she arrogated unto herself the power to make the law and the power to execute it, excluding the people from the lawmaking process altogether," the judges ruled.
Republicans in the state legislature brought the case against the order last month, arguing that the measure would hurt businesses and cost residents their jobs. They requested that the court stay the order for a week to allow them to work out a deal with Gov. Tony Evers to manage the pandemic, but the court ultimately declined to do so. The ruling immediately lifts all restrictions on businesses and gatherings imposed by the order but keeps in place Evers' order closing schools until the fall. Evers, who directed Palm and the Health Department to issue the order and to later extend it through May 26, had already begun to lift some restrictions as cases in the state declined.
"Republican legislators convinced four members of the Supreme Court to throw the state into chaos," Evers said Wednesday. "Republicans control that chaos." Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, who brought the suit challenging the order, said it was instead Evers who "set the table for chaos" by straying from his plan's requirements for certain benchmarks when he chose to lift restrictions on retail businesses this week. "The public started to become skeptical," he said.
The decision comes amid protests and anger in some states against stay-at-home orders put in place to curb COVID-19 infections that have grown to nearly 1.4 million in the country since its first case was recorded mid-January. On Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent letters to local governments warning emergency measures, such as face-covering mandates, were unlawful and to rectify the situation. Last month, Attorney General William Barr ordered state prosecutors to be on the watch for local coronavirus directives that violate the Constitution and the rights of citizens.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/05/13/Wisconsin-Supreme-Court-overturns-states-stay-at-home-order/9201589418197/?ts_=6
#9162394 at 2020-05-14 00:59:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11727: Dedicated to Dr Judy Mikovits Edition
'This system stinks': Schiff accuses Barr of politicizing DOJ on behalf of Trump after Manafort release
Rep. Adam Schiff blasted Attorney General William Barr, accusing him of politicizing the Justice Department for President Donald Trump's benefit following Paul Manafort's release from prison. "This system stinks," Schiff said Wednesday on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports. "People have lost confidence in [the Justice Department's] neutrality that justice is blind. Instead, they think justice bends to Donald Trump's will. And that's just a tremendous disservice and risk to the rule of law." Hours earlier, Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was released from the FCI Loretto prison, where there have been no reported COVID-19 cases, to home confinement over fears of contracting the coronavirus.
Manafort had been imprisoned since 2018 when he was accused of witness tampering while on bail awaiting trial on bank and tax fraud charges. He later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruct justice related to his foreign lobbying work associated with Russian-linked clients in Ukraine. He retroactively registered himself under the Foreign Agents Registration Act in 2017. The 71-year-old will now serve the rest of his nearly seven-year sentence at his home in Alexandria, Virginia.
Manafort's lawyers argued their client's age and preexisting health conditions put him at a heightened risk for the coronavirus. But Schiff, who heads the House Intelligence Committee, wasn't buying that argument and said he believes Manafort's ties to Trump played a role in his release, citing two prisons in his Southern California district where several inmates have contracted the coronavirus. "I can bet you the families of those incarcerated in those two institutions are looking at the release of Paul Manafort today and saying, 'How come my family member is not being released to home custody?'," he said. "It must be because their names are not Paul Manafort, they're not a friend of Donald Trump." Schiff blamed Barr's overseeing of the Justice Department, accusing him of being a friend to Trump's allies - especially after the department's recent motion to dismiss the case of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to federal law enforcement about conversations he had with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
The California Democrat discredited Barr over a series of other decisions, including having the department step in to reduce the sentencing recommendation of GOP operative and Trump ally Roger Stone, who was found guilty of witness tampering and lying to members of Congress. "We can't have confidence in this system when there are such naked acts of politicization, like Bill Barr intervening to dismiss the Flynn case, like Bill Barr intervening to reduce the sentence for Roger Stone, like Bill Barr intervening to mislead the country about the contents of the Mueller report before it came out and withholding that report for weeks so that he could create a false narrative," Schiff said. "The whole counter investigation Bill Barr is trying to lead; it just breeds disrespect for the Justice Department and questions about its neutrality."
Additionally, Schiff questioned why Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, who was set to be released to house arrest over coronavirus fears, faced an unexplained delay in his release. Cohen is serving a three-year sentence on several charges, including campaign finance violations related to Trump's 2016 campaign. He remains on poor terms with Trump and is writing a tell-all book about their time together. "[Cohen's lawyer] also made a request to be released from custody," Schiff said. "He has not been released. And of course, that breeds just further skepticism. Why is Manafort, someone the president has praised, getting released when he had a far longer sentence to serve and Michael Cohen not being released when the president calls him a rat? Now, there could be legitimate reasons for this. Maybe there's legitimate concern about Paul Manafort's health. I really don't know. Inmates tend to lie about their health all the time."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/this-system-stinks-schiff-accuses-Barr-of-politicizing-doj-on-behalf-of-trump-after-manafort-release
#9162314 at 2020-05-14 00:56:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11727: Dedicated to Dr Judy Mikovits Edition
"It Is Absolutely Foreign for any Judge to Consider Bringing in another Judge to Co-Pilot a Case!" - Judge Jeanine GOES OFF after Judge Sullivan Goes Rogue with US Law
The William Barr Justice Department dropped its case against General Mike Flynn last Thursday after bombshell documents were released that proved he was framed by Comey's FBI.
This was a major win for justice after General Flynn was targeted and destroyed by the Obama deep state for years for daring to speak out against the failed president.
But on Tuesday the Clinton-appointed Judge Emmet Sullivan made a dirty, political move to delay justice for General Mike Flynn.
Judge Sullivan extended the case by soliciting amicus briefs to allow for public comment on Flynn's criminal case.
Judge Sullivan today appointed retired Clinton appointee judge John Gleeson to argue against the government's motion to dismiss the charge against Flynn!
This is unheard of!
First the attorneys for the Mueller team withheld Brady evidence from General Flynn for over a year and now this crooked judge won't acquit!
Judge Jeanine: Tucker from the time I was sitting on a bench, and it was not a federal bench but it was a trial bench as this one is. It is absolutely foreign to any judge to even consider bringing in another judge to co-pilot a case.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/absolutely-foreign-judge-consider-bringing-another-judge-co-pilot-case-judge-jeanine-goes-off-judge-sullivan-goes-rogue-us-law-video/
#9162040 at 2020-05-14 00:37:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11727: Dedicated to Dr Judy Mikovits Edition
Criminal Referrals from Congress that have (seemingly) gone no where:
July 12, 2016
>Rare move by Congress could start another Clinton investigation
>Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., the House Judiciary Committee chairman, sent a rare criminal referral Monday to the Justice Department asking investigators to review Clinton's sworn testimony that she didn't jeopardize government secrets by setting up her own personal server while she was secretary of state.
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article88965897.html
August 4, 2017
>Attorney general says Justice Dept. has tripled the number of leak probes
>Sessions said that in the first six months of this year, the Justice Department received nearly as many criminal referrals involving unauthorized disclosures of classified information as it had received in the past three years combined.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/attorney-general-says-justice-dept-has-tripled-the-number-of-leak-probes/2017/08/04/1a395064-791d-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html
January 11, 2018
>Criminal referrals by members of Congress raise procedural questions
>It is curious there has been no discussion of the procedural anomalies of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) making a criminal referral of "Trump dossier" author Christopher Steele to the Department of Justice and FBI.
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/368515-criminal-referrals-by-members-of-congress-raise-procedural
April 18, 2018
>GOP reps refer Comey, Clinton, McCabe for criminal investigation
>Nearly a dozen Republican members of Congress on Wednesday sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department and FBI seeking an investigation of former bureau boss James Comey, his deputy Andrew McCabe, ex-Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Hillary Clinton in connection with 2016 campaign controversies.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-reps-refer-comey-clinton-mccabe-for-criminal-investigation
October 25, 2018
>Swetnick, Avenatti Referred for Criminal Investigation
>Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today referred Julie Swetnick and her attorney Michael Avenatti to the Justice Department for criminal investigation relating to a potential conspiracy to provide materially false statements to Congress and obstruct a congressional committee investigation, three separate crimes, in the course of considering Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States.
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/swetnick-avenatti-referred-for-criminal-investigation
April 11, 2019
>Devin Nunes sends Trump-Russia investigation criminal referral notification to DOJ
>In a brief letter, Nunes informs Attorney General William Barr he and Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, want to meet to discuss eight criminal referrals, which are ready for consideration, as part of the House Intelligence Committee's years-long examination of alleged misconduct during the Russia probe.
>The first, which Nunes described as "straight-up referrals," covered five individuals whose "crimes are lying to Congress, misleading Congress, leaking classified information." Two others related to "charges of conspiracy to lie to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court" and the last to a "global leak referral."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/devin-nunes-sends-trump-russia-investigation-criminal-referral-notification-to-doj
Today
>Devin Nunes: Criminal referrals coming for Mueller team
>The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee said criminal referrals are coming for members of former special counsel Robert Mueller's team who investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/devin-nunes-criminal-referrals-coming-for-mueller-team
I am probably missing some, but you get the point.
I truly hope the DOJ, Huber, Durham, and/or another US Attorney are doing something about these, we know some are being addressed though.
#9161361 at 2020-05-13 23:58:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11725: The US court system is also on fire Edition
Criminal Referrals from Congress that have (seemingly) gone no where:
July 12, 2016
>Rare move by Congress could start another Clinton investigation
>Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., the House Judiciary Committee chairman, sent a rare criminal referral Monday to the Justice Department asking investigators to review Clinton's sworn testimony that she didn't jeopardize government secrets by setting up her own personal server while she was secretary of state.
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article88965897.html
August 4, 2017
>Attorney general says Justice Dept. has tripled the number of leak probes
>Sessions said that in the first six months of this year, the Justice Department received nearly as many criminal referrals involving unauthorized disclosures of classified information as it had received in the past three years combined.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/attorney-general-says-justice-dept-has-tripled-the-number-of-leak-probes/2017/08/04/1a395064-791d-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html
January 11, 2018
>Criminal referrals by members of Congress raise procedural questions
>It is curious there has been no discussion of the procedural anomalies of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) making a criminal referral of "Trump dossier" author Christopher Steele to the Department of Justice and FBI.
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/368515-criminal-referrals-by-members-of-congress-raise-procedural
April 18, 2018
>GOP reps refer Comey, Clinton, McCabe for criminal investigation
>Nearly a dozen Republican members of Congress on Wednesday sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department and FBI seeking an investigation of former bureau boss James Comey, his deputy Andrew McCabe, ex-Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Hillary Clinton in connection with 2016 campaign controversies.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-reps-refer-comey-clinton-mccabe-for-criminal-investigation
October 25, 2018
>Swetnick, Avenatti Referred for Criminal Investigation
>Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today referred Julie Swetnick and her attorney Michael Avenatti to the Justice Department for criminal investigation relating to a potential conspiracy to provide materially false statements to Congress and obstruct a congressional committee investigation, three separate crimes, in the course of considering Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States.
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/swetnick-avenatti-referred-for-criminal-investigation
>Devin Nunes sends Trump-Russia investigation criminal referral notification to DOJ
>In a brief letter, Nunes informs Attorney General William Barr he and Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, want to meet to discuss eight criminal referrals, which are ready for consideration, as part of the House Intelligence Committee's years-long examination of alleged misconduct during the Russia probe.
>The first, which Nunes described as "straight-up referrals," covered five individuals whose "crimes are lying to Congress, misleading Congress, leaking classified information." Two others related to "charges of conspiracy to lie to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court" and the last to a "global leak referral."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/devin-nunes-sends-trump-russia-investigation-criminal-referral-notification-to-doj
>Devin Nunes: Criminal referrals coming for Mueller team
>The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee said criminal referrals are coming for members of former special counsel Robert Mueller's team who investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/devin-nunes-criminal-referrals-coming-for-mueller-team
I am probably missing some, but you get the point.
I truly hope the DOJ, Huber, Durham, and/or another US Attorney are doing something about these, we know some are being addressed though.
#9161330 at 2020-05-13 23:56:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11725: The US court system is also on fire Edition
DEEP STATE FIGHTS BACK! Judge Sullivan Appoints Retired Judge to Argue Against Government's Motion to Dismiss Case Against Flynn - Wants to Hold Flynn in Contempt!
DEEP STATE ERUPTS!
Judge Sullivan appoints Retired Judge to Fight Back Against Trump DOJ and Attorney General William Barr!
As we reported last night-
There are rumblings that former members of his FBI (e.g. FBI General Counsel James Baker) have flipped and are working with Durham.
Obama's Deep State henchmen who set up General Flynn and the crooked politicians and media hacks who supported them are terrified.
More information on Obamagate is expected to drop in the coming days.
An audio of former President Barack Obama, whose Administration spied on the Trump team and Administration, was released by deep state reporter Michael Isikoff at Yahoo News on Friday night.
In the "call" which appears totally set up, Obama says he is concerned about "the rule of law."
Obama also accused Flynn of committing "perjury"!
Apparently, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan took this call to heart.
On Tuesday the Clinton-appointed judge made a dirty, political move to delay justice for General Mike Flynn.
The Justice Department dropped its case against General Mike Flynn last Thursday after bombshell documents released proved he was framed by Comey's FBI.
But Judge Sullivan extended the case by soliciting amicus briefs to allow for public comment on Flynn's criminal case.
And now this...
Judge Sullivan today appointed retired judge John Gleeson to argue against the government's motion to dismiss the charge against Flynn!
This is unheard of!
First the attorneys for the Mueller team withheld Brady evidence from General Flynn for over a year and now this crooked judge won't acquit!
Also Sullivan asked the retired judge to look at whether Flynn could be held in criminal contempt for perjury.
**** This is exactly what Obama said - even though Flynn DID NOT commit perjury!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/breaking-deep-state-erupts-judge-sullivan-appoints-retired-judge-argue-governments-motion-dismiss-case-flynn-wants-hold-flynn-contempt/
#9159010 at 2020-05-13 21:33:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11723: Dates Are Important~Q Edition
>>9158932
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/05/house-democrats-could-arrest-William-Barr-contempt/588976/
Raskin: Well, let's broaden the question. The president essentially is trying to pull a curtain over the executive branch of government, and to systematically thwart and defy the will of Congress. The word on the street is that they are begging for an impeachment, and they think this is the proper way to get it. And I just want to say about that: If we are going to impeach the president, we are going to do it on our own schedule and at our own pace. We are not going to be pulled into it just by a series of provocations from the president.
#9158932 at 2020-05-13 21:30:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11723: Dates Are Important~Q Edition
>>9158835
Raskin →Dhimwit
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/05/house-democrats-could-arrest-William-Barr-contempt/588976/
#9157328 at 2020-05-13 20:06:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11721: [They] Can Knock Us Down, But Not Out! Edition
>>9157227 (pb)
probably links to Michael Gaeta's shenanigans at the U.S. Embassy in Rome around that time
an article in Italian language appeared on this today:
https://it.insideover.com/politica/obamagate-quei-tweet-di-trump-che-possono-coinvolgere-roma.html
rough goog translation:
"The roads of the American counter-investigation into the origins of Russiagate - from Donald Trump renamed Obamagate - could involve Rome. How? Yesterday, in the Barrage of tweets by the US President against his predecessor, accused by the current tenant of the White House of attempting to "sabotage" his presidency by making false accusations of collusion with the Kremlin, the expert retweeted of the Hoover Institution Paul Sperry, who mentions a particular name: FBI agent Michael Gaeta, legal assistant at the United States Embassy in Rome. Sperry writes: "Gaeta, the contact of Christopher Steele's FBI", author of the false dossier on Russiagate and former British spy, "testified that he met" the latter on July 5, 2016 and ended his relationship with Steele in November 2016 in the Fd-1023 reports but Ig Horowitz does not mention these reports ".
Those meetings in Rome between the FBI and the former British spy
As La Stampa recalled last February, in Rome, on 3 October 2016, a secret and crucial meeting took place between the FBI investigators and their British informant Christopher Steele, author of the famous report on the alleged dangerous relations between Trump and the Kremlin. A dossier that later turned out to be largely unfounded and false, as the same former member of the British spying agency for foreign affairs later admitted, financed by Fusion Gps, the Democratic National Committee, the Campaign by Hillary Clinton and the Washington Free Beacon. In essence, from Trump's enemies. The FBI investigation into the connections between Trump's campaign and Russia led to the appointment of Special Adviser Robert Mueller, who produced the final dossier on the investigation which establishes that there is no collusion between Donald Trump and Russia , as also stated by Attorney General William Barr.
Steele, La Stampa recalls, after his career in intelligence, had subsequently founded his own investigative agency, Orbis, and in this capacity he had met Michael Gaeta, legal assistant at the United States Embassy in Rome." (snip)
#9157305 at 2020-05-13 20:05:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11721: [They] Can Knock Us Down, But Not Out! Edition
Rand Paul Announces He Will Invite Ric Grenell to Testify at Senate Hearing on Flynn Unmasking Next Week
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) announced Wednesday he will invite acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell to testify before a Senate hearing next week on the newly declassified list of Obama officials who requested the unmasking of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn (U.S. Army ret.) in late 2016 and early 2017 when Flynn as acting as President-Elect Donald Trump's national security advisor. The list includes the highest levels of the administration including Obama Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and Vice President Joe Biden.
"Yesterday I wrote to DNI @RichardGrenell requesting the names of those who were involved in Gen Flynn's unmasking. Today I received the shocking reply that @JoeBiden and many others knew! What did President Obama know? I am inviting DNI Grenell to testify next week in the Senate"
"The Senate must immediately hold hearings on this! Clapper, Comey, Brennan and even Biden owe it to the American people. They should testify under oath. What did the former president know?"
Paul is chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management.
Copy of the letter Paul sent to Grenell and Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday requesting newly the unclassified documents related to the Flynn unmasking.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/rand-paul-announces-will-invite-ric-grenell-testify-senate-hearing-flynn-unmasking-next-week/
#9153429 at 2020-05-13 13:32:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11716: Wednesday Morning Melania Edition
Watergate prosecutors call for judge to ignore DOJ
recommendation to drop Flynn case
BY J. EDWARD MORENO
05/13/20 08:51 AM EDT
"Sixteen former Watergate prosecutors have called on the federal judge who will determine whether to grant the request by the Department of Justice to drop charges against Michael Flynn to follow through with the sentencing of the former national security adviser to President Trump.
In a motion filed Monday and obtained by CNN, the 16 prosecutors compared the actions of Attorney General William Barr to Watergate, the criminal investigation that led to President Nixon's resignation.
Last week, Barr requested that the Justice Department drop the charges against Flynn of lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia shortly before Trump took office.
"The parallels and the contrasts between the Watergate affair and the present situation now before this Court make manifest that Amici have a direct and substantial interest in the proper disposition of the pending Motion directed by the incumbent Attorney General to protect a close ally of the President," the prosecutors wrote."
more at link:
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/497496-watergate-prosecutors-call-on-judge-to-ignore-doj-recommendation-to
#9152895 at 2020-05-13 11:58:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11715: The 'Stand And Deliver!' Edition
Trump spy chief declassifying documents showing ex-CIA Director John Brennan 'suppressed' Russia intelligence: Report
by Daniel Chaitin
| May 12, 2020 09:24 PM
| Updated May 12, 2020, 11:13 PM
President Trump's spy chief is reportedly declassifying information that shows former CIA Director John Brennan "suppressed" intelligence on Russia wanting Hillary Clinton to win the 2016 election.
Fox News chief White House correspondent Ed Henry said Tuesday evening that "it could get sticky" for Brennan, who served as CIA director under former President Barack Obama, due to his role in developing the 2017 intelligence community assessment on Russian election interference that determined with "moderate" to "high" confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin sought to boost Trump's 2016 election chances.
"There's other intel that may have been more serious suggesting that Russia wanted Hillary Clinton to win, rather than balancing that out in the assessment they put out there in that assessment, and set the narrative that Russia wanted Trump to win," Henry reported on Tucker Carlson Tonight.
Noting that Fred Fleitz, a former CIA officer and National Security Council chief of staff, first blew the whistle on Brennan's alleged efforts to hide this information, Henry said he has a separate intelligence source who confirmed this intelligence is among the four or five batches of documents that Richard Grenell, the acting director of national intelligence, is working to declassify.
This follows Grenell declassifying a list of Obama administration officials involved in the "unmasking" of retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn in intelligence community intercepts of conversations the incoming Trump national security adviser had with a Russian envoy during the presidential transition period.
Flynn pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI about his conversations with Russia's then-ambassador to the United States, but he later declared his innocence and argued he was set up by the FBI.
The Justice Department filed to drop its criminal case against Flynn on Thursday, saying in a court filing that after reviewing newly disclosed materials, the agency agreed with Flynn's attorneys that his interview with the FBI that took place in late January 2017 should never have taken place because his conversations with the Russian diplomat were "entirely appropriate."
Instead of agreeing to dismiss the case immediately, the D.C. federal judge presiding over it, Emmet Sullivan, opened the matter to outside opinions on Tuesday, which earned a stern rebuke from Sidney Powell, a former federal prosecutor who took over representation for Flynn last summer.
Last week, in a private conversation with former administration officials that was leaked to Yahoo News, Obama said the Justice Department's recent actions show the "rule of law is at risk." His criticism came after the release of documents, which have raised questions about the extent to which Obama and Joe Biden, his vice president and now presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, were privy to the actions taken by the FBI in the case against Flynn in the waning days of the previous administration.
Henry said a DOJ representative confirmed to him that U.S. Attorney John Durham is looking into the Flynn "unmasking" issue "among others." , Durham, the top federal prosecutor in Connecticut, is conducting a criminal investigation of the Russia inquiry, which ultimately did not establish any criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin
Grenell delivered his unmasking list to the Justice Department last week.
The Washington Examiner reported on Monday that making the information public will be up to Attorney General William Barr and that the declassified list also likely includes the names of officials involved in other unmaskings near the end of Obama's second term.
Henry reported the Justice Department told him it is not going to release the information being declassified, instead waiting for Grenell to do it himself.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-spy-chief-declassifying-documents-showing-ex-cia-director-john-brennan-suppressed-russia-intelligence-report
Great video at link for educating normies.
#9152292 at 2020-05-13 08:36:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11714: The Unmasking Begins Edition
>>9152162
Michael Isikoff,Yahoo News
(anon editing)
The FBI inadvertently revealed one of the U.S. government's most sensitive secrets about the Sept. 11 terror attacks: the identity of a mysterious Saudi Embassy official in Washington who agents suspected had directed crucial support to two of the al-Qaida hijackers.
The disclosure came in a new declaration filed in federal court by a senior FBI official in response to a lawsuit brought by families of 9/11 victims that accuses the Saudi government of complicity in the terrorist attacks.
The declaration was filed last month but unsealed late last week.
The disclosure, which a senior U.S. government official confirmed was made in error, seems likely to revive questions about potential Saudi links to the 9/11 plot.
"This shows there is a complete government cover-up of the Saudi involvement," said Brett Eagleson, a spokesman for the 9/11 families whose father was killed in the attacks. "It demonstrates there was a hierarchy of command that's coming from the Saudi Embassy to the Ministry of Islamic Affairs [in Los Angeles] to the hijackers."
Ironically, the declaration identifying the Saudi official in question was intended to support recent filings by Attorney General William Barr and acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell Barring the public release of the Saudi official's name and all related documents, concluding they are "state secrets" that, if disclosed, could cause "significant harm to the national security."
Sanborn's 40-page declaration blacks out the Saudi official's name in most instances, in one it failed to do so - a discrepancy first noted this week by a Yahoo News reporter.
In a portion describing the material sought by lawyers for the 9/11 families, Sanborn refers to a partially declassified 2012 FBI report about an investigation into possible links between the al-Qaida terrorists and Saudi government officials. That probe, the existence of which has only become public in the past few years, initially focused on two individuals: Fahad al-Thumairy, a Saudi Islamic Affairs official and radical cleric who served as the imam of the King Fahd Mosque in Los Angeles and Omar al-Bayoumi, a suspected Saudi government agent who assisted two terrorists, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, who participated in the hijacking of the American Airlines plane that flew into the Pentagon, killing 125.
After the two hijackers flew to Los Angeles on Jan. 15, 2000, al-Bayoumi found them an apartment, lent them money and set them up with bank accounts.
( we need to throw out every muslim from theUSA, I know Q says unity, but some things cannot be forgiven or accepted)
The reference is to Mussaed Ahmed al-Jarrah, a mid-level Saudi Foreign Ministry official who was assigned to the Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C., in 1999 and 2000. His duties apparently included overseeing the activities of Ministry of Islamic Affairs employees at Saudi-funded mosques and Islamic centers within the United States. According to former embassy employees, he reported to the Saudi ambassador in the United States (at the time Prince Bandar), and that he was later reassigned to the Saudi missions in Malaysia and Morocco, where he is believed to have served as recently as last year.
Hunt conducted her own investigation into the support provided to the hijackers in Southern California. "The FBI believed that al-Jarrah was 'supporting' and 'maintaining' al-Thumairy during the 9/11 investigation," she said in her declaration.
(JUST TELLTHE FAMILIES THE TRUTH FOR FUCKS SAKE)
"We just didn't have enough evidence" to move the case forward, said the former official. (NOW THIS IS JUST BULLSHIT THEY WERE MONITORED)
Moore's conclusion: "Based on evidence we gathered during the course of our investigation, I concluded that diplomatic and intelligence personnel of the Kingdom of the Saudi Arabia knowingly provided material support to the two 9/11 hijackers and facilitated the 9/11 plot. My colleagues in our investigation shared that conclusion." (KNOWINGLY)
But even while the agents hit a roadblock when they were unable to persuade FBI headquarters about the strength of their evidence, (WELL ISNT THAT CONVIENIENT)
"We told him, 'Please, Mr. President, help us, please declassify the documents. Our government has been covering up the Saudi role," said Eagleson.
The very next day, on Sept. 12, Justice Department lawyers gave the families the identity of the third man - but under the condition that they couldn't publicly disclose it. That same day, Barr filed his first motion with the court declaring all the material being sought by the families as "state secrets" that could not be shared.
"We felt we had been stabbed in the back," said Eagleson.
#9152116 at 2020-05-13 07:53:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11714: The Unmasking Begins Edition
>>9151857
What the President's enemies have now realized is that he has trapped them inside of their own construct and closed all of the exit-points. The only way out for these criminals is forward and at the end of that route, the gallows await.
To make our case for treason and other applicable crimes, we must define them loosely. Our purpose is to make the case for treason, not try it. Those two things are completely different endeavors; leaving the latter to AG William Barr and the DOJ. Here, we will demonstrate why a legal remedy is both appropriate and necessary.
This is gonna be guud
https://politicalmoonshine.com/2020/05/06/making-the-case-for-treason/
#9149290 at 2020-05-13 02:14:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11710: Sydney Powell's Open Letter Edition
'Full throttle': John Durham's Russia team is stacked with veteran investigators
U.S. Attorney John Durham's team of investigators is stacked with veteran prosecutors and former FBI agents carrying out their mission "full throttle" as anticipation builds following recent revelations about Crossfire Hurricane. Durham, selected by Attorney General William Barr last year to carry out an inquiry into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation and conduct of U.S. law enforcement and spy agencies, has added additional members to his team, which is "going full throttle" and "looking at everything," according to sources cited by Fox News. One of the sources said the Justice Department added investigators and "farmed out" part of the investigation "because it is too much for Durham, and he didn't want to be distracted." Jeffrey Jensen, the U.S. attorney for Eastern Missouri selected by Barr in February to review the case against retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and whose efforts unearthed a trove of concealed documents, has reportedly been asked to continue helping with Durham's inquiry following the Justice Department's move last week to drop the criminal charges against the former Trump national security adviser. Jensen was an FBI special agent from 1989 to 1999 and, after that, became an assistant U.S. attorney for 10 years.
The federal prosecutor who filed the motion to drop the false statement charges against Flynn last week was Timothy Shea, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. Shea was tapped for the key prosecutorial role in the nation's capital earlier this year and is reportedly aiding Durham with elements of the so-called "investigation of the investigators." Shea took over as D.C.'s top prosecutor after serving as counsel to Barr. He also spent years as an assistant U.S. attorney in D.C. Barr was asked about the Durham inquiry by CBS News's Catherine Herridge last Thursday. "Well, as you know, I'm not gonna predict the outcome," Barr said. "But I said that we're certainly - there probably will be a report as a byproduct of his work. But we also are seeing if there are people who violated the law and should be brought to justice. And that's what we have our eye on."
Durham's team recently added the chief of the Violent Crimes and Narcotics Trafficking Section for the U.S. attorney's office in D.C., Anthony Scarpelli, according to sources cited by CNN in late April. Scarpelli has spent the last two years leading the office in charge of the fight against murder and the drug trade. Before that, he was the deputy chief of that office, according to his LinkedIn profile. Scarpelli also spent a year as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 14 years as an assistant U.S. attorney in D.C., and eight years as an assistant prosecutor for Middlesex County in New Jersey. The New York Times revealed more of Durham's deep roster in a report late last month. Nora Dannehy, a veteran prosecutor, was brought back to Durham's Connecticut office in March 2019 and has been helping with the Russia origins investigation. She has the distinction of being the first female U.S. attorney for Connecticut, holding the top spot from 2008 to 2010. During her time as a prosecutor in Connecticut, she helped send a state treasurer and a governor to prison for political corruption. And she has worked on sensitive investigations before, being tapped by then-Attorney General Michael Mukasey in 2006 to investigate whether there was improper political motivation behind the dismissal of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006.
Another longtime assistant U.S. attorney in Connecticut, Neeraj Patel, has also been tapped to assist Durham. Over the course of a decade in that role, Patel has helped put child pornographers, sexual predators, men who made bomb threats, and other violent criminals behind bars. Andrew DeFilippis, an assistant U.S. attorney in Manhattan, is another official roped into Durham's effort. The longtime prosecutor is known for his high-profile terrorism prosecutions, including securing the conviction of Ahmad Khan Rahimi, whose 2016 Chelsea neighborhood bombing injured 30 people, and going after Ahmed Mohammed El Gammal for recruiting a New York college student to travel to eventually die in Syria fighting for the Islamic State. Durham's investigative team also includes at least two FBI veterans.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/full-throttle-john-durhams-russia-team-is-stacked-with-veteran-investigators
#9148774 at 2020-05-13 01:41:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11710: Sydney Powell's Open Letter Edition
Nancy Pelosi Unveils $3 Trillion, 1,815-Page Leftist Coronavirus Bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) unveiled her $3 trillion phase four coronavirus bill on Tuesday that serves as a "policy wishlist" for Democrats and progressives.
Pelosi unveiled the Heroes Act, which is a 1,815-page bill that the House will likely vote on Tuesday.
The legislation was not negotiated with congressional Republicans or the Donald Trump administration, and even if it passes through the House, it will likely languish in the Senate.
Politico reported in May that the legislation serves as more of a wishlist for the House Democrat conference's most progressive lawmakers.
Politico wrote:
Privately, several House Democrats concede their latest bill feels like little more than an effort to appease the most liberal members of the caucus, many of whom were chafed that their most important priorities were minimized or ignored entirely in previous coronavirus negotiations.
The Heroes Act reportedly contains many leftist provisions in the bill, including:
$755 million for the government for Washington, DC. The bill would also allow the D.C. government to participate in the Federal Reserve's Municipal Liquidity (MLF) to support additional lending to the city.
$1 million for the National Science Foundation to study the spread of coronavirus-related "disinformation."
$10 million for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) as well as $10 million fo the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Eliminates limitations on the federal deduction for the state and local taxes (SALT). Republicans limited this deduction through the Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The SALT deduction primarily benefits wealthy, largely Democrat states.
Grants additional aid for State and local government bailouts. The bill contains $500 billion in funding for state government relief and $375 billion in aid to local governments. Senate Republicans such as Sens. Rick Scott (R-FL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) have contended this will particularly aid fiscally irresponsible blue states such as California, New York, and Illinois to the detriment of more fiscally responsible states such as Texas and Florida.
$25 million for migrant and seasonal farmworkers, including emergency support services through the Department of Labor.
$1.7 billion for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions, $20 million for Howard University, $11 million for Gallaudet University, $11 million for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
$15 million to maintain operations, rental assistance supportive services, and other actions to mitigate the impact on low-income people with HIV/AIDS through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Create a two month special enrollment period for Obamacare. The bill also extends full premium subsidies to allow workers to maintain their health insurance coverage through COBRA.
Allows Attorney General William Barr to make grants to states to create state-run hate crime reporting hotlines.
Relief for up to $10,000 of up-front debt relief for all Department of Education loan borrowers.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/12/nancy-pelosi-unveils-3-trillion-1815-page-leftist-coronavirus-bill/
#9148009 at 2020-05-13 00:47:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11709: The BE READY Edition
>>9147942
>Here comes the Flynn distraction
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>https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-fbi-accidentally-releases-name-of-saudi-official-suspected-of-directing-support-for-9-11-attack/
BREAKING NEW FLYNN DISTRACTION: FBI Accidentally Releases Name Of Saudi Official Suspected Of Directing Support For 9/11 Attack
The FBI accidentally revealed the identity of a Saudi government official who officials had suspected of helping direct support to two of the Al-Qaeda hijackers that carried out the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 Americans.
Yahoo News reported late on Tuesday that the revelation was contained in court documents filed late last week, which have since been withdrawn, in response to a lawsuit from families of the 9/11 victims against the Saudi government.
Buried more than 850 words in Yahoo News' article, reporter Michael Isikoff wrote:
[The filing from Jill Sanborn, the assistant director of the FBI's counterterrorism division] says in one instance that it involves "any and all records referring to or relating to Jarrah."
The reference is to Mussaed Ahmed al-Jarrah, a mid-level Saudi Foreign Ministry official who was assigned to the Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C., in 1999 and 2000. His duties apparently included overseeing the activities of Ministry of Islamic Affairs employees at Saudi-funded mosques and Islamic centers within the United States.
Relatively little is known about Jarrah, but according to former embassy employees, he reported to the Saudi ambassador in the United States (at the time Prince Bandar), and that he was later reassigned to the Saudi mission in Morocco. His current whereabouts are unknown but he is believed to be in Saudi Arabia.
Former President Barack Obama blocked a bill in 2016 that would have allowed the families of 9/11 victims to sue the Saudi government. Republican majorities in the House and Senate overrode Obama's veto with a 97-to-1 vote in the Senate and 348-to-77 vote in the House.
The Yahoo report tried to make it seem like Attorney General William Barr and Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell were involved in a cover up because they did not want the information being made public.
Grenell and Barr said that the disclosure could cause "significant harm to the national security" because publicly disclosing FBI internal documents would reveal sensitive intelligence sources and methods that the U.S. government uses to collect classified information and would damage cooperation from foreign government in future sensitive investigations because they would not want any of their internal documents revealed in public court.
Baker, Notable Seconded
#9146745 at 2020-05-12 23:28:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11707: Welcome Back General Flynn Edition
Order out of Trump's Chaos: Trump and Flynn (Who is Harper?)
Steven Harper: Everything the Trump campaign told you about the connections between Trump and Russia was a lie.
Steven Harper: Up to and including the firing of James Comey, Trump did everything he could to try to shut down, slow down or stop the investigation.
First, he tried to shut down the investigation of Mike Flynn. Then it turned out that Mike Flynn is probably just a piece of a much larger problem, which is Russia
https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/11/25/bill-moyers-steven-harper-the-trump-russia-story-is-coming-together-heres-how-to-make-sense-of-it/
"Flynn will likely provide evidence that incriminates others in Trump's orbit. Who are the targets? The list is long, but top candidates include Jared Kushner, Donald Trump Jr., Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump."
https://thelawyerbubble.com/2017/12/01/flynn-falls-even-bigger-timber-in-trouble/
ORDER out of CHAOS
The Belly of the Beast
Steven J. Harper, Esq.
Attempting to create order out of Trump's chaos, Steve, his daughter Emma Harper, and the producers at BillMoyers.com launched the Trump-Russia Timeline in February 2017
adjunct professor at Northwestern University Law School
https://thelawyerbubble.com/bio/
"The question in play is whether there is a line past which lawyering for Trump means joining a historic assault on the justice system itself.
Trump administration lawyers are at risk of neglecting a higher, sworn duty, said Steven J Harper, a professor and lawyer who has written on the topic for the American Bar Association.
"It goes beyond, I think, particular rules of professional responsibility," Harper said. "I think it goes to far more important things, like respect for the rule of law, respect for the constitution and the duty that all lawyers have to prevent a president from making the justice system a host species for his personal agenda."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/20/donald-trump-lawyers-William-Barr-justice
"The site News and Guts-an arm of journalist Dan Rather's production company-broke down legal expert Steven J. Harper's timeline of suspicious inaction by Trump in response to warnings of Russian aggression."
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/legal-expert-outlines-8-times-trump-warned-russia-failed-act/
Harper is not a big fish. But as he has put POTUS and Gen. Flynn in the spotlight, I thought Harper could use some LIGHT as well.
#9145246 at 2020-05-12 21:46:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11705: Cameras Off = Masks Off Edition
Republican House member proposes FISA repeal
The chairman of the House Freedom Caucus unveiled a bill Tuesday afternoon that would repeal the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The Fourth Amendment Restoration Act from Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs would dismantle the FISA court, where federal law enforcement officers go to obtain surveillance warrants for counterintelligence and counterterrorism investigations.
"Under the Obama administration, the FISA system was weaponized against a political opponent in a brazen attempt to undermine the will of the American people. But for President Trump's historic victory in 2016, these abuses, and all the corruption at the highest levels of our Justice and Intelligence agencies, might never have been uncovered. What happened to President Trump and members of his campaign team could happen to any American, regardless of their political persuasion," Biggs said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. "For this reason, I've introduced this legislation to fully repeal FISA, institute strict policies to protect Americans' Fourth Amendment rights, and punish government officials who stray from these constitutional safeguards. We cannot allow a rogue administration to repeat the gross constitutional violations of 2016. We need a new start and complete protections of the Fourth Amendment."
The legislation would also ban the use of any data collection without a warrant as evidence against U.S. citizens in any criminal, civil, or administration proceeding or investigation. Violations would result in criminal penalties including $10,000 or imprisonment for not less than five years, or both. Biggs introduced the bill in the wake of the Justice Department filing to dismiss its criminal case against retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn in light of newly disclosed evidence that his legal team argued supported its assertion that the FBI set up its client. Phone conversations between then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and of Flynn, Trump's former national security adviser, were surveilled by the FBI by obtaining FISA warrants during the Obama administration.
Flynn's name, however, was "unmasked" and leaked to the media, setting off a firestorm of accusations that Flynn lied to Vice President Mike Pence about the content of his discussions with Kislyak. Although the former national security adviser initially pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the FBI about his conversation with Kislyak, he later withdrew his plea after changing his team of attorneys.
Biggs's legislation has an uphill battle in the Democrat-controlled House that wants Attorney General William Barr investigated over the DOJ's withdrawal from the Flynn case but may rally the GOP base over the next few months during the election cycle. In March, the House passed bipartisan legislation that reauthorized FISA-related lone-wolf, roving wiretap, and business records powers and established several reforms that expired in mid-March. The Senate, meanwhile, greenlighted a 77-day stopgap FISA measure and pledged to take the House bill back up and consider amendments back in April, but that was not picked up by the House. The three FISA measures giving federal law enforcement the ability to collect and maintain data expired on March 15.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republican-house-member-proposes-fisa-repeal
#9144753 at 2020-05-12 21:17:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11704: CA Wants (YOUR) Money Edition
Republican House member proposes FISA repeal
The chairman of the House Freedom Caucus unveiled a bill Tuesday afternoon that would repeal the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The Fourth Amendment Restoration Act from Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs would dismantle the FISA court, where federal law enforcement officers go to obtain surveillance warrants for counterintelligence and counterterrorism investigations.
"Under the Obama administration, the FISA system was weaponized against a political opponent in a brazen attempt to undermine the will of the American people. But for President Trump's historic victory in 2016, these abuses, and all the corruption at the highest levels of our Justice and Intelligence agencies, might never have been uncovered. What happened to President Trump and members of his campaign team could happen to any American, regardless of their political persuasion," Biggs said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. "For this reason, I've introduced this legislation to fully repeal FISA, institute strict policies to protect Americans' Fourth Amendment rights, and punish government officials who stray from these constitutional safeguards. We cannot allow a rogue administration to repeat the gross constitutional violations of 2016. We need a new start and complete protections of the Fourth Amendment."
The legislation would also ban the use of any data collection without a warrant as evidence against U.S. citizens in any criminal, civil, or administration proceeding or investigation. Violations would result in criminal penalties including $10,000 or imprisonment for not less than five years, or both. Biggs introduced the bill in the wake of the Justice Department filing to dismiss its criminal case against retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn in light of newly disclosed evidence that his legal team argued supported its assertion that the FBI set up its client. Phone conversations between then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and of Flynn, Trump's former national security adviser, were surveilled by the FBI by obtaining FISA warrants during the Obama administration.
Flynn's name, however, was "unmasked" and leaked to the media, setting off a firestorm of accusations that Flynn lied to Vice President Mike Pence about the content of his discussions with Kislyak. Although the former national security adviser initially pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the FBI about his conversation with Kislyak, he later withdrew his plea after changing his team of attorneys.
Biggs's legislation has an uphill battle in the Democrat-controlled House that wants Attorney General William Barr investigated over the DOJ's withdrawal from the Flynn case but may rally the GOP base over the next few months during the election cycle. In March, the House passed bipartisan legislation that reauthorized FISA-related lone-wolf, roving wiretap, and business records powers and established several reforms that expired in mid-March. The Senate, meanwhile, greenlighted a 77-day stopgap FISA measure and pledged to take the House bill back up and consider amendments back in April, but that was not picked up by the House. The three FISA measures giving federal law enforcement the ability to collect and maintain data expired on March 15.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republican-house-member-proposes-fisa-repeal
#9144415 at 2020-05-12 20:58:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11704: CA Wants (YOUR) Money Edition
'Why was the president … in the know': Ken Starr calls investigation into Flynn 'illegitimate'
Legal expert Ken Starr called the FBI investigation into retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn "illegitimate." "We certainly do need to know why was the president, and now the vice president at the time, in the know about an investigation into Mike Flynn?" Starr said of former President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. "And I'm going to use a very harsh word, it was an illegitimate investigation." Starr continued: "In light of what the four months of investigation into Gen. Flynn … let's assume the earlier investigation, did he have contacts with the … Russian assets … let's just assume that was legitimate. But as of Jan. 4, almost two weeks before this meeting in which the vice president participated, the FBI at lower levels of the operating levels says, 'We don't have anything derogatory. … We don't need to continue this, let's close it. A closed memorandum.'"
Flynn was charged with and pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators about his contacts with the Russian government as part of the counterintelligence investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election. Newly released transcripts show top officials at the FBI pressed on with the investigation of Flynn, despite a lack of evidence he had committed a crime. "Now, why would the president of the United States and the vice president of the United States be getting this information about an investigation in their final days in office of Gen. Flynn, why?" Starr asked. "Sally Yates, the information we had was the acting attorney general in those waning days was absolutely blindsided once again by Jim Comey."
President Trump has cited the Department of Justice's decision to drop charges against Flynn and release of the transcripts related to the Russia probe as evidence of a conspiracy at the FBI to undermine him. Trump has dubbed the scandal "Obamagate." Attorney General William Barr has appointed a prosecutor to determine if any crimes were committed by top law enforcement officials during the Russia probe.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/why-was-the-president-in-the-know-ken-starr-calls-investigation-into-flynn-illegitimate
#9138292 at 2020-05-12 12:47:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11696 I Am A Real American Edition
Leaks are Real the News is Fake
Martha Raddatz source fed some Barium Meal
These people are stupid
BREAKING: U.S. Officials Have Declassified List Of Obama Officials Who Were Involved In 'Unmasking' General Flynn
By Ryan SaavedraDailyWire.com
Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell has declassified the list of former Obama administration officials who were allegedly involved in the "unmasking" of then-incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn.
ABC News first reported the news but initially said in the title that Grenell was in the process of trying to declassify the list of Obama officials.
A source with knowledge of the matter told The Daily Wire that the listhas already been declassified and now it's on Attorney General William Barr to release the list.
PB Q
>>9129285 rt >>9129266 --------- IDEN another leaker. These people are stupid.
#9134896 at 2020-05-12 04:15:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11692: We are ready and awaiting your go order sir o7 Edition
Trump spy chief declassifies list of Obama officials involved in Michael Flynn 'unmasking'
A senior intelligence official told the Washington Examiner that a list of Obama administration officials involved in the "unmasking" of retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn following his recorded conversations with a Russian envoy has been declassified by President Trump's spy chief. Richard Grenell, who took over as acting director of national intelligence in late February as he concurrently serves as the ambassador to Germany, has been working to declassify tranches of information connected to the government's Trump-Russia investigations. ABC News first reported on Monday that Grenell was seeking to have the Flynn documents declassified, but then updated their story to confirm that the records have been declassified already.
Grenell visited the Justice Department last week and brought the list along with him, and the Washington Examiner confirmed that making the information public will be up to Attorney General William Barr. Flynn's name was repeatedly leaked to multiple media outlets in 2017, along with classified details of government-monitored calls he had with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. U.S. Attorney for D.C. Timothy Shea moved to drop the false statement criminal charges against Flynn on Thursday. Concealed documents were dug up and released in recent weeks thanks to a review by U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Jensen, who was appointed to the task by Attorney General William Barr. The federal judge presiding over the case will now decide whether to dismiss it.
The FBI records touted by Flynn's lawyer, Sidney Powell, as exculpatory evidence heretofore concealed from the defense team suggest that former FBI agent Peter Strzok and the FBI's "7th Floor" leadership stopped the bureau from closing its investigation into Flynn in early January 2017, even though investigators had uncovered "no derogatory information," after the Flynn intercepts emerged. Emails from later that month show Strzok, along with then-FBI lawyer Lisa Page and several others, sought out ways to continue investigating Flynn, including considering using the Logan Act. Among the Flynn records unveiled to the public were handwritten notes from former FBI Assistant Director of the Counterintelligence Division Bill Priestap on the day the FBI interviewed Flynn. "I believe we should rethink this," Priestap wrote. "What is our goal? Truth/Admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired?"
Republicans have alleged since 2017 that Obama-era officials improperly unmasked associates of then-candidate Donald Trump's presidential campaign during the Russia investigation. Democrats have defended the intelligence-gathering process, arguing that the collection of identifying information is inevitable. Unmasking occurs when U.S. intelligence agencies eavesdropping on foreigners sweep up communications with U.S. citizens in what is known as incidental collection. When the intelligence reporting is shared across the government, names of U.S. citizens are typically concealed or masked to protect their identities, but the names can be unmasked if U.S. officials make the request.
Then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said in 2017 he found evidence "that current and former government officials had easy access to U.S. person information and that it is possible that they used this information to achieve partisan political purposes, including the selective, anonymous leaking of such information." The California Republican said, "The committee has learned that one official, whose position had no apparent intelligence-related function, made hundreds of unmasking requests during the final year of the Obama administration." "Obama-era officials sought the identities of Trump transition officials within intelligence reports," Nunes said. Rep. Adam Schiff, who has since become chairman of the intelligence panel, countered that "some incidental collection is unavoidable, and, as long as proper procedures are being followed, it is fully lawful" and that "it does not constitute either wiretapping or surveillance of Americans." The California Democrat added that "when it is necessary to unmask a name to understand the significance of the communication, there is a process for doing so, which is also lawful."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/list-of-obama-officials-involved-in-michael-flynn-unmasking-has-been-declassified
https://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=227
#9134761 at 2020-05-12 04:07:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11692: We are ready and awaiting your go order sir o7 Edition
Jesse Watters: #ObamaGate Was A 'Frame-Up' That May Go 'Straight To The Top'
On Watters' World over the weekend, host Jesse Watters dove into new revelations about the Russia collusion hoax of the 2016 election and the many connections to the Obama administration.
Watters did not shy away from the idea that this could go all the way to the top, meaning Obama himself.
It was an explosive monologue.
The Washington Examiner has details:
Fox's Jesse Watters: Barr has documents that could show Obama's 'powerful connection' to 'Spygate'
Fox News host Jesse Watters said sources are telling him Attorney General William Barr has received "smoking gun" documents that will cast aspersions on the Russia investigation.
In his opening monologue on Watters' World, which was taped Friday but aired Saturday evening, the host said these records could reveal that former President Barack Obama had a significant role in the investigation into the Trump 2016 campaign's ties to Russia, which President Trump and his allies have deemed a "witch hunt."
"Sources are telling Watters' World that Attorney General Bill Barr was just given a trove of smoking gun documents that could point directly at former President Barack Obama, revealing his powerful connection to 'Spygate' and the Russia hoax," he said.
Watters appeared to be referring to the "satchel" of documents Fox News chief White House correspondent Ed Henry reported that acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell delivered to the Justice Department last week, following the release of House Intelligence Committee witness transcripts showing Obama administration officials admitting they had no direct evidence of Trump-Russia collusion.
This could get very interesting, very quickly.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/jesse-watters-obamagate-frame-may-go-straight-top-video/
#9133593 at 2020-05-12 02:51:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11690: IT'S HAPPENING Edition
EXCLUSIVE: Durham Resurrects Clinton Foundation Probe; FEDS Disclose DOJ's Renewed Focus on Widespread Charity, Vaccine Fraud
Thought to be left for dead, the federal probe of the Clinton Foundation has found new life in Connecticut, where U.S. Attorney John Durham has quietly breathed life back into the investigation of the Clinton's widespread charity and vaccine schemes.
Durham's newly-minted focus of putting the schemes of the Clinton Foundation back under the federal microscope was detailed on the Thomas Paine Podcast and the Moore Paine Show on Patreon. Top-level federal sources detailed just when and what is happening surrounding these surprising revelations and how it relates to what is playing out with the corrupt CDC, FDA, NIH and White House coronavirus 'gurus' Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Deborah Birx and CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield, who are all linked to the shady operations and associates of the Clinton Foundation.
Durham was tasked by U.S. Attorney General William Barr with conducting a sweeping probe of FBI surveillance abuse against the 2016 Trump campaign.
This story is developing.
https://truepundit.com/exclusive-durham-resurrects-clinton-foundation-probe-feds-disclose-dojs-renewed-focus-on-widespread-charity-vaccine-fraud/
#9132981 at 2020-05-12 02:16:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11689: DECLASSED Edition
REMINDER DURHAM ALSO TOOK OVER THE LEAK PART OF HUBER'S INVESTIGATION:
>Connecticut's U.S. Attorney investigating FBI media leaks in Russia probe
>Connecticut U.S. Attorney John H. Durham is investigating a former top FBI lawyer and possibly others in connection with media leaks from the agency's initial probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion by then-candidate Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
>Durham's role in heading the leak investigation was revealed Tuesday with the release of a letter to him from House Republicans seeking more information on his findings.
https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-durham-investigating-leaks-20190115-nk6mbcoafjapbmpahwhbjbivaq-story.html
>John Durham investigating classified media leaks about Michael Flynn
>U.S. Attorney John Durham is investigating the leaks of potentially classified information to the media in early 2017 about President Trump's former national security adviser, Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, who resigned before getting swept up in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
>Durham, picked by Attorney General William Barr last year to lead a review of the actions taken by law enforcement and intelligence officials during the Russia investigation, is looking into media leaks, which dominated the Trump transition period and the early days of the Trump administration, including at least one widely reported story which revealed secretive details about Flynn's contacts with a Russian envoy, according to sources cited in a new report by the New York Times.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-durham-investigating-classified-media-leaks-about-michael-flynn
>Barr said Durham would now be taking over Huber's role in handling any criminal referrals from Horowitz and Huber's involvement with Trump-Russia matters was done.
>"The other issues [Huber has] been working on relate to Hillary Clinton" are "winding down and hopefully we'll be in a position to bring those to fruition," Barr said.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/William-Barr-dishes-on-what-huber-horowitz-and-durham-are-investigating
>Utah Prosecutor Close to Completing Investigation of Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Says
https://www.theepochtimes.com/utah-prosecutor-close-to-completing-investigation-of-hillary-clinton-attorney-general-says_2945996.html
#9132731 at 2020-05-12 02:04:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11689: DECLASSED Edition
>>9132678
His visit indicates his focus on an issue previously highlighted in 2017 by skeptics of the investigation into the Trump campaign's contacts with Russia, specifically allegations that former officials improperly unveiled Flynn's identity from intercepts of his call with former Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Grenell's visit came the same week that Attorney General William Barr moved to dismiss the criminal case against Flynn following his guilty plea for lying to the FBI about his conversations with Kislyak.
Barr has said that new information revealed in recent weeks about the conduct of FBI officials involved in the interview of Flynn showed that their investigation was not "legitimate."
"They did not have a basis for a counterintelligence investigation against Flynn at that stage, based on a perfectly legitimate and appropriate call he made as a member of the transition," Barr said in an interview with CBS last week.
Critics, including nearly 2,000 former DOJ officials, have argued the move was part of a pattern of Barr looking to undermine an investigation that was politically damaging for President Donald Trump. The officials called for Barr to resign over his intervention in the case
In May 2019, Trump empowered Barr with declassification authority for his broader investigation into the Russia probe.
While the law requires that identifying information of U.S. persons picked up during foreign surveillance be "masked," high-ranking intelligence officials can request the identities be revealed if they feel the information is necessary to further understand the intercepts.
Former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice has openly acknowledged unmasking the identities of some senior Trump officials during the presidential transition but has strenuously denied ever leaking any identities and said nothing she did was politically motivated.
In 2017, Rep. Devin Nunes a longtime critic of the Russia investigation accused the Obama administration of improper unmasking of Trump transition officials after he secretly met with two national security officials at the White House who he said provided him with documents supporting his assertions.
Trump at the time incorrectly stated that Nunes' findings confirmed his still-unfounded claims that President Barack Obama wiretapped his campaign at Trump Tower in 2016.
To date, however, Nunes has not provided any evidence backing up his accusations or showing that Obama officials were politically motivated in their unmasking of Trump transition officials.
#9132538 at 2020-05-12 01:55:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11689: DECLASSED Edition
Follow up from late lb. article Q posted.
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>https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-u-s-officials-have-declassified-list-of-obama-officials-who-were-involved-in-unmasking-general-flynn
BREAKING: U.S. Officials Have Declassified List Of Obama Officials Who Were Involved In 'Unmasking' General Flynn
May 11, 2020
Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell has declassified the list of former Obama administration officials who were allegedly involved in the "unmasking" of then-incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn.
ABC News first reported the news but initially said in the title that Grenell was in the process of trying to declassify the list of Obama officials.
A source with knowledge of the matter told The Daily Wire that the list has already been declassified and now it's on Attorney General William Barr to release the list.
ABC News appeared to later update their report, which stated:
Grenell, who remains the U.S. ambassador to Germany along with being the acting DNI, visited the Justice Department last week and brought the list with him, according to the official.
His visit indicates his focus on an issue previously highlighted in 2017 by skeptics of the investigation into the Trump campaign's contacts with Russia, specifically allegations that former officials improperly unveiled Flynn's identity from intercepts of his call with former Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Grenell's visit came the same week that Attorney General William Barr moved to dismiss the criminal case against Flynn following his guilty plea for lying to the FBI about his conversations with Kislyak.
In an interview last week, Barr said that the charges against Flynn were dropped because the FBI, which was under the leadership of then-Director James Comey, were not conducting a legitimate law enforcement investigation.
"A crime cannot be established here because there was not, in our view, a legitimate investigation going on," Barr said. "They did not have a basis for a counterintelligence investigation against Flynn at that stage, based on a perfectly legitimate and appropriate call he made as a member of the transition."
The Daily Wire, headed by bestselling author and popular podcast host Ben Shapiro, is a leading provider of conservative news, cutting through the mainstream media's rhetoric to provide readers the most important, relevant, and engaging stories of the day. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.
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Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell has declassified the list of former Obama administration officials who were allegedly involved in the "unmasking" of then-incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn.
ABC News first reported the news but initially said in the title that Grenell was in the process of trying to declassify the list of Obama officials.
A source with knowledge of the matter told The Daily Wire that the list has already been declassified and now it's on Attorney General William Barr to release the list.
ABC News appeared to later update their report, which stated:
Grenell, who remains the U.S. ambassador to Germany along with being the acting DNI, visited the Justice Department last week and brought the list with him, according to the official.
His visit indicates his focus on an issue previously highlighted in 2017 by skeptics of the investigation into the Trump campaign's contacts with Russia, specifically allegations that former officials improperly unveiled Flynn's identity from intercepts of his call with former Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Grenell's visit came the same week that Attorney General William Barr moved to dismiss the criminal case against Flynn following his guilty plea for lying to the FBI about his conversations with Kislyak.
In an interview last week, Barr said that the charges against Flynn were dropped because the FBI, which was under the leadership of then-Director James Comey, were not conducting a legitimate law enforcement investigation.
"A crime cannot be established here because there was not, in our view, a legitimate investigation going on," Barr said. "They did not have a basis for a counterintelligence investigation against Flynn at that stage, based on a perfectly legitimate and appropriate call he made as a member of the transition."
The Daily Wire, headed by bestselling author and popular podcast host Ben Shapiro, is a leading provider of conservative news, cutting through the mainstream media's rhetoric to provide readers the most important, relevant, and engaging stories of the day. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.
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https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-u-s-officials-have-declassified-list-of-obama-officials-who-were-involved-in-unmasking-general-flynn
#9132366 at 2020-05-12 01:48:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11688: The 'BRING THE PAIN' Edition
>>9132283
>https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-u-s-officials-have-declassified-list-of-obama-officials-who-were-involved-in-unmasking-general-flynn
BREAKING: U.S. Officials Have Declassified List Of Obama Officials Who Were Involved In 'Unmasking' General Flynn
May 11, 2020
Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell has declassified the list of former Obama administration officials who were allegedly involved in the "unmasking" of then-incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn.
ABC News first reported the news but initially said in the title that Grenell was in the process of trying to declassify the list of Obama officials.
A source with knowledge of the matter told The Daily Wire that the list has already been declassified and now it's on Attorney General William Barr to release the list.
ABC News appeared to later update their report, which stated:
Grenell, who remains the U.S. ambassador to Germany along with being the acting DNI, visited the Justice Department last week and brought the list with him, according to the official.
His visit indicates his focus on an issue previously highlighted in 2017 by skeptics of the investigation into the Trump campaign's contacts with Russia, specifically allegations that former officials improperly unveiled Flynn's identity from intercepts of his call with former Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Grenell's visit came the same week that Attorney General William Barr moved to dismiss the criminal case against Flynn following his guilty plea for lying to the FBI about his conversations with Kislyak.
In an interview last week, Barr said that the charges against Flynn were dropped because the FBI, which was under the leadership of then-Director James Comey, were not conducting a legitimate law enforcement investigation.
"A crime cannot be established here because there was not, in our view, a legitimate investigation going on," Barr said. "They did not have a basis for a counterintelligence investigation against Flynn at that stage, based on a perfectly legitimate and appropriate call he made as a member of the transition."
The Daily Wire, headed by bestselling author and popular podcast host Ben Shapiro, is a leading provider of conservative news, cutting through the mainstream media's rhetoric to provide readers the most important, relevant, and engaging stories of the day. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.
Read more in:
Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell has declassified the list of former Obama administration officials who were allegedly involved in the "unmasking" of then-incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn.
ABC News first reported the news but initially said in the title that Grenell was in the process of trying to declassify the list of Obama officials.
A source with knowledge of the matter told The Daily Wire that the list has already been declassified and now it's on Attorney General William Barr to release the list.
ABC News appeared to later update their report, which stated:
Grenell, who remains the U.S. ambassador to Germany along with being the acting DNI, visited the Justice Department last week and brought the list with him, according to the official.
His visit indicates his focus on an issue previously highlighted in 2017 by skeptics of the investigation into the Trump campaign's contacts with Russia, specifically allegations that former officials improperly unveiled Flynn's identity from intercepts of his call with former Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Grenell's visit came the same week that Attorney General William Barr moved to dismiss the criminal case against Flynn following his guilty plea for lying to the FBI about his conversations with Kislyak.
In an interview last week, Barr said that the charges against Flynn were dropped because the FBI, which was under the leadership of then-Director James Comey, were not conducting a legitimate law enforcement investigation.
"A crime cannot be established here because there was not, in our view, a legitimate investigation going on," Barr said. "They did not have a basis for a counterintelligence investigation against Flynn at that stage, based on a perfectly legitimate and appropriate call he made as a member of the transition."
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https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-u-s-officials-have-declassified-list-of-obama-officials-who-were-involved-in-unmasking-general-flynn
#9128185 at 2020-05-11 21:25:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11683: Underestimation Can Be Dangerous Edition
>>9128147
William Barr IS MY NAMBLA PORN NAME
#9126558 at 2020-05-11 19:29:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11681: Fight Fight Fight! Edition
Nolte: NBC News Goes on Desperate Fake News Rampage
NBC News has always sought to deceive its gullible audience, but as of late, using deceptively edited video, the far-left news outlet has been on an even more desperate rampage to mislead.
This Sunday on Meet the Press, host Chuck Todd told one of the most shameless and audacious lies in media history. Using a selectively-edited video to beat all selectively-edited videos, Todd told his audience that when asked to justify dropping the case against Trump's former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Attorney General William Barr said, "History is written by the winners."
To make his point, Todd cut to video of Barr saying, "History is written by the winners" and then scolded Barr:
I was struck ... by the cynicism of the answer. It's a correct answer, but he's the attorney general. He didn't make the case that he was upholding the rule of law. He was almost admitting that, yeah, this is a political job.
And then Todd's dim-witted guests joined him in condemning Barr for saying "History is written by the winners."
There was just one problem: that's not what Barr said.
That's not even close to what Barr said.
Oh, sure, Barr used those words, but Todd deliberately took the attorney general out of context about as far as you can take someone out of context.
Here's what really happened...
During an interview with CBS last week, Barr was asked what history will make of his Flynn decision, and Barr thoughtfully replied with this:
Well, history is written by the winner. So it largely depends on who's writing the history. But I think a fair history would say that it was a good decision because it upheld the rule of law. It helped, it upheld the standards of the Department of Justice, and it undid what was an injustice.
Did you see what Chuck Todd did? Did you see just how grotesque Todd was willing to get? Did you see just how much Chuck Todd was willing to sell out his own integrity and residual moral authority for a pathetic gotcha moment?
Do you see just how far gone these people are?
What's more, Todd had to know he would get caught, but he's become so partisan, insulated, and arrogant, he no longer cares.
Chuck Todd is a troll now.
Meet the Press was once the crown jewel of journalism, but Todd has twisted and perverted it into just another tired, predictable, loud, and dishonest cable news hour, and one that is hobbled by credibility issues. It can attract attention only when Chuck Todd is caught trolling with his lies.
And that's only the latest fake news sin from NBC News. On Friday, MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski did the exact same thing with the exact same Barr quote.
"Cable news network MSNBC aired a similarly edited clip on Morning Joe on Friday," my colleague Joel Pollak reported. "Host Mika Brzezinski slammed Barr's history comment: 'And that tells you everything you need to know. Might makes right.'"
So once again, here is NBC News deliberately misleading its audience and trolling Trump and Barr with deliberate lies.
And then it happened again...
On that very same Friday, Brzezinski's husband Joe Scarborough - who's never gotten over Trump dumping him in 2016 - retweeted a different out-of-context video, this one put together by Late Night Last-Placer Jimmy Kimmel. The video purported to prove Vice President Mike Pence faked carrying medical supplies for a photo-op. But the truth is that Pence only joked about faking it. Scarborough later apologized, but once again another NBC News Clown proved that these mistakes only ever happen in one direction.
Last week, it was far-left CBS News getting caught for the third time using video in the most dishonest way imaginable to deceive its audience and emBarrass Trump.
This time it's NBC News being caught for the third time.
Wonder who will win the fake-news tiebreaker?
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/05/11/nolte-nbc-news-goes-on-desperate-fake-news-rampage/
#9125938 at 2020-05-11 18:40:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11680: All Holds Barr'd Edition
AG Barr Takes Shot At Mueller, Names 'One Of The Most Troubling Aspects' Of Criminal Investigation Into Origins Of Russia Investigation
Attorney General William Barr told CBS News investigative reporter Catherine Herridge on Thursday that the FBI's use of the Steele dossier in its investigation into the Trump campaign, especially given the evidence that it could have contained Russian disinformation, was one of the most troubling aspects of the entire situation that prosecutors are investigating.
Herridge asked Barr, "Based on the evidence that you have seen, did senior FBI officials conspire to throw out the national security adviser?"
"Well, as I said, this is a particular episode," Barr responded. "And it has some troubling features to it, as we've discussed. But I think, you know, that's a question that really has to wait an analysis of all the different episodes that occurred through the summer of 2016 and the first several months of President Trump's administration."
Herridge later brought up the Steele dossier and how recently declassified footnotes suggested that it was "the product of Russian disinformation."
https://truepundit.com/ag-Barr-takes-shot-at-mueller-names-one-of-the-most-troubling-aspects-of-criminal-investigation-into-origins-of-russia-investigation/
#9125902 at 2020-05-11 18:38:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11680: All Holds Barr'd Edition
NBC: "JUST IN: Nearly 2000 Justice Dept. officials have signed onto a letter calling for Attorney General William Barr to resign over what they describe as his improper intervention in the criminal case of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn"
Missing "Former"
NBC leaves that part out
#9124613 at 2020-05-11 17:10:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11679: Pepe Tzu and The Art of Q Edition
Trump Furious After NBC 'Apologizes' For Chuck Todd's Propaganda Edit Of Barr Interview
President Trump demanded on Sunday that NBC fire "Meet The Press" host Chuck Todd, after the network admitted to 'inadvertently cutting short' a sound byte from Attorney General William Barr regarding the DOJ's decision to move to dismiss the Michael Flynn case.
Except, it wasn't 'inadvertently cutting short anything. It was clear propaganda.
In the original clip, CBS News' Catherine Herridge asks Barr how history would judge the DOJ's decision - to which Barr responds "Well, history is written by the winners, so it largely depends on who's writing the history.
Todd cuts the clip off there, and says that he was "struck by the cynicism of the answer – it's a correct answer, but he's the attorney general. He didn't make the case that he was upholding the rule of law. He was almost admitting that, yeah, this was a political job."
In fact, that's exactly what Barr said.
"I think a fair history would say it was a good decision because it upheld the rule of law," said the AG, adding "It upheld the standards of the Department of Justice, and it undid what was an injustice."
In other words, Todd literally stole Barr's line about 'upholding the rule of law' and flipped it around in a case of blatant propaganda.
Greg Price of the Daily Caller calls out the "blatantly dishonest" reporting by Todd.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-furious-after-nbc-apologizes-propaganda-edit-Barr-interview
#9124489 at 2020-05-11 17:02:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11678: QNN Has The Power, Battle To The Last Byte Edition
>>9124463
Anons aren't reading the damned article
Nearly 2000formerJustice Department officials have signed onto a letter calling for Attorney General William Barr to resign over what they describe as his improper intervention in the criminal case of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.
#9124414 at 2020-05-11 16:59:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11678: QNN Has The Power, Battle To The Last Byte Edition
>>9124288
ANONS, read the article linked.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2000-doj-officials-call-ag-Barr-resign-flynn/story?id=70615677&cid=social_twitter_abcn
Nearly 2000former Justice Department officialshave signed onto a letter calling for Attorney General William Barr to resign over what they describe as his improper intervention in the criminal case of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.
#9124320 at 2020-05-11 16:55:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11678: QNN Has The Power, Battle To The Last Byte Edition
>>9124288
>>9124288
>https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1259870367818092547
Nearly 2000 former Justice Department officials have signed onto a letter calling for Attorney General William Barr to resign over what they describe as his improper intervention in the criminal case of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Last week, the DOJ moved to drop charges against Flynn who had pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI about his contacts with the former Russian ambassador during the presidential transition.
The letter, signed mostly by former career officials in the department, accuses Barr of joining with President Trump in "political interference in the Department's law enforcement decisions."
Yuri Gripas/Reuters, FILEAttorney General William Barr takes part in the "2019 Prison Reform Summit" in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 1, 2019.Attorney General William Barr takes part in the "2019 Prison Reform Summit" in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 1, 2019.
Yuri Gripas/Reuters, FILE
"Attorney General Barr's repeated actions to use the Department as a tool to further President Trump's personal and political interests have undermined any claim to the deference that courts usually apply to the Department's decisions about whether or not to prosecute a case," reads the letter, which was organized by the group 'Protect Democracy'.
Barr, in an interview last week, denied he was acting at the president's behest in his support of the move to drop the charges against Flynn.
The federal judge in the case as of Monday morning had not yet responded to the DOJ filing.
The letter is the latest in a wave of backlash among former officials to the DOJ's surprise reversal in the Flynn case.
Barr has said he supported dropping the charges based on a recommendation from the U.S. attorney from the Eastern District of Missouri Jeffrey Jensen, who was tasked by Barr with reviewing how FBI agents handled their interview of Flynn at the White House in January 2017.
The filing last Thursday by the U.S. Attorney in D.C. Timothy Shea cited new evidence uncovered in Jensen's review that the department said rendered the investigation into Flynn illegitimate at the time of his interview.
Mary McCord, who served as the former acting assistant Attorney General for National Security during the early stages of the Russia investigation, said in a New York Times op-ed Sunday that the DOJ's filing to dismiss the charges cited comments she made in an interview "more than 25 times."
McCord accused the department of "twisting" her comments in a misleading effort to undercut the department's case against Flynn.
"The report of my interview is no support for Mr. Barr's dismissal of the Flynn case," McCord said. "It does not suggest that the F.B.I. had no counterintelligence reason for investigating Mr. Flynn. It does not suggest that the F.B.I.'s interview of Mr. Flynn - which led to the false-statements charge - was unlawful or unjustified."
McCord did note, however, that she had been critical of the FBI for failing to properly consult the Justice Department of its agents' plans to interview Flynn until when they were already "on the way" to the White House.
"There were protocols for engaging with White House officials and protocols for interviews, and this was, of course, a sensitive situation," McCord said in the op-ed, while adding, "the report of my interview does not anywhere suggest that the F.B.I.'s interview of Mr. Flynn was unconstitutional, unlawful or not "tethered" to any legitimate counterintelligence purpose."
Separately, a former career prosecutor who resigned from the department after Barr's intervention in the sentencing of former Trump ally Roger Stone broke his silence Monday in a Washington Post op-ed, describing the move as the latest "appalling chapter" in the politicization of the nation's top law enforcement agency.
"The dedicated public servants who remain cannot respond publicly to those who claim that the department acted appropriately in these cases," said Jonathan Kravis, who now works in the office of D.C. attorney general Karl Racine. "But I can, and I say this. If the department truly acted because of good-faith commitments to legal positions, then where is the evidence of those commitments in other cases that do not involve friends of the president?"
In an interview last week, Barr said he was "prepared" for the criticism that would likely follow his decision in the Flynn case.
"I also think it's sad that nowadays these partisan feelings are so strong that people have lost any sense of justice," Barr told CBS. "And the groups that usually worry about civil liberties and making sure that there's proper procedures followed and standards set seem to be ignoring it and willing to destroy people's lives and see great injustices done."
#9122689 at 2020-05-11 14:52:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11676: Full Throttle Edition
President Trump Calls for Chuck Todd to Be Fired After Meet the Press Airs Deceptive Video of AG Barr
President Trump called for NBC to fire Meet the Press host Chuck Todd Sunday night after Todd used a deceptively edited video clip of Attorney General William Barr to smear Barr about his decision to drop the Justice Department case against former Trump National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn (U.S. Army Ret.). Trump copied FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on his tweet.
"Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd should be FIRED by "Concast" (NBC) for this fraud. He knew exactly what he was doing. Public Airwaves = Fake News! @AjitPaiFCC @FCC"
Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd should be FIRED by "Concast" (NBC) for this fraud. He knew exactly what he was doing. Public Airwaves = Fake News! @AjitPaiFCC @FCC https://t.co/fLTDhjMXo4
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 11, 2020
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/president-trump-calls-chuck-todd-fired-meet-press-airs-deceptive-video-ag-Barr/
#9117785 at 2020-05-11 03:47:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11670: The Obamagate Flood Gate is Open Edition
Trump charges Obama with 'biggest political crime in American history'
Donald Trump continued to fume over the Russia investigation on Sunday, more than a year after special counsel Robert Mueller filed his report without recommending charges against the president but only three days after the justice department said it would drop its case against Michael Flynn, Trump's first national security adviser.
"The biggest political crime in American history, by far!" the president wrote in a tweet accompanying a conservative talk show host's claim that Barack Obama "used his last weeks in office to target incoming officials and sabotage the new administration".
The tweet echoed previous messages retweeted by Trump, which earned rebukes for relaying conspiracy theories. On Sunday afternoon the president continued to send out a stream of tweets of memes and rightwing talking heads claiming an anti-Trump conspiracy. One tweet by Trump simply read: "OBAMAGATE!"
Trump fired Flynn, a retired general, in early 2017, for lying to Vice-President Mike Pence about conversations with the Russian ambassador regarding sanctions levied by the Obama administration in retaliation for interference in the 2016 election.
The US intelligence community has long held that such efforts were meant to tip the election towards Trump and away from Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee.
Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI - which Trump has acknowledged - and co-operated with Mueller, who was appointed to take over the investigation of Russian interference after Trump fired FBI director James Comey.
Mueller did not establish a criminal conspiracy but did lay out extensive links between Trump and Moscow and instances of possible obstruction of justice by the president.
Flynn sought to change his plea while awaiting sentencing and the president championed his case, floating a possible pardon. On Thursday, in an act that stunned the US media, attorney general William Barr said the justice department would drop the case entirely.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-charges-obama-biggest-political-170713428.html
Baker, Notable
The President is 100% Correct:
#9117611 at 2020-05-11 03:34:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11670: The Obamagate Flood Gate is Open Edition
DOJ spokesperson 'very disappointed' in Chuck Todd for 'deceptive editing' of Barr's comments on Flynn case
Chuck got caught
A spokesperson for the Department of Justice accused Chuck Todd of deceptively editing a video clip of William Barr. Todd played a clip on "Meet the Press" that appeared to be purposely cut short to misinterpret Barr's comments about the charges being dropped against former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
On Sunday morning, Todd played a clip from Barr's recent interview with Catherine Herridge on CBS News. However, the clip played did not provide Barr's full answer, which told a completely different story than the snippet given.
Herridge asked Barr, "When history looks back on this decision, how do you think it will be written?"
"Well, history is written by the winner. So it largely depends on who's writing the history," Barr replied.
After playing the short clip, Todd said, "I was struck, Peggy, by the cynicism of the answer. It's a correct answer, but he's the attorney general. He didn't make the case that he was upholding the rule of law. He was almost admitting that, yeah, this is a political job."
However, Barr's full response to Herridge puts his answer in a completely different context.
"Well, history is written by the winner. So it largely depends on who's writing the history," Barr told Herridge. "But I think a fair history would say it was a good decision because it upheld the rule of law, it upheld the standards of the Department of Justice, and it undid what was an injustice."
DOJ spokesperson Kerri Kupec wrote on Twitter:
Very disappointed by the deceptive editing/commentary by @ChuckTodd on @MeetThePress on AG Barr's CBS interview. Compare the two transcripts below. Not only did the AG make the case in the VERY answer Chuck says he didn't, he also did so multiple times throughout the interview.
https://youtu.be/NX0Rj7SHlAg
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chuck-todd-deceptively-edited-video
#9104230 at 2020-05-10 03:12:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11653: [Knowingly] [Directed] Edition
William Barr's Perversion of Justice - The attorney general is turning the Justice Department into a political weapon for the president.
By The Editorial Board - New York Times
The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom.
May 9, 2020, 2:30 p.m. ET
"History is written by the winners," William Barr, the attorney general, said Thursday when asked how he thought future generations would assess his decision to drop all criminal charges against Michael Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, who had pleaded guilty twice to breaking the law. "So it largely depends on who's writing the history."
In service to Mr. Trump, Mr. Barr is abusing his power not to write, but to erase, some of the most important lessons of American history.
The Watergate scandal, with its revelations of how dangerous a renegade White House could be, led to reforms meant to ensure an independent Justice Department, one faithful to the law rather than to the Oval Office.
The nation had seen firsthand how much harm a president with no respect for the rule of law could do - particularly when he used the Justice Department, under a compliant attorney general, to protect allies, punish adversaries and cover up wrongdoing.
Among the key reforms were stronger transparency and ethics rules, like the creation of independent inspectors general to root out waste, fraud and abuse in the executive branch. (Mr. Trump has been firing inspectors general he thinks are not loyal to him.) There were also new limits on presidential power, like the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act. (President Trump broke that law last year, according to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, when he withheld hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine.)
To Mr. Barr, these reforms were obstacles to a vision of a virtually unbound executive. For decades, he has pushed to give presidents - Republican presidents, anyway - maximum authority with minimal oversight. In a 2018 memo criticizing the Russia investigation, he argued that the president "alone is the Executive branch," in whom "the Constitution vests all Federal law enforcement power, and hence prosecutorial discretion." For the attorney general, that discretion includes cases involving the president's own conduct.
Mr. Barr's decision to drop the charges against Mr. Flynn may be his most egregious abandonment of his role as the public's lawyer, but it's certainly not the first. Last year, barely a month after he was confirmed to his post, he stood before the American people and misrepresented the contents of the long-awaited report by Robert Mueller, the special counsel who investigated ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government in 2016.
The damage Mr. Barr is doing extends beyond policy violations. He has weakened the morale of the department by undercutting career prosecutors - men and women who devoted their lives to the rule of law. Four of them quit the case against Mr. Stone, who was convicted of federal crimes including perjury, wire fraud and witness intimidation, when Mr. Barr intervened to ask for a lighter sentence. Another quit the case against Michael Flynn shortly before the department filed its request with the court to drop all charges.
President Trump couldn't be more pleased. He has shown little sense of the law, other than that whatever it is, he must be above it. He has never given the slightest hint he thinks the Justice Department exists for a reason other than to protect his interests. And no wonder, since he took his cues from President Richard Nixon himself. "I learned a lot from Richard Nixon, don't fire people," Mr. Trump said on Thursday. "I learned a lot. I study history." One of the most important lessons? "He had tapes all over the place. I wasn't guilty, I did nothing wrong. And there are no tapes."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/opinion/sunday/michael-flynn-William-Barr-justice-department.html
THEY ARE AFRAID! Attacks on Barr will increase, they will call for him to resign next week.
#9103681 at 2020-05-10 02:31:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11652: Obama's Fucked Edition
Bill Barr: 'Very Concerned' Mueller 'Ignored' Evidence of Russian Disinfo in Steele Dossier
As we reported on Friday, Attorney General William Barr did a great interview with Catherine Herridge of CBS about why the Department of Justice dismissed the charges against Gen. Michael Flynn. Barr laid out how there was no legitimate investigative predicate to go after Flynn, that indeed prior to January 4, 2017, the Crossfire Razor investigation was being closed. Yet, after a meeting on Jan. 5, that included Barack Obama, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, FBI Director James Comey, suddenly it came back online to interview Michael Flynn to try to catch him in a "perjury trap." Barr hinted that there might be more coming on that because he noted that U.S. Attorney John Durham was looking into "the whole pattern of conduct." But the Flynn comments weren't the only interesting part of his interview with Herridge. As he said, he's looking at the "whole pattern of conduct."
He was also bothered by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation which he said "ignored" evidence of the Russian disinformation in the dossier of Christopher Steele. Indeed. If he's looking at the "whole pattern of conduct" and he's "very concerned" about that, I wonder if he's also looking at why Mueller didn't. If the Mueller investigation was supposed to be looking at Russian interference, why wasn't he looking into that and calling it out? Why wasn't he looking at the Democratic involvement in that? There was far more evidence of Russian connection with the Democrats than there ever was with the Trump team. So you have to ask why, since that was staring him in the face and he knew that was the case.
https://www.redstate.com/nick-arama/2020/05/09/bill-Barr-very-concerned-mueller-%e2%80%98ignored%e2%80%99-evidence-of-russian-disinfo-in-steele-dossier/
#9102663 at 2020-05-10 01:21:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11651: Ready for another BOOM WEEK Edition
Fox's Jesse Watters: Barr has documents that could show Obama's 'powerful connection' to 'Spygate'
Fox News host Jesse Watters said sources are telling him Attorney General William Barr has received "smoking gun" documents that will cast aspersions on the Russia investigation. In his opening monologue on Watters' World, which was taped Friday but aired Saturday evening, the host said these records could reveal that former President Barack Obama had a significant role in the investigation into the Trump 2016 campaign's ties to Russia, which President Trump and his allies have deemed a "witch hunt." "Sources are telling Watters' World that Attorney General Bill Barr was just given a trove of smoking gun documents that could point directly at former President Barack Obama, revealing his powerful connection to 'Spygate' and the Russia hoax," he said.
Watters appeared to be referring to the "satchel" of documents Fox News chief White House correspondent Ed Henry reported that acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell delivered to the Justice Department last week, following the release of House Intelligence Committee witness transcripts showing Obama administration officials admitting they had no direct evidence of Trump-Russia collusion. All this comes after the Justice Department filed to dismiss its criminal case against retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Trump's first national security adviser who got swept up in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Included in the Justice Department's motion to dismiss was an exhibit including notes from an interview that Mueller's team conducted with former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates. These declassified notes show Yates, during the presidential transition period, expressing shock to learn details about Flynn's intercepted phone calls with a Russian envoy from Obama while former FBI Director James Comey appeared to be giving his superior at the time the run-around.
Watters pointed to Trump's tweet on Friday, saying the president's missive "hinted this is far from over." "Yesterday was a BIG day for Justice in the USA. Congratulations to General Flynn, and many others. I do believe there is MUCH more to come! Dirty Cops and Crooked Politicians do not go well together!" Trump said. The Russia investigation is being examined by U.S. Attorney John Durham. Barr, who appointed the Connecticut prosecutor to the task, has not dismissed the possibility of criminal prosecutions. In leaked audio obtained and reported by Yahoo News on Friday, Obama told former administration officials that the Justice Department's recent actions under Barr show the "rule of law is at risk."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/foxs-jesse-watters-Barr-has-documents-that-could-show-obamas-powerful-connection-to-spygate
#9101193 at 2020-05-09 23:30:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General: PATRIOTS WORLDWIDE Edition
>>9100753
Q commenting on it or not is irrelevant. I want AG William Barr to get off his fucking ass and start prosecuting these fucking tyrants under Title 18 U.S.C. Section 242 "Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law.
This shit is going to continue and it can either be adjudicated in the courts like we in a civil society prefer or it can be adjudicated in the streets. And the LEO's are going to have a choice to make. They swore an oath to the Constitution, not some fuck Governor, Mayor or City Counsel. They will either stand on the side of our Constitution or they will side with tyranny. Side with tyranny? Guess what happens then.
#9098517 at 2020-05-09 20:52:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11646: Pepe Holding The Line Edition
Sara Carter: The Cabal of Liars of Top Obama Officials Need to be Held Accountable
"This is a cabal of liars of the Obama administration senior officials," said Sara Carter, a Fox News contributor and host of "The Sara Carter Show" on Fox News's show "The Ingraham Angle" on Friday.
"And you have to ask yourself one question. They all stuck with the same exact propaganda, the same exact his information, that the Trump administration, that the Trump campaign conspired with Russia, even though they had no evidence whatsoever, and they manufactured that evidence against the president."
"And this is why all of them need to be investigated" explained Carter. "What they did here is not only in effect of our national security, they basically told a lie across the globe and divided our nation for more than three years, and eventually someone is going to pay the price for this. And I think this is exactly why John Durham and Attorney General William Barr are conducting this investigation so thoroughly, because what they did was a crime against the American people.
Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn Vindicated, U.S. Attorney Files Motion To Dismiss Case against Three Star General
"Why is it that Obama asks Comey and Yates, how should we treat Michael Flynn? Why does he ask that question to them in a private meeting in the Oval Office?" asked Raymond Arroyo, who hosted "The Ingraham Angle' on Friday.
"I think that is pretty evident, because he along with Michael Flynn had a very divisive relationship," responded Carter. "When Michael Flynn challenged him on the narrative that he was spreading that Al Qaeda was on the run and that ISIS was just this jayvee team, Michael Flynn was not going to accept that. He also was not going to accept the fact that there were serious problems within the intelligence community, and he challenged President Obama on that. I think in the beginning it was a good relationship. I remember that, they had a good relationship, and then it broke apart."
"A lot of people don't remember, was that meeting that President Trump, very first meeting he had with President Obama at the White House," continued Sara Carter. "When President Obama put a seed in President Trump's head, saying, I only have one person I want to warn you about, and that is Mike Flynn. And the reason they wanted Mike Flynn out was because he was the only one in the administration that really understood the intelligence community, and he was going to catch all of them and what they were doing, which was what they were trying to do was break the administration apart and remove President Trump."
https://saraacarter.com/sara-carter-the-cabal-of-liars-of-top-obama-officials-need-to-be-held-accountable/
#9096558 at 2020-05-09 18:53:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11644: The Great Awakening Habbenin Now WW Edition
Storm builds around Barr over dropping of Flynn case
Democrats and other critics are seizing on the Department of Justice's (DOJ) decision to drop the case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, arguing it shows how heavily politicized it has become under Attorney General William Barr.
Anger over the extraordinary move by Justice to drop charges even after it secured a guilty plea has created a new political storm around Barr, who had previously angered Democrats for his handling of former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
The latest surprise move approved by Barr makes him even more of a political lightning rod figure in Washington.
"Attorney General Barr's politicization of justice knows no bounds," Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in a statement Thursday evening.
Critics see the abrupt reversal in the Flynn case as a fresh example of Barr's willingness to bend the Justice's norms to appease Trump, who had criticized the case against his former national security adviser during the Mueller probe.
"Overruling the special counsel is without precedent and without respect for the rule of law," Pelosi said in remarks echoed by other Democrats.
Trump, for his part, hailed the decision and called Barr "a man of unbelievable credibility and courage."
Flynn pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying to federal agents about conversations he'd had with a Russian diplomat during the presidential transition. But earlier this year he moved to withdraw his plea, claiming that his case had been tainted by "the government's bad faith, vindictiveness, and breach of the plea agreement."
Newly uncovered FBI documents providing a behind-the-scenes look at how his prosecution had unfolded angered conservatives, and bolstered the case that he was unfairly prosecuted, according to Trump and Flynn's allies.
But it was stunning to many that Justice would drop its charges against Flynn.
In a court filing, DOJ lawyers argued the new documents showed that agents mishandled the probe and had private misgivings about whether Flynn had in fact lied during his interview.
Barr called the dismissal "an easy decision."
"I wanted to make sure that we restore confidence in the system," he told CBS News on Thursday. "There's only one standard of justice. And I believe that this case, that justice in this case requires dismissing the charges against General Flynn."
Barr has maintained that Trump does not influence his decisions as attorney general, but critics are skeptical.
Eyebrows were raised when career prosecutor Brandon Van Grack, who had helped secure Flynn's plea agreement, abruptly withdrew from the case less than an hour before the charges were dropped. He reportedly also withdrew from other cases, but has not resigned.
It quickly drew comparisons to the decision by prosecutors handling the case against Trump's political ally Roger Stone to withdraw from that case, after top DOJ officials overruled career prosecutors and sought a lighter sentence against Stone.
"I think we lost 50 years worth of ground in solidifying the independence of the Justice Department after Watergate," House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Thursday night on MSNBC. "The common denominator between these two cases - Roger Stone and Mike Flynn - is this: Both men lied on behalf of the president."
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/496895-storm-builds-around-Barr-over-dropping-of-flynn-case
#9095383 at 2020-05-09 17:39:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11642: Gowdy Is A Patriot~Q Edition
PART 1 OF 2
https://twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1139343928828792832
Ok, This took me all morning to find. maybe scrubbed...but I found some of it..around June 13, 2019....see if you can find the PATTERN!!
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/448383-feds-gone-wild-dojs-stunning-inability-to-prosecute-its-own-bad
also there is a video i can't download…sorry!!
Feds gone wild: DOJ's stunning inability to prosecute its own bad actors
BY JOHN SOLOMON, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 06/13/19 01:15 PM EDT
One was caught red-handed engaged in nepotism. Another, a lawyer no less, admitted to shoplifting at a Marine Barracks store. A third leaked sealed court information to the news media. And a fourth engaged in fraud by turning a government garage into a personal repair shop.
Four cases, all solved in the past month, with suspects who cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars and significant breaches of public trust.
But these weren't your everyday perps.
All were U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) employees who are supposed to catch other criminals while working for the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and U.S. attorneys' offices. Instead, they broke the law or violated the rules. And all managed to escape prosecution, despite their proven transgressions.
Recent Justice Department disciplinary files tell an undeniable story.
Under the leadership of Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz, DOJ's internal watchdog is doing an outstanding job of policing bad conduct inside America's premier law enforcement agency.
And DOJ is doing a poor job of punishing its own.
In cases closed in the past month, more than a half-dozen FBI, DEA, U.S. attorney and U.S. marshal officials were allowed to retire, do volunteer work, or keep their jobs as they escaped criminal charges that everyday Americans probably would not.
In most instances, the decisions were made by federal prosecutors who work with the very figures impacted by or committing the bad conduct. In local law enforcement, that go-easy phenomenon is known as the "thin blue line."
Spokespersons for the Justice Department and FBI did not respond to a request for comment.
The troubling pattern of weak punishment emerges as DOJ heads into one of its most ambitious internal affairs probes in recent history. Attorney General William Barr, Horowitz and special U.S. Attorney John Durham are investigating whether the FBI and other intelligence agencies violated the law with the Trump-Russia investigation.
Even before the recent spate of closed inspector general investigations, questions surfaced about DOJ's willingness to punish its own. That's because fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was recommended for prosecution more than 15 months ago for lying about news leaks, and so far has faced no criminal charges.
To put that into perspective, it took special counsel Robert Mueller just a few months to bring charges against multiple figures associated with President Trump's campaign accused of lying or other process crimes.
It's still possible that McCabe could face prosecution. But the recent spate of fresh wrongdoing inside DOJ doesn't portray a compelling pattern of enforcement or punishment.
Take, for example, the DEA executive who just this week was found to have engaged in nepotism by routing hundreds of thousands of dollars to contractor jobs for his son and retired colleagues or friends.
Horowitz spared few words for the egregious scheme. "The senior DEA official wasted and misused hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds and engaged in misconduct when he took actions to get his son and former colleagues contractor positions and that his actions constituted misconduct in violation of federal ethics regulations, the DEA Standards of Conduct, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation," he reported this week.
#9092577 at 2020-05-09 12:15:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11639: Worked on a Campaign that Was Given No Chance, WE WON! Edition
PART 1 OF 2
https://twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1139343928828792832
Ok, This took me all morning to find. maybe scrubbed...but I found some of it..around June 13, 2019....see if you can find the PATTERN!!
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/448383-feds-gone-wild-dojs-stunning-inability-to-prosecute-its-own-bad
also there is a video i can't download…sorry!!
Feds gone wild: DOJ's stunning inability to prosecute its own bad actors
BY JOHN SOLOMON, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 06/13/19 01:15 PM EDT
One was caught red-handed engaged in nepotism. Another, a lawyer no less, admitted to shoplifting at a Marine Barracks store. A third leaked sealed court information to the news media. And a fourth engaged in fraud by turning a government garage into a personal repair shop.
Four cases, all solved in the past month, with suspects who cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars and significant breaches of public trust.
But these weren't your everyday perps.
All were U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) employees who are supposed to catch other criminals while working for the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and U.S. attorneys' offices. Instead, they broke the law or violated the rules. And all managed to escape prosecution, despite their proven transgressions.
Recent Justice Department disciplinary files tell an undeniable story.
Under the leadership of Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz, DOJ's internal watchdog is doing an outstanding job of policing bad conduct inside America's premier law enforcement agency.
And DOJ is doing a poor job of punishing its own.
In cases closed in the past month, more than a half-dozen FBI, DEA, U.S. attorney and U.S. marshal officials were allowed to retire, do volunteer work, or keep their jobs as they escaped criminal charges that everyday Americans probably would not.
In most instances, the decisions were made by federal prosecutors who work with the very figures impacted by or committing the bad conduct. In local law enforcement, that go-easy phenomenon is known as the "thin blue line."
Spokespersons for the Justice Department and FBI did not respond to a request for comment.
The troubling pattern of weak punishment emerges as DOJ heads into one of its most ambitious internal affairs probes in recent history. Attorney General William Barr, Horowitz and special U.S. Attorney John Durham are investigating whether the FBI and other intelligence agencies violated the law with the Trump-Russia investigation.
Even before the recent spate of closed inspector general investigations, questions surfaced about DOJ's willingness to punish its own. That's because fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was recommended for prosecution more than 15 months ago for lying about news leaks, and so far has faced no criminal charges.
To put that into perspective, it took special counsel Robert Mueller just a few months to bring charges against multiple figures associated with President Trump's campaign accused of lying or other process crimes.
It's still possible that McCabe could face prosecution. But the recent spate of fresh wrongdoing inside DOJ doesn't portray a compelling pattern of enforcement or punishment.
Take, for example, the DEA executive who just this week was found to have engaged in nepotism by routing hundreds of thousands of dollars to contractor jobs for his son and retired colleagues or friends.
Horowitz spared few words for the egregious scheme. "The senior DEA official wasted and misused hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds and engaged in misconduct when he took actions to get his son and former colleagues contractor positions and that his actions constituted misconduct in violation of federal ethics regulations, the DEA Standards of Conduct, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation," he reported this week.
#9092384 at 2020-05-09 11:33:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11638: Late Q Edition
PART 1 OF 2
https://twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1139343928828792832
Ok, This took me all morning to find. maybe scrubbed...but I found some of it..around June 13, 2019....see if you can find the PATTERN!!
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/448383-feds-gone-wild-dojs-stunning-inability-to-prosecute-its-own-bad
also there is a video i can't download…sorry!!
Feds gone wild: DOJ's stunning inability to prosecute its own bad actors
BY JOHN SOLOMON, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 06/13/19 01:15 PM EDT
One was caught red-handed engaged in nepotism. Another, a lawyer no less, admitted to shoplifting at a Marine Barracks store. A third leaked sealed court information to the news media. And a fourth engaged in fraud by turning a government garage into a personal repair shop.
Four cases, all solved in the past month, with suspects who cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars and significant breaches of public trust.
But these weren't your everyday perps.
All were U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) employees who are supposed to catch other criminals while working for the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and U.S. attorneys' offices. Instead, they broke the law or violated the rules. And all managed to escape prosecution, despite their proven transgressions.
Recent Justice Department disciplinary files tell an undeniable story.
Under the leadership of Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz, DOJ's internal watchdog is doing an outstanding job of policing bad conduct inside America's premier law enforcement agency.
And DOJ is doing a poor job of punishing its own.
In cases closed in the past month, more than a half-dozen FBI, DEA, U.S. attorney and U.S. marshal officials were allowed to retire, do volunteer work, or keep their jobs as they escaped criminal charges that everyday Americans probably would not.
In most instances, the decisions were made by federal prosecutors who work with the very figures impacted by or committing the bad conduct. In local law enforcement, that go-easy phenomenon is known as the "thin blue line."
Spokespersons for the Justice Department and FBI did not respond to a request for comment.
The troubling pattern of weak punishment emerges as DOJ heads into one of its most ambitious internal affairs probes in recent history. Attorney General William Barr, Horowitz and special U.S. Attorney John Durham are investigating whether the FBI and other intelligence agencies violated the law with the Trump-Russia investigation.
Even before the recent spate of closed inspector general investigations, questions surfaced about DOJ's willingness to punish its own. That's because fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was recommended for prosecution more than 15 months ago for lying about news leaks, and so far has faced no criminal charges.
To put that into perspective, it took special counsel Robert Mueller just a few months to bring charges against multiple figures associated with President Trump's campaign accused of lying or other process crimes.
It's still possible that McCabe could face prosecution. But the recent spate of fresh wrongdoing inside DOJ doesn't portray a compelling pattern of enforcement or punishment.
Take, for example, the DEA executive who just this week was found to have engaged in nepotism by routing hundreds of thousands of dollars to contractor jobs for his son and retired colleagues or friends.
Horowitz spared few words for the egregious scheme. "The senior DEA official wasted and misused hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds and engaged in misconduct when he took actions to get his son and former colleagues contractor positions and that his actions constituted misconduct in violation of federal ethics regulations, the DEA Standards of Conduct, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation," he reported this week.
#9086669 at 2020-05-09 00:47:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11631: Mother of All Buns Edition
ELIZABETH WARREN DEMANDS AG Barr RESIGN OVER FLYNN DECISION
http://redstateobserver.com/article.asp?id=165687&fbclid=IwAR02BUMO5MEJ_67FvUdnLH0YsDbT-7Xv8baJVSxgVdZ9DZ90JQcqp496b1I
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) called on Attorney General William Barr to resign over the Department of Justice's decision to drop its criminal case against retired Army lieutenant general Michael Flynn on Thursday.
"William Barr is not the President's lawyer - he is the country's lawyer. His political interference is blatantly corrupt and he should resign," Warren wrote on Twitter.
Earlier Thursday, the DOJ moved to dismiss its case against Flynn, who pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI about his communications with top Russian diplomat Sergey Kislyak following President Donald Trump's election in 2016. Flynn pleaded guilty in 2017 in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into now-debunked collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign.
Right on schedule as Q predicted.
Sad part is if you would shoot her in the head you wouldn't hit anything.
#9086398 at 2020-05-09 00:24:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11631: Mother of All Buns Edition
Quick summary on Flynn.
ast week:
1. New documents suggest the FBI laid a trap for Flynn. In February, Attorney General William Barr appointed U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Jensen to review the prosecution against Flynn after reports of irregularities. Last week, Jensen delivered a trove of documents to Flynn's defense team - including handwritten notes showing FBI agents discussed whether they would "get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired." In addition, emails showed the FBI had not properly warned Flynn that lying to the FBI was a crime when they met with him in the White House - a meeting then-Director James Comey planned to catch Flynn off guard.
2. Text messages showed the FBI leadership kept the case open: Jensen's trove included a memorandum showing that the FBI wanted to close the case against Flynn on Jan. 4, 2017, but that agent Peter Strzok - who hated Trump and had led the troubled investigations into both Hillary Clinton and the Trump campaign - ordered that the case be kept open. When asked why, Strzok referred to the "7th floor," i.e. the FBI leadership.
3. Flynn's former law firm handed over documents suggesting secret pressure from the DOJ. Covington and Burling LLP, the legal team that handled his guilty plea in 2017, "discovered" that they had not handed all their documents to his new lawyer, Sidney Powell. Powell then told the court that the new documents showed the DOJ had threatened to indict his son unless Flynn pleaded guilty - a "side deal" that the DOJ kept hidden.
This week:
4. President Barack Obama set the Flynn investigation in motion: The House Intelligence Committee released 53 transcripts of interviews it conducted in the early days of the "Russia collusion" investigation. Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates told the committee it was Obama himself who told her about Flynn's phone calls with the Russian ambassador. That information led the DOJ to investigate him under the obscure Logan Act of 1799, which bars private citizens from diplomacy and is almost never enforced.
#9086201 at 2020-05-09 00:08:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11630: If Retard Baker Can Do It, Why Cant You? Edition
Trying to keep up.
ast week:
1. New documents suggest the FBI laid a trap for Flynn. In February, Attorney General William Barr appointed U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Jensen to review the prosecution against Flynn after reports of irregularities. Last week, Jensen delivered a trove of documents to Flynn's defense team - including handwritten notes showing FBI agents discussed whether they would "get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired." In addition, emails showed the FBI had not properly warned Flynn that lying to the FBI was a crime when they met with him in the White House - a meeting then-Director James Comey planned to catch Flynn off guard.
2. Text messages showed the FBI leadership kept the case open: Jensen's trove included a memorandum showing that the FBI wanted to close the case against Flynn on Jan. 4, 2017, but that agent Peter Strzok - who hated Trump and had led the troubled investigations into both Hillary Clinton and the Trump campaign - ordered that the case be kept open. When asked why, Strzok referred to the "7th floor," i.e. the FBI leadership.
3. Flynn's former law firm handed over documents suggesting secret pressure from the DOJ. Covington and Burling LLP, the legal team that handled his guilty plea in 2017, "discovered" that they had not handed all their documents to his new lawyer, Sidney Powell. Powell then told the court that the new documents showed the DOJ had threatened to indict his son unless Flynn pleaded guilty - a "side deal" that the DOJ kept hidden.
This week:
4. President Barack Obama set the Flynn investigation in motion: The House Intelligence Committee released 53 transcripts of interviews it conducted in the early days of the "Russia collusion" investigation. Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates told the committee it was Obama himself who told her about Flynn's phone calls with the Russian ambassador. That information led the DOJ to investigate him under the obscure Logan Act of 1799, which bars private citizens from diplomacy and is almost never enforced.
#9082241 at 2020-05-08 19:20:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11626: Transition To Greatness Edition
Global Announcements
>>8985756, >>8985951 CM has given us new small text. Other post has new formatting FAQ in graphic form
>>8979470 Just enabled a hotfix for the "Posted." bug. Let me know if it fixes the "Posted" bug for you or not. Please clear your javascript cache first so you have the newest version.
>>8986535 Codemonkey announces new standards on obscene loli
>>8971601 OUT OF SHADOWS - OFFICIAL - translations: >>8944644, >>9019496
>>8971620 Make it easier on the bakers: how to write high-quality research posts
>>9072470 Message to Bakers from ArchiveAnon: don't "spoiler" text, messes with archives
Notables
are NOT endorsements
#11625
>>9082015 Barr Blasts Comey, Says FBI Tried to Lay a "Perjury Trap" For General Mike Flynn
>>9081835, >>9082004, >>9081958, >>9081968 DNI release transcripts
>>9081741 Q 2 Year Delta
>>9081659 Sally Yates learned about the Flynn phone call directly from President Obama.
>>9081646 The plane that crashed at Spinks Airport, Dallas / Forth Worth
>>9081602, >>9081664 Tara McGowan, who runs dark money ACRONYM network, behind botched Iowa app
>>9081496 Bipartisan group of lawmakers press Trump to issue executive order moving drug manufacturing out of China
>>9081486 France: Far-Left Antifa Extremists Possible Suspects in Mass Sabotage of Internet Infrastructure
>>9082171 #11625
#11624
>>9080862 planefaggin
>>9081188 Ex-Acting AG Matthew Whitaker: DOJ's Flynn decision good start but there's much more to do
>>9081166 'Situation fragile': EU says borders should stay closed until June 15 on Covid-19 fears
>>9081113, >>9081243 Costco Board of Directors/China connections?
>>9080986 Make your voices heard!
>>9080963 WHO: Under-4s Should Learn About 'Early Childhood Masturbation', 'Explore Gender Identities'
>>9080921, >>9080279 lb Redacted name from Sessions interview regarding Russia Collusion
>>9080914 Joe Biden knew about the intelligence and law enforcement efforts against the Trump team
>>9080912 Obama Defense Official Evelyn Farkas Admitted She Lied On MSNBC About Having Evidence Of Collusion
>>9080888 diggies confirm THEY'RE THEIR OWN DEATH STAR Q cap
>>9080878 Reminder Schiff is under investigation for Ed Buck connections
>>9080841 Obama, Biden Oval Office Meeting On January 5 Was Key To Entire Anti-Trump Operation
>>9080792 Call to War Room #TrumpDepression
>>9080780 A New Recall Effort for Newsom in Cali
>>9080742 Moar Cardillo twat
>>9080734 Encouraging Illegal Aliens To Remain In The US Is A CRIME, Supreme Court Rules
>>9080732 POTUS Live in WH - Meeting w/GOP lawmakers
>>9081372 #11624
#11623
>>9080095 planefaggin
>>9080537 Boatfag Update Report
>>9080470 Potus w/caps
>>9080286 Md. Gov. Blocks Ban On Private Sale Of Rifles, Shotguns
>>9080228 Greece: Turks fire weapons near Evros border again
>>9080179 Refresher: 'House Democrats conceal testimony of 18th witness from Trump team Rep. John Ratcliffe: 'The reason it hasn't been released is it's not helpful to Adam Schiff [Atkinson]
>>9080051 Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Holds a Briefing
>>9079993 Brazil's Justice System Success: More Criminals Behind Bars
>>9079978 Exclusive: 1996 court document confirms Tara Reade told of harassment in Biden's office
>>9079952 Maduro Distrusts Cuba, Appoints Iranian Personal Guard
>>9079938 Look at what Sidnet Powell just retweeted
>>9079917 Huntsman diggz
>>9079899 NJ Gov deploys NG to long-term care facilities
>>9079885, >>9079947, >>9080037, >>9080097 Who owns the meat processing plants?
>>9079877 Moar Potus n Flotus @ ceremony
>>9079836, >>9079868 Toensing on Flynn plea
>>9080569 #11623
#11622
>>9079211, >>9079356, >>9079527, >>9079583 planefaggin
>>9079610 call to diggz on Huntsman
>>9079607 SCOTUS grants Trump admin. request to temporarily shield Mueller grand jury materials from Congress (House)
>>9079553, >>9079672 Potus n Flotus @ Ceremony
>>9079541, >>9079554, >>9079561 Syrian Sources Claim ISIS Leader Was Captured In Recent Deir Ezzor Operation
>>9079524 Attorney General William Barr on Michael Flynn, Obamacare and coronavirus restrictions - Transcript
>>9079432 Cercle Pinay
>>9079426, >>9079521, >>9079528, >>9079531 Shared History: Victory in Europe Day/Potus Live/transcript
>>9079411, >>9079586 Republican National Committee launches new Election Integrity Site
>>9079373 Q cap full story
>>9079294, >>9079365 Police and rescue crews are police are responding to the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery AT 2465 Chesapeake City Road for reports of an active shooter.
>>9079244 Cop urges other cops to do what's right
>>9079240 Presidential Message on the 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day
>>9079126 Louis DeJoy Named Postmaster General beginning 6/15/20 - Dem's Election Fraud by Mail hopes dashed?
>>9079082 Q cap/vid
>>9079766 #11622
#9081420 at 2020-05-08 18:20:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11625: The Mask Edition
Global Announcements
>>8985756, >>8985951 CM has given us new small text. Other post has new formatting FAQ in graphic form
>>8979470 Just enabled a hotfix for the "Posted." bug. Let me know if it fixes the "Posted" bug for you or not. Please clear your javascript cache first so you have the newest version.
>>8986535 Codemonkey announces new standards on obscene loli
>>8971601 OUT OF SHADOWS - OFFICIAL - translations: >>8944644, >>9019496
>>8971620 Make it easier on the bakers: how to write high-quality research posts
>>9072470 Message to Bakers from ArchiveAnon: don't "spoiler" text, messes with archives
Notables
are NOT endorsements
#11624
>>9080862 planefaggin
>>9081188 Ex-Acting AG Matthew Whitaker: DOJ's Flynn decision good start but there's much more to do
>>9081166 'Situation fragile': EU says borders should stay closed until June 15 on Covid-19 fears
>>9081113, >>9081243 Costco Board of Directors/China connections?
>>9080986 Make your voices heard!
>>9080963 WHO: Under-4s Should Learn About 'Early Childhood Masturbation', 'Explore Gender Identities'
>>9080921, >>9080279 lb Redacted name from Sessions interview regarding Russia Collusion
>>9080914 Joe Biden knew about the intelligence and law enforcement efforts against the Trump team
>>9080912 Obama Defense Official Evelyn Farkas Admitted She Lied On MSNBC About Having Evidence Of Collusion
>>9080888 diggies confirm THEY'RE THEIR OWN DEATH STAR Q cap
>>9080878 Reminder Schiff is under investigation for Ed Buck connections
>>9080841 Obama, Biden Oval Office Meeting On January 5 Was Key To Entire Anti-Trump Operation
>>9080792 Call to War Room #TrumpDepression
>>9080780 A New Recall Effort for Newsom in Cali
>>9080742 Moar Cardillo twat
>>9080734 Encouraging Illegal Aliens To Remain In The US Is A CRIME, Supreme Court Rules
>>9080732 POTUS Live in WH - Meeting w/GOP lawmakers
>>9081372 #11624
#11623
>>9080095 planefaggin
>>9080537 Boatfag Update Report
>>9080470 Potus w/caps
>>9080286 Md. Gov. Blocks Ban On Private Sale Of Rifles, Shotguns
>>9080228 Greece: Turks fire weapons near Evros border again
>>9080179 Refresher: 'House Democrats conceal testimony of 18th witness from Trump team Rep. John Ratcliffe: 'The reason it hasn't been released is it's not helpful to Adam Schiff [Atkinson]
>>9080051 Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Holds a Briefing
>>9079993 Brazil's Justice System Success: More Criminals Behind Bars
>>9079978 Exclusive: 1996 court document confirms Tara Reade told of harassment in Biden's office
>>9079952 Maduro Distrusts Cuba, Appoints Iranian Personal Guard
>>9079938 Look at what Sidnet Powell just retweeted
>>9079917 Huntsman diggz
>>9079899 NJ Gov deploys NG to long-term care facilities
>>9079885, >>9079947, >>9080037, >>9080097 Who owns the meat processing plants?
>>9079877 Moar Potus n Flotus @ ceremony
>>9079836, >>9079868 Toensing on Flynn plea
>>9080569 #11623
#11622
>>9079211, >>9079356, >>9079527, >>9079583 planefaggin
>>9079610 call to diggz on Huntsman
>>9079607 SCOTUS grants Trump admin. request to temporarily shield Mueller grand jury materials from Congress (House)
>>9079553, >>9079672 Potus n Flotus @ Ceremony
>>9079541, >>9079554, >>9079561 Syrian Sources Claim ISIS Leader Was Captured In Recent Deir Ezzor Operation
>>9079524 Attorney General William Barr on Michael Flynn, Obamacare and coronavirus restrictions - Transcript
>>9079432 Cercle Pinay
>>9079426, >>9079521, >>9079528, >>9079531 Shared History: Victory in Europe Day/Potus Live/transcript
>>9079411, >>9079586 Republican National Committee launches new Election Integrity Site
>>9079373 Q cap full story
>>9079294, >>9079365 Police and rescue crews are police are responding to the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery AT 2465 Chesapeake City Road for reports of an active shooter.
>>9079244 Cop urges other cops to do what's right
>>9079240 Presidential Message on the 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day
>>9079126 Louis DeJoy Named Postmaster General beginning 6/15/20 - Dem's Election Fraud by Mail hopes dashed?
>>9079082 Q cap/vid
>>9079766 #11622
#9080622 at 2020-05-08 17:15:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11624: Anons Handle the News With Care Edition
Global Announcements
>>8985756, >>8985951 CM has given us new small text. Other post has new formatting FAQ in graphic form
>>8979470 Just enabled a hotfix for the "Posted." bug. Let me know if it fixes the "Posted" bug for you or not. Please clear your javascript cache first so you have the newest version.
>>8986535 Codemonkey announces new standards on obscene loli
>>8971601 OUT OF SHADOWS - OFFICIAL - translations: >>8944644, >>9019496
>>8971620 Make it easier on the bakers: how to write high-quality research posts
>>9072470 Message to Bakers from ArchiveAnon: don't "spoiler" text, messes with archives
Notables
are NOT endorsements
#11623
>>9080095 planefaggin
>>9080537 Boatfag Update Report
>>9080470 Potus w/caps
>>9080286 Md. Gov. Blocks Ban On Private Sale Of Rifles, Shotguns
>>9080228 Greece: Turks fire weapons near Evros border again
>>9080179 Refresher: 'House Democrats conceal testimony of 18th witness from Trump team Rep. John Ratcliffe: 'The reason it hasn't been released is it's not helpful to Adam Schiff [Atkinson]
>>9080051 Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Holds a Briefing
>>9079993 Brazil's Justice System Success: More Criminals Behind Bars
>>9079978 Exclusive: 1996 court document confirms Tara Reade told of harassment in Biden's office
>>9079952 Maduro Distrusts Cuba, Appoints Iranian Personal Guard
>>9079938 Look at what Sidnet Powell just retweeted
>>9079917 Huntsman diggz
>>9079899 NJ Gov deploys NG to long-term care facilities
>>9079885, >>9079947, >>9080037, >>9080097 Who owns the meat processing plants?
>>9079877 Moar Potus n Flotus @ ceremony
>>9079836, >>9079868 Toensing on Flynn plea
>>9080569 #11623
#11622
>>9079211, >>9079356, >>9079527, >>9079583 planefaggin
>>9079610 call to diggz on Huntsman
>>9079607 SCOTUS grants Trump admin. request to temporarily shield Mueller grand jury materials from Congress (House)
>>9079553, >>9079672 Potus n Flotus @ Ceremony
>>9079541, >>9079554, >>9079561 Syrian Sources Claim ISIS Leader Was Captured In Recent Deir Ezzor Operation
>>9079524 Attorney General William Barr on Michael Flynn, Obamacare and coronavirus restrictions - Transcript
>>9079432 Cercle Pinay
>>9079426, >>9079521, >>9079528, >>9079531 Shared History: Victory in Europe Day/Potus Live/transcript
>>9079411, >>9079586 Republican National Committee launches new Election Integrity Site
>>9079373 Q cap full story
>>9079294, >>9079365 Police and rescue crews are police are responding to the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery AT 2465 Chesapeake City Road for reports of an active shooter.
>>9079244 Cop urges other cops to do what's right
>>9079240 Presidential Message on the 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day
>>9079126 Louis DeJoy Named Postmaster General beginning 6/15/20 - Dem's Election Fraud by Mail hopes dashed?
>>9079082 Q cap/vid
>>9079766 #11622
#11621
>>9078550 Dr. Sherri Tenpenny & Dr. Andrew Kaufman
>>9078488 Atkinson: Moar on Follow The Wives
>>9077710 (lb), >>9078449 It's a DAYCARE
>>9078436 Flynn and the American people expect and deserve more from their country's system of justice
>>9078425 From 12/20/2018 Kinzinger and Ryan saw early dossier
>>9078389 When do the trials for treason start?
>>9078361 Sweet revenge? punish the Russiagate conspirators
>>9078360 Roger Stone on OAN: Obama's FBI went after me & General Flynn to take down President Trump
>>9078701 Oz reports surge in illegal HCQ imports as people seek alternative Covid19 treatments
>>9078735 'No sign Britain has plan to succeed in EU trade talks' - Brussels
>>9078761 German Clowns Chime in; claim Trump blaming China is to cover his flaws
>>9078789 Britain's ex-spy chiefs got rich off 'Russian threat' warnings, but IGNORED alarm bells on pandemic risk
>>9078869 Toronto Dominion Bank Warns of $800 Million of Loan-Loss Provisions for U.S. Unit
>>9078486 Cop urges other cops to do what's right
>>9078923 11621
#9079781 at 2020-05-08 16:07:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11623: kcalb si etihw, etihw si kcalb Edition
Global Announcements
>>8985756, >>8985951 CM has given us new small text. Other post has new formatting FAQ in graphic form
>>8979470 Just enabled a hotfix for the "Posted." bug. Let me know if it fixes the "Posted" bug for you or not. Please clear your javascript cache first so you have the newest version.
>>8986535 Codemonkey announces new standards on obscene loli
>>8971601 OUT OF SHADOWS - OFFICIAL - translations: >>8944644, >>9019496
>>8971620 Make it easier on the bakers: how to write high-quality research posts
>>9072470 Message to Bakers from ArchiveAnon: don't "spoiler" text, messes with archives
Notables
are NOT endorsements
#11622
>>9079211, >>9079356, >>9079527, >>9079583 planefaggin
>>9079610 call to diggz on Huntsman
>>9079607 SCOTUS grants Trump admin. request to temporarily shield Mueller grand jury materials from Congress (House)
>>9079553, >>9079672 Potus n Flotus @ Ceremony
>>9079541, >>9079554, >>9079561 Syrian Sources Claim ISIS Leader Was Captured In Recent Deir Ezzor Operation
>>9079524 Attorney General William Barr on Michael Flynn, Obamacare and coronavirus restrictions - Transcript
>>9079432 Cercle Pinay
>>9079426, >>9079521, >>9079528, >>9079531 Shared History: Victory in Europe Day/Potus Live/transcript
>>9079411, >>9079586 Republican National Committee launches new Election Integrity Site
>>9079373 Q cap full story
>>9079294, >>9079365 Police and rescue crews are police are responding to the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery AT 2465 Chesapeake City Road for reports of an active shooter.
>>9079244 Cop urges other cops to do what's right
>>9079240 Presidential Message on the 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day
>>9079126 Louis DeJoy Named Postmaster General beginning 6/15/20 - Dem's Election Fraud by Mail hopes dashed?
>>9079082 Q cap/vid
>>9079766 #11622
#11621
>>9078550 Dr. Sherri Tenpenny & Dr. Andrew Kaufman
>>9078488 Atkinson: Moar on Follow The Wives
>>9077710 (lb), >>9078449 It's a DAYCARE
>>9078436 Flynn and the American people expect and deserve more from their country's system of justice
>>9078425 From 12/20/2018 Kinzinger and Ryan saw early dossier
>>9078389 When do the trials for treason start?
>>9078361 Sweet revenge? punish the Russiagate conspirators
>>9078360 Roger Stone on OAN: Obama's FBI went after me & General Flynn to take down President Trump
>>9078701 Oz reports surge in illegal HCQ imports as people seek alternative Covid19 treatments
>>9078735 'No sign Britain has plan to succeed in EU trade talks' - Brussels
>>9078761 German Clowns Chime in; claim Trump blaming China is to cover his flaws
>>9078789 Britain's ex-spy chiefs got rich off 'Russian threat' warnings, but IGNORED alarm bells on pandemic risk
>>9078869 Toronto Dominion Bank Warns of $800 Million of Loan-Loss Provisions for U.S. Unit
>>9078486 Cop urges other cops to do what's right
>>9078923 11621
#9079766 at 2020-05-08 16:05:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11622 Kings Free Speech Edition
#11622
>>9079211, >>9079356, >>9079527, >>9079583 planefaggin
>>9079610 call to diggz on Huntsman
>>9079607 SCOTUS grants Trump admin. request to temporarily shield Mueller grand jury materials from Congress (House)
>>9079553, >>9079672 Potus n Flotus @ Ceremony
>>9079541, >>9079554, >>9079561 Syrian Sources Claim ISIS Leader Was Captured In Recent Deir Ezzor Operation
>>9079524 Attorney General William Barr on Michael Flynn, Obamacare and coronavirus restrictions - Transcript
>>9079432 Cercle Pinay
>>9079426, >>9079521, >>9079528, >>9079531 Shared History: Victory in Europe Day/Potus Live/transcript
>>9079411, >>9079586 Republican National Committee launches new Election Integrity Site
>>9079373 Q cap full story
>>9079294, >>9079365 Police and rescue crews are police are responding to the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery AT 2465 Chesapeake City Road for reports of an active shooter.
>>9079244 Cop urges other cops to do what's right
>>9079240 Presidential Message on the 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day
>>9079126 Louis DeJoy Named Postmaster General beginning 6/15/20 - Dem's Election Fraud by Mail hopes dashed?
>>9079082 Q cap/vid
#11622
#9079753 at 2020-05-08 16:04:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11622 Kings Free Speech Edition
Trump says 'jury is still out' on FBI Director Christopher Wray
May 08, 2020 09:11 AM
Another FBI chief could soon be forced out.
President Trump said the "jury is still out" with regard to FBI Director Christopher Wray during an appearance Friday on Fox & Friends.
He repeated that Wray was "recommended" by former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed special counsel Robert Mueller to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 campaign after Trump fired his previous FBI director, James Comey, in May 2017.
In recent weeks, Republicans have become increasingly frustrated with Wray after it took a U.S. attorney appointed by Attorney General William Barr to pry open secrets about the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation, particularly information related to the case of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Trump said he told Barr to "handle it," but he also noted, "In theory, I'm chief law enforcement officer."
After the Justice Department filed to dismiss the case against Flynn, Barr defended Wray in an interview with CBS News. He said the FBI director has "been very helpful" to various investigations, including U.S. Attorney John Durham's review of the Russia investigation.
"There are a lot of cases in the Department of Justice, and I don't consider it the director's responsibility to make sure that all the documents are produced in each case. So I don't - I wouldn't say that this has affected my confidence in Director Wray," he said.
Trump nominated Wray to take over the FBI after he fired Comey.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-says-jury-is-still-out-on-fbi-director-christopher-wray
Will post again next bread if anons notable and baker has put dough in the oven.
#9079660 at 2020-05-08 15:56:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11622 Kings Free Speech Edition
>>9079652
Notables
>>9079211, >>9079356, >>9079527, >>9079583 planefaggin
>>9079610 call to diggz on Huntsman
>>9079607 SCOTUS grants Trump admin. request to temporarily shield Mueller grand jury materials from Congress (House)
>>9079553 WH: Potus n Flotus @ Ceremony
>>9079541, >>9079554, >>9079561 Syrian Sources Claim ISIS Leader Was Captured In Recent Deir Ezzor Operation
>>9079524 Attorney General William Barr on Michael Flynn, Obamacare and coronavirus restrictions - Transcript
>>9079432 Cercle Pinay
>>9079426, >>9079521, >>9079528, >>9079531 Shared History: Victory in Europe Day/Potus Live/transcript
>>9079411, >>9079586 Republican National Committee launches new Election Integrity Site
>>9079373 Q cap full story
>>9079294, >>9079365 Police and rescue crews are police are responding to the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery AT 2465 Chesapeake City Road for reports of an active shooter.
>>9079244 Cop urges other cops to do what's right
>>9079240 Presidential Message on the 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day
>>9079126 Louis DeJoy Named Postmaster General beginning 6/15/20 - Dem's Election Fraud by Mail hopes dashed?
>>9079082 Q cap/vid
#9079574 at 2020-05-08 15:46:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11622 Kings Free Speech Edition
>>9079498
>any info on the satchel of additional documents handed over to DOJ from DNI yesterday
Ed Henry Says Documents Richard Grenell Just Delivered To William Barr May Have Adam Schiff 'Even More Panicked Right Now' https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/07/ed-henry-richard-grenell-adam-schiff-justice-department/
#9079524 at 2020-05-08 15:40:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11622 Kings Free Speech Edition
Attorney General William Barr on Michael Flynn, Obamacare and coronavirus restrictions - Transcript
The Justice Department on Thursday moved to dismiss charges against Michael Flynn, President Trump's first national security adviser. Flynn pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to the FBI about his contacts with the former Russian ambassador to the U.S. - but in January, Flynn asked the court to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea, citing the government's "bad faith, vindictiveness and breach of the plea agreement." In a motion filed in U.S. district court, federal prosecutors asked the judge to dismiss the single count of making false statements to the FBI, claiming the government concluded that the FBI's interview of Flynn "was untethered to, and unjustified by, the FBI's counterintelligence investigation." Attorney General William Barr joined CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge to discuss the reasoning behind the motion.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/attorney-general-William-Barr-on-michael-flynn-obamacare-and-coronavirus-restrictions-transcript/
#9076755 at 2020-05-08 08:05:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11619: The Muffins Are Pretty Salty Today Edition
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/05/house-democrats-could-arrest-William-Barr-contempt/588976/
POLITICS
The Rarely Used Congressional Power That Could Force William Barr's Hand
It hasn't been done in nearly a century, but House Democrats could arrest the attorney general after they find him in contempt.
RUSSELL BERMAN
MAY 8, 2019
#9075262 at 2020-05-08 04:09:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11617: The News Is Dead Edition
Pelosi slams move to drop Flynn case: 'Barr's politicization of justice knows no bounds'
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday accused Attorney General William Barr of trying to "cover up" for President Trump in dropping the case against his former national security adviser Michael Flynn for charges of lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia.
"Attorney General Barr's politicization of justice knows no bounds," Pelosi said in a statement.
"Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators in the face of overwhelming evidence - but now, Attorney General Barr's Justice Department is dropping the case to continue to cover up for the President," she added.
Flynn had previously pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia during the presidential transition in 2016. Flynn later moved to withdraw his guilty plea and has been fighting the charges.
In a court filing on Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said it was moving to drop its case against Flynn, saying it was no longer sure it could make its case.
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe noted in a statement that the DOJ's new position contradicts the findings by both former special counsel Robert Mueller and the Office of the Inspector General.
"Overruling the Special Counsel is without precedent and without respect for the rule of law," Pelosi said.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) called the move "outrageous" and demanded an "immediate explanation," pledging to summon Barr to the Capitol.
Trump cheers DOJ move to drop Flynn case
Top Democrat demands 'immediate explanation' from Barr after Flynn…
"Rest assured, we are going to reschedule that hearing, ASAP, and demand answers!" Nadler tweeted.
On Thursday, Trump told reporters that he was pleased to hear the DOJ's decision and wanted people "to pay a big price" for prosecuting his former adviser.
"He was an innocent man," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon. "He is a great gentleman. He was targeted by the Obama administration and he was targeted in order to try and take down a president, and what they've done is a disgrace, and I hope a big price is going to be paid."
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/496713-pelosi-slams-ag-after-justice-department-drops-flynn-case-Barrs-politicization
#9075012 at 2020-05-08 03:54:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11616: [Michael Atkinson] Edition
Adam Schiff: DOJ's Decision Doesn't Exonerate Flynn, But Incriminates AG Barr
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) claimed the Department of Justice's decision to drop criminal charges against retired Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn on Thursday does not exonerate the former Trump national security advisor, but rather incriminates Attorney General William Barr.
"Flynn pled guilty to lying to the FBI about his illicit Russian contacts. His lies do not now become truths," Schiff wrote on Twitter. "This dismissal does not exonerate him. But it does incriminate Bill Barr."
"In the worst politicization of the Justice Department in its history," the California Democrat added.
Earlier Thursday, the Justice Department moved to drop its case against Flynn for charges of making false statements to the FBI about his contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak ahead of President Trump taking office. In 2017, the longtime military man pleaded guilty in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation and agreed to cooperate with the DOJ, but eventually withdrew his plea, citing prosecuting breaking their agreement to not recommend prison time.
"Through the course of my review of General Flynn's case, I concluded the proper and just course was to dismiss the case," Jeffrey Jensen, the U.S. attorney that Barr recruited to review Flynn's case, said in a statement. "I briefed Attorney General Barr on my findings, advised him on these conclusions, and he agreed."
Speaking to CBS News, Barr defended the decision to drop the charges against Flynn, saying he was "doing the law's bidding'
"A crime cannot be established here. They did not have a basis for a counterintelligence investigation against Flynn at that stage," Barr said in reference to the FBI.
"People sometimes plead to things that turn out not to be crimes," the chief law enforcement official added.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/07/adam-schiff-dojs-decision-doesnt-exonerate-flynn-incriminates-ag-Barr/
#9074278 at 2020-05-08 03:07:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11615: Grenell's Satchel Edition
>>9074161
We write to request that you investigate whether recent public statements by Attorney
General William Barr regarding former Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (ICIG)
Michael Atkinson violated applicable Department of Justice (DOJ) policies and rules of
professional conduct.
https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20209420_hpsci_and_hjc_letter_to_doj_opr_and_oig_re_Barratkinson_final_pdf.pdf
#9072491 at 2020-05-08 00:55:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11613: Be ready to dig, Anons. Meat. Edition
Attorney General William Barr received a separate "satchel" of documents, Henry said in a report Friday evening on Tucker Carlson Tonight as Fox News aired video that a producer took of Grenell personally delivering them to the Justice Department.
Henry noted that his sources would not say precisely what was in the satchel, but they expect the contents could be made public as early as Friday.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/richard-grenell-delivers-satchel-of-documents-to-doj-that-shatter-schiff-collusion-claims-report
#9071534 at 2020-05-07 23:55:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11612: Transcripts Released Part 2 The DNI Releases Their Own Edition
Breaking: Department of Justice Drops Case Against General Michael Flynn
By Kristinn Taylor Published May 7, 2020 at 1:37pm
"BREAKING......WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Department is dropping criminal case against ex-Trump adviser Flynn, according to court filing obtained by AP. - Julie Pace (@jpaceDC) May 7, 2020
Excerpt from AP:
...In court documents being filed Thursday, the Justice Department said it is dropping the case "after a considered review of all the facts and circumstances of this case, including newly discovered and disclosed information." The documents were obtained by The Associated Press.
The Justice Department said it had concluded that Flynn's interview by the FBI was "untethered to, and unjustified by, the FBI's counterintelligence investigation into Mr. Flynn" and that the interview on January 24, 2017 was "conducted without any legitimate investigative basis."
The U.S. attorney reviewing the Flynn case, Jeff Jensen, recommended the move to Attorney General William Barr last week and formalized the recommendation in a document this week.
"Through the course of my review of General Flynn's case, I concluded the proper and just course was to dismiss the case," Jensen said in a statement. "I briefed Attorney General Barr on my findings, advised him on these conclusions, and he agreed."...
The dismissal of Flynn's case comes as a result of his decision to change attorneys last year and bring on Sidney Powell who pressed the Justice Department for documents concealed from Flynn by the DOJ and apparently his own former attorneys.
UPDATE: Confirmed by CBS News:
#FLYNN Court Docs "The United States of America hereby moves to dismiss with prejudice the criminal information filed against Michael T Flynn pursuant to federal rule of criminal procedure 48(a)..." @CBSNews @ClareHymes22
- Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) May 7, 2020
#FLYNN "the government has concluded that the interview of Mr Flynn was untethered to, and unjustified by, the FBI counterintelligence investigation...government is not persuaded that the January 24 2017 interview was conducted with a legitimate investigative basis..." @CBSNews
- Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) May 7, 2020
Update on filing by the Federalist's Sean Davis, "In its motion to dismiss charges against Flynn, DOJ says it's not just that the FBI never had a legitimate legal reason to interview Flynn, but that there's not sufficient evidence that Flynn actually lied to the FBI during its illegal January 24, 2017 ambush interview of Flynn."
In its motion to dismiss charges against Flynn, DOJ says it's not just that the FBI never had a legitimate legal reason to interview Flynn, but that there's not sufficient evidence that Flynn actually lied to the FBI during its illegal January 24, 2017 ambush interview of Flynn. pic.twitter.com/AvtUsXGcRL
- Sean Davis (@seanmdav) May 7, 2020
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/breaking-flynn-case-dropped-justice-department
#9071290 at 2020-05-07 23:33:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #116011: Transcripts Released Edition
RT News article on the DOJ Dropping the Flynn Case
End of Russiagate? DOJ drops case against Trump adviser Flynn that started 'witch hunt'
https://www.rt.com/usa/488079-doj-drops-flynn-case-trump/
Charges against US President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, General Michael Flynn, have been dropped due to new evidence showing they were baseless. Flynn was the first to be targeted in the 'Russiagate' probe.
The FBI's interview of Flynn in January 2017 was "untethered to, and unjustified by, the FBI's counterintelligence investigation" into the former head of military intelligence, and conducted "without any legitimate investigative basis," the US Department of Justice said in a court filing on Thursday.
Attorney Jeffrey Jensen, who was charged by Attorney General William Barr to review the case, recommended this course of action in a document last week, the AP reported - presumably after Flynn's attorneys made public FBI documents that unequivocally showed that the general had been targeted for entrapment by a group of Bureau officials who had privately discussed an "insurance policy" in case of a Trump victory.
Asked about the news on Thursday afternoon, Trump called Flynn "an innocent man."
He also called the Obama administration holdovers in the FBI and the Justice Department who orchestrated Flynn's prosecution, "human scum" and their conduct "treason."
"What they've done is a disgrace, and I hope a big price is going to be paid," the president added.
It was disgraced agent Peter Strzok who intervened to keep Flynn's case open, and who later interviewed Flynn and apparently heavily edited the notes from that interview, with the help of Bureau lawyer - and his extramarital partner - Lisa Page. The interview was ordered by then-FBI Director Jim Comey, by his own admission.
The news of the charges being dropped comes just hours after the DOJ notified US District Judge Emmet Sullivan that prosecutor Brandon Van Grack was withdrawing from the Flynn case - as well as others linked to the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into allegations that Trump's campaign had "colluded" with Russia in the 2016 election.
More documents showed that Van Grack, Mueller's handpicked prosecutor, apparently coerced Flynn into pleading guilty by threatening to indict his son, then allegedly conspired with Flynn's attorneys to keep that secret. Flynn ultimately pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about the content of his conversations with Russian ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak, during the transition period between the election and Trump's inauguration.
The former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency was the first feather in the cap of the 'resistance' to the Trump administration. Flynn was forced to resign less than a month into the job, after the Washington Post accused him of lying about his conversations with Kislyak, apparently based on FBI leaks. His prosecution has long been held up as proof there was something rotten within the Trump campaign, and the fact he pleaded guilty has been repeatedly used in political and media attacks on the administration, and even the impeachment hearings.
https://twitter.com/malbertnews/status/1258466936742125568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1258466936742125568&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fusa%2F488079-doj-drops-flynn-case-trump%2F
wonder how it will compare with American media reporting
#9066825 at 2020-05-07 18:35:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11606: News, "SOON" Edition
>>9066782
AP Exclusive: Justice Dept dropping Flynn's criminal case
''By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER
7 minutes ago''
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that became a rallying cry for Trump and his supporters in attacking the FBI's Russia investigation.
The move is a stunning reversal for one of the signature cases brought by special counsel Robert Mueller. It comes even though prosecutors for the last three years had maintained that Flynn had lied to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian ambassador in a January 2017 interview. Flynn himself admitted as much, and became a key cooperator for Mueller as he investigated ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.
In court documents being filed Thursday, the Justice Department said it is dropping the case "after a considered review of all the facts and circumstances of this case, including newly discovered and disclosed information." The documents were obtained by The Associated Press.
The Justice Department said it had concluded that Flynn's interview by the FBI was "untethered to, and unjustified by, the FBI's counterintelligence investigation into Mr. Flynn" and that the interview on January 24, 2017 was "conducted without any legitimate investigative basis."
The U.S. attorney reviewing the Flynn case, Jeff Jensen, recommended the move to Attorney General William Barr last week and formalized the recommendation in a document this week.
"Through the course of my review of General Flynn's case, I concluded the proper and just course was to dismiss the case," Jensen said in a statement. "I briefed Attorney General Barr on my findings, advised him on these conclusions, and he agreed."
The decision is certain to be embraced by Trump, who has relentlessly tweeted about the case and last week pronounced Flynn "exonerated," and energize supporters who have taken up the retired Army lieutenant general as something of a cause celebre. But it may also add to Democratic concerns that Attorney General William Barr is excessively loyal to the president, and could be a distraction for a Justice Department that for months has sought to focus on crimes arising from the coronavirus.
https://apnews.com/ae1ad252bb13490db2ceffc5d17b6d92
#9066505 at 2020-05-07 18:14:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11605: Welcome To The Revolution Edition
Rosenstein memo tasked Mueller to investigate already-discredited Steele allegations
Allegations in Rod Rosenstein's August 2017 scoping memo about Carter Page had already been traced to Russia intelligence misinformation campaign.
hen-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein instructed Special Counsel Robert Mueller in August 2017 to investigate allegations against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page that originated with the Steele dossier and had already been discredited by the FBI, a newly declassified memo showed Wednesday night.
The Justice Department's release of the unredacted version of Rosenstein's so-called investigative scoping memo provided the first declarative evidence that Mueller was asked to investigate widely suspect allegations from Christopher Steele's opposition research conducted for the Clinton campaign and Democratic Party back in 2016.
Specifically, Rosenstein's memo instucted Mueller to investigate "allegations that Carter Page committed a crime or crimes by colluding with Russian government officials with respect to the Russian government's efforts to interfere with the 2016 election for President of the United States, in violation of United States law." Recently declassified evidence has shown that by the time that instruction was given, the FBI had:
fired Steele as an informant for leaking;
interviewed Steele's sub-source, who disputed information attributed to him;
ascertained that allegations Steele had given the FBI specifically about Page were inaccurate and likely came from Russian intelligence sources as disinformation;
been informed repeatedly by the CIA that Page was not a Russian stooge but, rather, a cooperating intelligence asset for the United States government.
Former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, who long called for the release of the unredacted scoping memo, said Wednesday's development confirmed his worst suspicions. He accused prior officials of the Justice Department of unnecessarily hiding the evidence from Congress and the American people before Attorney General William Barr intervened.
"This information was redacted until now for one single reason - to hide the fact that false allegations from the Steele dossier were included in Mueller's scoping memo," Nunes told Just the News. "In other words, a bunch of lies paid for by the Democrats were used to engineer the appointment of a Special Counsel to drag the Trump administration through the mud for years. The Russia collusion hoax was a disgrace, and we can't let anything like it ever be repeated."
The degree to which the FBI had discredited Steele's intelligence reporting on Page - including allegations he colluded with Russia - only came into focus with the December, 2019 release of DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report on FBI abuses of the FISA surveillance that targeted Page. In addition, just-declassified evidence showed the FBI had learned by February 2017 that Steele's information on Page was likely disinformation from Russian intelligence planted with Steele.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/rosenstein-asked-mueller-investigate-already-discredited
#9063325 at 2020-05-07 13:13:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11601: Serendipity In The Stream Edition
EXCLUSIVE: Durham Resurrects Clinton Foundation Probe; FEDS Disclose DOJ's Renewed Focus on Widespread Charity, Vaccine Fraud
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Thought to be left for dead, the federal probe of the Clinton Foundation has found new life in Connecticut, where U.S. Attorney John Durham has quietly breathed life back into the investigation of the Clinton's widespread charity and vaccine schemes.
Durham's newly-minted focus of putting the schemes of the Clinton Foundation back under the federal microscope was detailed on the Thomas Paine Podcast and the Moore Paine Show on Patreon. Top-level federal sources detailed just when and what is happening surrounding these surprising revelations and how it relates to what is playing out with the corrupt CDC, FDA, NIH and White House coronavirus 'gurus' Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Deborah Birx and CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield, who are all linked to the shady operations and associates of the Clinton Foundation. Listen Above
Durham was tasked by U.S. Attorney General William Barr with conducting a sweeping probe of FBI surveillance abuse against the 2016 Trump campaign.
This story is developing.
https://truepundit.com/exclusive-durham-resurrects-clinton-foundation-probe-feds-disclose-dojs-renewed-focus-on-widespread-charity-vaccine-fraud/
#9062173 at 2020-05-07 07:37:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11600: DJT Deserves A Landslide Victory Edition
Mike Flynn and the FBI's assault on American democracy
TIM BLACK COLUMNIST
7th May 2020
"Just over a year ago, the special counsel investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election ended with barely a whimper. The thousands of subpoenas, the myriad search warrants, the countless witness interviews - they all amounted to diddly squat. As the US attorney general William Barr summed it up at the time: 'The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.'
Admittedly, Mueller had succeeded in exposing some criminal wrongdoing - Michael Cohen, Trump's attorney, was sentenced to three years in prison for campaign-finance and fraud crimes, while Trump's campaign chief, Paul Manafort, was convicted of financial fraud. But these crimes were all tangential. None related to the object of the investigation - namely, proving that the Russian state colluded with the Trump campaign during and after the 2016 presidential election."
https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/05/07/mike-flynn-and-the-fbis-assault-on-american-democracy/
#9060429 at 2020-05-07 03:48:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11597: Alexa, How long will Coronavirus last? Edition
Grassley Lifts Hold on Counterintel Chief Nominee Evanina After AG Barr and DNI Grenell Release Russia Probe Documents
By Jim Hoft Published May 5, 2020 at 9:13am
After two years Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) finally lifted his hold on President Donald Trump's pick for counterintelligence chief, William Evanina.
Grassley was waiting for DOJ documents on possible links between the Trump campaign and Russia which he claimed were given to House committees for their investigations.
Senator Grassley praised AG William Barr and acting DNI Richard Grenell in a statement released on Monday adding that he did not question Evanina's credentials.
President Trump has nominated William Evanina for the post twice but Sen. Grassley had placed a hold on the nomination.
DNI Rick Grenell has only been acting DNI since February and is already making his presence known.
The Politico reported:
Sen. Chuck Grassley on Monday lifted his hold on President Donald Trump's pick to be the nation's counterintelligence chief, ending a blockade that began nearly two years ago.
Grassley initially blocked William Evanina's nomination to head the National Counterintelligence and Security Center in June 2018, demanding the Justice Department fork over documents on its probe of possible links between the Trump campaign and Moscow - which he claimed House committees received in their Russia investigations, including those related to Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, who became a go-between for former British spy Christopher Steele and the FBI.
In a statement submitted for the record Monday, Grassley stressed that he "did not question Mr. Evanina's credentials in any way" and said his change of heart came after he received the documents he requested, praising Attorney General William Barr and acting DNI Richard Grenell.
"If their predecessors had simply respected legitimate congressional oversight and their agreements with me and the Judiciary Committee from the beginning, Mr. Evanina would have been confirmed long ago," according to Grassley.
"Let this also be a reminder that when it comes to congressional oversight, I will use all the tools at my disposal to get to the truth of the matter and get access to the records that I believe are necessary to advance my investigations," he added.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/big-development-grassley-lifts-hold-counterintel-chief-nominee-evanina-ag-Barr-dni-grenell-release-russia-probe-documents
#9053294 at 2020-05-06 18:27:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11588: ChiFiDi Edition
Durham Resurrects Clinton Foundation Probe; FEDS Disclose DOJ's Renewed Focus on Widespread Charity, Vaccine Fraud
Thought to be left for dead, the federal probe of the Clinton Foundation has found new life in Connecticut, where U.S. Attorney John Durham has quietly breathed life back into the investigation of the Clinton's widespread charity and vaccine schemes.
Durham's newly-minted focus of putting the schemes of the Clinton Foundation back under the federal microscope was detailed on the Thomas Paine Podcast and the Moore Paine Show on Patreon. Top-level federal sources detailed just when and what is happening surrounding these surprising revelations and how it relates to what is playing out with the corrupt CDC, FDA, NIH and White House coronavirus 'gurus' Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Deborah Birx and CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield, who are all linked to the shady operations and associates of the Clinton Foundation. Listen Above
Durham was tasked by U.S. Attorney General William Barr with conducting a sweeping probe of FBI surveillance abuse against the 2016 Trump campaign.
This story is developing.
https://truepundit.com/exclusive-durham-resurrects-clinton-foundation-probe-feds-disclose-dojs-renewed-focus-on-widespread-charity-vaccine-fraud/
#9048570 at 2020-05-06 09:17:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11582: Gravey Meme Magic Best Magic Edition
FBI lashes 'prior' leadership in defense of Director
Christopher Wray's handling of Michael Flynn case
by Jerry Dunleavy
May 05, 2020 10:56 PM
"The FBI is fighting back against criticism leveled against Director Christopher Wray by Republicans who contend he botched the handling of the case against retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn.
Brian Hale, the FBI's assistant director for the Office of Public Affairs, released a statement on Tuesday that said the bureau chief "has fully cooperated and been transparent with" U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Jensen, appointed by Attorney General William Barr earlier this year to review the Flynn case. The FBI spokesman said Wray has also worked closely with DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz in his Crossfire Hurricane investigation as well as with U.S. Attorney John Durham, who was handpicked by Barr to lead an investigation of the Trump-Russia investigators.
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the ranking Republican on the House Oversight Committee, and Mike Johnson of Louisiana sent a letter to Wray on Monday, saying that what they found "even more concerning" than the newly revealed details about the Flynn case was that "we continue to learn these new details from litigation and investigations - not from you." They further stated, "It is well past time that you show the leadership necessary to bring the FBI past the abuses of the Obama-Biden era.""
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/fbi-lashes-prior-leadership-in-defense-of-director-christopher-wrays-handling-of-michael-flynn-case
#9047578 at 2020-05-06 04:50:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11581: Dr Shiva and THE ADRENOCHROME Edition
Matt Gaetz calls on AG Barr to ban use of Chinese drones in U.S. law enforcement
The Florida congressman cites a DHS report indicating Chinese drones may be used to collect U.S. infrastructure data to transmit back to the Chinese government
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is calling on Attorney General William Barr to order the grounding of all China-connected DJI drones used by law enforcement across the U.S. - including state and local agencies. DJI (Dà-Ji?ng Innovations) is a Chinese technology company that is suspected of using information from the drones used by U.S. law enforcement to feed sensitive data back to the Chinese government. In 2017, the Department of Homeland Security released a report, in which they determined that DJI had specifically marketed their product to local law enforcement agencies, and as a result, China is able to "provide DJI information to terrorist organizations ... to coordinate attacks against U.S. critical infrastructure."
The findings of DHS's report prompted the U.S. Army and the Department of the Interior to end their use of DJI drones. However, law enforcement agencies across the country continue to use them, and several dozen local agencies recently accepted a donation of the drones from DJI, despite the national security risk they pose. On a Fox News "Tucker Carlson Tonight" appearance, Gaetz spoke about his letter sent Monday to Barr and called the DJI drones a "Trojan horse spying operation in our country" that local police departments may unwittingly be helping.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/matt-gaetz-calls-ag-Barr-ban-use-chinese-drones-local-police-departments
#9046763 at 2020-05-06 02:48:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11580: RBG Hospitalized Edition
>>9046501
>>9046552
Baker, Notable
Supreme Overlord of Michigan Gov. Whitmer says 'without evidence' protestors 'carried nooses and swastikas'
The attorney general said he was concerned about directives that could be "violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens."
–Attorney General William Barr
Mr. Barr directed all U.S. attorneys to "be on the lookout" for local and state directives that could violate religious, free speech or economic rights under the Constitution.
#9045501 at 2020-05-06 00:51:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11578: The PlanDemic & BlackSky Edition
Government gone too far? States rebuked for coronavirus lockdown measures
The Justice Department has sided with a Virginia church suing Gov. Ralph Northam after police threatened a pastor with jail time or a $2,500 fine for violating lockdown restrictions by holding a service on Palm Sunday - marking the latest incident where federal lawyers or local courts have challenged a state's stay-at-home mandates during the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. Attorney General William Barr made it clear last month that federal prosecutors should "be on the lookout" for overly restrictive state and local shutdown orders that may infringe on people's constitutional rights - especially when it comes to the First Amendment.
"If a state or local ordinance crosses the line from an appropriate exercise of authority to stop the spread of COVID-19 into an overbearing infringement of constitutional and statutory protections, the Department of Justice may have an obligation to address that overreach in federal court," Barr said in an April memo.
While the DOJ - and district and state courts - have been mainly on the lookout for any lockdown measures that violate people's rights to practice their religion openly, a number of cases have headed to court over stay-at-home measures impinging on everything from business operations to quality-of-life issues.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/states-rebuked-coronavirus-lockdown
#9042556 at 2020-05-05 20:42:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11575: Huge Comes In Small Pleasures Edition
#11574
>>9041769 British Scientist Neil Ferguson, Whose Wildly Wrong Coronavirus Model Prompted US, UK Lockdowns, Resigns After Caught Breaking Social Distancing Rules With Married Lover
>>9041773 Coronavirus testing kits heading to the UK found to be contaminated with Covid-19
>>9041811 Yet Another University Shuts Down Chinese Communist Party-Funded Confucious Institute
>>9041911 Biden Voted to Block Creation of Senate Office That Handles Sexual Harassment Complaints
>>9042007 Tanzania has suspended the head of its national health laboratory in charge of coronavirus testing, a day after President John Magufuli questioned the accuracy of the tests.
>>9042151 Politicians Have Destroyed Markets and Ignored Human Rights with Alarming Enthusiasm Ron Paul
>>9042174 Matt Gaetz urges William Barr to ground Chinese-made drones over possible data transmission to China
>>9042233 HSI partners with Pfizer, 3M, Citi, Alibaba, Amazon, Merck to protect consumers against COVID-19-related fraud
>>9042419 Ahead of 2020 election, Facebook bans accounts linked to QAnon
NOT NOTABLES
#9042174 at 2020-05-05 20:16:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11574: Cinco de Cinco, Knowledge Is Power Edition
Matt Gaetz urges William Barr to ground Chinese-made drones over possible data transmission to China
Rep. Matt Gaetz is calling on Attorney General William Barr to ground all Da Jiang Innovations drones owned and operated by U.S. government entities, including local and state law enforcement, over cybersecurity concerns that they may provide data to China.
Gaetz wrote in a Monday letter to Barr and Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen that there are considerable national security threats that could come from drones that are produced by the Chinese company DJI and are then distributed to state and local agencies.
The Florida Republican called his efforts a move to stop the potential transmission of sensitive information to China and credited authorities that have already banned the Chinese-made drones. The U.S. Army and Interior Department have previously suspended the use of these drones over possible security threats.
"The reason for these bans has been national security, grounded in well-established assessments that DJI UAS (drones) may transmit sensitive information to China," Gaetz wrote.
To help mitigate the coronavirus pandemic, DJI recently announced its Disaster Relief Program, which aimed to help equip public safety agencies throughout the United States with high-end technology for their operations during the COVID-19 spread. In April, the company announced it was distributing 100 drones to 45 police, fire, and public safety organizations in 22 states.
Gaetz said at least two drones were provided to the Daytona Beach Police Department in Florida.
"These 'donations' are deeply troubling to us," he wrote.
The company has responded to claims of spying, saying there is no ulterior motive to the drones being distributed to states and localities.
"Some people are trying to score ideological points by discouraging the use of important equipment and tools that save lives and protect American first responders," DJI Technology spokesman Adam Lisberg told Fox News.
Gaetz also appeared on the network's Tucker Carlson Tonight on Monday to discuss pressuring the Justice Department to investigate and ground these technologies.
"We should not be spied on by our own government and giving the information then to a foreign government that's hostile," Gaetz told Carlson.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/matt-gaetz-urges-William-Barr-to-ground-chinese-made-drones-over-possible-data-transmission-to-china
#9041218 at 2020-05-05 19:04:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11573: The Mask Of Choice WW Edition
Wait, Did Schiff Just Say COVID-19 Deaths Are 'Casualties' of His Failure to Remove Trump in Impeachment?!
On Monday, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), one of the leaders of the Democrats' failed impeachment push to remove President Donald Trump, called the deaths from the coronavirus "casualties" of the Senate's refusal to remove Trump from office in February. He appeared to suggest that all the deaths from coronavirus could be attributed to the fact that Donald Trump is president during this crisis.
"We certainly told the senators that he was not going to change and there was no way to constrain him, that he is who he is and he would continue to operate the way he had, and indeed that's exactly what we've seen since," Schiff told MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell. "Now the one thing I think we dramatically understated is when we asked the question, 'If you found him guilty, do you really need to remove him, given that there's another election only nine months away, how much damage could he do?'"
"We said a lot but little did we know just how great the casualties would be," Schiff argued. "Some days we lose the equivalent of the number of people we lost on 9/11. And you know I think there's no way we could have foreseen just how tragic his malfeasance would be in the remaining months of his administration."
Schiff may not have meant to say all or even most of the deaths from coronavirus are "casualties" of the failure of impeachment, but that is exactly what his words suggest.
Throughout the interview, the Democrat slammed Trump. He attacked the president for having originally said that the coronavirus would be no worse than the flu - a line uttered across the media in part because experts did not understand the virus thanks to the Chinese Communist Party's lies about it. He attacked the president for removing inspectors general such as Democratic favorite Glenn Fine.
While Trump arguably has made some missteps during the crisis, he has also arguably managed it rather well, given the knowledge available at the time. There is no reason to think most of the deaths could have been prevented, and had Trump issued a nation-wide stay-at-home order, Schiff would likely be crowing about his tyrannical overreach.
In fact, Schiff's decision to reach for impeachment arguably undermines his attack on the president.
When the first confirmed coronavirus case in the U.S. came on January 20, 2020, Schiff was focused on prosecuting the impeachment case. Trump wasn't acquitted by the U.S. Senate until February 5. On February 14, Democrats set their sights on Attorney General William Barr, perhaps beginning the process of impeaching him. That week, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) floated the idea of impeaching Trump again - over his tweets.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2020/05/05/adam-schiff-calls-coronavirus-deaths-casualties-of-the-senates-decision-not-to-remove-trump-n388178
#9039883 at 2020-05-05 17:28:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11571: Will You Follow Their Narrative? Edition
"TOP FBI Investigator Walks Away Free After Possession of Child Porn"
Congrats to FBI Director Christopher Wray and U.S. Attorney General William Barr for allowing a top FBI intelligence analyst to walk away free from potential possession of child pornography charges.
The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) initiated this investigation upon the receipt of information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Inspection Division (INSD) alleging that a then FBI Supervisory Intelligence Analyst (SIA) had stated, during a routine FBI security inquiry, that the SIA had viewed and downloaded child pornography from the internet several years earlier. The SIA denied ever receiving or sending child pornography.
The OIG obtained and forensically examined the SIA's personal and FBI issued devices. Our examination identified pornographic images on the SIA's personal devices, and the OIG took several steps to determine whether the images represented child pornography, including providing such images to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Based on the SIA's statements during the security interview, the OIG investigation concluded that the SIA had knowingly possessed child pornography, in violation of federal law and FBI policy.
The SIA was summarily dismissed by the FBI while the OIG investigation was pending.
Prosecution of the SIA was declined.
https://truepundit.com/top-fbi-investigator-walks-away-free-after-possession-of-child-porn/
#9039773 at 2020-05-05 17:22:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11571: Will You Follow Their Narrative? Edition
Grassley Lifts Hold on Counterintel Chief Nominee Evanina After AG Barr and DNI Grenell Release Russia Probe Documents
After two years Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) finally lifted his hold on President Donald Trump's pick for counterintelligence chief, William Evanina.
Grassley was waiting for DOJ documents on possible links between the Trump campaign and Russia which he claimed were given to House committees for their investigations.
Senator Grassley praised AG William Barr and acting DNI Richard Grenell in a statement released on Monday adding that he did not question Evanina's credentials.
President Trump has nominated William Evanina for the post twice but Sen. Grassley had placed a hold on the nomination.
DNI Rick Grenell has only been acting DNI since February and is already making his presence known.
The Politico reported:
Sen. Chuck Grassley on Monday lifted his hold on President Donald Trump's pick to be the nation's counterintelligence chief, ending a blockade that began nearly two years ago.
Grassley initially blocked William Evanina's nomination to head the National Counterintelligence and Security Center in June 2018, demanding the Justice Department fork over documents on its probe of possible links between the Trump campaign and Moscow - which he claimed House committees received in their Russia investigations, including those related to Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, who became a go-between for former British spy Christopher Steele and the FBI.
In a statement submitted for the record Monday, Grassley stressed that he "did not question Mr. Evanina's credentials in any way" and said his change of heart came after he received the documents he requested, praising Attorney General William Barr and acting DNI Richard Grenell.
"If their predecessors had simply respected legitimate congressional oversight and their agreements with me and the Judiciary Committee from the beginning, Mr. Evanina would have been confirmed long ago," according to Grassley.
"Let this also be a reminder that when it comes to congressional oversight, I will use all the tools at my disposal to get to the truth of the matter and get access to the records that I believe are necessary to advance my investigations," he added.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/big-development-grassley-lifts-hold-counterintel-chief-nominee-evanina-ag-Barr-dni-grenell-release-russia-probe-documents/
#9037338 at 2020-05-05 13:51:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11568: Great Awakening Is Get'n Real Edition
Barr urges Trump administration to back off call to fully
strike down Obamacare
By Kaitlan Collins, Joan Biskupic and Evan Perez, CNN
Updated 1315 GMT (2115 HKT) May 5, 2020
"Washington (CNN)Attorney General William Barr made a last-minute push Monday to persuade the administration to modify its position in the Obamacare dispute that will be heard at the Supreme Court this fall, arguing that the administration should pull back from its insistence that the entire law be struck down.
With a Wednesday deadline to make any alterations to its argument looming, Barr made his case in a room with Vice President Mike Pence, White House counsel Pat Cipollone, members of the Domestic Policy Council, press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and several other officials. The meeting ended without a decision and it was not immediately not clear if any shift in the Trump administration's position will emerge.
Barr and other top advisers have argued against the hard-line position for some time, warning it could have major political implications if the comprehensive health care law appears in jeopardy as voters head to the polls in November.
According to four sources familiar with the meeting, Barr argued for modifying the administration's current stance to preserve parts of the law, rather than fully back the lawsuit filed by a group of Republican states. As it stands now, the Trump administration's position seeks to invalidate the entire Affordable Care Act, signed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and commonly known as Obamacare."
moar:
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/05/politics/William-Barr-obamacare-supreme-court/index.html
#9036554 at 2020-05-05 11:28:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11567: 5:5 is loud and clear And 20-20 is perfect vision Edition
'He's a tough guy': Actor Paul Giamatti says 'hardass' John
Durham helped inspire Billions character
by Carlin Becker
May 04, 2020 09:54 PM
"Actor Paul Giamatti gave U.S. Attorney John Durham some credit for informing his character on Showtime's Billions.
The Hollywood star plays fictional U.S. Attorney-turned-New York Attorney General Chuck Rhoades, who is loosely based on former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, on the show, but Bharara isn't the only inspiration for the role. Speaking with GQ last week, Giamatti revealed that Durham influenced the portrayal of his character too.
"There was a guy that was interesting to me early on, and his name is John Durham," he said. "And he's actually the guy who William Barr tagged to do the investigation of the Russia investigation. He used to be the federal attorney for the state of Connecticut, and he's a pretty intense guy."
"He's one of the guys who brought down Whitey Bulger, but he also took down the FBI guys who were colluding with Whitey Bulger," he continued. "I thought there were a lot of things about him that were interesting. The way he looks, too, is interesting. If you look him up, you can see.""
moar:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/hes-a-tough-guy-actor-paul-giamatti-says-hardass-john-durham-helped-inspire-billions-character
#9036416 at 2020-05-05 10:36:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11567: 5:5 is loud and clear And 20-20 is perfect vision Edition
Why House Democrats need to put up a fight on Fauci's
testimony
Opinion by Elie Honig
Updated 1015 GMT (1815 HKT) May 5, 2020
"(CNN)House Democrats last week sought testimony from Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about the Trump administration's handling of the coronavirus crisis. The White House quickly stepped in to block it, claiming that Fauci's testimony would be "counter-productive." Now the ball is back in the House Democrats' court, and they've given no indication of doing anything more than dropping it and skulking away.
But if House Democrats ever intend to get real answers about the administration's response to the coronavirus from Fauci or anybody else they need to toughen up.
If this all sounds familiar, that's because it is. Just in the past year, we've seen this lopsided dance between Congress and the White House, time and again first when the House tried to investigate after the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, then during the impeachment investigation (and, in between, over testimony from Attorney General William Barr). Each time it's been the same pattern: The House demands crucial information, the White House tells the House to take a hike and the House does next to nothing to stand up for itself.
Sure, there have been rare exceptions. A few courageous executive branch employees Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and others defied White House instructions and testified in the House impeachment proceedings. And the House (after inexplicably waiting nearly four months after the release of the Mueller report) finally went to court and followed through in its effort to compel testimony from former White House counsel Don McGahn.
The still-ongoing McGahn case, and possibly the pending Supreme Court case involving Trump's tax returns, will answer a crucial question: Will the courts step in and compel the executive branch to comply with congressional subpoenas? If the ultimate answer from the courts is "no," then it's game over, as the White House can freely disregard House subpoenas with no legal intervention."
moar:
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/05/opinions/anthony-fauci-house-democrats-testimony-honig/index.html
#9033365 at 2020-05-05 03:41:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11563: Hangin For The Q Edition
Retired CIA officer predicts Trump and his spy chiefs will be 'outmaneuvered' by intelligence community
On the eve of a confirmation hearing for President Trump's pick for director of national intelligence, a retired CIA officer is predicting that the president and his future spy chiefs will be largely "outmaneuvered" by the intelligence community. Trump in February renominated Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe to become the next director of national intelligence after the lawmaker previously withdrew his name following criticism over his credentials. Ratcliffe is set to appear before the Senate on Tuesday for a confirmation hearing. In the meantime, Richard Grenell, who was the U.S. ambassador to Germany, is filling the role.
"I take solace in my confidence that Mr. Trump will learn, even after the Senate confirms Mr. Ratcliffe and the president replaces still more professionals with less capable political loyalists, that gagging the intelligence community will be far more difficult than hushing the Justice Department or overriding the wisdom of our medical institutions," Douglas London, who retired from the CIA in 2018, wrote in a Monday op-ed for the New York Times. London, whose last assignment was chief of counterterrorism for South and Southwest Asia, noted that despite Grenell's "parroting the president's politicized inaccuracies" on the coronavirus pandemic, "he has also failed at breaking the intelligence community's determination to do its job." "Try as he might, neither he nor the president can prevent a vast majority of these nonpolitical patriots from doing their jobs," he said. "What limits the damage can be better understood by contrasting the D.N.I. with the head of the Justice Department. Unlike Attorney General William Barr, neither Mr. Grenell nor Mr. Ratcliffe shares his work force's background or training. They are, at best, novices at intelligence and lack the degree of control over their 17 agencies that Mr. Barr enjoys over the Justice Department," he continued. London went on to compliment U.S. intelligence officials, saying, "Intelligence professionals operate with significant responsibility and under intense pressure. Far too many who reach the top succumb to the temptations of political compromise and power. But a vast majority are largely immune to political pressure, or sufficiently proud and arrogant to withstand it." "The president's current feckless, politicized use of the intelligence community could not have come at a worse time and will no doubt get worse as he grows more desperate and fearful of the coronavirus's impact on his own fortunes," he concluded. "But President Trump, Mr. Grenell and Mr. Ratcliffe (should he be confirmed) will often be overwhelmed and outmaneuvered by the intelligence community's independence and skill. As the president continues to learn the hard way, the community is not his personal secretariat."
Trump took heat for his renomination of Ratcliffe, who was first elected in 2014 and sits on both the Judiciary and Homeland Security committees in the House. The Texas congressman is an ardent defender of the president, which was reflected throughout the House impeachment process and in his questioning of then-special counsel Robert Mueller.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/retired-cia-officer-predicts-trump-and-his-spy-chiefs-will-be-outmaneuvered-by-intelligence-community
The Cloud Forming Over America's Spies
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/04/opinion/trump-grenell-ratcliffe.html?smid=tw-share
Thinking we need to find out exactly who this guy is..what's he been up to?, what is he hiding? Who was he working with?
#9033072 at 2020-05-05 03:04:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11562: When Does the Enemy Expend Ammunition? Edition
'He's a tough guy': Actor Paul Giamatti says 'hardass' John Durham helped inspire Billions character
Actor Paul Giamatti gave U.S. Attorney John Durham some credit for informing his character on Showtime's Billions. The Hollywood star plays fictional U.S. Attorney-turned-New York Attorney General Chuck Rhoades, who is loosely based on former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, on the show, but Bharara isn't the only inspiration for the role. Speaking with GQ last week, Giamatti revealed that Durham influenced the portrayal of his character too.
"There was a guy that was interesting to me early on, and his name is John Durham," he said. "And he's actually the guy who William Barr tagged to do the investigation of the Russia investigation. He used to be the federal attorney for the state of Connecticut, and he's a pretty intense guy." "He's one of the guys who brought down Whitey Bulger, but he also took down the FBI guys who were colluding with Whitey Bulger," he continued. "I thought there were a lot of things about him that were interesting. The way he looks, too, is interesting. If you look him up, you can see." Giamatti added, "You see him? He doesn't look like what you normally think these guys are gonna look like, and he's a tough guy, too. He's a hardass."
Durham, the top federal prosecutor in Connecticut, was handpicked by Attorney General William Barr last year to lead an investigation into the origins of the Russia investigation and the actions taken by law enforcement and the intelligence community during it. The effort has since turned into a criminal investigation, and at least one former FBI lawyer is under criminal investigation after it was uncovered that he altered a document related to the surveillance of a Trump campaign adviser. Last week, it was reported that Durham is focused on the Justice Department's handling of its case against retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn after recently released FBI notes showed that agents discussed Flynn's possible prosecution before they interviewed him. He is also putting scrutiny on CIA Director John Brennan and any undue influence he may have had during 2017's intelligence community assessment of Russian interference. Durham's review is expected to wrap up this summer.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/hes-a-tough-guy-actor-paul-giamatti-says-hardass-john-durham-helped-inspire-billions-character
https://www.gq.com/story/paul-giamatti-billions-season-five-interview
#9027013 at 2020-05-04 18:57:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11554: Hoose Yo Daddy Renegade? Edition
>>9026928
>but the president has been deferring to Attorney General William Barr on matters of Justice Department staffing
Surely @POTUS wouldn't spend all this time cleaning up orgs to put someone at the top of it that wasn't trustworthy. What's behind the kabuki, here?
#9026928 at 2020-05-04 18:51:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11554: Hoose Yo Daddy Renegade? Edition
Trump not happy with FBI Director Christopher Wray following unsealing of documents in Flynn case: Report
President Trump is growing increasingly sour on FBI Director Christopher Wray but is unlikely to remove him from his post before the November election, according to a new report. Trump "would love to replace" Wray, three sources told Axios this week, but the president has been deferring to Attorney General William Barr on matters of Justice Department staffing. New revelations in the case of former national security adviser Michael Flynn have sparked Trump's renewed frustration with Wray, the outlet reported.
Documents that were unsealed last week showed top FBI officials discussed whether the goal of an interview with Flynn was to "get him to lie so we can prosecute him or get him fired" under previous director James Comey. The documents showed former FBI agent Peter Strzok blocked the FBI from closing its investigation into Flynn after the agency found no "derogatory information" in early January 2017. Trump seized on the news, calling Comey and other leaders in the federal law enforcement community at the time "dirty, filthy cops." "A source who has discussed the FBI director repeatedly with the president said Trump 'has never felt like Wray was his guy' and does not trust him to 'change the culture" of the FBI,'" Axios reported. Wray has hesitated to criticize Comey and other FBI officials who are often the target of Trump's ire. "Actions described in this report that [he] considered unacceptable and unrepresentative of who we are as an institution," Wray said last year in reaction to a department inspector general report finding a litany of improper procedures Comey's FBI conducted while investigating Trump and his associates. "[It is] important that the inspector general found that, in this particular instance, the investigation was opened with appropriate predication and authorization."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-not-happy-with-fbi-director-christopher-wray-following-unsealing-of-documents-in-flynn-case-report
#9022398 at 2020-05-04 09:04:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11549: Star Wars Edition May the Fourth be with you
Justice Dept. files statement supporting church in legal battle
over coronavirus lockdown
AG William Barr is challenging restrictions he says unfairly
target churches.
By Jon Haworth. Bill Hutchinson and Meredith Deliso
May 3, 2020, 11:58 PM
"8:45 p.m.: DOJ filing supports church in lockdown legal battle
The Justice Department has filed a statement of interest in support of a church embroiled in a legal battle with the commonwealth of Virginia after its pastor was issued a criminal citation for hosting a service in violation of the state's stay-at-home order.
It is the second action of its kind by the Justice Department as Attorney General William Barr seeks to crack down on social distancing restrictions that he says unfairly target religious institutions.
On April 5, Lighthouse Fellowship Church, a congregation in Chincoteague Island, allegedly hosted a 16-person service in violation of the governor's executive orders banning in-person religious services of more than 10 people. The church's pastor received a criminal citation and summons, which carry penalties of up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine."
https://abcnews.go.com/US/coronavirus-live-updates-nfl-confirms-plan-start-time/story?id=70477228
#9014145 at 2020-05-03 19:49:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11538: Time To Wake Up, Know Your Rights! Edition
>>9014098
Is William Barr Scottish Rite Free Mason?
Dem bagpipes is a clue
#9014098 at 2020-05-03 19:47:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11538: Time To Wake Up, Know Your Rights! Edition
Is William Barr Scottish Rite Free Mason?
#9006675 at 2020-05-03 02:45:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11528: The 'WIN OR DIE' Edition
DOJ round up.
It's Saturday folks, the DOJ has not updated it's web site.
Media fagging reveals this.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/495591-Barr-signals-doj-support-for-lockdown-protesters
When Attorney General William Barr this week directed U.S. prosecutors to safeguard civil liberties amid state-level pandemic orders, he signaled Justice Department support for lockdown protesters by highlighting religious and economic rights.
In a two-page memo, the nation's top cop gave the clearest indication yet of the kind of battles federal prosecutors are likely to focus on. In doing so, Barr suggested the Department of Justice (DOJ) might back church groups and those seeking a swifter economic reopening while staying on the sidelines of fights over new limits on abortion and voting access.
Barr on Monday directed the nation's 93 U.S. attorneys to "be on the lookout" for health restrictions that could be running afoul of constitutional rights and "if necessary, take action to correct them."
"We do not want to unduly interfere with the important efforts of state and local officials to protect the public," Barr wrote. "But the Constitution is not suspended in times of crisis."
The Supreme Court has long held that constitutional rights can be lawfully restricted to some degree when emergency health orders are in place. But the line demarcating where one begins and the other ends is something of a legal gray area.
#8994641 at 2020-05-02 01:37:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11513: Happy Law Day & Flags Out For Flynn Edition
The (Almost) Debunking of Christopher Steele, Stopped By Bill Priestap
The FBI's former head of the Counterintelligence Division, Bill Priestap, whose unsealed notes discussed the FBI's possible motivations for setting up then-National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, is also allegedly responsible for stopping FBI Special Agents from doing an 'enhanced asset validation review' of the former British spy, whose now debunked dossier launched the investigation into President Donald Trump's campaign, sources with knowledge told this reporter.
On Wednesday, Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered four pages of emails and handwritten notes to be unsealed in the case of Flynn. Then, on Thursday, another 11 pages of internal text messages and emails between FBI Special Agents were unsealed by the court, after they were discovered by U.S. Attorney Timothy Shea, as well as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri Jeffrey Jensen, who was appointed by Attorney General William Barr to oversee the Flynn case.
The January 2017 handwritten notes by Priestap suggested that the FBI was targeting Flynn and, in the notes, Priestap writes, "what is our goal? Truth/Admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired?"
Priestap could not be immediately reached for comment.
In Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz's December report on the origins of the Russia investigation, he revealed that it was Priestap who made the final decision to launch the Russia probe. The FBI probe against the Trump campaign was called "Crossfire Hurricane," and in the case of Flynn it was "Crossfire Razor." After years of congressional and Department of Justice investigations, evidence revealed that former British spy Christopher Steele, who was paid by the DNC and Hillary Clinton campaign to investigate Trump, had purveyed Russian disinformation and made up sources in his now debunked dossier. Horowitz's investigation also revealed that Steele had been manipulated by Russian intelligence, who had fed him lies about the Trump administration with the specific intent to sow chaos in the 2016 U.S. election.
Normally an enhanced validation review in the FBI is triggered "if a source is paid more than $100,000 per year for information, or the source's information is so critical that it can shape national policy or trigger some sort of diplomatic or military action. In this case, an enhanced validation of Steele would have been the appropriate course of action given the fact that this had the potential to impact our Presidential election. In this context, it becomes very questionable as to why Priestap would shut it down," said the former senior FBI official.
The biggest question raised by Horowitz and members of Congress was how did Steele's dossier become the main piece of evidence used to gather a secret warrant on Trump campaign advisor Carter Page, and why did the FBI believe the information? Horowitz's investigation revealed that the FBI never bothered to conduct an asset validation on Steele and according to the former FBI official, who spoke to this reporter, it was Priestap who insured that they didn't do it.
https://saraacarter.com/the-almost-debunking-of-christopher-steele-stopped-by-bill-priestap/
#8990710 at 2020-05-01 19:12:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11508: Based Kayleigh Edition
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been ordered to testify before Congress by the House Judiciary Committee, which has accused the corporation of lying about its private labeling practices to cover up possible antitrust violations.
In a letter the committee sent to Bezos on Friday, the e-commerce behemoth is accused of making "misleading, and possibly criminally false or perjurious statements" in previous testimony before the judiciary. Citing Amazon's sworn testimony that it "does not use any seller data to compete with [third-party merchants]," the committee contrasted those claims with a recent Wall Street Journal investigation that, having interviewed 20 Amazon employees, found the opposite to be the case.
Also on rt.com Amazon, Google, and Apple have moved past monopoly status to competing directly with governments... and winning
Asking Bezos to testify "on a voluntary basis," the committee hinted that it "reserve[s] the right to resort to compulsory process, if necessary." It reminded the CEO that a request for "documents and communications related to Amazon's relationship with sellers, including...use of third-party sellers' data" made seven months previously in the course of the committee's antitrust probe had not been satisfactorily fulfilled.
The letter slammed Amazon for exploiting its dominant role in the e-commerce market to "appropriate the sensitive commercial data of individual marketplace sellers" and using it to compete with them directly. It noted that the activities alleged in the Journal article are "bolstered by other investigative journalism, as well as the preliminary findings of the European Commission," which launched its own antitrust probe against Amazon last year.
The company did not just deny using third-party sellers' data once, the committee reminded Bezos - its executives made the claim multiple times, both in written and spoken testimony, accumulating quite a potential pile of falsehoods.
Also on rt.com Amazon will be fined ?100,000 for EVERY 'non-essential' delivery in France after court rejects appeal in worker safety dispute
In a letter to Attorney General William Barr earlier this week, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) demanded a criminal antitrust probe of Amazon, citing the same Wall Street Journal investigation. He accused the corporation of using "predatory and exclusionary data practices to build and maintain a monopoly."
Amazon is already the subject of multiple federal- and state-level investigations and is also being probed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) - as are Facebook, Apple, and Google. However, Bezos is the only one of the 'big four' tech CEOs who has not previously testified before Congress. The executive accused of making false statements is Amazon's associate general counsel, Nate Sutton.
Despite the many probes targeting the mammoth tech corporations, however, punishments have been few and far between - in the US, at least. Facebook was fined US$5 billion last year by the FTC, and Google was ordered to pay US$170 million by the same body for violating children's privacy on YouTube.
https://www.rt.com/usa/487580-house-summons-bezos-amazon-perjury/
#8970834 at 2020-04-30 11:23:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11483: Things Are not Always As They Appear Edition
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, released internal FBI emails and notes that they hope will bolster their allegations that Flynn was entrapped when he was questioned at the White House three years ago.
The documents were made public Wednesday evening as Flynn seeks to withdraw his guilty plea to lying to the FBI and makes broad assertions of law enforcement misconduct. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan has rejected many of the defense arguments but has yet to rule on whether Flynn can take back his guilty plea.
Meanwhile, a federal prosecutor from Missouri is reviewing the Justice Department's handling of the case at the direction of Attorney General William Barr. The department said the notes were produced to the defense as part of that ongoing review.
It remains unclear what bearing the documents will have on the case or how significant the judge will determine them to be. But Flynn has emerged as something of a cause celebre in recent months for supporters of the president, who have rallied around the retired Army lieutenant general and seized on the findings of a harshly critical watchdog report on the Russia investigation to try to cast doubt on the entire probe."
moar:
https://www.chron.com/news/article/Lawyers-for-Michael-Flynn-release-internal-FBI-15236422.php
>>8970812
#8970831 at 2020-04-30 11:23:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11483: Things Are not Always As They Appear Edition
Flynn's defense claims FBI notes show agents tried to
entrap the former national security adviser
Spencer S. Hsu, Matt Zapotosky and Devlin Barrett,
The Washington Post Published 7:22 pm PDT
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
"WASHINGTON - New documents turned over by the Justice Department show FBI officials debated whether and when to warn Michael Flynn that he could face criminal charges as they prepared for a pivotal January 2017 interview in which the former national security adviser later admitted to lying about his Russia contacts.
The documents show law enforcement seeming to contemplate in advance that Flynn would lie to them - with an unidentified person even musing in handwritten notes whether their purpose was to induce a lie, before ultimately concluding they should "protect our institution by not playing games."
"What is our goal? Truth/admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired?" an unidentified person wrote in notes apparently taken before Flynn was interviewed on Jan. 24, 2017, four days after Donald Trump took office.
The new documents were turned over to Flynn's defense April 24 and filed publicly Thursday after Attorney General William Barr in January ordered a review of how the former three-star Army general's case was handled by special counsel Robert Mueller III's investigation."
moar:
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Flynn-s-defense-claims-FBI-notes-show-agents-15235940.php
>>8970812
#8970368 at 2020-04-30 08:39:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11482: Bakin' Three Breads Edition
As Michael Flynn seeks to withdraw guilty plea, unsealed
documents could help attack FBI's case
NBC News Tom Winter and Pete Williams
April 29, 2020
"A federal judge late Wednesday unsealed a new set of documents provided to lawyers for Michael Flynn, the former Trump national security adviser who is seeking to withdraw his guilty plea, that could provide them with new ammunition to attack the FBI's handling of the case.
One of the pages is a handwritten note, apparently from an FBI official, about the bureau's interview with Flynn. "What's our goal? Truth/Admission or get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired?" Elsewhere, it says, "we have a case on Flynn + Russians."
It is unclear who wrote the note or whether it was ever sent to anyone else. The document was turned over to Flynn's lawyers by Jeffrey Jensen, a U.S. attorney in Missouri appointed by Attorney General William Barr to examine the Flynn investigation.
Flynn pleaded guilty in 2017 to charges that he lied to the FBI by falsely denying that he had conversations with Russia's ambassador to the United States during the Trump transition. But he has since replaced his original legal team with a new group of lawyers, and they have aggressively argued that Flynn was tricked into lying."
moar:
https://news.yahoo.com/documents-newly-unsealed-michael-flynn-021757373.html
#8968188 at 2020-04-30 02:30:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11479: The Widespread Gaming Outages Edition
>>8967807
>>8967839
Bill Barr started his career at the CIA where he covered up the BCCI scandal, BNL CIA drug banking scandal, and the theft of Inslaw/PROMIS software.
Bill Barr called for the end of the moratorium on destroying records imposed on the CIA ahead of the Church Committee investigations into CIA abuses.
Bill Barr defended the FBI snipers at Ruby Ridge.
Bill Barr was a key player in the Iran Contra operation.
Bill Barr covered up IraqGate.
Bill Barr recently blocked the release of 9/11 docs in a court case brough by victim's families.
Bill Barr is currently seeking the power to indefinitely detain citizens without a trial.
Bill Barr is currently seeking the establishment of a pre-crime program, in part, to take away your guns.
Trump hired Bill Barr as U.S. Attorney General.
Bill Barr was in charge when Epstein "committed suicide".
Bill Barr agrees that it was a suicide, despite significant evidence to the contrary.
Bill Barr appears to be shutting down any further investigation into Epstein's suicide.
Bill Barris a part of the criminal Deep State Cabal.
Bill Barr needs to be locked up with all the rest of them.
>https://www.globalresearch.ca/ciabushiran-contra-covert-operative-fixer-William-Barr-nominated-attorney-general/5662609
>https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/26/Barr-n26.html
>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ag-Barr-blocks-release-911-documents-despite-promises-victims-families
>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/William-Barrs-connection-to-ruby-ridge-defending-fbi-snipers/
>https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/01/16/William-Barrs-deep-state-resume-cover-ups-covert-ops-and-pardons
>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/21/doj-coronavirus-emergency-powers-140023
>https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2019/apr/16/cia-Barr-crest/
>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/business/jeffrey-epstein-estate-bank.html
>https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/capital-markets/jeffrey-epstein-deutsche-bank-andrew-farkas-scandal-100037
>https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/former-deutsche-bank-executive-who-oversaw-trumps-loans-dies-by-suicide/
>https://truepundit.com/jeffrey-epsteins-private-banker-at-deutsche-executive-suicide-before-feds-questioned-him/
>https://archive.org/details/donaldBarrspacerelations/page/n3/mode/2up
#8967807 at 2020-04-30 01:50:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11479: The Widespread Gaming Outages Edition
>>8967686 lb
>>8967613 lb
>"AG Barr on Spygate probe: 'One of the greatest travesties in American history' was committed against Donald Trump"
>https://thenationalsentinel.com/2020/04/10/ag-Barr-on-spygate-probe-one-of-the-greatest-travesties-in-american-history-committed-against-donald-trump/
>"Barr claims Trump-Russia investigation was FBI attempt to 'sabotage' the president"
>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/10/William-Barr-donald-trump-russia-investigation-fbi-sabotage
… Barr's legal crusade for blanket immunity for federal agents who killed American citizens.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/William-Barrs-connection-to-ruby-ridge-defending-fbi-snipers/
#8967686 at 2020-04-30 01:40:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11478: Information Warfare Edition
>>8967613
"AG Barr on Spygate probe: 'One of the greatest travesties in American history' was committed against Donald Trump"
https://thenationalsentinel.com/2020/04/10/ag-Barr-on-spygate-probe-one-of-the-greatest-travesties-in-american-history-committed-against-donald-trump/
"Barr claims Trump-Russia investigation was FBI attempt to 'sabotage' the president"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/10/William-Barr-donald-trump-russia-investigation-fbi-sabotage
#8967503 at 2020-04-30 01:25:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11478: Information Warfare Edition
>>8967479
>He's the US Attorney Barr got to look into and review the Flynn case in general:
>>The new documents were turned over to Powell, by U.S. Attorney Timothy Shea. They were discovered after an extensive review by the attorneys appointed by U.S. Attorney General William Barr to review Flynn's case, which includes U.S. Attorney of St. Louis, Jeff Jensen.
TYVM
Bio: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmo/meet-us-attorney
U.S. Attorney Jeffrey B. Jensen
Jeff Jensen, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Missouri
Jeff Jensen was nominated by President Donald Trump on July 14, 2017, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 4, 2017. He took the oath of office on October 6, 2017.
"I am honored to serve as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. The issues faced by law enforcement have never been more challenging. I am grateful for the opportunity to work through these challenges with law enforcement personnel and the citizens they serve," Jensen said.
As U.S. Attorney, Jeff Jensen is the top-ranking federal law enforcement official in the Eastern District of Missouri. The district serves 49 counties within 3 divisions - Northern, Eastern and Southern. The office is responsible for prosecuting federal crimes in the District, including crimes related to terrorism, public corruption, child exploitation, firearms and narcotics. The office also defends the United States in civil cases and collects debts owed to the United States.
Jensen graduated from the Indiana University School of Business before becoming a CPA for PricewaterhouseCoopers. He then became an FBI agent for 10 years and graduated from the St. Louis University School of Law. Jensen served another 10 years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney before going into private practice in 2009.
#8967479 at 2020-04-30 01:23:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11478: Information Warfare Edition
>>8967450
He's the US Attorney Barr got to look into and review the Flynn case in general:
>The new documents were turned over to Powell, by U.S. Attorney Timothy Shea. They were discovered after an extensive review by the attorneys appointed by U.S. Attorney General William Barr to review Flynn's case, which includes U.S. Attorney of St. Louis, Jeff Jensen.
https://saraacarter.com/powell-unsealed-fbi-handwritten-notes-and-emails-reveal-agents-plotted-perjury-trap-on-flynn/
>>8967451
Sorry fren.
#8965620 at 2020-04-29 22:42:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11476: Knowingly Edition
>>8965601
>>8965610
>https://www.globalresearch.ca/ciabushiran-contra-covert-operative-fixer-William-Barr-nominated-attorney-general/5662609
>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/business/jeffrey-epstein-estate-bank.html
>https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/capital-markets/jeffrey-epstein-deutsche-bank-andrew-farkas-scandal-100037
>https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/former-deutsche-bank-executive-who-oversaw-trumps-loans-dies-by-suicide/
>https://truepundit.com/jeffrey-epsteins-private-banker-at-deutsche-executive-suicide-before-feds-questioned-him/
>https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/26/Barr-n26.html
>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ag-Barr-blocks-release-911-documents-despite-promises-victims-families
>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/William-Barrs-connection-to-ruby-ridge-defending-fbi-snipers/
>https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/01/16/William-Barrs-deep-state-resume-cover-ups-covert-ops-and-pardons
>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/21/doj-coronavirus-emergency-powers-140023
>https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2019/apr/16/cia-Barr-crest/
>https://archive.org/details/donaldBarrspacerelations/page/n3/mode/2up
#8964069 at 2020-04-29 20:16:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11474: Xi and FauxXi Edition
Bill Barr, Trump, and Epstein
A history of coverups and Deep State Crimes.
Epstein was given the 'deal of a lifetime' by federal prosecutor Alexander Acosta.
Alexander Acosta then become the Secretary of Labor in the Trump administration.
Andrew Farkas, a New York real estate tycoon, was in a joint venture with Jeffrey Epstein for ownership of a marina and office complex on St. Thomas island.
Farkas was also one of the earliest investors into commercial real estate listing platform Cadre, co-founded by Jared Kushner.
Farkas' connection to Kushner and willingness to do business with Epstein even after allegations of sex with underage victims had surfaced was shared by German investment giant Deutsche Bank AG.
Deutsche Bank has been connected to money laundering investigations involving The Trump Organization, the Panama Papers, Kushner Cos. and Jeffrey Epstein.
Thomas Bowers at Deutsche Bank died by suicide after FBI sought to ask him questions regarding the Epstein case.
Thomas Bowers was a banker for both Jeffrey Epstein & Donald Trump.
Bill Barr's dad likely hired Epstein in the past.
Bill Barr's dad wrote about child sex slaves (in space).
Trump hired Bill Barr as U.S. Attorney General.
Bill Barr was in charge when Epstein "committed suicide".
Bill Barr agrees that it was a suicide, despite significant evidence to the contrary.
Bill Barr appears to be shutting down any further investigation into Epstein's suicide.
And now this case is officially covered up?
What's going on here?
Coincidences?
Additional facts:
Bill Barr started his career at the CIA where he covered up the BCCI scandal, BNL CIA drug banking scandal, and the theft of Inslaw/PROMIS software.
Bill Barr called for the end of the moratorium on destroying records imposed on the CIA ahead of the Church Committee investigations into CIA abuses.
Bill Barr defended the FBI snipers at Ruby Ridge.
Bill Barr was a key player in the Iran Contra operation.
Bill Barr covered up IraqGate.
Bill Barr recently blocked the release of 9/11 docs in a court case brough by victim's families.
Bill Barr is currently seeking the power to indefinitely detain citizens without a trial.
Bill Barr is currently seeking the establishment of a pre-crime program, in part, to take away your guns.
Links:
>https://www.globalresearch.ca/ciabushiran-contra-covert-operative-fixer-William-Barr-nominated-attorney-general/5662609
>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/business/jeffrey-epstein-estate-bank.html
>https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/capital-markets/jeffrey-epstein-deutsche-bank-andrew-farkas-scandal-100037
>https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/former-deutsche-bank-executive-who-oversaw-trumps-loans-dies-by-suicide/
>https://truepundit.com/jeffrey-epsteins-private-banker-at-deutsche-executive-suicide-before-feds-questioned-him/
>https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/26/Barr-n26.html
>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ag-Barr-blocks-release-911-documents-despite-promises-victims-families
>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/William-Barrs-connection-to-ruby-ridge-defending-fbi-snipers/
>https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/01/16/William-Barrs-deep-state-resume-cover-ups-covert-ops-and-pardons
>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/21/doj-coronavirus-emergency-powers-140023
>https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2019/apr/16/cia-Barr-crest/
>https://archive.org/details/donaldBarrspacerelations/page/n3/mode/2up
#8959443 at 2020-04-29 08:38:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11468: Bread flying out the door! Edition
New Stars.
Josh Hawley -
Pushes DOJ for Amazon Sticky-fingers investigation on 3rd party seller data theft.
The memo was inspired by a WSJ report, published last week, claiming that Amazon does, in fact, use data gleaned from 'third-party sales' - that is, when third-party merchants sell their products on the site instead of Amazon selling directly - something that representatives of the company have denied before Congress.
In a letter addressed to AG William Barr, Hawley urged federal prosecutors to investigate Amazon's business practices, saying recent reports suggest the company "has engaged in predatory and exclusionary data practices to build and maintain a monopoly."
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/gop-senator-demands-doj-launch-antitrust-probe-amazon-over-evidence-company-lied-congress
#8953355 at 2020-04-29 00:34:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11460: Post Q Storm Kewl-down Edition
>>8953329
April 27, 2020
VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
The Honorable William Barr
Attorney General
Department of Justice
Dear Attorney General Barr:
On February 15, 2017, as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, I wrote to the Department with Ranking Member Feinstein, requesting a copy of the call transcript between Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and the Russian ambassador and the FBI report summarizing the intercepted call. Instead of providing the requested records, and as a result of my questions and concerns relating to the Flynn case, I received a briefing from then-Director Comey on March 15, 2017. In that briefing, Director Comey stated that the FBI agents that interviewed Lt. Gen. Flynn, "saw nothing that led them to believe [he was] lying" and he led us to believe that the Department was unlikely to prosecute Flynn for false statements. Later, during Comey's book tour, he denied any memory of those comments.
On May 11, 2018, I requested categories of documents relating to the Flynn case from Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein, including call transcripts, 302s, and other potentially exculpatory evidence and requested to interview a fact witness to the case, Special Agent Pientka.
On May 29, 2018, the Department responded and declined to produce the requested records and arrange for Special Agent Pientka to be interviewed. The Department also admitted in that letter that it had yet to provide all exculpatory evidence to Flynn.
On June 6, 2018, I wrote a follow-up letter to Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein and noted that if the facts of the case are inconsistent with the plea agreement, that would be an extraordinarily concerning finding and one that would warrant continued congressional oversight. I further noted in that letter that the United States Congress has a separate, independent, constitutional interest in all information, including exculpatory information, relating to the Flynn case. After that June 2018 letter, my staff and I met with Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein where he resisted congressional oversight and suggested that Congress should be satisfied with the facts described in the plea agreement. It is certainly in the interest of Congress and the American people to know whether the FBI and the Department withheld facts in the course of their investigation and prosecution of an American citizen that are materially inconsistent with his plea.
This is no ordinary criminal case. One of the agents who interviewed Lt. Gen. Flynn, Peter Strzok, was later removed from the Russia investigation after his texts demonstrating animus and bias toward the President were discovered. Additionally, former Director McCabe was fired for lack of candor regarding a leak to the Wall Street Journal, and Lt. Gen. Flynn was an adverse witness in a pending sexual discrimination case against Mr. McCabe at the time Mr. McCabe was supervising an inquiry targeting Lt. Gen. Flynn.[1] Further, the Flynn case was at the center of a political firestorm over the President's alleged statements about it to Director Comey. Moreover, Flynn himself "had told both White House Counsel and the Chief of Staff at least twice that the FBI agents had told him he would not be charged,"[2] which is consistent with what Director Comey told me and my staff. The FBI's conduct is ripe for congressional oversight.
According to an April 24, 2020, letter from the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Timothy Shea, the Attorney General directed that the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri conduct an independent review of the Flynn case. As a result of this review, the EDMO has identified and produced new documents to Flynn's legal team, which they have publicly characterized as exculpatory evidence.
Simply stated, after years of rampant speculation and publicly reported inconsistencies regarding how the FBI handled the case, it's time for the public to know the full set of facts relating to Lt. Gen. Flynn, including any and all government misconduct. In light of the extraordinary public and congressional interest in this case, I request that you work with Flynn's attorneys to unseal these new records provided to them so that the public can access the material. In the alternative, I request that you amend the protective order so that Congress can review the information in light of its constitutional oversight prerogatives.
Sincerely,
Charles E. Grassley
Chairman
Committee on Finance
2/2
#8949494 at 2020-04-28 19:47:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11455: Gonna Change His Name To GITMO Joe Edition
Flynn's Former Lawyers Covington And Burling Turn Over Another Trove Of Docs, Again
Covington and Burling LLP, the former defense team for former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, turned over thousands of more pages of documents to Flynn's new defense team that should have been submitted more than a year ago. Last week, another batch of documents withheld by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team on Flynn was turned over to his defense that allegedly reveals that the retired three-star general did not commit any crimes, as suggested by Department of Justice prosecutors.
This new batch of voluminous documentation turned over by his former defense team - which includes emails, texts, voice messages, notebooks, handwritten notes and legal documents - amounted to approximately 6,800 additional documents bringing the total amount of documents to roughly 669,800, along with attachments.
In early April, Flynn's former law firm revealed to the court that it had discovered emails and handwritten notes that were not turned in with the original batch of millions of documents that were required by the court to be turned over last year. At the time, they suggested the delay was due to technical issues since being ordered by the presiding federal judge six months ago to turn over all documents.
At the time, presiding Federal Judge Emmet T. Sullivan, ordered the law firm to 'promptly turn over the entire file' on Flynn to his new defense attorney Sidney Powell. That order was made under threat of a hearing before the District of Columbia Ethics Counsel. The law firm turned over what is described as a 'voluminous' amount of documents but it apparently wasn't all the documents. In early April the law firm hinted in its supplemental notice filed with the court that there may even be more documents still to be produced.
Powell told this reporter Tuesday that she is astonished that Covington and Burling LLP had failed to locate the documents earlier and just now turned over another voluminous batch to her team.
"The Flynn defense is stunned that Covington and Burling has only now found thousands of additional documents amounting to more than 17,000 pages that should have been produced to the defense almost a year ago," she stated. Powell, who has been battling for documents from the Department of Justice as well, said the enormity of documents withheld from Flynn's defense is proof of the misconduct against her client.
Powell obtained the new information from the DOJ after an extensive review by attorneys appointed by U.S. Attorney General William Barr to review Flynn's case. Barr's team included United States attorney in St. Louis, Jeff Jensen, who is handling the Flynn matter, along with prosecutors from the office of the deputy attorney general, Jeffrey A. Rosen. The documented evidence Powell said will exonerate Flynn was delivered to Powell but is under court seal.
https://saraacarter.com/flynns-former-lawyers-covington-and-burling-turn-over-another-trove-of-docs-again/
#8949444 at 2020-04-28 19:40:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11455: Gonna Change His Name To GITMO Joe Edition
Amazon In Legal Hot Water? Republican Senator Calls For Criminal Probe Of Company's Data Practices
Amazon's use of third-party seller data may land the e-commerce giant in legal hot water. On Tuesday, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., called for a criminal investigation of Jeff Bezos' company for potential "predatory and exclusionary data practices to build and maintain a monopoly."
Hawley made the request in a letter sent to U.S. Attorney General William Barr. His accusations stemmed from a recent Wall Street Journal report which alleged that company employees have abused third-party seller data to develop Amazon-branded rival products.
"These practices are alarming for America's small businesses even under ordinary circumstances," Hawley argued in his letter. "But at a time when most small retail businesses must rely on Amazon because of coronavirus-related shutdowns, predatory data practices threaten these businesses' very existence."
The company previously denied using sales data from individual companies during a 2019 hearing with the House Antitrust Committee. However, documents obtained by the Journal coupled with interviews from former Amazon employees suggest that the company had been doing just that.
Amazon has denied the allegations, claiming that such actions would violate company policy, and has launched an investigation into the matter. Speaking with the Verge, a company spokesperson said that its employees are not allowed to use "seller-specific data" for the purposes of choosing which products to develop.
"It's simply incorrect to suggest that Amazon was intentionally misleading in our testimony," a spokesperson said in another statement to CNBC.
The Department of Justice has confirmed the receipt of Hawley's letter and is currently reviewing its claims.
Elected in 2018, Hawley has made a habit of criticizing the practices of tech companies and taking them to task for potential privacy or antitrust violations. At 40, he is the youngest member of the Senate.
https://www.ibtimes.com/amazon-legal-hot-water-republican-senator-calls-criminal-probe-companys-data-2966539
#8949145 at 2020-04-28 19:00:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11454: Tuesday Afternoon Melania Edition
Gen. Flynn Lawyer to PAINE: Key Documents Could Be Unsealed as Soon As Today
The lead counsel for retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said records that were filed under seal last week that may exonerate her client could be released publicly as soon as Tuesday.
Sidney Powell, the lead lawyer for the former National Security Advisor of President Trump, gave an update early Tuesday morning to True Pundit's Thomas Paine. Powell informed Paine that if the documents were not unsealed today, she expected the records to be unsealed on Wednesday.
Earlier Monday night on Fox News, Powell, a former federal prosecutor, said she was told by an assistant U.S. attorney assigned to the case that they are working on having the records disclosed publicly.
Powell said on Monday that her client's plea - which had arisen when he had previously been represented by the high-profile white collar firm Covington & Burling - was "coerced by a lack of information and a threat to his son's prosecution," which she noted is reflected in the documents that her team filed in the public docket last week.
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri Jeffrey Jensen was named by Attorney General William Barr in January 2020 to investigate the Flynn case.
This story is developing.
https://truepundit.com/gen-flynn-lawyer-to-paine-key-documents-could-be-unsealed-as-soon-as-today/
#8948684 at 2020-04-28 18:09:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11454: Tuesday Afternoon Melania Edition
Amazon, Google, and Apple have moved past monopoly status to competing directly with governments... and winning
US Senator Josh Hawley is demanding a criminal antitrust probe of Amazon as the e-commerce behemoth's powers grow to rival the government's own. Google and Apple, too, are now ordering governments around.
Amazon "abuses its position as an online platform and collects detailed data about merchandise so Amazon can create copycat products under an Amazon brand," Hawley charged in a letter he sent to US Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday. The senator (R-MO) demanded a criminal probe of the e-commerce giant, accusing it of engaging in "predatory and exclusionary data practices to build and maintain a monopoly" - a textbook violation of antitrust law.
Charging that Amazon has gained unprecedented monopoly power through the sheer wealth of data it has collected on its users, allowing it to clone sellers' products and undercut them on price, the senator likened the company's "capacity for data collection" to "a brick and mortar retailer attaching a camera to every customer's forehead." With the coronavirus pandemic forcing the lion's share of commerce online, Amazon has assumed near-omnipotence.
Even if all of Hawley's allegations - derived from a Wall Street Journal investigation published earlier this month - are proven 100 percent true, it's questionable whether the Justice Department would be willing (or able) to punish Amazon.
In some ways, the company is at least as powerful as the government whose laws it goes through the motions of obeying. Amazon's cloud servers host the CIA, the Department of Homeland Security, the Defense Department, and other US agencies, meaning if the company decided to throw a temper tantrum in response to legal penalties (as it threatened to do in France) government operations could be severely disrupted.
https://www.rt.com/news/487146-amazon-apple-google-government-competition/
#8948539 at 2020-04-28 17:47:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11453: We Are The Liberty Boys Edition
>>8948473
>>8948523
…Powell obtained the new information from the DOJ after an extensive review by attorneys appointed by U.S. Attorney General William Barr to review Flynn's case. Barr's team included United States attorney in St. Louis, Jeff Jensen, who is handling the Flynn matter, along with prosecutors from the office of the deputy attorney general, Jeffrey A. Rosen. The documented evidence Powell said will exonerate Flynn was delivered to Powell but is under court seal…
#8948473 at 2020-04-28 17:40:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11453: We Are The Liberty Boys Edition
https://saraacarter.com/flynns-former-lawyers-covington-and-burling-turn-over-another-trove-of-docs-again/
Flynn's Former Lawyers Covington And Burling Turn Over Another Trove Of Docs, Again By Sara Carter -April 28, 2020
Covington and Burling LLP, the former defense team for former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, turned over thousands of more pages of documents to Flynn's new defense team that should have been submitted more than a year ago. Last week, another batch of documents withheld by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team on Flynn was turned over to his defense that allegedly reveals that the retired three-star general did not commit any crimes, as suggested by Department of Justice prosecutors.
This new batch of voluminous documentation turned over by his former defense team - which includes emails, texts, voice messages, notebooks, handwritten notes and legal documents - amounted to approximately 6,800 additional documents bringing the total amount of documents to roughly 669,800, along with attachments.
In early April, Flynn's former law firm revealed to the court that it had discovered emails and handwritten notes that were not turned in with the original batch of millions of documents that were required by the court to be turned over last year. At the time, they suggested the delay was due to technical issues since being ordered by the presiding federal judge six months ago to turn over all documents.
At the time, presiding Federal Judge Emmet T. Sullivan, ordered the law firm to 'promptly turn over the entire file' on Flynn to his new defense attorney Sidney Powell. That order was made under threat of a hearing before the District of Columbia Ethics Counsel. The law firm turned over what is described as a 'voluminous' amount of documents but it apparently wasn't all the documents. In early April the law firm hinted in its supplemental notice filed with the court that there may even be more documents still to be produced.
Powell told this reporter Tuesday that she is astonished that Covington and Burling LLP had failed to locate the documents earlier and just now turned over another voluminous batch to her team.
"The Flynn defense is stunned that Covington and Burling has only now found thousands of additional documents amounting to more than 17,000 pages that should have been produced to the defense almost a year ago," she stated. Powell, who has been battling for documents from the Department of Justice as well, said the enormity of documents withheld from Flynn's defense is proof of the misconduct against her client.
Powell obtained the new information from the DOJ after an extensive review by attorneys appointed by U.S. Attorney General William Barr to review Flynn's case. Barr's team included United States attorney in St. Louis, Jeff Jensen, who is handling the Flynn matter, along with prosecutors from the office of the deputy attorney general, Jeffrey A. Rosen. The documented evidence Powell said will exonerate Flynn was delivered to Powell but is under court seal.
Tuesday's supplemental notice, which was signed by Flynn's former defense counsel Robert Kelner with Covington and Burling LLP, stated that the reason the documents were turned over so late to Powell was due to "an unintentional miscommunication involving the firm" information technology personnel had led them, in some instances, to run search terms on subsets of emails the firm had collected for its response to document requests United States v. [Bijan] Rafiekian, the case involving Mr. Flynn's business partner and their FARA-related work through their consulting firm, rather than on the broader sets of emails that should have been searched."
Rafikian, Flynn's former business partner, had been indicted on two criminal counts by government prosecutors, which included conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government, according to his original unsealed indictment. Rafiekian's conviction, however, was overturned in an unexpected move by the court, which cited that prosecutors had 'insufficient evidence' to prove their case against him.
#8946961 at 2020-04-28 14:01:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11451: The FUD Gates Have Opened Edition
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday, urging him to open a criminal antitrust investigation against Amazon for stifling competition.
According to a Wall Street Journal report released last week, Amazon used data and sales to develop its own, competing products against other businesses competing on its Amazon marketplace. The Journal wrote:
The online retailing giant has long asserted, including to Congress, that when it makes and sells its own products, it doesn't use information it collects from the site's individual third-party sellers-data those sellers view as proprietary.
Yet interviews with more than 20 former employees of Amazon's private-label business and documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal reveal that employees did just that. Such information can help Amazon decide how to price an item, which features to copy or whether to enter a product segment based on its earning potential, according to people familiar with the practice, including a current employee and some former employees who participated in it.
In one instance, Amazon employees accessed documents and data about a bestselling car-trunk organizer sold by a third-party vendor. The information included total sales, how much the vendor paid Amazon for marketing and shipping, and how much Amazon made on each sale. Amazon's private-label arm later introduced its own car-trunk organizers.
Hawley contended that Amazon's business practices serve as an existential threat to small businesses competing against Amazon on the Internet giant's marketplace.
"These practices are alarming for America's small businesses even under ordinary circumstances. But at a time when most small retail businesses must rely on Amazon because of coronavirus-related shutdowns, predatory data practices threaten these businesses' very existence," the Missouri senator wrote.
"Abusing one's position as a marketplace platform to create copycat products always is bad, but it is especially concerning now," Hawley added. "Thousands of small businesses have been forced to suspend in-store retail and instead rely on Amazon because of shutdowns related to the coronavirus pandemic. Amazon's reported data practices are an existential threat that may prevent these businesses from ever recovering."
Hawley noted that the European Union already opened an investigation into Amazon using data in an anticompetitive fashion against third-party businesses.
"In the light of the enormous evidence already gathered, I ask that you look into this issue and open a criminal antitrust investigation of Amazon," Hawley wrote.
ttps://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/04/28/josh-hawley-calls-for-criminal-probe-of-amazon/
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#8944924 at 2020-04-28 05:45:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11449: The Late Show Starring Pepe w/ Guests: Pepe and Music From: Pepe Edition
>>8944730
>Barr was responsible for both the U.S. Marshals Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, two federal agencies whose misconduct at Ruby Ridge "helped to weaken the bond of trust that must exist between ordinary Americans and our law enforcement agencies,"
whoa i didnt know that was Barr too
''William Barr was Attorney General when Ruby Ridge occurred.
Does William Barr still endorse "wartime rules" and a "007 standard" that absolve federal agents for questionable shootings of Americans? Does Barr consider "illegal government killings" to be an oxymoron? Best of all, can Barr explain to us his understanding of the phrase "government under the law"?
#8944816 at 2020-04-28 05:30:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11449: The Late Show Starring Pepe w/ Guests: Pepe and Music From: Pepe Edition
Barr Blocks Release Of 9/11 Documents Despite Promises To Victims' Families
I think the 9/11 families have lost all hope that the president is going to step up and do the right thing.
Unfortunately, William Barr does not have a record of trustworthy actions. As far back as 1989 Barr discussed his belief that the FBI could legally abduct people in foreign countries without the consent of the foreign government. The opinion was revealed in a leaked legal memo authored by Barr while he was serving as the head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). Barr chose to withhold the full memo and asked the public to trust his conclusion.
In the weeks after 9/11, when the U.S. government began to seize powers to roundup foreign citizens, spy on Americans, and torture anyone accused of terrorism, Newsweek noted that Barr had played a role in paving the way for such actions.
More recently, Barr has been involved in perpetuating the myth that encryption is a tool that only terrorists and dangerous criminals use and launching anorwellian pre-crime program. In October 2019, MintPress News reported that Barr had recently laid the groundwork for this new program.
Barr would go on to issue a memorandum to all U.S. attorneys, law enforcement agencies, and high level Justice Department officials calling for the implementation of a new "national disruption and early engagement program" aimed at detecting potential mass shooters before they commit any crime. This memo called for the DOJ and FBI to "refine our ability to identify, assess and engage potential mass shooters before they strike." Barr called for the pre-crime program to be implemented in early 2020.
The blocking of state secrets related to the September 11 attacks is just the latest in a long line of cover ups and corrupt practices by Attorney General William Barr.
>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ag-Barr-blocks-release-911-documents-despite-promises-victims-families
#8944694 at 2020-04-28 05:12:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11449: The Late Show Starring Pepe w/ Guests: Pepe and Music From: Pepe Edition
>>8944659
Donald Barr's son, US Attorney General William Barr is currently investigating the death of Jeffrey Epstein.
In 1973, Donald Barr, hired a young 20 year old college dropout named Jeffrey E. Epstein to teach math at the Dalton School. Epstein taught at the school between 1974 and 1976.
Donald Barr also wrote this sci-fi novel, Space Relations, about sex slavery in space.
Epstein went on to build a career in finance and became a multimillionaire. He served time in 2008 as a sex offender for having molested 36 girls, some as young as 14.
In July 2019, Epstein was arrested on federal charges of sex trafficking of minors in Florida and New York. Epstein committed suicide while being held in US Federal custody on August 10, 2019.
US Attorney General William Barr was appointed by the Trump administration in February 2019.
From the back cover: "ON A DISTANT PLANET IN THE DISTANT FUTURE. When all the galaxies are colonized, John Craig, a young space diplomat, is captured by interplanetary pirates and sold into slavery. On Kossar, where boredom and absolute power have driven the rulers to a special kind of madness, Craig is auctioned off to the exquisite Lady Morgan Sidney, a beautiful, sensual woman. He soon makes his way from the hellish slave mines into her bed in the tower of her castle. And it is here, under the strange castle, that he finds the secret that may bring about the end of man in the galaxy. SPACE RELATIONS—A bizzare, fascinating tale of a Feudal Age of the Future"
>https://archive.org/details/donaldBarrspacerelations/page/n3/mode/2up
#8941968 at 2020-04-28 00:07:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11445: She Never Shoulda Lost, We Only Needed This 1 Chance Edition
[[[They]]] are proper fucked!
Barr tells prosecutors to watch for pandemic restrictions that violate Constitution
Attorney General William Barr on Monday directed federal prosecutors to "be on the lookout" for public health measures put in place amid the coronavirus pandemic that might be running afoul of constitutional rights.
In a two-page memorandum to the 93 U.S. attorneys, Barr cautioned that some state and local directives could be infringing on protected religious, speech and economic rights.
"If a state or local ordinance crosses the line from an appropriate exercise of authority to stop the spread of COVID-19 into an overbearing infringement of constitutional and statutory protections, the Department of Justice may have an obligation to address that overreach in federal court," Barr wrote.
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In his memo, Barr said he was directing two Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors to monitor the measures taken by state and local governments and "if necessary, take action to correct them."
"Many policies that would be unthinkable in regular times have become commonplace in recent weeks, and we do not want to unduly interfere with the important efforts of state and local officials to protect the public," Barr wrote. "But the Constitution is not suspended in times of crisis."
"We must therefore be vigilant to ensure its protections are preserved, at the same time that the public is protected," he added.
The Supreme Court has long held that constitutional rights can be lawfully restricted when emergency public health measures are in place, though the precise scope of government public health power is not clearly defined.
Legal experts caution that governments can be prone to overreach amid exigent circumstances.
"In times of emergency - including public health emergency - the temptation to violate individual rights is at its greatest, and the courts have often been called on to defend the rights of the vulnerable," Harvard Law professor Glenn Cohen previously told The Hill.
Earlier this month, a federal judge in Kansas blocked an order from the state's Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly that restricted in-person religious assemblies to no more than 10 people.
Barr has previously warned state and local governments against enacting restrictions that singled out religious gatherings and the Justice Department filed a memo in support of a Mississippi church that sought to offer drive-in church services.
"Even in times of emergency, when reasonable and temporary restrictions are placed on rights, the First Amendment and federal statutory law prohibit discrimination against religious institutions and religious believers," Barr said in an April 14 statement.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/494892-Barr-tells-prosecutors-to-watch-for-pandemic-restrictions-that
#8940910 at 2020-04-27 22:35:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11444 Even the Left Has Noticed ~ Fake News in Full Panic Edition
Matthew Whitaker to release book detailing alleged DOJ efforts to sabotage Trump
Former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will release a book next month detailing what he says was a plot by Justice Department "deep state" insiders to sabotage President Trump. It is rare for former heads of federal agencies to write books blasting their former departments. It is even more surprising because Mr. Whitaker has kept a low profile since leaving the Justice Department last year. An advertisement for the book posted on Amazon over the weekend promises to provide "a stunning account of what he found in the swamp that is Washington."
Mr. Whitaker said he will reveal how former FBI Director James B. Comey and other top Justice Department figures openly worked against Mr. Trump and how a "deep state" of Washington insiders use the media to achieve its goals. The book will also reportedly disclose how former special counsel Robert Mueller quickly concluded that members of the Trump campaign did not collude with Russia's election-interference efforts but kept the investigation active "as an act of political subversion." A Justice Department spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment.
"Above the Law: The Inside Story of How the Justice Department Will Try to Subvert President Trump," will be released May 19, according to an advertisement on Amazon posted over the weekend. Conservative book publisher Regnery Publishing is releasing the 256-page book. "The Department of Justice had been steered off course by a Deep State made up of Washington insiders who saw themselves as above the law. Recklessly inverting, bending, and breaking the law to achieve their own political goals, they relentlessly undermined the Constitution by flaunting the rightful authority of a President they despised," it said. Rep. Devin Nunes, California Republican and former chairman of the House intelligence committee, wrote the foreword.
Mr. Whitaker served as chief of staff for former Attorney General Jeff Sessions until he was elevated to acting attorney general after his boss' resignation in November 2018. He ran the department until the confirmation of Attorney General William Barr in February 2019. Initially, it was reported that Mr. Whitaker would stay on at the Justice Department, but he left quickly after Mr. Barr took over. Since his departure, Mr. Whitaker has stayed out of the spotlight, save for a handful of appearances on Fox News.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/27/matthew-whitaker-release-book-detailing-alleged-do/
#8939499 at 2020-04-27 20:35:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11442: Be Best. Be Q Strong. The Ghost Protocol Edition
Stone Says FBI Recommended 'no jail time' If He Turned On Trump. He Refused To Lie For FBI.
Longtime Trump ally Roger Stone gave an explosive interview to the Sara Carter Show Monday, revealing that the FBI had tried to pressure him on the contents of 29 phone conversations he shared with his good friend President Donald Trump during Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. He told this reporter that he refused to lie for the FBI against his friend and in the end that's why the bureau brought erroneous charges against him that had nothing to do with their now debunked Russia probe. Stone, who is supposed to begin his 3 year jail sentence Friday, has seen his life and that of his family turned upside down. He has lost his home, his life savings, his insurance and his ability to make an income. He said in the end, he wonders if he'll survive his jail sentence as a 67-year-old man due to the COVID19 outbreak, while others like disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti have been released for 90 days due to the outbreak. "On July 24th, 2019, the Mueller prosecutors offered my lawyers a deal," said Stone. "If Stone will fess up, if he will re-characterize thirty phone conversations between myself and candidate Trump, which they had phone records of, but no tapes of. If I would correctly remember the way they wanted me to, they would recommend no jail time for me and I refused. That's what this whole atrocity has been about."
He described the shock when the FBI conducted a predawn raid on his home on Jan. 24, saying they terrorized his family and used an unimaginable amount of firepower, tactical vehicles and manpower brought to his home that morning. He also discussed the fact that CNN had arrived 11 minutes before the FBI raid, with cameras ready to record the incident and blast it across the globe. More importantly, he questioned why FBI Director Christopher Wray continues to obstruct the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch from obtaining internal email communications between the FBI and CNN that he says would reveal what agents tipped off cable network about the raid. He called Wray 'nothing more' than a Washington D.C. "swamp creature." "Did Christopher Wray approve this over-the-top attack on my home," said Stone. "This question was asked by Senator Lindsey Graham. But unfortunately Senator Graham rarely follows up on his T.V. talk. We still don't know who approved this." "These are the kind of tactics you would expect from the Gestapo," said Stone, who remembers his hearing-impaired wife being forced outside in her bare feet and robe while the agents tore his house apart. "These are the kind of tactics you would expect in Soviet Russia and it all became clear what this was about and I haven't said this in many places."
There are similar circumstances between Stone's case and that of National Security Advisor Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, whose case is now being investigated by St. Louis U.S. Jeff Jensen, appointed by Attorney General William Barr. Stone and Flynn were both targeted by Mueller's prosecutors, to include Andrew Weissmann, Jeannie Rhee and others, whose political affiliations with Hillary Clinton were seen in both political donations, political affiliations and employment connections. Rhee, for example, was a former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice and was also on Clinton's legal team defending the Clinton Foundation before joining Mueller's team. "I was targeted for political reasons just as General Mike Flynn was the decision to prosecute me came long after Robert Mueller knew that there was no Russian collusion between any Russian entity or anyone in the Trump campaign or surrounding Donald Trump for a solid year," said Stone. "The mainstream media CNN MSNBC The New York Times The Washington Post others The Daily Beast insisted that I would be charged by Robert Mueller for treason, for espionage, for trafficking in stolen emails for cyber crimes for campaign finance violations. And there was a constant drumbeat...I did my best to counterpunch because I was not gagged at that time and I now know that the Mueller team misrepresented the facts to several federal judges in order to get search warrants for my home my office and my apartment."
https://saraacarter.com/stone-says-fbi-recommended-no-jail-time-if-he-turned-on-trump-he-refused-to-lie-for-fbi/
#8939413 at 2020-04-27 20:26:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11442: Be Best. Be Q Strong. The Ghost Protocol Edition
Stone Says FBI Recommended 'no jail time' If He Turned On Trump. He Refused To Lie For FBI
By Sara Carter - April 27, 2020
Longtime Trump ally Roger Stone gave an explosive interview to the Sara Carter Show Monday, revealing that the FBI had tried to pressure him on the contents of 29 phone conversations he shared with his good friend President Donald Trump during Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. He told this reporter that he refused to lie for the FBI against his friend and in the end that's why the bureau brought erroneous charges against him that had nothing to do with their now debunked Russia probe.
Stone, who is supposed to begin his 3 year jail sentence Friday, has seen his life and that of his family turned upside down. He has lost his home, his life savings, his insurance and his ability to make an income. He said in the end, he wonders if he'll survive his jail sentence as a 67-year-old man due to the COVID19 outbreak, while others like disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti have been released for 90 days due to the outbreak.
"On July 24th, 2019, the Mueller prosecutors offered my lawyers a deal," said Stone. "If Stone will fess up, if he will re-characterize thirty phone conversations between myself and candidate Trump, which they had phone records of, but no tapes of. If I would correctly remember the way they wanted me to, they would recommend no jail time for me and I refused. That's what this whole atrocity has been about."
He described the shock when the FBI conducted a predawn raid on his home on Jan. 24, saying they terrorized his family and used an unimaginable amount of firepower, tactical vehicles and manpower brought to his home that morning. He also discussed the fact that CNN had arrived 11 minutes before the FBI raid, with cameras ready to record the incident and blast it across the globe. More importantly, he questioned why FBI Director Christopher Wray continues to obstruct the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch from obtaining internal email communications between the FBI and CNN that he says would reveal what agents tipped off cable network about the raid. He called Wray 'nothing more' than a Washington D.C. "swamp creature."
"Did Christopher Wray approve this over-the-top attack on my home," said Stone. "This question was asked by Senator Lindsey Graham. But unfortunately Senator Graham rarely follows up on his T.V. talk. We still don't know who approved this."
"These are the kind of tactics you would expect from the Gestapo," said Stone, who remembers his hearing-impaired wife being forced outside in her bare feet and robe while the agents tore his house apart. "These are the kind of tactics you would expect in Soviet Russia and it all became clear what this was about and I haven't said this in many places."
There are similar circumstances between Stone's case and that of National Security Advisor Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, whose case is now being investigated by St. Louis U.S. Jeff Jensen, appointed by Attorney General William Barr. Stone and Flynn were both targeted by Mueller's prosecutors, to include Andrew Weissmann, Jeannie Rhee and others, whose political affiliations with Hillary Clinton were seen in both political donations, political affiliations and employment connections. Rhee, for example, was a former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice and was also on Clinton's legal team defending the Clinton Foundation before joining Mueller's team.
"I was targeted for political reasons just as General Mike Flynn was the decision to prosecute me came long after Robert Mueller knew that there was no Russian collusion between any Russian entity or anyone in the Trump campaign or surrounding Donald Trump for a solid year," said Stone. "The mainstream media CNN MSNBC The New York Times The Washington Post others The Daily Beast insisted that I would be charged by Robert Mueller for treason, for espionage, for trafficking in stolen emails for cyber crimes for campaign finance violations. And there was a constant drumbeat...I did my best to counterpunch because I was not gagged at that time and I now know that the Mueller team misrepresented the facts to several federal judges in order to get search warrants for my home my office and my apartment."
Stone also told this reporter that Mueller's prosecutors lied about probable cause issues telling the "judge that they had probable cause to suspect me for cybercrimes, money laundering of foreign campaign dollars, campaign finance violations, mail fraud, wire fraud and so on." None of which was true and none of which led to his conviction for allegedly lying to Congress about his contacts with Trump administration officials, said Stone.
[too long]
https://saraacarter.com/stone-says-fbi-recommended-no-jail-time-if-he-turned-on-trump-he-refused-to-lie-for-fbi/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social-pug
#8934874 at 2020-04-27 08:04:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11436: House Cleaning. WH Secured. Final Stage. Edition
re: Congratulations, Patriots, you have earned the moniker, "Rent-a-Mobs"
"If, amid all this, Barr really wanted to do something to uphold the law, he would not be talking about filing briefs in support of rent-a-mobs in state capitals. He would consider how Trump's incitement, with references to guns amid the calls to "liberate" states, is the sort of call to insurrection that courts have determined is not protected speech."
"Attorney General William Barr recently said on Hugh Hewitt's radio program that not only would lawsuits be in order against state governments to contest some of the restrictions aimed at curbing COVID-19 infections, but that the Department of Justice (DOJ) might enter such cases to support the suits."
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/04/26/William-Barr-much-more-than-just-a-lawyer/
#8921358 at 2020-04-25 21:15:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11419: 3 Q tips FTW Edition
>>8921320
>>8921334
>If Q really thinks that a plane hit the pentagon he/they are fucking idiots.
True.
And on that note:
Deep State Barr Blocks Release Of 9/11 Documents Despite Promises To Victims' Families.
On Monday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell, and other senior officials called on a federal judge to prevent the disclosure of files related to the role of the government of Saudi Arabia in the September 11 attacks. The officials told the judge in the civil case that the release of the files would endanger national security.
The files are being sought by families of the 9/11 victims who have spent the last two decades attempting to uncover the truth about the attacks. The families filed a lawsuit in federal district court in New York in 2017 as part of their effort to uncover the role of the Saudi government. What is publicly known is that the alleged 9/11 hijackers had a relationship with Saudi government officials. As Pro Public reported, at the 2019 White House September 11 memorial, U.S. President Donald Trump promised the families he would help them uncover the truth about 9/11.
Pro Publica notes that four statements from FBI and Justice Department officials were also under seal and can not be seen by the public. Another five statements from FBI, Justice Department, and CIA officials were only seen by the judge and could not even be shared with the families' lawyers. Steven Pounian, a lawyer for the families also suggested that there must be some deep, dark secret that they're still trying very hard to hide after almost 20 years, and that it might be a Saudi government secret
I think the 9/11 families have lost all hope that the president is going to step up and do the right thing.
Unfortunately, William Barr does not have a record of trustworthy actions. As far back as 1989 Barr discussed his belief that the FBI could legally abduct people in foreign countries without the consent of the foreign government. The opinion was revealed in a leaked legal memo authored by Barr while he was serving as the head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). Barr chose to withhold the full memo and asked the public to trust his conclusion.
In the weeks after 9/11, when the U.S. government began to seize powers to roundup foreign citizens, spy on Americans, and torture anyone accused of terrorism, Newsweek noted that Barr had played a role in paving the way for such actions.
More recently, Barr has been involved in perpetuating the myth that encryption is a tool that only terrorists and dangerous criminals use and launching anorwellian pre-crime program. In October 2019, MintPress News reported that Barr had recently laid the groundwork for this new program.
Barr would go on to issue a memorandum to all U.S. attorneys, law enforcement agencies, and high level Justice Department officials calling for the implementation of a new "national disruption and early engagement program" aimed at detecting potential mass shooters before they commit any crime. This memo called for the DOJ and FBI to "refine our ability to identify, assess and engage potential mass shooters before they strike." Barr called for the pre-crime program to be implemented in early 2020.
The blocking of state secrets related to the September 11 attacks is just the latest in a long line of cover ups and corrupt practices by Attorney General William Barr.
>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ag-Barr-blocks-release-911-documents-despite-promises-victims-families
#8921205 at 2020-04-25 20:52:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11419: 3 Q tips FTW Edition
>>8921028 lb
>ok id say we definately agree about the fuckery surrounding epsteins death. but how did Barr cover it up?
US Attorney General Barr adds to coverup in death of Jeffrey Epstein
US Attorney General William Barr backtracked on comments he made last August about the circumstances surrounding the death of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, telling the Associated Press on Friday that a series of mistakes by prison authorities gave the multimillionaire Wall Street consultant the opportunity to kill himself in his jail cell on August 10.
Barr said that although he initially had "suspicions" about Epstein's death under federal custody at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Manhattan, he had come to the conclusions that it was a suicide. Barr added, "I can understand people who immediately, whose minds went to sort of the worst-case scenario because it was a perfect storm of screwups."
The AP report said Barr drew his conclusion "after the FBI and the Justice Department's inspector general continued to investigate," adding that he "sought to dampen conspiracy theories by people who have questioned whether Epstein really took his own life, saying the evidence proves Epstein killed himself."
Barr told the AP that "he personally reviewed security footage that confirmed that no one entered the area where Epstein was housed on the night he died." However, it is not clear what video Barr reviewed, since prior to the AP interview it had been widely reported that both surveillance cameras near Epstein's cell were discovered to be dysfunctional following their removal as part of the FBI investigation.
Barr gave his interview two days after two MCC prison guards, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, were arrested and charged on multiple counts in connection with their failure to monitor Epstein during the hours preceding his death. The guards, who had worked overtime shifts and extended hours at the understaffed facility, have been accused of "sleeping and browsing the internet" between 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., when they should have been checking on Epstein every half-hour. They are also charged with filing fraudulent reports.
An attorney for one of the two, both of whom have pled not guilty, has said that the guards are being "scapegoated." Even if the claims against them are true, the lawyer notes, such violations are normally considered prison employee disciplinary issues and not criminal actions.
The guards discovered Epstein with a noose made of bed sheets around his neck when they entered his cell in the morning to bring him breakfast.
Epstein had been in prison for more than a month before his death. He was arrested by the FBI on July 6 at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey and charged with multiple counts of sex trafficking, with victims including underage females.
On August 12, two days after Epstein was found dead, Barr gave comments to the press in which he seemed to question the claims of suicide, saying the Department of Justice was "now learning of serious irregularities at this facility that are deeply concerning and demand a thorough investigation."
Although Barr is now endorsing the finding of the New York medical examiner that Epstein died from "suicide by hanging" and says that his conclusion is based on an investigation conducted by the FBI and the Justice Department inspector general, the details of this investigation have not been made public.
#8921187 at 2020-04-25 20:50:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11418: Covid19-84 Edition
>>8921028
>ok id say we definately agree about the fuckery surrounding epsteins death. but how did Barr cover it up?
US Attorney General Barr adds to coverup in death of Jeffrey Epstein
US Attorney General William Barr backtracked on comments he made last August about the circumstances surrounding the death of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, telling the Associated Press on Friday that a series of mistakes by prison authorities gave the multimillionaire Wall Street consultant the opportunity to kill himself in his jail cell on August 10.
Barr said that although he initially had "suspicions" about Epstein's death under federal custody at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Manhattan, he had come to the conclusions that it was a suicide. Barr added, "I can understand people who immediately, whose minds went to sort of the worst-case scenario because it was a perfect storm of screwups."
The AP report said Barr drew his conclusion "after the FBI and the Justice Department's inspector general continued to investigate," adding that he "sought to dampen conspiracy theories by people who have questioned whether Epstein really took his own life, saying the evidence proves Epstein killed himself."
Barr told the AP that "he personally reviewed security footage that confirmed that no one entered the area where Epstein was housed on the night he died." However, it is not clear what video Barr reviewed, since prior to the AP interview it had been widely reported that both surveillance cameras near Epstein's cell were discovered to be dysfunctional following their removal as part of the FBI investigation.
Barr gave his interview two days after two MCC prison guards, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, were arrested and charged on multiple counts in connection with their failure to monitor Epstein during the hours preceding his death. The guards, who had worked overtime shifts and extended hours at the understaffed facility, have been accused of "sleeping and browsing the internet" between 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., when they should have been checking on Epstein every half-hour. They are also charged with filing fraudulent reports.
An attorney for one of the two, both of whom have pled not guilty, has said that the guards are being "scapegoated." Even if the claims against them are true, the lawyer notes, such violations are normally considered prison employee disciplinary issues and not criminal actions.
The guards discovered Epstein with a noose made of bed sheets around his neck when they entered his cell in the morning to bring him breakfast.
Epstein had been in prison for more than a month before his death. He was arrested by the FBI on July 6 at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey and charged with multiple counts of sex trafficking, with victims including underage females.
On August 12, two days after Epstein was found dead, Barr gave comments to the press in which he seemed to question the claims of suicide, saying the Department of Justice was "now learning of serious irregularities at this facility that are deeply concerning and demand a thorough investigation."
Although Barr is now endorsing the finding of the New York medical examiner that Epstein died from "suicide by hanging" and says that his conclusion is based on an investigation conducted by the FBI and the Justice Department inspector general, the details of this investigation have not been made public.
#8921159 at 2020-04-25 20:47:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11418: Covid19-84 Edition
>>8921028
>ok id say we definately agree about the fuckery surrounding epsteins death. but how did Barr cover it up?
US Attorney General Barr adds to coverup in death of Jeffrey Epstein
US Attorney General William Barr backtracked on comments he made last August about the circumstances surrounding the death of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, telling the Associated Press on Friday that a series of mistakes by prison authorities gave the multimillionaire Wall Street consultant the opportunity to kill himself in his jail cell on August 10.
Barr said that although he initially had "suspicions" about Epstein's death under federal custody at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Manhattan, he had come to the conclusions that it was a suicide. Barr added, "I can understand people who immediately, whose minds went to sort of the worst-case scenario because it was a perfect storm of screwups."
The AP report said Barr drew his conclusion "after the FBI and the Justice Department's inspector general continued to investigate," adding that he "sought to dampen conspiracy theories by people who have questioned whether Epstein really took his own life, saying the evidence proves Epstein killed himself."
Barr told the AP that "he personally reviewed security footage that confirmed that no one entered the area where Epstein was housed on the night he died." However, it is not clear what video Barr reviewed, since prior to the AP interview it had been widely reported that both surveillance cameras near Epstein's cell were discovered to be dysfunctional following their removal as part of the FBI investigation.
Barr gave his interview two days after two MCC prison guards, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, were arrested and charged on multiple counts in connection with their failure to monitor Epstein during the hours preceding his death. The guards, who had worked overtime shifts and extended hours at the understaffed facility, have been accused of "sleeping and browsing the internet" between 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., when they should have been checking on Epstein every half-hour. They are also charged with filing fraudulent reports.
An attorney for one of the two, both of whom have pled not guilty, has said that the guards are being "scapegoated." Even if the claims against them are true, the lawyer notes, such violations are normally considered prison employee disciplinary issues and not criminal actions.
The guards discovered Epstein with a noose made of bed sheets around his neck when they entered his cell in the morning to bring him breakfast.
Epstein had been in prison for more than a month before his death. He was arrested by the FBI on July 6 at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey and charged with multiple counts of sex trafficking, with victims including underage females.
On August 12, two days after Epstein was found dead, Barr gave comments to the press in which he seemed to question the claims of suicide, saying the Department of Justice was "now learning of serious irregularities at this facility that are deeply concerning and demand a thorough investigation."
#8920956 at 2020-04-25 20:21:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11418: Covid19-84 Edition
>>8920947
Barr Says Epstein's Suicide Resulted From 'Perfect Storm of Screw-Ups'
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/nyregion/William-Barr-jeffrey-epstein-suicide-investigation.html
#8918359 at 2020-04-25 14:10:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11415: Full Speed Ahead Edition
Barr: Timetable of John Durham review unrestrained by
2020 election
by Jerry Dunleavy
April 22, 2020 04:08 PM
"The nation's top law enforcement officer said the 2020 election will have no bearing on the Justice Department's review of the Russia investigation.
Attorney General William Barr, in an interview on Hugh Hewitt's radio show on Tuesday, also said U.S. Attorney John Durham's inquiry into the origins of the Crossfire Hurricane operation and into the conduct of associated law enforcement officers and intelligence officials is proceeding full speed ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic but stressed indictments are not imminent.
Hewitt said there are DOJ guidelines related to announcing either indictments or the end of an investigation close to an election because of the impact it might have on who wins, noting these rules factored into then-FBI Director James Comey's statement in July 2016 declaring that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had been "extremely careless" in her handling of classified information on her private email server but that "no reasonable prosecutor" would bring an indictment against her. Hewitt pressed Barr on what Durham's deadline was and whether any political considerations were being made.
Barr said Election Day was not going to be a factor for when Durham releases his likely report or for when he may press charges.
"As far as I'm aware, none of the key people that, whose actions are being reviewed at this point by Durham, are running for president," Barr said.
"I think, in its core, the idea is, you don't go after candidates," he added. "You don't indict candidates or perhaps someone that's sufficiently close to a candidate, that it's essentially the same, you know, within a certain number of days before an election. But, you know, as I say, I don't think any of the people whose actions are under review by Durham fall into that category."
There has been some debate about whether Durham should avoid making any significant moves or announcements close to the presidential election, which is shaping up to be a contest between President Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Andrew McCarthy, a former chief assistant U.S. attorney in New York and senior fellow at the National Review Institute, recently said, "The closer it gets to Election Day, the more any charges he brought would be framed by the media as kind of a Trump campaign stunt." The former federal prosecutor also warned the investigation will go "down the memory hole" if Trump does not win reelection in November.
With the review about a year in, Hewitt asked Barr if he was "shocked" by anything Durham had briefed him on so far, to which Barr said he "wouldn't use the word shocked," though he said he was "very troubled" by some of what he learned.
"I think the reason that we have this investigation is because there are a lot of things that are unexplained," Barr said. "And I think we're getting deeply into the situation, and we'll be able to sort out exactly what happened.""
moar:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/Barr-timetable-of-john-durham-review-unrestrained-by-2020-election
a friendly reminder for new eyes
#8918214 at 2020-04-25 13:51:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11415: Full Speed Ahead Edition
John Durham investigating classified media leaks about
Michael Flynn
by Jerry Dunleavy
April 24, 2020 07:34 PM
Updated Apr 24, 2020, 08:02 PM
"U.S. Attorney John Durham is investigating the leaks of potentially classified information to the media in early 2017 about President Trump's former national security adviser, Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, who resigned before getting swept up in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
Durham, picked by Attorney General William Barr last year to lead a review of the actions taken by law enforcement and intelligence officials during the Russia investigation, is looking into media leaks, which dominated the Trump transition period and the early days of the Trump administration, including at least one widely reported story which revealed secretive details about Flynn's contacts with a Russian envoy, according to sources cited in a new report by the New York Times.
The report signals the breadth of the DOJ investigation is wider than previously known, as Durham's team is looking into claims made by Republicans that Obama holdovers were intentionally trying to kneecap Trump's presidency by weaponizing sensitive information through the media.
The Connecticut federal prosecutor is reportedly looking into a Jan. 12, 2017 article in the Washington Post by columnist David Ignatius, which said Flynn "cultivates close Russian contacts" and cited a "senior U.S. government official" who revealed Flynn had talked to now-former Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak on Dec. 29, 2016, which was the same day President Barack Obama expelled 35 Russian officials. It is likely that this revelation, and subsequent leaks about the alleged contents of Flynn's discussions with Kislyak, were based on classified information. Ignatius also raised the possibility that Flynn had violated the Logan Act, a rarely enforced law, which former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates and other Obama DOJ holdovers at least considered using against Flynn. Ignatius said he wanted answers on those issues about Flynn to avoid a "Shakespearean tragic ending" for Trump's presidency.
The New York Times report said it is not known whether Durham has taken over a preexisting media leaks investigation or his is separate. It is also not known whether Durham is scrutinizing any other leaks."
moar:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-durham-investigating-classified-media-leaks-about-michael-flynn
play it again sam
#8917344 at 2020-04-25 10:33:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11414: Remember the Yellow Vests, Never Give Up! Edition
The Dawn of Justice for General Michael Flynn?
by Larry C Johnson
25 APRIL 2020
"Based on conversations with friends and reading comments on conservative websites, there is a lot of frustration and doubt with respect to Attorney General William Barr and whether he will drop the hammer on the Deep Staters, such as Brennan, Clapper and Comey, for their respective roles in fomenting and promoting a coup to take out Donald Trump. The impatience and frustration is quite understandable, but recent developments indicate that Barr is not going to let these creeps off the hook.
To understand Barr's supposed sloth–i.e., why he has not already indicted or prosecuted bent officials like Andy McCabe or Peter Strzok–you must realize that the US Attorney who runs things in the District of Colombia works in a massive building about 6 blocks north of the Department of Justice, i.e. The Judiciary Center at 555 Fourth St., N.W. in Washington, DC. While that US Attorney in theory answers to Barr, in reality that Attorney is free to pursue her or his own agenda. To make matters worse, that US Attorney has an Army of attorneys at her (now his) disposal. This is where Robert Mueller's horde of corrupt attorneys hung out when Jesse Liu was in charge. Now, Timothy Shea is running things and appears to be less inclined to pursue his own agenda. Still, he is surrounded by a nest of vipers."
moar:
https://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2020/04/justice-coming-for-general-michael-flynn-by-larry-c-johnson.html
pepe!
#8916730 at 2020-04-25 07:23:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11413: New Stale Peach Mints, Again? Edition
Who is Anthony Scarpelli?
AS?
John Durham expands investigative team amid coronavirus outbreak
By Jerry Dunleavy
April 23, 2020 - 10:12 AM
U.S. Attorney John Durham has expanded his team as his review of the Trump-Russia investigators ramps up during the coronavirus pandemic, which has gripped the country and swept the globe.
The top federal prosecutor for Connecticut selected additional team members for his investigative effort in recent weeks, adding agents from the FBI as well as the chief of the Violent Crimes and Narcotics Trafficking Section for the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, Anthony Scarpelli, according to sources cited by CNN. Durham, who has been running the operation out of Connecticut and D.C., drove down to Washington a few weeks ago to keep the investigation moving even as the COVID-19 virus hampered many law enforcement efforts nationwide.
The CNN report said Durham requested witness information in March and April.
Attorney General William Barr said in an interview this week that Durham's investigation into the origins of the Crossfire Hurricane operation and the conduct of associated law enforcement officers and intelligence officials is proceeding full speed ahead, and the timing of a report or possible criminal charges will not be based on the 2020 election calendar. But, he stressed, an announcement or possible indictments are not imminent.
Scarpelli has spent the last two years leading the office in charge of the fight against murder and the drug trade in Washington. Before that, he was the deputy chief of that office, according to his LinkedIn profile. Scarpelli also spent a year as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 14 years as an assistant U.S. attorney in Washington, and eight years as an assistant prosecutor for Middlesex County in New Jersey.
Moar hear:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-durham-expands-investigative-team-amid-coronavirus-outbreak
#8913425 at 2020-04-25 00:28:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11409: Poor Ole Hairy Legs - It's All Over Joe Hiden Edition
They literally had the one guy who could take down the entire cabal in their hands and they let him go
Epstein.
And now we have zero arrests, i.e., i.e., Zero criminal prosecutions of traitors.
Scoreboard after 3.5 years:
Weiner: Free
Strzok: Free
HRC: Free
Obama: Free
Alefantis: Free
Ghislaine Maxwell: Free
etc.
etc.
Seth Rich: Dead
Assange: Tortured, Prison
etc.
Plus this:
EXCLUSIVE: Source Says FBI Director Christopher Wray Pushed To Withhold Exculpatory Evidence In Mike Flynn Case
Federal Bureau of Investigations Director Christopher Wray fought to prevent exculpatory evidence from surfacing in the case of President Donald Trump's former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, a source with direct knowledge of the situation tells Daily Caller.
>https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/24/fbi-director-christopher-wray-fought-to-withhold-exculpatory-evidence-mike-flynn-case/
Plus this:
Deep State Barr Blocks Release Of 9/11 Documents Despite Promises To Victims' Families.
On Monday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell, and other senior officials called on a federal judge to prevent the disclosure of files related to the role of the government of Saudi Arabia in the September 11 attacks. The officials told the judge in the civil case that the release of the files would endanger national security.
The files are being sought by families of the 9/11 victims who have spent the last two decades attempting to uncover the truth about the attacks. The families filed a lawsuit in federal district court in New York in 2017 as part of their effort to uncover the role of the Saudi government. What is publicly known is that the alleged 9/11 hijackers had a relationship with Saudi government officials. As Pro Public reported, at the 2019 White House September 11 memorial, U.S. President Donald Trump promised the families he would help them uncover the truth about 9/11.
Pro Publica notes that four statements from FBI and Justice Department officials were also under seal and can not be seen by the public. Another five statements from FBI, Justice Department, and CIA officials were only seen by the judge and could not even be shared with the families' lawyers. Steven Pounian, a lawyer for the families also suggested that there must be some deep, dark secret that they're still trying very hard to hide after almost 20 years, and that it might be a Saudi government secret
I think the 9/11 families have lost all hope that the president is going to step up and do the right thing.
>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ag-Barr-blocks-release-911-documents-despite-promises-victims-families
When will we wake up and take to the streets and FIGHT?
#8911589 at 2020-04-24 21:40:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11406: Anons Are Watching Edition
>>8911512
moar flynn sauce…
A father love for his children
corrected link to lb NOTABLE
>>8910965 BOOM! Flynn docs exonerate, defense says
New court documents filed under seal include significant exculpatory information about Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser, an FBI official familiar with the situation told The Federalist on Friday. The new documents, which were filed under seal by the Department of Justice Friday, allegedly include exonerating evidence about Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators about his conversations with foreign diplomats as Trump's top incoming foreign policy adviser and is currently attempting to withdraw his plea, as well as evidence of malfeasance by the FBI during its investigation of Flynn.
According to the FBI official who spoke to The Federalist, FBI general counsel Dana Boente led the charge internally against DOJ's disclosure of the new materials. Boente, who briefly served as acting Attorney General after Trump became president, personally signed off on one of the federal spy warrants against former Trump campaign affiliate Carter Page. The new documents, which were filed under a protective order by DOJ on Friday, will reflect poorly on the FBI, the official told The Federalist. It is not clear when, or even if, those documents will be unsealed and made available to the public for review.
Because the documents were filed under seal, The Federalist has not been able to review them independently. Neither the Department of Justice nor the White House responded to requests for comment about the newly filed court documents or their legal or political implications. Trump has reportedly been weighing whether to issue a pardon for Flynn.
Multiple investigative reports issued by the DOJ Office of Inspector General revealed myriad instances of corruption by FBI officials throughout the multi-year investigation of Trump and his campaign. Former FBI director James Comey was even referred for criminal investigation by the inspector general. Attorney General William Barr, who was confirmed by the Senate and sworn into office last year, appointed a seasoned federal prosecutor to investigate and determine whether other DOJ or FBI officials broke the law in attempt to oust Trump from office.
The federal judge overseeing the government's case against Flynn refused to throw out his conviction last year, but is still considering whether to allow Flynn to withdraw his guilty plea. Flynn has charged his previous counsel with a conflict of interest and ineffective counsel. Sidney Powell, Flynn's current attorney, did not respond immediately to a request for comment on the matter.
Powell tweeted last month that the FBI was "still hiding evidence of Flynn's innocence" and has noted repeatedly that the FBI has failed to produce the original written FBI account, known as a 302, of its agents' conversation with Flynn that led to charges against him.
Sean Davis is the co-founder of The Federalist.
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1253744012974006272
https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/24/newly-filed-court-documents-include-exculpatory-evidence-for-michael-flynn/#.XqMnsV4mrpI.twitter
ty Sean Davis!
#8910546 at 2020-04-24 19:58:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11405: Sunlight is the best disinfectant Edition
From the John Durham expands article. Well this sucks or am I reading it wrong?
"Attorney General William Barr said in an interview this week that Durham's investigation into the origins of the Crossfire Hurricane operation and the conduct of associated law enforcement officers and intelligence officials is proceeding full speed ahead, and the timing of a report or possible criminal charges will not be based on the 2020 election calendar. But, he stressed, an announcement or possible indictments are not imminent."
Well that sucks. Notice they are adding drug enforcement and violent crimes folks too.
"adding agents from the FBI as well as the chief of the Violent Crimes and Narcotics Trafficking Section for the U.S. attorney's office in Washington"
#8906868 at 2020-04-24 12:33:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11400: Future Bright. LAMBRIGHT Edition
https://outline.com/e4Kwhh
Durham's New 'Spygate' Arena: The Courtroom?
Investigative reporter John Solomon revealed April 17 on Fox Business Network's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" that his sources are saying a "handful" of indictments related to the FBI's handling of its 2016 investigation into the Trump campaign are coming.
One thing I've learned from following all the twists and turns of the ever-expanding "Spygate" scandal is that Solomon has excellent sources. He's often been the first to reveal things from his sources that were later found to be accurate.
In response to host Lou Dobbs's reminder that we are four years into uncovering evidence about what these plotters did in their attempt to take down a president, and yet not one person has been held accountable, Solomon replied:
"I will say this: There is some fairly significant evidence at this very moment, this week, the last couple of weeks alone, that there is some criminal investigative activity that I think will result in some actions coming out.
"So it's not going to be a lot; don't expect 10 or 12 indictments, but there could be a handful of indictments and much more information."
Attorney General William Barr has stated several times he expects John Durham and the team of U.S. attorneys he's leading in probes of the various facets of the "Crossfire Hurricane" investigation to begin wrapping up their investigative work sometime in "late spring or early summer."
If what Solomon's sources are telling him is true, it suggests we're about to see the story of the Spygate scandal shift to a completely different arena.
#8904211 at 2020-04-24 03:01:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11397: Space Force Coast To Coast Edition
Any of you anons actually paying attention?
Trump has a Jesuit education.
https://dailytheology.org/2017/05/06/donald-trumps-jesuit-education/
Pence is a self described Catholic evangelist, with a Jesuit education.
https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/5-faith-facts-mike-pence-born-again-evangelical-catholic
Barr is a catholic and member of the knights of columbus.
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/William-Barr-notre-dame-secularism/
Kavanaugh has a Jesuit education.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/kavanaugh-should-live-by-his-jesuit-high-school-motto/2018/07/15/ac368888-86b9-11e8-9e06-4db52ac42e05_story.html
Stephen Miller is jewish and on the boards of several catholic institutions.
https://momentmag.com/its-stephen-miller-time/
Breakdown
Mike Pence, self-described "evangelical Catholic"
Chris Christie, Roman Catholic
Newt Gingrich, Roman Catholic, Council on Foreign Relations
Michael T. Flynn, Roman Catholic
Rudy Giuliani, Roman Catholic, 9/11 coadjutor, alleged Knight of Malta
Jared Kushner, fan of the Count of Monte Cristo ("Count of the Mount of Christ;" story about the Jesuit General getting revenge on all of the Order's enemies during its suppression)
Steve Bannon, chief strategist and Senior Counselor for the Presidency of Donald Trump, former executive chair of Breitbart News, Jesuit-trained from Georgetown
Lou Barletta, Roman Catholic
Chris Collins, Roman Catholic
Tom Marino, Roman Catholic
Devin Nunes, Roman Catholic
Anthony Scaramucci, Roman Catholic, Council on Foreign Relations
Eric Trump, Jesuit-trained from Georgetown and serves as board member of Georgetown's Business, Society, and Public Policy Initiative
Ivanka Trump, attended Jesuit Georgetown for two years
David Malpass, Jesuit-trained from Georgetown, Vice President of the Council for National Policy, leading appointment selections for positions involving economic issues
Keith Kellogg, trained by Jesuit at Santa Clara University, leading appointment selections for positions involving national defense issues
Michael Catanzaro, trained by Jesuits at Fordham University and St. Ignatius High School, leading the policy implementation team for energy independence
Andrew Bremberg, graduate of Catholic University of America Executive Legal Action Lead
James Carafano, Jesuit-trained from Georgetown University , reported to be the primary aide to the State Department of Trump administration transition team
Ed Feulner, Roman Catholic former President and founder of Heritage Foundation; Jesuit-trained from Regis and Georgetown Universities
Ken Blackwell, Jesuit-trained from Xavier University, leading appointment selections for positions involving domestic issues.
Boris Epshteyn, Trump's foremost spokesman; Jesuit-trained from Georgetown.
Do you see the pattern here?
Separation of Church and State are about to disappear along with the Constitution, and you faggots are digging "Cabal" and "Masons" just two of the many groups created by the Jesuits. The society full of jews that nobody speaks of.
#8900604 at 2020-04-23 21:28:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11392: Anime Pussies From VPN. Meh. Fuck Em Edition
>>8900545
"Barr said Durham would now be taking over Huber's role in handling any criminal referrals from Horowitz and Huber's involvement with Trump-Russia matters was done."
Random Search that took 5 seconds - https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/William-Barr-dishes-on-what-huber-horowitz-and-durham-are-investigating
#8897552 at 2020-04-23 17:04:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11390: V Can't Beat Out QR Edition
John Durham expands investigative team amid coronavirus outbreak
U.S. Attorney John Durham has expanded his team as his review of the Trump-Russia investigators ramps up during the coronavirus pandemic, which has gripped the country and swept the globe.
The top federal prosecutor for Connecticut selected additional team members for his investigative effort in recent weeks, adding agents from the FBI, as well as the chief of the violent crimes and narcotics trafficking section for the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, D.C., Anthony Scarpelli, according to sources cited by CNN. Durham, who has been running the operation out of Connecticut and D.C., drove down to Washington a few weeks ago to keep the investigation moving even as the COVID-19 virus hampered many law enforcement efforts nationwide.
The CNN report said Durham requested witness information in March and April.
Attorney General William Barr said in an interview this week that Durham's investigation into the origins of the Crossfire Hurricane operation and into the conduct of associated law enforcement officers and intelligence officials is proceeding full speed ahead, and the timing of a report or possible criminal charges will not be based upon the 2020 election calendar. But, he stressed, an announcement or possible indictments are not imminent.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-durham-expands-investigative-team-amid-coronavirus-outbreak
#8897123 at 2020-04-23 16:24:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11388: We're Under Attack - Sick Enemy Shills Post Anime CP Edition
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-durham-expands-investigative-team-amid-coronavirus-outbreak
U.S. Attorney John Durham has expanded his team as his review of the Trump-Russia investigators ramps up during the coronavirus pandemic, which has gripped the country and swept the globe.
The top federal prosecutor for Connecticut selected additional team members for his investigative effort in recent weeks, adding agents from the FBI, as well as the chief of the violent crimes and narcotics trafficking section for the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, D.C., Anthony Scarpelli, according to sources cited by CNN. Durham, who has been running the operation out of Connecticut and D.C., drove down to Washington a few weeks ago to keep the investigation moving even as the COVID-19 virus hampered many law enforcement efforts nationwide.
The CNN report said Durham requested witness information in March and April.
Attorney General William Barr said in an interview this week that Durham's investigation into the origins of the Crossfire Hurricane operation and into the conduct of associated law enforcement officers and intelligence officials is proceeding full speed ahead, and the timing of a report or possible criminal charges will not be based upon the 2020 election calendar. But, he stressed, an announcement or possible indictments are not imminent.
Scarpelli has spent the last two years leading the office in charge of the fight against murder and the drug trade in D.C. Before that, he was the deputy chief of that office, according to his LinkedIn profile. Scarpelli also spent a year as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 14 years as an assistant U.S. attorney in D.C., and eight years as an assistant prosecutor for Middlesex County in New Jersey.
The Washington Examiner reached out to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia for comment.
Little else is publicly known about the composition of Durham's team, although it is known he selected Sarah Karwan, who has been with the Connecticut federal office since 2007, to serve as the chief of the U.S. Attorney's Office's Criminal Division back in January.
Prior to nationwide coronavirus lockdown orders, CNN reported Durham had been spending multiple days each week inside a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility reviewing classified documents related to the federal government's investigations into Russian interference and Trump's campaign. The report said Durham is also taking a close look at the FBI's deeply flawed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act targeting onetime Trump campaign associate Carter Page.
It is almost certain that one of the topics being reviewed by Durham's team is intelligence reports on Russian disinformation efforts revealed in recently declassified footnotes from Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report on the FBI's Russia investigation. Newly public information from the watchdog report showed the bureau had been aware of warnings that Russian intelligence efforts may have compromised British ex-spy Christopher Steele's dossier, which was relied upon to obtain FISA warrants to surveil Page.
Horowitz's lengthy December report criticized the Justice Department and the FBI for at least 17 "significant errors and omissions" related to the FISA warrants against Page in 2016 and 2017 and for the bureau's reliance on Steele's unverified dossier. Steele put his research together at the behest of the opposition research firm Fusion GPS, which was funded by Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee through the Perkins Coie law firm.
CNN also cited half a dozen sources confirming that Durham is scrutinizing former CIA Director John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, with a special focus on the 2017 Intelligence "harm her electability and potential presidency," and "developed a clear preference" for Trump. The National Security Agency diverged on one aspect, expressing only "moderate confidence" that Putin actively tried to help Trump win and Clinton lose.
A Senate Intelligence Committee report, released Tuesday, found the 2017 spy assessment "presents a coherent and well-constructed intelligence basis for the case of unprecedented Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election." The Senate investigators did not find evidence of undue political pressure by Brennan or anyone else.
But the Senate investigation did shine new light on the effort by FBI leadership, including FBI Director James Comey, to include allegations from Steele's salacious dossier in the 2017 spy assessment. The bureau is pointing to a directive by President Barack Obama to explain their failed effort to include the dossier in the main text of the 2017 report. It was instead relegated to a still-classified appendix.
#8895775 at 2020-04-23 14:36:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11387: E-Bake Fight Against the Gore Posters Edition
John Durham expands investigative team amid coronavirus outbreak
by Jerry Dunleavy | April 23, 2020 10:12 AM
U.S. Attorney John Durham has expanded his team as his review of the Trump-Russia investigators ramps up during the coronavirus pandemic, which has gripped the country and swept the globe.
The top federal prosecutor for Connecticut selected additional team members for his investigative effort in recent weeks, adding agents from the FBI, as well as the chief of the violent crimes and narcotics trafficking section for the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, D.C., Anthony Scarpelli, according to sources cited by CNN. Durham, who has been running the operation out of Connecticut and D.C., drove down to Washington a few weeks ago to keep the investigation moving even as the COVID-19 virus hampered many law enforcement efforts nationwide.
The CNN report said Durham requested witness information in March and April.
Attorney General William Barr said in an interview this week that Durham's investigation into the origins of the Crossfire Hurricane operation and into the conduct of associated law enforcement officers and intelligence officials is proceeding full speed ahead, and the timing of a report or possible criminal charges will not be based upon the 2020 election calendar. But, he stressed, an announcement or possible indictments are not imminent.
Scarpelli has spent the last two years leading the office in charge of the fight against murder and the drug trade in D.C. Before that, he was the deputy chief of that office, according to his LinkedIn profile. Scarpelli also spent a year as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 14 years as an assistant U.S. attorney in D.C., and eight years as an assistant prosecutor for Middlesex County in New Jersey.
Little else is publicly known about the composition of Durham's team, although it is known he selected Sarah Karwan, who has been with the Connecticut federal office since 2007, to serve as the chief of the U.S. Attorney's Office's Criminal Division back in January.
Prior to nationwide coronavirus lockdown orders, CNN reported Durham had been spending multiple days each week inside a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility reviewing classified documents related to the federal government's investigations into Russian interference and Trump's campaign. The report said Durham is also taking a close look at the FBI's deeply flawed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act targeting onetime Trump campaign associate Carter Page.
It is almost certain that one of the topics being reviewed by Durham's team is intelligence reports on Russian disinformation efforts revealed in recently declassified footnotes from Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report on the FBI's Russia investigation. Newly public information from the watchdog report showed the bureau had been aware of warnings that Russian intelligence efforts may have compromised British ex-spy Christopher Steele's dossier, which was relied upon to obtain FISA warrants to surveil Page.
Horowitz's lengthy December report criticized the Justice Department and the FBI for at least 17 "significant errors and omissions" related to the FISA warrants against Page in 2016 and 2017 and for the bureau's reliance on Steele's unverified dossier. Steele put his research together at the behest of the opposition research firm Fusion GPS, which was funded by Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee through the Perkins Coie law firm.
CNN also cited half a dozen sources confirming that Durham is scrutinizing former CIA Director John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, with a special focus on the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment of the Kremlin meddling in 2016's presidential election.
Durham is reportedly looking into numerous highly sensitive issues, including whether Brennan took politicized actions to pressure the rest of the intelligence community to match his conclusions about Russian President Vladimir Putin's motivations during the 2016 presidential election.
The 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment concluded with "high confidence" that Putin "ordered an influence campaign in 2016" and that Russia worked to "undermine public faith" in U.S. democracy, "denigrate" Clinton and "harm her electability and potential presidency," and "developed a clear preference" for Trump. The National Security Agency diverged on one aspect, expressing only "moderate confidence" that Putin actively tried to help Trump win and Clinton lose… continued…
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-durham-expands-investigative-team-amid-coronavirus-outbreak
#8895662 at 2020-04-23 14:27:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11387: E-Bake Fight Against the Gore Posters Edition
John Durham expands investigative team amid coronavirus outbreak
U.S. Attorney John Durham has expanded his team as his review of the Trump-Russia investigators ramps up during the coronavirus pandemic, which has gripped the country and swept the globe. The top federal prosecutor for Connecticut selected additional team members for his investigative effort in recent weeks, adding agents from the FBI, as well as the chief of the violent crimes and narcotics trafficking section for the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, D.C., Anthony Scarpelli, according to sources cited by CNN. Durham, who has been running the operation out of Connecticut and D.C., drove down to Washington a few weeks ago to keep the investigation moving even as the COVID-19 virus hampered many law enforcement efforts nationwide. The CNN report said Durham requested witness information in March and April.
Attorney General William Barr said in an interview this week that Durham's investigation into the origins of the Crossfire Hurricane operation and into the conduct of associated law enforcement officers and intelligence officials is proceeding full speed ahead, and the timing of a report or possible criminal charges will not be based upon the 2020 election calendar. But, he stressed, an announcement or possible indictments are not imminent. Scarpelli has spent the last two years leading the office in charge of the fight against murder and the drug trade in D.C. Before that, he was the deputy chief of that office, according to his LinkedIn profile. Scarpelli also spent a year as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 14 years as an assistant U.S. attorney in D.C., and eight years as an assistant prosecutor for Middlesex County in New Jersey. Little else is publicly known about the composition of Durham's team, although it is known he selected Sarah Karwan, who has been with the Connecticut federal office since 2007, to serve as the chief of the U.S. Attorney's Office's Criminal Division back in January.
Prior to nationwide coronavirus lockdown orders, CNN reported Durham had been spending multiple days each week inside a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility reviewing classified documents related to the federal government's investigations into Russian interference and Trump's campaign. The report said Durham is also taking a close look at the FBI's deeply flawed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act targeting onetime Trump campaign associate Carter Page. It is almost certain that one of the topics being reviewed by Durham's team is intelligence reports on Russian disinformation efforts revealed in recently declassified footnotes from Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report on the FBI's Russia investigation. Newly public information from the watchdog report showed the bureau had been aware of warnings that Russian intelligence efforts may have compromised British ex-spy Christopher Steele's dossier, which was relied upon to obtain FISA warrants to surveil Page. Horowitz's lengthy December report criticized the Justice Department and the FBI for at least 17 "significant errors and omissions" related to the FISA warrants against Page in 2016 and 2017 and for the bureau's reliance on Steele's unverified dossier. Steele put his research together at the behest of the opposition research firm Fusion GPS, which was funded by Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee through the Perkins Coie law firm.
CNN also cited half a dozen sources confirming that Durham is scrutinizing former CIA Director John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, with a special focus on the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment of the Kremlin meddling in 2016's presidential election.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-durham-expands-investigative-team-amid-coronavirus-outbreak
#8895397 at 2020-04-23 14:02:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11387: E-Bake Fight Against the Gore Posters Edition
In April of 2019, ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes (R-CA) sent a notification to the Justice Department about eight criminal referrals of individuals who can be blamed for the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation. Shortly after, on May 1st, Attorney General William Barr announced the Justice Department opened "multiple criminal leak investigations" relating to the handling of the Russia collusion investigation.
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Nunes has just revealed that one of the criminal referrals he sent focuses on "whether or not intelligence was manipulated for political purposes." Specifically, Nunes is referring to the 158-page "bipartisan" report the intelligence community put together on alleged Russian election interference in 2017. Nunes refers to the report as "Obama's dossier" and told Fox Business' Lou Dobbs that it was "suspect' the U.S. intelligence community put it together in a matter of several weeks, at the behest of former President Barack Obama."
The 2017 intelligence community report declared its "moderate' to 'high' confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin sought to boost then-candidate Donald Trump's 2016 election chances" reports The Washington Examiner. Representative Nunes not only says all the documents should never have been classified in the first place, hiding "critical information" from the public, but he also plans to send more criminal referrals to the Justice Department.
Nunes says Republicans are eager to fully investigate because Democrats "weaponized" the Mueller report and Steele Dossier. Lou Dobbs asked Nunes if he believes anything will ever come from the criminal referrals, to which Nunes responded, "well that is the million-dollar question" but that he wants the audience to know "house Republicans have not stopped this investigation, so no matter what Pelosi...they can put out phony reports, do phony impeachments, our investigation continues."
Nunes added they have been looking at the "three dossiers" the Steele dossier, Obama's dossier, and the Mueller report, as well as plans to interview three Russian Americans and are looking at making additional criminal referrals. "We also need an investigation about why were all these things redacted so long by the Department of Justice and the FBI?" questioned Nunes. "Why did we just find out in the last few weeks what was hidden behind the Horowitz reports in the footnotes?... What ticks me off is there was no reason for these to be redacted and I want answers." Nunes concluded, "We still need more declassified. There are too many things hiding from the American public."
We agree.
https://thejeffreylord.com/nunes-declares-obamas-dossier-as-part-of-criminal-referrals-for-trump-russia-probe/?utm_source=socialflow
#8892417 at 2020-04-23 03:48:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11383: "Order SIGNED" Edition
"On April 14, former Philadelphia Deputy Mayor Herbert Vederman was told he had been selected for early release amid the coronavirus pandemic, along with most of his fellow inmates at the minimum-security prison camp in upstate New York where he is serving a sentence for his conviction in the political corruption case that brought down U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah.
Vederman moved to a medium-security lockup to serve out a 14-day quarantine period and was eagerly counting down the days until he could finish the rest of his two-year term under confinement at his home in West Palm Beach, Florida. But on Monday - one week before 74-year-old's scheduled departure - the U.S. Bureau of Prisons reversed course. In a decision that has caused chaos for dozens of federal inmates and their families, and sowed confusion among wings of the executive branch, U.S. prison administrators revoked several of their earlier release decisions this week and said they would no longer consider inmates who had served less than half of their sentences. The decision has left inmates like Vederman - who is just two months shy of that benchmark - in limbo."
inquirer.com/news/herb-vederman-release-coronavirus-bureau-of-prisons-chaka-fattah-William-Barr-20200422.html
#8890177 at 2020-04-23 00:22:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11380 KEK WILLS IT - BEERS AT THE PARADE! Edition
Sara Carter: Senior FBI Officials Knew Steele Dossier was Bogus All Along
Sara Carter, the investigative reporter, told "The Buck Sexton Show" Wednesday that last week's declassification of Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz's FBI report clearly shows that top FBI officials knew Christopher Steele's dossier was filled with Russian disinformation.
Carter said the footnotes expose FBI officials and members of the Crossfire Hurricane team that investigated the Trump campaign.
She also said, according to her sources, those exposed may include Obama officials James Clapper, the former National Intelligence head, and John Brennan, the former director of the CIA. She said it is becoming apparent that they knew all along about the alleged Russian disinformation campaign.
"The question is, knowing that they knew this: Why did they continue to do it, and what is their culpability?" Carter, host of"The Sara Carter Show Podcast,"asked.
The DOJ's watchdog footnotes were released last week by Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Johnson, R-Wisc. The footnotes shed light on the information the FBI used to secure a FISA warrant into Carter Page, the Trump campaign aide.
One footnote read, "Despite multiple reports in 2017 warning that claims in an anti-Trump dossier were "false" and "part of a Russian disinformation campaign," the FBI continued to rely on the Democrat-funded opposition research to spy on a Trump campaign aide.
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., told Buck Sexton, the former CIA analyst and host of the radio show, to expect additional criminal referrals and said, "nobody wants these bastards locked up more than me."
Carter said the footnotes reveal that Steele was using information provided by some Russian-connected Kremlin sources that hoped to hurt Trump and divide the country.
Carter pointed out that she has long theorized that the whole Russian collusion farse was simply a "soft coup" being orchestrated by former Obama officials, and she said the more we learn, the more evidence points to them being the ones who colluded with Russia.
"So it looks like the Democrats themselves were the ones that were duped by the Russians and for those who weren't duped, they should answer the question to the attorney general and prosecutor John Durham."
Durham, the top federal prosecutor from Connecticut, was selected by Attorney General William Barr to investigate any possible misconduct by law enforcement during the Russian collusion investigation. The New York Times reported last year that it is a criminal investigation.
The Washington Examiner reported Tuesday that Durham seems to be focused on Brennan. Democrats have criticized the investigation as an attempt to even the score by Trump, but Republicans call in necessary to weed out corruption.
https://www.bucksexton.com/content/2020-04-22-sara-carter-senior-fbi-officials-knew-steele-dossier-was-bogus-all-along/
#8888379 at 2020-04-22 22:31:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11378: Race To Eights It Is! Edition
Barr: Timetable of John Durham review unrestrained by 2020 election
The nation's top law enforcement officer said the 2020 election will have no bearing on the Justice Department's review of the Russia investigation.
Attorney General William Barr, in an interview on Hugh Hewitt's radio show on Tuesday, also said U.S. Attorney John Durham's inquiry into the origins of the Crossfire Hurricane operation and into the conduct of associated law enforcement officers and intelligence officials is proceeding full speed ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic but stressed indictments are not imminent.
Hewitt said there are DOJ guidelines related to announcing either indictments or the end of an investigation close to an election because of the impact it might have on who wins, noting these rules factored into then-FBI Director James Comey's statement in July 2016 declaring that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had been "extremely careless" in her handling of classified information on her private email server but that "no reasonable prosecutor" would bring an indictment against her. Hewitt pressed Barr on what Durham's deadline was and whether any political considerations were being made.
Barr said Election Day was not going to be a factor for when Durham releases his likely report or for when he may press charges.
"As far as I'm aware, none of the key people that, whose actions are being reviewed at this point by Durham, are running for president," Barr said.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/Barr-timetable-of-john-durham-review-unrestrained-by-2020-election
#8887248 at 2020-04-22 21:02:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11376: Californication Edition
AG Barr Says Stay-At-Home Orders 'Disturbingly Close to House Arrest'
'It's very onerous, as is shutting down your livelihood,' he says
Attorney General William Barr said some states are going too far in their enforcement of stay-at-home orders and the Justice Department may have to get involved to protect civil liberties.
Barr appeared on radio host Hugh Hewitt's show Wednesday to discuss how these "burdensome" social distancing measures must be lifted now that America is passing the curve of coronavirus cases.
"These are unprecedented burdens on civil liberties right now, and the idea that you have to stay in your house is disturbingly close to house arrest," Barr told Hewitt. "I'm not saying it wasn't justified, I'm not saying some places it might be still justified. But it's very onerous, as is shutting down your livelihood."
https: //www.infowars.com/ag-Barr-says-stay-at-home-orders-disturbingly-close-to-house-arrest/
#8885684 at 2020-04-22 18:03:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11374: Non Essentials List Needs Moar MSM Edition
>>8885658
Jeffrey Epstein
New York
General News
Suicides
Politics
Business
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William Barr
AG Barr: Epstein's death was a 'perfect storm of screw-ups'
By MICHAEL BALSAMO
November 22, 2019
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Attorney General William Barr speaks with an Associated Press reporter onboard an aircraft en route to Cleveland, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, during a two-day trip to Ohio and Montana. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
ABOARD A US GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFT (AP) - Attorney General William Barr said he initially had his own suspicions about financier Jeffrey Epstein's death while behind bars at one of the most secure jails in America but came to conclude that his suicide was the result of "a perfect storm of screw-ups."
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In an interview with The Associated Press, Barr said his concerns were prompted by the numerous irregularities at the New York jail where Epstein was being held. But he said after the FBI and the Justice Department's inspector general continued to investigate, he realized there were a "series" of mistakes made that gave Epstein the chance to take his own life.
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"I can understand people who immediately, whose minds went to sort of the worst-case scenario because it was a perfect storm of screw-ups," Barr told the AP as he flew to Montana for an event.
believe me goyim, a perfect storm, a perfect storm
#8884847 at 2020-04-22 16:33:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11373: Shoot Down And Destroy Edition
Mitch McConnell Declares 2020 the Year of 'Leave No' Judicial 'Vacancy Behind'
While discussing judicial appointments Wednesday morning on a conservative radio show, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said that his motto for 2020 is "leave no vacancy behind."
McConnell joined The Hugh Hewitt Show for an interview on a variety of subjects, one day after Attorney General William Barr made some news doing the same.
The Senate Majority Leader revealed that when the Senate returns from its recess on May 4, the Senate will "start confirming judges again." McConnell said that the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic will not stop the Senate from leaving no vacancy behind.
https://lawandcrime.com/judiciary/mitch-mcconnell-declares-2020-the-year-of-leave-no-judicial-vacancy-behind/
#8883289 at 2020-04-22 13:15:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11371: Corn Pop Was A Bad Dude Edition
AG Barr Says the DOJ May Take Legal Action against States if Lockdowns Are Deemed Excessive
Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday said the Justice Department could take action against states whose coronavirus lockdowns are deemed too strict.
"We have to give businesses more freedom to operate in a way that's reasonably safe," Barr said in an interview on The Hugh Hewitt Show. "To the extent that governors don't and impinge on either civil rights or on the national commerce-our common market that we have here-then we'll have to address that."
Barr said states should enforce lockdowns and business closures only until the spread of coronavirus has halted. Then, states should eventually reopen in line with the Trump administration's guidelines, he said.
"These are very, very burdensome impingements on liberty, and we adopted them, we have to remember, for the limited purpose of slowing down the spread, that is bending the curve," Barr went on. "We didn't adopt them as the comprehensive way of dealing with this disease....You can't just keep on feeding the patient chemotherapy and say well, we're killing the cancer, because we were getting to the point where we're killing the patient."
While most U.S. states have adopted some form of business and school closures, several have seen protests against the lockdown measures. President Trump has repeatedly clashed with state governors on reopening the economy, urging them to do so as soon as possible.
Trump has called on protesters to "liberate" certain states, all with Democratic governors. Washington governor Jay Inslee subsequently accused Trump of "fomenting domestic rebellion."
Protests have been particularly strong in Michigan, whose governor Gretchen Whitmer has instituted some of the most stringent lockdowns in the U.S. Whitmer on Tuesday compared protesters to Americans who objected to the World War II production effort.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/ag-Barr-says-the-doj-may-take-legal-action-against-states-if-lockdowns-are-deemed-excessive/
#8882463 at 2020-04-22 09:11:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11370: Grave Yard Mile High Fly? Edition
>>8882399
>How do you capture a very dangerous animal?
>>8882201
>also used to represent the (generalized) positional states
>>8882263
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>is Greek 23rd letter and relates to
wave, quantum, water.>>8882185
Baker, Notable
In otherwords ? = 23 "PAIN"
>Potus smacked [them] with a "lapse of pain". Q-tips anyone?
>>8882281
sawz'd >>8882136
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psi_(Greek)
>>8882144
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psi_(Greek)
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https://qmap.pub/read/T-13696
#8880444 at 2020-04-22 02:48:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11368: For The Children Edition
Devin Nunes: 'Obama's dossier' a subject of criminal referral to Justice Department
1 of 2
A top Republican said a criminal referral sent to the Justice Department last year relates to the 2017 intelligence community assessment on Russian election interference. Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, spoke about the assessment on Tuesday after the Senate intelligence panel released its 158-page bipartisan report defending the assessment that was released in the waning days of the Obama administration. The California congressman told Fox Business host Lou Dobbs that it was "suspect" the U.S. Intelligence Community put it together in a matter of several weeks, at the behest of former President Barack Obama. Referring to what he called "Obama's dossier," Nunes noted his panel, when he was chairman, determined the "tradecraft was not up to snuff" and said he stands by his determination in the face of the Senate Intelligence Committee's much different conclusion. The lead GOP investigator revealed that one of the several criminal referrals he sent to the Justice Department last year, which were related to the Trump-Russia investigation, had to do with the intelligence community assessment. He said it focuses on "whether or not intelligence was manipulated for political purposes."
Nunes's assertions run counter to what the Senate intelligence panel wrote in their report. The heavily redacted report said Senate investigators found no evidence of political pressure to reach a specific conclusion and determined the assessment by the CIA, FBI, and NSA "presents a coherent and well-constructed intelligence basis for the case of unprecedented Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election." The intelligence community report released in January 2017 assessed with "moderate" to "high" confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin sought to boost then-candidate Donald Trump's 2016 election chances.
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The House Intelligence Committee report, released in 2018, was not bipartisan. The GOP-led effort concluded, "The majority of the Intelligence Community Assessment judgments on Russia's election activities employed proper analytic tradecraft," but found the "judgments on Putin's strategic intentions did not." The Democrats on the panel released their own assessment that said they found "no evidence" to doubt the assessment. Nunes sent a notification about eight criminal referrals targeting individuals tied to the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, including some that had to do with leaks, in April 2019. The exact content of those referrals has never been publicly disclosed. Nunes said at the time the public may never know who is mentioned in them.
On May 1, Attorney General William Barr said the Justice Department had opened "multiple criminal leak investigations," after which it was revealed he appointed U.S. Attorney John Durham to review possible misconduct by federal law enforcement and intelligence officials in the Russia inquiry. Nunes said he plans to send more criminal referrals to the Justice Department after the recent declassification of key portions of documents related to the secret surveillance of onetime Trump campaign adviser Carter Page and a DOJ inspector general report that discussed several glaring issues with that process, including the FBI's reliance on British ex-spy Christopher Steele's unverified anti-Trump dossier. The congressman argued this information never should have been classified in the first place and claimed there is still more "critical information" hiding from public view. Nunes said this is one of the issues Republicans are eager to have fully investigated.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/devin-nunes-obamas-dossier-a-subject-of-criminal-referral-to-justice-department
Report on RuSsian Active Measures (sorry anons w/n load)
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG00/20180322/108023/HRPT-115-1_1-p1-U3.pdf
#8880258 at 2020-04-22 02:27:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11367: Frogs On The Offence Edition
Devin Nunes: 'Obama's dossier' a subject of criminal referral to Justice Department
1 of 3
A top Republican said a criminal referral sent to the Justice Department last year relates to the 2017 intelligence community assessment on Russian election interference. Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, spoke about the assessment on Tuesday after the Senate intelligence panel released its 158-page bipartisan report defending the assessment that was released in the waning days of the Obama administration. The California congressman told Fox Business host Lou Dobbs that it was "suspect" the U.S. Intelligence Community put it together in a matter of several weeks, at the behest of former President Barack Obama. Referring to what he called "Obama's dossier," Nunes noted his panel, when he was chairman, determined the "tradecraft was not up to snuff" and said he stands by his determination in the face of the Senate Intelligence Committee's much different conclusion. The lead GOP investigator revealed that one of the several criminal referrals he sent to the Justice Department last year, which were related to the Trump-Russia investigation, had to do with the intelligence community assessment. He said it focuses on "whether or not intelligence was manipulated for political purposes."
Nunes's assertions run counter to what the Senate intelligence panel wrote in their report. The heavily redacted report said Senate investigators found no evidence of political pressure to reach a specific conclusion and determined the assessment by the CIA, FBI, and NSA "presents a coherent and well-constructed intelligence basis for the case of unprecedented Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election." The intelligence community report released in January 2017 assessed with "moderate" to "high" confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin sought to boost then-candidate Donald Trump's 2016 election chances.
The House Intelligence Committee report, released in 2018, was not bipartisan. The GOP-led effort concluded, "The majority of the Intelligence Community Assessment judgments on Russia's election activities employed proper analytic tradecraft," but found the "judgments on Putin's strategic intentions did not." The Democrats on the panel released their own assessment that said they found "no evidence" to doubt the assessment. Nunes sent a notification about eight criminal referrals targeting individuals tied to the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, including some that had to do with leaks, in April 2019. The exact content of those referrals has never been publicly disclosed. Nunes said at the time the public may never know who is mentioned in them.
On May 1, Attorney General William Barr said the Justice Department had opened "multiple criminal leak investigations," after which it was revealed he appointed U.S. Attorney John Durham to review possible misconduct by federal law enforcement and intelligence officials in the Russia inquiry. Nunes said he plans to send more criminal referrals to the Justice Department after the recent declassification of key portions of documents related to the secret surveillance of onetime Trump campaign adviser Carter Page and a DOJ inspector general report that discussed several glaring issues with that process, including the FBI's reliance on British ex-spy Christopher Steele's unverified anti-Trump dossier. The congressman argued this information never should have been classified in the first place and claimed there is still more "critical information" hiding from public view. Nunes said this is one of the issues Republicans are eager to have fully investigated.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/devin-nunes-obamas-dossier-a-subject-of-criminal-referral-to-justice-department
Report on RuSsian Active Measures
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG00/20180322/108023/HRPT-115-1_1-p1-U3.pdf
#8880088 at 2020-04-22 02:10:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11367: Frogs On The Offence Edition
>>8879668
>anyone have any good Barr/durhams?
ya
Deep State Barr Blocks Release Of 9/11 Documents Despite Promises To Victims' Families.
On Monday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell, and other senior officials called on a federal judge to prevent the disclosure of files related to the role of the government of Saudi Arabia in the September 11 attacks. The officials told the judge in the civil case that the release of the files would endanger national security.
The files are being sought by families of the 9/11 victims who have spent the last two decades attempting to uncover the truth about the attacks. The families filed a lawsuit in federal district court in New York in 2017 as part of their effort to uncover the role of the Saudi government. What is publicly known is that the alleged 9/11 hijackers had a relationship with Saudi government officials. As Pro Public reported, at the 2019 White House September 11 memorial, U.S. President Donald Trump promised the families he would help them uncover the truth about 9/11.
Pro Publica notes that four statements from FBI and Justice Department officials were also under seal and can not be seen by the public. Another five statements from FBI, Justice Department, and CIA officials were only seen by the judge and could not even be shared with the families' lawyers. Steven Pounian, a lawyer for the families also suggested that there must be some deep, dark secret that they're still trying very hard to hide after almost 20 years, and that it might be a Saudi government secret
I think the 9/11 families have lost all hope that the president is going to step up and do the right thing.
Unfortunately, William Barr does not have a record of trustworthy actions. As far back as 1989 Barr discussed his belief that the FBI could legally abduct people in foreign countries without the consent of the foreign government. The opinion was revealed in a leaked legal memo authored by Barr while he was serving as the head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). Barr chose to withhold the full memo and asked the public to trust his conclusion.
In the weeks after 9/11, when the U.S. government began to seize powers to roundup foreign citizens, spy on Americans, and torture anyone accused of terrorism, Newsweek noted that Barr had played a role in paving the way for such actions.
More recently, Barr has been involved in perpetuating the myth that encryption is a tool that only terrorists and dangerous criminals use and launching anorwellian pre-crime program. In October 2019, MintPress News reported that Barr had recently laid the groundwork for this new program.
Barr would go on to issue a memorandum to all U.S. attorneys, law enforcement agencies, and high level Justice Department officials calling for the implementation of a new "national disruption and early engagement program" aimed at detecting potential mass shooters before they commit any crime. This memo called for the DOJ and FBI to "refine our ability to identify, assess and engage potential mass shooters before they strike." Barr called for the pre-crime program to be implemented in early 2020.
The blocking of state secrets related to the September 11 attacks is just the latest in a long line of cover ups and corrupt practices by Attorney General William Barr.
>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ag-Barr-blocks-release-911-documents-despite-promises-victims-families
#8875340 at 2020-04-21 19:27:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General 11361: As The Holocough Turns Edition
Method of Execution for Federal Treason is Injection of PENTOBARBITAL
July 25, 2019
Federal Government To Resume Capital Punishment after Nearly 2 Decade Lapse
The Federal Execution Protocol Addendum, which closely mirrors protocols utilized by several states, including currently Georgia, Missouri, and Texas, replaces the three-drug procedure previously used in Federal executions with a single drug-Pentobarbital.
Since 2010, 14 states have used Pentobarbital in over 200 executions, and Federal courts, including the Supreme Court, have repeatedly upheld the use of Pentobarbital in executions as consistent with the Eighth Amendment.
Upon Attorney General Barr's direction, Acting Director Hurwitz adopted the Addendum to the Federal Execution Protocol and, in accordance with 28 C.F.R. Part 26.
Sauce: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-government-resume-capital-punishment-after-nearly-two-decade-lapse
PENTOBARBITAL: Pentobarbital, also known as pentobarbitone, is a short-acting barbiturate. In high doses, pentobarbital causes death by respiratory arrest. In the United States, the drug has been used for executions of convicted criminals.
On July 25, 2019, US Attorney General William Barr directed the Federal government to resume capital punishment after 16 years.
Pentobarbitol's old name was Nembutal, known on the streets as "Yellow Jackets" due to yellow capsule.
Sauce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentobarbital#Execution
#8874922 at 2020-04-21 18:40:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General 11361: As The Holocough Turns Edition
America's Governors 'Disturbingly Close to House Arrest' AG Barr Says
Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday that some state governors' efforts to fight the coronavirus "infringes on a fundamental right" of American residents.
"When a governor acts, especially when a governor does something that intrudes upon or infringes on a fundamental right or a Constitutional right, they're bounded by that," the attorney general said. "And those situations are emerging around the country, to some extent."
He also said "that governments in the U.S. need to "do a better job" of ensuring coronavirus restrictions are "properly targeted" and do not unnecessarily infringe on constitutional rights. He added that currently, the country is facing "unprecedented burdens on civil liberties."
These comments were made during an interview on "The Hugh Hewitt Show."
Barr said the stay-at-home orders are "disturbingly close to house arrest," but added, "I'm not saying it wasn't justified."
"We didn't adopt them as the comprehensive way of dealing with this disease," he said. "And we are now seeing that these are bending the curve, and now we have to come up with more targeted approaches."
He also called President Trump's plan to allow governors to reopen their states a "very commonsensical approach," adding that he has acted "well within the traditional rules of law."
For additional information visit our friends at THE HILL.
https://thedcpatriot.com/americas-governors-disturbingly-close-to-house-arrest-ag-Barr-says/
#8874342 at 2020-04-21 17:25:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General 11360: Unreported: POTUS Made a Deal, Was Phenomenal for U.S. Edition
Soros-funded organization wants prisoners released due to coronavirus
A Soros-funded organization in the US is petitioning the governors of all 50 states to release inmates from state prisons as a coronavirus "social distancing" measure.
The letter came from the Brennan Center for Justice, and has been published online. The Brennan Center is urging governors to use their power to issue executive orders to "release as many people as possible from incarceration." The justification offered is that prisons tend to be cramped, thus making it difficult for prisoners to follow social distancing guidelines. According to the letter, this puts them especially at risk for coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks.
The Brennan Center, which is part of New York University's School of Law, is funded by George Soros' Open Society Foundations, and regularly receives grants from it.
The letter noted that only those inmates who "do not pose serious public safety threats" should be released. It recommended that inmates who are older, who have chronic medical conditions, or who are already nearing the end of their sentences should be among those considered for early release. The letter claimed that the Center's own research suggests that releasing prisoners "will not jeopardize public safety."
Even before the Brennan Center's letter, the states of Iowa and New Jersey had already begun releasing inmates, as have county prisons in California, New York, Ohio, Oregon and Pennsylvania. US Attorney General William Barr also issued a directive instructing federal prisons to transfer some inmates to home confinement if they are particularly at risk for coronavirus infection.
Some European countries are also adopting similar measures in their prisons. Norway began releasing prisoners last month as a coronavirus prevention measure, as previously reported by Voice of Europe.
https://voiceofeurope.com/2020/04/soros-funded-organization-wants-prisoners-released-due-to-coronavirus/
#8873613 at 2020-04-21 15:48:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General 11359: "They Had to Do This Under Pressure, Good Job" Edition
Attorney General Barr Blocks Release of 9/11 Documents Despite Promises to Victims' Families
In a last minute court filing, U.S. officials demanded a federal judge block the release of files detailing Saudi connections to the 9/11 attacks.
(TMU) - On Monday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell, and other senior officials called on a federal judge to prevent the disclosure of files related to the role of the government of Saudi Arabia in the September 11 attacks. The officials told the judge in the civil case that the release of the files would endanger national security.
The files are being sought by families of the 9/11 victims who have spent the last two decades attempting to uncover the truth about the attacks. The families filed a lawsuit in federal district court in New York in 2017 as part of their effort to uncover the role of the Saudi government. What is publicly known is that the alleged 9/11 hijackers had a relationship with Saudi government officials. As Pro Public reported, at the 2019 White House September 11 memorial, U.S. President Donald Trump promised the families he would help them uncover the truth about 9/11. He made similar promises while he was campaigning for president.
https://themindunleashed.com/2020/04/attorney-general-Barr-blocks-release-9-11-documents.html
#8873123 at 2020-04-21 14:43:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General 11359: "They Had to Do This Under Pressure, Good Job" Edition
Clinton-Funded Russian Disinformation Drove The Witch Hunt Against Trump
The accusation that Donald Trump "colluded" with Russia to steal the 2016 presidential election was always an elaborate and perfidious hoax. James Comey's FBI knew this all along but managed to conceal it. Until now.
Newly declassified documents reveal that the anti-Trump "dossier" was substantially the product of Russian disinformation. It was sedulously fed to a gullible and maladroit ex-British spy, Christopher Steele, who was being paid by the Hillary Clinton Campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to gather and disseminate the bogus allegations.
It was the "dossier" that fueled the FBI and special counsel investigations of President Trump that battered his presidency. The largely phony series of Steele memos were also "central and essential" to gaining by deception four successive warrants to spy on a former Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page. His Fourth Amendment rights were egregiously violated by surveillance warrants unlawfully obtained.
For the better part of 4 years, top officials at the FBI and the intelligence community kept their knowledge and evidence of the Russian disinformation hidden from congress, judges on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), and the American people.
Instead of revealing the truth, Trump's adversaries -with significant assistance from a hopelessly biased and clueless media- pursued a relentless scheme to destroy him with the narrative that he was a Russian asset who somehow conspired with Moscow to rig the election in his favor.
Recently, when Ambassador Richard Grenell was named acting Director of National Intelligence, he moved swiftly to unmask the insidious coverup of this heretofore classified information. He is to be commended for doing so, as are Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, for their persistence in getting this stunning material declassified.
After finally securing access to the declassified documents, Johnson bluntly described some senior officials at the FBI as "total and complete snakes." That is an understatement. Comey and his confederates deliberately exploited what they knew to be untrue and discredited information as a pretext to spy on the Trump campaign and investigate the president.
Evidence that the FBI was aware of the Russian fabrications was discovered by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz and contained in footnotes inside his voluminous report released in December. But those footnotes remained redacted as "classified" until Grenell ordered that they be made public.
The footnotes show that, once the FBI learned early in its Trump-Russia investigation that their case was built on little more than disinformation, this exculpatory evidence was knowingly and willfully buried by the bureau. Instead of shutting down its entire probe and withdrawing its surveillance warrant from the FISC, Comey's FBI escalated its case against the president.
A special counsel was appointed, but no evidence of a "collusion" conspiracy was discovered -because it never existed. It was a fiction peddled by Moscow to the FBI through Steele, who was being paid by the Clinton Campaign and the DNC.
In my 2018 book, The Russia Hoax, I argued, "There was never any plausible evidence that Trump or his campaign collaborated with Russia to win the presidency, and the FBI had no legal basis to initiate its investigation." (Page 286) In an interview with Fox News several days ago, Attorney General William Barr confirmed that the FBI's probe was launched "without any basis."
I also explained how the allegations against Trump were likely the product of a disinformation campaign, "compiled by a Russian determined to invent a collection of lies for the purpose of creating mischief." (Page 128)
My 2019 book, Witch Hunt: The Story Of The Greatest Mass Delusion In American Political History, details how the FBI hid the origins of the fictional "dossier." The "collusion" narrative was a conspiracy in and of itself, fabricated as a political instrument and then weaponized against Trump by unscrupulous government officials. The "dossier" was the centerpiece of the effort to frame Trump.
In Chapter 2 entitled, "Clinton Collusion," I wrote, "Either the dossier was invented out of whole cloth, or Steele was fed preposterous disinformation by Russian sources, who must have laughed at their handiwork and the gullibility of the recipient." (Page 43)
Grassley summed it up best when he issued this statement: "These footnotes confirm that there was a direct Russian disinformation campaign in 2016, and there were ties between Russian intelligence and a presidential campaign -the Clinton campaign, not Trump's.(cont.)
https://thegreggjarrett.com/clinton-funded-russian-disinformation-drove-the-witch-hunt-against-trump/?utm_source=socialflow
#8870776 at 2020-04-21 05:50:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General 11356: The 'One If By Land' Edition
Trump shares post saying John Durham indictments could come 'this week'
President Trump shared a report that said indictments could be coming this week in U.S. Attorney John Durham's review of the Russia investigation. Part of a flurry of retweets late Monday evening, Trump's verified Twitter account, which has 77.8 million followers, shared a post from Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett's personal website with the headline: "More Russia Spygate Indictments Coming 'This Week.'"
A post, authored by "staff" and shared by Jarrett's verified Twitter account, focused on a recent interview conducted by Fox Business host Lou Dobbs in which investigative reporter John Solomon said "some criminal investigative activity" indicated there "could be a handful of indictments and much more information" this week. Solomon, who recently founded a new outlet, JustTheNews.com, became mired in controversy last year when his reporting on Ukraine for the Hill got swept up into the impeachment investigation and became subject to a review that found he "failed" to identify "important details about key Ukrainian sources."
Attorney General William Barr picked Durham, the top federal prosecutor in Connecticut, to conduct a review of possible misconduct by federal law enforcement and intelligence officials during the Russia investigation and is said to be increasingly focused on former CIA Director John Brennan. Democrats have criticized Durham's review, which reportedly was upgraded into a criminal investigation last year, as a politically motivated scheme to undermine the work of special counsel Robert Mueller and attack Trump's perceived enemies. Republican allies of the president have championed Durham's investigation and called for top officials, including former FBI Director James Comey, to face accountability for an alleged effort to undermine the president. There have not yet been any confirmed reports or official statements about indictments in the investigation.
Trump retweeted other posts shared by Jarrett, who recently said Barr "tipped his hand" about potential indictments in Durham's inquiry during an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, including one that said new evidence shows the Russia investigation was a "witch hunt." During the interview with Ingraham earlier this month, Barr argued Trump had "every right" to be upset with the Russia inquiry and talked about "a whole pattern of events while he was president to sabotage the presidency … or at least have the effect of sabotaging the presidency." "My own view is that the evidence shows that we're not dealing with just mistakes or sloppiness," the attorney general said. "There is something far more troubling here, and we're going to get to the bottom of it. And if people broke the law, and we can establish that with the evidence, they will be prosecuted." Trump called FBI leadership involved in the Russia investigation "human scum" during a coronavirus task force briefing over the weekend.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-shares-post-saying-john-durham-indictments-could-come-this-week
https://twitter.com/GreggJarrett/status/1252332148578816000
https://twitter.com/LouDobbs/status/1251279983605092352
#8868665 at 2020-04-21 02:01:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11353: !EBAKE EBAKE EBAKE! Edition
>>8868562
>You think they've been hiding evidence for 20 years and they are still not finished?
Deep State Barr Blocks Release Of 9/11 Documents Despite Promises To Victims' Families.
On Monday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell, and other senior officials called on a federal judge to prevent the disclosure of files related to the role of the government of Saudi Arabia in the September 11 attacks. The officials told the judge in the civil case that the release of the files would endanger national security.
The files are being sought by families of the 9/11 victims who have spent the last two decades attempting to uncover the truth about the attacks. The families filed a lawsuit in federal district court in New York in 2017 as part of their effort to uncover the role of the Saudi government. What is publicly known is that the alleged 9/11 hijackers had a relationship with Saudi government officials. As Pro Public reported, at the 2019 White House September 11 memorial, U.S. President Donald Trump promised the families he would help them uncover the truth about 9/11.
Pro Publica notes that four statements from FBI and Justice Department officials were also under seal and can not be seen by the public. Another five statements from FBI, Justice Department, and CIA officials were only seen by the judge and could not even be shared with the families' lawyers. Steven Pounian, a lawyer for the families also suggested that there must be some deep, dark secret that they're still trying very hard to hide after almost 20 years, and that it might be a Saudi government secret
I think the 9/11 families have lost all hope that the president is going to step up and do the right thing.
Unfortunately, William Barr does not have a record of trustworthy actions. As far back as 1989 Barr discussed his belief that the FBI could legally abduct people in foreign countries without the consent of the foreign government. The opinion was revealed in a leaked legal memo authored by Barr while he was serving as the head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). Barr chose to withhold the full memo and asked the public to trust his conclusion.
In the weeks after 9/11, when the U.S. government began to seize powers to roundup foreign citizens, spy on Americans, and torture anyone accused of terrorism, Newsweek noted that Barr had played a role in paving the way for such actions.
More recently, Barr has been involved in perpetuating the myth that encryption is a tool that only terrorists and dangerous criminals use and launching anorwellian pre-crime program. In October 2019, MintPress News reported that Barr had recently laid the groundwork for this new program.
Barr would go on to issue a memorandum to all U.S. attorneys, law enforcement agencies, and high level Justice Department officials calling for the implementation of a new "national disruption and early engagement program" aimed at detecting potential mass shooters before they commit any crime. This memo called for the DOJ and FBI to "refine our ability to identify, assess and engage potential mass shooters before they strike." Barr called for the pre-crime program to be implemented in early 2020.
The blocking of state secrets related to the September 11 attacks is just the latest in a long line of cover ups and corrupt practices by Attorney General William Barr.
>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ag-Barr-blocks-release-911-documents-despite-promises-victims-families
So the Trump Administration successfully covers up the Epstein AND 9/11 cases.
PedoGate and 9/11.
Arguably the two most important investigations for taking down the Cabal.
Both have been swept under the rug by this Administration.
Remember that
#8866931 at 2020-04-20 23:03:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11351: A Meme Star Is Born Edition
Chinese and Western Intelligence Services Hunting Down Telecom Executives
Ben Fulford, 4/20/20
The so-called coronavirus pandemic has now been definitively traced to 5G electromagnetic attacks, multiple sources agree.
In order to stop the hardliners and prevent all-out war, an active hunt has begun for all industry executives and oligarchs involved in the 5G rollout, Western and Asian secret intelligence sources agree.
The targets include the now extinct Bush family and the Chinese Soong family, the sources say.
The hunt is necessary to stop full-scale thermonuclear war because "our analysis of the forensics does show a provocation of war...that is to say we see a full all-out war as highly probable," MI6 sources say.
Chinese hardliners, for their part, are pushing for the destruction of New York in retaliation for the attack on Wuhan, something that could also precipitate a world-destroying war, Asian Secret Society sources say.
Well now take a look at the money issued in the U.S. and the UK to commemorate this pandemic attack. The first is a fruit-bat (the alleged source of the coronavirus) quarter issued in 2020 by the U.S. mint.
https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-medal-programs/america-the-beautiful-quarters/national-park-of-american-samoa
The second is the new UK 20-pound note featuring a picture of a 5G cellphone tower and above it a coronavirus.
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/polymer-20-pound-note
This shows how arrogant these people are and how they plan long term, while the rest of us must react to what is immediately happening.
However, that is no longer the case with both the British Secret Service and the Pentagon White Hats now actively targeting the families that own the Federal Reserve Board, the BIS, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan.
Pentagon sources say "the death of [George] Bush Jr's first Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill may signal the purge of Wall Street, as the Fed was taken over and the exchange stabilization fund (ESF) diverted from CIA and the Deep State." Also, "banks may be nationalized and forced to pay a tax on all financial transactions to replace the unconstitutional income tax," the sources say.
"The Bushes senior and junior were also involved in the theft of Tesla patents. They kill and steal just like all Mafia," the MI6 sources say.
The aim of the current pandemic engineered by the Bush/Rothschild faction is to centralize control and carry out a eugenic purge of the human population, CIA sources confirm.
In the U.S., 5G is being strongly pushed by Attorney General William Barr and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Barr has also prevented 911 truth from being disclosed. So those of you who think Barr with his "FISA Gate," is a white hat, think again.
These men need to be removed from the U.S. body politic ASAP. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/16/William-Barr-mike-pompeo-support-fcc-191967
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ag-Barr-blocks-release-911-documents-despite-promises-victims-families
Let's explain why this "pandemic" attack on the human race is centered on 5G by quoting a reader comment based on the work of three Nobel Prize-winning doctors:
"5G electromagnetic radiation injures human cellular DNA. The exposed cells (of all kinds within the human target) respond by producing a cascade of immunological protective substances. These substances are packaged in an intracellular structure called an endosome. The endosome is expelled from the cell, becoming an exosome.
The exosome circulates and binds to the ACE 2 receptors of the lung, gut, and heart.
The exposed cell response is the same if the exposure is 5G or COVID-19 (the flu).
The immunological chemicals in the exosome package attack the ACE 2 possessing cells producing the effect of 5G radiation exposure or the flu, which is being covered up as COVID-19.
The COVID-19 case rate is 96% in 5G areas and only 4% in 4G or lower areas.
Sauce: https://stillnessinthestorm.com/2020/04/benjamin-fulford-april-20th-2020-chinese-and-western-intelligence-services-hunting-down-5g-telecom-executives/
#8864957 at 2020-04-20 20:11:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General 11348: The American Spirit is Amazing Edition
>>8864894
>>8864944
Deep State Barr Blocks Release Of 9/11 Documents Despite Promises To Victims' Families.
On Monday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell, and other senior officials called on a federal judge to prevent the disclosure of files related to the role of the government of Saudi Arabia in the September 11 attacks. The officials told the judge in the civil case that the release of the files would endanger national security.
The files are being sought by families of the 9/11 victims who have spent the last two decades attempting to uncover the truth about the attacks. The families filed a lawsuit in federal district court in New York in 2017 as part of their effort to uncover the role of the Saudi government. What is publicly known is that the alleged 9/11 hijackers had a relationship with Saudi government officials. As Pro Public reported, at the 2019 White House September 11 memorial, U.S. President Donald Trump promised the families he would help them uncover the truth about 9/11.
Pro Publica notes that four statements from FBI and Justice Department officials were also under seal and can not be seen by the public. Another five statements from FBI, Justice Department, and CIA officials were only seen by the judge and could not even be shared with the families' lawyers. Steven Pounian, a lawyer for the families also suggested that there must be some deep, dark secret that they're still trying very hard to hide after almost 20 years, and that it might be a Saudi government secret
I think the 9/11 families have lost all hope that the president is going to step up and do the right thing.
Unfortunately, William Barr does not have a record of trustworthy actions. As far back as 1989 Barr discussed his belief that the FBI could legally abduct people in foreign countries without the consent of the foreign government. The opinion was revealed in a leaked legal memo authored by Barr while he was serving as the head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). Barr chose to withhold the full memo and asked the public to trust his conclusion.
In the weeks after 9/11, when the U.S. government began to seize powers to roundup foreign citizens, spy on Americans, and torture anyone accused of terrorism, Newsweek noted that Barr had played a role in paving the way for such actions.
More recently, Barr has been involved in perpetuating the myth that encryption is a tool that only terrorists and dangerous criminals use and launching anorwellian pre-crime program. In October 2019, MintPress News reported that Barr had recently laid the groundwork for this new program.
Barr would go on to issue a memorandum to all U.S. attorneys, law enforcement agencies, and high level Justice Department officials calling for the implementation of a new "national disruption and early engagement program" aimed at detecting potential mass shooters before they commit any crime. This memo called for the DOJ and FBI to "refine our ability to identify, assess and engage potential mass shooters before they strike." Barr called for the pre-crime program to be implemented in early 2020.
The blocking of state secrets related to the September 11 attacks is just the latest in a long line of cover ups and corrupt practices by Attorney General William Barr.
>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ag-Barr-blocks-release-911-documents-despite-promises-victims-families
So the Trump Administration successfully covers up the Epstein AND 9/11 cases.
PedoGate and 9/11.
Arguably the two most important investigations for taking down the Cabal.
Both have been swept under the rug by this Administration.
Remember that
#8864491 at 2020-04-20 19:25:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General 11348: The American Spirit is Amazing Edition
GOP lawmakers ask Barr, Pompeo to bring case against China to the International Court of Justice
EXCLUSIVE: Indiana GOP Rep. Jim Banks has sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Attorney General William Barr urging them to bring a case against China to the International Court of Justice (ICIJ) for the country's actions during the coronavirus pandemic. The letter, obtained by Fox News on Monday, was co-signed by 22 other lawmakers in the lower house of Congress. It claims that China has violated the 2005 International Health Regulations by suppressing information about the COVID-19 outbreak in the city of Wuhan earlier this year and underreporting the number of infections and deaths caused by the contagion.
"The Chinese state made intentional false claims to its own people and the world about the nature of the virus," Banks wrote in his letter. "China rejected repeated offers from the [World Health Organization] and [the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] in late January and early February to study the new disease without explanation." Banks added: "If China fails to submit itself to a fair trial in the International Court of Justice, the Charter of the United Nations gives guidance to injured parties: Articles 49-51 explain how states could suspend their obligations to China as means to induce Beijing to fulfill its responsibility for the calamitous damages inflicted on the world." China in recent weeks has come under intense scrutiny for its handling of the virus' outbreak and how it allowed it to spread worldwide. "We know that there is the Wuhan Institute of Virology just a handful of miles away from where the wet market was," Pompeo said.
U.S. officials say the American Embassy in Beijing flagged concerns about potential safety issues at the lab in Wuhan in 2018, but stressed there's no evidence the virus originated there nearly two years later. According to a recent analysis by the Associated Press, more than 3,000 people had been infected before China's government told the public what it had concluded six days earlier - that a pandemic was probably coming. Critics have accused Beijing of muffling early warnings, such that the Chinese were assured the risk of sustained human-to-human transmission was low even as infected people entered hospitals across the country and the first case outside China was found, in Thailand. "Doctors in Wuhan were afraid," said Dali Yang, a professor of Chinese politics at the University of Chicago. "It was truly intimidation of an entire profession."
The United States, though, has also faced criticism over its response to the pandemic, including over the president's early promises to have ample testing, a key factor in containing the disease. More than 761,000 people in the U.S. have been sickened with COVID-19, not counting large numbers whose illnesses are not being registered, and more than 40,000 have died, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-lawmakers-ask-Barr-pompeo-to-bring-case-against-china-to-the-international-court-of-justice
#8863868 at 2020-04-20 18:26:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General 11347: Anyone Needs a Ventilator, Qtips, We Get it for Them Edition
Chinese and Western Intelligence Services Hunting Down Telecom Executives
Ben Fulford, 4/20/20
The so-called coronavirus pandemic has now been definitively traced to 5G electromagnetic attacks, multiple sources agree. In order to stop the hardliners and prevent all-out war, an active hunt has begun for all industry executives and oligarchs involved in the 5G rollout, Western and Asian secret intelligence sources agree.
The targets include the now extinct Bush family and the Chinese Soong family, the sources say.
The hunt is necessary to stop full-scale thermonuclear war because "our analysis of the forensics does show a provocation of war...that is to say we see a full all-out war as highly probable," MI6 sources say.
Chinese hardliners, for their part, are pushing for the destruction of New York in retaliation for the attack on Wuhan, something that could also precipitate a world-destroying war, Asian Secret Society sources say.
There is also new evidence the current pandemic attack on humanity has been planned long in advance.
Take a look at the money issued in the U.S. and the UK to commemorate this pandemic attack. The first is a fruit-bat (the alleged source of the coronavirus) quarter issued in 2020 by the U.S. Mint.
https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-medal-programs/america-the-beautiful-quarters/national-park-of-american-samoa
The second is the new UK 20-pound note featuring a picture of a 5G cellphone tower and above it a coronavirus. https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/polymer-20-pound-note
This shows how arrogant these people are and how they plan long term, while the rest of us must react to what is immediately happening.
However, that is no longer the case with both the British Secret Service and the Pentagon White Hats now actively targeting the families that own the Federal Reserve Board, the BIS, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan.
Pentagon sources say "the death of [George] Bush Jr's first Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill may signal the purge of Wall Street, as the Fed was taken over and the exchange stabilization fund (ESF) diverted from CIA and the Deep State."
Also, "banks may be nationalized and forced to pay a tax on all financial transactions to replace the unconstitutional income tax".
"The Bushes senior and junior were also involved in the theft of Tesla patents. They kill and steal just like all Mafia," the MI6 sources say.
The aim of the current pandemic engineered by the Bush/Rothschild faction is to centralize control and carry out a eugenic purge of the human population, CIA sources confirm.
In the U.S., 5G is being strongly pushed by Attorney General William Barr and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Barr has also prevented 911 truth from being disclosed. So those of you who think Barr with his "FISA Gate," is a white hat, think again. These men need to be removed from the U.S. body politic ASAP.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/16/William-Barr-mike-pompeo-support-fcc-191967
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ag-Barr-blocks-release-911-documents-despite-promises-victims-families
Let's explain why this "pandemic" attack on the human race is centered on 5G by quoting a reader comment based on the work of three Nobel Prize-winning doctors:
"5G electromagnetic radiation injures human cellular DNA. The exposed cells (of all kinds within the human target) respond by producing a cascade of immunological protective substances. These substances are packaged in an intracellular structure called an endosome. The endosome is expelled from the cell, becoming an exosome.
The exosome circulates and binds to the ACE 2 receptors of the lung, gut, and heart. The exposed cell response is the same if the exposure is 5G or COVID-19 (the flu).
The immunological chemicals in the exosome package attack the ACE 2 possessing cells producing the effect of 5G radiation exposure or the flu, which is being covered up as COVID-19.
The COVID-19 case rate is 96% in 5G areas and only 4% in 4G or lower areas.
Sauce: https://stillnessinthestorm.com/2020/04/benjamin-fulford-april-20th-2020-chinese-and-western-intelligence-services-hunting-down-5g-telecom-executives/
#8862870 at 2020-04-20 16:46:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11346: "A task force for DC traitors" Edition
>>8862781
Deep State Barr Blocks Release Of 9/11 Documents Despite Promises To Victims' Families.
On Monday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell, and other senior officials called on a federal judge to prevent the disclosure of files related to the role of the government of Saudi Arabia in the September 11 attacks. The officials told the judge in the civil case that the release of the files would endanger national security.
The files are being sought by families of the 9/11 victims who have spent the last two decades attempting to uncover the truth about the attacks. The families filed a lawsuit in federal district court in New York in 2017 as part of their effort to uncover the role of the Saudi government. What is publicly known is that the alleged 9/11 hijackers had a relationship with Saudi government officials. As Pro Public reported, at the 2019 White House September 11 memorial, U.S. President Donald Trump promised the families he would help them uncover the truth about 9/11.
Pro Publica notes that four statements from FBI and Justice Department officials were also under seal and can not be seen by the public. Another five statements from FBI, Justice Department, and CIA officials were only seen by the judge and could not even be shared with the families' lawyers. Steven Pounian, a lawyer for the families also suggested that there must be some deep, dark secret that they're still trying very hard to hide after almost 20 years, and that it might be a Saudi government secret
I think the 9/11 families have lost all hope that the president is going to step up and do the right thing.
Unfortunately, William Barr does not have a record of trustworthy actions. As far back as 1989 Barr discussed his belief that the FBI could legally abduct people in foreign countries without the consent of the foreign government. The opinion was revealed in a leaked legal memo authored by Barr while he was serving as the head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). Barr chose to withhold the full memo and asked the public to trust his conclusion.
In the weeks after 9/11, when the U.S. government began to seize powers to roundup foreign citizens, spy on Americans, and torture anyone accused of terrorism, Newsweek noted that Barr had played a role in paving the way for such actions.
More recently, Barr has been involved in perpetuating the myth that encryption is a tool that only terrorists and dangerous criminals use and launching anorwellian pre-crime program. In October 2019, MintPress News reported that Barr had recently laid the groundwork for this new program.
Barr would go on to issue a memorandum to all U.S. attorneys, law enforcement agencies, and high level Justice Department officials calling for the implementation of a new "national disruption and early engagement program" aimed at detecting potential mass shooters before they commit any crime. This memo called for the DOJ and FBI to "refine our ability to identify, assess and engage potential mass shooters before they strike." Barr called for the pre-crime program to be implemented in early 2020.
The blocking of state secrets related to the September 11 attacks is just the latest in a long line of cover ups and corrupt practices by Attorney General William Barr.
>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ag-Barr-blocks-release-911-documents-despite-promises-victims-families
So the Trump Administration successfully covers up the Epstein AND 9/11 cases.
PedoGate and 9/11.
Arguably the two most important investigations for taking down the Cabal.
Both have been swept under the rug by this Administration.
Remember that
#8860860 at 2020-04-20 12:12:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11343: "Always more to the story than is told" Edition
Barr Is the Enforcer of Trump's Push to Undermine the
States' Coronavirus Response
The attorney general's deploying the same playbook he did in
the Mueller investigation and impeachment: using the
Department of Justice to do the president's political dirty work.
David R. Lurie
Published Apr. 20, 2020 4:37AM ET
"Donald Trump is calling for his followers to LIBERATE the states from the social distancing measures that are staving off an even greater coronavirus death toll. Trump's enforcer, Attorney General Bill Barr, is now poised to support Trump's call for insurrection by turning to the federal courts-seeded with a legion of newly installed right-wing jurists-to undermine critical public health protections on his boss' behalf.
If Barr and Trump get their way, the states will soon be "opened up" to the virus, and thus to a massive number of needless deaths.
While Trump began openly attacking his own social distancing guidelines over the past week, Barr has been doing so for some time. During an April 8 interview on Fox News, the attorney general described the steps belatedly taken to limit spread of the virus as "draconian." He also said that "after April 30," the Department of Justice would begin to scrutinize such "restrictions on our liberty" more closely."
moar:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/William-Barr-is-the-enforcer-of-trumps-push-to-undermine-the-states-coronavirus-social-distancing-measures
Barr the Enforcer
#8858544 at 2020-04-20 03:23:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11340: You'll find out what DJT is gonna do Edition
>>8858529
Deep State Barr Blocks Release Of 9/11 Documents Despite Promises To Victims' Families.
On Monday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell, and other senior officials called on a federal judge to prevent the disclosure of files related to the role of the government of Saudi Arabia in the September 11 attacks. The officials told the judge in the civil case that the release of the files would endanger national security.
The files are being sought by families of the 9/11 victims who have spent the last two decades attempting to uncover the truth about the attacks. The families filed a lawsuit in federal district court in New York in 2017 as part of their effort to uncover the role of the Saudi government. What is publicly known is that the alleged 9/11 hijackers had a relationship with Saudi government officials. As Pro Public reported, at the 2019 White House September 11 memorial, U.S. President Donald Trump promised the families he would help them uncover the truth about 9/11.
Pro Publica notes that four statements from FBI and Justice Department officials were also under seal and can not be seen by the public. Another five statements from FBI, Justice Department, and CIA officials were only seen by the judge and could not even be shared with the families' lawyers. Steven Pounian, a lawyer for the families also suggested that "there must be some deep, dark secret that they're still trying very hard to hide after almost 20 year," and that it "might be a Saudi government secret."
I think the 9/11 families have lost all hope that the president is going to step up and do the right thing.
Unfortunately, William Barr does not have a record of trustworthy actions. As far back as 1989 Barr discussed his belief that the FBI could legally abduct people in foreign countries without the consent of the foreign government. The opinion was revealed in a leaked legal memo authored by Barr while he was serving as the head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). Barr chose to withhold the full memo and asked the public to trust his conclusion.
In the weeks after 9/11, when the U.S. government began to seize powers to roundup foreign citizens, spy on Americans, and torture anyone accused of terrorism, Newsweek noted that Barr had played a role in paving the way for such actions.
More recently, Barr has been involved in perpetuating the myth that encryption is a tool that only terrorists and dangerous criminals use and launching anorwellian pre-crime program. In October 2019, MintPress News reported that Barr had recently laid the groundwork for this new program.
Barr would go on to issue a memorandum to all U.S. attorneys, law enforcement agencies, and high level Justice Department officials calling for the implementation of a new "national disruption and early engagement program" aimed at detecting potential mass shooters before they commit any crime. This memo called for the DOJ and FBI to "refine our ability to identify, assess and engage potential mass shooters before they strike." Barr called for the pre-crime program to be implemented in early 2020.
The blocking of state secrets related to the September 11 attacks is just the latest in a long line of cover ups and corrupt practices by Attorney General William Barr.
>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ag-Barr-blocks-release-911-documents-despite-promises-victims-families
So the Trump Administration successfully covers up the Epstein AND 9/11 cases.
PedoGate and 9/11.
Arguably the two most important investigations for taking down the Cabal.
Both have been swept under the rug by this Administration.
Remember that
#8856827 at 2020-04-20 00:42:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11338: You don’t have the brains you were born with! Edition
COVER UP: AG Barr Blocks Release of 9/11 Documents, Betrays Victims' Families; "He looked us in the eye on 9/11, shook our hands in White House and said: 'I'm going to help you-it's done' "
U.S. Attorney General William Barr, acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell, and other senior officials called on a federal judge to prevent the disclosure of files related to the role of the government of Saudi Arabia in the September 11 attacks. The officials told the judge in the civil case that the release of the files would endanger national security.
The files are being sought by families of the 9/11 victims who have spent the last two decades attempting to uncover the truth about the attacks. The families filed a lawsuit in federal district court in New York in 2017 as part of their effort to uncover the role of the Saudi government. What is publicly known is that the alleged 9/11 hijackers had a relationship with Saudi government officials. As Pro Public reported, at the 2019 White House September 11 memorial, U.S. President Donald Trump promised the families he would help them uncover the truth about 9/11. He made similar promises while he was campaigning for president.
https ://truepundit.com/cover-up-ag-Barr-blocks-release-of-9-11-documents-betrays-victims-families-he-looked-us-in-the-eye-on-9-11-shook-our-hands-in-white-house-and-said-im-going-to/
#8852716 at 2020-04-19 19:05:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11333: Then One Day They Said (You) Got to Close it Down Because of the Plague E
>>8852533
fixed the notable
Deep State Barr Blocks Release Of 9/11 Documents Despite Promises To Victims' Families.
On Monday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell, and other senior officials called on a federal judge to prevent the disclosure of files related to the role of the government of Saudi Arabia in the September 11 attacks. The officials told the judge in the civil case that the release of the files would endanger national security.
The files are being sought by families of the 9/11 victims who have spent the last two decades attempting to uncover the truth about the attacks. The families filed a lawsuit in federal district court in New York in 2017 as part of their effort to uncover the role of the Saudi government. What is publicly known is that the alleged 9/11 hijackers had a relationship with Saudi government officials. As Pro Public reported, at the 2019 White House September 11 memorial, U.S. President Donald Trump promised the families he would help them uncover the truth about 9/11.
Pro Publica notes that four statements from FBI and Justice Department officials were also under seal and can not be seen by the public. Another five statements from FBI, Justice Department, and CIA officials were only seen by the judge and could not even be shared with the families' lawyers. Steven Pounian, a lawyer for the families also suggested that "there must be some deep, dark secret that they're still trying very hard to hide after almost 20 year," and that it "might be a Saudi government secret."
I think the 9/11 families have lost all hope that the president is going to step up and do the right thing.
Unfortunately, William Barr does not have a record of trustworthy actions. As far back as 1989 Barr discussed his belief that the FBI could legally abduct people in foreign countries without the consent of the foreign government. The opinion was revealed in a leaked legal memo authored by Barr while he was serving as the head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). Barr chose to withhold the full memo and asked the public to trust his conclusion.
In the weeks after 9/11, when the U.S. government began to seize powers to roundup foreign citizens, spy on Americans, and torture anyone accused of terrorism, Newsweek noted that Barr had played a role in paving the way for such actions.
More recently, Barr has been involved in perpetuating the myth that encryption is a tool that only terrorists and dangerous criminals use and launching anorwellian pre-crime program. In October 2019, MintPress News reported that Barr had recently laid the groundwork for this new program.
Barr would go on to issue a memorandum to all U.S. attorneys, law enforcement agencies, and high level Justice Department officials calling for the implementation of a new "national disruption and early engagement program" aimed at detecting potential mass shooters before they commit any crime. This memo called for the DOJ and FBI to "refine our ability to identify, assess and engage potential mass shooters before they strike." Barr called for the pre-crime program to be implemented in early 2020.
The blocking of state secrets related to the September 11 attacks is just the latest in a long line of cover ups and corrupt practices by Attorney General William Barr.
>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ag-Barr-blocks-release-911-documents-despite-promises-victims-families
#8852607 at 2020-04-19 18:55:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11333: Then One Day They Said (You) Got to Close it Down Because of the Plague E
Nunes Harvesting The Durham Corn Starch
Devin Nunes: GOP investigators 'laser-focused' on information CIA gave to FBI in 2016
by Daniel Chaitin
April 19, 2020 02:30 PM
House Intelligence Committee Republicans are "laser-focused" on investigating information the CIA gave to the FBI in 2016, according to ranking member Devin Nunes.
For the first time, the California congressman described in great detail the next steps of a broad congressional inquiry into possible misconduct during the Russia investigation, which he said includes scrutiny of three "dossiers" and questions about three Russian Americans. All of this follows the declassification of key documents over the past couple weeks, including footnotes showing the FBI was warned British ex-spy Christopher Steele's anti-Trump dossier was likely influenced by Russian disinformation and yet continued to use it, and Nunes's pledge to send more criminal referrals to the Justice Department.
During a Fox News interview on Sunday, Nunes brought up the CIA at the end of a list of issues he and his colleagues are examining and credited the investigative work of his former Republican colleague, South Carolina's Trey Gowdy, with providing a road map for that facet of the effort.
"In 2016, we know from great work that Trey Gowdy did at the time … that the CIA gave information over to the FBI in 2016. We now are laser-focused on that. We need to know exactly what did the CIA give to the FBI in 2016?" Nunes said.
Gowdy, the former chairman of the House Oversight Committee, encouraged investigators in May 2019 to track down emails between former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey from December 2016.
A short summary of Steele's unverified research, which was funded by Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee through the Perkins Coie law firm, made it into an appendix in the 2017 intelligence community assessment on Russian election interference.
In November, Brennan dissociated himself from that was then the forthcoming Justice Department watchdog report on an investigation into alleged government surveillance abuses against Page. Emphasizing "the FBI was taking the lead" on securing the FISA warrants, Brennan told MSNBC the CIA might have known something about Page if his name "came up in some type of Intelligence Community report," adding, "That would have been immediately shared with the FBI."
DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report, released in December, criticized the Justice Department and the FBI for at least 17 "significant errors and omissions" related to FISA warrants against Page, and also determined the counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign…
Still, questions remain about Brennan's role in the matter. Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul pinned the blame on Brennan, tweeting last year, "A high-level source tells me it was Brennan who insisted that the unverified and fake Steele dossier be included in the Intelligence Report."
Watergate sleuth Bob Woodward also said last year, "I think it was the CIA pushing this."
U.S. Attorney John Durham, at the behest of Attorney General William Barr, is conducting a review of possible misconduct by federal law enforcement and intelligence officials during the Russia investigation and is said to be increasingly focused on Brennan. Democrats have criticized Durham's review as a politically-motivated scheme to undermine the work of special counsel Robert Mueller and attack Trump's perceived enemies.
The CIA did not immediately return a request for comment on Nunes's talk of an information exchange with the FBI.
Nunes told Fox News on Sunday that "there's a bunch of questions" about three "phony documents" that Durham is examining that House Intelligence Committee Republicans are also investigating. One of them is the Steele dossier. The other two are the 2017 intelligence community assessment on Russian election interference and Mueller's report, which Nunes said is "filled with both lies and omissions."
"Remember, you have people that have been prosecuted over this, that have already spent time in jail over this. Why when Mueller and his team, you know, this great team of experts at DOJ and FBI, they brought all these people in, where the hell is all of that information now that you guys are all now seeing for the first time here in the last week?" he said.
"Why did we not know about [former Trump campaign adviser] George Papadopoulos being offered this money, OK, from Russians. Who were those Russians?" Nunes added. "And so moving forward, you have the three dossiers that have to be investigated. I'm also interested in three Russians - actually Russian Americans, that we're looking into."
Sauce: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/devin-nunes-gop-investigators-laser-focused-on-information-cia-gave-to-fbi-in-2016
#8852533 at 2020-04-19 18:49:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11333: Then One Day They Said (You) Got to Close it Down Because of the Plague E
Honestly…as of right now Barr to me seems like a tyrannical piece of fucking garbage. How can anons here expect him to be the hero they wait for? I'm not seeing it anymore. He wants you in a prison country…
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ag-Barr-blocks-release-911-documents-despite-promises-victims-families
More recently, Barr has been involved in perpetuating the myth that encryption is a tool that only terrorists and dangerous criminals use and launching an "orwellian pre-crime program." In October 2019, MintPress News reported that Barr had recently laid the groundwork for this new program:
"Indeed, since becoming Attorney General under President Trump, Barr has spearheaded numerous efforts to this end, including pushing for a government backdoor into consumer apps or devices that utilize encryption and for a dramatic increase of long-standing yet controversial warrantless electronic surveillance programs.
On July 23rd, Barr gave the keynote address at the 2019 International Conference on Cyber Security (ICCS) and mainly focused on the need for consumer electronic products and applications that use encryption to offer a "backdoor" for the government, specifically law enforcement, in order to obtain access to encrypted communications as a matter of public safety."
Barr would go on to issue a memorandum to all U.S. attorneys, law enforcement agencies, and high level Justice Department officials calling for the implementation of a new "national disruption and early engagement program" aimed at detecting potential mass shooters before they commit any crime. This memo called for the DOJ and FBI to "refine our ability to identify, assess and engage potential mass shooters before they strike." Barr called for the pre-crime program to be implemented in early 2020.
The blocking of state secrets related to the September 11 attacks is just the latest in a long line of cover ups and corrupt practices by Attorney General William Barr.
Just fucking read it
#8852442 at 2020-04-19 18:40:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11333: Then One Day They Said (You) Got to Close it Down Because of the Plague E
>>8852370
Missed this from last (two) breads:
Deep State Barr Blocks Release Of 9/11 Documents Despite Promises To Victims' Families.
On Monday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell, and other senior officials called on a federal judge to prevent the disclosure of files related to the role of the government of Saudi Arabia in the September 11 attacks. The officials told the judge in the civil case that the release of the files would endanger national security.
The files are being sought by families of the 9/11 victims who have spent the last two decades attempting to uncover the truth about the attacks. The families filed a lawsuit in federal district court in New York in 2017 as part of their effort to uncover the role of the Saudi government. What is publicly known is that the alleged 9/11 hijackers had a relationship with Saudi government officials. As Pro Public reported, at the 2019 White House September 11 memorial, U.S. President Donald Trump promised the families he would help them uncover the truth about 9/11.
Pro Publica notes that four statements from FBI and Justice Department officials were also under seal and can not be seen by the public. Another five statements from FBI, Justice Department, and CIA officials were only seen by the judge and could not even be shared with the families' lawyers. Steven Pounian, a lawyer for the families also suggested that "there must be some deep, dark secret that they're still trying very hard to hide after almost 20 year," and that it "might be a Saudi government secret."
>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ag-Barr-blocks-release-911-documents-despite-promises-victims-families
#8851858 at 2020-04-19 17:51:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11332: We are ready. [Set 1] Mission good Edition
'Chinese Communist Party cannot be trusted': Barr condemns Hong Kong protester arrests
Attorney General William Barr and other U.S. leaders condemned the Chinese government's move to arrest more than a dozen leaders from Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement for alleged crimes stemming from last year's mass protests.
"I condemn the latest assault on the rule of law and the liberty of the people of Hong Kong," Barr said on Saturday. "These events show how antithetical the values of the Chinese Communist Party are to those we share in Western liberal democracies. These actions - along with its malign influence activity and industrial espionage here in the United States - demonstrate once again that the Chinese Communist Party cannot be trusted."
Over the weekend, the ruling Chinese Communist Party arrested 15 of the key leaders of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, a former British colony with semi-autonomous status, in an effort to continue to crack down on anti-authoritarian thought in the city following protests that rocked it last year. Some were released on bail over the weekend, and all must appear in court on May 18….
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/chinese-communist-party-cannot-be-trusted-Barr-condemns-hong-kong-protester-arrests
#8851689 at 2020-04-19 17:36:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11332: We are ready. [Set 1] Mission good Edition
>>8851552
Missed this from LB:
Deep State Barr Blocks Release Of 9/11 Documents Despite Promises To Victims' Families.
On Monday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell, and other senior officials called on a federal judge to prevent the disclosure of files related to the role of the government of Saudi Arabia in the September 11 attacks. The officials told the judge in the civil case that the release of the files would endanger national security.
The files are being sought by families of the 9/11 victims who have spent the last two decades attempting to uncover the truth about the attacks. The families filed a lawsuit in federal district court in New York in 2017 as part of their effort to uncover the role of the Saudi government. What is publicly known is that the alleged 9/11 hijackers had a relationship with Saudi government officials. As Pro Public reported, at the 2019 White House September 11 memorial, U.S. President Donald Trump promised the families he would help them uncover the truth about 9/11.
>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ag-Barr-blocks-release-911-documents-despite-promises-victims-families
#8851435 at 2020-04-19 17:08:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11331: We Wanna Get Our Country Back and We're Gonna Get it Soon Edition
>>8851401
I'll give u some more juicy bits
Barr stated that Justice Department guidelines set down by the Obama administration in 2009 prevented the government from asserting a state secrets claim as a method of concealing illegal behavior or emBarrassing actions. Barr told the judge that he believed these guidelines had been met. Unfortunately, in the absence of any further information the American public is resigned to trusting Barr, Trump, and anonymous FBI and CIA agents.
Unfortunately, William Barr does not have a record of trustworthy actions. As far back as 1989 Barr discussed his belief that the FBI could legally abduct people in foreign countries without the consent of the foreign government. The opinion was revealed in a leaked legal memo authored by Barr while he was serving as the head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). Barr chose to withhold the full memo and asked the public to trust his conclusion.
In the weeks after 9/11, when the U.S. government began to seize powers to roundup foreign citizens, spy on Americans, and torture anyone accused of terrorism, Newsweek noted that Barr had played a role in paving the way for such actions:
#8851357 at 2020-04-19 17:01:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11331: We Wanna Get Our Country Back and We're Gonna Get it Soon Edition
>>8851337
On Monday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell, and other senior officials called on a federal judge to prevent the disclosure of files related to the role of the government of Saudi Arabia in the September 11 attacks. The officials told the judge in the civil case that the release of the files would endanger national security.
U could read the article it's pretty clear
Barr is a Zionist traitor. His only job is covering up for Jewish pedophiles and Jewish terrorists
#8851338 at 2020-04-19 16:59:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11331: We Wanna Get Our Country Back and We're Gonna Get it Soon Edition
>>8851319
>JIDF has arrived
The blocking of state secrets related to the September 11 attacks is just the latest in a long line of cover ups and corrupt practices by Attorney General William Barr.
#8851128 at 2020-04-19 16:40:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11331: We Wanna Get Our Country Back and We're Gonna Get it Soon Edition
>>8850788
Deep State Barr Blocks Release Of 9/11 Documents Despite Promises To Victims' Families.
On Monday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell, and other senior officials called on a federal judge to prevent the disclosure of files related to the role of the government of Saudi Arabia in the September 11 attacks. The officials told the judge in the civil case that the release of the files would endanger national security.
The files are being sought by families of the 9/11 victims who have spent the last two decades attempting to uncover the truth about the attacks. The families filed a lawsuit in federal district court in New York in 2017 as part of their effort to uncover the role of the Saudi government. What is publicly known is that the alleged 9/11 hijackers had a relationship with Saudi government officials. As Pro Public reported, at the 2019 White House September 11 memorial, U.S. President Donald Trump promised the families he would help them uncover the truth about 9/11.
>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ag-Barr-blocks-release-911-documents-despite-promises-victims-families
#8849508 at 2020-04-19 13:05:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11329: "She hates Trump to the point of hurting our own nation" Edition
>>8849437
AG Barr has already signaled an end to the practice of nationwide injunctions.
"It is indeed well past time for our judiciary to re-examine a practice that embitters the political life of the nation, flouts constitutional principles, and stultifies sound judicial administration, all at the cost of public confidence in our institutions."
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/u-s-attorney-general-William-Barr-end-nationwide-injunctions/
#8838451 at 2020-04-18 15:37:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11316: "Muh newfag baker, kek" Edition
HUGE: The UK Just Dumped China's Huawei in 5G Tech Roll-Out - Citing its Lies Over Coronavirus.
Western democracies, especially the United States, just heaved a huge sigh of relief after getting word that United Kingdom PM Boris Johnson is dropping the controversial Chinese tech company, Huawei, as the nation's provider of 5G infrastructure.
Although Johnson was in support of the Chinese tech giant laying the non-sensitive portions of 5G infrastructure, he said China's lack of transparency about coronavirus made the communist-run country untrustworthy.
President Trump, Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and members of the so-called "Five-Eyes" countries that share intelligence information, brought huge pressure on the Brits to dump Huawei. The U.S. pressed hard for the UK to dump Huawei because of widespread speculation that China would use the 5G infrastructure to spy and use the remote command structure for blackmail.
Senator Ted Cruz has said that if the UK used Huawei it would be next to impossible to share intelligence information with the ally.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/huge-the-uk-just-dumped-chinas-huawei-in-5g-tech-roll-out-citing-its-lies-over-coronavirus/
#8830695 at 2020-04-17 23:36:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11306: Mission Good~Q Edition
one year delta tomorrow, effectively of the AG declaring POTUS innocent of all charges
one year. and tomorrow.
April 18, 2019 AG Barr holds news conference on Mueller report ahead of release
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VPnCY7ISKg
Attorney General William Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein holds a news conference to discuss the release of a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian election interference and President Donald Trump's campaign. The nearly 400-page report is expected to address what Mueller's probe found about possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. It will also likely lay out Mueller's evidence for and against the question of whether the president obstructed justice, including the firing of FBI Director James Comey and Trump's repeated criticism of the Russia investigation.
#8826499 at 2020-04-17 17:39:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11300: CHQ Edition
US Refuses Release of 9/11 Documents, Claims Reason for Secrecy is Secret
In a last-minute court filing this week, the US government moved to block the release of a trove of documents about the September 11, 2001, attacks to families of the victims. However, senior intelligence officials said they were unable to explain the reasons for the secrecy, as doing so would compromise US national security.
In its latest move to protect its relationship with the Saudi monarchy, the Trump administration has blocked the release of FBI files on the September 11 attacks that it has been deemed to contain information that would imperil US national security.
According to a report by ProPublica, the US Department of Justice claimed in a federal court filing late Monday night that the documents exposed state secrets, but said that it could not explain what those secrets involved, because that, too, is secret.
"This assertion of privilege is over highly sensitive and classified national security information concerning foreign government information; intelligence activities, sources and methods; and information concerning foreign relations and foreign activities of the United States, including confidential sources," acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell said in a sworn declaration given to the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
"This information must be protected because its disclosure reasonably could be expected to cause serious damage, and in many cases exceptionally grave damage, to the national security of the United States," Grenell said, according to the blog Florida Bulldog. His testimony was joined by those of US Attorney General William Barr and other leading intelligence officials.
"The extraordinary lengths that they're going to here suggest that there must be some deep, dark secret that they're still trying very hard to hide after almost 20 years," Steven Pounian, a lawyer representing the September 11 victims' families, told ProPublica.
"But who are they protecting? Something might be a Saudi government secret. But how can these be secrets that still need to be kept from the American people after all this time?"
The releases would have been part of a 2017 lawsuit against Saudi Arabia by the families of those who died in the September 11 attacks and the aftermath. On that day, 19 hijackers from the terrorist group al-Qaeda took over four US airliners and flew them into three buildings: the two World Trade Center towers in New York, which later collapsed, and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, a portion of which burned; the fourth plane fell from the sky over Pennsylvania when the passengers attempted to retake control of it.
Of those 19 hijackers, 15 were from Saudi Arabia, and the mastermind of the operation, Osama bin Laden, came from one of the country's wealthiest families.
Last September, Barr allowed the families to learn the classified name of one of the hijackers' accomplices, but only under a strict vow of secrecy.
While the 9/11 Commission fact-finding probe between 2002 and 2004 officially found "no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior Saudi officials individually funded" the attacks, it noted "the likelihood" that Saudi-sponsored charities did, AP noted. A 2016 law permitting Americans to sue foreign governments for acts of terrorism is what allowed the families' lawsuit to go forward.
However, after a more recent barb in the US-Saudi relationship appeared in late 2018 when Saudi journalist and US resident Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated and dismembered in the Saudis' Istanbul consulate, Washington similarly swept the issue under the rug, with US President Donald Trump finding himself at odds with the CIA in assigning blame for the murder.
"The United States has never - not once - put this relationship on the line over the fate, or the human rights, of any individual or group of individuals," author and historian Thomas Lippmann told Sputnik in October 17, 2018, just weeks after Khashoggi disappeared.
"In fact, the Truman administration put a policy in writing that said exactly the opposite. It said: 'We're there to do business and for reasons of security. We're not there to tell them how to run their country or organize their society.' That policy's never been rescinded, and that's what we have always done," Lippmann said.
https://sputniknews.com/us/202004161078990135/
#8822426 at 2020-04-17 08:02:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11295: Keep on Truckin' Edition
9/11 Documents Reason for Secrecy is Secret
US Refuses Release of 9/11 Documents, Claims Reason for Secrecy is Secret
https://sputniknews.com/us/202004161078990135/
n a last-minute court filing this week, the US government moved to block the release of a trove of documents about the September 11, 2001, attacks to families of the victims. However, senior intelligence officials said they were unable to explain the reasons for the secrecy, as doing so would compromise US national security.
In its latest move to protect its relationship with the Saudi monarchy, the Trump administration has blocked the release of FBI files on the September 11 attacks that it has been deemed to contain information that would imperil US national security.
According to a report by ProPublica, the US Department of Justice claimed in a federal court filing late Monday night that the documents exposed state secrets, but said that it could not explain what those secrets involved, because that, too, is secret.
"This assertion of privilege is over highly sensitive and classified national security information concerning foreign government information; intelligence activities, sources and methods; and information concerning foreign relations and foreign activities of the United States, including confidential sources," acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell said in a sworn declaration given to the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
"This information must be protected because its disclosure reasonably could be expected to cause serious damage, and in many cases exceptionally grave damage, to the national security of the United States," Grenell said, according to the blog Florida Bulldog. His testimony was joined by those of US Attorney General William Barr and other leading intelligence officials.
"The extraordinary lengths that they're going to here suggest that there must be some deep, dark secret that they're still trying very hard to hide after almost 20 years," Steven Pounian, a lawyer representing the September 11 victims' families, told ProPublica.
"But who are they protecting? Something might be a Saudi government secret. But how can these be secrets that still need to be kept from the American people after all this time?"
The releases would have been part of a 2017 lawsuit against Saudi Arabia by the families of those who died in the September 11 attacks and the aftermath. On that day, 19 hijackers from the terrorist group al-Qaeda took over four US airliners and flew them into three buildings: the two World Trade Center towers in New York, which later collapsed, and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, a portion of which burned; the fourth plane fell from the sky over Pennsylvania when the passengers attempted to retake control of it.
Of those 19 hijackers, 15 were from Saudi Arabia, and the mastermind of the operation, Osama bin Laden, came from one of the country's wealthiest families.
Last September, Barr allowed the families to learn the classified name of one of the hijackers' accomplices, but only under a strict vow of secrecy.
While the 9/11 Commission fact-finding probe between 2002 and 2004 officially found "no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior Saudi officials individually funded" the attacks, it noted "the likelihood" that Saudi-sponsored charities did, AP noted. A 2016 law permitting Americans to sue foreign governments for acts of terrorism is what allowed the families' lawsuit to go forward.
However, after a more recent barb in the US-Saudi relationship appeared in late 2018 when Saudi journalist and US resident Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated and dismembered in the Saudis' Istanbul consulate, Washington similarly swept the issue under the rug, with US President Donald Trump finding himself at odds with the CIA in assigning blame for the murder.
"The United States has never - not once - put this relationship on the line over the fate, or the human rights, of any individual or group of individuals," author and historian Thomas Lippmann told Sputnik in October 17, 2018, just weeks after Khashoggi disappeared.
"In fact, the Truman administration put a policy in writing that said exactly the opposite. It said: 'We're there to do business and for reasons of security. We're not there to tell them how to run their country or organize their society.' That policy's never been rescinded, and that's what we have always done," Lippmann said.
#8820304 at 2020-04-17 02:19:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11292: In It To Win It Edition:
Lou Dobbs: Obama endorsement of Biden 'could be' tied to Durham review
By Daniel Chaitin
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During an interview with Rep. Jim Jordan, Dobbs raised the idea that the endorsement Tuesday in the Democratic primary contest could be tied to U.S. Attorney John Durham's review of the Russia investigation.
"One has to wonder why President Obama chose this moment," Dobbs said on his show. "It could be because of reports now that John Durham, the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, who's been charged by the attorney general with investigating the so-called investigators, John Brennan, the CIA director under Obama, is the leading target, we are told."
He was referring to a Wall Street Journal report earlier this month in which sources said Durham is increasingly focused on former CIA Director John Brennan and drove to Washington, D.C., to make sure the investigation stayed on track during the coronavirus outbreak.
Jordan, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, did not directly address Dobbs's thought about Obama, instead mentioning how there were a couple "key" developments last week in the so-called Russiagate controversy, including the declassification of footnotes in a Justice Department inspector general report showing the FBI received classified reports in 2017, which identified that parts of British ex-spy Christopher Steele's anti-Trump dossier were likely influenced by Russian disinformation.
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The Ohio congressman added that Attorney General William Barr and Durham are "getting to the bottom of this" and hopes to see the investigation end sometime in the summer.
While the president and his allies have championed the investigation, Democrats have criticized Durham's review as a politically motivated scheme to undermine the work of special counsel Robert Mueller and attack President Trump's perceived enemies.
Obama's endorsement came after Biden's last remaining primary rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, endorsed Biden on Monday.
Obama said in a video that his former vice president "has all the qualities we need in a president right now" and called on "Americans of goodwill to unite in a great awakening against a politics that too often has been characterized by corruption, carelessness, self-dealing, disinformation, ignorance, and just plain meanness."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/lou-dobbs-obama-endorsement-of-biden-could-be-tied-to-durham-reviewed
#8811600 at 2020-04-16 12:36:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11281: 'Traitors fear an army of frogs' Edition
Nebraska Farm Bureau Asks AG Barr to Probe Meat
Packers' Profits
EPOCH TIMES
BY ISABEL VAN BRUGEN
April 16, 2020 Updated: April 16, 2020
"The Nebraska Farm Bureau (NEFB) has urged Attorney General William Barr to probe the possibility that meat packers are illegally manipulating prices in U.S. cattle markets amid the CCP virus pandemic.
The largest farm organization in the state asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to launch a "full investigation" in a letter (pdf) addressed to Barr on Tuesday. It said an investigation would ensure the cattle meat packing industry is in compliance with the federal antitrust laws targeted to maintaining a competitive marketplace.
Stephen Nelson, NEFB President, expressed concerns over the "alarming" price disparities faced by cattle producers in the United States amid the CCP virus outbreak and following the closure of the Tyson Foods plant in Holcomb, Kansas.
"America's cattle producers have seen sharp declines in market prices and large margin increases for the meat packing sector," he wrote. "Now is the time for the DOJ to fully examine the situation and fully prosecute any wrongdoing.""
moar:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/nebraska-farm-bureau-asks-ag-Barr-to-probe-meat-packers-profits_3314357.html
A DISTRACTION OR YA DONE FUCT UP NOW
#8810263 at 2020-04-16 06:22:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11279: This Board Has More Power Than You Can Imagine Edition
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/04/15/threatening-military-intervention-venezuela-during-pandemic
Unbeknownst to most Americans-and as we are grapple with this terrifying pandemic-the Trump administration is currently carrying out the largest military operation in Latin America in 30 years, and has made it clear that alleged Venezuelan "narco-terrorism" is the target. It's worth noting that the last deployment of similar size took place at the time of the 1989 U.S. military intervention in Panama to remove General Manuel Noriega.
President Trump announced the deployment at the beginning of an April 1 COVID-19 press conference. According to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, "included in this force package are Navy destroyers and littoral combat ships, Coast Guard Cutters, P.A. patrol aircraft, and elements of an Army security force assistance brigade." General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, added that there are "thousands of sailors, Coast Guardsman, soldiers, airmen, Marines involved in this operation."
The announcement came a week after U.S. Attorney General William Barr unsealed an indictment against President Nicolás Maduro and 13 other current or former Venezuelan officials. The officials were accused of "narco-terrorism" and millions of dollars in cash rewards were offered for information leading to their capture, including a $15 million reward for Maduro
#8809708 at 2020-04-16 04:36:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11279: This Board Has More Power Than You Can Imagine Edition
Have anons dissected this any more? What is Q trying to say here
We are far beyond the need for proofs.
You have more than you know.
Durham start.
Q OP start.
5:5?
Q
Durham start -
In April 2019,[23] Attorney General William Barr announced that he had launched a review of the origins of the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections[24] and it was reported in May that he had assigned Durham to lead it several weeks earlier.[2
Q OP start (assuming this means Q operation start)
October 28, 2017 1st post on 4 chan
#8803803 at 2020-04-15 19:52:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11271:…..and frogs to destroy them Edition
Devin Nunes doubles pace of fundraising to $4M in first quarter
Rep. Devin Nunes raised nearly $4 million during the first quarter of this year, pushing his campaign war chest to roughly $8.8 million, double the amount he raised in the final quarter of 2019. The California Republican, a prominent supporter of President Trump during the Russia investigation and throughout impeachment proceedings, has continued to raise money at a robust clip despite the chill on the economy caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In the previous fundraising quarter, Nunes raised $2.1 million and reported $7.2 million in the bank. Nunes has become a top GOP fundraiser with the sort of small, grassroots donors who back Trump, although he might not need to spend much of his campaign cash this November.
With dozens of incumbents to defend to protect their House majority, Democrats have not yet committed to spending the significant resources it would take to weaken Nunes in his Republican-leaning Central Valley district, let alone oust him. Larry Sabato, a political prognosticator at the University of Virginia, recently shifted his "Crystal Ball" rating of Nunes's race from "likely" to "safe Republican." The congressman is facing Democrat Phil Arballo in the fall. His first-quarter fundraising results, due to be filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission, were confirmed by a Republican source close to his campaign.
Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, was an early GOP voice calling for an investigation into the FBI's use of special, secretive search warrants authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. That investigation, conducted by U.S. Attorney John Durham at the behest of Attorney General William Barr, has already turned up some malfeasance by the FBI regarding its use of FISA warrants. Nunes's outspokenness on this and other controversies related to Trump has made the congressman a darling of conservative media and turned him into one of the most prolific GOP fundraisers of the past few years. He is investing in robust field and data programs proprietary to his campaign - in case Democrats decide to target him. Nunes, 46, spent a majority of his nine terms in Congress as an obscure member focused on issues pertaining to his agricultural, Republican-leaning district in California's Central Valley. But his role in defending Trump against allegations that his campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 campaign, and his questioning of the FBI's investigation methods and use of FISA warrants, catapulted him into the national spotlight.
#8800793 at 2020-04-15 11:38:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11267: 'Lunatic Democrats' Edition
TOP FBI Investigator Walks Away Free After Possession
of Child Porn
15 HOURS AGO
"Congrats to FBI Director Christopher Wray and U.S. Attorney General William Barr for allowing a top FBI intelligence analyst to walk away free from potential possession of child pornography charges.
The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) initiated this investigation upon the receipt of information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Inspection Division (INSD) alleging that a then FBI Supervisory Intelligence Analyst (SIA) had stated, during a routine FBI security inquiry, that the SIA had viewed and downloaded child pornography from the internet several years earlier. The SIA denied ever receiving or sending child pornography.
The OIG obtained and forensically examined the SIA's personal and FBI issued devices. Our examination identified pornographic images on the SIA's personal devices, and the OIG took several steps to determine whether the images represented child pornography, including providing such images to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Based on the SIA's statements during the security interview, the OIG investigation concluded that the SIA had knowingly possessed child pornography, in violation of federal law and FBI policy.
The SIA was summarily dismissed by the FBI while the OIG investigation was pending.
Prosecution of the SIA was declined.
The OIG has completed its investigation and provided its report to the FBI."
moar paine:
https://truepundit.com/top-fbi-investigator-walks-away-free-after-possession-of-child-porn/
#8800611 at 2020-04-15 10:35:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11267: 'Lunatic Democrats' Edition
Lou Dobbs: Obama endorsement of Biden 'could be' tied
to Durham review
by Daniel Chaitin
April 14, 2020 10:20 PM
"Fox Business host Lou Dobbs said there "could be" more to former President Barack Obama's endorsement of Joe Biden than meets the eye.
During an interview with Rep. Jim Jordan, Dobbs raised the idea that the endorsement Tuesday in the Democratic primary contest could be tied to U.S. Attorney John Durham's review of the Russia investigation.
"One has to wonder why President Obama chose this moment," Dobbs said on his show. "It could be because of reports now that John Durham, the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, who's been charged by the attorney general with investigating the so-called investigators, John Brennan, the CIA director under Obama, is the leading target, we are told."
He was referring to a Wall Street Journal report earlier this month in which sources said Durham is increasingly focused on former CIA Director John Brennan and drove to Washington, D.C., to make sure the investigation stayed on track during the coronavirus outbreak.
Jordan, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, did not directly address Dobbs's thought about Obama, instead mentioning how there were a couple "key" developments last week in the so-called Russiagate controversy, including the declassification of footnotes in a Justice Department inspector general report showing the FBI received classified reports in 2017, which identified that parts of British ex-spy Christopher Steele's anti-Trump dossier were likely influenced by Russian disinformation.
The Ohio congressman added that Attorney General William Barr and Durham are "getting to the bottom of this" and hopes to see the investigation end sometime in the summer.
While the president and his allies have championed the investigation, Democrats have criticized Durham's review as a politically motivated scheme to undermine the work of special counsel Robert Mueller and attack President Trump's perceived enemies.
Obama's endorsement came after Biden's last remaining primary rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, endorsed Biden on Monday.
Obama said in a video that his former vice president "has all the qualities we need in a president right now" and called on "Americans of goodwill to unite in a great awakening against a politics that too often has been characterized by corruption, carelessness, self-dealing, disinformation, ignorance, and just plain meanness."
moar:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/lou-dobbs-obama-endorsement-of-biden-could-be-tied-to-durham-review
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#8790406 at 2020-04-14 17:21:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11254: Find the "One Big Happy Family" Connections Edition
CIA Secretly Told Staff COVID-19 Drug Touted By Trump Might Cause "Sudden Death"
President Trump's "game changer" drug he's frequently been advancing in the fight against coronavirus, hydroxychloroquine, has been met with mixed reactions among health professionals and even within his own administration - not the least of which is Dr. Fauci's own changing and at times contradictory statements on its potential effectiveness.
This ongoing debate centered on the anti-malarial treatment drug, which has recently witnessed an avalanche of pushback against Trump in the media - with Attorney General William Barr recently saying the mainstream has been on "jihad" against it - has now entered deep within the bowels of the national security state.
The CIA is now warning its analysts, agents and staff that taking hydroxychloroquine is likely "dangerous" - even potentially leading to "sudden death" - according to a new Washington Post report.
https://www.zerohedge.com/health/cia-secretly-told-staff-covid-19-drug-touted-trump-might-cause-sudden-death
#8779181 at 2020-04-13 18:21:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11239: Run Forest, Run! Edition
Man, 39, faces 20 years in prison 'for attempting to sell 125 million nonexistent face masks to the Department of Veterans Affairs worth $750M'
A Georgia man could face up to 20 years behind bars for attempting to sell nonexistent personal protective equipment (PPE) worth $750million to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Christopher Parris, 39, was arrested on Friday after he allegedly made a series of fraudulent misrepresentations to secure orders from Veterans Affairs for 125 million face masks and other PPE, according to a statement from Attorney General William Barr.
A complaint alleges that Parris promised that he could obtain millions of genuine 3M masks from domestic factories 'when he knew that fulfilling the orders would not be possible'.
http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2020/04/man-39-faces-20-years-in-prison-for.html
#8778303 at 2020-04-13 15:57:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11238: Suppoenas, Indictments, and Shillz Oh My! Edition
The 13 revelations showing the FBI never really had a Russia collusion case to begin with
Recently declassified evidence directly undercuts the main arguments the FBI used to justify investigating President Trump and his campaign. They've come slowly, drip by drip: the reluctant revelations of an FBI bureaucracy. But taken together, the body of evidence now amassed over two years of investigating the investigators explains why Attorney General William Barr last week declared there was never really a basis to probe Donald Trump's campaign for alleged collusion with Russia.
"I think the president has every right to be frustrated, because I think what happened to him was one of the greatest travesties in American history," Barr told Fox News' Laura Ingraham. "Without any basis they started this investigation of his campaign, and even more concerning, actually is what happened after the campaign, a whole pattern of events while he was president. to sabotage the presidency, and I think that - or at least have the effect of sabotaging the presidency," the attorney general said. Two years ago, those words coming from the top law enforcement official in the land would have been hard to imagine, or to support with public evidence. But today, after countless open record lawsuits, congressional investigations, sworn depositions and declassifications, there is compelling evidence that the FBI did not have justification to sustain its nearly three year-long, now debunked, Russia collusion probe or to support Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants targeting the Trump campaign.
Furthermore, the evidence shows, the false narrative was sustained by repeated leaks of information to the news media that was blatantly false, debunked in many instances by evidence sitting in the FBI's own files. The latest revelations came Friday, when previously classified footnotes from the Justice Department inspector general were unmasked and showed the FBI had stunning reason to distrust Christopher Steele's dossier when the former British spy first pitched it in July 2016.
Here are 13 of the most important revelations that undercut the FBI's predicate for opening an investigation targeting the Trump campaign in July 2016, for obtaining a year's worth of FISA warrants to spy on former campaign adviser Carter Page and for seeking a special prosecutor, Robert Mueller, to take over and extend the probe.
There are many more revelations that expose flaws, lies and misconduct in the creation of a false Russia collusion narrative. But these 13 alone help explain why Barr made such a sweeping statement last week. They also likely explain a statement made years earlier in text messages between two key FBI employees, when lead Russia case Agent Peter Strzok texted his lawyer and paramour Lisa Page in May 2017 that there was "there's no big there there" in the Russia probe.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/13-revelations-showing-fbi-never-really-had-russia#digital-diary
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#8776593 at 2020-04-13 07:46:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11236: Dem Panic Continues Edition
Anticipation Over U.S. Attorney John Durham's Investigation
Builds
KRISTINA WONG
12 Apr 20203,839
"Anticipation over United States Attorney John Durham's investigation is growing as Attorney General William Barr recently hinted he is building the case to prosecute people.
"He is looking to bring to justice people who are engaged in abuses if he can show that they were criminal violations, and that's what the focus is on," Barr told Fox News's Laura Ingraham on Thursday. "He's diligently pursuing it."
The comments have heartened those who have long awaited consequences for current and former officials who investigated the Trump campaign on the basis of a discredited dossier put together by ex-British spy Christopher Steele that was funded by the Clinton campaign.
Barr tapped Durham last year to investigate the origins of the Obama administration's investigation into the Trump campaign, as well as actions taken up through President Trump's inauguration. Last fall, Durham upgraded his investigation to a criminal one.
Durham relocated from Connecticut to Washington, D.C., in March, so that he could continue work on his investigation amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Time is of the essence, with an election looming in November. Barr is reportedly looking to have the investigation finished by the end of summer.
"The closer we get to election day, the more any charges he brought would be framed by the media as kind of a Trump campaign stunt," former U.S. Attorney Andrew McCarthy told WMAL on Saturday.
"So I really think it's in his interest, especially after pouring two years of effort into this, to get with it by the late spring at the latest, because we all know if the president doesn't win reelection, this investigation is going down the memory hole," he said.
"We're getting to the point where a decision has to be made, one way or the other," he added."
moar:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/12/anticipation-over-u-s-attorney-john-durhams-investigation-builds/
anons have learned to be patient
#8775750 at 2020-04-13 04:59:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11235: Late Night Digital Army Moves On Truth Edition
Anticipation Over U.S. Attorney John Durham's Investigation Builds
Anticipation over United States Attorney John Durham's investigation is growing as Attorney General William Barr recently hinted he is building the case to prosecute people.
"He is looking to bring to justice people who are engaged in abuses if he can show that they were criminal violations, and that's what the focus is on," Barr told Fox News's Laura Ingraham on Thursday. "He's diligently pursuing it."
The comments have heartened those who have long awaited consequences for current and former officials who investigated the Trump campaign on the basis of a discredited dossier put together by ex-British spy Christopher Steele that was funded by the Clinton campaign.
Barr tapped Durham last year to investigate the origins of the Obama administration's investigation into the Trump campaign, as well as actions taken up through President Trump's inauguration. Last fall, Durham upgraded his investigation to a criminal one.
Durham relocated from Connecticut to Washington, D.C., in March, so that he could continue work on his investigation amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Time is of the essence, with an election looming in November. Barr is reportedly looking to have the investigation finished by the end of summer.
"The closer we get to election day, the more any charges he brought would be framed by the media as kind of a Trump campaign stunt," former U.S. Attorney Andrew McCarthy told WMAL on Saturday.
"So I really think it's in his interest, especially after pouring two years of effort into this, to get with it by the late spring at the latest, because we all know if the president doesn't win reelection, this investigation is going down the memory hole," he said.
"We're getting to the point where a decision has to be made, one way or the other," he added.
Durham is reportedly focusing in on the role of intelligence officials in the investigation of the Trump campaign. Durham's team reportedly began interviews at the CIA earlier this year.
Durham's team is looking at former CIA Director John Brennan's role in the investigation - whether he pushed for an intelligence community assessment (ICA) more damaging to Trump.
Specifically, Durham's team is also looking into whether Brennan pushed for the ICA to include that Russia had interfered to help Trump, when not all intelligence agencies concurred with the same degree of confidence.
The CIA and the FBI had "high confidence" the interference was aimed at helping Trump, but the National Security Agency only had "moderate confidence." Durham has already met with the former head of NSA, Ret. Admiral Mike Rogers.
Durham's team has reportedly also focused on current and former officials at the National Intelligence Council, a unit at the Director of National Intelligence's office that coordinated the ICA.
Investigators are looking into whether the Steele dossier was used in the ICA, and whether former FBI Director James Comey and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe insisted on the dossier being a part of the assessment's appendix, according to the Washington Examiner.
The team has also informally requested an interview with Steele through British authorities, who refused the request, according to the WSJ. It is not clear whether the team will now have to take a more formal and lengthier route.
Durham's team has also contacted Sir Andrew Wood, the former British Ambassador to Russia who told the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in the fall of 2016 at the Halifax Security Forum in Nova Scotia about the existence of the dossier and arranged to have it sent to his colleague, David Kramer.
Journalist John Solomon recently said in a radio interview that Durham's team has issued multiple grand jury subpoenas.
Barr said although Durham's focus is on prosecution, there will probably be a report as a byproduct of his investigation.
It is not clear what Barr knows of the investigation, but he sounded confident there was wrongdoing.
"My own view is that the evidence shows that we're not dealing with just mistakes or sloppiness," he said. He added:
I think what happened to him was one of the greatest travesties in American history. Without any basis, they started this investigation of his campaign, and even more concerning, actually, is what happened after the campaign, a whole pattern of events while he was president. So I - to sabotage the presidency, and I think that - or at least have the effect of sabotaging the presidency.
Democrats have stepped up attacks on Barr since his interview in response. Progressive watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) launched a petition calling for Barr to resign the same day his interview aired.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/12/anticipation-over-u-s-attorney-john-durhams-investigation-builds/
#8775631 at 2020-04-13 04:41:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11235: Late Night Digital Army Moves On Truth Edition
Anticipation Over U.S. Attorney John Durham's Investigation Builds
Anticipation over United States Attorney John Durham's investigation is growing as Attorney General William Barr recently hinted he is building the case to prosecute people.
"He is looking to bring to justice people who are engaged in abuses if he can show that they were criminal violations, and that's what the focus is on," Barr told Fox News's Laura Ingraham on Thursday. "He's diligently pursuing it."
The comments have heartened those who have long awaited consequences for current and former officials who investigated the Trump campaign on the basis of a discredited dossier put together by ex-British spy Christopher Steele that was funded by the Clinton campaign.
Barr tapped Durham last year to investigate the origins of the Obama administration's investigation into the Trump campaign, as well as actions taken up through President Trump's inauguration. Last fall, Durham upgraded his investigation to a criminal one.
Durham relocated from Connecticut to Washington, D.C., in March, so that he could continue work on his investigation amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Time is of the essence, with an election looming in November. Barr is reportedly looking to have the investigation finished by the end of summer.
"The closer we get to election day, the more any charges he brought would be framed by the media as kind of a Trump campaign stunt," former U.S. Attorney Andrew McCarthy told WMAL on Saturday.
"So I really think it's in his interest, especially after pouring two years of effort into this, to get with it by the late spring at the latest, because we all know if the president doesn't win reelection, this investigation is going down the memory hole," he said.
"We're getting to the point where a decision has to be made, one way or the other," he added.
Durham is reportedly focusing in on the role of intelligence officials in the investigation of the Trump campaign. Durham's team reportedly began interviews at the CIA earlier this year.
Durham's team is looking at former CIA Director John Brennan's role in the investigation - whether he pushed for an intelligence community assessment (ICA) more damaging to Trump.
Specifically, Durham's team is also looking into whether Brennan pushed for the ICA to include that Russia had interfered to help Trump, when not all intelligence agencies concurred with the same degree of confidence.
The CIA and the FBI had "high confidence" the interference was aimed at helping Trump, but the National Security Agency only had "moderate confidence." Durham has already met with the former head of NSA, Ret. Admiral Mike Rogers.
Durham's team has reportedly also focused on current and former officials at the National Intelligence Council, a unit at the Director of National Intelligence's office that coordinated the ICA.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/12/anticipation-over-u-s-attorney-john-durhams-investigation-builds/
#8770377 at 2020-04-12 18:34:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11227: Celebrate the Day, He Has Arisen Edition
>>8770243
>>8769045, >>8769177 /pb
Barr spokeswoman Kerry Kupec wrote on Twitter early Sunday.
Expect action from DOJ next week!
https://twitter.com/KerriKupecDOJ/status/1249125495670702080
8:01 PM · Apr 11, 2020
https://qmap.pub/read/801
>>8768416, >8769045 /pb
>Barr <pic related
https://qmap.pub/read/3177 {Proofs / Memes}
AG [gold] Barr
should've made an non-unexpected announcement on ...
{A Report was to be March 31, 2020, butt narRATtive(s) changed.}
'''
-> last time {Barr Reported} was on a SUNday SYBal-ism kinda DAY {March 24, 2019}'''
https://www.lawfareblog.com/document-attorney-general-Barr-letter-mueller-report <pic related
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5779688-AG-March-24-2019-Letter-to-House-and-Senate.html
< -> "Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.
< Red sky at night, sailors delight."
< -> "Go WELL, in that GOOD Night and Morning o7"
DO you BELIEVE in COINCIDENCES ???
AG Barr to take action against government officials threatening churches
https://www.christianpost.com/news/ag-Barr-to-take-action-against-government-officials-threatening-churches.html
posted: Sunday, April 12, 2020
{excerpt:}
The office of Attorney General William Barr said on Easter Sunday that action will be taken during this sacred week
against officials who single out religious organizations to enforce social distancing rules in place to check the spread
of the new coronavirus.
"During this sacred week for many Americans, AG Barr is monitoring govt regulation of religious services,"
Barr spokeswoman Kerry Kupec wrote on Twitter early Sunday.
"While social distancing policies are appropriate during this emergency, they must be applied evenhandedly
& not single out religious orgs. Expect action from DOJ next week!"
Many churches plan to host drive-in services on Easter Sunday without violating social distancing enforcement.
https://twitter.com/KerriKupecDOJ/status/1249125495670702080
During this sacred week for many Americans, AG Barr is monitoring govt regulation of religious services.
While social distancing policies are appropriate during this emergency, they must be applied evenhandedly
& not single out religious orgs.
Expect action from DOJ next week!
8:01 PM · Apr 11, 2020
#8769045 at 2020-04-12 15:17:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11226: He Is Risen! Edition
>>8768416 /lb
>Barr <pic related
https://qmap.pub/read/3177 {Proofs / Memes}
AG [gold] Barr
should've made an non-unexpected announcement on ...
{Report was to be March 31, 2020, butt narRATtive(s) changed.}
-> last time {Barr Reported} was on a SUNday SYBal-ism kinda DAY {March 24, 2019}
https://www.lawfareblog.com/document-attorney-general-Barr-letter-mueller-report <pic related
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5779688-AG-March-24-2019-Letter-to-House-and-Senate.html
< -> "Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.
< Red sky at night, sailors delight."
< -> "Go WELL, in that GOOD Night and Morning o7"
vvvvv DO you BELIEVE in COINCIDENCES ???vvvvv
AG Barr to take action against government officials threatening churches
https://www.christianpost.com/news/ag-Barr-to-take-action-against-government-officials-threatening-churches.html
posted: Sunday, April 12, 2020
{excerpt:}
The office of Attorney General William Barr said on Easter Sunday that action will be taken during this sacred week
against officials who single out religious organizations to enforce social distancing rules in place to check the spread
of the new coronavirus.
"During this sacred week for many Americans, AG Barr is monitoring govt regulation of religious services,"
Barr spokeswoman Kerry Kupec wrote on Twitter early Sunday.
"While social distancing policies are appropriate during this emergency, they must be applied evenhandedly
& not single out religious orgs. Expect action from DOJ next week!"
Many churches plan to host drive-in services on Easter Sunday without violating social distancing enforcement.
https://twitter.com/KerriKupecDOJ/status/1249125495670702080
During this sacred week for many Americans, AG Barr is monitoring govt regulation of religious services.
While social distancing policies are appropriate during this emergency, they must be applied evenhandedly
& not single out religious orgs.
Expect action from DOJ next week!
8:01 PM · Apr 11, 2020
FYanons:
when perusing this site ChristianPost, here is a DNC Operative / CIA FAKEchristian / anti-TRUMP:
https://www.christianpost.com/search?s=eric+sapp
previous {minor} diggs {name with (2) others in a CATEGORY, found in Podesta Emails + "start"}
>>8546139 /pb
>>8545033 /pb
#8765162 at 2020-04-12 03:12:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11221: No Time For Notables Edition
Russian Disinformation Fed the FBI's Trump Investigation
Some answers and some new questions from newly declassified parts of an inspector general's report.
By Ron Johnson
April 10, 2020 4:02 pm ET
Declassified footnotes to a Justice Department inspector general report show that the Federal Bureau of Investigation team investigating members of the Trump campaign received classified reports in 2017 identifying key pieces of the Steele dossier as products of a Russian disinformation campaign. This might be only the tip of the iceberg because other recently declassified information demonstrates that even more disinformation may have been planted in Christopher Steele's reporting.
Let that sink in. The FBI knew that at least some of its evidence against the Trump campaign, and maybe more, was likely part of a Russian disinformation campaign-evidence from a source that was "central and essential" for getting the first FISA warrant. It isn't clear what if anything the FBI did to determine whether their investigation was based in substantial part on Russian disinformation.
Yet the FBI assistant director in charge of the investigation, Bill Priestap, told the inspector general that as of May 2017 (when Robert Mueller took over as special counsel), the FBI "didn't have any indication whatsoever" that their evidence was part of a Russian disinformation campaign.
I first learned all this in late December 2019, when a member of my staff reviewed the classified version of the inspector general's report and asked me to meet him in a secure room under the Capitol. As he walked me through the four footnotes, my immediate reaction was that the American people needed to know this information as soon as possible. My colleague Sen. Chuck Grassley and I began pressing Attorney General William Barr, and eventually acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell, for full declassification of these footnotes. That's why they're now public.
The FBI team's handling of these intelligence reports seems consistent with how it ran the entire investigation. From the opening of the investigation, the FBI team kept accumulating exculpatory information. Yet rather than wind the investigation down, they ramped it up. Minimally intrusive open-source searches became Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants and confidential human sources targeting campaign staffers.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-disinformation-fed-the-fbis-trump-investigation-11586548963?mod=opinion_lead_pos6
#8765111 at 2020-04-12 03:09:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11221: No Time For Notables Edition
DOJ: 'Expect action' on government regulation of religious services amid COVID-19 outbreak
"The Justice Department (DOJ) may take action next week against local governments that have cracked down on religious services as widespread parts of the country are shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, a DOJ spokesperson said Saturday.
"While social distancing policies are appropriate during this emergency, they must be applied evenhandedly [and] not single out religious [organizations]," DOJ Director of Communications Kerri Kupec tweeted.
She said the Attorney General William Barr is "monitoring" such regulations …. "
may take action
and
William Barr is "monitoring" such regulations
What a fucking useless POS Barr is.
#8764961 at 2020-04-12 03:02:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11221: No Time For Notables Edition
DOJ: 'Expect action' on government regulation of religious services amid COVID-19 outbreak
The Justice Department (DOJ) may take action next week against local governments that have cracked down on religious services as widespread parts of the country are shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, a DOJ spokesperson said Saturday.
"While social distancing policies are appropriate during this emergency, they must be applied evenhandedly [and] not single out religious [organizations]," DOJ Director of Communications Kerri Kupec tweeted.
She said the Attorney General William Barr is "monitoring" such regulations.
The DOJ move would come as some churches are standing up to city governments that have blocked them from holding in-person services during the outbreak – even in "drive-in" formats that keep people separated and in their own cars.
A judge in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of Mayor Greg Fischer's ban on drive-in church services there.
"The Mayor's decision is stunning," District Judge Justin Walker, a former clerk to Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, wrote in a memorandum to the order. "And it is, 'beyond all reason,' unconstitutional."
Freedom of religion is the first of the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," its text begins.
Separately, in Greenville, Miss., two churches have said that police came to their drive-in services and threatened to fine worshipers.
"Churches are strongly encouraged to hold services via Facebook Live, Zoom, Free Conference Call, and any and all other social media, streaming and telephonic platforms," Mayor Errick Simmons' office said in an April 7 press release announcing a ban on in-person and drive-in church services.
Attorneys with the Alliance Defending Freedom have filed a lawsuit challenging that order on behalf of the Temple Baptist Church in Greenville.
Kelly Shackelford, president of the First Liberty Institute, argued in an appearance on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on Friday that the city's order "is just massively unconstitutional."
"It targets churches in a way that it targets no other group," he said. "Cars in parking lots are fine. It's only a crime if the cars in the parking lot are at the church parking lot."
https://www.foxnews.com/us/doj-expect-action-government-regulation-religious-covid-19
#8764857 at 2020-04-12 02:57:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11221: No Time For Notables Edition
>>8764330
>>8764265 pb
DOJ threatens to take action against pandemic crackdowns on religious ceremonies
>
>notable
>>8764608
>>8764330, >>8764265 pb
>
>>DOJ threatens to take action against pandemic crackdowns on religious ceremonies
>
>There's my answer. Was beginning to worry.
>
>Thank God.
John Solomon
@jsolomonReports
Breaking: DOJ threatens to intervene on pandemic crackdowns on religious ceremonies. Judge strikes down Louisville effort to ban drive-in Easter services, calling it unconstitutional. DOJ signals possible intervention on pandemic crackdowns on religious ceremonies Barr is monitoring situation and action could occur next week, official says. Judge overturns Louisville ban on drive-in Easter celebrations.
justthenews.com
7:00 PM · Apr 11, 2020
https://twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1249155286373404672
DOJ threatens to take action against pandemic crackdowns on religious ceremonies
The Justice Department signaled Saturday night it may intervene against local governments that are cracking down on religious ceremonies during the pandemic, warning that action could come as early as next week.
Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec used her Twitter account on the eve of Easter to announce that Attorney General William Barr was monitoring efforts to stop Easter religious ceremonies.
"During this sacred week for many Americans, AG Barr is monitoring govt regulation of religious services," Kupec tweeted. "While social distancing policies are appropriate during this emergency, they must be applied evenhandedly & not single out religious orgs. Expect action from DOJ next week!"
The statement comes as numerous municipalities across the country have been reportedly taking actions to stop churchgoers from celebrating Easter together, including in Louisville where the mayor threatened to track license plates and fine anyone who attends a public ceremony.
A federal judge Saturday actually blocked Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer from enforcing his ban on drive-in church services on Easter, calling it unconstitutional.
"An American mayor criminalized the communal celebration of Easter," U.S. District Judge Justin Walker wrote while issuing a temporary restraining order. "That sentence is one that this Court never expected to see outside the pages of a dystopian novel, or perhaps the pages of The Onion.
"The Mayor's decision is stunning. And it is, 'beyond all reason,' unconstitutional," the judge added.
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/doj-signals-possible-intervention-pandemic-crackdowns-religious-ceremonies-m
BAKER, NOTABLE AF
#8764265 at 2020-04-12 02:34:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11220: Q Is Hot Tonight! Edition
John Solomon
@jsolomonReports
Breaking: DOJ threatens to intervene on pandemic crackdowns on religious ceremonies. Judge strikes down Louisville effort to ban drive-in Easter services, calling it unconstitutional. DOJ signals possible intervention on pandemic crackdowns on religious ceremonies Barr is monitoring situation and action could occur next week, official says. Judge overturns Louisville ban on drive-in Easter celebrations.
justthenews.com
7:00 PM · Apr 11, 2020
https://twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1249155286373404672
DOJ threatens to take action against pandemic crackdowns on religious ceremonies
The Justice Department signaled Saturday night it may intervene against local governments that are cracking down on religious ceremonies during the pandemic, warning that action could come as early as next week.
Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec used her Twitter account on the eve of Easter to announce that Attorney General William Barr was monitoring efforts to stop Easter religious ceremonies.
"During this sacred week for many Americans, AG Barr is monitoring govt regulation of religious services," Kupec tweeted. "While social distancing policies are appropriate during this emergency, they must be applied evenhandedly & not single out religious orgs. Expect action from DOJ next week!"
The statement comes as numerous municipalities across the country have been reportedly taking actions to stop churchgoers from celebrating Easter together, including in Louisville where the mayor threatened to track license plates and fine anyone who attends a public ceremony.
A federal judge Saturday actually blocked Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer from enforcing his ban on drive-in church services on Easter, calling it unconstitutional.
"An American mayor criminalized the communal celebration of Easter," U.S. District Judge Justin Walker wrote while issuing a temporary restraining order. "That sentence is one that this Court never expected to see outside the pages of a dystopian novel, or perhaps the pages of The Onion.
"The Mayor's decision is stunning. And it is, 'beyond all reason,' unconstitutional," the judge added.
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/doj-signals-possible-intervention-pandemic-crackdowns-religious-ceremonies-m
#8762820 at 2020-04-12 01:02:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11218: Plans To Prosper You And Not To Harm You Edition
FBI sabotaged Trump's presidency: Barr
Attorney General William Barr says that what the FBI did to President Trump in the Russia probe was one of the "greatest travesties in American history."
He said investigator misdeeds went beyond "mistakes or sloppiness" to "sabotaging the presidency."
Mr. Barr told Laura Ingraham on Fox News Thursday night that the FBI lacked sufficient evidence to open an investigation into the Trump campaign.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci: Americans could eventually carry certificates of immunity to coronavirus
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'Here we go again': Pelosi, Schiff plot new probe of Trump
John Durham, a U.S. attorney and the attorney general's special investigator since March on origins of the Trump-Russia election investigation, will file a report at some point.
But, Mr. Barr said, "his primary focus isn't to prepare a report. He's looking to bring to justice people who are engaged in abuses if he can show that there were criminal violations and that is what the focus is on, building these cases, especially the sprawling case we have between us that went on for two or three years here.
"It takes some time to build a case. So he's diligently pursuing it. My own view is that the evidence shows we're not dealing with just mistakes or sloppiness. There's something far more troubling here and we're going to get to the bottom of it ...... and if people broke the law and we can establish that with the evidence they will be prosecuted."
The FBI opened the Trump probe on July 31, 2016, singling out four Trump associates suspected of having contacts with Russians. There was no evidence at the time that they were involved in a conspiracy with the Kremlin to interfere in the election.
In March 2017, then-FBI Director James Comey announced at a House hearing that the entire campaign was under investigation for any links to Russian government officials.
In the end, special counsel Robert Mueller concluded in March, after a 22-month probe, that he did not establish a conspiracy and no Trump ally was charged in election interference.
Along the way, the FBI relied greatly on the Christopher Steele dossier. Financed by the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton campaign, Mr. Steele, a former British intelligence officer, leveled more than a dozen conspiracy allegations against Mr. Trump and associates. All were disproven by subsequent government reports.
The FBI used the dossier to convince judges to let agents spy on Trump volunteer Carter Page. The Justice Department inspector general said the warrant applications were riddled with errors and omissions of exonerating evidence.
The IG, however, did say the probe was justified because there is a low bar for starting a counter-intelligence inquiry.
With this FBI conduct as a backdrop, Mr. Barr told Ms. Ingraham: "I think the president has every right to
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/10/fbi-sabotaged-trumps-presidency-Barr/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork
#8754560 at 2020-04-11 03:28:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11208: THE TRUTH IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU Edition
>>8754468
>AG Barr Opposes Bill Gates Proposal for COVID-19 Vaccine Certificates
>Attorney General William Barr came out in opposition to a proposal floated by Bill Gates for people to eventually gain certificates for being vaccinated against the CCP virus.
>"I'm very concerned about the slippery slope in terms of continuing encroachments on personal liberty. I do think during the emergency, appropriate, reasonable steps are fine," Barr said on Wednesday night when asked about the proposal during an appearance on Fox News's "Ingraham Angle."
>https://www.theepochtimes.com/ag-Barr-opposes-bill-gates-proposal-for-covid-19-vaccine-certificates_3305276.html
BAKER, NOTABLE AF
#8754468 at 2020-04-11 03:22:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11208: THE TRUTH IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU Edition
AG Barr Opposes Bill Gates Proposal for COVID-19 Vaccine Certificates
Attorney General William Barr came out in opposition to a proposal floated by Bill Gates for people to eventually gain certificates for being vaccinated against the CCP virus.
"I'm very concerned about the slippery slope in terms of continuing encroachments on personal liberty. I do think during the emergency, appropriate, reasonable steps are fine," Barr said on Wednesday night when asked about the proposal during an appearance on Fox News's "Ingraham Angle."
https://www.theepochtimes.com/ag-Barr-opposes-bill-gates-proposal-for-covid-19-vaccine-certificates_3305276.html
#8750267 at 2020-04-10 21:33:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11203: Durham Up! Edition
Georgia Man Arrested for Attempting to Defraud the Department of Veterans Affairs in a Multimillion-Dollar COVID-19 Scam
Christopher Parris, a 39-year-old Atlanta, Georgia resident, was arrested today and charged in federal court in the District of Columbia with fraud for attempting to sell millions of nonexistent respirator masks to the Department of Veterans Affairs in exchange for large upfront payments, the Justice Department announced.
The criminal complaint charges Parris with wire fraud. It alleges that he made and caused to be made a series of fraudulent misrepresentations in an attempt to secure orders from the Department of Veterans Affairs for 125 million face masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) that would have totaled over $750 million. For example, the complaint alleges that Parris promised that he could obtain millions of genuine 3M masks from domestic factories when he knew that fulfilling the orders would not be possible. Parris also allegedly made similar false representations to other entities in an effort to enter into other fraudulent agreements to sell PPE to state governments.
"We will vigorously pursue fraudsters who exploit the COVID-19 pandemic to make money," said Attorney General William Barr. "As this case demonstrates, even beyond the typical costs associated with unlawful behavior, COVID-19 scams divert government time and resources and risk preventing front-line responders and consumers from obtaining the equipment they need to combat this pandemic. The Department of Justice will not tolerate this conduct, especially when it involves this kind of egregious attempt to target and defraud our nation's treasures - our veterans."
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/georgia-man-arrested-attempting-defraud-department-veterans-affairs-multimillion-dollar-covid
#8744508 at 2020-04-10 11:42:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11196: Good Friday Edition
Barr says evidence from Durham investigation is 'far more
troubling' than mistakes or sloppiness
April 09, 2020 10:51 PM
"Attorney General William Barr shed new light on U.S. Attorney John Durham's review of the Russia investigation.
He told Fox News host Laura Ingraham that Connecticut's top federal prosecutor is unearthing troubling evidence and vowed prosecutions if laws were broken and a case can be made.
"My own view is that the evidence shows that we're not dealing with just mistakes or sloppiness. There is something far more troubling here, and we're going to get to the bottom of it. And if people broke the law, and we can establish that with the evidence, they will be prosecuted," Barr said in the segment of the interview that aired Thursday evening.
Durham was appointed last year by Barr to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation and to review possible misconduct by federal law enforcement and intelligence officials. The review upgraded into a criminal investigation in the fall, giving the prosecutor the power to impanel a grand jury and hand down indictments. The attorney general told Durham to focus just as much on the time period after the 2016 election as before it.
"He is looking to bring to justice people who are engaged in abuses if he can show that they were criminal violations, and that's what the focus is on," Barr said. "And as you know, being a lawyer you yourself, building these cases - especially the kinds of sprawling case we have between us that went on for two or three years here - it takes some time - it takes some time to build the case. So he's diligently pursuing it."
Special counsel Robert Mueller's 448-page report, released in April, found the Russians had interfered in the 2016 election in a "sweeping and systematic fashion," but "did not establish" any criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia. Barr suggested there would also likely end up being a Durham report.
"Well, I think a report maybe - and probably - will be a byproduct of his activity," Barr told Ingraham."
moar:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/Barr-says-evidence-from-durham-investigation-is-far-more-troubling-than-mistakes-or-sloppiness
#8744123 at 2020-04-10 09:23:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11195: 4-10-20 Edition
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ag-William-Barr-on-the-russia-investigation-theres-something-far-more-troubling-here
#8742291 at 2020-04-10 04:00:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11193: Fake News Gets The Hammer Edition
>>8742197
>Attorney General William Barr spent Wednesday shopping a proposal to expand background checks
But but but … trust muh B2 bomber of "justice'.
Barr is deep state personified.
Barr sent in ABC assholes to murder innocent Americans .. and then he defended the FBI sniper in court.
Who here is stupid enough to believe that Ruby Ridge Billy Barr is /ourguy/ ?
#8742205 at 2020-04-10 03:51:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11193: Fake News Gets The Hammer Edition
Is Huawei 'Gifting' PPE In Exchange for 5G Contracts?
Huawei has gifted "millions of protective masks and gloves to Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Poland, Greece and Switzerland,"as Reuters reported. But there's more to this generosity than meets the eye, as asserted by Congressman Mark Green (R-TN), who told Fox News this week: "In France, we were told yesterday on a conference call that [French President Emanuel] Macron was talking to [Chinese President] Xi and Macron asked for a billion masks, and Xi said, 'We'll give them to you if you implement 5G with Huawei.' That's who China is and it's time the world wake up and recognize it."
To skeptics, Huawei's efforts illustrate an attempt to secure lucrative 5G contracts amidst new January EU guidelines - which block Huawei from developing critical infrastructure networks. In response to the accusations, Huawei spokesman Joe Kelly said, "a small minority may have misunderstood our motives, which are simply to help people when and where we can." Quick to defend Huawei's generosity, the European Union's Industry Chief, Thierry Breton, condemned public accusations of any supposed ulterior motive replying: "Now the epicenter of the pandemic is in Europe... of course we welcome the fact that the Chinese government is saying 'how can we return the help.'"
It now appears Breton spoke too soon. Huawei is a telecommunications equipment giant and the world's second-largest smartphone supplier behind Samsung. Founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, Huawei today employs nearly 200,000 people across the globe. Mr. Ren Zhengfei himself belongs to China's Communist Party and served as a military officer in the People's Liberation Army for nine years. According to Huawei, "When Ren Zhengfei was a young man, you needed to be a Communist Party member to have any position of responsibility." Therein lies the problem. To be a successful businessman in China, you have to toe the party line.
Reviews conducted by the Wall Street Journal corroborate the speculated Huawei-Beijing alliance. Starting out as an unknown phone switch vendor, Huawei has metamorphosized into the world's largest telecommunications equipment company in the blink of an eye. Facilitated by grants, credit facilities, tax breaks, and other forms of financial assistance, Huawei's rise stemmed from generous government backing. Analysts report that Huawei's charitable financing terms "undercut rivals' prices by some 30%" Huawei's allegiance to Beijing is particularly alarming considering the Chinese Communist Party's egregious human rights record.
In the Xinjiang province, China's imprisons much of its minority Muslim population. According to The Hill, "within Xinjiang, Chinese authorities have built a system of unmatched surveillance and social control facilitated by facial recognition scans, voice biometric data, DNA collection, and artificial intelligence for racial profiling." Recently, reports have surfaced tying Huawei to the CCP's repression efforts. According to United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, Huawei poses "massive security and privacy risks." Fearful of Huawei's desire to dominate the global 5G network and thus infiltrate our allies' countries, Pompeo warns: "With 5G capabilities, the CCP could use Huawei to steal private or proprietary information or use kill switches to disrupt critical future applications like electrical grids and telesurgery centers." Attorney General William Barr also sounded the Huawei alarm during a speech he gave at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in February stating: "Much of the discussion on the dangers of allowing China to establish dominance in 5G has been focused on the immediate security concern of using communications networks that China can monitor and surveil. That is, in fact, a monumental danger."
https://thenationalpulse.com/commentary/huawei-ppe-europe-5g-contracts/
#8742197 at 2020-04-10 03:50:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11193: Fake News Gets The Hammer Edition
>>8742143
Attorney General William Barr spent Wednesday shopping a proposal to expand background checks to conservative Republicans in Congress. ==There's just one problem: President Donald Trump is not on board with any of it.==
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-distances-ag-Barrs-gun-control-ideas/story?id=65699702
#8738404 at 2020-04-09 22:18:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11188: We're Gonna Go Like a Rocket Ship When it Gets Back up Running Edition
>>8738365
During the Obama administration the DOJ, several federal courts and intelligence agencies were converted into an interconnected, organized criminal enterprise.
Many of these entrenched criminals remain embedded in the federal bureaucracy to this day.
Christopher Wray and William Barr have done nothing to bring these criminals to justice.
In fact, they are continuing to block efforts to uncover the unprecedented abuse that occurred.
Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation was illegally predicated on at the very least illegally obtained and more likely, intelligence agency manufactured disinformation and then the whole mess was / is classified so there can be no inquiry by the public.
That debacle led to an effort by corrupt politicians like Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, Schumer and Nadler to illegally impeach our duly elected President, DJT.
As former CIA whistleblower John Stockwell said:
"They have a license to kill, but also they took that as license to smuggle drugs and do all kinds of things against our laws, international laws and every principle of nations working together to build a more healthy and peaceful world"
Sedition? I think so.
Treason? Quite possibly.
Fraud? Definitely, the taxpayers pay for it all… multi-millions…
Now is the time to be concerned…
#GreatAwakening.
Sidney Powell told Sara Carter. "Clapper and Brennan and others knew that Flynn intended to audit and clean out the corrupt intelligence agencies. They and the FBI targeted him to destroy with this false prosecution. Every day the government delays in dismissing this persecution is a disgrace for anything called "Justice" and an enormous waste of taxpayer dollars."
General Flynn formally asked to withdraw his guilty plea in January and filed a motion to dismiss the case, accusing federal prosecutors of "egregious government misconduct."
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/doj-prosecutors-ask-another-delay-flynn-case-sidney-powell-fights-dismissal/
Remember when Hillary Clinton and her minions said:
"NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW"
"Barr said what happened to Trump was one of the greatest travesties in American history.
Even more alarming was the pattern of events after the campaign to sabotage Trump's presidency."
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/Barr-no-basis-fbis-crossfire-hurricane-investigation-concerning-whole-pattern-events-sabotage-presidency-video/
#8735801 at 2020-04-09 19:00:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11185: How Do You Hide A Truth? Edition
Attorney General William Barr told Fox News' Laura Ingraham on Wednesday night that the Chinese government is engaged in a "full-court blitzkrieg" against the United States.
"This virus originated in China, we still don't have all the data, we still don't really know about Patient Zero in China," Ingraham said. "A lot of that data is being withheld still from the United States, and top medical people are saying that. What about the Justice Department getting involved more, I guess obviously, to the American people in this battle against the ongoing propaganda machine of China in the United States at our universities, in businesses - hey, in the White House Press Room the other day."
"Yes. The Department is heavily engaged in that, in fact that's one of our highest priorities in the counter intelligence realm, counter espionage realm, and protection of trade secrets as our activity's directed to defend against the Chinese," Barr responded. "The Chinese are engaged in a full-court blitzkrieg of stealing American technology, trying to influence our political system, trying to steal secrets at our research universities and so forth. And we are focused on it. We have something we call the China Initiative. We've brought a lot of indictments, but it's something that we also have to expose by letting the business community understand exactly the nature of the threat."
"Given what you know today about the panoply of abuses internationally against the United States, who's the bigger threat to America's election security - Russia, or China?" Ingraham asked.
"In my opinion it's China," Barr responded. "And not just to the election process, but I think across the board there's simply no comparison. China is a very serious threat to the United States geopolitically, economically, militarily, and a threat to the integrity of our institutions given their ability to influence things."
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ag-Barr-the-chinese-are-engaged-in-a-full-court-blitzkrieg-against-the-u-s
#8735038 at 2020-04-09 18:02:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11184: Let's Flatten Their Curve Edition
>>8734913
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ag-William-Barr-disappointed-by-partisan-attacks-levied-at-president-trump-says-media-on-a-jihad-against-hydroxychloroquine
Barr disappointed by partisan attacks leveled at President Trump, says media on a 'jihad' against hydroxychloroquine
Victor Garcia
published 13 hours ago
Attorney General William Barr told "The Ingraham Angle" Wednesday that he was disappointed over the partisan attacks leveled against President Trump during the coronavirus pandemic and blasted reporters for waging a "jihad" to discredit the effectiveness of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine.
"It's very disappointing because I think the president went out at the beginning of [the coronavirus pandemic] and really was statesmanlike, trying to bring people together, working with all the governors," Barr said. "Keeping his patience as he as he got these snarky, gotcha questions from the White House media pool and the stridency of the partisan attacks on him has gotten higher and higher."
DR. FAUCI: 'WE'RE STARTING TO SEE GLIMMERS OF HOPE ' BUT DISTANCING STRATEGIES MUST BE 'INTENSIFIED'
Barr's criticism toward the media sharpened when he addressed the coverage of hydroxychloroquine and its possible role in the fight against the coronavirus. He said before the president mentioned the drug, the media was fair in its coverage but as soon as Trump mentioned it, "the media has been on a jihad to discredit the drug," Barr said. "It's quite strange."
Host Laura Ingraham asked Barr about the possibility of extending the shutdown and its impact on the country. Barr said a depression would make the health care system "weaker."
"We cannot keep for a long period of time our economy shut down just on the public health thing. It means less cancer. Cancer researchers or at home. A lot of the disease reaches researchers who will save lives in the future. That's being held in abeyance," Barr said. "The money that goes into these institutions, whether philanthropic sources or government sources, is going to be reduced. We will have a weaker health care system if we go into a deep depression. So it just measured it in lives. The cure cannot be worse than the disease."
The attorney general lamented the loss of family businesses during the shutdown, saying after the 30-day period the U.S. needs to "find a way" to allow businesses to adapt.
"But when you think of everything else, generations of families who have built up businesses for generations in this country and recent immigrants who have built up businesses, snuffed out. Small businesses that may not be able to come back if this goes on too long," Barr said. "So we have to find, after the 30-day period, we have to find a way of allowing businesses to adapt to this situation and figure out how they can best get started."
cap for baker
#8734985 at 2020-04-09 17:59:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11184: Let's Flatten Their Curve Edition
>>8734913
>https://www.foxnews.com/media/ag-William-Barr-disappointed-by-partisan-attacks-levied-at-president-trump-says-media-on-a-jihad-against-hydroxychloroquine
#8734955 at 2020-04-09 17:57:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11184: Let's Flatten Their Curve Edition
Baker—Cap
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ag-William-Barr-disappointed-by-partisan-attacks-levied-at-president-trump-says-media-on-a-jihad-against-hydroxychloroquine
#8734913 at 2020-04-09 17:52:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11184: Let's Flatten Their Curve Edition
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ag-William-Barr-disappointed-by-partisan-attacks-levied-at-president-trump-says-media-on-a-jihad-against-hydroxychloroquine
Difficult to imagine media [D party] attempting to squash all hope of a cure?
Difficult to imagine media [D party] wanting public to remain in fear [re COVID-19] up until the election?
Difficult to imagine media [D party] willing to sacrifice lives in order to regain power?
ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.
Difficult truths will soon see the light of day.
Q
#8733515 at 2020-04-09 14:00:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11182: Anons & Bakers, We are a Team Edition
Barr disappointed by partisan attacks leveled at President== ==Trump, says media on a 'jihad' against hydroxychloroquine
Published 9 hours ago
"Attorney General William Barr told "The Ingraham Angle" Wednesday that he was disappointed over the partisan attacks leveled against President Trump during the coronavirus pandemic and blasted reporters for waging a "jihad" to discredit the effectiveness of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine.
"It's very disappointing because I think the president went out at the beginning of [the coronavirus pandemic] and really was statesmanlike, trying to bring people together, working with all the governors," Barr said. "Keeping his patience as he as he got these snarky, gotcha questions from the White House media pool and the stridency of the partisan attacks on him has gotten higher and higher."
DR. FAUCI: 'WE'RE STARTING TO SEE GLIMMERS OF HOPE ' BUT DISTANCING STRATEGIES MUST BE 'INTENSIFIED'
Barr's criticism toward the media sharpened when he addressed the coverage of hydroxychloroquine and its possible role in the fight against the coronavirus. He said before the president mentioned the drug, the media was fair in its coverage but as soon as Trump mentioned it, "the media has been on a jihad to discredit the drug," Barr said. "It's quite strange.""
moar:
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ag-William-Barr-disappointed-by-partisan-attacks-levied-at-president-trump-says-media-on-a-jihad-against-hydroxychloroquine
jihadi media
#8727236 at 2020-04-08 22:38:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11174: Is It Milley Time Yet? Edition
3910
John Durham: The Last Trusted Prosecutor in Washington
Q
!!Hs1Jq13jV6
8 Apr 2020 - 7:16:00 PM
SilentWar_.jpg
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/11/john-durham-last-trusted-prosecutor-in-washington/📁
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8219763.stm📁
Q
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/11/john-durham-last-trusted-prosecutor-in-washington/
"Who is Durham, this rare-as-a-unicorn figure who can reassure lawmakers, talking heads, and court-watchers on both sides of the aisle, in an era when everything seems destined to turn into a loud partisan food fight?"
3036
Trust POTUS Appointed AG William Barr
Q
!!mG7VJxZNCI
12 Mar 2019 - 5:50:23 PM
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/03/report-Barr-gave-mueller-permission-to-indict-trumps-three-adult-children-and-jared-kushner/📁
Re_read drop:
>>[MUELLER] sealed indictments installed [DC] prior to [RR] loss of >>power?
>>Sealed indictments [DC][blockade last resort] installed post >>SESSIONS departure & WHITAKER assumption?
>>Sealed indictment count [DC] post_SESSIONS departure?
>>Sealed indictment count [DC] pre_WHITAKER assumption?
>>Power of Barr?
>>Can a sealed indictment be pulled post filing?
Did POTUS just install a rogue AG who allows for the indictment of his children based on false pretenses?
Barr Senate vote?
54-45
Do UNICORNS exist?
Q
#8724994 at 2020-04-08 20:01:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11171: Where Are You On The Q Continuum? Edition
United States Attorney for Connecticut John Durham, who was chosen by U.S. Attorney General William Barr to investigate the origins of the FBI's investigation against President Donald Trump in 2016, is reportedly increasing his probe of former CIA Director John Brennan for his alleged corrupt politicization of intelligence gathering and analysis.
The Coronavirus emergency that's caused enormous distress throughout the nation has led Durham to leave his offices in Connecticut and set up shop in Washington D.C. to continue his investigation, especially the actions of intelligence officials such as Brennan.
A former CIA special agent claims that Durham plans to question John Brennan soon especially since Brennan has been "shooting his mouth off on the far-left news network MSNBC as its intelligence and national security analyst."
https://www.eurasiareview.com/07042020-us-attorney-durham-zeroes-in-on-former-cia-chief-john-brennan-oped/
#8715334 at 2020-04-07 20:40:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11159: Thug Life Kayleigh - New White House Press Secretary Edition
https://www.eurasiareview.com/07042020-us-attorney-durham-zeroes-in-on-former-cia-chief-john-brennan-oped/
US Attorney Durham Zeroes In On Former CIA Chief John Brennan
United States Attorney for Connecticut John Durham, who was chosen by U.S. Attorney General William Barr to investigate the origins of the FBI's investigation against President Donald Trump in 2016, is reportedly increasing his probe of former CIA Director John Brennan for his alleged corrupt politicization of intelligence gathering and analysis.
The Coronavirus emergency that's caused enormous distress throughout the nation has led Durham to leave his offices in Connecticut and set up shop in Washington D.C. to continue his investigation, especially the actions of intelligence officials such as Brennan.
Trump selected Durham to be Connecticut's top federal prosecutor in 2017.He was chosen many say because he isn't political but is considered a tough prosecuting attorney.
#8703178 at 2020-04-06 14:57:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11143: Just What Surprises Will This Week Bring? Edition
Three Russians Sue Christopher Steele for Slandering Them in His Steele Dossier Used By the Deep State and Democrats to Spy On and Destroy Candidate and President Trump
A month ago former British spy and author of the junk Trump-Russia dossier, Christopher Steele, defended his unconfirmed trash report on candidate Donald Trump and said he would never speak to US Attorney General William Barr or US Attorney John Durham. Now it looks like Steele may be forced to speak to the courts as three Russians are suing him for slandering them in his infamous work labeled the Steele dossier.
Steele, who spoke at Oxford University a month ago, said he will not cooperate with William Barr and John Durham. There is currently a criminal referral on Steele for lying to congressional investigators. The former British spy inflicted upon America the Russia scam that derailed the Trump administration for three years and tore the country apart.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/three-russians-sue-christopher-steele-slandering-steele-dossier-used-deep-state-democrats-spy-destroy-candidate-president-trump/
#8701402 at 2020-04-06 06:17:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General: #11141 And just like that.. quite Edition
>>8701310
William Barr…
Oh dear!…
#8701310 at 2020-04-06 06:01:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General: #11141 And just like that.. quite Edition
>>8701276
I hate to cast aspersions Q…
But, your DOJ is inept.
(You) know it
We know it
and they know it
During the Obama administration the DOJ, several federal courts and intelligence agencies were converted into an interconnected, organized criminal enterprise.
Many of these entrenched criminals remain embedded in the federal bureaucracy to this day.
Christopher Wray and William Barr have done nothing to bring these criminals to justice.
In fact, they are continuing to block efforts to uncover the unprecedented abuse that occurred.
Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation was illegally predicated on at the very least illegally obtained and more likely, intelligence agency manufactured disinformation and then the whole mess was / is classified so there can be no inquiry by the public.
That debacle led to an effort by corrupt politicians like Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, Schumer and Nadler to illegally impeach our duly elected President, DJT.
As former CIA whistleblower John Stockwell said:
"They have a license to kill, but also they took that as license to smuggle drugs and do all kinds of things against our laws, international laws and every principle of nations working together to build a more healthy and peaceful world"
Sedition? I think so.
Treason? Quite possibly.
Fraud? Definitely, the taxpayers pay for it all… multi-millions…
Now is the time to be concerned…
#GreatAwakening.
Sidney Powell told Sara Carter. "Clapper and Brennan and others knew that Flynn intended to audit and clean out the corrupt intelligence agencies. They and the FBI targeted him to destroy with this false prosecution. Every day the government delays in dismissing this persecution is a disgrace for anything called "Justice" and an enormous waste of taxpayer dollars."
General Flynn formally asked to withdraw his guilty plea in January and filed a motion to dismiss the case, accusing federal prosecutors of "egregious government misconduct."
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/doj-prosecutors-ask-another-delay-flynn-case-sidney-powell-fights-dismissal/
#8688125 at 2020-04-04 23:48:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11124: 16 Days Later Edition
>>8688121
>https://outline.com/wSPXm5
<FISA court orders DOJ to review flawed surveillance applications and provide names of targets
The judge ordered the Justice Department to provide the court with "the names of the targets" for all 29 applications and to specify which targets and docket numbers correspond with the court applications with no Woods file - and the three of those for which no Woods file may have ever existed. He further ruled that the agency must "assess to what extent those 29 applications involved material misstatements or omissions" and "assess whether any such material misstatements and omissions render invalid, in whole or in part, authorizations granted by the Court for that target in the reviewed docket or other dockets." The judge asked the Justice Department to prioritize the cases with no Woods file.
In January, Boasberg revealed that the Justice Department decided that, "in view of the material misstatements and omissions" in the filings, the final two of four Page FISA warrants "were not valid" and said the agency was still reviewing the first two.
The FBI told the court it was working to " sequester" all the information obtained through the Page wiretaps until the completion of a further review of the DOJ inspector general report on the warrants and the "outcome of related investigations and any litigation." FBI Director Christopher Wray testified to Congress he was working to "claw back" information gleaned through the electronic surveillance of Page.
Boasberg also said Friday that, by mid-June, the DOJ must make "a sworn submission reporting on the conduct and results of the assessments" ordered by the judge, "including the basis for assessing that particular misstatements or omissions were not material or otherwise did not render invalid any Court authorization." At that time, and then every two months thereafter, the judge said the Justice Department must "report on the progress of efforts to account for and ensure the proper maintenance of Woods Files" for every single docket going back to the start of 2015 and "take associated remedial steps" as appropriate.
The judge also required the Justice Department by late May to explain the audits, reviews, and compliance mechanisms the FBI was putting in place and "describe how the government will use the results of accuracy reviews to identify patterns or trends so that the FBI can enhance training to improve performance in following the Woods Procedures or improve policies to help ensure the accuracy of FISA applications."
The FBI told the Washington Examiner it received the FISA court's order.
"Maintaining the trust and confidence of the Court is paramount to the FBI and we are continuing to implement the 40-plus corrective actions ordered by Director Wray in December 2019," the bureau said. "Although the applications reviewed by the IG in this audit predate the announcement of these corrective actions, the FBI understands the Court's desire to obtain information related to the applications. In line with our duty of candor to the Court and our responsibilities to the American people, we will continue to work closely with the FISC and the Department of Justice to ensure that our FISA authorities are exercised responsibly."
In a rare public order last year, the FISA court criticized the FBI's handling of the Page applications as "antithetical to the heightened duty of candor described above" and demanded an evaluation from the bureau. The FISA court also ordered a review of all FISA filings handled by Kevin Clinesmith, the FBI lawyer who altered a key document about Page in the third renewal process. He is now under criminal investigation by U.S. Attorney John Durham, a prosecutor from Connecticut who was tasked by Attorney General William Barr with investigating the origins and conduct of the Russia inquiry.
#8687660 at 2020-04-04 22:59:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11123: Dig Meme Pray Edition
how long now?
White Hats have still done nothing?
How long will Q fuck you and your family while encouraging your military to roam the streets while you stay home, doing nothing?
you fucking idiots, sat still, and meme'd, & prayed to pagan gods
while your country is ruined!!
so good Q/Q+ left MSM and censorship in place, as they bury POTUS every day and every show, no normies are waking in liberal cities, only blaming and pissing on Trump, and he is earning it because he did nothing about our biggest enemy, nope let them be, and know your family suffers, with no hope in sight and his family is still wealthy and insulated, but fuck the american people, what a fucking joke, no down internet, no truth, no disclosure, just the same old DS story doesn't matter because he did nothing and let Bush's bar boy to do as he was installed for, protect the Bush dynasty and the NWO
William Barr is as deep state and NWO as you get, put their to install legal and administrative state procedures and personnel.
If you think the normies are going to not blame Trump, your fucking stupid as hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You did nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hear Amazon is mandating preference for dildos, so you faggots will be happy.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/William-Barrs-connection-to-ruby-ridge-defending-fbi-snipers/
#8686713 at 2020-04-04 21:23:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11122: Do not Pray for Easy Lives, Pray to be Stronger Edition
Decentralized leadership raises questions about Trump coronavirus response
The rotating cast of officials appearing behind President Trump to detail the government's response to the coronavirus are leading to new criticisms that they reflect a scattered approach from the White House that too often leaves states fending for themselves.
Top Trump administration officials say the appearances by a broad range of administration officials shows the "all of government" undertaken to combat the coronavirus.
But some current and former government officials see a disconnected strategy where it can be unclear who's in charge of what or whether there is a coordinated long-term plan.
The shifting assignments and addition of officials with unclear responsibilities have contributed to the inefficient distribution of key supplies, those officials argue, which has been exacerbated by Trump's insistence that the federal government merely play a supporting role for states.
"The approach that's been taken at the White House with respect to critical inputs - protective gear, testing kits, ventilators, reagents, skilled personnel - there has never been a clear plan," said Steve Morrison, director of Global Health Policy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"And the alternative has been a very haphazard patchwork approach that has gone from overpromising and underdelivering multiple times and left the states on their own," added Morrison, a former Clinton administration official.
In recent days, more than a dozen administration officials have appeared behind Trump at the daily briefings.
Attorney General William Barr rolled out new drug interdiction efforts; Defense Secretary Mark Esper spoke about the military pitching in while retaining combat readiness; Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin touched on economic relief for businesses; senior adviser Jared Kushner outlined partnerships with the private sector; and top trade adviser Peter Navarro elaborated on the use of the Defense Production Act.
A White House spokesman rejected criticism that the effort has been disconnected. He identified Vice President Pence as the person in charge of coordinating the entire response, and listed dozens of actions taken by the administration that include travel restrictions, disaster declarations for states and funding for businesses and families impacted by the virus.
"As both the President and Vice President have said, this is a locally executed, state managed, federally supported response to a global pandemic," deputy press secretary Judd Deere said in a statement. "Every level of government needs to deliver solutions and that is what we are doing in partnership. During these difficult times, Americans are receiving comfort, hope and resources from their President, as well as their local officials, because this is an all-of-America effort."
The White House has shifted responsibilities as it scrambled to get its arms around the magnitude of the pandemic, which Trump downplayed for January and most of February.
The White House created a coronavirus task force at the end of January, putting Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar in charge.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/491093-decentralized-leadership-raises-questions-about-trump-coronavirus
#8683878 at 2020-04-04 14:48:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11119: Non Toxic Bread 2.0 Edition
>>8683089 lb
>Barr orders increase in home confinement as virus surges
>Attorney General William Barr has ordered the Bureau of Prisons to increase the use of home confinement
Either innocent or they're going to die. They're getting a chance to say goodbye to their families…
#8683089 at 2020-04-04 12:22:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11118: Toxic Free Notables Edition
Barr orders increase in home confinement as virus surges
Attorney General William Barr has ordered the Bureau of Prisons to increase the use of home confinement
Associated Press
April 4, 2020, 3:30 AM
"WASHINGTON – Attorney General William Barr ordered the Bureau of Prisons on Friday to increase the use of home confinement and expedite the release of eligible high-risk inmates at three federal prisons where coronavirus cases have skyrocketed.
Officials were told to give highest priority to inmates who are being held at FCC Oakdale, a prison complex in Louisiana where five inmates have died and more than a dozen others remain hospitalized. Also listed were FCI Elkton in Ohio - where three inmates have died - and FCI Danbury in Connecticut, which has reported 20 inmates testing positive for coronavirus.
"We have to move with dispatch in using home confinement, where appropriate, to move vulnerable inmates out of these institutions," Barr said in a Friday evening memo to the prison system's director.
As of Friday night, 91 inmates and 50 staff members had tested positive for coronavirus at federal correctional facilities across the U.S., the agency said. Congressional leaders and prison advocates have been pressing the Justice Department for weeks to release at-risk inmates ahead of a potential outbreak, arguing that the public health guidance to stay 6 feet away from other people is nearly impossible behind bars."
more here:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/Barr-orders-increase-home-confinement-virus-surges-69972840?cid=clicksource_4380645_4_heads_hero_live_headlines_hed
#8681560 at 2020-04-04 05:36:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General: #11116: We Stand On The Shoulders of GIANTS Edition
>>8681367
During the Obama administration the DOJ, several federal courts and intelligence agencies were converted into an interconnected, organized criminal enterprise.
Many of these entrenched criminals remain embedded in the federal bureaucracy to this day.
Christopher Wray and William Barr have done nothing to bring these criminals to justice.
In fact, they are continuing to block efforts to uncover the unprecedented abuse that occurred.
Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation was illegally predicated on at the very least illegally obtained and more likely, intelligence agency manufactured disinformation and then the whole mess was / is classified so there can be no inquiry by the public.
That debacle led to an effort by corrupt politicians like Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, Schumer and Nadler to illegally impeach our duly elected President, DJT.
As former CIA whistleblower John Stockwell said:
"They have a license to kill, but also they took that as license to smuggle drugs and do all kinds of things against our laws, international laws and every principle of nations working together to build a more healthy and peaceful world"
Sedition? I think so.
Treason? Quite possibly.
Fraud? Definitely, the taxpayers pay for it all… multi-millions…
Now is the time to be concerned…
#GreatAwakening.
Sidney Powell told Sara Carter. "Clapper and Brennan and others knew that Flynn intended to audit and clean out the corrupt intelligence agencies. They and the FBI targeted him to destroy with this false prosecution. Every day the government delays in dismissing this persecution is a disgrace for anything called "Justice" and an enormous waste of taxpayer dollars."
General Flynn formally asked to withdraw his guilty plea in January and filed a motion to dismiss the case, accusing federal prosecutors of "egregious government misconduct."
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/doj-prosecutors-ask-another-delay-flynn-case-sidney-powell-fights-dismissal/
#8681278 at 2020-04-04 04:59:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General: #11115: Operation Finale Edition
US Attorney General Announces Bureau of Prisons Under Emergency Conditions Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
The United States remains the nation worst affected by the new coronavirus disease, as its virus tally has exceeded 270,900, the count by Johns Hopkins University shows.
The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is facing emergency conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, US Attorney General William Barr announced on Friday. This allows the BOP to release more federal inmates into home confinement.
Prisoners at facilities where major coronavirus outbreaks have occurred will be prioritised, Barr added.
Earlier on Tuesday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that city authorities had released as many as 900 inmates from prison and will continue to free more prisoners in a bid to stop the COVID-19 spread.
The total number of COVID-19 infections in the US has reached 276,955, with at least 7,406 fatalities.
https://sputniknews.com/us/202004041078828043-us-attorney-general-announces-bureau-of-prisons-under-emergency-conditions-due-to-covid-19-pandemic/
#8674209 at 2020-04-03 18:16:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11106: Lag A Drag Keepin On Edition
John Durham investigation intensifies focus on John Brennan
U.S. Attorney John Durham's review of the Russia investigation is putting increased scrutiny on former CIA Director John Brennan, searching for any undue influence he may have had during 2017's intelligence community assessment of Russian interference.
Durham, selected by Attorney General William Barr last year to lead this inquiry, drove to Washington, D.C., in March to ensure the investigation stayed on track during the coronavirus outbreak. The top Connecticut federal prosecutor is looking into highly sensitive issues, including whether Brennan took politicized actions to pressure the rest of the intelligence community to match his conclusions about Russian President Vladimir Putin's motivations, according to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal.
Officials said Durham has been interviewing CIA officials this year, zeroing in on those at the National Intelligence Council, a center within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence which oversaw the collaboration between the CIA, FBI, and National Security Agency in putting together the 2017 assessment, and looking at how the work product was finalized.
The 2017 assessment concluded with "high confidence" that Putin "ordered an influence campaign in 2016" and Russia worked to "undermine public faith" in U.S. democracy, "denigrate" former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and "harm her electability and potential presidency," and "developed a clear preference" for Trump. The NSA diverged on one aspect, expressing only "moderate confidence" that Putin actively tried to help Trump win and Clinton lose.
Cont.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-durham-investigation-intensifies-focus-on-john-brennan
#8667908 at 2020-04-03 01:15:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11098: Viral Projections Edition
>>8667888
Letter on price gouging from 3M CEO
https://news.3m.com/blog/3m-stories/ceo-3m-supports-work-curb-pandemic-profiteers
CEO: 3M supports work to curb pandemic profiteers
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 8:02 am CDT
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Today, 3M Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mike Roman delivered the following letter to William Barr, attorney general of the United States; Larry Hogan, governor of Maryland and chair of the National Governors Association; and Tim Fox, attorney general of Montana and president of the National Association of Attorneys General, highlighting 3M's actions to curb counterfeiting and price gouging of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter also urges federal and state governments and law enforcement officials to continue to lead the fight, with 3M's support and assistance, against those who are exploiting the crisis by marketing counterfeit products or gouging the public.
…
Dear Attorney General Barr, Governor Hogan, and Attorney General Fox:
On behalf of 3M and our 96,000 employees worldwide, I would like to offer our support as you protect the public from counterfeiting and price-gouging with respect to critical medical devices, including the respirators and masks that are critical to our country's medical personnel.
This pandemic is affecting us all. 3M is doing all that it can to support public health and those impacted by this global health crisis. We are mobilizing all available resources and rapidly increasing output of critical supplies healthcare workers in the United States and around the world need to help protect their lives as they treat others.
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, 3M has doubled its output of N95 respirators. We are running our manufacturing lines around the clock seven days a week, hiring workers, adding shifts, and activating more production lines. In addition, 3M is increasing its investment to expand its global capacity for manufacturing these respirators by more than 30 percent in the next 12 months. Here in the U.S., 3M currently manufactures more than 400 million N95 respirators annually. This production capacity, as well as our increased production of hand sanitizers and disinfectants, is critical to supporting healthcare workers and first responders. We are also in the process of working with logistics providers and large e-marketplace operators on a coordinated strategy and action plan to ensure products rapidly get to where they are needed most.
3M has not increased the prices it charges for respirators as a result of this global crisis. 3M will not increase its current pricing for respirators being used to help address the pandemic.
We assume you have seen the many reports of fraudulent activity and price gouging involving medical devices, including our N95 respirators. We are currently providing assistance directly to the public to help curb this activity:
https://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/1803670O/fraudulent-activity-and-counterfeit-products.pdf.
We are also in the process of working with large e-marketplace operators on a coordinated strategy and action plan to identify and remove counterfeiters and price-gougers and to refer them to the appropriate law enforcement authorities. In addition, we would welcome the opportunity to provide assistance to you as you seek to identify and hold individuals and organizations accountable for making counterfeit respirators or inflating prices.
We will continue to do all we can to support healthcare workers and those on the front lines combatting the COVID-19 outbreak. We stand ready to work with federal and state governments to end unethical actions that exploit this global pandemic and threaten those working so hard to protect public health and safety.
Respectfully,
Mike Roman
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
3M
#8637262 at 2020-03-31 18:34:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11059: WHO's News Now? Edition
After Congressional Coronavirus Meetings, Pelosi Bought $5 Million in Amazon Stock Before U.S. Retailers Were Forced to Close; And She Already Made Millions
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and her husband are cashing in already on $5 million of Amazon stock purchased during the time frame that closed-door coronavirus meetings were being conducted in Congress.
As of Tuesday morning, the Pelosi stock purchase had already earned the couple $1.1 million in less than 10 weeks. The Amazon share price climbed close to $2,000 on Tuesday. Paul Pelosi, the speaker's husband, got in at a price of $1,600 per share and grabbed 3,000 shares on Jan. 17, according to financial disclosure filings.
Additionally, Paul Pelosi held 40 additional call options on Amazon stock too and sold those on Jan. 17 as well, netting him between $500,000 and $1 million, filings shows.
That's like a quick $2 million in profit. Where is William Barr? Paging AG Barr ...
https://truepundit.com/after-congressional-coronavirus-meetings-pelosi-bought-5-million-n-amazon-stock-before-u-s-retailers-were-forced-to-close-and-she-already-made-millions/
#8633168 at 2020-03-31 08:58:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11054: Not sending their best Edition
How Many Patients Died While Cuomo Lied? NY Gov.
Hoarded Ventilators While Patients Had to Share or Had None
11 MINS AGO
"This will be a great test for U.S. Attorney General William Barr who, flanked by President Trump, warned all comers last week that anyone caught hoarding critical medical supplies would be prosecuted by the Justice Department.
Literally days later, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was busted hoarding thousands of ventilators from sick patients while he jockeyed with the federal government to buy and send New York more ventilators because he said the state was experiencing a supposed dire shortage. It turns out, that was a lie and Cuomo was just being a cheap bureaucrat, gambling with the lives of sick patients while trying to haord even more ventilators, this time for free."
MOAR:
https://truepundit.com/how-many-patients-died-while-cuomo-lied-ny-gov-hoarded-ventilators-while-patients-had-to-share-or-had-none/
#8624768 at 2020-03-30 17:35:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11043: USA STRONG Edition
NY Gov Cuomo repeated strongly "nobody is immune from this virus" — This is not true for Covid-19. People are building up immunities. So he is speaking of something else.
He has continually spoken of NY being a model for the rest of America.
He said something odd "the longer you are on a ventilator the longer you will stay on a ventilator" ….. Could be speaking of crime or pain versus penalty.
The situation is PAINFULLY CLEAR…. no question to the consequences.
HE said life is options.
Only two missions:
1) Public needs to be responsible
2) Front-line battle is our healthcare workers.
He says NY is not successful to keep density out of playgounds… what playground is he really speaking.
You know exactly where the enemy is going to attack.
Flatten curve
Continued to use language of troops being the soldiers. He is calling for relief from other states.
As before he says if you help we will return the favor.
Mentions Detroit and New Orleans.
Everyone competing for supplies… all trying to buy from China. The prices are being driven up. Two weeks ago $20,000 for ventilator, no jacked prices up to $50,000. William Barr spoke strongly against this.
He says he is building stockpiles not for immediate use. He wants to stock up even if he is not currently needing them. Trying to give an excuse for hoarding —- which is BullShit!
(NY is not USA's only city or state that needs help. He acts like NY is the most important.)
He stated "it is too late to prepare when storm hits".
If there is division or politics we will not make it.
Stresses NOW.
Said the LORD know we need it today more than ever before.
#8624351 at 2020-03-30 16:54:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11042: The 'CURE' Will Spread WW Edition
Venezuelan General is Extradited to US - Second General Surrenders After US Puts Bounty on Leaders of Criminal Socialist Maduro Regime
Elda Primera March 28, 2020
On Thursday US Attorney General William Barr along with the DEA and prosecutors from the Justice Department filed charges against the Maduro regime.
The US Department of Justice accused the Maduro regime of narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, corruption and money laundering. The charges were made against Maduro, Diosdado Cabello and 12 members of the Venezuelan cartel. US offered a generous reward of millions of US dollars for handing over to regime criminals making the announcement much more attractive.
On Saturday Venezuelan General Cliver Alcala was in custody in New York City. General Alcalá is the first regime official to be detained by the US authorities.
The socialist general will be presented before the federal court for being part of the criminal Venezuelan cartel.
According to the El Espectador.com the Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro responded to the US threats, saying, "From here they take me dead". The narco-dictator added, "Are they going to accuse us of being terrorists? Here we are, the sons of Chávez. They will not be able to do this to us."
After the US threats another regim official, Vladimir Padrino Lopez said he was absolutely loyal to the socialist regime.
During his speech, the Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López, said "no empire" will make him give in and he will defend his revolutionary and anti-imperialist principles.
By the way, General Hugo Carvajal has also decided to turn himself in to US authorities. The decision is being processed in Spain and will be effective in a few hours.
The DOJ has just charged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with conspiracy to commit narco-terrorism and has offered a $15 million reward for information leading to his arrest.
The US Justice Department offered $ 10 million to obtain information Carvajal's his whereabouts. Most importantly, this would be the second member of the Venezuelan cartel to surrender.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/venezuelan-general-is-extradited-to-us-second-general-surrenders-after-us-puts-bounty-on-leaders-of-criminal-socialist-maduro-regime
#8623176 at 2020-03-30 14:50:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11041: PAIN Coming to NY. Patriots COMFY Edition
>>8623052
Doubtful, considering that Epstein is 3 years YOUNGER than William Barr.
#8622814 at 2020-03-30 13:54:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11040: Uptick for the Righteous Edition
https://in.reuters.com/article/usa-venezuela-spain-idINKBN21F0SI
Former Venezuelan intelligence chief Hugo Carvajal leaves prison after being freed in Estremera, Spain September 16, 2019. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho/Files
CARACAS (Reuters) - The former head of Venezuela's military intelligence unit, Hugo Carvajal, is in the process of surrendering to U.S. authorities, two people familiar with the matter said, after prosecutors charged him on Thursday with drug trafficking alongside Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Carvajal, a former general and ally of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, has been in hiding since a Spanish court in November approved his extradition to the United States. It was unclear when he will formally surrender to U.S. authorities and the two people declined to say.
On Friday, U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agents flew to Colombia to remand in custody retired Venezuelan general Cliver Alcala, three people familiar with the matter said, after he agreed to work with prosecutors who charged him in the same case.
The U.S. government indicted Carvajal, Alcala, Maduro, and a dozen other current and former Venezuelan officials on charges of "narco-terrorism", the latest escalation of a pressure campaign by U.S. President Donald Trump administration to oust the socialist leader.
Attorney General William Barr accused Maduro and his associates of colluding with a dissident faction of the demobilized Colombian guerrilla group, the FARC, "to flood the United States with cocaine."
Carvajal has repeatedly denied accusations he helped smuggle cocaine to the United States.
Since leaving Venezuela, Carvajal has denounced Maduro and given his support to opposition leader Juan Guaido.
He was arrested by Spanish police in April 2019 at the request of U.S. authorities but Spain's High Court initially ruled that he should be released and his extradition request denied. The court reversed that decision in November.
#8614186 at 2020-03-29 19:37:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11029: Celebrate National Vietnam War Veterans Day Edition
>>8614170
BEING ALIVE AS A NON-JEW IS AN ANTI-SEMITIC HATE CRIME
https://christiansfortruth.com/slapping-a-jew-is-now-officially-a-federal-crime/
https://archive.vn/vfSh8
Jewish U.S. Attorney General William Barr Makes Slapping A Jew A Federal 'Hate' Crime
"
Tiffany Harris, the Black woman who made headlines for randomly slapping three Jewish women in December on the streets of Brooklyn for no apparent reason whatsoever - and then quickly being released from jail - has been charged with federal hate crimes:
"U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced the Justice Department's decision to charge Tiffany Harris in a meeting Tuesday morning with Jewish leaders in Brooklyn at which he pledged "zero tolerance" for anti-Semitism.
"These are the kinds of cases that maybe in the past would have been treated locally, but I think it's important for the federal government to plant its flag," Barr said at the meeting. "We will move aggressively when we see this kind of activity."
Harris has emerged as a flashpoint in the debate over a bail reform law that went into effect Jan. 1 in New York state. The law, which prohibits bail requirements for most nonviolent and minor offenses, was intended to ensure that defendants are not treated differently based on their financial means.
Harris' arrests - after her release, she was arrested again for assault - took place before the law went into effect. Still, politicians who oppose the law have cited the 30-year-old woman in making the case that judges should have discretion to impose bail requirements.
"A bigger, stronger example should have been made of this violent anti-Semitic criminal, not the opposite," Lee Zeldin, a Republican Jewish congressman from Long Island, said earlier this month.
That appears to be happening with the federal charges, which come amid Barr's "zero tolerance" pledge and as the New York Police Department seeks ways to circumvent the bail law.
"I am appalled that Tiffany Harris is being used as a scapegoat for the fear-mongering surrounding bail reform," Lisa Schreibersdorf, Harris' lawyer, told the New York Daily News on Tuesday. "
The U.S. Attorney General, William Barr, is jewish through his father and should have recused himself in this case for the conflict of interest, but it's an antisemitic 'canard' to claim that Jews cannot be objective about a legal matter involving their fellow Jews.
Bear in mind that none of Harris' jewish 'victims' were seriously injured by these 'attacks', except perhaps their 'dignity'.
White people are permanently maimed and murdered by Blacks in random attacks almost every day in America, but those attacks will never be prosecuted as Federal crimes.
The reason Harris was let out on bail after slapping the Jew was that the court did not consider her crime 'serious' and there were obviously no injuries to her 'victims'. But now that she got out on bail and did it again, Jews want that bail loophole closed.
When a White person is murdered by that loophole, no one cares.
When a Jew gets slapped, an example needs to be set.
The idea that merely slapping a 'protected class' in America has now reached the level of a Federal crime should really make people wake up to what's coming. This is just the beginning.
This two-tier justice system will increase antisemitism, not reduce it, and it should be Jews themselves who object to this dangerous special treatment.
"
To be clear, I still support Trump and Barr, nobody is perfect, but only speaking out against this "Jews are special" bullshit will lead to peaceful change.
And obviously, shit like this makes people hate Jews, and is dangerous for Jews.
NOTE:
Barr's father was born Jewish but later converted to Catholicism. His mother is of Irish ancestry. Barr was raised Catholic.
He's Catholic, not Jewish.
The article goes overboard regarding that, but the gist of the article is solid (Jews are getting unfair special treatment that only makes everyone hate them).
#8611167 at 2020-03-29 14:10:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11025: We are all God's children Edition
>>8611160
Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi was convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, 23 April 2017 [Twitter]
It later emerged that Toni Gauci received $2 million in return for his testimony against Al-Megrahi before he disappeared from Malta altogether. Many experts think that he was coached on his story to be as convincing as possible. Under Scottish law, it is illegal to reward or coach witnesses in any legal proceedings.
READ: Humanity and responsibility are needed in the fight for Tripoli
According to Professor Black, the High Court of Judiciary could return its verdict before the 32nd anniversaries of the atrocity on 21 December this year. Meticulous as ever, the now retired professor thinks the court is likely to quash the original verdict and thus exonerate the late Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi posthumously. If that happens, he believes that Al-Megrahi's family would be "entitled to claim compensation for wrongful imprisonment." The convicted man spent eight years in prison after his conviction on 31 January 2001 before being released in 2009 on compassionate grounds as he was terminally ill with prostate cancer. However, warned Black, any such claim is likely to be resisted strongly.
At this stage we might feel entitled to ask what should happen to Libya if the verdict goes the way that Al-Megrahi's family hope. The North African country had to endure crippling economic sanctions imposed by a series of UN Security Council resolutions starting with Resolution 731 passed on 21 March 1992. If Al-Megrahi is vindicated, might Libya also be vindicated and possibly claim compensation for the damage caused by the sanctions? Can it ask for the reimbursement of $2.7 billion paid to victims' families? Even though the country accepted responsibility for the actions of its "officials" - Al-Megrahi and Fhimah, who was station manager for Libyan Arab Airlines in Malta at the time of the bombing - the money was paid as part of the requirements of the UN Resolutions.
Whatever the Scottish High Court of Justiciary decides later this year, many think that Al-Megrahi and Libya are already exonerated by the fact that the SCCRC has raised serious doubts about the trial and its verdict. Given the obvious US links to the case, it is interesting to note that current US Attorney General William Barr was the acting Attorney General who indicted the two Libyans in 1991. What will he have to say when the Court in Scotland returns its verdict?
#8605866 at 2020-03-29 01:32:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11019 WE WILL PROTECT YOU edition
Global Announcements
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#11018 New Baker
>>8605368 PDJT Q+ Twatt (Comfort Ship + pic)
>>8605078 PDJT Twatt WE WILL WIN THIS WAR
>>8605080 PDJT Twatt Governor's of New York
>>8605114 Florida Surgeon General Alert via Text for age 65 or older to watch their health
>>8605171 Twatter Fire next to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
>>8605189 White House Twatt Ship has a 70,000 ton message (CLINTON FOUNDATION & HAITI)
>>8605192, >>8605139, >>8605139, Dr. Fauci best buds w/ WHO chief mini bun
>>8605229 Conservative Tree House PDJT speech in text
>>8605237 BADASS @USNAVY twatt "We will stop at nothing to protect"
>>8605271 TMZ John Callahan dead at '66' All Muh Childrens star
>>8605310 Reuters Maduro accomplice surrenders to US Agents
>>8605321 Haiti hospital chief kidnapped amid coronavirus emergency (rid of evidence?)
>>8605339 PDJT Schedule for Sunday March 29, 2020
>>8605439 Hero of MGM shoot-out at MGM steps down to assist Nevada Gov Sisolak in Covid-19 effort
>>8605497, >>8605523, >>8605563, >>8605620 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation & Moar minibun
>>8605553 Respiratory remedy: Camel Milk?
>>8605567 PapaD twatt warns of LA Mayor wanting to track via cellphone
>>8605613 Ellen Instagram Pic weird piping around hood looks like noose
>>8605683 Tom Hanks Pics driving pics, not new
>>8605714 Spoopy Pizza Joint Bubba's 33 is giving away 33 pizzas, to first 33 cars at 3:33pm.. background?
>>8605780 #11018
#11017
>>8604327, >>8604350, >>8604382 Germany, state of Hesse finance minister, Thomas Schäfer found dead
>>8604371, >>8604378 Scavino twat w POTUS salutes the ship, anons notice >>8604380 , >>8604461 some deets
>>8604396 CDC guy replies to COMEY that is Camel Up and the new edition is better, anons opine re comms
>>8604445 Why the Federal Reserve is Unconstitutional; video too.
>>8604591 U.S. Space Force's First Offensive Weapon Is a Satellite Jammer
>>8604678, >>8604856 True Earth, "Fake Death" caught on Camera !! U.K.
>>8604483 Corona infected Andy Cohen, side dish of Vanderbilt Cooper, posts plenty of pedo coded photos of his son on Instagram (says anon)
>>8604933 New Rudy twat promoting Hydroxy
>>8605001 #11017
#11016
>>8603854, >>8603875 DJT rt WH tweet - this anon is mad >>8603644 that this qmap post >>8602492 (pb) didnt get added by baker, so he's whining, he has a hurt ego
>>8603652 dead Miami nurse: >>8603811 empty Miami hospital ?
>>8603669, >>8603718 DEVELOPING: Large tornado touches down in Jonesboro, Arkansas; Widespread damage reported
>>8603702, >>8603771, >>8603872 planefags up in here
>>8603714, >>8603745 New DJT -With the courage of our doctors and nurses, with the skill of our scientists and innovators, with the determination of the American People, and with the grace of God, WE WILL WIN THIS WAR.
>>8603821 23 Flags behind POTUS
>>8603844, >>8603886 Cuhomo - If Trump ordered a federal quarantine it would be an 'act of war'
>>8603996 New COMEY - I don't know whether this game is called "Camel Cup" or "Camel Up," but either way, I lost.
>>8603893 anon speculates on Hanks hands up in the air pics, anons chime in with speculations, many (yous) were had, some were nommed like >>8604127 hands up, suicide wknd
>>8603615 Attorney General William Barr: Transgender Girls Are Male
>>8604415 #11016
#11015
>>8603227, >>8603305 Planefag reports
>>8603153 Q post SPREADSHEET IS UPDATED
>>8603045 NYT: A week later, Dr. Fauci has become the target of an online conspiracy
>>8602824, >>8602839, >>8603215 China Virus Gen.
>>8602821, >>8602956, >>8603011 Boatfag reports
>>8602808 Sputnik: Two Rockets Intercepted Over Saudi Capital
>>8602774 U.S. military in charge of protecting homeland isolated in Cheyenne Mtn.
>>8602753, >>8603067, >>8603168 Hanx Landing
>>8602751 Kennedy Center Lays off Orchestra
>>8603464 #11015
Previously Collected Notables
>>8601897 #11013, >>8602683 #11014
>>8598841 #11009, >>8599527 #11010, >>8600349 11011, >>8601155 #11012
>>8595772 #11005, >>8596527 #11006, >>8597301 #11007, >>8598068 #11008
>>8592695 #11001, >>8593438 #11002, >>8594215 #11003, >>8594967 #11004
>>8590379 #10998, >>8591173 #10999, >>8591913 #11000, >>8592695 #11001
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com (new)
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://8kun.top
#8605310 at 2020-03-29 00:46:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11018: All Aboard The Comfort Shift Edition
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-venezuela-dea-exclusive-idUSKBN21E3IQ
Alleged Maduro accomplice surrenders to U.S. agents, will help prosecution: sources
CARACAS/BOGOTA (Reuters) - U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agents on Friday remanded in custody retired Venezuelan general Cliver Alcala, three people familiar with the matter said, after he agreed to work with prosecutors who charged him, President Nicolas Maduro and other top officials with drug trafficking.
Alcala surrendered to DEA agents in Colombia and waived his right to challenge extradition, the three people told Reuters. He was flown to White Plains, New York from the port city of Barranquilla, where he had been living.
The White House and a DEA spokeswoman referred questions to the U.S. Department of Justice, which declined to comment. The State Department did not reply to a request for comment. Colombia's National Police declined to comment.
The U.S. government on Thursday indicted Maduro, Alcala and 13 other current and former Venezuelan officials on charges of "narco-terrorism", the latest escalation of a pressure campaign by U.S. President Donald Trump administration to oust the socialist leader.
Attorney General William Barr accused Maduro and his associates of colluding with a dissident faction of the demobilized Colombian guerrilla group, the FARC, "to flood the United States with cocaine."
Maduro, in a state television address, dismissed the charges as false and racist, and called Trump a "miserable person."
The U.S. State Department had offered a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to Alcala's arrest, while there is a reward of up to $15 million for information aiding Maduro's detention.
The indictment alleged that Alcala and other top officials received bribes from the FARC in exchange for safe passage for cocaine shipments sent through Venezuela.
#8605051 at 2020-03-29 00:25:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11018: All Aboard The Comfort Shift Edition
Global Announcements
>>8579854, >>8580159 Make it easier on the bakers: how to write high-quality research posts
>>8363658 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
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Notables
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#11017
>>8604327, >>8604350, >>8604382 Germany, state of Hesse finance minister, Thomas Schäfer found dead
>>8604371, >>8604378 Scavino twat w POTUS salutes the ship, anons notice >>8604380 , >>8604461 some deets
>>8604396 CDC guy replies to COMEY that is Camel Up and the new edition is better, anons opine re comms
>>8604445 Why the Federal Reserve is Unconstitutional; video too.
>>8604591 U.S. Space Force's First Offensive Weapon Is a Satellite Jammer
>>8604678, >>8604856 True Earth, "Fake Death" caught on Camera !! U.K.
>>8604483 Corona infected Andy Cohen, side dish of Vanderbilt Cooper, posts plenty of pedo coded photos of his son on Instagram (says anon)
>>8604933 New Rudy twat promoting Hydroxy
>>8605001 #11017
#11016
>>8603854, >>8603875 DJT rt WH tweet - this anon is mad >>8603644 that this qmap post >>8602492 (pb) didnt get added by baker, so he's whining, he has a hurt ego
>>8603652 dead Miami nurse: >>8603811 empty Miami hospital ?
>>8603669, >>8603718 DEVELOPING: Large tornado touches down in Jonesboro, Arkansas; Widespread damage reported
>>8603702, >>8603771, >>8603872 planefags up in here
>>8603714, >>8603745 New DJT -With the courage of our doctors and nurses, with the skill of our scientists and innovators, with the determination of the American People, and with the grace of God, WE WILL WIN THIS WAR.
>>8603821 23 Flags behind POTUS
>>8603844, >>8603886 Cuhomo - If Trump ordered a federal quarantine it would be an 'act of war'
>>8603996 New COMEY - I don't know whether this game is called "Camel Cup" or "Camel Up," but either way, I lost.
>>8603893 anon speculates on Hanks hands up in the air pics, anons chime in with speculations, many (yous) were had, some were nommed like >>8604127 hands up, suicide wknd
>>8603615 Attorney General William Barr: Transgender Girls Are Male
>>8604415 #11016
#11015
>>8603227, >>8603305 Planefag reports
>>8603153 Q post SPREADSHEET IS UPDATED
>>8603045 NYT: A week later, Dr. Fauci has become the target of an online conspiracy
>>8602824, >>8602839, >>8603215 China Virus Gen.
>>8602821, >>8602956, >>8603011 Boatfag reports
>>8602808 Sputnik: Two Rockets Intercepted Over Saudi Capital
>>8602774 U.S. military in charge of protecting homeland isolated in Cheyenne Mtn.
>>8602753, >>8603067, >>8603168 Hanx Landing
>>8602751 Kennedy Center Lays off Orchestra
>>8603464 #11015
#11014
>>8602197, >>8602249, >>8602275, >>8602305, Noteworthy News Articles
>>8602048 Ellen posts Instagram video of her holding a Lego building set for Dubai.
>>8602080, >>8602135 David Geffen digs
>>8602120, >>8602224, >>8602251, >>8602291, >>8602496, PF Reports
>>8602123, >>8602308, >>8602420 NYC is the epicenter of #COVID19 in the US, with hospitals on the verge of collapse and morgues overflowing. Queens is the hardest-hit borough. Here's the teach at Astoria Park, in Queens
>>8602389 Fire In Seattle near Gates Foundation
>>8602524 The USNS Mercy docked yesterday 3/27
>>8602584 Missiles intercepted above Riyadh
>>8602683 11014
#11013
>>8601249, >>8601627, >>8601643, >>8601680, >>8601708, Noteworthy News Articles
>>8601209, >>8601341, >>8601555, >>8601634, >>8601793, >>8601800, PF REPORTS
>>8601219 POTUS Remarks at Norfolk - March 28, 2020
>>8601406 World is Watching
>>8601404 Masks is Codeword for Shell Companies
>>8601515 Two More NYPD Employees, Including A Detective, Have Died From The Coronavirus
>>8601565 John Kerry said March 30, 2015 "Nuclear deal with Iran is possible 'if Allah wills it' (inshallah)"
>>8601897 11013
#8604540 at 2020-03-28 23:44:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11017: We Will Win This War Edition
Anybody grab a cap of this article?
Forbes paywalled.
>>8603615 PB Attorney General William Barr: Transgender Girls Are Male
#8604415 at 2020-03-28 23:33:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11017: We Will Win This War Edition
>>8604355
#11016
>>8603854, >>8603875 DJT rt WH tweet - thiis anon is mad >>8603644 that this post >>8602492 (pb) didnt get added by baker, so his ego is butthurt
>>8603652 dead Miami nurse: >>8603811 empty Miami hospital ?
>>8603669, >>8603718 DEVELOPING: Large tornado touches down in Jonesboro, Arkansas; Widespread damage reported
>>8603702, >>8603771, >>8603872 planefags up in here
>>8603714, >>8603745 New DJT -With the courage of our doctors and nurses, with the skill of our scientists and innovators, with the determination of the American People, and with the grace of God, WE WILL WIN THIS WAR.
>>8603821 23 Flags behind POTUS
>>8603844, >>8603886 Cuhomo - If Trump ordered a federal quarantine it would be an 'act of war'
>>8603996 New COMEY - I don't know whether this game is called "Camel Cup" or "Camel Up," but either way, I lost.
>>8603893 anon speculates on Hanks hands up in the air pics, anons chime in with speculations, many (yous) were had, some were nommed like >>8604127 hands up, suicide wknd
>>8603615 Attorney General William Barr: Transgender Girls Are Male
#8604294 at 2020-03-28 23:18:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11017: We Will Win This War Edition
Global Announcements
>>8579854, >>8580159 Make it easier on the bakers: how to write high-quality research posts
>>8363658 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
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Notables
are not endorsements
#11016
>>8603854, >>8603875 DJT rt WH tweet - thiis anon is mad >>8603644 that this post >>8602492 (pb) which was 1 hour after the RT, but still first, didnt get added by baker
>>8603652 dead Miami nurse: >>8603811 empty Miami hospital ?
>>8603669, >>8603718 DEVELOPING: Large tornado touches down in Jonesboro, Arkansas; Widespread damage reported
>>8603702, >>8603771, >>8603872 planefags up in here
>>8603714, >>8603745 New DJT -With the courage of our doctors and nurses, with the skill of our scientists and innovators, with the determination of the American People, and with the grace of God, WE WILL WIN THIS WAR.
>>8603821 23 Flags behind POTUS
>>8603844, >>8603886 Cuhomo - If Trump ordered a federal quarantine it would be an 'act of war'
>>8603996 New COMEY - I don't know whether this game is called "Camel Cup" or "Camel Up," but either way, I lost.
>>8603893 anon speculates on Hanks hands up in the air pics, anons chime in with speculations, many (yous) were had, some were nommed like >>8604127 hands up, suicide wknd
>>8603615 Attorney General William Barr: Transgender Girls Are Male
>>8604235 #11016
#11015
>>8603227, >>8603305 Planefag reports
>>8603153 Q post SPREADSHEET IS UPDATED
>>8603045 NYT: A week later, Dr. Fauci has become the target of an online conspiracy
>>8602824, >>8602839, >>8603215 China Virus Gen.
>>8602821, >>8602956, >>8603011 Boatfag reports
>>8602808 Sputnik: Two Rockets Intercepted Over Saudi Capital
>>8602774 U.S. military in charge of protecting homeland isolated in Cheyenne Mtn.
>>8602753, >>8603067, >>8603168 Hanx Landing
>>8602751 Kennedy Center Lays off Orchestra
>>8603464 #11015
#11014
>>8602197, >>8602249, >>8602275, >>8602305, Noteworthy News Articles
>>8602048 Ellen posts Instagram video of her holding a Lego building set for Dubai.
>>8602080, >>8602135 David Geffen digs
>>8602120, >>8602224, >>8602251, >>8602291, >>8602496, PF Reports
>>8602123, >>8602308, >>8602420 NYC is the epicenter of #COVID19 in the US, with hospitals on the verge of collapse and morgues overflowing. Queens is the hardest-hit borough. Here's the teach at Astoria Park, in Queens
>>8602389 Fire In Seattle near Gates Foundation
>>8602524 The USNS Mercy docked yesterday 3/27
>>8602584 Missiles intercepted above Riyadh
>>8602683 11014
#11013
>>8601249, >>8601627, >>8601643, >>8601680, >>8601708, Noteworthy News Articles
>>8601209, >>8601341, >>8601555, >>8601634, >>8601793, >>8601800, PF REPORTS
>>8601219 POTUS Remarks at Norfolk - March 28, 2020
>>8601406 World is Watching
>>8601404 Masks is Codeword for Shell Companies
>>8601515 Two More NYPD Employees, Including A Detective, Have Died From The Coronavirus
>>8601565 John Kerry said March 30, 2015 "Nuclear deal with Iran is possible 'if Allah wills it' (inshallah)"
>>8601897 11013
#8604249 at 2020-03-28 23:14:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11016: FNG God Q'd How Cool is That Edition
>>8603615
>Attorney General William Barr: Transgender Girls Are Male
#8604235 at 2020-03-28 23:13:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11016: FNG God Q'd How Cool is That Edition
#11016
>>8603854, >>8603875 DJT rt WH tweet - thiis anon is mad >>8603644 that this post >>8602492 (pb) which was 1 hour after the RT, but still first, didnt get added by baker
>>8603652 dead Miami nurse: >>8603811 empty Miami hospital ?
>>8603669, >>8603718 DEVELOPING: Large tornado touches down in Jonesboro, Arkansas; Widespread damage reported
>>8603702, >>8603771, >>8603872 planefags up in here
>>8603714, >>8603745 New DJT -With the courage of our doctors and nurses, with the skill of our scientists and innovators, with the determination of the American People, and with the grace of God, WE WILL WIN THIS WAR.
>>8603821 23 Flags behind POTUS
>>8603844, >>8603886 Cuhomo - If Trump ordered a federal quarantine it would be an 'act of war'
>>8603996 New COMEY - I don't know whether this game is called "Camel Cup" or "Camel Up," but either way, I lost.
>>8603893 anon speculates on Hanks hands up in the air pics, anons chime in with speculations, many (yous) were had, some were nommed like >>8604127 hands up, suicide wknd
>>8603615 Attorney General William Barr: Transgender Girls Are Male
#8603889 at 2020-03-28 22:46:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11016: FNG God Q'd How Cool is That Edition
>>8603615
>https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnstaceyennis/2020/03/26/attorney-general-William-Barr-transgender-girls-are-male/#716721b55826
>Attorney General William Barr: Transgender Girls Are Male
Notable
All your transgenders are belong to us
#8603615 at 2020-03-28 22:24:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11016: FNG God Q'd How Cool is That Edition
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnstaceyennis/2020/03/26/attorney-general-William-Barr-transgender-girls-are-male/#716721b55826
Attorney General William Barr: Transgender Girls Are Male
#8600837 at 2020-03-28 19:04:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11012: Frango Dura Patientia Edition.
>>8600662
>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/William-Barr-says-john-durhams-russia-investigation-persists-during-coronavirus-outbreak
#8587435 at 2020-03-27 18:41:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10995: Deep State Needs Some Hugs Edition
Maduro calls Trump a 'racist cowboy' in rebuke of US indictment for narcoterrorism
Venezuelan socialist leader Nicolas Maduro slammed the United States and President Trump after the Justice Department charged him with narcoterrorism. The Justice Department announced on Thursday that Maduro and his co-conspirators were indicted for their alleged role in facilitating the global drug trade through Maduro's own drug ring, dubbed the Cartel of the Sun. Maduro was also accused of allowing the Colombia-based terrorist group known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, to operate freely in Venezuela's border region with Colombia.
Maduro responded to the indictment by accusing the U.S. and Colombia of "giving orders to flood Venezuela with violence." He also called Trump a "racist cowboy and warned that he's ready to fight should the U.S. invade Venezuela, according to the Associated Press. Attorney General William Barr said on Thursday that he expected the U.S. to "eventually" get Maduro into custody along with his co-conspirators. "We want these defendants captured so they can face justice in U.S. courts," he said. Barr said the Maduro regime allows FARC to use its airspace to fly the cocaine north to destinations in the United States and elsewhere in North America. In announcing the unsealing of indictments in federal court in South Florida and New York, the Justice Department said "we estimate that somewhere between 200 and 250 metric tons of cocaine are shipped out of Venezuela by these routes" and "those 250 metric tons equates to 30 million lethal doses." The U.S. and nearly 60 countries worldwide recognize Juan Guaido, the president of Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly, as the legitimate leader of the country, not Maduro.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/maduro-calls-trump-a-racist-cowboy-in-rebuke-of-us-indictment-for-narcoterrorism
#8586820 at 2020-03-27 17:46:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10994: Who Needs Star Wars When....Edition
Method of Execution for Federal Treason is Injection of PENTOBARBITAL
July 25, 2019
Federal Government To Resume Capital Punishment after Nearly 2 Decade Lapse
The Federal Execution Protocol Addendum, which closely mirrors protocols utilized by several states, including currently Georgia, Missouri, and Texas, replaces the three-drug procedure previously used in Federal executions with a single drug- Pentobarbital.
Since 2010, 14 states have used Pentobarbital in over 200 executions, and Federal courts, including the Supreme Court, have repeatedly upheld the use of Pentobarbital in executions as consistent with the Eighth Amendment.Upon Attorney General Barr's direction, Acting Director Hurwitz adopted the Addendum to the Federal Execution Protocol and, in accordance with 28 C.F.R. Part 26.
Sauce: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-government-resume-capital-punishment-after-nearly-two-decade-lapse
PENTOBARBITAL: Pentobarbital, also known as pentobarbitone, is a short-acting barbiturate. In high doses, pentobarbital causes death by respiratory arrest. In the United States, the drug has been used for executions of convicted criminals.
On July 25, 2019, US Attorney General William Barr directed the Federal government to resume capital punishment after 16 years.
Pentobarbitol's old name was Nembutal, known on the streets as "Yellow Jackets" due to yellow capsule.
Sauce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentobarbital#Execution
#8584605 at 2020-03-27 14:31:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10991:War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness Edition
PRIORITIZE CORONAVIRUS-RELATED FRAUD PROSECUTIONS
HAMMER TIME -> Barr said of the Justice Department's commitment to proceed with criminal investigations, prioritize coronavirus-related fraud prosecutions, and pursue other Trump administration priorities during a deadly outbreak.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/William-Barr-says-john-durhams-russia-investigation-persists-during-coronavirus-outbreak
THIS STANDS OUT -> "prioritize coronavirus-related fraud prosecutions"
LIKE WHAT? What kind of coronavirus-related fraud is BILL FUK'N Barr concerning himself with?
WHAT KINDS of FRAUD rises to his level?
THINK.
WHAT if the WHOLE DAMN THING is a FRAUD?
WHAT if we know WHO did this? How, and Why…
THINK with your WHOLE brain.
#8584250 at 2020-03-27 13:49:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10991:War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness Edition
Barr says John Durham's Russia
investigation persists during coronavirus
outbreak
For those wondering if U.S. Attorney John Durham's secretive review of the origins and conduct of the Trump-Russia investigation will be delayed by the growing coronavirus outbreak in the United States, a new report offered a clue.
Attorney General William Barr told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Monday that Durham, the top federal prosecutor in Connecticut, was in Washington, D.C., last week working on the high-profile inquiry with staffers.
"There's some discombobulation, but part of what we're trying to do is keep up the mission," Barr said of the Justice Department's commitment to proceed with criminal investigations, prioritize coronavirus-related fraud prosecutions, keep the justice system functioning amid court closures and trial suspensions, and pursue other Trump administration priorities during a deadly outbreak.
Last week, Fox News reported that Durham was on pace to finish his "investigation of the investigators" by the summer. One source "suggested the investigation could end as soon as July." But another "said it could be closer to September, based on Durham's progress, which could be hindered by the coronavirus pandemic rocking the nation and the globe."
Rep. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, also said this month that Durham's inquiry is "due to be completed sometime this summer."
Durham was appointed last year by Barr to review possible misconduct by federal law enforcement and intelligence officials in the Russia investigation. The review upgraded into a criminal investigation in the fall, allowing Durham the power to impanel a grand jury and hand down indictments. Democrats have criticized the review as a politically motivated scheme to undermine the work of former special counsel Robert Mueller and attack President Trump's perceived enemies.
Trump gave Barr "full and complete authority to declassify information" last year. Durham was assigned to review possible misconduct by federal law enforcement and intelligence officials during the counterintelligence investigation into Trump's 2016 campaign by Barr.
DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz conducted an investigation into allegations of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuses. His report, released in December, identified at least 17 " significant errors or omissions" in the Justice Department's and the FBI's use of British ex-spy Christopher Steele's dossier when pursuing FISA warrants to wiretap Trump campaign associate Carter Page in 2016 and 2017.
Following the independent watchdog's FISA report, Barr said he told Durham to focus just as much on the FBI's actions after Trump's election in November 2016 as those before it, including the period of spring 2017, when Mueller was appointed.
Durham is reportedly reviewing former CIA Director John Brennan's analysis of Russian election interference, including scrutiny of his handling of a secret source said to be close to the Kremlin. Some of the U.S. attorney's scrutiny revolves around how the U.S. government eventually reached its January 2017 intelligence assessment on Russian election interference. Durham has already interviewed former National Security Agency Director Adm. Mike Rogers.
During the Wall Street Journal interview, Barr also said the Justice Department is continuing to look into whether Google was breaking antitrust laws by clamping down on its competitors. He said he hoped "decision time" would be early summer. Barr also said he was worried "things are getting out of control" with local liberal prosecutors releasing people from prison and declining charges as the COVID-19 outbreak spreads.
What is the timeline line for the Durham investigation to release its findings anyway?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/William-Barr-says-john-durhams-russia-investigation-persists-during-coronavirus-outbreak
#8583911 at 2020-03-27 13:04:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10990: The Shot Heard Around the World Edition
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bureau-of-prisons-William-Barr-tells-prisons-to-send-inmates-home-response-virus-outbreak/
#8581643 at 2020-03-27 04:53:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10987: What's In Your Back Pocket? Edition
Maduro Refutes US Accusations That Venezuelan Authorities Have Links to Drug Trafficking
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has refuted the US accusations that the government of the Bolivarian Republic has links to drug trafficking.
On Thursday, US Attorney General William Barr said the US was pressing criminal charges against Maduro for allegedly facilitating drug trafficking into the United States. Washington also unveiled money-laundering charges against Venezuela's Chief Supreme Court Justice Maikel Moreno.
"They have laid new false charges ... Venezuela has been at the forefront of the fight against illegal drug trafficking for 15 years," Maduro said in a televised address on late Thursday.
Earlier in the day, the US authorities offered a series of rewards for information on five top officials in the Venezuelan government, including $15 million for Maduro himself, based on the alleged "involvement in narco-terrorism".
In addition to Maduro, the other indicted officials include National Constituent Assembly President Diosdado Cabello Rondon, former director of Venezuela's military intelligence Gen. Hugo Carvajal Barrios, former Venezuelan Army general Cliver Alcala Cordones as well as Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) members Luciano Marin Arango and Seuxis Hernandez Solarte.
The Justice Department said in a press release that each defendant is charged with four narco-terrorism and drug trafficking-related charges that carry sentences of a minimum of 50 years in prison and a maximum life sentence. Barr said the United States expects eventually to gain custody of the defendants.
https://sputniknews.com/latam/202003271078722416-maduro-refutes-us-accusations-that-venezuelan-authorities-have-links-to-drug-trafficking/
#8580685 at 2020-03-27 02:57:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10986:No New Zealand for you
Barr memo says some nonviolent inmates should serve time in home confinement rather than prison amid coronavirus
Attorney General William Barr instructed the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to move nonviolent inmates who are at risk of contracting the coronavirus out of prison facilities and allow them to serve out their sentences in home confinement.
"Many inmates will be safer in BOP facilities where the population is controlled and there is ready access to doctors and medical care," Barr wrote in a two-page memo to BOP on Thursday. "But for some eligible inmates, home confinement might be more effective in protecting their health."
PICTURES: NEW YORK CITY SHUTS DOWN AS CORONAVIRUS CASES RISE
Barr directed the bureau to prioritize home confinement for prisoners in low- and minimum-security facilities who pose no safety threat to the community and have a low likelihood of recidivism.
Criminals who have committed violent crimes or sexual offenses are not eligible for home confinement.
The BOP medical director has been instructed to assess an inmate's risk factor in contracting COVID-19, including coronavirus exposures at the particular prison facility as well as the individual inmate's health history and age.
Inmates who are granted home confinement will have to be quarantined for 14-days before they are discharged from the prison in an effort to protect the public.
"We cannot take any risk of transferring inmates to home confinement that will contribute to the spread of COVID-19," Barr wrote.
Inmates at some of the most heavily populated prisons in the country – including Rikers Island in New York and California State Prison in California – tested positive for COVID-19 and the risk of spread throughout prison facilities is troublesome because of the close proximity of prisoners to each other and BOP staff.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/Barr-memo-says-some-nonviolent-inmates-home-confinement-rather-than-prison-coronavirus
#8580555 at 2020-03-27 02:44:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10986:No New Zealand for you
US Offers Reward for Top Officials of Socialist Maduro Regime in Venezuela – Trump Admin May Drive the End of the Evil Regime
Trump Administration increases pressure against the Socialist regime in Venezuela.
President Trump promised to work out a solution to the crisis in Venezuela and he is keeping his word.
The people of Venezuela hope the US uses the latest news coming from Venezuela to finally remove they Socialist tyrant Nicolas Maduro.
On Thursday the US Attorney General William Barr along with the DEA and Prosecutors from the Justice Department filed charges against the Maduro regime.
The US Department of Justice accused the Maduro regime of narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, corruption and money laundering. The charges were made against Maduro, Diosdado Cabello and 12 members of the Venezuelan cartel.
The US is offering a generous reward of millions of US dollars for handing over to criminals making the announcement much more attractive.
According to RCN Radio in Venezuela, the Trump White House is preparing to designate Venezuela a state sponsor of terrorism in the coming days. One of the wanted men, Cliver Alcalá, claims that Juan Guaidó signed a contract to buy weapons for the movement against Maduro. Alcalá Cordonez says that he will turn himself in to the Colombian authorities.
The Venezuelan opposition led by Juan Guaido is not strong enough to weaken the dictator Maduro, because the tyrant still has the loyalty of the military who are involved in drug trafficking.
Despite the fact that Juan Guaido declared himself President in charge and was backed by dozens of countries around the world, including the United States, the military forces have kept Maduro in power.
Finally, the decisions of the US government in the coming days may drive the end of the socialist regime. The announcement today by the US DOJ accusing Venezuela of being a terrorist financier puts the Marxist regeime in the same company of only four other countries, North Korea, Iran, Sudan and Syria.
This is an important week for Venezuela.
And the coronavirus has also hit its shores.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/us-offers-reward-for-top-officials-of-socialist-maduro-regime-in-venezuela-trump-admin-may-drive-the-end-of-the-evil-regime/
#8573848 at 2020-03-26 17:59:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10977: Q'd on Habeas Corpus Supension Edition
Washington brings NARCO-TERRORISM charges against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
The US has indicted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on "narco-terrorism" charges. The play is a familiar one, as Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega was slapped with similar charges before a US invasion 30 years ago.
Maduro and 14 current and former Venezuelan government and military officials were indicted on Thursday by courts in Florida, New York and Washington DC. According to the Justice Department, Maduro and his cohorts conspired with Colombian guerillas to "flood" the US with cocaine, transporting the drug to American shores by air and sea.
"The Maduro regime is awash with corruption and criminality," Attorney General William Barr said at a press conference on Thursday. "This cabal lines their pockets with drug money, and this has to come to an end."
Barr did not provide any evidence of drug seizures, but claimed the US authorities have observed the trafficking operation at work in Central America.
The State Department offered the $15 million bounty for Maduro, along with rewards of up to $10 million each for information on five Venezuelan political and military leaders.
The indictments - filed against a sitting head of state - are a bold move. Yet Washington has spent more than a year attempting to remove Maduro from power. After Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself 'interim president' last January, Washington was quick to recognize him as the Latin American country's legitimate leader. Rounds of sanctions against the Maduro government followed, and military action was at one point rumored.
Maduro, however, kept the loyalty of his police and military, and remains in power in Caracas.
https://www.rt.com/news/484184-us-justice-department-charges-maduro/
#8573053 at 2020-03-26 17:17:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10976: Who's Flying This Bitch Anywho? Edition
>>8572837
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maybe-dont-give-William-Barr-the-power-to-take-a-chainsaw-to-habeas-corpus-during-a-pandemic/ar-BB11B01l
#8566256 at 2020-03-26 01:33:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10968: Silent Wars Edition
Global Announcements
>>8363658 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
Baker PSA: In light of recent flurry of global activity, anons are encouraged to archive offline
Notables
are not endorsements
#10967
>>8566195 Lori Daybell said missing children had become zombies, possessed.
>>8565712 Q drop 3895. RIP , Patriot. We will avenge. God Wins.
>>8566100, >>8566164, >>8566165 Signs of cabal foreknowledge of CV. Insider trading.
>>8566129 2 days ahead of the 27th to Free Flynn Marker [2] with a 1 yr & 2 yr Delta
>>8566087 883 final bill to be voted on shortly
>>8565997 Scavino Tweet.
>>8565952 Poll flipping time.
>>8565913, >>8565958, >>8565992, >>8566012 Bill Gates/United Nations/Agenda 2030/Tools of the Mind/Obama connection?
>>8565743, >>8565969, >>8566017 Google Earth GITMO right now. (Gitmo)
>>8565905 Planefag updates.
>>8565874, >>8566044 Internet Archive creates 'National Emergency Library'.
>>8565786 Prince Charles tests positive for COVID-19.
Baker Change
>>8565590, >>8565633, >>8565693, >>8565723, >>8565751 Reminder: #Pizzagate is real
>>8565548 Johns Hopkins Study: USA More Prepared for Pandemic Than Any Other Country
>>8565553, >>8565577 DC ISSUES SHELTER-IN-PLACE
>>8565556 BREAKING: The man shot to death by FBI agents Tuesday in Belton planned to bomb a hospital, according to FBI
>>8565570 Chelsea Clinton mentions Pizzagate in a tweet
>>8565594 Wisconsin-Based American Flag Manufacturer Shifts to Making Medical Masks
>>8565685 Convicted sex offender becomes first to die from coronavirus behind bars
>>8566224 #10967
#10966
>>8564992 PF updates
>>8565124 XPO Logistics sold by Spruce Hill Investments: $6.97m-Mar 23
>>8565137, >>8564857, >>8565428 Samsung Global Goals
>>8565186 @USArmy selects @BellFlight and@Sikorsky to build #Fara prototypes
>>8565087, >>8565061, >>8565152 NC records lost in fire
>>8565485 #10966
10965
>>8564015 Statement from the Levinson Family
>>8564023 Suicide hotline calls soar as coronavirus spreads. 'There is a flood coming' +300% Call Volume Increase
>>8564132 GITMO canceled all military tribunals from 3-17-20 to 4-10-20
>>8564205 SU-27 Aircraft Crashes in the Black Sea During Scheduled Flights, Preliminary Data Shows - MoD
>>8564228 Rudy - There are currently 200+ ships already stocked with medical supplies, doctors, nurses, and operation rooms EMPTY and AVAILABLE!
>>8564369 How Did Dems Put a 1,000-Page COVID Bill Together in 1 Weekend?
>>8564386 COVID-19 is no longer considered to be a high consequence infectious diseases (HCID) in the UK.
>>8564437 'Not a Sexy Drug': Coronavirus Patients in New York Getting Vitamin C Treatments
>>8564607 Gitmo Military Courthouse Google Earth
>>8564589, >>8564617 GITMO 9/11 judge retires suddenly
>>8564669 10965
#10964
>>8563372, >>8563264, >>8563586, On the Qclock Tomorrow is :00
>>8563377, >>8563389, >>8563506, We love our planefags
>>8563359, >>8563402, >>8563508 Prominent Ohio lawyer arrested by dozens of FBI and SWAT for allegedly being involved in sex trafficking
>>8563524 Us Companies, Labs Rush to produce test for CV immunity
>>8563551 new DJTs
>>8563612 New York Health Commissioner Tells People Not To Follow White House Coronavirus Guidance
>>8563613 Bernie threatens to stall massive coronavirus aid package in fight with GOP senators
>>8563616 JUST IN: Bob Levinson, a former FBI agent, has reportedly died in a prison in Iran.
>>8563770 U.S. Attorney General William Barr argues against transgender athletes competing as girls
>>8563408 NYS Continuing to use hydroxychloroquine
>>8563929 #10964
Previously Collected Notables
>>8562405 #10962, >>8563161 #10963,
>>8559303 #10958, >>8560070 #10959, >>8560859 #10960, >>8561806 #10961
>>8556212 #10954, >>8557014 #10955, >>8557793 #10956, >>8558586 #10957
>>8553241 #10950, >>8553959 #10951, >>8554817 #10952, >>8555495 #10953
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com (new)
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://8kun.top
#8565498 at 2020-03-26 00:21:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10967: AOC Retro Green Deal To Get Your Nostalgia PsyOp On Edition
Global Announcements
>>8363658 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
Baker PSA: In light of recent flurry of global activity, anons are encouraged to archive offline
Notables
are not endorsements
#10966
>>8564992 PF updates
>>8565124 XPO Logistics sold by Spruce Hill Investments: $6.97m-Mar 23
>>8565137, >>8564857, >>8565428 Samsung Global Goals
>>8565186 @USArmy selects @BellFlight and@Sikorsky to build #Fara prototypes
>>8565087, >>8565061, >>8565152 NC records lost in fire
>>8565485 #10966
10965
>>8564015 Statement from the Levinson Family
>>8564023 Suicide hotline calls soar as coronavirus spreads. 'There is a flood coming' +300% Call Volume Increase
>>8564132 GITMO canceled all military tribunals from 3-17-20 to 4-10-20
>>8564205 SU-27 Aircraft Crashes in the Black Sea During Scheduled Flights, Preliminary Data Shows - MoD
>>8564228 Rudy - There are currently 200+ ships already stocked with medical supplies, doctors, nurses, and operation rooms EMPTY and AVAILABLE!
>>8564369 How Did Dems Put a 1,000-Page COVID Bill Together in 1 Weekend?
>>8564386 COVID-19 is no longer considered to be a high consequence infectious diseases (HCID) in the UK.
>>8564437 'Not a Sexy Drug': Coronavirus Patients in New York Getting Vitamin C Treatments
>>8564607 Gitmo Military Courthouse Google Earth
>>8564589, >>8564617 GITMO 9/11 judge retires suddenly
>>8564669 10965
#10964
>>8563372, >>8563264, >>8563586, On the Qclock Tomorrow is :00
>>8563377, >>8563389, >>8563506, We love our planefags
>>8563359, >>8563402, >>8563508 Prominent Ohio lawyer arrested by dozens of FBI and SWAT for allegedly being involved in sex trafficking
>>8563524 Us Companies, Labs Rush to produce test for CV immunity
>>8563551 new DJTs
>>8563612 New York Health Commissioner Tells People Not To Follow White House Coronavirus Guidance
>>8563613 Bernie threatens to stall massive coronavirus aid package in fight with GOP senators
>>8563616 JUST IN: Bob Levinson, a former FBI agent, has reportedly died in a prison in Iran.
>>8563770 U.S. Attorney General William Barr argues against transgender athletes competing as girls
>>8563408 NYS Continuing to use hydroxychloroquine
>>8563929 #10964
#10963
>>8562726, >>8562776, >>8562792, >>8562928, >>8563043, >>8563079 PF updates
>>8562878 Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing. 5p EST
>>8562814 Call to diggz! 1K pages of emails between Fox employees and aides at the Depts of Homeland Security, Education and Agriculture
>>8562769 An Ohio man is accused targeting drug-addicted mother and their kids in a child sex-trafficking operation
>>8562678 Potus/LSM LSm proteins are a family of RNA-binding proteins found in virtually every cellular organism.
>>8562623 Cable news viewership for the daily Trump briefing is eye-popping
>>8562505 PokerStars Founder Pleads Guilty
>>8562487 NY Gov Cuomo updated an executive order Monday to block pharmacists from filling prescriptions for the drug hydroxychloroquine for any uses not approved by the FDA.
>>8562485, >>8562504 Dems Held Up Corona Relief Bill
>>8562484 Potus: The LameStream Media is the dominant force in trying to get me to keep our Country closed
>>8563161 #10963
Previously Collected Notables
>>8562405 #10962
>>8559303 #10958, >>8560070 #10959, >>8560859 #10960, >>8561806 #10961
>>8556212 #10954, >>8557014 #10955, >>8557793 #10956, >>8558586 #10957
>>8553241 #10950, >>8553959 #10951, >>8554817 #10952, >>8555495 #10953
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com (new)
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://8kun.top
#8564692 at 2020-03-25 23:10:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10966:There is a flood coming, call someone lonely edition
Global Announcements
>>8363658 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
Baker PSA: In light of recent flurry of global activity, anons are encouraged to archive offline
Notables
are not endorsements
10965
>>8564015 Statement from the Levinson Family
>>8564023 Suicide hotline calls soar as coronavirus spreads. 'There is a flood coming' +300% Call Volume Increase
>>8564132 GITMO canceled all military tribunals from 3-17-20 to 4-10-20
>>8564205 SU-27 Aircraft Crashes in the Black Sea During Scheduled Flights, Preliminary Data Shows - MoD
>>8564228 Rudy - There are currently 200+ ships already stocked with medical supplies, doctors, nurses, and operation rooms EMPTY and AVAILABLE!
>>8564369 How Did Dems Put a 1,000-Page COVID Bill Together in 1 Weekend?
>>8564386 COVID-19 is no longer considered to be a high consequence infectious diseases (HCID) in the UK.
>>8564437 'Not a Sexy Drug': Coronavirus Patients in New York Getting Vitamin C Treatments
>>8564607 Gitmo Military Courthouse Google Earth
>>8564589, >>8564617 GITMO 9/11 judge retires suddenly
>>8564669 10965
#10964
>>8563372, >>8563264, >>8563586, On the Qclock Tomorrow is :00
>>8563377, >>8563389, >>8563506, We love our planefags
>>8563359, >>8563402, >>8563508 Prominent Ohio lawyer arrested by dozens of FBI and SWAT for allegedly being involved in sex trafficking
>>8563524 Us Companies, Labs Rush to produce test for CV immunity
>>8563551 new DJTs
>>8563612 New York Health Commissioner Tells People Not To Follow White House Coronavirus Guidance
>>8563613 Bernie threatens to stall massive coronavirus aid package in fight with GOP senators
>>8563616 JUST IN: Bob Levinson, a former FBI agent, has reportedly died in a prison in Iran.
>>8563770 U.S. Attorney General William Barr argues against transgender athletes competing as girls
>>8563408 NYS Continuing to use hydroxychloroquine
>>8563929 #10964
#10963
>>8562726, >>8562776, >>8562792, >>8562928, >>8563043, >>8563079 PF updates
>>8562878 Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing. 5p EST
>>8562814 Call to diggz! 1K pages of emails between Fox employees and aides at the Depts of Homeland Security, Education and Agriculture
>>8562769 An Ohio man is accused targeting drug-addicted mother and their kids in a child sex-trafficking operation
>>8562678 Potus/LSM LSm proteins are a family of RNA-binding proteins found in virtually every cellular organism.
>>8562623 Cable news viewership for the daily Trump briefing is eye-popping
>>8562505 PokerStars Founder Pleads Guilty
>>8562487 NY Gov Cuomo updated an executive order Monday to block pharmacists from filling prescriptions for the drug hydroxychloroquine for any uses not approved by the FDA.
>>8562485, >>8562504 Dems Held Up Corona Relief Bill
>>8562484 Potus: The LameStream Media is the dominant force in trying to get me to keep our Country closed
>>8563161 #10963
Previously Collected Notables
>>8562405 #10962
>>8559303 #10958, >>8560070 #10959, >>8560859 #10960, >>8561806 #10961
>>8556212 #10954, >>8557014 #10955, >>8557793 #10956, >>8558586 #10957
>>8553241 #10950, >>8553959 #10951, >>8554817 #10952, >>8555495 #10953
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com (new)
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://8kun.top
#8563943 at 2020-03-25 22:15:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10965: Kathy Griffin Has Very Painful Symptoms, Proof there is a GOD edition
Global Announcements
>>8363658 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
Baker PSA: In light of recent flurry of global activity, anons are encouraged to archive offline
Notables
are not endorsements
#10964
>>8563372, >>8563264, >>8563586, On the Qclock Tomorrow is :00
>>8563377, >>8563389, >>8563506, We love our planefags
>>8563359, >>8563402, >>8563508 Prominent Ohio lawyer arrested by dozens of FBI and SWAT for allegedly being involved in sex trafficking
>>8563524 Us Companies, Labs Rush to produce test for CV immunity
>>8563551 new DJTs
>>8563612 New York Health Commissioner Tells People Not To Follow White House Coronavirus Guidance
>>8563613 Bernie threatens to stall massive coronavirus aid package in fight with GOP senators
>>8563616 JUST IN: Bob Levinson, a former FBI agent, has reportedly died in a prison in Iran.
>>8563770 U.S. Attorney General William Barr argues against transgender athletes competing as girls
>>8563408 NYS Continuing to use hydroxychloroquine
>>8563929 #10964
#10963
>>8562726, >>8562776, >>8562792, >>8562928, >>8563043, >>8563079 PF updates
>>8562878 Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing. 5p EST
>>8562814 Call to diggz! 1K pages of emails between Fox employees and aides at the Depts of Homeland Security, Education and Agriculture
>>8562769 An Ohio man is accused targeting drug-addicted mother and their kids in a child sex-trafficking operation
>>8562678 Potus/LSM LSm proteins are a family of RNA-binding proteins found in virtually every cellular organism.
>>8562623 Cable news viewership for the daily Trump briefing is eye-popping
>>8562505 PokerStars Founder Pleads Guilty
>>8562487 NY Gov Cuomo updated an executive order Monday to block pharmacists from filling prescriptions for the drug hydroxychloroquine for any uses not approved by the FDA.
>>8562485, >>8562504 Dems Held Up Corona Relief Bill
>>8562484 Potus: The LameStream Media is the dominant force in trying to get me to keep our Country closed
>>8563161 #10963
#10962
>>8561720, >>8562011, >>8562112 PF updates
>>8562061 Unlike the financial crisis, this is a black swan event
>>8562039, >>8562052 Senate reach deal on $2 trillion stimulus package
>>8561988 London Court Refuses Defence Plea to Release Assange
>>8561976 MN gov issues a 2 week shelter in place starting Friday March 27 to April 10
>>8561953, >>8561960 Why does the National Cathedral have masks in their crypt?/Apple?
>>8561951 Vyralogix by CytoDyn (in FDA test for HIV & Cancer), stops cytokline storm
>>8561870, >>8561881 GOP Senators Demand Fix For "Massive Error" In Coronavirus Bill Which Would Create "Perverse Incentive"
>>8561850, >>8561889 Oxford Epidemiologist: Here's Why That Doomsday Model Is Likely WAY Off
>>8561815 WTC 7 Not Destroyed by Fire, Concludes Final University of Alaska Fairbanks Report
>>8561811 Pensacola man arrested on 30 child porn charges involving infants, toddlers
>>8561792, >>8561835, >>8561950 5G and possible COVID19 ties
>>8561769, >>8562102 One of Joe Biden's 8 accusers from last year just gave her first interview
>>8561745, >>8561753, >>8561833, >>8561928 Here's what Jewish voters think
>>8561704, >>8561742, >>8561853, >>8561862 NPR banning POTUS pressers.
>>8561703 CDC admits the coronavirus test is flawed
>>8561699 President Vladimir Putin Addresses Russians on the Current Coronavirus Situation
>>8561696 anon notable bun
>>8561666 Hot snot on CBS twat
>>8561652 @ICEAlertsfor updates on our #mostwanted #fugitives
>>8562405 #10962
Previously Collected Notables
>>8559303 #10958, >>8560070 #10959, >>8560859 #10960, >>8561806 #10961
>>8556212 #10954, >>8557014 #10955, >>8557793 #10956, >>8558586 #10957
>>8553241 #10950, >>8553959 #10951, >>8554817 #10952, >>8555495 #10953
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com (new)
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://8kun.top
#8563929 at 2020-03-25 22:14:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10964: Winning/ Gameover/ NOT Edition
#10964
>>8563372, >>8563264, >>8563586, On the Qclock Tomorrow is :00
>>8563377, >>8563389, >>8563506, We love our planefags
>>8563359, >>8563402, >>8563508 Prominent Ohio lawyer arrested by dozens of FBI and SWAT for allegedly being involved in sex trafficking
>>8563524 Us Companies, Labs Rush to produce test for CV immunity
>>8563551 new DJTs
>>8563612 New York Health Commissioner Tells People Not To Follow White House Coronavirus Guidance
>>8563613 Bernie threatens to stall massive coronavirus aid package in fight with GOP senators
>>8563616 JUST IN: Bob Levinson, a former FBI agent, has reportedly died in a prison in Iran.
>>8563770 U.S. Attorney General William Barr argues against transgender athletes competing as girls
>>8563408 NYS Continuing to use hydroxychloroquine
#10964
#8563900 at 2020-03-25 22:12:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10964: Winning/ Gameover/ NOT Edition
last call
#10964
>>8563372, >>8563264, >>8563586, On the Qclock Tomorrow is :00
>>8563377, >>8563389, >>8563506, We love our planefags
>>8563359, >>8563402, >>8563508 Prominent Ohio lawyer arrested by dozens of FBI and SWAT for allegedly being involved in sex trafficking
>>8563524 Us Companies, Labs Rush to produce test for CV immunity
>>8563551 new DJTs
>>8563612 New York Health Commissioner Tells People Not To Follow White House Coronavirus Guidance
>>8563613 Bernie threatens to stall massive coronavirus aid package in fight with GOP senators
>>8563616 JUST IN: Bob Levinson, a former FBI agent, has reportedly died in a prison in Iran.
>>8563770 U.S. Attorney General William Barr argues against transgender athletes competing as girls
>>8563408 NYS Continuing to use hydroxychloroquine
#8563818 at 2020-03-25 22:06:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10964: Winning/ Gameover/ NOT Edition
Trainee collected
#10964
>>8563372, >>8563264, >>8563586, On the Qclock Tomorrow is :00
>>8563377, >>8563389, >>8563506, We love our planefags
>>8563359, >>8563402, >>8563508 Prominent Ohio lawyer arrested by dozens of FBI and SWAT for allegedly being involved in sex trafficking
>>8563524 Us Companies, Labs Rush to produce test for CV immunity
>>8563551 new DJTs
>>8563612 New York Health Commissioner Tells People Not To Follow White House Coronavirus Guidance
>>8563613 Bernie threatens to stall massive coronavirus aid package in fight with GOP senators
>>8563616 JUST IN: Bob Levinson, a former FBI agent, has reportedly died in a prison in Iran.
>>8563770 U.S. Attorney General William Barr argues against transgender athletes competing as girls
#8563770 at 2020-03-25 22:02:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10964: Winning/ Gameover/ NOT Edition
U.S. Attorney General William Barr argues against transgender athletes competing as girls
The U.S. Department of Justice is weighing in on the debate about transgender athletes competing as girls and women.
It does not think they should.
Attorney General William Barr signed a formal statement of interest on Wednesday addressing a federal civil rights lawsuit in Connecticut that seeks to block transgender athletes from competing as girls in interscholastic sports, the Associated Press reports.
Barr argued against the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference policy allowing athletes to compete based on their gender identity.
The CIAC argued in a lawsuit filed in February that the policy complies with state law requiring students to be treated as the gender with which they identify. The organization also argues that its policy is compliant with Title IX, the federal law requiring equal rights for girls and women in educational settings and is frequently applied to athletics.
DOJ's stance
Barr argued that the CIAC's policy actually deprives women and girls of their Title IX protections.
"Under CIAC's interpretation of Title IX, however, schools may not account for the real physiological differences between men and women," a statement from Barr's DOJ reads, according to AP. "Instead, schools must have certain biological males - namely, those who publicly identify as female - compete against biological females.
"In so doing, CIAC deprives those women of the single-sex athletic competitions that are one of the marquee accomplishments of Title IX."
Read more https://www.yahoo.com/sports/attorney-general-William-Barr-argues-against-transgender-athletes-competing-as-girls-192655293.html
#8560777 at 2020-03-25 17:14:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10960: Welcome Shout Out to New Planefaggin Cadet Edition
>>8560676
>Bush's Barr Boy will punish corporations making a profit in a capitalist society
>https://justthenews.com/video/William-Barr-youll-hear-knock-your-door-if-youre-hoarding-medical-supplies
making a profit is not the same as hoarding needed items to reduce supply during a period of high demand, in order to inflate your profits. use logic anon.
https://www.news10.com/video/emergency-supplies-water-found-in-warehouse-in-puerto-rico/4258537/
#8560676 at 2020-03-25 17:06:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10960: Welcome Shout Out to New Planefaggin Cadet Edition
yep
Bush's Barr Boy will punish corporations making a profit in a capitalist society
but not one government criminal has been charged, only R's engaged in politics
Barr was the cabal's insurance policy
letters/hero funeral burials for traitors, the joke is on you
and the price to be paid will be paid by you and yours
https://justthenews.com/video/William-Barr-youll-hear-knock-your-door-if-youre-hoarding-medical-supplies
#8559501 at 2020-03-25 15:10:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10959: She's Retarded Edition
Department of Justice: Those who intentionally spread coronavirus could face charges under terrorism laws
People who intentionally spread the coronavirus could face charges under federal terrorism laws, according to a Department of Justice memo. Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen sent the memo to DOJ leaders, U.S. attorneys, and law enforcement agency chiefs on Tuesday, warning that investigators could find instances of "purposeful exposure and infection of others with COVID-19." "Because Coronavirus appears to meet the statutory definition of a 'biological agent' ... such acts potentially could implicate the Nation's terrorism-related statutes," Rosen wrote. "Threats or attempts to use COVID-19 as a weapon against Americans will not be tolerated."
Politico obtained the memo and reported that it's unclear if such instances have been yet found by investigators, but a New Jersey man was charged with making terroristic threats after he coughed on a grocery store employee and claimed to have the coronavirus. The Justice Department also noted it established a task force to investigate the price gouging of supplies needed during the coronavirus pandemic. President Trump signed an executive order to prevent price gouging and the hoarding of medical supplies on Monday. "Once specific materials are so designated, persons are prohibited from accumulating those items in excess of reasonable personal or business needs or for the purpose of selling them in excess of prevailing market prices,"' Attorney General William Barr said, following the executive order. "It is a crime to engage in prohibited activity," he said.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/department-of-justice-those-who-intentionally-spread-coronavirus-could-face-charges-under-terrorism-laws
#8557231 at 2020-03-25 07:25:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10956: Mitch: Dems Take YES for an Answer, Americans Rejoice!! Edition
>>8557137 (me)
(Going after the disaster profiteers edition)
Embedded video is an excerpt from this WH briefing: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-members-coronavirus-task-force-press-briefing-9/
AG William Barr announces that they are going after hoarders of medical equipment, specifically mentions masks.
The last half of the video consists of screencaps of various news articles related to big tech corps donating masks. Since there was no sauce in the description, I am adding it here with the appropriate timestamps indicated.
timestamp 1:25 https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-tim-cook-donate-9-million-n95-face-masks-coronavirus-2020-3
timestamp 1:30 https://www.Barrons.com/articles/softbank-and-other-tech-companies-donate-n95-masks-as-hospitals-struggle-to-find-them-51585089995
timestamp 1:36 https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/24/intel-to-donate-1-million-masks-pieces-of-protective-gear-to-coronavirus-fight/
timestamp 1:43 https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-and-facebook-donates-masks-to-coronavirus-healthcare-workers/
timestamp 1:49 https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pseg-donates-50-000-n95-masks-to-aid-response-by-health-care-and-first-responders-during-covid-19-pandemic-301029191.html
timestamp 1:57 https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/prudential-masks-respirators-coronavirus
timestamp 2:01 https://nypost.com/2020/03/24/pornhub-gives-nyc-coronavirus-workers-50k-masks-and-free-porn/
timestamp 2:06 https://whav.net/2020/03/24/whittier-tech-donates-medical-masks-gloves-gowns-and-more-to-support-health-center/
Timestamp 2:11 Don't mess with the Bull (Breakfast Club clip) https://youtu.be/pDzWyhXonMU
>>8557162
^^^^^^^^^^
Thank you for making me more accountable. I think anons know what I mean when I blast my copy pasta. Sometimes, it's good to take a step back and look and what I'm actually saying, instead of what I mean.
#8547071 at 2020-03-24 16:24:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10943: Bewbs, Bread, Beervirus Edition
Chinese Propaganda Video Cites CNN, Democratic Politicians to Push Regime Narrative
Regime outlet cites CNN, NBC, Hillary Clinton to deny Chinese responsibility for outbreak
https://freebeacon.com/media/chinese-propaganda-video-cites-cnn-democratic-politicians-to-push-regime-narrative/?
China's state-run propaganda outlets are using coronavirus coverage by U.S. media and Democratic politicians to push the regime narrative that the Chinese government bears no responsibility for the ongoing pandemic and that sourcing the origin of the virus to Wuhan is politically motivated.
A video posted Monday by the Global Times, a tabloid run by the Communist Party of China, uses footage of numerous American media outlets and Democratic politicians to portray criticism of China's handling of the coronavirus as racist. In addition to citing CNN's Chris Cuomo and NBC's Richard Engel, the video highlights tweets from two-time failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and New York City mayor Bill de Blasio parroting regime talking points.
"It is easy to scapegoat people, and that is what has always happened when there have been pandemics or epidemics," Engel says in the clip featured in the video. "This is a virus that came from the territory of China but came from bats. This is a bat virus, not a China virus."
In another video posted Sunday, Global Times editor in chief Hu Xijin highlights a CNN opinion piece by Chris Cillizza that argues President Donald Trump is "weaponizing bigotry" to shift blame away from his administration. After questioning the virus's point of origin in Wuhan, Xijin cites Cillizza's piece as evidence that Trump is using China as a political "scapegoat for his government's slow response."
"Reelection concerns are driving the Trump administration's intense attack on China as a ploy to divert public anger over the federal government's poor controls," Xijin says in a video pinned to the top of the outlet's Twitter account, which has more than 1.6 million followers. "They've indeed been quite incompetent. Perhaps they can't face their public without blaming China."
Neither CNN nor NBC responded to requests for comment.
The videos are part of a larger Chinese effort to deflect responsibility for the pandemic, which has spread across the globe since China covered up the December outbreak in Wuhan. Chinese diplomats have worked simultaneously to shift blame away from the communist state. China's embassy in France pointed on Monday to a Daily Beast report on the Trump administration's efforts to ensure China's role in the worldwide crisis is known, labeling them "naughty tactics."
"The United States relies on lies and racism instead of science and effective measures to curb #COVID19," the embassy wrote in a French-language tweet. "Take a look at @thedailybeast on the White House's naughty tactics to divert criticism from #TrumpPandemic."
A spokeswoman for the State Department scoffed at the propaganda outlets' efforts to deflect blame.
"The Chinese Communist Party was the first to know about the outbreak, which conferred a special responsibility to inform Chinese citizens and the world about it," spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said. "Instead, the Party covered-up the news and delayed their initial response, as authoritarian governments often do."
One study found that coronavirus cases could have been reduced by 95 percent if China did not initially try to cover up the outbreak. The State Department is now calling on the regime "to be fully transparent" as the pandemic kills thousands of people across the world.
"We call on the CCP to be fully transparent about the outbreak now to help us save lives, and to prevent deaths when China produces the next possible global pandemic," Ortagus said. "The CCP should have learned after SARS in 2003 that a free media environment is necessary to prevent cover-ups and subsequent emBarrassment."
China for decades has spent at least tens of millions of dollars publishing propaganda designed to look like legitimate news stories in U.S. newspapers, like the New York Times and Washington Post. The communist country committed $6.6 billion to a foreign propaganda initiative in 2009, spending $35 million on one state-run outlet, China Daily, since 2017. Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.) warned of the propaganda effort in a letter to Attorney General William Barr following a Washington Free Beacon exposé of China Daily's repeated breaches of federal law.
"China Daily is a disgusting propaganda rag that's used by the Chinese Communist Party to cover for the regime's ongoing atrocities," Banks said. "If there's one lesson from the Cold War, it's that our victory was only possible because we convinced the world that democracy was superior to communist authoritarianism. Well, it looks like we have to fight that battle again-this time against a far wealthier and equally determined adversary."
#8536363 at 2020-03-23 22:05:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10929: Treason is the Reason/Ingenuity Will Save Us Edition
Barr says John Durham's Russia investigation persists during coronavirus outbreak
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/William-Barr-says-john-durhams-russia-investigation-persists-during-coronavirus-outbreak?utm_source=whatfinger
#8535382 at 2020-03-23 20:50:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10928: Knock Knock! What Waits on Your Step? Edition
"Business as Usual" for Federal Prosecutors & Federal Prisons - Disastrous Times Ahead
While the rest of the country implements increasingly extreme measures to combat the coronavirus crisis, the U.S. criminal justice system just keeps humming along as if nothing has changed.
As Rep. Jerry Nadler wrote in a recent letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr, "In spite of the recent national emergency declaration and the fact that state and local prosecutorial agencies and courts across the country have made adjustments to their charging policies and are releasing prisoners who are at high risk of getting sick, it appears that it is 'business as usual' in many U.S. Attorney's offices. If true, this is deeply distressing."
https://frankreport.com/2020/03/22/business-as-usual-for-federal-prosecutors-federal-prisons-disastrous-times-ahead/
#8535192 at 2020-03-23 20:35:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10927: Faces May Change But Same Old Bullshit Edition
Patrick Hussion @PatrickHussion
32s
**NEW: Pres. Trump signs an Executive Order to prevent hoarding & price gouging of supplies needed during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. AG William Barr has made this a major focus & he'll be joining the WH Coronavirus Briefing today at 5:30pm ET. @OANN
#8535092 at 2020-03-23 20:26:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10927: Faces May Change But Same Old Bullshit Edition
Barr says John Durham's Russia investigation persists during coronavirus outbreak
For those wondering if U.S. Attorney John Durham's secretive review of the origins and conduct of the Trump-Russia investigation will be delayed by the growing coronavirus outbreak in the United States, a new report offered a clue. Attorney General William Barr told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Monday that Durham, the top federal prosecutor in Connecticut, was in Washington, D.C., last week working on the high-profile inquiry with staffers. "There's some discombobulation, but part of what we're trying to do is keep up the mission," Barr said of the Justice Department's commitment to proceed with criminal investigations, prioritize coronavirus-related fraud prosecutions, keep the justice system functioning amid court closures and trial suspensions, and pursue other Trump administration priorities during a deadly outbreak.
Last week, Fox News reported that Durham was on pace to finish his "investigation of the investigators" by the summer. One source "suggested the investigation could end as soon as July." But another "said it could be closer to September, based on Durham's progress, which could be hindered by the coronavirus pandemic rocking the nation and the globe." Rep. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, also said this month that Durham's inquiry is "due to be completed sometime this summer."
Durham was appointed last year by Barr to review possible misconduct by federal law enforcement and intelligence officials in the Russia investigation. The review upgraded into a criminal investigation in the fall, allowing Durham the power to impanel a grand jury and hand down indictments. Democrats have criticized the review as a politically motivated scheme to undermine the work of former special counsel Robert Mueller and attack President Trump's perceived enemies. Trump gave Barr "full and complete authority to declassify information" last year. Durham was assigned to review possible misconduct by federal law enforcement and intelligence officials during the counterintelligence investigation into Trump's 2016 campaign by Barr.
DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz conducted an investigation into allegations of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuses. His report, released in December, identified at least 17 " significant errors or omissions" in the Justice Department's and the FBI's use of British ex-spy Christopher Steele's dossier when pursuing FISA warrants to wiretap Trump campaign associate Carter Page in 2016 and 2017. Following the independent watchdog's FISA report, Barr said he told Durham to focus just as much on the FBI's actions after Trump's election in November 2016 as those before it, including the period of spring 2017, when Mueller was appointed.
Durham is reportedly reviewing former CIA Director John Brennan's analysis of Russian election interference, including scrutiny of his handling of a secret source said to be close to the Kremlin. Some of the U.S. attorney's scrutiny revolves around how the U.S. government eventually reached its January 2017 intelligence assessment on Russian election interference. Durham has already interviewed former National Security Agency Director Adm. Mike Rogers. During the Wall Street Journal interview, Barr also said the Justice Department is continuing to look into whether Google was breaking antitrust laws by clamping down on its competitors. He said he hoped "decision time" would be early summer. Barr also said he was worried "things are getting out of control" with local liberal prosecutors releasing people from prison and declining charges as the COVID-19 outbreak spreads.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/William-Barr-says-john-durhams-russia-investigation-persists-during-coronavirus-outbreak
#8534778 at 2020-03-23 20:03:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10927: Faces May Change But Same Old Bullshit Edition
Method of Execution for Federal Treason is Injection of PENTOBARBITAL
July 25, 2019
Federal Government To Resume Capital Punishment after Nearly 2 Decade Lapse
The Federal Execution Protocol Addendum, which closely mirrors protocols utilized by several states, including currently Georgia, Missouri, and Texas, replaces the three-drug procedure previously used in Federal executions with a single drug-Pentobarbital.
Since 2010, 14 states have used Pentobarbital in over 200 executions, and Federal courts, including the Supreme Court, have repeatedly upheld the use of Pentobarbital in executions as consistent with the Eighth Amendment.Upon Attorney General Barr's direction, Acting Director Hurwitz adopted the Addendum to the Federal Execution Protocol and, in accordance with 28 C.F.R. Part 26.
Sauce: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-government-resume-capital-punishment-after-nearly-two-decade-lapse
PENTOBARBITAL:Pentobarbital, also known as pentobarbitone, is a short-acting barbiturate. In high doses, pentobarbital causes death by respiratory arrest. In the United States, the drug has been used for executions of convicted criminals.
On July 25, 2019, US Attorney General William Barr directed the Federal government to resume capital punishment after 16 years.
Pentobarbitol's old name was Nembutal, known on the streets as "Yellow Jackets" due to yellow capsule.
Sauce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentobarbital#Execution
#8519355 at 2020-03-22 19:33:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10908: Anons BTFO The Left Con Edition
This kind of news never sounds good, no matter who the source is.
Justice Department Seeks Power to Suspend Habeas Corpus, Indefinitely Detain Americans
Written by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.
Saturday, 21 March 2020 22:00
Justice Department Seeks Power to Suspend Habeas Corpus, Indefinitely Detain Americans
The Department of Justice has secretly requested that Congress suspend habeas corpus and to allow "indefinite detention" of citizens without trial until the end of the Coronavirus panic, several news agencies are reporting today.
Politico reports:
Documents reviewed by POLITICO detail the department's requests to lawmakers on a host of topics, including the statute of limitations, asylum and the way court hearings are conducted. POLITICO also reviewed and previously reported on documents seeking the authority to extend deadlines on merger reviews and prosecutions.
More precisely, Attorney General William Barr seeks the authority to empower federal judges throughout the country to provisionally deny constitutionally protected civil and individual rights to people within their jurisdictions. This power would, per Politico, "span several stages of the legal process, from initial arrest to how cases are processed and investigated."
Barr's quest for supremacy of his opinion over the rights guaranteed by the Constitution doesn't stop there, though. Again, per the story broken by Politico's Betsy Woodruff Swan:
The proposal would also grant those top judges broad authority to pause court proceedings during emergencies. It would apply to "any statutes or rules of procedure otherwise affecting pre-arrest, post-arrest, pre-trial, trial, and post-trial procedures in criminal and juvenile proceedings and all civil process and proceedings," according to draft legislative language the department shared with Congress. In making the case for the change, the DOJ document wrote that individual judges can currently pause proceedings during emergencies, but that their proposal would make sure all judges in any particular district could handle emergencies "in a consistent manner."
More
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/35215-justice-department-seeks-power-to-suspend-habeas-corpus-indefinitely-detain-americans
#8497348 at 2020-03-21 03:25:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10880: Fuck the One World Government Edition
>>8497070 PB
[P]review Sara Carter:
https://saraacarter.com/muellers-report-ends-witchhunt-but-whats-about-to-unfold-is-the-real-story/
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-CA, was one of the first to reveal those threads and never wavered even when the Washington 'swamp monsters' targeted him and his credibility. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio and Rep. Mark Meadows, R-NC, worked tirelessly with their committees to get to the truth. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, have done the same and all promise to continue to the battle for the truth. Why? Because frankly this political war is not over.
NUNES. 1st.
Re-read Sara's (seemingly jumbled) paragraph:
Attorney General William Barr stressed Thursday during his press conference that although Special counsel Robert Mueller detailed 10 "episodes" involving actions by President Trump that might have constituted obstruction of justice, neither the DOJ, nor Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein believed those actions violated the law.
NOTE: 10 episodes, actions by POTUS, that might have constituted, obstruction of justice. Motive. Boomerang.
40 FBI on Mueller's "team". Investigating? Watching the prosecutors/persecutors? Silent war.
#8497070 at 2020-03-21 03:00:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10879: Night Shift Intensifies Edition
Reminder.
Q
LPB.PNG
1st & 10 on the 40.
Re-read Sara Carter article.
https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1118947182286184449
QUOTE
Attorney General William Barr stressed Thursday during his press conference that although Special counsel Robert Mueller detailed 10 "episodes" involving actions by President Trump that might have constituted obstruction of justice, neither the DOJ, nor Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein believed those actions violated the law.
UnQUOTE
10 episodes.
Where there moar?
What was 1st?
What was at 10?
Where was AS at 10 o'clock?
See Q 541.
What [19] people are currently meeting in a 'safe' room [heavily guarded]?
Why did everyone leave their phones/all other electronic devices in Room 239?
Why does it take the information going PUBLIC before JUSTICE is served?
Why is the D party MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO BLOCK THE RELEASE OF THIS FISA C-INFO?
WHY DID RR PLEAD TO RYAN MOMENTS AGO TO PREVENT THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION?
WHERE IS AS?
[8] FIRED.
[X] JAILED.
Possible SUICIDES.
++ / + TICK TOCK.
Q
Compare timestamps of these Q posts.
What [19] people are currently meeting in a 'safe' room [heavily guarded]?
On the 40.
#8485258 at 2020-03-20 05:50:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10864: Night Shift Semper Fi Edition
The EARN IT Act (short for "Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act") has already been Notable.
Just pointing out the head line….
As the coronavirus epidemic monopolizes the attention of the American people, government is taking the opportunity to sneak through all manner of restrictive legislation, including a law that could end the internet as we know it.
Killing the internet... to save the children?
The ominously-named EARN IT Act (short for "Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act") that quietly debuted in the Senate earlier this month is a carefully crafted weapon for crushing encryption without explicitly banning, industry professionals have warned. While this particular bill purports to be all about ending child sexual exploitation, the industry is concerned it will make their business model unsustainable - while doing nothing to protect children. So are independent media producers, who fear their speech would be declared anathema. It would in practice strip section 230 legal immunity - protection from liability for third party content - from any website that failed to comply with a set of "best practices" imposed on a supposedly voluntary basis by a 19-member "commission" run by Attorney General William Barr.
more:
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/483560-coronavirus-police-state-crisis-opportunity/
#8477282 at 2020-03-19 17:53:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10854: Weapons of Mass Deception On Notice Edition
Russian businessman seeks criminal proceedings against Obama over unlawful prosecution
Yevgeny Prigozhin demands either to continue the trial or remove charges from his company due to lack of guilt and corpus delicti
MOSCOW, March 19. /TASS/. Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin demanded that criminal proceedings be initiated against former US President Barack Obama, as well as a number of US congressmen, senators and officials because of the illegal prosecution of his Concord company and him personally.
The businessman's letter to US Attorney General William Barr was published by the Concord Press Service on Thursday.
"By this letter, I demand that a criminal case be initiated against a group of individuals, including former US President Barack Obama, senior officials from the US Department of Justice, members of the US Congress and Senate, who, by entering into collision, taking illegal actions, falsifying documents and evidence managed to institute "the United States against Concord" criminal proceedings to defame Concord, me personally, and the Russian Federation," Prigozhin said in a letter.
In another letter addressed to Barr, the businessman demands that the case against Concord, which was terminated on Wednesday, be returned to the court.
According to him, the trial was terminated at the request of the prosecutor's office because the prosecution fears "to present false evidence in open jury, on the basis of which a criminal case against Concord was framed and considered for more than two years."
Prigozhin demands either to continue the trial or remove charges from his company due to lack of guilt and corpus delicti.
Earlier the the businessman said that he was preparing a $50 billion lawsuit against the US authorities.
In February 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted 13 Russian citizens and three law firms for interfering in the 2016 US presidential election. According to the prosecution, Prigozhin's companies funded the St. Petersburg Internet Research Agency, which tried to support Donald Trump. On March 16, 2020, the Washington federal court upheld the prosecutor's motion to terminate the process. Russian authorities have repeatedly rejected allegations of attempts to influence the course of US elections.
https://tass.com/economy/1132665
#8468390 at 2020-03-18 23:36:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10842: Blunt and Direct For Night Shift Edition
>>8468316
>A shutdown of the system would stop or delay new gun sales.
Thanks Billy Bagpipes.
But, it's not like we didn't see it coming from the fatass gun grabber ….
Never waste an opportunity, right Billy?
Gun Rights Groups: We Object to William Barr Being Confirmed as AG
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/01/16/gun-rights-groups-to-mcconnell-graham-we-object-to-William-Barr-being-confirmed-n2539178
#8464071 at 2020-03-18 17:18:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10837: All Tip Top Shape Edition
#10836
>>8463348 FBI pausing election public record requests due to coronavirus
>>8463439 While William Barr "Goes After The Deep State," He's Working With Them On Gun Confiscation
>>8463450 New Natational Guard Tweet
>>8463498 Office of Personnel Management chief abruptly resigns
>>8463775 WHO Needs to Be Held Responsible! US Coronavirus Numbers Including Asymtomatic Patients Shows Mortality Rate 0.2% to 0.8% and Not 3.4% as Reported by WHO
>>8463794 Italian Health Ministry Confirms ONLY TWELVE or 3% of Coronavirus Fatalities in Study Did Not Have Other Serious Health Complications
>>8463814 Trump Invokes Defense Production Act In Coronavirus Response, Deploys FEMA In All Regions
>>8463848 Defying Beijing, Donald Trump doubles down on use of 'Chinese virus' label for Covid-19
>>8463909 Putin signs law on acquisition of Sberbank's ordinary shares by government
NOT NOTABLES
#8463610 at 2020-03-18 16:40:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10836: The Bern Berns Edition
William Barr's Connection to Ruby Ridge, Defending FBI Snipers
"The Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Attorney General nominee William Barr have focused heavily on Barr's views on Special Counsel Robert Mueller. But nobody is asking about Barr's legal crusade for blanket immunity for federal agents who killed American citizens.
Barr received a routine questionnaire from the Judiciary Committee asking him to disclose his past work including pro bono activities "serving the disadvantaged." The "disadvantaged" that Barr spent the most time helping was an FBI agent who slayed an Idaho mother holding her baby in 1992. Barr spent two weeks organizing former Attorneys General and others to support "an FBI sniper in defending against criminal charges in connection with the Ruby Ridge incident." Barr also "assisted in framing legal arguments advanced... in the district court and the subsequent appeal to the Ninth Circuit," he told the committee.
That charitable work (for an FBI agent who already had a federally-paid law firm defending him) helped tamp down one of the biggest scandals during Barr's time as Attorney General from 1991 to early 1993. Barr was responsible for both the U.S. Marshals Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, two federal agencies whose misconduct at Ruby Ridge "helped to weaken the bond of trust that must exist between ordinary Americans and our law enforcement agencies," according to a 1995 Senate Judiciary Committee report."
#8463439 at 2020-03-18 16:25:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10836: The Bern Berns Edition
While William Barr "Goes After The Deep State," He's Working With Them On Gun Confiscation
During his confirmation hearings in January, he [Barr] said as much by stating the following:
"...We need to push along the ERPOs (Extreme Risk Protection Orders), so we have these red flag laws to supplement the use of the background check to find out if someone has some mental disturbance. This is the single most important thing I think we can do in the gun control area to stop these massacres from happening in the first place."
https://thewashingtonstandard.com/while-William-Barr-goes-after-the-deep-state-hes-working-with-them-on-gun-confiscation/
We are supposed to trust Billy Barr to drain the swamp?
Really?
#8443051 at 2020-03-16 23:42:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10809: Shilltards In This Place Whilst We Sehlter In Place WW Edition
Greg Rubini
@GregRubini
BOMBSHELL
now listen to this:
Mike Pompeo, Jeff Sessions and William Barr are defending Hillary Clinton !!
this means that Pompeo, Sessions and Barr are DEEP STATE.
this is VERY BAD.
you don't believe me?
listen to Tom Fitton:
https://twitter.com/GregRubini/status/1239582219695513601
#8442284 at 2020-03-16 22:38:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10808: DemaRats For Twatt Edition
'Measure your Coffin day': John Durham charges man with threatening to kill Adam Schiff
U.S. Attorney John Durham announced Monday that he charged a man with threatening to kill House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff. Durham, the U.S. attorney for Connecticut who is leading the Justice Department's review of the Russia investigators, sent out a press release noting he charged Robert Phelps of Torrington, Connecticut, "with threatening to assault and murder a U.S. official, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years, and with making interstate threats, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of five years."
Phelps, 62, was arrested on March 13 after allegedly sending Schiff a vulgar and violent email on Nov. 12 telling the Democrat, "I want to kill you" and "smash your ... face in," according to court documents and statements made in court. Investigators interviewed Phelps at his Torrington residence and allegedly confirmed that Phelps sent the threatening communication. After appearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge William Garfinkel in Bridgeport, Phelps was released on a $25,000 bond.
The alleged threatening actions taken by Phelps, undertaken in the middle of Schiff-guided impeachment proceedings against President Trump, were detailed in a newly unsealed six-page affidavit by FBI special agent Daniel Heether. The complaint said Phelps sent Schiff's office a "threatening communication" through his schedule-a-meeting website in November. "You little c—sucker I want to come and see you so I can spit in your face and I want to kill you with my bare hands and smash your sick little round fat lying face in," the message said. "You had better hope I never meet up with you mother f—er." The message was signed by "Robert M. Phelps Republican." The email included Phelps's full name, address, phone number, and email. For his organization, he listed "Lyingc—suckerclub.shittyshiffy" and for the names of additional participants he listed "NANCY PIGLOSI DUMOCRATIC RETARDS." For the preferred day of the week for the meeting, the message stated: "Measure your Coffin day."
Investigators interviewed Phelps at his home in earlier December, and he "admitted to sending the email to Congressman Schiff but did not see the message as threatening," according to the complaint. Phelps allegedly said he had a right to contact members of Congress and defend "his president." When investigators had him review the message, Phelps said he was a Republican and repeated that he needed to protect "his president." The complaint stated, "Phelps asked investigators if they were in his home because of Senator Blumenthal and that the Democrats that are involved in the impeachment proceedings against the president should be arrested." The affidavit also notes that "Phelps stated that he would not send any more threatening emails."
Schiff helped lead the Democratic Ukraine-related impeachment effort against Trump last year, resulting in Trump's impeachment by the House for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in mid-December 2019 and his acquittal by the Senate in early February. Durham, who was selected by Attorney General William Barr to be his right-hand man in the effort to investigate the origins of the FBI's Russia-related investigation of Trump's campaign, is expected to complete his inquiry by the end of the summer.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/measure-your-coffin-day-john-durham-charges-man-with-threatening-to-kill-adam-schiff
#8432512 at 2020-03-16 03:09:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10796: Sunday Evening Edition
BILL Barr NEEDS TO ANSWER FOR HIS ROLE IN RUBY RIDGE
The Daily Caller Published: 26 January 2019
By Mike Hammond, legislative counsel for Gun Owners of America.
The Second Amendment community has tried very hard to get members of the Judiciary Committee to persuade attorney general nominee William Barr to renounce his long-standing support for gun control. Opposing his nomination is not a position we relish. But if members of the Senate choose to ignore his record on guns, they should not ignore his role in the Ruby Ridge scandal.
Consider these facts:
Barr was in charge of the Justice Department during Ruby Ridge, and he knew what was going on.
Barr stated, under oath, that his chief gun priority would be the Ruby Ridge-like gun confiscation orders (sugar-coated as "red flag laws").
You may remember that Barr's federal agents descended on Randy Weaver's Idaho compound in August, 1992, and (1) shot weaver in the back; (2) shot Weaver's wife Vicki to death, while she was holding her infant son; (3) shot Weaver's 14 year-old son to death; and (4) shot Weaver's dog.
Courts subsequently largely exonerated Weaver, while excoriating the FBI and the Department of Justice. And, although then-Attorney General William Barr claimed to know nothing about the Ruby Ridge fiasco, a 1995 Washington Post article reported that there were 20 high-level DOJ calls about Weaver in the 24 hours preceding the murder of his wife - and two of them directly involved Barr.
After that, Barr spent huge amounts of pro bono time trying to get exoneration for the FBI sniper who shot Vicki Weaver to death. He pushed for immunity from prosecution, organized letters on his behalf, and framed arguments before the trial and appeals courts.
But long before Ruby Ridge, Barr's hatred for the Second Amendment was clear.
Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991, Barr pushed the gun control "grand bargain" which, two years later under Clinton, was to become the biggest blow to the Second Amendment since the passage of the 1968 Gun Control Act.
….
In addition to endorsing the Brady Bill and the semi-auto ban, Barr went on to support the magazine ban by saying: "I would prefer a limitation on the clip [sic] size."
….
So has Barr changed his tune in 2019?
Sadly, Barr, under oath, committed that his chief gun objective would be the most insidious aspect of the Bloomberg agenda: gun confiscation orders.
Said Barr: "I also think we need to push along the ERPO's [Gun Confiscation Orders], so we have red flag laws to supplement the use of the background check...This is the single most important think I think we can do in the gun control area to stop these massacres from happening in the first place."
If anyone doesn't know what Bloomberg's gun confiscation orders involve, police or an angry "ex" can go to a "secret court" [ex parte proceeding] to obtain an order to strip a gun owner of his Second, Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
After a judge rubber-stamps the order, the police arrive at your door in the middle of the night to ransack your house and, if you resist, to arrest or kill you (and your dog) - just like Barr did at Ruby Ridge.
Don't think this could happen?
Consider the case of Gary Willis, a "gentle" 60 year-old man in Ferndale, Maryland, who was the subject of a gun confiscation order by a vengeful relative who didn't like his politics. When Willis went to the door at 5:17 a.m. holding a gun, a scuffle ensued and Willis was shot to death. Summarily executed for the crime of being a "conservative gun owner."
….
How many gun owners will die so that "the butcher of Ruby Ridge" can be confirmed attorney general?
So, for those who care about the Second Amendment: William Barr is bad on guns. Very bad. Worse-than-Loretta-Lynch bad.
For those who think the Second Amendment doesn't matter, well, enjoy the swamp.
#8432368 at 2020-03-16 02:52:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10795: As The World Turns Edition
>>8432234
FISA goes both ways
"Why was Barr chosen, given his shocking and deeply criminal cover-up kingpin background?
For a presidential administration whose mandate was the eradication of corruption, the "draining of the swamp", and the restoration of law?
With the nomination of William Barr for attorney general, that is what President Donald Trump wants American citizens and the world to accept.
Fawning mainstream media coverage, and streams of puff pieces laud Barr as a "respected" establishment "legal scholar", as do Donald Trump's Twitter posts about Barr.
The fact is, there is nothing to "respect" and everything to condemn about Barr's work as a key inner circle operative throughout George Herbert Walker Bush's rise to power, from CIA Director to Vice President to President. These aspects of Barr's resume remain whitewashed by mainstream coverage. They have been amply documented by whistleblowers and those who worked directly with Barr.
The issue at hand is not Barr's "legal mind", but the ruthless mind that he wielded with frightening authority and expertise as George H. W. Bush's treasonous hatchet man in the Justice Department. William Barr distorted and corrupted the law, as grossly as anyone in modern history.
Barr: CIA operative
It is a sobering fact that American presidents (many of whom have been corrupt) have gone out of their way to hire fixers to be their attorney generals.
Consider recent history: Loretta Lynch (2015-2017), Eric Holder (2009-2015), Michael Mukasey (2007-2009), Alberto Gonzales (2005-2007), John Ashcroft (2001-2005),Janet Reno (1993-2001), Dick Thornburgh (1988-1991), Ed Meese (1985-1988), etc.
Barr, however, is a particularly spectacular and sordid case. As George H.W. Bush's most notorious insider, and as the AG from 1991 to 1993, Barr wreaked havoc, flaunted the rule of law, and proved himself to be one of the CIA/Deep State's greatest and most ruthless champions and protectors:
Barr was a full-time CIA operative, recruited by Langley out of high school, starting in 1971. Barr's youth career goal was to head the CIA.
CIA operative assigned to the China directorate, where he became close to powerful CIA operative George H.W. Bush, whose accomplishments already included the CIA/Cuba Bay of Pigs, Asia CIA operations (Vietnam War, Golden Triangle narcotics), Nixon foreign policy (Henry Kissinger), and the Watergate operation.
When George H.W. Bush became CIA Director in 1976, Barr joined the CIA's "legal office" and Bush's inner circle, and worked alongside Bush's longtime CIA enforcers Theodore "Ted" Shackley, Felix Rodriguez, Thomas Clines, and others, several of whom were likely involved with the Bay of Pigs/John F. Kennedy assassination, and numerous southeast Asian operations, from the Phoenix Program to Golden Triangle narco-trafficking.
Barr stonewalled and destroyed the Church Committee investigations into CIA abuses.
Barr stonewalled and stopped inquiries in the CIA bombing assassination of Chilean opposition leader Orlando Letelier.
Barr joined George H.W. Bush's legal/intelligence team during Bush's vice presidency (under President Ronald Reagan) Rose from assistant attorney general to Chief Legal Counsel to attorney general (1991) during the Bush 41 presidency.
Barr was a key player in the Iran-Contra operation, if not the most important member of the apparatus, simultaneously managing the operation while also "fixing" the legal end, ensuring that all of the operatives could do their jobs without fear of exposure or arrest.
In his attorney general confirmation, Barr vowed to "attack criminal organizations", drug smugglers and money launderers. It was all hot air: as AG, Barr would preserve, protect, cover up, and nurture the apparatus that he helped create, and use Justice Department power to escape punishment.
Barr stonewalled and stopped investigations into all Bush/Clinton and CIA crimes, including BCCI and BNL CIA drug banking, the theft of Inslaw/PROMIS software, and all crimes of state committed by Bush.
Barr provided legal cover for Bush's illegal foreign policy and war crimes.
Barr left Washington, and went through the "rotating door" to the corporate world, where he took on numerous directorships and counsel positions for major companies. In 2007 and again from 2017, Barr was counsel for politically-connected international law firm Kirkland & Ellis. Among its other notable attorneys and alumni are Kenneth Starr, John Bolton, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and numerous Trump administration attorneys. K&E's clients include sex trafficker/pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and Mitt Romney's Bain Capital.
A strong case can be made that William Barr was as powerful and important a figure in the Bush apparatus as any other, besides Poppy Bush himself."
http://www.patriotortraitor.com/William-pelham-Barr/
#8432299 at 2020-03-16 02:46:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10795: As The World Turns Edition
>>8432234
Some of US Remember…And Won't Forget/Trust him….TRUMP/Q are you reading this…We're not that FKing STUPID…No Matter what the MSM Thinks/Says
OPINION: Bill Barr Needs To Answer For His Role In Ruby Ridge
The Second Amendment community has tried very hard to get members of the Judiciary Committee to persuade attorney general nominee William Barr to renounce his long-standing support for gun control. Opposing his nomination is not a position we relish. But if members of the Senate choose to ignore his record on guns, they should not ignore his role in the Ruby Ridge scandal.
Barr was in charge of the Justice Department during Ruby Ridge, and he knew what was going on.
Barr stated, under oath, that his chief gun priority would be the Ruby Ridge-like gun confiscation orders (sugar-coated as "red flag laws").
You may remember that Barr's federal agents descended on Randy Weaver's Idaho compound in August, 1992, and (1) shot weaver in the back; (2) shot Weaver's wife Vicki to death, while she was holding her infant son; (3) shot Weaver's 14 year-old son to death; and (4) shot Weaver's dog.
Courts subsequently largely exonerated Weaver, while excoriating the FBI and the Department of Justice. And, although then-Attorney General William Barr claimed to know nothing about the Ruby Ridge fiasco, a 1995 Washington Post article reported that there were 20 high-level DOJ calls about Weaver in the 24 hours preceding the murder of his wife - and two of them directly involved Barr.
After that, Barr spent huge amounts of pro bono time trying to get exoneration for the FBI sniper who shot Vicki Weaver to death. He pushed for immunity from prosecution, organized letters on his behalf, and framed arguments before the trial and appeals courts.
But long before Ruby Ridge, Barr's hatred for the Second Amendment was clear.
Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991, Barr pushed the gun control "grand bargain" which, two years later under Clinton, was to become the biggest blow to the Second Amendment since the passage of the 1968 Gun Control Act.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/26/Barr-ruby-ridge/
#8432234 at 2020-03-16 02:39:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10795: As The World Turns Edition
William Barr's Connection To Ruby Ridge, Defending FBI Snipers
JANUARY 16, 2019
~ James Bovard
"The Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Attorney General nominee William Barr have focused heavily on Barr's views on Special Counsel Robert Mueller. But nobody is asking about Barr's legal crusade for blanket immunity for federal agents who killed American citizens.
Barr received a routine questionnaire from the Judiciary Committee asking him to disclose his past work including pro bono activities "serving the disadvantaged." The "disadvantaged" that Barr spent the most time helping was an FBI agent who slayed an Idaho mother holding her baby in 1992. Barr spent two weeks organizing former Attorneys General and others to support "an FBI sniper in defending against criminal charges in connection with the Ruby Ridge incident." Barr also "assisted in framing legal arguments advanced... in the district court and the subsequent appeal to the Ninth Circuit," he told the committee.
That charitable work (for an FBI agent who already had a federally-paid law firm defending him) helped tamp down one of the biggest scandals during Barr's time as Attorney General from 1991 to early 1993. Barr was responsible for both the U.S. Marshals Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, two federal agencies whose misconduct at Ruby Ridge "helped to weaken the bond of trust that must exist between ordinary Americans and our law enforcement agencies," according to a 1995 Senate Judiciary Committee report.
After Randy Weaver, an outspoken white separatist living on a mountaintop in northern Idaho, was entrapped by an undercover federal agent, U.S. marshals trespassed on Weaver's land and killed his 14-year-old son, Sammy. The following day, FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi killed his wife, Vicki, as she was standing in the cabin doorway. Horiuchi had previously shot Randy Weaver in the back after he stepped out of the cabin. The suspects were never given a warning or a chance to surrender and had taken no action against FBI agents. Weaver survived.
… A Justice Department internal investigation compiled a 542-page report detailing federal misconduct and coverups in the case and suggested criminal charges against FBI officials involved in Ruby Ridge.
Barr told the New York Times in 1993 that he was not directly involved in the Ruby Ridge operation. Two years later, the Washington Post revealed that "top officials of the Bush Justice Department had at least 20 [phone] contacts concerning Ruby Ridge in the 24 hours before Vicki Weaver was shot," including two calls involving Barr.
…..
The Justice Department paid $3 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit from the Weaver family. But when Boundary County, Idaho filed criminal charges against Horiuchi, Barr sprang to action seeking immunity for FBI snipers. He spearheaded efforts to sway the court to dismiss all charges because holding a sniper liable would "severely undermine, if not cripple, the ability of future attorneys general to rely on such specialized units in moments of crisis such as hostage taking and terrorist acts."
……
Does William Barr still endorse "wartime rules" and a "007 standard" that absolve federal agents for questionable shootings of Americans? Does Barr consider "illegal government killings" to be an oxymoron? Best of all, can Barr explain to us his understanding of the phrase "government under the law"?"
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/William-Barrs-connection-to-ruby-ridge-defending-fbi-snipers/
Bill Barr is literally the defense attorney for the deep state.
Who is still stupid enough to believe that Billy Bagpipes is going to mete out justice to his friends?
#8428020 at 2020-03-15 20:49:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10790: March Madness Edition
>>8427949
No Pardon
Exonerate
This case is getting real warm, why let the corrupt assholes off easy for destroying General Flynn's life and family. FUCK THAT.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-William-Barr-michael-flynn-20200215-u55gsri47zfitdn34i3l72j2p4-story.html
#8411607 at 2020-03-14 09:11:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10769: Toilet Paper is the New Gold Standard Edition
>>8411593 pb
A senior cabinet member in Australia's government who said Friday he is infected with the new coronavirus was pictured last week standing next to Ivanka Trump, Attorney General William Barr and other White House officials.
Peter Dutton, who is Australia's minister for home affairs, released a statement saying he has been diagnosed with the virus - COVID-19 - and admitted to the hospital, where he is in isolation.
Dutton was in Washington for meetings connected to the so-called Five Eyes security pact, an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Britain and the U.S. White House adviser Kellyanne Conway also appears in the March 6 photo.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/03/13/coronavirus-australian-politician-who-met-ivanka-trump-attorney-general-William-Barr-infected/5040253002/
#8403154 at 2020-03-13 18:53:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10758: Whose In Your Brackets?! Edition
Trump Opposed House Bill, Leaving FISA to Lapse Sunday; McConnell Expected to Try Again Next Week
WASHINGTON-An effort late Thursday by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) to extend Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authority for 45 days to allow time for further negotiations on reforms was blocked by Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.).
Lee, who with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) opposed a House-passed FISA extension, asked for unanimous consent to the additional time to offer amendments to a House-passed FISA re-authorization. The amendments would be to protect individual Americans' civil liberties.
"All I ask is to give us a few weeks. Let's take 45 days. Give the Senate a chance to deal with the immediate crises associated with the coronavirus and then a chance for us, in a timely fashion, to review the [House] bill and consider our own amendments to it, bipartisan amendments from people who have reached across the aisle in an effort to make this bill better," Lee explained on the Senate floor.
CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE
But Burr would have none of it, declaring in response to Lee that "I am not going to have a 45- day extension. I will let us go dark. I will let us go dark, and if there is a need, the President, by executive order, can do it for whatever period people think they are willing to let it expire."
Burr said no extension was needed because the Senate will debate "every one of the amendments of Senator Lee and the list of people he gave, and I think that they will be struck down."
The North Carolina Republican was referring to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's plan to bring the Senate back into session Monday to consider the House bill, known officially as "The USA Freedom Act of 2020."
The House measure is supported by Attorney General William Barr and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Minority Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).
But Lee, Paul, multiple House Republicans and Tom Fitton, president of the non-profit government watchdog Judicial Watch, say the House bill ignores reforms needed to end abuses like those detailed by Department of Justice Inspector Michael Horowitz.
Lee told colleagues late Thursday that President Donald Trump told him he opposed the House bill, which raised the specter of a presidential veto if the Senate approved the measure without further amendments.
Paul issued a statement after the Lee-Burr floor confrontation, declaring that, "As President Trump has repeatedly stated, we should not reauthorize these expiring surveillance powers without real reform. After all we have learned about how government has abused its authority, including spying on President Trump's 2016 campaign, neither a clean extension, nor the window dressing offered by the U.S.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-opposed-house-bill-leaving-fisa-to-lapse-sunday-mcconnell-expected-to-try-again-next-week_3271141.html
#8399921 at 2020-03-13 14:00:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10754: It's Here. Remain Calm and Anon On Edition
Australian politician who met Ivanka Trump, Attorney General William Barr infected with coronavirus
A senior cabinet member in Australia's government who said Friday he is infected with the new coronavirus was pictured last week standing next to Ivanka Trump, Attorney General William Barr and other White House officials.
Peter Dutton, who is Australia's minister for home affairs, released a statement saying he has been diagnosed with the virus - COVID-19 - and admitted to the hospital, where he is in isolation.
Dutton was in Washington for meetings connected to the so-called Five Eyes security pact, an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Britain and the U.S. White House adviser Kellyanne Conway also appears in the March 6 photo.
Coronavirus sweeps country: Parents worry about vulnerable kids in school
Australia has more than 120 cases of COVID-19. Among them: The actor Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson. The Hollywood couple confirmed on Wednesday that they are in isolation in the country after testing positive for the disease. "We are taking it one-day-at-a-time," Hanks said in a tweet. He posted a picture of them on Thursday night.
Earlier, Brazil confirmed that a senior adviser to President Jair Bolsonaro who tested positive for the coronavirus was among a group of officials who met with President Donald Trump on March 7. Fabio Wajngarten is Bolsonaro's communications secretary.
Coronavirus updates: Testing is 'No. 1 issue' for US as death toll hits 40; Wall Street drop spooks world markets
He posted a photo of himself standing next to the U.S. president at Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida on Saturday. Trump has said he "isn't concerned" about getting tested.
It is not immediately clear where in Washington the photo was taken or if Dutton visited the White House. A growing number of lawmakers are in self-quarantine as a result of having had contact with someone who has been diagnosed with the virus.
It emerged late Thursday that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, has tested positive for coronavirus. Canada's leader is self-isolating.
More and more countries around the world have announced school and university closures, bans on large gatherings and shuttered sports and cultural events as the pandemic increasingly interrupts daily life. Global stock markets remain volatile but the main benchmarks in the U.S. were higher and European gauges bounced after pledges from Germany and France to guarantee financial support for their economies. European Union officials have also signaled they are preparing plans for coordinated action.
Asked Friday in an MSNBC television interview whether Ivanka Trump's contact with Dutton meant that the president should be tested for the virus, Anthony Fauci, the country's top expert on infectious disease, said: "I leave that to the president."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/australian-politician-met-ivanka-trump-093537765.html
#8399870 at 2020-03-13 13:54:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10754: It's Here. Remain Calm and Anon On Edition
Australian politician who met Ivanka Trump, Attorney General William Barr infected with coronavirus
A senior cabinet member in Australia's government who said Friday he is infected with the new coronavirus was pictured last week standing next to Ivanka Trump, Attorney General William Barr and other White House officials.
Peter Dutton, who is Australia's minister for home affairs, released a statement saying he has been diagnosed with the virus - COVID-19 - and admitted to the hospital, where he is in isolation.
Dutton was in Washington for meetings connected to the so-called Five Eyes security pact, an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Britain and the U.S. White House adviser Kellyanne Conway also appears in the March 6 photo.
Coronavirus sweeps country: Parents worry about vulnerable kids in school
Australia has more than 120 cases of COVID-19. Among them: The actor Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson. The Hollywood couple confirmed on Wednesday that they are in isolation in the country after testing positive for the disease. "We are taking it one-day-at-a-time," Hanks said in a tweet. He posted a picture of them on Thursday night.
Earlier, Brazil confirmed that a senior adviser to President Jair Bolsonaro who tested positive for the coronavirus was among a group of officials who met with President Donald Trump on March 7. Fabio Wajngarten is Bolsonaro's communications secretary.
Coronavirus updates: Testing is 'No. 1 issue' for US as death toll hits 40; Wall Street drop spooks world markets
He posted a photo of himself standing next to the U.S. president at Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida on Saturday. Trump has said he "isn't concerned" about getting tested.
It is not immediately clear where in Washington the photo was taken or if Dutton visited the White House. A growing number of lawmakers are in self-quarantine as a result of having had contact with someone who has been diagnosed with the virus.
It emerged late Thursday that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, has tested positive for coronavirus. Canada's leader is self-isolating.
More and more countries around the world have announced school and university closures, bans on large gatherings and shuttered sports and cultural events as the pandemic increasingly interrupts daily life. Global stock markets remain volatile but the main benchmarks in the U.S. were higher and European gauges bounced after pledges from Germany and France to guarantee financial support for their economies. European Union officials have also signaled they are preparing plans for coordinated action.
Asked Friday in an MSNBC television interview whether Ivanka Trump's contact with Dutton meant that the president should be tested for the virus, Anthony Fauci, the country's top expert on infectious disease, said: "I leave that to the president."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/australian-politician-met-ivanka-trump-093537765.html
#8398728 at 2020-03-13 09:15:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10752: The Squall Edition
>>8398552
>>>8398535
>>Mr Dutton met with United States Attorney-General William Barr and US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka while in Washington DC last week.
>Unbelievable- once again, what are the odds?
If Trump is not infected yet should he head to a Bunker/quarantine/isolation?
maybe some remote island?
#8398626 at 2020-03-13 08:48:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10752: The Squall Edition
>>8398535
>Mr Dutton met with United States Attorney-General William Barr and US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka while in Washington DC last week.
With only 150 reported cases in AUS -2 of them being Hanx & Rita. https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-03-13-20-intl-hnk/index.html
What are the probabilities that Peter Dutton has it and just happened to have met with Ivanka and AG Bill Barr last wk??
#8398552 at 2020-03-13 08:32:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10752: The Squall Edition
>>8398535
>Mr Dutton met with United States Attorney-General William Barr and US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka while in Washington DC last week.
Unbelievable– once again, what are the odds?
TY Anon, great find!
#8398535 at 2020-03-13 08:29:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10752: The Squall Edition
Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton diagnosed with coronavirus
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has confirmed he has coronavirus.
The Federal Government frontbencher said he felt fine but woke up with a temperature and sore throat.
"I immediately contacted the Queensland Department of Health and was subsequently tested for COVID-19," Mr Dutton said in a statement.
"I was advised by Queensland Health this afternoon that the test had returned positive.
"It is the policy of Queensland Health that anyone who tests positive is to be admitted into hospital and I have complied with their advice.
"I feel fine and will provide an update in due course."
Mr Dutton was in Sydney for a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday and returned to Brisbane on a commercial flight on the same day.
He participated in Cabinet's national security committee meeting on Thursday via phone, during which the Government decided to extend its China, Italy, Iran and South Korean travel bans.
When someone contracts COVID-19, health officials alert people who have been in contact with them.
They are then expected to self-isolate at home and monitor their health for 14 days after the contact with the infected person.
The ABC has contacted Prime Minister Scott Morrison's office to see if he, and the Cabinet, will have to isolate themselves.
Earlier on Friday, Mr Morrison met with state and territory leaders to assess Australia's response to the spread of coronavirus.
Mr Dutton missed his usual Friday morning appearance on commercial TV, at the time being described as having a "stomach bug".
On Monday, he opened a new Moreton Bay campus for the University of the Sunshine Coast, alongside Education Minister Dan Tehan and former defence chief Angus Houston.
Mr Dutton met with United States Attorney-General William Barr and US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka while in Washington DC last week.
It comes as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau goes into 14-day isolation in the wake of his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, testing positive for coronavirus.
More to come.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-13/peter-dutton-diagnosed-with-coronavirus/12055104
—
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton Tweet
This morning I woke up with a temperature and sore throat.
I immediately contacted the Queensland Department of Health and was subsequently tested for COVID-19. I was advised by Queensland Health this afternoon that the test had returned positive.
It is the policy of Queensland Health that anyone who tests positive is to be admitted into hospital and I have complied with their advice.
I feel fine and will provide an update in due course.
https://twitter.com/PeterDutton_MP/status/1238356766850576385
#8396159 at 2020-03-13 02:42:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10749: Livin' In An Autists Paradise Edition
PornHub
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 10, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) -
Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska called on the US Department of Justice Tuesday to launch a formal investigation of PornHub and its parent company MindGeek over the pornography giant's hosting of illegal videos that show a minor human-trafficking victim being raped.
As LifeSiteNews has covered, controversy erupted for PornHub with the discovery of 58 videos of a 15-year-old girl being raped. The girl has been identified as a victim of human trafficking. It has also been reported that she was forced to undergo an abortion by her captor.
"I applaud the actions that the Department has already undertaken under your leadership on this issue, but Pornhub must not escape scrutiny," Sasse wrote to US Attorney General William Barr. "I therefore request that the Department open an investigation into Pornhub and its parent entity MindGeek Holding SARL for their involvement in this disturbing pipeline of exploiting children and other victims and survivors of sex trafficking."
Sasse's letter notes that almost seven million videos were uploaded to PornHub in 2019, a year during which "every minute" saw "80,032 visits, 77,861 searches, and 219,985 video views."
Noting this latest story was not the first instance of a rape video being uploaded to PornHub, Sasse said the "problem of Pornhub streaming content featuring women and children victims of sex trafficking reached the point in November that Paypal cut off services for Pornhub, refusing to facilitate this abuse any longer."
"Sen. Ben Sasse has shown true leadership today in calling on DOJ to investigate Pornhub over its alleged complicity in sexual trafficking and abuse,"
American Principles Project executive director Terry Schilling responded to the news. "APP strongly commends the Senator for calling attention to this issue, and we urgently implore the Trump administration to take every step in its power to protect vulnerable women and children from this dangerous industry."
International Women's Day this weekend saw concerned protesters from across the political spectrum descend on MindGeek's Montreal office, chanting "Shut it down!" in unison.
LifeSiteNews is currently circulating a petition calling on Barr and his Canadian counterpart, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti, to not only investigate but shut down both PornHub and Mindgeek. The petition currently has more than 36,000 signatures.
"If Pornhub is allowed to get away with this now, then human traffickers will know that they can continue their evil deeds and no one will care," the petition warns. "Please SIGN and SHARE this petition, and join the chorus of people, from all sides of the political spectrum, calling on the porn hosting monster to be investigated by U.S. and Canadian authorities, and to be shut down."
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-us-senator-calls-justice-dept-to-investigate-pornhub-in-wake-of-child-rape-vids
#8395340 at 2020-03-13 01:28:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10748: BRING ON THE NIGHTSHIFT - BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE USMC Edition
Rep. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, told colleagues during a House Rules Committee meeting on Tuesday that the Durham review is expected to end sometime starting in June.
"His investigation is due to be completed sometime this summer," Jordan said.
He mentioned it after Rep. Michael Burgess, a Republican from Texas, asked whether "anybody is going to be accountable now," referring to the "significant errors or omissions" the Justice Department inspector general found in the Justice Department's and the FBI's use of British ex-spy Christopher Steele's dossier when pursuing Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants to wiretap onetime Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Jordan, who is a member of the House Judiciary Committee, said that is exactly why Attorney General William Barr appointed Durham, the top federal prosecutor in Connecticut, to the task. The congressman also mentioned Kevin Clinesmith, a former FBI lawyer under criminal investigation by Durham after Inspector General Michael Horowitz found he altered a key document in FISA filings related to Page, a U.S. citizen who was suspected of being an agent of Russia but was never charged with wrongdoing.
"I gotta believe that individual at some point is going to be held accountable," Jordan said.
The meeting on Tuesday was focused on legislation to reform the FISA law while key authorities in it, including roving wiretap powers, the business records provision, and the "lone wolf" amendment, are set to expire on Sunday if not reauthorized.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-durham-review-due-to-be-completed-sometime-this-summer-jim-jordan-says
#8393555 at 2020-03-12 22:20:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10745: Future Proves Past Edition
Method of Execution for Federal Treason is Injection of PENTOBARBITAL
July 25, 2019Federal Government To Resume Capital Punishment after Nearly 2 Decade Lapse
The Federal Execution Protocol Addendum, which closely mirrors protocols utilized by several states, including currently Georgia, Missouri, and Texas, replaces the three-drug procedure previously used in Federal executions with a single drug-Pentobarbital.
Since 2010, 14 states have used Pentobarbital in over 200 executions, and Federal courts, including the Supreme Court, have repeatedly upheld the use of Pentobarbital in executions as consistent with the Eighth Amendment.
Upon Attorney General Barr's direction, Acting Director Hurwitz adopted the Addendum to the Federal Execution Protocol and, in accordance with 28 C.F.R. Part 26.
Sauce: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-government-resume-capital-punishment-after-nearly-two-decade-lapse
PENTOBARBITAL:Pentobarbital, also known as pentobarbitone, is a short-acting barbiturate. In high doses, pentobarbital causes death by respiratory arrest.
In the United States, the drug has been used for executions of convicted criminals.
On July 25, 2019, US Attorney General William Barr directed the Federal government to resume capital punishment after 16 years.
Pentobarbitol's old name was Nembutal, known on the streets as "Yellow Jackets" due to yellow capsule.
Sauce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentobarbital#Execution
#8391302 at 2020-03-12 18:44:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10743: Infinite Surfing Comfy Edition
#10740
>>8389722 Trudeau in self-isolation as wife tested for new coronavirus
>>8389709 Wat?! Ellen DeGeneres twat: (It has nothing to do with a warrant for my arrest in the state of Florida.)
>>8389644 (embedded video) Guy in Belgium deliberately spreading coronavirus
>>8389563 Tom Cotton: We will emerge stronger from this challenge, we will hold accountable those who inflicted it on the world, and we will prosper in the new day."
>>8389575 Kevin McCarthy: Democrats' coronavirus bill 'comes up short'
>>8389518 Sand Storm in Egypt. Getting Biblical?
>>8389502 Gold getting monkey hammered.
>>8389372 renoting for newfags: fourth turning
>>8389317, >>8389595, >>8389615, >>8389628 anon starts 'The Corona-Pool'
>>8389160 Mother of Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s children found dead at California home, report says
>>8389140 planefag reporting
>>8389192 The House is set to vote Thursday on renewing what's known as Section 702 of FISA…
>>8389127 NEW POLL SAYS WHITE AND HISPANIC CATHOLIC VOTERS DIVERGE ON THEIR OPINIONS OF TRUMP March 12 2020
>>8389085, >>8389234, >>8389478, >>8389551, >>8389678, >>8389739, >>8389746 COVID-19 mini-bun
>>8389758 #10740
#10739
>>8388912 The Trump administration has scored a significant victory against Mexico's most dangerous drug cartel.
>>8388911 New DJT twat w/CAP: Many Republican Senators want me to Veto the FISA Bill until we find out what led to, and happened with, the illegal attempted "coup"…
>>8388848 Maria Bartiromo: Wow. Not good cvspharmacy. Price gauging in newyorkstate during CoronavirusPandemic StateOfEmergency is illegal
>>8388719, >>8388733, >>8388742, >>8388829 Mariah Carey's mother made her 10 year old sister have sex with men and watch satanic rituals, lawsuit alleges
>>8388820 Former Operator of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinics Agrees to Pay $1.85 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Concerning Veterans' Wait Times
>>8388748 Attorney General William Barr joins Fox News exclusively 11am ET
>>8388707 Inside China's high-stakes campaign to smear the United States over coronavirus pandemic
>>8388587, >>8388665 Needz verification: POTUS may declare disaster under Stafford Act today.
>>8388486, >>8388362, >>8388487, >>8388492 financefag reporting
>>8388465 planefag reporting
>>8388425 MOAB Day: anon posts Q drops with moab references.
>>8388411 Congress shutting US Capitol, House and Senate office buildings to public until April 1 in reaction to coronavirus.
>>8388379 New DJT retwat: Trump's new coronavirus travel prohibitions will not apply to the trade and cargo that flow between Europe and the United States…
>>8388331 POTUS postpones Milwaukee campaign stop scheduled for Thursday, March 19
>>8388328, >>8388384, >>8388638 COVID-19 mini-bun
>>8388958 #10739
Previously Collected Notables
>>8386637 #10736, >>8387517 #10737, >>8388183 #10738
>>8384140 #10732, >>8384359 #10733, >>8385140 #10734, >>8385873 #10735
>>8380471 #10728, >>8381247 #10729, >>8382130 #10730, >>8382874 #10731
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregator: https://wearethene.ws
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://8kun.top
#8390877 at 2020-03-12 18:03:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10742: The Higher They Fly, The Deeper Anons Dig !BOOM! Edition
House passes key surveillance bill with deadline looming
The House on Wednesday passed legislation to reauthorize a key intelligence surveillance bill after weeks of back-and-forth tussling between members in both parties.
The passage of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), 278-136, comes the day after the House struck a bipartisan deal on the legislation and just before the bill is set to expire on Sunday.
Negotiators had worked for weeks, as both liberal Democrats and libertarian-leaning Republicans pushed for additional privacy protections, putting them at odds with lawmakers who wanted a clean reauthorization of the FISA bill, which they believed would easily pass in the upper chamber.
Now the Senate will consider the bill, which extends three expiring provisions of the USA Freedom Act that touch on roving wiretaps, lone wolf surveillance and a controversial program that allows the U.S. government to request access to phone metadata.
The bill has the support of Attorney General William Barr, who encouraged members of both parties to vote yes on it on Wednesday.
"I have reviewed the House FISA bill and support its passage," Barr said in a statement. "The bill contains an array of new requirements and compliance provisions that will protect against abuse and misuse in the future while ensuring that this critical tool is available when appropriate to protect the safety of the American people."
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio), the top Republican on the panel, touted the bill Tuesday as a major accomplishment.
"Since we first circulated the original draft of this bill, we have heard from a wide range of stakeholders from the most progressive members of the Democratic caucus to the staunchest supporters of President Trump and they have convinced us to make additional changes to the bill," Nadler said while presenting the bill before the House Rules Committee on Tuesday evening.
Both Nadler and Jordan described the amended bill as a step in the right direction, noting that there were more privacy protections they would like to make in the future.
"Contrary to a couple of hours ago, I actually agree with the Chairman. I think this bill doesn't go far enough, but it does represent real reform," said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) who spoke Tuesday before the Rules panel, after Nadler.
Jordan and many other Republicans have called for FISA reform after a Justice Department (DOJ) watchdog found 17 "significant errors or omissions" in the surveillance warrant applications for former Trump campaign aide Carter Page, dating back to 2016. DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz has said his investigation did not find evidence to suggest political bias impacted the FBI's decision to open the counterintelligence probe and concluded that the FBI had an "authorized purpose" for the inquiry.
Jordan dismissed the idea of a clean reauthorization bill, citing the Page wiretap and taking aim at the GOP leaders who supported the idea.
"I am [OK with the deal], but I'm like you, I wanted a lot more. But sometimes you got to step back. And look, what are we going to get with Democrats in control of the House?" asked Jordan during an interview with Ohio conservative talk radio host Bob Frantz on Wednesday.
But some of the fiercest critics of U.S. surveillance powers were not pleased by the text of the bill.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/487096-house-passes-key-surveillance-bill-with-deadline-looming
#8390541 at 2020-03-12 17:32:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10742: The Higher They Fly, The Deeper Anons Dig !BOOM! Edition
#10739
>>8388912 The Trump administration has scored a significant victory against Mexico's most dangerous drug cartel.
>>8388911 New DJT twat w/CAP: Many Republican Senators want me to Veto the FISA Bill until we find out what led to, and happened with, the illegal attempted "coup"…
>>8388848 Maria Bartiromo: Wow. Not good cvspharmacy. Price gauging in newyorkstate during CoronavirusPandemic StateOfEmergency is illegal
>>8388719, >>8388733, >>8388742, >>8388829 Mariah Carey's mother made her 10 year old sister have sex with men and watch satanic rituals, lawsuit alleges
>>8388820 Former Operator of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinics Agrees to Pay $1.85 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Concerning Veterans' Wait Times
>>8388748 Attorney General William Barr joins Fox News exclusively 11am ET
>>8388707 Inside China's high-stakes campaign to smear the United States over coronavirus pandemic
>>8388587, >>8388665 Needz verification: POTUS may declare disaster under Stafford Act today.
>>8388486, >>8388362, >>8388487, >>8388492 financefag reporting
>>8388465 planefag reporting
>>8388425 MOAB Day: anon posts Q drops with moab references.
>>8388411 Congress shutting US Capitol, House and Senate office buildings to public until April 1 in reaction to coronavirus.
>>8388379 New DJT retwat: Trump's new coronavirus travel prohibitions will not apply to the trade and cargo that flow between Europe and the United States…
>>8388331 POTUS postpones Milwaukee campaign stop scheduled for Thursday, March 19
>>8388328, >>8388384, >>8388638 COVID-19 mini-bun
>>8388958 #10739
#10738
Baker Change
>>8388148 planefag reporting
>>8388117 On this day in 2003, The US Air Force tests its Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) a 9,450kg munition which is the biggest conventional bomb in the US arsenal.!
>>8388107 US Air Force twat w/CAP: The Red Tail Angels
>>8388047 Feds: $10 million reward offered for information leading to arrest of new Mexican drug lord
>>8388038 The Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today announced the results of Project Python…
>>8387980 RESIGNATION: UPS CEO OUT
>>8387731 Ilhan Omar Marries her Campaign Consultant, After Extramarital Affair
>>8387718 US Nukes Reportedly Delivered To Poland
>>8387703 Heidi Klum, who was named in a court deposition by one of Jeffrey Epstein's former child sex slaves, leaves AGT taping after "feeling ill".
>>8387608 2 Americans and 1 British national killed in rocket attack on base in Iraq
>>8387597, >>8387715, >>8387723, >>8387840, >>8387887, >>8387976, >>8388033, >>8388083, >>8388085, >>8388098, >>8388108 COVID-19 mini-bun
>>8387552, >>8387586 Clock Activated. Prepare for the storm patriots
>>8387481 New Rudy: MORE PROOF SWAM MEDIA IS CORRUPT
>>8388183 #10738
Previously Collected Notables
>>8386637 #10736, >>8387517 #10737,
>>8384140 #10732, >>8384359 #10733, >>8385140 #10734, >>8385873 #10735
>>8380471 #10728, >>8381247 #10729, >>8382130 #10730, >>8382874 #10731
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregator: https://wearethene.ws
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://8kun.top
#8389785 at 2020-03-12 16:21:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10741: Shills Be Like The NBA: Got No Game Edition
Global Announcements
>>8363658 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
Notables
are not endorsements
#10740
>>8389722 Trudeau in self-isolation as wife tested for new coronavirus
>>8389709 Wat?! Ellen DeGeneres twat: (It has nothing to do with a warrant for my arrest in the state of Florida.)
>>8389644 (embedded video) Guy in Belgium deliberately spreading coronavirus
>>8389563 Tom Cotton: We will emerge stronger from this challenge, we will hold accountable those who inflicted it on the world, and we will prosper in the new day."
>>8389575 Kevin McCarthy: Democrats' coronavirus bill 'comes up short'
>>8389518 Sand Storm in Egypt. Getting Biblical?
>>8389502 Gold getting monkey hammered.
>>8389372 renoting for newfags: fourth turning
>>8389317, >>8389595, >>8389615, >>8389628 anon starts 'The Corona-Pool'
>>8389160 Mother of Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s children found dead at California home, report says
>>8389140 planefag reporting
>>8389192 The House is set to vote Thursday on renewing what's known as Section 702 of FISA…
>>8389127 NEW POLL SAYS WHITE AND HISPANIC CATHOLIC VOTERS DIVERGE ON THEIR OPINIONS OF TRUMP March 12 2020
>>8389085, >>8389234, >>8389478, >>8389551, >>8389678, >>8389739, >>8389746 COVID-19 mini-bun
>>8389758 #10740
#10739
>>8388912 The Trump administration has scored a significant victory against Mexico's most dangerous drug cartel.
>>8388911 New DJT twat w/CAP: Many Republican Senators want me to Veto the FISA Bill until we find out what led to, and happened with, the illegal attempted "coup"…
>>8388848 Maria Bartiromo: Wow. Not good cvspharmacy. Price gauging in newyorkstate during CoronavirusPandemic StateOfEmergency is illegal
>>8388719, >>8388733, >>8388742, >>8388829 Mariah Carey's mother made her 10 year old sister have sex with men and watch satanic rituals, lawsuit alleges
>>8388820 Former Operator of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinics Agrees to Pay $1.85 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Concerning Veterans' Wait Times
>>8388748 Attorney General William Barr joins Fox News exclusively 11am ET
>>8388707 Inside China's high-stakes campaign to smear the United States over coronavirus pandemic
>>8388587, >>8388665 Needz verification: POTUS may declare disaster under Stafford Act today.
>>8388486, >>8388362, >>8388487, >>8388492 financefag reporting
>>8388465 planefag reporting
>>8388425 MOAB Day: anon posts Q drops with moab references.
>>8388411 Congress shutting US Capitol, House and Senate office buildings to public until April 1 in reaction to coronavirus.
>>8388379 New DJT retwat: Trump's new coronavirus travel prohibitions will not apply to the trade and cargo that flow between Europe and the United States…
>>8388331 POTUS postpones Milwaukee campaign stop scheduled for Thursday, March 19
>>8388328, >>8388384, >>8388638 COVID-19 mini-bun
>>8388958 #10739
#10738
Baker Change
>>8388148 planefag reporting
>>8388117 On this day in 2003, The US Air Force tests its Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) a 9,450kg munition which is the biggest conventional bomb in the US arsenal.!
>>8388107 US Air Force twat w/CAP: The Red Tail Angels
>>8388047 Feds: $10 million reward offered for information leading to arrest of new Mexican drug lord
>>8388038 The Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today announced the results of Project Python…
>>8387980 RESIGNATION: UPS CEO OUT
>>8387731 Ilhan Omar Marries her Campaign Consultant, After Extramarital Affair
>>8387718 US Nukes Reportedly Delivered To Poland
>>8387703 Heidi Klum, who was named in a court deposition by one of Jeffrey Epstein's former child sex slaves, leaves AGT taping after "feeling ill".
>>8387608 2 Americans and 1 British national killed in rocket attack on base in Iraq
>>8387597, >>8387715, >>8387723, >>8387840, >>8387887, >>8387976, >>8388033, >>8388083, >>8388085, >>8388098, >>8388108 COVID-19 mini-bun
>>8387552, >>8387586 Clock Activated. Prepare for the storm patriots
>>8387481 New Rudy: MORE PROOF SWAM MEDIA IS CORRUPT
>>8388183 #10738
Previously Collected Notables
>>8386637 #10736, >>8387517 #10737,
>>8384140 #10732, >>8384359 #10733, >>8385140 #10734, >>8385873 #10735
>>8380471 #10728, >>8381247 #10729, >>8382130 #10730, >>8382874 #10731
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregator: https://wearethene.ws
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://8kun.top
#8389028 at 2020-03-12 14:57:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10740: Kek! Shillz Don't Know What To Do! Edition
Global Announcements
>>8363658 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
Notables
are not endorsements
#10739
>>8388912 The Trump administration has scored a significant victory against Mexico's most dangerous drug cartel.
>>8388911 New DJT twat w/CAP: Many Republican Senators want me to Veto the FISA Bill until we find out what led to, and happened with, the illegal attempted "coup"…
>>8388848 Maria Bartiromo: Wow. Not good cvspharmacy. Price gauging in newyorkstate during CoronavirusPandemic StateOfEmergency is illegal
>>8388719, >>8388733, >>8388742, >>8388829 Mariah Carey's mother made her 10 year old sister have sex with men and watch satanic rituals, lawsuit alleges
>>8388820 Former Operator of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinics Agrees to Pay $1.85 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Concerning Veterans' Wait Times
>>8388748 Attorney General William Barr joins Fox News exclusively 11am ET
>>8388707 Inside China's high-stakes campaign to smear the United States over coronavirus pandemic
>>8388587, >>8388665 Needz verification: POTUS may declare disaster under Stafford Act today.
>>8388486, >>8388362, >>8388487, >>8388492 financefag reporting
>>8388465 planefag reporting
>>8388425 MOAB Day: anon posts Q drops with moab references.
>>8388411 Congress shutting US Capitol, House and Senate office buildings to public until April 1 in reaction to coronavirus.
>>8388379 New DJT retwat: Trump's new coronavirus travel prohibitions will not apply to the trade and cargo that flow between Europe and the United States…
>>8388331 POTUS postpones Milwaukee campaign stop scheduled for Thursday, March 19
>>8388328, >>8388384, >>8388638 COVID-19 mini-bun
>>8388958 #10739
#10738
Baker Change
>>8388148 planefag reporting
>>8388117 On this day in 2003, The US Air Force tests its Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) a 9,450kg munition which is the biggest conventional bomb in the US arsenal.!
>>8388107 US Air Force twat w/CAP: The Red Tail Angels
>>8388047 Feds: $10 million reward offered for information leading to arrest of new Mexican drug lord
>>8388038 The Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today announced the results of Project Python…
>>8387980 RESIGNATION: UPS CEO OUT
>>8387731 Ilhan Omar Marries her Campaign Consultant, After Extramarital Affair
>>8387718 US Nukes Reportedly Delivered To Poland
>>8387703 Heidi Klum, who was named in a court deposition by one of Jeffrey Epstein's former child sex slaves, leaves AGT taping after "feeling ill".
>>8387608 2 Americans and 1 British national killed in rocket attack on base in Iraq
>>8387597, >>8387715, >>8387723, >>8387840, >>8387887, >>8387976, >>8388033, >>8388083, >>8388085, >>8388098, >>8388108 COVID-19 mini-bun
>>8387552, >>8387586 Clock Activated. Prepare for the storm patriots
>>8387481 New Rudy: MORE PROOF SWAM MEDIA IS CORRUPT
>>8388183 #10738
#10737
>>8387418 POTUS Tweet analysis
>>8387358 Planefag reports
>>8387245 737MAX?: JP Morgan abandons Boeing buy call after three years
>>8387196 The German Stock Market Falls Under 10k Points At Opening, Worst Since 2016
>>8387195 CALL FOR DIG: Anons making a list of all CoVid celebs, both confirmed and suspected [ongoing list, please pick up]
>>8387138 Department of Defense Travel Restrictions Memo March 11, 2020
>>8387111, >>8387127, >>8387148, >>8387130 U.S. Prosecutors Seeking Legal "Options" Against Prince Andrew (ZH)
>>8387099, >>8387110, >>8387131 Tweet From "Marco_Acortes" From '13 Talking About A Corona Virus inc
>>8387093 Floyd Mayweather's Ex-Partner Found Dead In Car
>>8387051 U.S. Probe Into Mexican Drug Cartel Yields 750 Arrests
ghost bake followed by note-taker/baker
>>8386972 Walmart's Hiring 500 Truck Drivers; 'Don't Wait' to Apply
>>8386966 There is a perfect storm brewing in Saudi Arabia (Al-Jazeera)
>>8386874 Anon theory on silent running & corona
>>8386818, >>8386754 Why did German authorities placed foster children with known pedophiles?
>>8386806 NBA Shut Down Caused By One Person That Touched All The Mics [VIDEO, wtaf?]
>>8386795, >>8386917 Senate staffer tests positive for the big C (no, not cancer)
>>8386768 Warren Buffet: King of Abortion (spent $4 billion)
>>8386751 FBI power to eavesdrop on Americans likely to be curtailed (LA Times)
>>8386733, >>8386806, >>8387020 Corona updates (latest outbreaks, celebs, fear porn)
>>8386689, >>8386985 Green Light / Q Proof
>>8387517 #10737
Previously Collected Notables
>>8386637 #10736,
>>8384140 #10732, >>8384359 #10733, >>8385140 #10734, >>8385873 #10735
>>8380471 #10728, >>8381247 #10729, >>8382130 #10730, >>8382874 #10731
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregator: https://wearethene.ws
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://8kun.top
#8388958 at 2020-03-12 14:50:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10739: COVID-19: The Perfect Cover Edition
final call for notables @ 650
>>8388907 anons don't forget to stop by the baking class tonight in /comms/. always need moar bakers!
#10739
>>8388912 The Trump administration has scored a significant victory against Mexico's most dangerous drug cartel.
>>8388911 New DJT twat w/CAP: Many Republican Senators want me to Veto the FISA Bill until we find out what led to, and happened with, the illegal attempted "coup"…
>>8388848 Maria Bartiromo: Wow. Not good cvspharmacy. Price gauging in newyorkstate during CoronavirusPandemic StateOfEmergency is illegal
>>8388719, >>8388733, >>8388742, >>8388829 Mariah Carey's mother made her 10 year old sister have sex with men and watch satanic rituals, lawsuit alleges
>>8388820 Former Operator of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinics Agrees to Pay $1.85 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Concerning Veterans' Wait Times
>>8388748 Attorney General William Barr joins Fox News exclusively 11am ET
>>8388707 Inside China's high-stakes campaign to smear the United States over coronavirus pandemic
>>8388587, >>8388665 Needz verification: POTUS may declare disaster under Stafford Act today.
>>8388486, >>8388362, >>8388487, >>8388492 financefag reporting
>>8388465 planefag reporting
>>8388425 MOAB Day: anon posts Q drops with moab references.
>>8388411 Congress shutting US Capitol, House and Senate office buildings to public until April 1 in reaction to coronavirus.
>>8388379 New DJT retwat: Trump's new coronavirus travel prohibitions will not apply to the trade and cargo that flow between Europe and the United States…
>>8388331 POTUS postpones Milwaukee campaign stop scheduled for Thursday, March 19
>>8388328, >>8388384, >>8388638 COVID-19 mini-bun
baking in a bit
see you at the top bakes
#8388793 at 2020-03-12 14:33:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10739: COVID-19: The Perfect Cover Edition
notables bun @ 500
kitchen is warming up fast but still comfy.
#10739
>>8388748 Attorney General William Barr joins Fox News exclusively 11am ET
>>8388707 Inside China's high-stakes campaign to smear the United States over coronavirus pandemic
>>8388587, >>8388665 Needz verification: POTUS may declare disaster under Stafford Act today.
>>8388486, >>8388362, >>8388487, >>8388492 financefag reporting
>>8388465 planefag reporting
>>8388425 MOAB Day: anon posts Q drops with moab references.
>>8388411 Congress shutting US Capitol, House and Senate office buildings to public until April 1 in reaction to coronavirus.
>>8388379 New DJT retwat: Trump's new coronavirus travel prohibitions will not apply to the trade and cargo that flow between Europe and the United States…
>>8388331 POTUS postpones Milwaukee campaign stop scheduled for Thursday, March 19
>>8388328, >>8388384, >>8388638 COVID-19 mini-bun
#8388748 at 2020-03-12 14:27:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10739: COVID-19: The Perfect Cover Edition
Ed Henry
Attorney General William Barr joins us exclusively 11am ET @FoxNews@SandraSmithFox#FISA
twitter.com/edhenry/status/1238107133998227456
#8386751 at 2020-03-12 06:42:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10737: Baking Lag for Baker Fag Edition
FBI power to eavesdrop on Americans likely to be curtailed
The House approved legislation on Wednesday, 278-136, that would make it harder to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens and foreigners under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, better known as FISA. The measure now goes to the Senate, where one member's opposition could still prevent it from reaching Trump for his signature before some of the act's powers expire on Sunday.
Senate Republican leaders, including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, issued a statement of support. "This legislation balances the need to reauthorize these critical authorities with the need for tailored reforms to increase accountability," they said.
Surveillance authority became hotly controversial after it was revealed that the FBI used it to eavesdrop on Carter Page, a former foreign policy advisor to Trump's campaign, during the 2016 race. A subsequent report from the Justice Department inspector general said law enforcement officials had mishandled the case by withholding information from the secret court that approved the FISA warrant and renewed it three times.
The bill calls for restricting the government's ability to obtain cellphone records in national security investigations. It would require the FBI to certify that all relevant information has been provided to the court and to appoint compliance officers to ensure applications for warrants are handled appropriately.
The attorney general would be required to approve any surveillance of federal elected officials or candidates for federal office.
If the proposals become law, it would reflect a rare moment of bipartisan compromise for factions that battled over the Russia investigation and the subsequent impeachment of Trump for his dealings with Ukraine.
"These reforms are an extraordinary accomplishment in a period of divided government," said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield).
Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank), the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, said the legislation "makes a number of critical and important reforms to strengthen civil liberties and privacy protections … while simultaneously protecting the national security of the United States."
Atty. Gen. William Barr, who has worked with lawmakers to nail down details of the proposals, said Wednesday that he supports the legislation.
"The bill contains an array of new requirements and compliance provisions that will protect against abuse and misuse in the future while ensuring that this critical tool is available when appropriate to protect the safety of the American people," he said in a statement.
The American Civil Liberties Union called the legislation a "half measure."
"With only minimal improvements over current law, the reforms in this backroom deal fall far short of what is needed to protect our privacy rights," Christopher Anders, its deputy political director, said in a statement. "This proposal will continue to allow secret courts to issue secret orders and the federal government will continue spying on Americans without the kind of oversight and adversarial process that all Americans should expect of our government and our courts."
It's unclear whether libertarian conservatives in the Senate, notably Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), will decide to stall the debate and allow the surveillance powers to expire. "Weak sauce reform," he tweeted after the House vote. "This doesn't fix the problem! Let's do real reform now!"
Trump also remains a wild card. Ever since his Senate acquittal after impeachment by the House for his conduct toward Ukraine, he's been eager to strike back at the law enforcement and intelligence agencies that he believes wronged him during the Russia investigation.
During the 2016 race, the FBI began investigating Moscow's efforts to boost Trump's campaign by releasing emails hacked from Democrats and spreading misinformation on social media. Page was the target of surveillance because of his contacts with Russians, but he was never charged with any wrongdoing.
Republicans have long portrayed this as evidence that investigators were biased against Trump, particularly because they included Democratic-funded opposition research in the application for a warrant.
"This is fallout that the bureau deserves for how shoddily they did that work" in the Page case, Montoya said. "There is some frustration that the rules are going to be stricter but at the same time these are the lessons of what happens when you half-ass a FISA application."
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-03-11/fbi-power-eavesdrop-on-americans-likely-curtailed
#8374561 at 2020-03-11 05:15:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10721: Infinite Drive Thru Now Open For Shills, Get Your Spam and GO! Edition
>>8374459
INTERDASTING
JANUARY 29, 2020
Awoman accused of slapping three Orthodox Jewish women in New York City in December has been charged with federal hate crimes, according to U.S. Attorney General William Barr.
https://time.com/5773696/tiffany-harris-charged-anti-semitic-attacks/
#8371262 at 2020-03-10 22:59:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10717: Happy March Madness Anons, Yellow Flag Out ~ Now Let's Roll! Edition
Asshole at it again Anons, don't take the bait, and really who thinks he's a comedian
Patton Oswalt Imagines Trump Supporters Dying from Coronavirus
Comedian-actor Patton Oswalt posted a tweet on Tuesday in which he imagined supporters of President Donald Trump dying from coronavirus.
The Ratatouille star joked that "MAGA" supporters infected with COVID-19 would be obsessed with the media's treatment of President Trump as they coughed themselves to death.
Oswalt was responding to an unsubstantiated claim that President Trump has asked Attorney General William Barr to launch a Justice Department investigation into the media's coverage of the coronavirus.
Vanity Fair's Gabriel Sherman recently cited an "anonymous source close to the White House" who alleges that President Trump "wants Justice to open investigations of the media for market manipulation." But the Vanity Fair report never says that the president asked Barr to launch such an investigation, as Oswalt's retweet claims.
Patton Oswalt said in December that every person who voted for and still supports President Trump is a "stupid asshole."
"The President is a stupid asshole and if you voted for him you're a stupid asshole and if you still support him you're a stupid asshole," the Hollywood star tweeted. "Oh no this Tweet is going to make all the stupid assholes not like me waaaaah."
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/03/10/patton-oswalt-imagines-trump-supporters-dying-from-coronavirus/
#8370033 at 2020-03-10 20:35:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10715: Gunning For The Gold Edition
"Oswalt was responding to an unsubstantiated claim that President Trump has asked Attorney General William Barr to launch a Justice Department investigation into the media's coverage of the coronavirus."
FAKE NEWS = FAKE VIRUS
#8369418 at 2020-03-10 19:24:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10714: ES X2 Comb Your Hair Edition
Ex-Intelligence Analyst Charged With Giving Reporter Classified Information
Daniel Fleming March 7, 2020
A former intelligence analyst working as a contractor for the federal government has been charged with stealing classified documents and turning them over to a reporter.
The reporter was not named, but many people think that the recipient of those files was The Intercept, who has a history of publishing leaked documents, including the infamous Reality Winner case. It is believed that Daniel E. Hale, the former analyst, was working with reporter Jeremy Scahill of The Intercept. The Intercept published some of those files on drone warfare in 2015.
AG Bill Barr says the DOJ is investigating multiple leaks.
From The Daily Caller
This would be the third leak prosecution involving The Intercept over the past several years. Reality Winner, a former National Security Agency contractor, and Terry Albury, a former FBI agent, were previously indicted for providing classified information to the website. The Trump administration has ramped up its investigations of illegal government leaks. Attorney General William Barr told the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 1 that the Justice Department has "multiple" ongoing criminal leak investigations.
According to prosecutors, Hale printed out 36 documents from his Top Secret computer system, and provided at least 17 to the reporter and the reporter's online news organization. According to the indictment, 11 of the documents published were marked as having top-secret or secret information.
Hale faces of slew of charges for illegally obtaining, retaining and transmitted national defense information. He faces up to 50 years in prison for the charges, but is likely to face a much lighter sentence if convicted.
https://steadfastloyalty.com/news-for-you/ex-intelligence-analyst-charged-with-giving-reporter-classified-information /
#8368467 at 2020-03-10 17:19:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10713: Dem Platform Not So Silent Running Edition
Ben Sasse calls on DOJ to investigate Pornhub over alleged videos showing 'victims of trafficking being raped'
Sen. Ben Sasse has called on the Department of Justice to investigate Pornhub for allegedly streaming acts of rape and exploitation. The Nebraska Republican sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday arguing for an investigation into the pornography site's practices. Sasse also called for an investigation into Pornhub's parent company, MindGeek, which is headquartered in Luxembourg.
"In several notable incidents over the past year, Pornhub made content available worldwide showing women and girls that were victims of trafficking being raped and exploited," he wrote. "The problem of Pornhub streaming content featuring women and children victims of sex trafficking reached the point in November that Paypal cut off services for Pornhub, refusing to facilitate this abuse any longer."
The online financial service PayPal cut off business with Pornhub after finding that the pornography site was using the platform to make unauthorized transactions. Pornhub later said it was "devastated by PayPal's decision to stop payouts to over a hundred thousand performers who rely on them for their livelihoods." "Pornhub must not escape scrutiny. I therefore request that the Department open an investigation into Pornhub and its parent entity MindGeek Holding SARL for their involvement in this disturbing pipeline of exploiting children and other victims and survivors of sex trafficking," Sasse said.
The website was accused on Monday of allowing people committing crimes such as sex trafficking and rape to post videos to the platform. "This is a company that is generating millions in advertising and membership revenue, and yet they do not have an effective system in place to verify reliably the age or consent of those featured in the pornographic content it hosts," said Laila Mickelwait, founder of the activist group Exodus Cry. MindGeek denied the accusations, saying in a statement: "Pornhub has a steadfast commitment to eradicating and fighting non-consensual content and under-age material. Any suggestion otherwise is categorically and factually inaccurate."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ben-sasse-calls-on-doj-to-investigate-pornhub-over-alleged-videos-showing-victims-of-trafficking-being-raped
World's biggest porn site under fire over rape and abuse videos
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/mar/09/worlds-biggest-porn-site-under-fire-over-videos-pornhub
#8360897 at 2020-03-09 21:30:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10703: Moar WW Colors of Q Edition
Attorney General William Barr will arrive on Capitol Hill soon to discuss a plan to reauthorize FISA with House GOP leaders. The program expires at the end of the week.
https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1237127935963942912
#8355065 at 2020-03-09 06:23:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10696: Deep State Hatin, Shills in Panic Edition
POTUS Press ?
@POTUSPress
DOJ Says Judge Questioned Barr's Handling of Mueller Report With 'No Basis' https://theepochtimes.com/doj-says-judge-questioned-Barrs-handling-of-mueller-report-with-no-basis_3264164.html via @epochtimes
https://twitter.com/POTUSPress/status/1236889796120887298
Article:
DOJ Says Judge Questioned Barr's Handling of Mueller Report With No Basis
BY ALLEN ZHONG March 8, 2020 Updated: March 8, 2020
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said that Attorney General William Barr played no role in the redactions made in special counsel Robert Mueller's report and that a judge has questioned the department's work with "no basis."…
https://www.theepochtimes.com/doj-says-judge-questioned-Barrs-handling-of-mueller-report-with-no-basis_3264164.html
#8354141 at 2020-03-09 03:36:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10695: No One Does It Better Than Potus Edition
Re-Posting because anons keep talking about the Pedos and Traitors "swinging on a rope", or meme an Electric Chair.
Method of Execution for Federal Treason is Injection of PENTOBARBITAL
July 25, 2019Federal Government To Resume Capital Punishment after Nearly 2 Decade Lapse
The Federal Execution Protocol Addendum, which closely mirrors protocols utilized by several states, including currently Georgia, Missouri, and Texas, replaces the three-drug procedure previously used in Federal executions with a single drug-Pentobarbital.
Since 2010, 14 states have used Pentobarbital in over 200 executions, and Federal courts, including the Supreme Court, have repeatedly upheld the use of Pentobarbital in executions as consistent with the Eighth Amendment.
Upon Attorney General Barr's direction, Acting Director Hurwitz adopted the Addendum to the Federal Execution Protocol and, in accordance with 28 C.F.R. Part 26.
Sauce: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-government-resume-capital-punishment-after-nearly-two-decade-lapse
PENTOBARBITAL:Pentobarbital, also known as pentobarbitone, is a short-acting barbiturate. In high doses, pentobarbital causes death by respiratory arrest. In the United States, the drug has been used for executions of convicted criminals.
On July 25, 2019, US Attorney General William Barr directed the Federal government to resume capital punishment after 16 years.
Pentobarbitol's old name was Nembutal, known on the streets as "Yellow Jackets" due to yellow capsule.
Sauce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentobarbital#Execution
#8353431 at 2020-03-09 02:22:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10694: Sounds Good To Me Edition
Governments, Big Tech Team Up Against Online Child Sexual Exploitation
WASHINGTON-Powerful testimony from the "Phoenix 11," a group of child sex abuse survivors, kicked off the announcement of a new collaboration between governments and tech companies to stop the online sexual abuse of children.
"Last year, we all took a bold step to overcome the fears about ourselves, to band together to become a force for change," the group said in a video presented at the Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 5.
"We are survivors of sexual torture, child rape, erotic photoshoots, pedophile sleepovers, elementary school sex shows, streaming BDSM, and twisted sexual desires whose digital images were trafficked worldwide to fulfill the endless needs of an evil perverted community which takes pleasure from our pain."
In efforts to prevent child sexual abuse online, the United States, along with the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, have created new voluntary principles that tech companies are promoting.
Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, Roblox, and Snapchat have all endorsed the principles, which ask them to prevent child sexual abuse material from being made available on their platforms, and taking action against advertising, soliciting children, and the livestreaming of child-related sexual abuse.
The principles stop short of asking tech companies to address end-to-end encryption, which is an ongoing tussle about where the line exists between privacy protection and the protection of criminals. The DOJ has said end-to-end encryption without a backdoor for law enforcement stymies criminal investigations. Tech companies say a backdoor presents a security risk for users.
"Predators' supposed privacy interests should not outweigh our children's privacy and security," said Attorney General William Barr on March 5. "Technology has made it easier to produce, conceal, and distribute child sexual abuse materials."
The DOJ has seen a 160 percent increase in cases involving the production of videos and images of children who were sexually exploited and abused over the last decade.
The CyberTipline for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) received 1.1 million reports of child online sexual exploitation in 2014.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/governments-big-tech-team-up-against-online-child-sexual-exploitation_3264436.html
Talk about the fox guarding the hen house
#8351043 at 2020-03-08 21:29:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10691: Did Biden Really Forget Obama's Name? Edition
Spence later stated that his contacts within the White House, which allowed him and his "call boys" access, were "top level" officials and he specifically singled out George H.W. Bush's then-National Security Advisor Donald Gregg. Gregg had worked at the CIA since 1951 before he resigned in 1982 to become National Security Advisor to Bush, who was then vice president. Prior to resigning from his post at the CIA, Gregg had worked directly under William Casey and, in the late 1970s, alongside a young William Barr in stonewalling the congressional Pike Committee and Church Committee, which investigated the CIA beginning in 1975. Among the things that they were tasked with investigating were the CIA's "love traps," or sexual blackmail operations used to lure foreign diplomats to bugged apartments, complete with recording equipment and two-way mirrors.
Barr would later become Bush's Attorney General, rising to that post yet again under Trump. Furthermore, Barr's father worked for the precursor to the CIA, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and recruited a young Jeffrey Epstein, then a high school drop-out, to teach at the elite Dalton School, from which Epstein was later fired. A year prior to hiring Epstein, Donald Barr published a science fiction fantasy novel about sex slavery. Notably, the same year Donald Barr hired Epstein, his son was working for the CIA. Bill Barr has refused calls to recuse himself from the Epstein case, even though he worked at the same law firm that has represented Epstein in the past.
#8349067 at 2020-03-08 17:10:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10688: Working Will Set You Free Edition
Bill targeting online child abuse puts encryption in crosshairs
Washington (AFP) - A bill aimed at curbing online child sex abuse is pitting the US government against the tech sector, in a battle about encryption and liability for illegal online content.
The bipartisan measure unveiled by US senators Thursday ties together two separate issues – law enforcement's access to encrypted online content, and tech platforms' legal immunity for what users post.
In unveiling the measure, senators said they were aiming to curb images of child sex abuse by forcing tech platforms to cooperate with law enforcement on encryption or risk losing the legal immunity for what is posted on their websites.
Digital rights activists have joined the tech sector in arguing this move is an indirect way to weaken online encryption in the name of better law enforcement access.
They say it erodes two cornerstones of the online ecosystem: strong encryption to keep data secure, and a liability shield which enables social media platforms to allow users to post content freely.
The bill "would give government officials unprecedented powers to craft de facto regulations for online speech," said Emma Llanso of the Center for Democracy and Technology, a digital rights organization.
"Online service providers would almost certainly err on the side of caution and take down anything – including a lot of lawful, constitutionally protected speech."
- 'Kneecapping' encryption -
Encryption has been a point of contention between tech firms and law enforcement for decades. FBI officials have warned of "going dark" in investigating crimes as a result of new forms of end-to-end encryption, while civil rights advocates warn that any "backdoor" access could be exploited by hackers and authoritarian governments.
The proposal "aims to kneecap encryption under the guise of protecting children online, while capitalizing on the techlash," said Riana Pfefferkorn of the Stanford University Center for Internet and Society, referring to the simmering discontent with Big Tech over data protection and other issues.
Moar @ https://news.yahoo.com/bill-targeting-online-child-abuse-puts-encryption-crosshairs-015238357.html?
William Barr wading into dangerous territory with possible support for anti-tech regulation
Critics on the Left feel that online platforms aren't doing enough moderation of content. This week, Democratic Rep. David Cicilline announced plans to introduce a bill that would remove Section 230 protections from platforms that refuse to police political speech.
From the Right, the criticism is the opposite. Conservative tech skeptics insist that the same online platforms are doing too much moderation, and are disproportionately silencing conservative voices in the process.
Barr seems to agree with both criticisms.
The attorney general apparently thinks social media platforms aren't doing enough content patrolling. He said, "criminals and bad actors now use technology to facilitate and expand the scope of their wrongdoing and the victimization of our fellow citizens."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/William-Barr-wading-into-dangerous-territory-with-possible-support-for-anti-tech-regulation
#8346213 at 2020-03-08 05:48:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10685: WRWY All The Way! Edition
Spy bill set to expire without last-minute deal in Congress
Three provisions in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act will expire this week unless Congress can agree on a last-minute deal to extend them, at least temporarily. President Trump, Democrats, and Republicans are all unhappy with the counterintelligence and foreign surveillance law known as FISA, but for different reasons. Their competing complaints have made large-scale reform very difficult and, with time running out, a short-term extension is looking more likely. Trump told Republicans last week he won't sign a bill that simply extends the law without changes. Trump believes the law was abused by the FBI to spy on his 2016 campaign and to launch improperly a two-year investigation into allegations he colluded with the Russians to win the White House.
The president "made it abundantly clear that he will NOT accept a clean reauthorization ... without significant FISA reform!" Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican and a staunch FISA opponent who met with the president, tweeted. "I agree with him!" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat and a former top member of the House Intelligence Committee, said she did not intend to let the FISA provisions expire. "We have to have a reauthorization of FISA," Pelosi told reporters before House lawmakers left for the weekend. "We're having our own negotiations within our own group, but also among the Democrats and vis-a-vis the Republicans."
Democrats are seeking changes to protect civil liberties and prevent abuse of the surveillance measures, which have grown increasingly unpopular in the past decade. Democrats are seeking changes to protect civil liberties and prevent abuse of the surveillance measures, which have grown increasingly unpopular in the past decade. Reforms to the FISA program will likely include ending the Call Details Record Program, which permits the government to seek call metadata from telecommunications companies, and new provisions to enable better oversight of the secretive program. The National Security Agency suspended the Call Details Record Program last year, but privacy advocates and many in Congress in both parties want to eliminate it in the law so that it cannot be restarted.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat and a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, is seeking additional changes that she said would close loopholes and strengthen oversight of the law. Lofgren also authored a FISA reform bill and is seeking House consideration of the measure. '"The bill pulls the intelligence programs in the direction of compliance with our Constitution,"' Lofgren said in a letter to Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, a New York Democrat, last week. Lofgren helped block a House bill from passing the Judiciary Committee last month, leading to the current negotiations for greater reforms.
Republicans want changes to the law to address abuses outlined in a December report produced by Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who found "17 significant errors or omissions" by law enforcement seeking to spy on Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. "I would like to see us get to a point where we can find some compromise, find some reforms," House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, said. "I believe that we can get there." Attorney General William Barr, meanwhile, wants a "clean" extension of the law with no new changes. He pledged to Republicans last month to make internal changes to address the problems discovered by Horowitz. House and Senate lawmakers have not scheduled consideration of a FISA reauthorization next week despite the looming deadline. The Senate will be considering a major energy bill while the House plans to take up a Senate-passed measure limiting President Trump's ability to use military force against Iran.
A vote on FISA is tentative, House leaders said. "Conversations are ongoing," Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, said, before adjourning the House on Thursday.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/spy-bill-set-to-expire-without-last-minute-deal-in-congress
#8346198 at 2020-03-08 05:45:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10685: WRWY All The Way! Edition
>>8346180
I did this dig on June 9 month ago when the board was fucking slow. Hopefully it will be ok this time.
June [9]
June 9, 2016 - Trump Tower Meeting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Tower_meeting
June 9, 2017 - Trump accuses Comey of lying under oath.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/09/us/politics/trump-comey.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
June 9, 2018 - Saturday, but June 8, 2018 2. Mueller issues new charges against Paul Manafort and aide Konstantin Kilimnik
https://theweek.com/10things/776686/10-things-need-know-today-june-9-2018
June 9, 2019 - Sunday New York Times, People Are Trying to Figure Out William Barr. He's Busy Stockpiling Power.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/09/us/politics/who-is-William-Barr.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
June 9, 2020 - Natalie Mayflower Edwards
A former U.S. Treasury official pleaded guilty Monday to illegally leaking highly confidential documents about suspicious financial transactions by ex-Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort and others to reporters at BuzzFeed News.
EDWARDS, 41, of Quinton, Virginia, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to make unauthorized disclosures of SARs, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. EDWARDS is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Woods on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 4:00 p.m.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-senior-fincen-employee-pleads-guilty-conspiring-unlawfully-disclose-suspicious
I did some more digging and came across an "Anonymous" Opinion article in the New York Times June 9, 1995…
It contains the phrases "symbolism was important" "shot heard round the world" and "engage in sterile combat in the months to come."
Section A, Page 28
Mr. Clinton's First Veto
June 9, 1995
If not the shot heard round the world, President Clinton's veto of a Republican-sponsored $16.4 billion budget cut was a welcome and overdue display of White House resolve.
The money involved was minimal but the symbolism was important. The veto suggests a willingness by Mr. Clinton to take some risks in battling the Republican assault on his programs. He will need to do so again if he is to salvage his Presidency and define what it stands for.
The main risk was that Mr. Clinton would be seen as an opponent of fiscal responsibility and, specifically, as an enemy of humanitarian relief. The bill provided funds for victims of the disasters in California and Oklahoma.
The veto might also have been interpreted as a signal that he had given up hope of negotiating his differences with Congress. Since taking office, the President has tried hard not to be seen as confrontational. This was, in fact, his first veto. No President has waited so long to wield the veto power since the 1850's.
But the issues defined by Mr. Clinton were the right ones, giving him credibility for the next time he confronts a hostile Congress. He objected to cuts for education and training, environmental protection, nutrition programs and other important areas. It is unthinkable, as he said, that these programs should be trimmed to make room for pork-Barrel projects.
Although he did not make much of the environmental issue, a provision sought by logging interests to allow indiscriminate timber cutting on Federal lands would have been sufficient reason to say no.
Mr. Clinton signaled a readiness to compromise. Both he and the Republicans, who also made accommodating noises, sense that Americans want the two sides to work together rather than engage in sterile combat in the months to come.
Future veto battles will be more difficult than this one, and Mr. Clinton must stick to principle. The veto is his only power to influence legislation, but it cannot by itself force Congress to approve legislation to the Administration's liking. In such areas as welfare reform, environmental changes and foreign aid – where the Administration has hinted that a veto might be necessary – the President needs to accompany his threats with a clear outline of the alternatives he seeks.
A version of this article appears in print on June 9, 1995, Section A, Page 28 of the National edition with the headline: Mr. Clinton's First Veto
https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/09/opinion/mr-clinton-s-first-veto.html?searchResultPosition=1
#8343854 at 2020-03-08 00:02:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10682: Infinite Clearance WWG1WGA Edition
>>8343177>>8343303 >>8343367 >>8343378 >>8343447 >>8343563 >>8343609
she is such a fukin piece of crap
Crooked Hillary Clinton Comes Unglued: "I'M MOST INNOCENT PERSON IN AMERICA"
"Appearing on CNN, Bill Clinton claims that the millions the Clintons made from speeches paid for by foreign individuals and entities who had business before Hillary's State Department were innocent and coincidental.
"[Hillary] was pretty busy those years," Clinton said. "I never saw her study a list of my contributors, and I had no idea who was doing business before the State Department."
Bill added: "No one has ever asked me for anything...I never thought about whether there was any overlap."
Besides, as Bill explained, in a Bloomberg interview last week, "Has anybody proved that we did anything objectionable? No."
Guys you do realize the WJC said no one has proved they've done anything wrong, and they made a mistake here. William Barr was part of the Clinton impeachment, by WJC saying that he he just riled up the US Attorney General of the USA, WJC should have left out that last line, anyone involved at that time would have been so pissed. William Barr is not a reflexive AG, he just plods away, making sure they have evidence to prove a case. WJC might have made the worst mistake of his life
#8339510 at 2020-03-07 08:09:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10676: Corn Ready To Be Cut? Edition
>>8339478
>Ruby Ridge disaster (which netted a body count that included a 14 year old boy and a mother holding a baby)
Does everyone know who defended the FBI agent that murdered the free American child and his free American mother?
William Barr.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/William-Barrs-connection-to-ruby-ridge-defending-fbi-snipers/
Anyone who thinks Billy Bagpipes is a patriot is a shit-eating fuckwit.
#8336742 at 2020-03-07 00:40:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10673: Friday Night Sundae With A Cherry On Top Edition
>>8336694
Military Tribunals are the ONLY way
"The DOJ will not expose
itself to prosecutions.
To do so, their entire house of cards would fall. It's a criminal RICO Organization and criminals do not prosecute criminals within their own "crime family".
Yes, they used politically paid for, Russian sourced lies in an attempt to remove a sitting President.
Yes, they continue to defend Clinton in Federal Courts.
Yes, they continue to allow the Clinton Crime Family to operate the largest International Charity Fraud and money laundering operation in the world.
Yes, they tanked investigations surrounding pay for play, Uranium One and Treason.
Yes, they took a blind eye to all of Clinton's emails going to China.
Treason.
Yes, they withhold/held exculpatory evidence and they send innocent people to prison as a matter of practice.
Yes, they run entrapment operations, destroying peoples lives and families.
Yes, they leak information to the press for political purposes.
Yes, they selectively prosecute people for political purposes.
Yes, they lie to Federal Courts.
Yes, they abuse our trust and spy on political campaigns.
Yes, the DOJ operates as a criminal RICO Organization and there is no better cover to operate one than within We the People's government with unlimited resources and the power of the law as their instrument of tyranny.
What I just described to you
is a Fascist Police State.
They can do whatever they want, to whoever they want, anytime they want.
Wake Up America, there can be no Justice in America as long as this system remains in place.
The Department of Justice is not We the People's Department of Justice. It's the criminal administrative states and as long as it remains that way, it matters not who we elect, it will be the Shadow Government behind the scenes.
Wow, it doesn't get any worse than this.
So, what do we do as a people?
We no longer have a Justice System to rely upon.
We no longer have a functioning Constitutional Republic.
I see little alternative but to declare Marshall Law and hold Military Tribunals.
The evidence is there. The patterns are there. The associations are there. The criminal conduct is there.
Our very government has become seditious and treasonous unto itself and placing any hope into a system that is so corrupt to correct itself is a fools errand.
John Durham hasn't convened a Grand Jury.
What does that tell you?
#POTUS you are the Chief Law Enforcement Officer in the land.
Use whatever tools at your disposal (the military) to restore the RULE OF LAW in our great land.
We the People will support your efforts and if called upon (Posse Comitatus) will go and arrest the criminals who have abused us so terribly and deliver them up for trial.
The case has been made that this is the last and only course of action if we are to regain our country back from those who have commandeered it.
Criminals do not prosecute criminals.
Convince me I am wrong."
~TC
"Justice department insiders are fuming at internal reports that there has been NO grand jury conveyned as part of Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham's probe of the FBI's alleged illegal FISA violations and spying on President Trump's campaign.
And many Feds are not happy, especially since Barr just gifted Andrew McCabe a get-out-of-jail-free card last week for lying (4 times) to the FBI. Durham was tapped by U.S. Attorney General William Barr in May to investigate FBI-related breaches, yet FBI insiders said Durham has not presented any evidence to a grand jury. Thomas Paine detailed the controversial revelations on today's Thomas Paine Podcast and the Moore Paine Show on Tuesday night." (Listen Below: Warning: This podcast has some explicit language)
https://truepundit.com/exclusive-feds-fume-about-no-grand-jury-in-durhams-fbi-abuse-probe/
#8334542 at 2020-03-06 19:37:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10670: Victory in the Morning, Evening, Afternoon 24/7 Edition
President Trump Nixes Extending Current FISA Surveillance Law
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has been greatly abused in recent years and is full of loopholes that allow bad actors to misuse the system for political purposes, including spying on Americans. The current FISA legislation is due to expire in 2 weeks. ? TN Editor
President Donald Trump told top House and Senate Republicans on Tuesday evening that he would not support a clean extension of federal surveillance powers and called for them to work out a deal with Democrats on how to move forward.
GOP leaders are already talking about a potential 30-day extension of provisions in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act while they try to hammer out a deal with Democrats.
Trump's comments in an hour-plus meeting on Tuesday night came despite a push from Attorney General William Barr to modify the law administratively to appease the president, who has railed in the past against the spying law after authorities used it to monitor an associate of his 2016 campaign.
"The president made it exceedingly clear he will not accept a clean re-authorization ... without real reform," Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), told reporters after the meeting. "He was told by the attorney general, we can massage around the edges and we can fix this through regulation, the president didn't accept that, pushed back very vigorously and said 'we're not doing this.'"
https://www.technocracy.news/president-trump-nixes-extending-current-fisa-surveillance-law/
#8333369 at 2020-03-06 17:12:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10668 Q Army Unlimited Power Edition
AOC urges illegal immigrants to fill out 2020 census
One of the country's most polarizing politicians is calling for illegal immigrants to fill out the 2020 census. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told NBC's Seth Meyers on Thursday that "every single person, no matter your documentation status" should participate in filling out the once-in-a-decade record of persons dwelling in the United States. "We're all going to get mailed a prompt to fill out the census in the next two weeks or so," the New York Democrat said. "Every single person, no matter your documentation status, no matter your housing status, income, etc., is to be counted."
In 2019, Ocasio-Cortez condemned the idea of a citizenship question on the census, saying, "unspeakable horrors have been executed in the United States in the name of citizenship." The census, which will begin on April 1, 2020, will be used to determine how government funds should be used to build a wide range of infrastructures such as schools, hospitals, homes, and supermarkets. A major debate around the census is related to how the numbers are used to alter congressional representation. Ten states are expected to either lose or gain congressional districts based on the results of the 2020 census.
President Trump stoked outrage in 2018 when his administration announced plans to reintroduce a citizenship question to the decennial U.S. census for the first time since 1950. Critics called the proposed citizenship question xenophobic and claimed its addition would suppress a true count of the populace, but proponents argued the measure would protect against voting discrimination. Federal Judge Jesse Furman ruled against the plan, writing that the implementation of a citizenship test would be both "arbitrary and capricious."
The House voted last year to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress after they failed to respond to congressional subpoenas regarding the citizenship question. The Justice Department refused to charge the two men; Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that their failure to comply "did not constitute a crime." In June of 2019, the Trump administration said it would no longer pursue the citizenship addition after the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against the effort.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/aoc-illegal-immigrants-should-fill-out-2020-census
#8332963 at 2020-03-06 16:13:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10668 Q Army Unlimited Power Edition
AP Exclusive: Gun found inside Epstein jail during lockdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal investigators found a loaded gun Thursday that had been smuggled into the jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself last summer, following a weeklong lockdown that turned up other contraband and led to a criminal probe into guard misconduct, the federal Bureau of Prisons told The Associated Press.
The handgun was located by Bureau of Prisons officers inside a housing unit at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, prison officials said in a statement to the AP. It marked a massive breach of protocol and raised serious questions about the security practices in place at the Bureau of Prisons, which is responsible for more than 175,000 federal inmates, and specifically at the jail, which had been billed as one of the most secure in America. Officials have not said where specifically the gun had been found, or how it had been smuggled inside the jail.
Meanwhile, federal prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into potential misconduct by guards, focusing on the flow of contraband into the lockup uncovered during the search for the gun, three people familiar with the matter told the AP. They were not authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Attorney General William Barr named a new director last week to take charge of the agency, which has been the subject of intense scrutiny since Epstein took his own life while in custody in August. But the agency has been plagued for years by serious misconduct, violence and a chronic staffing shortage
The investigation and search at the Manhattan facility began last week after officials received information that a gun may have been smuggled into the lockup and placed the jail on lockdown "in order to protect the public, staff and inmates until a comprehensive search could be completed," the agency said in a statement.
Since then, officials have been keeping inmates locked down in their cells without access to their lawyers and canceled all visitation at the jail, which houses about 700 inmates. In the past few days, officers have searched the facility and uncovered a sizable amount of contraband, including cellphones, narcotics and homemade weapons, the Bureau of Prisons said.
"All of these items pose a significant threat to the safety and security of the facility as well as the public," the agency said in a statement.
Investigators were planning to continue searching the jail throughout the night Thursday, looking for any additional contraband, and the lockdown was expected to continue. Federal prosecutors are trying to determine how the it has all been entering the facility and the Bureau of Prisons said it notified the Justice Department's inspector general and the FBI.
"The BOP is committed to the safety of staff, inmates and the public while continuing to ensure that those responsible for misconduct and criminal activity are held accountable," the statement said.
All visitors and inmates are searched before entering the facility and go through metal detectors. They are supposed to leave personal belongings outside the jail. All mail is also screened by correctional staff.
The agency said Thursday that it arranged for additional staff from other parts of the U.S. to assist in the investigation and ensure there is appropriate staffing at the jail. The agency said it "has maintained communication with stakeholders as needed" and held a meeting with the chief federal judge and public defender in Manhattan, along with prosecutors, the Marshals Service and probation officials.
The agency also said it has discussed a plan to resume legal visits at the jail on Friday and expects to allow full legal visitation by next week. Visits with family members could resume as soon as this week, officials added.
"The Bureau has been working closely with the stakeholders throughout this period to ensure those defendants with imminent court deadlines have the legal visits with their legal counsel as needed," the statement said.
It is just the latest crisis at the jail, which houses a number of high-profile inmates, including attorney Michael Avenatti, who gained fame by representing porn actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits involving President Donald Trump. Federal prosecutors allege that the two correctional officers assigned to watch Epstein's unit were snoozing and shopping on the internet when he took his own life in his cell in August, and later forged records to make it look like they checked in on him.
Full article too long to post
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ap-sources-feds-investigate-contraband-201149327.html
#8332920 at 2020-03-06 16:08:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10668 Q Army Unlimited Power Edition
Looking forward to attending the U.S. Department of Justice National Opioid Summit today with Attorney General William Barr
https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/1235917503219539968
#8330958 at 2020-03-06 07:20:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10665: Pass The Doughja Edition
'Judge demands unredacted Mueller report, questions Barr's 'credibility''
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to hand over to him a copy of the unredacted Mueller report and accused Attorney General William Barr of misrepresenting its findings in the days before it was submitted to Congress last year. Judge Reggie B. Walton, a federal district court judge in Washington, said that he could not reconcile Barr's public comments in April 2019 about the report with the actual findings that former special counsel Robert Mueller outlined. "The inconsistencies between Attorney General Barr's statements, made at a time when the public did not have access to the redacted version of the Mueller Report to assess the veracity of his statements, and portions of the redacted version of the Mueller Report that conflict with those statements cause the Court to seriously question whether Attorney General Barr made a calculated attempt to influence public discourse about the Mueller Report in favor of President Trump despite certain findings in the redacted version of the Mueller Report to the contrary," Walton wrote in his decision. "These circumstances generally, and Attorney General Barr's lack of candor specifically, call into question Attorney General Barr's credibility" as well as the DOJ's arguments in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, Walton added. A DOJ spokeswoman did not respond when asked for comment.
The judge, who was appointed to the court by former President George W. Bush, said he would review the full report to determine whether the redactions made by the DOJ are subject to a FOIA request. The unredacted version will not be released to the public in the meantime. After Mueller submitted his long-awaited report on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, the DOJ waited nearly a month before releasing to the public a redacted version in April. During that time, Barr summarized the findings publicly as clearing Trump of any wrongdoing and concluding that neither he nor his campaign had colluded with Russia for assistance during the presidential race. Mueller criticized Barr's framing of his report, writing in a letter to the DOJ last year that it "did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this Office's work and conclusions." The report said that while the investigation had not been able to establish proof that the campaign had conspired with Russia, it found "multiple links between Trump campaign officials and individuals tied to the Russian government."
Walton is presiding over a pair of consolidated FOIA lawsuits brought by Buzzfeed journalist Jason Leopold and the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center. The judge said that Barr's public statements about the report has caused him to doubt the DOJ's arguments that the redactions should remain in place. "The Court has grave concerns about the objectivity of the process that preceded the public release of the redacted version of the Mueller Report and its impacts on the Department's subsequent justifications that its redactions of the Mueller Report are authorized by the FOIA," Walton wrote. He ordered the DOJ to hand over the unredacted report by March 30.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/486219-judge-orders-doj-to-hand-over-unredacted-mueller-report
#8328489 at 2020-03-06 00:30:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10662: The Town Hall Edition
The Department of Justice is proposing a set of voluntary principles that take aim at tech giants in an effort to combat online sexual abuse.
The principles are part of a fresh effort by the government to hold the tech companies accountable for the harm and abuse that happens on their platforms, amid the past two years of brewing hostilities between the government and Silicon Valley. But critics also see it as a renewed push to compel tech companies to weaken or undo their "warrant-proof" encryption efforts under the guise of preventing crime and terrorism.
U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced the proposals at the Justice Department on Thursday with international partners from the U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
The principles, built by the five countries and tech leaders - including Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter - aim to incentivize internet companies and social media giants to do more to prevent child sexual abuse on their platforms.
Barr said he hopes that the principles "set new norms" across the tech industry to "make sure there's no safe space on the internet for offenders to operate."
The principles come ahead of anticipated bipartisan legislation to Congress - the so-called EARN IT Act, which reports say could effectively force the tech companies' hands by threatening to pull their legal immunities for what their users post if the companies fail to aggressively clamp down on online child sexual abuse.
Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) announced the legislation shortly after the Justice Department presser ended.
https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/05/tech-giants-immunities-encryption/
#8328180 at 2020-03-06 00:03:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10662: The Town Hall Edition
>>8328099
Now that we know that Bill Binney
Is B2 the stealth bomber
Just who is William Barr?
You have to DIG to find out
#8327474 at 2020-03-05 22:50:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10661: Hit Up Brett Baier for the Big Q Edition
Judge Orders DOJ To Turn Over Unredacted Mueller Report, Calls Into Question Barr's 'credibility'
This story is developing
The Department of Justice was ordered Thursday by Judge Reggie B. Walton to turn over a copy of the unredacted former Special Counsel Robert Mueller report. The judge accused Attorney General William Barr of misrepresenting the findings of the report before it was submitted to Congress last year.
Walton, a federal district court judge in Washington appointed by President George W. Bush, said in his decision that he questioned Barr's public comments about the report before Mueller's findings were made public.
"The inconsistencies between Attorney General Barr's statements, made at a time when the public did not have access to the redacted version of the Mueller Report to assess the veracity of his statements, and portions of the redacted version of the Mueller Report that conflict with those statements cause the Court to seriously question whether Attorney General Barr made a calculated attempt to influence public discourse about the Mueller Report in favor of President Trump despite certain findings in the redacted version of the Mueller Report to the contrary," said Walton in his decision.
Department of Justice officials could not be immediately reached for comment.
Further, Walton said "these circumstances generally, and Attorney General Barr's lack of candor specifically, call into question Attorney General Barr's credibility."
Walton said he would review the full report and determine whether the redactions made by the DOJ are subject to a Freedom of Information Act request.
https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1235698903527219200
#8326537 at 2020-03-05 20:48:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10660: Gunning for Chuckie Edition
(U.S.A. - Australia - United Kingdom - Canada - ?)
U.S. joins 4 countries to combat child exploitation
Associated Press
Mar 5, 2020
2-minutes
Attorney General William Barr announced a new initiative to combat online child abuse in collaboration with four other countries and several technology companies. (March 5)
https://youtu.be/OwapFXtcjbA
#8324202 at 2020-03-05 15:35:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10657: POTUS Sautés Schumer Edition
Live at 12:30 p.m. Eastern: Attorney General William Barr, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and international partners to announce new initiative in protecting children from sexual exploitation.
www.facebook.com/DOJ
#8323898 at 2020-03-05 14:31:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10656: Hannity & POTUS Interview Under the Looking Glass Edition
Watch Live at 12:30 pm Eastern: Attorney General William Barr, Acting
@DHSgov
Secretary Chad Wolf and international partners will announce new initiative in protecting children from sexual exploitation
https://www.justice.gov/live
#8323892 at 2020-03-05 14:31:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10656: Hannity & POTUS Interview Under the Looking Glass Edition
POLITICO
MAGAZINE
THE AGENDA
PRO
SEARCH
Barr names new chief of staff
Will Levi spent the last two years helping the attorney general navigate several hot-button issues at the center of Trump's campaign against the "deep state."
Attorney General William Barr
Attorney General William Barr | Getty Images
By DANIEL LIPPMAN
03/05/2020 05:01 AM EST
Attorney General William Barr has named Will Levi as his new chief of staff, according to two Justice Department officials familiar with the matter.
Levi has spent the last two years as one of Barr's seven counselors, helping the attorney general navigate several hot-button issues at the center of President Donald Trump's campaign against the "deep state." He assisted Barr on efforts to revise the government's domestic spying powers, and also has worked on other national security, criminal and civil matters at DOJ.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/05/bill-Barr-chief-of-staff-levi-121804
#8319262 at 2020-03-04 23:30:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10650: Schumer Threatening Supremes Is A Cry for Moar Memes! Edition
https://www.oann.com/sen-johnson-homeland-security-committee-to-subpoena-bidens-in-ukraine-corruption-probe/
OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 3:18 PM PT - Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has unveiled a plan to hold Joe and Hunter Biden accountable for their actions in Ukraine. On Wednesday, he said he is planning to force a vote in the Homeland Security Committee to subpoena the Bidens in an ongoing corruption probe.
Johnson confirmed his committee will issue an interim report on its findings. Senate Republicans also want to subpoena several lobbyists associated with Blue Star Strategies, a U.S.-based company with ties to Burisma Holdings.
Johnson added he will review all evidence on the matter, including testimonies by Ukrainian officials.
"The firing of Shokin, his replacement, has a pretty interesting (implication) for the file about how there's a misinformation campaign perpetrated by U.S. representatives against the prosecutor general's office," he said. "There's a lot of questions that remain unanswered and the press just wants to wipe this all away, say it's just Russian disinformation."
The senator has said his report will be released within a month or two, after all the evidence is verified. He noted none of it looks good for Biden's 2020 campaign.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is surrounded by reporters after he and Republican lawmakers met with Attorney General William Barr about expiring provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and other government intelligence laws, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) echoed these claims on Wednesday, saying that ongoing probes into Ukrainian corruption will haunt Joe Biden's bid for president. While speaking on Capitol Hill, he stated Hunter Biden sat on the board of the most corrupt company in the entire country.
Graham pointed out the former vice president was in charge of fighting corruption in Ukraine at the time. Ukrainian officials have claimed their country lost billions of dollars in money laundering and offshoring funds when Joe Biden was in office.
The senator emphasized this information will impact Biden's chances of becoming president.
"If you're going to run for president, you were in charge of the Ukrainian anti-corruption campaign as vice president, and your son's sitting on the most corrupt company in the country while you're trying to clean up the country, yeah, that'll come up," said Graham
#8316803 at 2020-03-04 17:53:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10647: WWF Presents Biden Burnie SmackDown Edition
The Graham-Blumenthal Bill: A New Path for DOJ to Finally Break Encryption
Members of Congress are about to introduce a bill that will undermine the law that undergirds free speech on the Internet. If passed, the bill known as the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, will fulfill a long-standing dream of U.S. law enforcement. If passed, it could largely mark the end of private, encrypted messaging on the Internet.
The Department of Justice and the FBI have long seen encryption as a threat. In 1993, the Clinton administration promoted the installation of a "Clipper Chip" in consumer devices that would allow for easy government eavesdropping using key escrow. When researchers repeatedly demonstrated that this flawed idea would compromise privacy and security for everyone, not just criminals, the idea was scrapped. But U.S. law enforcement agencies spent the next 25 years villainizing the widespread adoption of encryption and highlighting a series of awful criminal acts in their efforts to scare elected officials into requiring backdoors.
In recent years, they've used acts of terrorism like the mass shootings in San Bernardino and Pensacola to press for draconian changes to the law. More recently, officials like Attorney General William Barr have blamed encryption for sexual crimes against children. Not only are these crimes horrific to hear about, but they are nearly impossible to get objective information about. Nearly all information that the public gets about these crimes is filtered through law enforcement and organizations that work closely with law enforcement. Because of that, it's very hard for policymakers to make informed decisions that address both public safety and civil liberties concerns.
Meanwhile, we face immense challenges to building secure systems, and strong encryption is one the best tools we have available to protect ourselves. Encryption preserves the ability to have private, secure communications in an increasingly insecure world. Members of the government, the military and law enforcement themselves use encryption to protect their communications, as do journalists, activists and those at risk of domestic abuse, among many others. We should not sacrifice the power of these fundamental technologies, even in the name of important law enforcement goals.
https://www.activistpost.com/2020/03/the-graham-blumenthal-bill-a-new-path-for-doj-to-finally-break-encryption.html
#8316576 at 2020-03-04 17:12:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10647: WWF Presents Biden Burnie SmackDown Edition
From Australia, Five Eyes intelligence alliance forcing Facebook and Google to shut down live streaming and sharing of child sex abuse
Five Eyes closes on tech child sex deal
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton will meet security ministers from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance in Washington on Thursday, in a bid to finalise a global agreement that would force Facebook and Google to help shut down live streaming and sharing of child sex abuse.
The top-level forum to be hosted at the White House will coincide with the introduction of a bill today to the Australian parliament that would enact mirror laws with the US CLOUD Act.
This would allow reciprocal rights for both US and Australian security agencies to issue warrants for data held offshore by cloud providers in hunting down terrorists and child sex networks.
Mr Dutton has led a campaign with US Attorney-General William Barr and Britain's Home Affairs secretary Priti Patel to force the tech companies and online platforms to co-operate with security agencies in stopping the viewing and live streaming of child sex material.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/five-eyes-closes-on-tech-child-sex-deal/news-story/0464b5e9e4681db8c57be0c011192830
#8310439 at 2020-03-03 21:40:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10639: Dank Hume, Not Your Vinyl Collection Genre Edition
Anon who knows how please grab this twitter video and post
GROSS
Bloomberg wants to be Prez and thinks he knws how to handle the CoronaVirus situation better than DJT.
You wil never see DJT touch food like this and def not in a community setting.
FUQ lil' Mike would be the office asshole for sure.
Mike Cernovich
@Cernovich
The stronger your gross our reaction, the further right wing your politics are.
AG William Barr
@AGWilliamBarr
Down pointing backhand indexJUST WOWDown pointing backhand index
Mini Mike is an absolute SLOB.
Watch him AWKWARDLY rip a slice of pizza, place it back into the community pizza box, lick his fingers, then put his hands on the box of coffee!
https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/1234945049361674240
https://twitter.com/AGWilliamBarr/status/1234657661494317056
#8308975 at 2020-03-03 18:02:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10637: Super BOOM Day Edition
Barr Taking Over Antitrust Probes of Silicon Valley Tech Companies
.
Attorney General William Barr has tightened his control of the Justice Department's antitrust probes over the last several months, a move that could spell trouble for Google, Facebook, and other Silicon Valley tech giants.
The attorney general, along with his deputy attorney general, Jeffrey Rosen, and several other officials, have personally taken over the antitrust probes, Politico reported Monday. The move makes good on a promise Barr made during his confirmation hearing, when he vowed antitrust issues would be a priority for him.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/Barr-taking-over-antitrust-probes-of-silicon-valley-tech-companies/
#8305544 at 2020-03-03 04:25:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10633: We Have Made America Strong Again! Edition
US Judge Demands Company Charged in Russiagate Present Subpoenaed Evidence in Person
A US federal judge has threatened to hold Concord Management, a Russian company indicted by former special counsel Robert Mueller, in civil contempt if it does not present subpoenaed company records in person.
On Monday, US District Judge Dabney Freidrich demanded that St. Petersburg-based Concord Management supply her Washington, DC, court with subpoenaed company records by sending someone tasked with record-keeping to deliver them from Russia in person. She rejected a sworn statement, Courthouse News reported.
Concord's legal representative, attorney Eric Dubelier, adamantly rejected Freidrich's suggestion that the defense was engaged in something "sneaky," calling the US government's position "a ridiculous argument."
Meanwhile, federal prosecutors urged the judge to hold Concord in civil contempt in a Thursday court filing.
"We are starting to have some concerns about whether Concord is participating in this case," US Attorney Adam Jed said in court on Monday. "It gives us pause ... that they are just going to write something down and give it to the US government," he said of the sworn statement.
Concord replied on Friday with its own filing arguing its case for not being held in civil contempt, accusing the US Department of Justice of showing a "manifest disregard of the record and controlling law."
"The primary foundation for its demand - that Concord's counsel did not thoroughly explain the bases for Concord's responses to the subpoenas - not only is not found in any court order but this Court expressly rejected the notion that such an explanation could be required," Dubelier argued in the filing. The attorney noted that no court order had ever required such an explanation.
"And here again, the government's incredulity over the adequacy of the response, real or feigned, does not reveal a failure to respond, much less a violation of any court order related to such a response. Simply put, the basis for a contempt finding is a product of the government's argument, not the relevant record," he noted.
The trial is anticipated to begin next month, with the discovery process having dragged on for nearly two years as Concord lawyers challenged Mueller's authority to charge the company, then urged the DoJ to hold Mueller and Attorney General William Barr in contempt for publishing the Mueller report.
In a highly unorthodox move, the DoJ has refused the sharing of discovery materials with the defense, arguing that since Concord is partially owned by Russian businessman Yevgeniy Prigozhin, doing so would help the Russian government react to US attempts to thwart alleged criminal activities. During discovery, the prosecution and defense typically share their positions and the evidence supporting them before the trial itself begins.
Concord is accused of conspiracy to defraud the United States by allegedly financing the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 US presidential election because Prigozhin is allegedly tied to the Internet Research Agency (IRA), which the Office of the Director of National Intelligence claimed is the 'troll farm' behind the alleged interference. Along with Concord, Mueller indicted a dozen IRA employees in February 2018.
https://sputniknews.com/us/202003021078455914-us-judge-demands-company-charged-in-russiagate-present-subpoenaed-evidence-in-person/
#8302314 at 2020-03-02 22:25:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10629: CDC Fear Spreaders Edition
>>8302209 (LB)
>>8302257 (LB)
>>8302246 (LB)
https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/joint-statement-from-dos-doj-dod-dhs-odni-fbi-nsa-and-cisa-on-preparations-for-super-tuesday
March 2, 2020
Joint Statement from DOS, DOJ, DOD, DHS, ODNI, FBI, NSA, and CISA on Preparations for Super Tuesday
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray, U.S. Cyber Command Commander and National Security Agency Director Gen. Paul Nakasone, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Christopher Krebs today released the following joint statement:
Tomorrow, millions of voters in more than a dozen states and territories will cast their votes in presidential primaries. 'Super Tuesday' will see more Americans head to the polls than any other day of the primary season. We continue to work with all 50 states, U.S. territories, local officials, political parties, and private sector partners to keep elections free from foreign interference.
Americans must also remain aware that foreign actors continue to try to influence public sentiment and shape voter perceptions. They spread false information and propaganda about political processes and candidates on social media in hopes to cause confusion and create doubt in our system. We remain alert and ready to respond to any efforts to disrupt the 2020 elections. We continue to make it clear to foreign actors that any effort to undermine our democratic processes will be met with sharp consequences.
The level of coordination and communication between the federal government and state, local, and private sector partners is stronger than it's ever been. Our departments and agencies are working together in an unprecedented level of commitment and effort to protect our elections and to counter malign foreign influence, but voters have a role to play too.
We encourage all voters going to the polls to check your voter registration and know ahead of time when to vote, where to vote, what's on your ballot, and whether your state requires identification. Your state or local election official's office is the most trusted source for election material. A well-informed and vigilant republic is the best defense against disinformation.
#8302246 at 2020-03-02 22:16:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10628: Anons on Bernie Bros! Edition
>>8302187
>>8302209
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray, U.S. Cyber Command Commander and National Security Agency Director Gen. Paul Nakasone, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Christopher Krebs today released the following joint statement:
"Tomorrow, millions of voters in more than a dozen states and territories will cast their votes in presidential primaries. 'Super Tuesday' will see more Americans head to the polls than any other day of the primary season. We continue to work with all 50 states, U.S. territories, local officials, political parties, and private sector partners to keep elections free from foreign interference.
Americans must also remain aware that foreign actors continue to try to influence public sentiment and shape voter perceptions. They spread false information and propaganda about political processes and candidates on social media in hopes to cause confusion and create doubt in our system. We remain alert and ready to respond to any efforts to disrupt the 2020 elections. We continue to make it clear to foreign actors that any effort to undermine our democratic processes will be met with sharp consequences.
The level of coordination and communication between the federal government and state, local, and private sector partners is stronger than it's ever been. Our departments and agencies are working together in an unprecedented level of commitment and effort to protect our elections and to counter malign foreign influence, but voters have a role to play too.
We encourage all voters going to the polls to check your voter registration and know ahead of time when to vote, where to vote, what's on your ballot, and whether your state requires identification. Your state or local election official's office is the most trusted source for election material. A well-informed and vigilant republic is the best defense against disinformation."
https://breaking911.com/dos-doj-dod-dhs-odni-fbi-nsa-and-cisa-release-statement-ahead-of-super-tuesday/
#8301391 at 2020-03-02 20:36:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10628: Anons on Bernie Bros! Edition
#10625 baker change
>>8299092, >>8299111, >>8299124, >>8299193, >>8299325 SCOTUS Agreed Monday: Decide Lawsuit that Threatens Obama Care
>>8299098, >>8299125, >>8299135, >>8299475, >>8299501, >>8299528, >>8299598 Corona Virus - COVID-19 Updates
>>8299148 Turkey shoots down Syrian warplanes, kills hundreds of government forces
>>8299150 Trump, GOP raise $86M in February
>>8299154, >>8299179, >>8299476, >>8299625 Who is Q Still Trending on Twatter
>>8299181 Pompeo Reveals Trump Admin's Wide-Ranging Plan to Combat Iran
>>8299204 Army for Trump: New Potus Approved Action website
>>8299212 JP Morgan, Other Hard-Hit Banks Keep Sliding, Even With Upgrades
>>8299217 Supreme Court to hear case over constitutionality of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
>>8299219 Live: Secretary Esper, General Milley hold a briefing at the Pentagon
>>8299225 Stephen King Twat to Pedo Whistleblower Corey Feldman: Chill Corey
>>8299244 Newly obtained documents show Huawei role in shipping prohibited U.S. gear to Iran
>>8299245 New DJT: As usual, Jay Powell and the Federal Reserve are slow to act
>>8299250 DAILY MAIL: Mystical significance of No 23 [PAIN] related to (PB) notable >>8294589
>>8299293, >>8299301 Fukushima: Mark 1 Nuclear Reactor Design Caused GE Scientist To Quit in Protest
>>8299316, >>8299365, >>8299385, >>8299435, >>8299478, >>8299481, >>8299697 Digging on Jack Welch, the former Chair and CEO of GE
>>8299286, >>8299376 Digging Hollywood Talent Agencies
>>8299399 Narendra Modi Twat: This Sunday, thinking of giving up my social media accounts
>>8299417 Ukraine: Zelensky will convene emergency parliament meeting on March 4, reportedly to change Cabinet
>>8299452, >>8299463 No handshake for Merkel as Germany coronavirus cases reach 150
>>8299486, >>8299517, >>8299582 World Water Day: related to notable >>8298953 (lb) DefenderEurope = THE STORM
>>8299496 Dem participation at Rallies is HUGE!
>>8299502 Lawsuit - University of Chicago sold Health records to Google
>>8299503 POTUS: He feels like a young, vibrant man
>>8299547 POTUS on Coronavirus
>>8299500, >>8299563 Les Wexner/Victoria Secret CEO Donating $20M/Scrambling
>>8299566 Politico: Bad news for Silicon Valley: William Barr is taking control of antitrust prob
>>8299658 Morning Q Funnies
>>8299679 Call to Meme: Bernie/Socialism
>>8299689 New DJT Twat
>>8299703 Republican Billionaire Buys Major Stake in Twitter
>>8299764 Buttigieg Considers Biden Endorsement After Speaking w/Obama?
>>8299773 Soros Fund Mngmnt: Top Corporate Matching Gift Programs
>>8299445, >>8299468, >>8299696 Market Watch
>>8299147, >>8299427, >>8299630 Planefag Reports
>>8299791 #10625
Previously Collected Notables
>>8297409 #10622, >>8298218 #10623, >>8299059 #10624
>>8294346 #10618, >>8295133 #10619, >>8295899 #10620, >>8296652 #10621
>>8291224 #10614, >>8291968 #10615, >>8292733 #10616, >>8293529 #10617
>>8288110 #10610, >>8288861 #10611, >>8289612 #10612, >>8290372 #10613
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregator: https://wearethene.ws
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://8kun.top
#8300599 at 2020-03-02 19:02:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10627: Clinton Gets A Second Call Edition
#10625 baker change
>>8299092, >>8299111, >>8299124, >>8299193, >>8299325 SCOTUS Agreed Monday: Decide Lawsuit that Threatens Obama Care
>>8299098, >>8299125, >>8299135, >>8299475, >>8299501, >>8299528, >>8299598 Corona Virus - COVID-19 Updates
>>8299148 Turkey shoots down Syrian warplanes, kills hundreds of government forces
>>8299150 Trump, GOP raise $86M in February
>>8299154, >>8299179, >>8299476, >>8299625 Who is Q Still Trending on Twatter
>>8299181 Pompeo Reveals Trump Admin's Wide-Ranging Plan to Combat Iran
>>8299204 Army for Trump: New Potus Approved Action website
>>8299212 JP Morgan, Other Hard-Hit Banks Keep Sliding, Even With Upgrades
>>8299217 Supreme Court to hear case over constitutionality of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
>>8299219 Live: Secretary Esper, General Milley hold a briefing at the Pentagon
>>8299225 Stephen King Twat to Pedo Whistleblower Corey Feldman: Chill Corey
>>8299244 Newly obtained documents show Huawei role in shipping prohibited U.S. gear to Iran
>>8299245 New DJT: As usual, Jay Powell and the Federal Reserve are slow to act
>>8299250 DAILY MAIL: Mystical significance of No 23 [PAIN] related to (PB) notable >>8294589
>>8299293, >>8299301 Fukushima: Mark 1 Nuclear Reactor Design Caused GE Scientist To Quit in Protest
>>8299316, >>8299365, >>8299385, >>8299435, >>8299478, >>8299481, >>8299697 Digging on Jack Welch, the former Chair and CEO of GE
>>8299286, >>8299376 Digging Hollywood Talent Agencies
>>8299399 Narendra Modi Twat: This Sunday, thinking of giving up my social media accounts
>>8299417 Ukraine: Zelensky will convene emergency parliament meeting on March 4, reportedly to change Cabinet
>>8299452, >>8299463 No handshake for Merkel as Germany coronavirus cases reach 150
>>8299486, >>8299517, >>8299582 World Water Day: related to notable >>8298953 (lb) DefenderEurope = THE STORM
>>8299496 Dem participation at Rallies is HUGE!
>>8299502 Lawsuit - University of Chicago sold Health records to Google
>>8299503 POTUS: He feels like a young, vibrant man
>>8299547 POTUS on Coronavirus
>>8299500, >>8299563 Les Wexner/Victoria Secret CEO Donating $20M/Scrambling
>>8299566 Politico: Bad news for Silicon Valley: William Barr is taking control of antitrust prob
>>8299658 Morning Q Funnies
>>8299679 Call to Meme: Bernie/Socialism
>>8299689 New DJT Twat
>>8299703 Republican Billionaire Buys Major Stake in Twitter
>>8299764 Buttigieg Considers Biden Endorsement After Speaking w/Obama?
>>8299773 Soros Fund Mngmnt: Top Corporate Matching Gift Programs
>>8299445, >>8299468, >>8299696 Market Watch
>>8299147, >>8299427, >>8299630 Planefag Reports
>>8299791 #10625
Previously Collected Notables
>>8297409 #10622, >>8298218 #10623, >>8299059 #10624
>>8294346 #10618, >>8295133 #10619, >>8295899 #10620, >>8296652 #10621
>>8291224 #10614, >>8291968 #10615, >>8292733 #10616, >>8293529 #10617
>>8288110 #10610, >>8288861 #10611, >>8289612 #10612, >>8290372 #10613
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregator: https://wearethene.ws
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://8kun.top
#8299817 at 2020-03-02 17:08:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10626 WW Silent War: Q Still Trending/Full Steam Ahead 24/7 Edition
Global Announcements
>>8227327 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
Notables
are not endorsements
#10625 baker change
>>8299092, >>8299111, >>8299124, >>8299193, >>8299325 SCOTUS Agreed Monday: Decide Lawsuit that Threatens Obama Care
>>8299098, >>8299125, >>8299135, >>8299475, >>8299501, >>8299528, >>8299598 Corona Virus - COVID-19 Updates
>>8299148 Turkey shoots down Syrian warplanes, kills hundreds of government forces
>>8299150 Trump, GOP raise $86M in February
>>8299154, >>8299179, >>8299476, >>8299625 Who is Q Still Trending on Twatter
>>8299181 Pompeo Reveals Trump Admin's Wide-Ranging Plan to Combat Iran
>>8299204 Army for Trump: New Potus Approved Action website
>>8299212 JP Morgan, Other Hard-Hit Banks Keep Sliding, Even With Upgrades
>>8299217 Supreme Court to hear case over constitutionality of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
>>8299219 Live: Secretary Esper, General Milley hold a briefing at the Pentagon
>>8299225 Stephen King Twat to Pedo Whistleblower Corey Feldman: Chill Corey
>>8299244 Newly obtained documents show Huawei role in shipping prohibited U.S. gear to Iran
>>8299245 New DJT: As usual, Jay Powell and the Federal Reserve are slow to act
>>8299250 DAILY MAIL: Mystical significance of No 23 [PAIN] related to (PB) notable >>8294589
>>8299293, >>8299301 Fukushima: Mark 1 Nuclear Reactor Design Caused GE Scientist To Quit in Protest
>>8299316, >>8299365, >>8299385, >>8299435, >>8299478, >>8299481, >>8299697 Digging on Jack Welch, the former Chair and CEO of GE
>>8299286, >>8299376 Digging Hollywood Talent Agencies
>>8299399 Narendra Modi Twat: This Sunday, thinking of giving up my social media accounts
>>8299417 Ukraine: Zelensky will convene emergency parliament meeting on March 4, reportedly to change Cabinet
>>8299452, >>8299463 No handshake for Merkel as Germany coronavirus cases reach 150
>>8299486, >>8299517, >>8299582 World Water Day: related to notable >>8298953 (lb) DefenderEurope = THE STORM
>>8299496 Dem participation at Rallies is HUGE!
>>8299502 Lawsuit - University of Chicago sold Health records to Google
>>8299503 POTUS: He feels like a young, vibrant man
>>8299547 POTUS on Coronavirus
>>8299500, >>8299563 Les Wexner/Victoria Secret CEO Donating $20M/Scrambling
>>8299566 Politico: Bad news for Silicon Valley: William Barr is taking control of antitrust prob
>>8299658 Morning Q Funnies
>>8299679 Call to Meme: Bernie/Socialism
>>8299689 New DJT Twat
>>8299703 Republican Billionaire Buys Major Stake in Twitter
>>8299764 Buttigieg Considers Biden Endorsement After Speaking w/Obama?
>>8299773 Soros Fund Mngmnt: Top Corporate Matching Gift Programs
>>8299445, >>8299468, >>8299696 Market Watch
>>8299147, >>8299427, >>8299630 Planefag Reports
>>8299791 #10625
#8299791 at 2020-03-02 17:04:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10625: "Who is Q" Trending Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#10625 baker change
>>8299092, >>8299111, >>8299124, >>8299193, >>8299325 SCOTUS Agreed Monday: Decide Lawsuit that Threatens Obama Care
>>8299098, >>8299125, >>8299135, >>8299475, >>8299501, >>8299528, >>8299598 Corona Virus - COVID-19 Updates
>>8299148 Turkey shoots down Syrian warplanes, kills hundreds of government forces
>>8299150 Trump, GOP raise $86M in February
>>8299154, >>8299179, >>8299476, >>8299625 Who is Q Still Trending on Twatter
>>8299181 Pompeo Reveals Trump Admin's Wide-Ranging Plan to Combat Iran
>>8299204 Army for Trump: New Potus Approved Action website
>>8299212 JP Morgan, Other Hard-Hit Banks Keep Sliding, Even With Upgrades
>>8299217 Supreme Court to hear case over constitutionality of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
>>8299219 Live: Secretary Esper, General Milley hold a briefing at the Pentagon
>>8299225 Stephen King Twat to Pedo Whistleblower Corey Feldman: Chill Corey
>>8299244 Newly obtained documents show Huawei role in shipping prohibited U.S. gear to Iran
>>8299245 New DJT: As usual, Jay Powell and the Federal Reserve are slow to act
>>8299250 DAILY MAIL: Mystical significance of No 23 [PAIN] related to (PB) notable >>8294589
>>8299293, >>8299301 Fukushima: Mark 1 Nuclear Reactor Design Caused GE Scientist To Quit in Protest
>>8299316, >>8299365, >>8299385, >>8299435, >>8299478, >>8299481, >>8299697 Digging on Jack Welch, the former Chair and CEO of GE
>>8299286, >>8299376 Digging Hollywood Talent Agencies
>>8299399 Narendra Modi Twat: This Sunday, thinking of giving up my social media accounts
>>8299417 Ukraine: Zelensky will convene emergency parliament meeting on March 4, reportedly to change Cabinet
>>8299452, >>8299463 No handshake for Merkel as Germany coronavirus cases reach 150
>>8299486, >>8299517, >>8299582 World Water Day: related to notable >>8298953 (lb) DefenderEurope = THE STORM
>>8299496 Dem participation at Rallies is HUGE!
>>8299502 Lawsuit - University of Chicago sold Health records to Google
>>8299503 POTUS Tells Reporters: He feels like a young, vibrant man
>>8299547 POTUS on Coronavirus
>>8299500, >>8299563 Les Wexner/Victoria Secret CEO Donating $20M/Scrambling
>>8299566 Politico: Bad news for Silicon Valley: William Barr is taking control of antitrust prob
>>8299658 Morning Q Funnies
>>8299679 Call to Meme: Bernie/Socialism
>>8299689 New DJT Twat
>>8299703 Republican Billionaire Buys Major Stake in Twitter
>>8299764 Buttigieg Considers Biden Endorsement After Speaking w/Obama?
>>8299773 Soros Fund Mngmnt: Top Corporate Matching Gift Programs
>>8299445, >>8299468, >>8299696 Market Watch
>>8299147, >>8299427, >>8299630 Planefag Reports
#10625
#8299735 at 2020-03-02 16:53:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10625: "Who is Q" Trending Edition
@600
Notables
are not endorsements
#10625 baker change
>>8299092, >>8299111, >>8299124, >>8299193, >>8299325 SCOTUS Agreed Monday: Decide Lawsuit that Threatens Obama Care
>>8299098, >>8299125, >>8299135, >>8299475, >>8299476, >>8299501, >>8299528, >>8299598 Corona Virus - COVID-19 Updates
>>8299148 Turkey shoots down Syrian warplanes, kills hundreds of government forces
>>8299150 Trump, GOP raise $86M in February
>>8299154, >>8299179, >>8299476, >>8299625 Who is Q Still Trending on Twatter
>>8299181 Pompeo Reveals Trump Admin's Wide-Ranging Plan to Combat Iran
>>8299204 Army for Trump: New Potus Approved Action website
>>8299212 JP Morgan, Other Hard-Hit Banks Keep Sliding, Even With Upgrades
>>8299217 Supreme Court to hear case over constitutionality of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
>>8299219 Live: Secretary Esper, General Milley hold a briefing at the Pentagon
>>8299225 Stephen King Twat to Pedo Whistleblower Corey Feldman: Chill Corey
>>8299244 Newly obtained documents show Huawei role in shipping prohibited U.S. gear to Iran
>>8299245 New DJT: As usual, Jay Powell and the Federal Reserve are slow to act
>>8299250 DAILY MAIL: Mystical significance of No 23 [PAIN] related to (PB) notable >>8294589
>>8299293, >>8299301 Fukushima: Mark 1 Nuclear Reactor Design Caused GE Scientist To Quit in Protest
>>8299316, >>8299365, >>8299385, >>8299435, >>8299478, >>8299481, >>8299697 Digging on Jack Welch, the former Chair and CEO of GE
>>8299286, >>8299376 Digging Hollywood Talent Agencies
>>8299399 Narendra Modi Twat: This Sunday, thinking of giving up my social media accounts
>>8299417 Ukraine: Zelensky will convene emergency parliament meeting on March 4, reportedly to change Cabinet
>>8299452, >>8299463 No handshake for Merkel as Germany coronavirus cases reach 150
>>8299486, >>8299517, >>8299582 World Water Day: related to notable >>8298953 (lb) DefenderEurope = THE STORM
>>8299496 Dem participation at Rallies is HUGE!
>>8299502 Lawsuit - University of Chicago sold Health records to Google
>>8299503 POTUS Tells Reporters: He feels like a young, vibrant man
>>8299547 POTUS on Coronavirus
>>8299500, >>8299563 Les Wexner/Victoria Secret CEO Donating $20M/Scrambling
>>8299566 Politico: Bad news for Silicon Valley: William Barr is taking control of antitrust prob
>>8299658 Morning Q Funnies
>>8299679 Call to Meme: Bernie/Socialism
>>8299689 New DJT Twat
>>8299703 Republican Billionaire Buys Major Stake in Twitter
>>8299445, >>8299468, >>8299696 Market Watch
>>8299147, >>8299427, >>8299630 Planefag Reports
#10625
#8299566 at 2020-03-02 16:24:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10625: "Who is Q" Trending Edition
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/02/silicon-valley-Barr-antitrust-probes-118485
Bad news for Silicon Valley: William Barr is taking control of antitrust probes
Recent moves have sidelined DOJ's antitrust leaders, leaving oversight of investigations into companies like Google to the AG's handpicked staff.
William Barr
Attorney General William Barr said at his confirmation hearings that antitrust would be one of his priorities. | Brynn Anderson/AP Photo
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That leaves Okuliar as the point person for the tech probes within the Antitrust Division, helping manage day-to-day questions from the more than 30 lawyers assigned to work on the cases along with Shores. They are also highly involved in the discussions with state attorneys general who have opened parallel probes into Google and Facebook. A meeting at DOJ in February with the attorneys general of Texas, Nebraska and Utah was organized in part to allow them to meet Shores and Okuliar, according to people who attended.
In speeches in December, Barr said he hopes to have the tech platform probes wrapped up by the end of this year.
At the very least, Delrahim is expected to remain at DOJ through May, when the U.S. will host the International Competition Network, an annual gathering of competition enforcers from around the world. The U.S. was a founding member of ICN, along with the European Union and 12 other jurisdictions. Today, the group is made of 126 jurisdictions, including every major country except China.
For the first time, the U.S. will play host for the gathering in Los Angeles - Delrahim's hometown.
#8297018 at 2020-03-02 03:44:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10622: The Only Ideas That Will Change The Future Edition
Q !!mG7VJxZNCI Sun 28 Jul 2019 15:11:59 1a0564 No.7231226
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-ratcliffe-ag-William-Barr-will-deliver-justice-to-any-obama-officials-who-committed-crimes
While Congress is away....
The month of AUGUST is traditionally a really HOT month.
Nature is unpredictable.
Q
Q !!Hs1Jq13jV6 Mon 17 Feb 2020 12:26:39 31bd84 No.8163987
https://twitter.com/KarluskaP/status/1229415548938833920
https://www.justice.gov/file/1071991/download
[Pg 203]
"The OPA Supervisor said that he later learned that former President Clinton's Secret Service detail had contacted Lynch's FBI security detail and let them know that the former President wanted to meet with Lynch. Although Lynch's staff was supposed to receive notice of such requests, witnesses told us that they were not informed of the request from former President Clinton."
Coordination?
Date of tarmac meeting?
Date of [HRC] investigation END announcement?
1 + 1 = 2
It's going to be a very hot [spring/summer].
Q
#8296057 at 2020-03-02 01:41:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10621: If Not You, Then Who? Edition
Any truth to this? If yes, WTH is Barr doing?
"Just how much of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's charity cash did the Clinton's squander for personal use and luxuries instead of charitable causes? That's a number the FBI was never truly allowed to develop. The criminal case has since been spiked by Attorney General William Barr. It appears Barr's Justice Department too was responsible for blocking the FBI from allowing Gates to talk about his reported problems with the Clinton charities. Gates - both directly through his charity foundation and through other charitable proxies he is linked to - provided the Clinton's with well over $200 million, perhaps much more."
https://truepundit.com/exclusive-doj-blocks-fbi-investigation-of-clintons-swindle-of-bill-gates-charity-cash-fuming-microsoft-mogul-duped-out-of-untold-millions-by-clinton-foundation-schemes/
#8293439 at 2020-03-01 20:09:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10617: Shepherds The Dank Through The Valley of 751 Edition
Tangential EPSTEIN connection – Barr apointed his predecessor in wake of Epstien "suicide"
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-William-p-Barr-names-michael-carvajal-director-bureau-prisons
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Attorney General William P. Barr Names Michael Carvajal Director of the Bureau of Prisons
Carvajal replaces Kathleen Hawk Sawyer (also a Barr apointee)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Hawk_Sawyer
On December 4, 1992, Hawk Sawyer was appointed the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons by William Barr, the Attorney General at the time.[4] While director, she focused her efforts on reducing recidivism by giving more opportunities for education and employment to prisoners. She also sought to offer secondary education at every federal institution, and substance abuse programs. Hawk Sawyer retired from the position in 2003.
On August 19, 2019, Barr re-appointed her as director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons as part of a shake-up following the death of Jeffrey Epstein.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/484582-Barr-names-new-federal-prisons-director-after-shakeup-following
Attorney General William Barr has named a new head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons after the bureau reorganized following Jeffrey Epstein's death.
Barr announced Tuesday that Michael Carvajal will become the new director of the bureau, replacing Kathy Hawk Sawyer, whom Barr asked to step in after Epstein was found dead in his New York jail cell.
Carvajal, who joined the Federal Bureau of Prisons in 1992, currently serves as the assistant director of the department's correctional programs division, making him responsible for the bureau's intelligence efforts, the Witness Security and Victim-Witness Programs and inmate transportation, among other duties.
#8293146 at 2020-03-01 19:31:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10617: Shepherds The Dank Through The Valley of 751 Edition
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/arrests-four-states-racially-motivated-violent-extremists-targeting-journalists-and-activists
DOJ
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Arrests in Four States of Racially Motivated Violent Extremists Targeting Journalists and Activists
Defendants Created and Coordinated Nationwide Delivery of Threatening Posters
Four racially motivated violent extremists from across the U.S. were arrested and charged today in U.S District Court in Seattle with a conspiracy to threaten and intimidate journalists and activists, the Department of Justice announced. Today's arrests and searches by the FBI and local law enforcement are being coordinated by the Department of Justice's National Security Division and the U.S. Attorney's Offices in Seattle, Tampa, Houston, and Phoenix.
"These defendants from across the country allegedly conspired on the internet to intimidate journalists and activists with whom they disagreed," said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers. "This is not how America works. The Department of Justice will not tolerate this type of behavior."
"These defendants sought to spread fear and terror with threats delivered to the doorstep of those who are critical of their activities," said U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran for the Western District of Washington. "As Attorney General William Barr has made clear, rooting out anti-Semitic hate and threats of violence and vigorously prosecuting those responsible are top priorities for the Department of Justice."
"The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida and FBI-Tampa have been focused on identifying and eradicating the threat posed by the Atomwaffen Division both locally and nationally," said U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez for the Middle District of Florida. "Today's arrests send a powerful message that the Department of Justice will not tolerate criminal conduct based on hateful ideology. We will continue to work with our partners here in the Middle District of Florida, and elsewhere, to devote our resources to investigate and prosecute those who aim to threaten and terrorize our communities."
The defendants charged in the conspiracy include:
Cameron Brandon Shea, 24, of Redmond, Washington;
Kaleb Cole, 24, of Montgomery, Texas;
Taylor Ashley Parker-Dipeppe, 20, of Spring Hill, Florida, and
Johnny Roman Garza, 20, of Queen Creek, Arizona.
According to the criminal complaint, the defendants conspired via an encrypted online chat group to identify journalists and others they wanted to intimidate. The group focused primarily on those who are Jewish or journalists of color. Defendants Cole and Shea created the posters, which included Nazi symbols, masked figures with guns and Molotov cocktails, and threatening language. The posters were delivered to Atomwaffen members electronically and the coconspirators printed and delivered or mailed the posters to journalists or activists the group was targeting. In the Seattle area, the posters were mailed to a TV journalist who had reported on Atomwaffen and to two individuals associated with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). In Tampa, the group targeted a journalist,but delivered the poster to the wrong address. In Phoenix, the poster was delivered to a magazine journalist.
#8283170 at 2020-02-29 16:12:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10604: One Giant Leap Day For Mankind Edition
Jackie Speier's Question to DOJ on Epstein Raises Eyebrows in House Intel Committee
In a closed-door briefing to members of Congress about government surveillance, a senior Justice Department official was asked a surprising question.
The question came when intelligence and national security officials gathered earlier this week to brief members of the House Intelligence Committee on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a law with some authorities that will expire in several weeks. Rep. Jackie Speier, a California Democrat, prefaced her question by saying it was a bit off-topic. According to two sources with knowledge of the briefing, Speier then asked John Demers, the Assistant Attorney General of the National Security Division at the Justice Department, whether Jeffrey Epstein had ever worked as an undercover FBI asset. Then she pressed him on whether he had any personal knowledge of Epstein-a convicted pedophile who died in jail last August, awaiting trial-working with the FBI.
Demers responded that he worked for the Justice Department, not the FBI, and that he had no knowledge of Epstein doing such work. The question raised eyebrows, as it appeared to be based on a theory that law enforcement officials may have turned a blind eye to the serial rapist because he helped them gather information.
A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment, and a spokesperson for Speier did not provide on-record comment.
The Miami Herald reported in November 2018 that, as part of an extremely generous plea deal he received from then-U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta's office in 2007, "Epstein provided what the government called 'valuable consideration' for unspecified information he supplied to federal investigators." The Herald said it was unclear what information, if any, Epstein shared with law enforcement.
And Vicky Ward reported for The Daily Beast last August that Acosta later told Trump transition team officials that Epstein's case was connected to intelligence matters. He went on to become Secretary of Labor. "I was told Epstein 'belonged to intelligence' and to leave it alone," Acosta privately told Trump transition team officials before his confirmation, per Ward's story.
On July 8, 2019, the Justice Department charged Epstein with sex trafficking of underage girls. In a lengthy press conference two days later, Acosta fielded a question about whether or not the sexual predator was an "intelligence asset."
"So, there has been reporting to that effect," he said obliquely, per The Washington Examiner. "And let me say, there's been report to a lot of effects in this case. Not just now but over the years. And again, I would, I would hesitate to take this reporting as fact."
Acosta's efforts to explain his generous treatment of the serial rapist were not enough to save his job; after facing blistering criticism, he resigned from the Trump administration on July 19.
Epstein was found dead in his prison cell less than a month later. The New York City Medical Examiner's Office said the death was a suicide; a private pathologist hired by Epstein's brother said it could have been a homicide, as The New York Times reported. Attorney General William Barr said the Justice Department's top watchdog was investigating the circumstances of Epstein's death.
Epstein and his longtime associate Ghislane Maxwell had countless powerful friends and acquaintances. In 2002, future President Donald Trump said Epstein liked "beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side." Bill Clinton flew on Epstein's notorious private jet numerous times. And Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg was photographed at a public event with Maxwell in 2013. Epstein's connections even extended to literal royalty; Prince Andrew spent a significant amount of time with him before his death, and stepped back from his royal duties after giving a trainwreck interview to the BBC about his relationship with the serial child rapist.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jackie-speier-doj-epstein-raises-152418470.html
#8279253 at 2020-02-29 01:01:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10599 TRUMP RALLYYYY - WRWY North Charelston! Edition
'Political interference': Jerry Nadler seeks testimony from John Durham about Russia inquiry review (1 of 2)
House Democrats want U.S. Attorney John Durham to testify about his inquiry into the origins of the Russia investigation. Rep. Jerry Nadler, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr on Friday requesting documents and interviews with 15 officials with knowledge of cases of personal interest to President Trump. "The Judiciary Committee needs to examine a range of recent actions that smack of political interference, including the Department's withdrawal of the Roger Stone sentencing recommendation; intervening in the handling of the Michael Flynn prosecution; overruling the decision to relocate Paul Manafort to Rikers Island; opening investigations into career officials involved in the Russia investigation; and a series of controversial interventions into sensitive antitrust matters," Nadler said in the four-page letter.
Durham, a top prosecutor in Connecticut, was on the list of officials. Nadler asked that Barr respond by March 13 "given the urgent and serious nature of these requests." A spokesperson for Durham declined to comment and referred the Washington Examiner to the Justice Department's public affairs office. The DOJ did not immediately return a request for comment. Trump gave Barr "full and complete authority to declassify information" in the "investigation of the investigators" last year. Durham was assigned to review possible misconduct by federal law enforcement and intelligence officials during the counterintelligence investigation into Trump's 2016 campaign by Barr, who said in the spring that "some of the facts" surrounding the inquiry "don't hang together with the official explanations of what happened." Following the DOJ watchdog's Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act report, Barr said he told Durham to focus just as much on the FBI's actions after Trump's election in November 2016 as before it.
Democrats have criticized the review as a politically motivated scheme to undermine the work of former special counsel Robert Mueller and attack Trump's perceived enemies. "I have faith that Durham is going to get to the bottom of this," House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes, a California Republican, said at CPAC on Friday. "I really do." In October, Fox News reported that Durham expanded the investigation, broadening his team to include additional agents and resources as the period of time they were examining expanded into 2017. Weeks later, it was revealed that Durham opened a criminal inquiry in his investigation, which gave the federal prosecutor the power to impanel a grand jury and hand down indictments. Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith, who is believed to have altered a key document in FISA filings related to onetime Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, is the only person publicly known to be under criminal investigation by Durham.
Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe, a Republican member of the House's judiciary and intelligence panels, told Fox News on Sunday that he believes Durham is "specifically" looking into alleged FISA abuses, noting the Justice Department already determined that at least two of the four FISA orders targeting Page were not valid. Durham is reportedly reviewing former CIA Director John Brennan's analysis of Russian election interference, including scrutiny of his handling of a secret source said to be close to the Kremlin. Some of the U.S. attorney's scrutiny revolves around how the U.S. government eventually reached its January 2017 intelligence assessment on Russian election interference and whether Brennan was pushing for a biased result.
The prosecutor is also focused on at least two clashes over sensitive information, according to sources cited by the New York Times, including an internal Obama administration squabble related to restrictions placed upon yet-unknown foreign intelligence by an unnamed intelligence agency and a fight over the White House preventing the FBI from viewing U.S. emails hacked by the Russians but obtained, copied, and given to the United States by an unnamed foreign intelligence service. Barr is set to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on March 31. He was called to testify by House Democrats, who seek answers about the Justice Department's conduct, including the scaled-back sentencing recommendation for longtime Trump associate Roger Stone and matters related to Russia and Ukraine.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/political-interference-jerry-nadler-seeks-testimony-from-john-durham-about-russia-inquiry-review
#8278708 at 2020-02-29 00:10:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10598: Friday Happenings - The Sequel Edition
Nadler asks DOJ for information and testimony to probe Roger Stone prosecution and other cases
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler is requesting the Justice Department provide information and access to 15 individuals currently or previously employed by the DOJ who were connected to the prosecution of Roger Stone, a longtime confidant of President Donald Trump and other politically sensitive cases.
In a letter to Attorney General William Barr sent on Friday, Nadler is seeking to investigate whether these people have any knowledge about whether there was improper political intervention in either the Stone case or other cases of interest to Trump. The requests come as the Democrat-led committee prepares for Barr to testify before it on March 31.
"I write in advance of our March 31 oversight hearing in order to request information concerning improper political interference, including by President Trump, in enforcement matters handled by the Department of Justice," Nadler writes in the letter.
The judiciary chairman states that the committee's concerns include DOJ's "determination to withdraw a sentencing recommendation for President Trump's longtime associate, Roger Stone, which in turn (led) to the withdrawal of four career DOJ officials who were responsible for the case – one of which went so far as to resign from the Department."
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/28/politics/judiciary-committee-roger-stone-trump-doj-involvement/index.html
#8278301 at 2020-02-28 23:29:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10598: Friday Happenings - The Sequel Edition
>>8278213
Remember these?
https://twitter.com/RepRatcliffe/status/1105658231198765057
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-ratcliffe-ag-William-Barr-will-deliver-justice-to-any-obama-officials-who-committed-crimes
#8277949 at 2020-02-28 22:49:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10597: Friday Happenings Edition
Another Q Proof Frenz!!!! PICS related
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-ratcliffe-ag-William-Barr-will-deliver-justice-to-any-obama-officials-who-committed-crimes
#8273985 at 2020-02-28 14:42:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10592: Blessed Are the Note Takers Edition
Fox legal analyst doubts John Durham inquiry will lead to criminal charges
Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett said he has serious doubts that criminal charges will emerge from U.S. Attorney John Durham's review of the Russia investigation.
While guest-hosting for Fox Business's Lou Dobbs, Jarrett asked Jason Chaffetz to react to a former colleague in Congress who said he expects indictments from the Justice Department investigation.
"Your former colleague, Congressman Doug Collins, said today that he believes the John Durham investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia hoax and the FISA abuse and so forth will lead to criminal charges. I personally doubt that very much," Jarrett said on Thursday, before asking the former Utah congressman what he thought.
Earlier in the day, Rep. Doug Collins, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, told the crowd at CPAC not to expect a report from Durham and noted how "quiet" the top Connecticut prosecutor has been. "When he's ready to charge people, he'll charge people," the Georgia congressman said.
Chaffetz, who led the House Oversight Committee from early 2015 to the summer of 2017, said he believes criminal charges are warranted "based on the information we have already seen and already know."
But he too struck a note of caution. Chaffetz said FBI Director Christopher Wray doesn't strike him as a "reformer," but Durham and Attorney General William Barr remain "our best hope."
"But I don't know," he added, before referring to a former top FBI official, Bryan Paarmann, who the DOJ inspector general found to have leaked sensitive information over the course of hundreds of communications with at least six reporters. He escaped prosecution by the Justice Department.
Chaffetz said the case "had the crystal clear evidence" and wondered if a more serious matter would see the same result.
"Even the guy in the Carter Page FISA warrant application who literally altered documents. I bet you he's going to escape too. It's my prediction," Jarrett said.
He was referring to former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith, who altered a key document in Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act filings related to one-time Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Clinesmith is the only person known to be under criminal investigation by Durham's team. A scathing report by DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz found 17 "significant inaccuracies and omissions" in the FBI's applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to wiretap Page, who was suspected of being an agent of Russia but was never charged with wrongdoing. The Justice Department later determined that at least two of the four warrants were invalid.
In October, Fox News reported that Durham expanded the investigation, broadening his team to include additional agents and resources as the period of time they were examining expanded into 2017. Weeks later, it was revealed that Durham opened a criminal inquiry in his investigation, which gave the federal prosecutor the power to impanel a grand jury and hand down indictments.
Still, even as some close allies to President Trump raise expectations for criminal indictments of former federal law enforcement officials who had roles in the Russia investigation, Jarrett argued that the recent trend suggests otherwise.
"That's how it's going at the DOJ these days. There is no 'J' in Justice," he quipped.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/fox-legal-analyst-doubts-john-durham-inquiry-will-lead-to-criminal-charges
This better NOT be true.
#8272569 at 2020-02-28 08:15:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10591: It's Like Regular Winning But In Outer Space Edition
>>8272550
Military Tribunals are the ONLY way
"The DOJ will not expose
itself to prosecutions.
To do so, their entire house of cards would fall. It's a criminal RICO Organization and criminals do not prosecute criminals within their own "crime family".
Yes, they used politically paid for, Russian sourced lies in an attempt to remove a sitting President.
Yes, they continue to defend Clinton in Federal Courts.
Yes, they continue to allow the Clinton Crime Family to operate the largest International Charity Fraud and money laundering operation in the world.
Yes, they tanked investigations surrounding pay for play, Uranium One and Treason.
Yes, they took a blind eye to all of Clinton's emails going to China.
Treason.
Yes, they withhold/held exculpatory evidence and they send innocent people to prison as a matter of practice.
Yes, they run entrapment operations, destroying peoples lives and families.
Yes, they leak information to the press for political purposes.
Yes, they selectively prosecute people for political purposes.
Yes, they lie to Federal Courts.
Yes, they abuse our trust and spy on political campaigns.
Yes, the DOJ operates as a criminal RICO Organization and there is no better cover to operate one than within We the People's government with unlimited resources and the power of the law as their instrument of tyranny.
What I just described to you
is a Fascist Police State.
They can do whatever they want, to whoever they want, anytime they want.
Wake Up America, there can be no Justice in America as long as this system remains in place.
The Department of Justice is not We the People's Department of Justice. It's the criminal administrative states and as long as it remains that way, it matters not who we elect, it will be the Shadow Government behind the scenes.
Wow, it doesn't get any worse than this.
So, what do we do as a people?
We no longer have a Justice System to rely upon.
We no longer have a functioning Constitutional Republic.
I see little alternative but to declare Marshall Law and hold Military Tribunals.
The evidence is there. The patterns are there. The associations are there. The criminal conduct is there.
Our very government has become seditious and treasonous unto itself and placing any hope into a system that is so corrupt to correct itself is a fools errand.
John Durham hasn't convened a Grand Jury.
What does that tell you?
#POTUS you are the Chief Law Enforcement Officer in the land.
Use whatever tools at your disposal (the military) to restore the RULE OF LAW in our great land.
We the People will support your efforts and if called upon (Posse Comitatus) will go and arrest the criminals who have abused us so terribly and deliver them up for trial.
The case has been made that this is the last and only course of action if we are to regain our country back from those who have commandeered it.
Criminals do not prosecute criminals.
Convince me I am wrong."
~TC
"Justice department insiders are fuming at internal reports that there has been NO grand jury conveyned as part of Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham's probe of the FBI's alleged illegal FISA violations and spying on President Trump's campaign.
And many Feds are not happy, especially since Barr just gifted Andrew McCabe a get-out-of-jail-free card last week for lying (4 times) to the FBI. Durham was tapped by U.S. Attorney General William Barr in May to investigate FBI-related breaches, yet FBI insiders said Durham has not presented any evidence to a grand jury. Thomas Paine detailed the controversial revelations on today's Thomas Paine Podcast and the Moore Paine Show on Tuesday night." (Listen Below: Warning: This podcast has some explicit language)
https://truepundit.com/exclusive-feds-fume-about-no-grand-jury-in-durhams-fbi-abuse-probe/
#8269608 at 2020-02-28 01:16:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10587: Comfy Evening Edition
Method of Execution for Federal Treason is Injection of PENTOBARBITAL
July 25, 2019
Federal Government To Resume Capital Punishment after Nearly 2 Decade Lapse
The Federal Execution Protocol Addendum, which closely mirrors protocols utilized by several states, including currently Georgia, Missouri, and Texas, replaces the three-drug procedure previously used in Federal executions with a single drug-Pentobarbital.
Since 2010, 14 states have used Pentobarbital in over 200 executions, and Federal courts, including the Supreme Court, have repeatedly upheld the use of Pentobarbital in executions as consistent with the Eighth Amendment.
Upon Attorney General Barr's direction, Acting Director Hurwitz adopted the Addendum to the Federal Execution Protocol and, in accordance with 28 C.F.R. Part 26.
Sauce: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-government-resume-capital-punishment-after-nearly-two-decade-lapse
PENTOBARBITAL: Pentobarbital, also known as pentobarbitone, is a short-acting barbiturate. In high doses, pentobarbital causes death by respiratory arrest. In the United States, the drug has been used for executions of convicted criminals.
On July 25, 2019, US Attorney General William Barr directed the Federal government to resume capital punishment after 16 years.
Pentobarbitol's old name was Nembutal, known on the streets as "Yellow Jackets" due to yellow capsule.
Sauce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentobarbital#Execution
#8267879 at 2020-02-27 22:09:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10585: 'Chocker' Edition
Adelson's puppet says for him
Sen. Rubio Urges National Security Review of Deal Between AT&T and Czech Firm, Citing China Concerns
A U.S. senator has requested the government review AT&T's upcoming sale of its stake in a European media company to a Czech investment firm, over the Czech company's links to the Chinese communist regime.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), in a Feb. 26 letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Attorney General William Barr, urged a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to consider the national security implications of AT&T's pending $1.1 billion sale to PPF Group of its stake in Central European Media Enterprises (CME Group). The sale was announced last November.
CFIUS, which sits under the Treasury Department, reviews mergers, acquisitions, and stock purchases to ensure they don't harm U.S. national security.
Rubio said in the letter that PPF Group and its CEO Petr Kellner "have a record of acting as China's proxies inside the Czech Republic."
The claim was based on revelations made by Czech daily Aktualne.cz that PPF funded a public relations firm to improve the Chinese regime's image among Czech media, politicians, and the public.
"This work included spying on Czech politicians, pressuring media to withdraw news articles critical of China, and creating a new think-tank, Sinoskop, to employ biased analysts to influence public debate," Rubio wrote.
He noted that about a third of PPF's profits come from its subsidiary Home Credit, an individual lending business in China. According to business publication Ekonom, PPF earned more than 2 billion euros (about $2.2 billion) in China in 2017.
As a result, "Mr. Kellner and his companies have supported China's malign activities abroad," Rubio wrote.
"It has come to my attention that PPF has already used its expected acquisition of CME's Czech media outlets to intimidate Czech media and politicians into silence," he said.
CME has 30 channels that reach about 45 million viewers across five countries: the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovak Republic, and Slovenia.
The senator said the United States has an "interest in preserving a free and open media environment overseas as well as preventing the Chinese Communist Party from subverting these platforms in its efforts to undermine democratic norms worldwide."
The Justice Department and Treasury Department did not immediately return The Epoch Times' request for comment.
The Chinese regime has ramped up efforts in recent years to influence public perceptions abroad through its state-run media and by directly or indirectly injecting its propaganda and narrative into foreign media outlets.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/sen-rubio-urges-national-security-review-of-deal-between-att-and-czech-firm-citing-china-concerns_3253008.html
#8266233 at 2020-02-27 19:08:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10583: We Love Our Trainfags Edition
>>8266221
Military Tribunals are the ONLY way
"The DOJ will not expose
itself to prosecutions.
To do so, their entire house of cards would fall. It's a criminal RICO Organization and criminals do not prosecute criminals within their own "crime family".
Yes, they used politically paid for, Russian sourced lies in an attempt to remove a sitting President.
Yes, they continue to defend Clinton in Federal Courts.
Yes, they continue to allow the Clinton Crime Family to operate the largest International Charity Fraud and money laundering operation in the world.
Yes, they tanked investigations surrounding pay for play, Uranium One and Treason.
Yes, they took a blind eye to all of Clinton's emails going to China.
Treason.
Yes, they withhold/held exculpatory evidence and they send innocent people to prison as a matter of practice.
Yes, they run entrapment operations, destroying peoples lives and families.
Yes, they leak information to the press for political purposes.
Yes, they selectively prosecute people for political purposes.
Yes, they lie to Federal Courts.
Yes, they abuse our trust and spy on political campaigns.
Yes, the DOJ operates as a criminal RICO Organization and there is no better cover to operate one than within We the People's government with unlimited resources and the power of the law as their instrument of tyranny.
What I just described to you
is a Fascist Police State.
They can do whatever they want, to whoever they want, anytime they want.
Wake Up America, there can be no Justice in America as long as this system remains in place.
The Department of Justice is not We the People's Department of Justice. It's the criminal administrative states and as long as it remains that way, it matters not who we elect, it will be the Shadow Government behind the scenes.
Wow, it doesn't get any worse than this.
So, what do we do as a people?
We no longer have a Justice System to rely upon.
We no longer have a functioning Constitutional Republic.
I see little alternative but to declare Marshall Law and hold Military Tribunals.
The evidence is there. The patterns are there. The associations are there. The criminal conduct is there.
Our very government has become seditious and treasonous unto itself and placing any hope into a system that is so corrupt to correct itself is a fools errand.
John Durham hasn't convened a Grand Jury.
What does that tell you?
#POTUS you are the Chief Law Enforcement Officer in the land.
Use whatever tools at your disposal (the military) to restore the RULE OF LAW in our great land.
We the People will support your efforts and if called upon (Posse Comitatus) will go and arrest the criminals who have abused us so terribly and deliver them up for trial.
The case has been made that this is the last and only course of action if we are to regain our country back from those who have commandeered it.
Criminals do not prosecute criminals.
Convince me I am wrong."
~TC
"Justice department insiders are fuming at internal reports that there has been NO grand jury conveyned as part of Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham's probe of the FBI's alleged illegal FISA violations and spying on President Trump's campaign.
And many Feds are not happy, especially since Barr just gifted Andrew McCabe a get-out-of-jail-free card last week for lying (4 times) to the FBI. Durham was tapped by U.S. Attorney General William Barr in May to investigate FBI-related breaches, yet FBI insiders said Durham has not presented any evidence to a grand jury. Thomas Paine detailed the controversial revelations on today's Thomas Paine Podcast and the Moore Paine Show on Tuesday night." (Listen Below: Warning: This podcast has some explicit language)
https://truepundit.com/exclusive-feds-fume-about-no-grand-jury-in-durhams-fbi-abuse-probe/
#8264056 at 2020-02-27 14:15:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10580 Bad Guys On The Run! (corrected) Edition
>>8264036
DOJ ROUND UP PART 3
IMHO these are not as big. However the "muh racist trump administration" press and leftards will not report this case.
Arrests in Four States of Racially Motivated Violent Extremists Targeting Journalists and Activists
Four racially motivated violent extremists from across the U.S. were arrested and charged today in U.S District Court in Seattle with a conspiracy to threaten and intimidate journalists and activists, the Department of Justice announced. Today's arrests and searches by the FBI and local law enforcement are being coordinated by the Department of Justice's National Security Division and the U.S. Attorney's Offices in Seattle, Tampa, Houston, and Phoenix.
"These defendants from across the country allegedly conspired on the internet to intimidate journalists and activists with whom they disagreed," said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers. "This is not how America works. The Department of Justice will not tolerate this type of behavior."
"These defendants sought to spread fear and terror with threats delivered to the doorstep of those who are critical of their activities," said U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran for the Western District of Washington. "As Attorney General William Barr has made clear, rooting out anti-Semitic hate and threats of violence and vigorously prosecuting those responsible are top priorities for the Department of Justice."
"The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida and FBI-Tampa have been focused on identifying and eradicating the threat posed by the Atomwaffen Division both locally and nationally," said U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez for the Middle District of Florida. "Today's arrests send a powerful message that the Department of Justice will not tolerate criminal conduct based on hateful ideology. We will continue to work with our partners here in the Middle District of Florida, and elsewhere, to devote our resources to investigate and prosecute those who aim to threaten and terrorize our communities."
The defendants charged in the conspiracy include:
Cameron Brandon Shea, 24, of Redmond, Washington;
Kaleb Cole, 24, of Montgomery, Texas;
Taylor Ashley Parker-Dipeppe, 20, of Spring Hill, Florida, and
Johnny Roman Garza, 20, of Queen Creek, Arizona.
According to the criminal complaint, the defendants conspired via an encrypted online chat group to identify journalists and others they wanted to intimidate. { I guess it wasn't THAT encrypted}
#8262955 at 2020-02-27 08:33:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10579: Hot Wheels Goes Cold / Freddy Got Fingered Edition
Military Tribunals are the ONLY way
"The DOJ will not expose
itself to prosecutions.
To do so, their entire house of cards would fall. It's a criminal RICO Organization and criminals do not prosecute criminals within their own "crime family".
Yes, they used politically paid for, Russian sourced lies in an attempt to remove a sitting President.
Yes, they continue to defend Clinton in Federal Courts.
Yes, they continue to allow the Clinton Crime Family to operate the largest International Charity Fraud and money laundering operation in the world.
Yes, they tanked investigations surrounding pay for play, Uranium One and Treason.
Yes, they took a blind eye to all of Clinton's emails going to China.
Treason.
Yes, they withhold/held exculpatory evidence and they send innocent people to prison as a matter of practice.
Yes, they run entrapment operations, destroying peoples lives and families.
Yes, they leak information to the press for political purposes.
Yes, they selectively prosecute people for political purposes.
Yes, they lie to Federal Courts.
Yes, they abuse our trust and spy on political campaigns.
Yes, the DOJ operates as a criminal RICO Organization and there is no better cover to operate one than within We the People's government with unlimited resources and the power of the law as their instrument of tyranny.
What I just described to you
is a Fascist Police State.
They can do whatever they want, to whoever they want, anytime they want.
Wake Up America, there can be no Justice in America as long as this system remains in place.
The Department of Justice is not We the People's Department of Justice. It's the criminal administrative states and as long as it remains that way, it matters not who we elect, it will be the Shadow Government behind the scenes.
Wow, it doesn't get any worse than this.
So, what do we do as a people?
We no longer have a Justice System to rely upon.
We no longer have a functioning Constitutional Republic.
I see little alternative but to declare Marshall Law and hold Military Tribunals.
The evidence is there. The patterns are there. The associations are there. The criminal conduct is there.
Our very government has become seditious and treasonous unto itself and placing any hope into a system that is so corrupt to correct itself is a fools errand.
John Durham hasn't convened a Grand Jury.
What does that tell you?
#POTUS you are the Chief Law Enforcement Officer in the land.
Use whatever tools at your disposal (the military) to restore the RULE OF LAW in our great land.
We the People will support your efforts and if called upon (Posse Comitatus) will go and arrest the criminals who have abused us so terribly and deliver them up for trial.
The case has been made that this is the last and only course of action if we are to regain our country back
from those who have commandeered it.
Criminals do not prosecute criminals.
Convince me I am wrong."
~TC
"Justice department insiders are fuming at internal reports that there has been NO grand jury conveyned as part of Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham's probe of the FBI's alleged illegal FISA violations and spying on President Trump's campaign.
And many Feds are not happy, especially since Barr just gifted Andrew McCabe a get-out-of-jail-free card last week for lying (4 times) to the FBI. Durham was tapped by U.S. Attorney General William Barr in May to investigate FBI-related breaches, yet FBI insiders said Durham has not presented any evidence to a grand jury. Thomas Paine detailed the controversial revelations on today's Thomas Paine Podcast and the Moore Paine Show on Tuesday night." (Listen Below: Warning: This podcast has some explicit language)
https://truepundit.com/exclusive-feds-fume-about-no-grand-jury-in-durhams-fbi-abuse-probe/
#8262800 at 2020-02-27 07:53:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10578: VOODOO Econ 101 Edition
"The DOJ will not expose
itself to prosecutions.
To do so, their entire house of cards would fall. It's a criminal RICO Organization and criminals do not prosecute criminals within their own "crime family".
Yes, they used politically paid for, Russian sourced lies in an attempt to remove a sitting President.
Yes, they continue to defend Clinton in Federal Courts.
Yes, they continue to allow the Clinton Crime Family to
operate the largest International Charity Fraud and money laundering operation in the world.
Yes, they tanked investigations surrounding pay for play, Uranium One and Treason.
Yes, they took a blind eye to all of Clinton's emails going to China. Treason.
Yes, they withhold/held exculpatory evidence and they send innocent people to prison as a matter of practice.
Yes, they run entrapment operations, destroying peoples lives and families.
Yes, they leak information to the press for political purposes.
Yes, they selectively prosecute people for political purposes.
Yes, they lie to Federal Courts.
Yes, they abuse our trust and spy on political campaigns.
Yes, the DOJ operates as a criminal RICO Organization and there is no better cover to operate one than within We the People's government with unlimited resources and the power of the law as their instrument oftyranny.
What I just described to you
is a Fascist Police State.
They can do whatever they want, to whoever they want, anytime they want.
Wake Up America, there can be no Justice in America as long as this system remains in place.
The Department of Justice is not We the People's Department of Justice. It's the criminal administrative states and as long as it remains that way, it matters not
who we elect, it will be the Shadow Government behind the scenes.
Wow, it doesn't get any worse than this.
So, what do we do as a people?
We no longer have a Justice System to rely upon.
We no longer have a functioning Constitutional Republic.
I see little alternative but to declare Marshall Law and hold Military Tribunals. The evidence is there. The patterns are there. The associations are there. The
criminal conduct is there.
Our very government has become seditious and treasonous unto itself and placing any hope into a
system that is so corrupt to correct itself is a fools errand.
John Durham hasn't convened a Grand Jury.
What does that tell you?
#POTUS you are the Chief Law Enforcement Officer in
the land.
Use whatever tools at your disposal (the military) to restore the RULE OF LAW in our great land.
We the People will support your efforts and if called upon (Posse Comitatus) will go and arrest the
criminals who have abused us so terribly and deliver them up for trial.
The case has been made that this is the last and only course of action if we are to regain our country back
from those who have commandeered it.
Criminals do not prosecute criminals.
Convince me I am wrong."
~TC
"Justice department insiders are fuming at internal reports that there has been NO grand jury conveyned as part of Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham's probe of the FBI's alleged illegal FISA violations and spying on President Trump's campaign.
And many Feds are not happy, especially since Barr just gifted Andrew McCabe a get-out-of-jail-free card last week for lying (4 times) to the FBI. Durham was tapped by U.S. Attorney General William Barr in May to investigate FBI-related breaches, yet FBI insiders said Durham has not presented any evidence to a grand jury. Thomas Paine detailed the controversial revelations on today's Thomas Paine Podcast and the Moore Paine Show on Tuesday night." (Listen Below: Warning: This podcast has some explicit language)
https://truepundit.com/exclusive-feds-fume-about-no-grand-jury-in-durhams-fbi-abuse-probe/
#8260264 at 2020-02-27 01:35:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10575: These People Are Sick Edition
>>8260232
William Barr makes that speech and now this, fitting… fitting indeed.
#8259535 at 2020-02-27 00:24:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10574: Jerking it to Fear Porn Edition
William Barr extract:
So where does that leave us? It might not seem like it, but I am actually an optimist, and I believe that identifying the problem is the first step in correcting it.
Our nation's greatest days lie ahead, but only if we can alter our course and pay heed to the lessons of the past.
This means fostering a culture that is truly pluralistic. It means all viewpoints must be treated fairly - not simply the viewpoints favored by our cultural elites. And it especially means giving our respect to religion as a vital pillar of our society. Religion is something we should celebrate, not disparage.
This also means working to devolve democratic choice to the lowest possible level. While the wizards in Washington might think they know best, the reality is that there is no unified "best" for every community and every person in our vast country. The solution to social ills is not to exhaust ourselves devising the perfect rule for everyone; it is to let our villages, cities, and states set the rules for their communities. That allows people with principled disagreements to peaceably coexist, and prevents politics from becoming zero-sum nationwide.
And finally, this means encouraging diverse voices to speak out - whether on television, over the radio, or in print. When Tocqueville visited America, there was "scarcely a hamlet which has not its own newspaper." We need to get back to that. We need to support local journalism and local voices, and each of you needs to continue the great work you are doing.
In sum, your voices and your perspectives are essential to reversing the different trends I have discussed today. I look forward to working together to restore the separate spheres that have long sustained our society. It is not too late to stem the tide, but we need to get to work.
Thank you all for the opportunity to talk with you today.
No no thank you William for identifying and removing vendors of perpetual pain. I am looking forward to watching the unsealing of the sealed indictments and the ensuing drama.
Your tempered manner is solid and truthfully clear.
I love you.
#8258841 at 2020-02-26 23:31:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10573: It's Going to be Biblical Edition
William Barr speech extract:
The wellsprings of this system are found "in Augustinian Christianity. According to St. Augustine, man lives simultaneously in two realms. Each individual is a unique creation of God with a transcendent end and eternal life in the City of God. We are created to love our Creator in this world and become united with him in eternity. As Augustine writes in his Confessions, "You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you."
At the same time, while we work toward our eternal destiny, we live in the temporal world - the City of Man. But this world is a fallen one. Man is stubbornly imperfect and prone to prey upon his fellow man. Unless there is a temporal authority capable of restraining the wicked - an authority with power here on earth - the wicked men would overwhelm the good ones and there could be no peace."
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-William-p-Barr-delivers-remarks-2020-national-religious-broadcasters
Good lordy lord lord, it's really happening.
#8257193 at 2020-02-26 20:36:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10571: They Are Coming For You DS Edition
"The Whole Situation Is Perverse" - Sam Nunberg tells His Former Boss Donald Trump to "Pardon Roger Stone!"
Back in November Sam Nunberg was on MSNBC and said that President Trump should pardon Roger Stone after he was convicted in crooked Judge Amy Berman Jackson's courtroom in front of a biased anti-Trump jury. At the time Sam didn't think Trump would pardon Stone.
Today Trump's personal assistant Sam Nunberg posted a request at Newsmax to his former employer and friend: Pardon Roger Stone!
Sam Nunberg told The Gateway Pundit that he is cautiously optimistic on the Roger Stone pardon,
"It remains to be seen. I'm cautiously optimistic but the president will face continued pushback from White House advisers, AG Barr and Republican Senators. The reality is that no one deserves a pardon more than Roger who is facing the prospect of a jail sentence that is longer than first time drug offenders and violent criminals. The whole situation is perverse."
Newsmax reported:
With the Obama appointed Judge Amy Berman Jackson's impending ruling against Roger Stone's motion for a retrial, time is of the essence for President Trump to not commute Mr. Stone's sentence, but rather, to pardon Mr. Stone.
If President Trump allows Mr. Stone to be jailed, the president will appear at best inept or impotent - and at worse both.
Heading into a re-election where his eventual socialist Democrat opponent will impugn the president as a corrupt demagogue who has bungled legislative bi-partisan opportunities on infrastructure and lowering prescription drug prices, allowing Mr. Stone to be jailed for "covering up" as Judge Jackson described at the Stone sentence, would give further credence to his opponent's narrative that the president was illegimately elected by ill-gotten gains in 2016.
While the president has both spoken and tweeted about the miscarriage of justice which Mr. Stone has faced by the Mueller Office of U.S. Special Counsel, he is surely facing opposition in both the West Wing and at the Justice Department (DOJ).
His own Attorney General William Barr, who bungled prosecution's sentencing memo submissions, has taken the insubordinate step of publicly rebuking the president's comments on the Stone prosecution, calling it a "righteous prosecution," while also threatening to resign if the president continues to tweet about ongoing investigations and prosecutions - or lack thereof.
And while the attorney general tries to hold the president at bay with the so-called "John Durham Criminal Probe," nothing in the attorney general's record up to date, whether it is the lack of indictments on Andy McCabe for lying or James Comey for the mishandling of classified information, should give either the president or his supporters any confidence that Barr will be any different than his predecessors in holding the corrupt Obama election meddlers accountable.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/the-whole-situation-is-perverse-sam-nunberg-tells-his-former-boss-donald-trump-to-pardon-roger-stone/
#8256324 at 2020-02-26 18:56:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10570: Cyclops VS Psyops Edition
DOJ Blocks FBI Investigation of Clinton's SWINDLE of BILL GATES Charity Cash; Fuming Microsoft Mogul Duped Out of Untold Millions by Clinton Foundation Schemes
When FBI agents working the Clinton Foundation investigation developed intelligence that tech pioneer and philanthropist Bill Gates was beyond angry at Bill and Hillary Clinton for duping his charitable foundation out of as much as $200 million, FBI brass wanted to arrange a sit down with the Microsoft mogul.
Gates, after all, is the second wealthiest man in the United States, running a close second behind Amazon king Jeff Bezos. That is the kind of fact witness FBI agents dream about. Would Gates flip on the Clinton's and spill the beans on the millions he forked over to their sham foundation? Bad blood between Gates and the Clinton's would certainly help fortify a criminal case against the Clinton Foundation. But as Thomas Paine revealed on his Moore Paine Show on Patreon Tuesday night as well as the Thomas Paine Podcast on Wednesday - FBI agents never got the chance to pick Gates' brain. The Justice Department blocked access to Mr. Gates. (Listen to podcast below)
Just how much of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's charity cash did the Clinton's squander for personal use and luxuries instead of charitable causes? That's a number the FBI was never truly allowed to develop. The criminal case has since been spiked by Attorney General William Barr. It appears Barr's Justice Department too was responsible for blocking the FBI from allowing Gates to talk about his reported problems with the Clinton charities. Gates - both directly through his charity foundation and through other charitable proxies he is linked to - provided the Clinton's with well over $200 million, perhaps much more. (Read more below)
https://truepundit.com/exclusive-doj-blocks-fbi-investigation-of-clintons-swindle-of-bill-gates-charity-cash-fuming-microsoft-mogul-duped-out-of-untold-millions-by-clinton-foundation-schemes/
#8253042 at 2020-02-26 07:45:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10566: Not Trips But Let's Fuck Em Anyhow! Baby Killers! Edition
>>8253027
Congress braces for potential surveillance debacle after Barr briefing
The attorney general also told Senate Republicans that he could take action on his own to ease Trump's concerns with FISA abuses.
Attorney General William Barr told Senate Republicans on Tuesday that the Trump administration could support a clean extension of contentious surveillance laws set to expire next month. And Barr said he could make changes on his own to satisfy President Donald Trump and his allies who have railed against the use of the law to monitor his 2016 campaign, according to senators at a party briefing.
But Barr also clashed with GOP critics of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which has three key provisions set to lapse on March 15. And with House Democrats eyeing their own changes to the law, some Senate Republicans fear a deal to extend the law might be nearly impossible.
Republicans emerged from the lunch meeting mostly supportive of a clean extension of the law to avoid a gap; doing so is a top priority of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
"The attorney general just wanted to underscore again the importance of these provisions that were enacted in the wake of the 9/11 attack. They're still relevant to our effort to go after terrorists today like they were after 9/11," McConnell told reporters.
But Barr also sparred with skeptics, primarily libertarian-leaning Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky, according to two people familiar with the meeting. Barr told Lee his criticisms of surveillance law are dangerous, while Paul said Americans shouldn't be subject to secret FISA courts, one of the people said.
Lee followed up the lunch by tweeting a lengthy rebuttal to Barr's arguments in the caucus meeting.
"At the Senate GOP lunch today I made a long case against a simple reauthorization of the FISA program. Some are arguing the program needs no reform and that DOJ can put in place internal quality control mechanisms. That's not good enough," Lee said.
Lee also called for ending the call-records program and requiring more evidence for the government to conduct surveillance.
"Not everyone is in agreement that we should just leave it alone," said an attendee at the lunchr.
That comment extends across the Capitol, where House Democrats are pushing their own version of FISA reforms. On Wednesday, House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) will begin advancing a reauthorization that would end the seizure of call records and extend roving wiretap and lone wolf surveillance authorities with some reforms.
Senate Republicans and Barr are unlikely to accept those changes anytime soon. And those dynamics have some fretting the programs will briefly expire, just as they did in 2015 when Paul and McConnell clashed over reforming the much-criticized bulk data collection program.
"I don't even know if we're going to do an extension. I think this is the beginning of the conversation. I'm not sure. Letting it lapse and then revisit it? I don't know," said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.). A brief expiration of the law is "possible. I think that's probably what's going to happen."
Senate Republicans prefer kicking a broad FISA debate to as late as 2022, when other pieces of the law expire. In the interim, Barr would make administrative changes to address complaints from conservatives that surveillance authorities were abused during Trump's campaign - something the president continues to seethe over.
"You've got three provisions to deal with. I think it'd be smart to keep them in place. It would give us some time to work on FISA writ large, we've got three years," said Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who is preparing hearings on FISA.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/25/Barr-surveillance-changes-fisa-debacle-117449
#8227638 at 2020-02-23 20:07:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10533: WARNING! ANONS QNAMI ALERT SYSTEM ACTIVATED! Edition
https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/digital-library/William-Barr
William Barr, Office of Policy Development: Deputy Assistant Director for Legal Policy, 1982-1983
in case anyone is interested.
#8226615 at 2020-02-23 17:34:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10532: Together We're Invinsible Edition
>>8226441
Will 4 Mysterious 'Spygate' Figures Be Emerging Soon?
Declassified With Gina Shakespeare
148K subscribers
Throughout all the twists and turns of the ever-growing Spygate scandal over the past four years, what has stood out the most has been the key roles played by four mysterious figures: Professor Joseph Mifsud, Professor Stefan Halper, FBI Special Agent Joseph Pientka and Justice Department official Bruce Ohr.
While there is an exhaustive amount of publicly available information and evidence concerning the actions of most people involved in the creation of the false Trump-Russia collusion narrative, four important figures in the story still remain as elusive and mysterious as ever.
Two of these mysterious figures are academics who appear to have long been involved in intelligence work. One is a still-serving FBI agent who appears to have played a key role in almost every major part of the agency's Crossfire Hurricane investigation. And one is still a top Department of Justice (DOJ) official, although he's been demoted several times.
Mifsud is the Maltese professor who first approached Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos with a supposed offer of help from the Russian government.
Mifsud has remained in hiding for more than three years, even as plenty of people have been looking to speak to him-and I don't mean just reporters. The country that Mifsud is most closely identified with recently is Italy, where he has been rumored to be hiding.
The news last October that both U.S. Attorney General William Barr and John Durham-whom Barr has tapped to investigate the origins of the Crossfire Hurricane probe-had just returned from a trip to Italy, where they had received Mifsud's phones caused shockwaves in the news media.
Far from ignoring Mifsud, as many had assumed, it appears he's a central figure in Durham's ongoing investigation.
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#8224206 at 2020-02-23 08:28:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10529: Patriots, Into the Fray! Edition
>>8224157
He can only do what he can do…
The rest is up to us
"Why was Barr chosen, given his shocking and deeply criminal cover-up kingpin background?
For a presidential administration whose mandate was the eradication of corruption, the "draining of the swamp", and the restoration of law?
With the nomination of William Barr for attorney general, that is what President Donald Trump wants American citizens and the world to accept.
Fawning mainstream media coverage, and streams of puff pieces laud Barr as a "respected" establishment "legal scholar", as do Donald Trump's Twitter posts about Barr.
The fact is, there is nothing to "respect" and everything to condemn about Barr's work as a key inner circle operative throughout George Herbert Walker Bush's rise to power, from CIA Director to Vice President to President. These aspects of Barr's resume remain whitewashed by mainstream coverage. They have been amply documented by whistleblowers and those who worked directly with Barr.
The issue at hand is not Barr's "legal mind", but the ruthless mind that he wielded with frightening authority and expertise as George H. W. Bush's treasonous hatchet man in the Justice Department. William Barr distorted and corrupted the law, as grossly as anyone in modern history.
Barr: CIA operative
It is a sobering fact that American presidents (many of whom have been corrupt) have gone out of their way to hire fixers to be their attorney generals.
Consider recent history: Loretta Lynch (2015-2017), Eric Holder (2009-2015), Michael Mukasey (2007-2009), Alberto Gonzales (2005-2007), John Ashcroft (2001-2005),Janet Reno (1993-2001), Dick Thornburgh (1988-1991), Ed Meese (1985-1988), etc.
Barr, however, is a particularly spectacular and sordid case. As George H.W. Bush's most notorious insider, and as the AG from 1991 to 1993, Barr wreaked havoc, flaunted the rule of law, and proved himself to be one of the CIA/Deep State's greatest and most ruthless champions and protectors:
Barr was a full-time CIA operative, recruited by Langley out of high school, starting in 1971. Barr's youth career goal was to head the CIA.
CIA operative assigned to the China directorate, where he became close to powerful CIA operative George H.W. Bush, whose accomplishments already included the CIA/Cuba Bay of Pigs, Asia CIA operations (Vietnam War, Golden Triangle narcotics), Nixon foreign policy (Henry Kissinger), and the Watergate operation.
When George H.W. Bush became CIA Director in 1976, Barr joined the CIA's "legal office" and Bush's inner circle, and worked alongside Bush's longtime CIA enforcers Theodore "Ted" Shackley, Felix Rodriguez, Thomas Clines, and others, several of whom were likely involved with the Bay of Pigs/John F. Kennedy assassination, and numerous southeast Asian operations, from the Phoenix Program to Golden Triangle narco-trafficking.
Barr stonewalled and destroyed the Church Committee investigations into CIA abuses.
Barr stonewalled and stopped inquiries in the CIA bombing assassination of Chilean opposition leader Orlando Letelier.
Barr joined George H.W. Bush's legal/intelligence team during Bush's vice presidency (under President Ronald Reagan) Rose from assistant attorney general to Chief Legal Counsel to attorney general (1991) during the Bush 41 presidency.
Barr was a key player in the Iran-Contra operation, if not the most important member of the apparatus, simultaneously managing the operation while also "fixing" the legal end, ensuring that all of the operatives could do their jobs without fear of exposure or arrest.
In his attorney general confirmation, Barr vowed to "attack criminal organizations", drug smugglers and money launderers. It was all hot air: as AG, Barr would preserve, protect, cover up, and nurture the apparatus that he helped create, and use Justice Department power to escape punishment.
Barr stonewalled and stopped investigations into all Bush/Clinton and CIA crimes, including BCCI and BNL CIA drug banking, the theft of Inslaw/PROMIS software, and all crimes of state committed by Bush.
Barr provided legal cover for Bush's illegal foreign policy and war crimes.
Barr left Washington, and went through the "rotating door" to the corporate world, where he took on numerous directorships and counsel positions for major companies. In 2007 and again from 2017, Barr was counsel for politically-connected international law firm Kirkland & Ellis. Among its other notable attorneys and alumni are Kenneth Starr, John Bolton, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and numerous Trump administration attorneys. K&E's clients include sex trafficker/pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and Mitt Romney's Bain Capital.
A strong case can be made that William Barr was as powerful and important a figure in the Bush apparatus as any other, besides Poppy Bush himself."
http://www.patriotortraitor.com/William-pelham-Barr/
#8221127 at 2020-02-23 01:16:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10525: Night Shift Cometh! Edition
>>8192205
https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/William-Barr-s-father-wrote-a-science-fiction-book-about-sexual-slavery-3zz4638V-E6QCzS9jft0qQ
People have been talking about this since Pre Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUjcdBDbIlA
Sorry if people think I'm sliding, but this is how deep I've been going, so idgaf. Q told us to think for ourselves.
#8211116 at 2020-02-21 23:26:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10512: Boundless Energy Edition
Senate Republicans will get a chance to convince Barr to stay over lunch next week
Attorney General William Barr will join Senate Republicans at their weekly lunch as they work to keep President Trump's top Justice Department official in position.
Barr's frustrations with Trump's public comments on Justice Department business came to a boil this week, with the Justice chief telling ABC News that Trump's tweets made it "impossible" for him to do his job.
Senior GOP senators worried about losing a deft political ally have put pressure on the White House to take the issue seriously, charging that lawmakers are unlikely to confirm a replacement before the end of the year if Barr does indeed leave.
A source familiar with the planning told Politico that Barr's lunch invite, where the scheduled discussion is on a soon-to-expire provision of the Patriot Act that allows for bulk collection of metadata from cell phone records, and his acceptance, came "weeks ago." Barr supports the measure, known as Section 215, arguing that it supports U.S. counterterrorism surveillance efforts.
But the session could easily turn to Barr's job satisfaction.
Barr has faced criticism over the Justice Department's move to change Roger Stone's sentencing recommendation, which the DOJ insists was decided before Trump tweeted his criticism. Stone, a longtime Trump ally and Republican operative, was charged with lying to Congress and witness tampering.
https://twitter.com/dcexaminer/status/1230995658829651969
#8208048 at 2020-02-21 18:36:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10508: Nothing Can Stop What is Coming, Nothing! Edition
White House plans 5G summit with global tech leaders as battle with Huawei continues
The Trump administration is planning a 5G summit with global tech leaders in April at the White House, officials said.
The meeting is part of the White House's efforts to keep Chinese telecom giant Huawei from becoming dominant in next generation communications technology.
Behind the scenes, tech executives such as Microsoft President Brad Smith have been meeting with Trump to discuss maintaining American communications dominance.
The Trump administration is planning a 5G summit at the White House in early April as part of its global effort to ensure that Chinese telecom giant Huawei does not become dominant in next generation communications technologies, officials told CNBC.
The event has not been officially announced yet. The president's top economic advisor, Larry Kudlow, told reporters Friday that such a meeting would happen.
"We're going to have a lot of them in the White House to have a discussion. I'm sure the president will join us in part. That would include Samsung, that would include all of our guys," Kudlow said.
The development comes at a crucial moment for U.S.-Chinese relations. China, which is grappling with the coronavirus outbreak, last month signed a "phase one" trade deal with Trump as both sides look to complete additional phases.
Behind the scenes, a senior administration official said telecom and technology CEOs have been visiting with President Donald Trump at the White House to explain their views on how to make sure that American firms continue to dominate the communications industry.
Particularly influential in shaping White House thinking has been Microsoft President Brad Smith, who has discussed the issue face to face with Trump.
"We've been working with him," the senior administration official said of Smith. "He spoke to POTUS about a month ago and they saw each other in Davos."
The input of Smith and other tech CEOs who have met with the president has helped shape an emerging view that the 5G issue is as much about software as it is about physical infrastructure.
"They're smarter than we are, and they're patriots," the official said of the CEOs. "They want to help the U.S. be in the lead on 5G. Software and the cloud are going to revolutionize infrastructure."
The upcoming 5G summit is intended to gather information from the tech industry to help the White House press its case with allied countries that they should not allow Huawei equipment into their telecommunications networks. The administration fears that the Chinese government has installed "back doors" in the gear that will allow for spying on sensitive communications.
Despite pressure from the U.S., the U.K. has decided to allow Huawei equipment in its 5G networks.
The White House plans to invite foreign companies based in allied countries, including Nokia, Ericsson and Samsung, the official said.
Attorney General William Barr suggested earlier this month that the United States should go as far as purchasing a controlling stake in Nokia and Ericsson in order to provide a safe harbor for non Chinese telecommunications equipment.
But other officials within the White House quickly shot that idea down privately, worrying that it was inappropriate for taxpayers to buy large stakes in private firms.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/21/trump-plans-5g-summit-with-global-tech-leaders-in-huawei-battle.html
#8205001 at 2020-02-21 11:29:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10504: Dancin' in the Graveyard Edition
What a coincidence again. Also pay attention it was Washington Post who first reported Barr was considering resignation. Washington Post is known for quoting "anonymous sources" who don't actually exist, in other words they are making up stories. It's also owned by Jeff Bezos who absolutely hates Donald J Trump.
More than 1,100 former Department of Justice employees have signed an online petition demanding Attorney General William Barr resign over his handling of the Roger Stone case. The letter states that all DOJ lawyers are "well-versed" in the department's rules and the proposition that political interference in the conduct of a criminal prosecution is "anathema to the department's core mission" and to its "sacred obligation" to ensure equal justice under the law. "And yet," the letter states, "President Trump and Attorney General Barr have openly and repeatedly flouted this fundamental principle, most recently in connection with the sentencing of President Trump's close associate, Roger Stone, who was convicted of serious crimes."
Four prosecutors had originally recommended a seven- to nine-year term for Trump's friend after he was convicted of lying to Congress and obstruction-but then DOJ stepped in and said that was too harsh. "Mr. Barr's actions in doing the President's personal bidding unfortunately speak louder than his words," the letter said, referring to Barr's recent comments about how the president's tweets make his job harder. "Those actions, and the damage they have done to the Department of Justice's reputation for integrity and the rule of law, require Mr. Barr to resign."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/more-than-1100-former-department-of-justice-employees-have-signed-a-letter-demanding-bill-Barrs-resignation (source for text)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Barr-mulls-resigning-trumps-tweets-sources/story?id=69060616 (source for pic(s) )
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/donald-ayer-bill-Barr-must-resign/606670/ (source for pic(s) )
#8197634 at 2020-02-20 20:58:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10494: All For A 'few thousand' Followers? Edition
Attorney General Barr Considers Making it Easier to Sue Big Tech Companies
Attorney General William Barr recently spoke out against a crucial law that currently protects most of the Big Tech companies from legal action over deplatforming, according to The Daily Caller. At a Department of Justice workshop on Wednesday, Barr said that he believes Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act needs to be changed, since "the internet has evolved significantly since [it] was passed." While the law was "vital to protecting new technology in its incipiency," Barr said, the internet has since "become essential to people's daily lives, often serving as the primary conduit for how we receive and share information." He added that "no longer are tech companies the underdog upstarts. They have become titans of U.S. industry."
Barr's criticisms echo the rhetoric of several rising stars on the Right who have been calling for an overhaul of the rules regarding Big Tech's accountability for free expression and censorship, including Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.). There have been numerous bipartisan investigations opened up into Big Tech practices across the country, including a vast majority of state attorneys general, the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and the United States Congress.
https://amgreatness.com/2020/02/20/attorney-general-Barr-considers-making-it-easier-to-sue-big-tech-companies/
#8197485 at 2020-02-20 20:37:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10494: All For A 'few thousand' Followers? Edition
Strange scenes at Roger Stone's sentencing raise even more questions about William Barr
Official Washington has been consumed over the past week with the drama at the Justice Department. Attorney General William P. Barr is increasingly embattled thanks to President Trump's heavy-handed approach to DOJ business, in which Barr has unsuccessfully urged Trump to stop meddling.
The scenes in a courtroom Thursday - where Stone was ultimately sentenced to 40 months in prison - only heightened the drama. And they raised more questions about what in the world is happening inside Barr's DOJ.
Barr intervened last week to overrule career prosecutors' tough seven- to nine-year sentencing recommendation for Trump ally Roger Stone - shortly after Trump tweeted in opposition to the recommended sentence. That prompted the four prosecutors on the case to withdraw. Then came a more watered-down recommendation, which was signed by the prosecutor now leading the charge for the Justice Department, Assistant U.S. Attorney John Crabb. But at Stone's sentencing hearing on Thursday, Crabb sounded a very different tone. He repeatedly appeared to push the recommendation in the direction of the initial prosecutors' harsher one, arguing for enhancements that the more recent memo suggested were unnecessary or unsubstantiated.
For instance, Crabb pushed for an enhancement because Stone's obstruction of justice succeeded. The latest sentencing recommendation, though, argued that such an enhancement would be duplicative because "it is unclear to what extent the defendant's obstructive conduct actually prejudiced the government at trial." The judge, Amy Berman Jackson, granted the enhancement.
In another instance, Crabb seemed to pretty explicitly argue that the initial recommendation was still in effect.
Perhaps the most remarkable moment, though, came when the judge eventually tried to reconcile Crabb's performance with his name having been on the updated sentencing recommendation, which he didn't seem to be pushing.
The scenes will heighten suspicions about what's happening behind the scenes in the Justice Department. Some suggested that Crabb was perhaps making a statement by reverting to the arguments in the first recommendation. If that's not the case, though, the fact that he did move in that direction suggests that this whole drama was somewhat pointless in the first place. If the Justice Department was just going to argue the same points from the first recommendation, why overrule the sentencing recommendation and make it look like Trump was dictating how his Justice Department prosecuted his ally? Jackson asked whether he had actually written the memo; Crabb again declined to elaborate on what has happened within the Justice Department. When she pressed, he even left open the possibility that he was directed to write it ... by someone.
Cont.
https://archive.ph/oRUnb
http://washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/20/strange-scenes-roger-stones-sentencing-raise-even-more-questions-about-William-Barr/?tid=pm_pop&itid=pm_pop
#8196106 at 2020-02-20 18:20:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10492: Catch the Q's, Media Going Down! Edition
Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months as possible retrial or pardon looms
Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced Roger Stone to 40 months in prison Thursday after the Justice Department recommended a nearly decade long sentence last week before Attorney General William Barr controversially intervened and walked it back. But two big questions remained unresolved: the Republican operative's pending request for a retrial as well as speculation about a pardon from President Trump, who tweeted a segment from Tucker Carlson's show on Fox News calling for a Stone pardon early Thursday morning.
Stone's lawyers filed a motion for a retrial last week following revelations that the jury forewoman during his trial had a social media history of anti-Trump posts, and the judge hasn't ruled on that yet. If Stone's long shot challenge is successful, his sentence would be tossed, and the DOJ would have to try him again. The judge shot down a similar previous request. The DOJ's D.C. office told the court last Monday it recommended Stone receive up to nine years behind bars, but Trump tweeted late that night that he "cannot allow this miscarriage of justice!" The DOJ reversed itself Tuesday, and the four line prosecutors on the case withdrew. The DOJ said its decision was made before Barr was aware of Trump's position, and Trump denied placing pressure on the agency. The department walked back the "unduly high" sentence recommendation, suggesting three to four years instead but leaving it up to the judge.
In response, more than a thousand ex-DOJ prosecutors from Republican and Democratic administrations, including Democratic donors, officials named in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuse report, CNN and MSNBC analysts, and a lawyer for Fusion GPS, signed a petition calling on Barr to resign because of the "damage" he'd done to the DOJ's reputation. "Congratulations to Attorney General Bill Barr for taking charge of a case that was totally out of control and perhaps should not have even been brought," Trump tweeted about Stone last week. The message prompted Barr to push back against Trump publicly last Thursday. "I have a problem with some of, some of the tweets," he said, adding that Trump's public commentary about the DOJ's ongoing cases "make it impossible for me to do my job." "The Stone case was prosecuted while I was attorney general - and I supported it," Barr added. "I thought that was a righteous prosecution. And I was happy that he was convicted."
Stone, a self-described "dirty trickster" and longtime confidant to Trump, was swept up in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation and arrested last January. He was found guilty in November on five separate counts of lying to the House Intelligence Committee during its investigation into Russian interference about his alleged outreach to WikiLeaks, in addition to one count that he "corruptly influenced, obstructed, and impeded" the congressional investigation and another for attempting to "corruptly persuade" a witness's congressional testimony.
The controversy surrounding Stone juror Tomeka Hart, a former Democratic congressional candidate, kicked into high gear when it was revealed she shared anti-Trump posts on social media, and Stone's lawyers filed a motion for a retrial last week. Hart tweeted about Trump dozens of times and was critical of the president and his supporters, with some comments regarding the targets of Mueller's investigation. Hart's tweets include a few about Russian interference and allegations of Trump-Russia collusion. "Ignoring the numerous indictments, guilty pleas, and convictions of people in 45's inner-circle, some Republicans are asserting that the Mueller investigation was a waste of time because he hasn't found evidence of…" Hart wrote in a March 2019 tweet. A transcript of the under-oath examination of the jury pool in November shows Hart promised to make her judgment based on the facts. Stone's lawyers did not move to strike Hart from the pool at the time.
Jackson said she'd rule on the retrial motion after sentencing. She previously presided over a number of other spinoff cases from Mueller's two-year investigation, including against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, former Trump campaign deputy turned government witness Rick Gates, and former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/roger-stone-sentenced-to-40-months-as-possible-retrial-or-pardon-looms
Roger Stone jury selection transcript, Nov. 5, 2019
https://www.scribd.com/document/446913716/Roger-Stone-jury-selection-transcript-Nov-5-2019
#8195018 at 2020-02-20 16:36:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10491: Diggin Victoria's Secret [Epstein][Wexner]~Q Edition
>>8194912
Wrap-Up Smear in Effect
Bill Barr's threat to resign has already compromised his credibility to do his job: Ex-FBI official
On Wednesday, former FBI counterintelligence official Frank Figliuzzi suggested that Attorney General William Barr has already compromised his position enough by putting out his threat to resign, that he might as well go through with it - or be fired.
"If there is a pardon that further undermines justice that was made out by career prosecutors so much so that - so tainted, so contaminated that four career prosecutors quit the case, would a pardon necessity a resignation from the attorney general?" asked host Nicolle Wallace.
"I think we've already answered this question. It's rhetorical," said Figliuzzi. "This has to be run through the Justice Department. Barr had a chance to say no to the pardons. And I don't think he's going to do it."
"I got a good piece of advice one time moving up the career ranks in the FBI," continued Figliuzzi. "One of my mentors said to me, 'Frank, if any agent walks in your office and says he's thinking about resigning, take his badge and wish him well.' The point being, we're not in a role that you can simultaneously do while you're thinking about maybe resigning or retiring. You need to go, and Trump should do the same thing with Barr. If you're thinking about being the attorney general, and whether you should be in a role, you should go."
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/bill-Barrs-threat-to-resign-has-already-compromised-his-credibility-to-do-his-job-ex-fbi-official/
#8194067 at 2020-02-20 14:18:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10490: Thursday Morning e-Bake
In Defense Of Bill Barr
In the story by Franz Kafka, "In the Penal Colony," an officer was standing next to a lethal punishing machine. When asked about his qualifications, he explained simply, "My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted." It seems many in Washington can claim the same Kafkaesque qualification this week when it comes to Attorney General William Barr.
After a Justice Department sentencing recommendation was withdrawn and replaced in the case of Roger Stone, Senator Elizabeth Warren said, "If that guy will not resign, then the House should start impeachment proceedings against him." Not to be outdone, Representative Maxine Waters declared, "Bill Barr should not only be disBarred, but he, Donald Trump, and Roger Stone should be sharing a jail cell."
What is most astonishing about the calls for impeachment, incarceration, and disbarment is that they ignore any countervailing information other than raw political manipulation of the Justice Department. Even more importantly, they ignore even the slightest possibility that the Justice Department may have done the right thing for the right reason.
https://jonathanturley.org/2020/02/20/in-defense-of-William-Barr/
#8193570 at 2020-02-20 11:59:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10489: Victoria's Deepest Secrets DIGG ANONS Edition
>>8193551
Another member of the Mega Group worth noting is Laurence Tisch, who owned CBS News for several years and founded Loews Corporation. Tisch is notable for his work for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the precursor to the C_A, where Donald Barr, who hired Epstein at the Dalton School, also served and which forged ties with Lansky's criminal empire during World War II.
> Tisch
> C_A
> Donald Barr + Epstein
> son: William Barr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Barr
#8193203 at 2020-02-20 09:55:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10489: Victoria's Deepest Secrets DIGG ANONS Edition
>>8193134
22 MINS AGO
U.S. Attorney General Barr considers quitting; report
"U.S. Attorney General William Barr is considering resigning over President Donald Trump's tweets about Justice Department investigations, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters, while the department said he was not leaving.
"The Attorney General has no plans to resign," Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said in a post on Twitter late Tuesday night."
https://truepundit.com/u-s-attorney-general-Barr-considers-quitting/
#8192317 at 2020-02-20 07:01:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10488: The Story Goes Much Deepr [Darker]~Q Edition
I've got to dig into this but is Lindsey reverting your his old ways? If true, I can't trust him. I was overjoyed to see his defense of Kavanaugh, but I suspect he has to many Ukrainians in his closet
If Sen. Lindsey Graham gets his way, the federal government will launch another attack on online privacy. The South Carolina Republican will ask lawmakers to give Attorney General William Barr and the Department of Justice unchecked access to all of your messaging, file-sharing, and video-sharing tools. That is bad news for just about everyone and a nightmare for those who value digital privacy.
At first glance, Graham's bill seems innocent enough. After all, it's called the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act, which seems, on the surface, like a perfectly agreeable proposition. It would assemble a commission to "develop recommended best practices for providers of interactive computer services regarding the prevention of online child exploitation conduct."
Doesn't everyone want children to be protected? Well, not so fast. The commission's "recommendations" would then go to the attorney general, who can approve or disapprove what are essentially new regulations. This means unelected officials would be granted vast power to regulate technology and invade our privacy.
It doesn't stop there.
These days, most anti-tech legislation targets Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, and this bill is no different. The law would take away Section 230 protections from any internet service that doesn't comply with the new commission's "recommendations," which is what makes them de facto regulations. Without Section 230 protections, it would be impossible to operate services used by millions every day, such as WhatsApp and iMessage.
Graham's bill undermines Section 230, the law that created the free internet as we know it.
In short, it generally protects platforms from being held liable for third-party content. For instance, if a user creates a comment or post with illegal content on a site, that platform won't be held responsible. Before Section 230, that was a serious risk for platforms, but, after the law's passage in 1996, websites were empowered to experiment and innovate. And this simple protection created safe spaces for many movements to flourish online, from revolutions against tyrants in foreign countries to viral social movements here in the United States.
But under Graham's bill, companies that fail to comply with the "best practices" created by the proposed commission would be punished for any "child abuse and exploitation-related material" posted by third parties. Of course, what that means exactly is so vague that it would merely be a standard ripe for government abuse.
Worse, even without using the word "encryption" once, the bill would effectively mean the end of end-to-end encryption.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/lindsey-grahams-new-bill-would-end-the-internet-as-we-know-it
#8190206 at 2020-02-20 03:17:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10485: Winning Winning Winning Edition
DEEP STATE GETS COLD FEET: Emergency Meeting of Federal Judges Over Barr and Trump Indefinitely Postponed After Group Called Out by Trump
The 'emergency meeting' of federal judges to discuss the intervention by Attorney General William Barr in the sentencing of Roger Stone and President Trump's criticism of the proposed sentence was indefinitely postponed Wednesday. The teleconference meeting of the leadership of the 1,100 member Federal Judges Association, comprised of sitting federal judges, was originally set for Tuesday, then was put off a day until Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. EST. The group's president, Judge Cynthia Rufe (a Bush 43 appointee), had initially said the meeting "could not wait" until the FJA annual meeting in April.
In the interim President Trump called out the judges in a tweet Tuesday evening that urged them to look into the FISA fraud perpetrated on the federal courts to spy on and investigate his presidential campaign and administration.
Judge Cynthia Rufe, President of the Federal Judges Association, file image via YouTube, September 23, 2014.
Excerpt from CNN report on the postponement:
A group of federal judges hastily postponed an emergency meeting that was scheduled to take place Wednesday to discuss concerns about President Donald Trump and the Justice Department's intervention in politically charged cases.
Megan Cruz, the executive director of the Federal Judges Association, said the meeting was set to occur Wednesday afternoon and the group was considering whether to issue a statement afterwards. But later in the day, Cruz said that the conference call between the 14 judges who serve as officers on the Executive Committee had been postponed.
Cruz offered no further details and did not respond to questions asking whether the group had been asked to reschedule the meeting...
Trump's Tuesday tweet about the meeting, "I hope the Federal Judges Association will discuss the tremendous FISA Court abuse that has taken place with respect to the Mueller Investigation Scam, including the forging of documents and knowingly using the fake and totally discredited Dossier before the Court. Thank you!"
Excerpt from the USA Today article that first reported on the emergency meeting:
(...Velma White, an aide to the judge, said the meeting is set for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. USA TODAY had previously reported that the meeting would take place Tuesday....)
A national association of federal judges has called an emergency meeting Tuesday to address growing concerns about the intervention of Justice Department officials and President Donald Trump in politically sensitive cases, the group's president said Monday.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/deep-state-gets-cold-feet-emergency-meeting-of-federal-judges-over-Barr-and-trump-indefinitely-postponed-after-group-called-out-by-trump/
#8187137 at 2020-02-19 22:39:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10481: Say Want Again Edition
Judge Amy Berman Jackson Enters Letters in Roger Stone Sentencing Case File That Praise Judge, Attack Trump and Barr; One Letter Bragged of Burning US Flag When Trump Elected
Judge Amy Berman Jackson has entered letters in the sentencing case file for Roger Stone by seemingly random Trump-haters who write in praise of the judge while also spinning Trump-Barr conspiracy theories likely picked up by non-stop watching of MSNBC. One letter writer bragged they burned an American flag given to them by a veteran when Trump was elected.
Stone's sentencing is set for Thursday, however its enactment will be delayed while a motion by Stone for a new trial is considered by Jackson.
One purported letter writer, Phillip S. Norton, 70, of Massachusetts, says he was motivated to write by reports that Attorney General William Barr intervened in the Stone case after President Trump tweeted against the proposed sentence. Norton concludes his letter by telling Jackson that while Trump will likely pardon Stone, it is important that she use her role in the sentencing to set a "marker".
A copy of the letter was posted to Twitter by the lawyer known as Techno Fog, with this comment, "Judge Amy Berman Jackson is now granting leave to file hysterical letters in support of sentencing Roger Stone. Letters that attack AG Barr w/ conspiracy theories. Calling the US an "autocracy" and "banana republic" with "Putin laughing all the way" Shameful."
More letters
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/judge-amy-berman-jackson-enters-letters-in-roger-stone-sentencing-case-file-that-praise-judge-attack-trump-and-Barr-one-letter-bragged-of-burning-us-flag-when-trump-elected/
#8186954 at 2020-02-19 22:17:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10481: Say Want Again Edition
Judge Amy Berman Jackson Enters Letters in Roger Stone Sentencing Case File That Praise Judge, Attack Trump and Barr; One Letter Bragged of Burning US Flag When Trump Elected
Judge Amy Berman Jackson has entered letters in the sentencing case file for Roger Stone by seemingly random Trump-haters who write in praise of the judge while also spinning Trump-Barr conspiracy theories likely picked up by non-stop watching of MSNBC. One letter writer bragged they burned an American flag given to them by a veteran when Trump was elected.
Stone's sentencing is set for Thursday, however its enactment will be delayed while a motion by Stone for a new trial is considered by Jackson.
One purported letter writer, Phillip S. Norton, 70, of Massachusetts, says he was motivated to write by reports that Attorney General William Barr intervened in the Stone case after President Trump tweeted against the proposed sentence. Norton concludes his letter by telling Jackson that while Trump will likely pardon Stone, it is important that she use her role in the sentencing to set a "marker"…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/judge-amy-berman-jackson-enters-letters-in-roger-stone-sentencing-case-file-that-praise-judge-attack-trump-and-Barr-one-letter-bragged-of-burning-us-flag-when-trump-elected/
#8185453 at 2020-02-19 19:31:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10479: Democratic Party on Defense Edition
FEDS Fume About NO Grand Jury in Durham's FBI Abuse Probe
Justice department insiders are fuming at internal reports that there has been NO grand jury conveyned as part of Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham's probe of the FBI's alleged illegal FISA violations and spying on President Trump's campaign.
And many Feds are not happy, especially since Barr just gifted Andrew McCabe a get-out-of-jail-free card last week for lying (4 times) to the FBI. Durham was tapped by U.S. Attorney General William Barr in May to investigate FBI-related breaches, yet FBI insiders said Durham has not presented any evidence to a grand jury. Thomas Paine detailed the controversial revelations on today's Thomas Paine Podcast and the Moore Paine Show on Tuesday night. (Listen Below)
"This should be in the grand jury phase, especially because the Inspector General did much of the ground work," one Justice official said. "They might be running out the clock on this like (the) 2016 Hillary investigation. It's been 10 months and Durham had a hell of a head start from the I.G. There can be no indictment without a grand jury so whatever the rumors are in the press, that's a non-negotiable fact."
This story is developing.
https://truepundit.com/exclusive-feds-fume-about-no-grand-jury-in-durhams-fbi-abuse-probe/
#8184490 at 2020-02-19 17:27:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10477: Iwo Jima Remembered Edition
AG Barr takes aim at a key legal protection for Big Tech companies
The Justice Department hosted a workshop Wednesday to debate the importance of Section 230, which protects online platforms from being legally liable for their users' posts.
Attorney General William Barr said the discussion was part of a "holistic approach" the department is taking toward the tech industry, in addition to the Antitrust Division's efforts.
Barr questioned if Section 230?s immunity still makes sense in a world where a small number of tech companies have massive scale and host a large amount of public discourse.
Attorney General William Barr took aim Wednesday at a key legal protection for the tech industry, calling into question whether it is still needed as a small number of key tech players have reached a massive size and scale.
Besides questions of anticompetitive behavior, Barr said at a Department of Justice workshop, the agency is considering what a concentrated tech market means for a legal immunity originally created to help small start-ups thrive.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/19/ag-Barr-takes-aim-at-section-230-a-key-protection-for-tech-firms.html
#8180683 at 2020-02-19 05:03:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10472: Muh Conspiracy Theory Edition
DOJ pushes back at reports Barr considered quitting over Trump tweets
The Justice Department pushed back Tuesday night at multiple reports claiming Attorney General William Barr told people close to him he's considering stepping down over President Trump's tweets, days after Barr admitted that Trump's tweeting made it "'impossible for me to do my job."
"Addressing Beltway rumors: The Attorney General has no plans to resign," DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec tweeted.
Barr "has his limits," one person familiar with Barr's thinking told The Washington Post. Its report suggested that Barr wanted Trump to "get the message" to stop weighing in publicly in ongoing criminal cases. An administration official gave a similar admission on Barr to The Associated Press.
Barr, speaking to ABC News last week, also denied ever acting on improper influence from Trump or the White House. White House officials told the Post that the president had no plans to stop tweeting about Justice Department cases. He insisted he had a "legal right" to make his voice heard on criminal cases.
The White House did not immediately comment on the Tuesday night reports.
Trump tweeted Tuesday he's considering suing those involved in former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation and said his confidant Roger Stone deserved a new trial after being convicted of witness tampering, obstruction and lying to Congress during the Mueller probe. Hours later, a Justice Department official revealed prosecutors had filed a sealed motion in court arguing the opposite, and that they had Barr's approval to do so.
Last week, Trump, in a late-night tweet, criticized a federal prosecutor's earlier recommendation that that Stone should be sentenced to seven to nine years in prison. Soon afterward, DOJ leaders adjusted the sentencing recommendation downward, saying it was clearly excessive given Stone's obstruction-related offenses. All four prosecutors on the case stepped down within hours.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/Barr-said-hes-considering-quitting-over-trump-tweets-reports-say
#8179904 at 2020-02-19 03:43:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10471: Muh Plenty of Anons Who Want To Bake Edition
Comey urges Barr to put DOJ reputation above 'angry, vindictive president'
Former FBI Director James Comey called on Attorney General William Barr to place the reputation of the Justice Department above the wishes of President Trump. "I have heard Barr say he doesn't care about his legacy. Maybe not, but he should care about the reservoir," Comey wrote in an opinion piece published by the Washington Post on Tuesday. "The people of [the Justice Department] depend upon it. He should care enough about them - and the rest of us - to protect this vital American asset. The reputation of the Justice Department is more important than any of us, even an angry, vindictive president."
Barr has come under intense criticism since he intervened in the case of longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone, reversing course on a heavy sentencing recommendation. Democrats have accused Barr of acting more like Trump's personal lawyer than as the country's top law enforcement official.
This, Comey argued, does a disservice to the men and women who answer to the attorney general. "It is a hugely diverse collection of people who all depend on the same thing - an amazing gift they received on joining the department," Comey said. "It is a gift they might not have noticed until the first time they stood up and identified themselves as a Justice employee and said something - whether in a courtroom, a conference room or at a cookout - and found that total strangers believed what they said next."
Trump has routinely accused Comey and other FBI officials of harboring disdain for him and opening a counterintelligence investigation into his 2016 campaign out of political bias. He routinely derided that inquiry as a "witch hunt." Trump fired Comey in May 2017, after which Comey compared the president to a "mob boss." Comey's conduct as FBI director has been criticized in multiple DOJ inspector general reports but, so far, has not been charged with any crimes.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/comey-urges-Barr-to-put-doj-reputation-above-angry-vindictive-president
'James Comey: Justice is supposed to be blind. Bill Barr can't see that.'
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/18/james-comey-bill-Barr-justice-should-be-blind/
#8179797 at 2020-02-19 03:35:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10471: Muh Plenty of Anons Who Want To Bake Edition
Attacks will intensify, projection
Reports: Barr Considering Resigning Over Trump Tweets, 'Interference' in DOJ
Reports breaking Tuesday night by The Washington Post, ;ater confirmed by CNN, ABC News and the Associated Press state that Attorney General William Barr has told associates he is considering resigning over President Trump's tweets and 'interference' with the Department of Justice.
CNN's Kaitlin Collins reported, "CNN: Attorney General William Barr has considered resigning over President Trump's interference with Justice Department matters, mainly his tweets, according to a source close to the situation."
Reports: Barr Considering Resigning Over Trump Tweets, 'Interference' in DOJ
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Reports breaking Tuesday night by The Washington Post, ;ater confirmed by CNN, ABC News and the Associated Press state that Attorney General William Barr has told associates he is considering resigning over President Trump's tweets and 'interference' with the Department of Justice.
Attorney General William Barr, November 2019 file image.
CNN's Kaitlin Collins reported, "CNN: Attorney General William Barr has considered resigning over President Trump's interference with Justice Department matters, mainly his tweets, according to a source close to the situation."
ABC News:
Just hours after President Donald Trump openly defied his public pleas to stop tweeting about criminal matters in the Justice Department, Attorney General Bill Barr told people close to Trump Tuesday that he is considering resigning over the tweets that Barr had previously told ABC News make it "impossible" to do his job, sources tell ABC News.
...In an exclusive interview with ABC News last week, Barr had warned Trump that his tweets about the DOJ, in particular the sentencing process of his former long-time advisor Roger Stone, were disrupting his ability to manage the department.
"I'm not going to be bullied or influenced by anybody." Barr said. "Whether it's Congress, newspaper editorial boards, or the president. I'm gonna do what I think is right. And, you know, the, I think the - I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me."
The AP:
Attorney General William Barr has told people close to him he's considering quitting his post after President Donald Trump wouldn't heed his warning to stop tweeting about Justice Department cases, an administration official told The Associated Press...
The Washington Post, which broke the story, headlined: "Barr has told those close to Trump he is considering quitting over the president's tweets about Justice Dept. investigations"
Attorney General William P. Barr has told people close to President Trump - both inside and outside the White House - that he is considering quitting over Trump's tweets about Justice Department investigations, three administration officials said, foreshadowing a possible confrontation between the president and his attorney general over the independence of the Justice Department.
So far, Trump has defied Barr's requests, both public and private, to keep quiet on matters of federal law enforcement. It was not immediately clear Tuesday if Barr had made his posture known directly to Trump.
The administration officials said Barr seemed to be sharing his position with advisers in hopes the president would get the message that he should stop weighing in publicly on the Justice Department's ongoing criminal investigations.
"He has his limits," said one person familiar with Barr's thinking, speaking on the condition of anonymity, like others, to discuss internal deliberations.
...Some people familiar with Barr's thinking cautioned that he would not make a hasty decision to leave, and it is unclear what precisely would trigger him to take such a dramatic step...
President Trump spoke to reporters earlier Tuesday about Barr as he prepared to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington, D.C. for a four day West Coast trip for campaigning and official business.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/reports-Barr-considering-resigning-over-trump-tweets-interference-in-doj/
#8179559 at 2020-02-19 03:13:44 (UTC+1)
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Justice Department picks US attorney to oversee all Ukraine (1 of 2)
A U.S. attorney has been designated to oversee all Ukraine-related investigations by federal prosecutors around the country. The Justice Department revealed on Tuesday that Richard Donoghue, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, was assigned to the task by Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen. Donoghue will "assist in coordinating ... several open matters being handled by different U.S. Attorney's Offices and Department components that in some way potentially relate to Ukraine according to a letter sent to the House Judiciary Committee. Donoghue, a St. John's University School of Law graduate and Army Judge Advocate General Corps veteran, spent more than a decade as an assistant U.S. attorney and was working as the chief litigation counsel for a global tech company before becoming a U.S. attorney in 2018. "The Deputy Attorney General implemented this policy to avoid duplication of efforts across Department offices and components, to facilitate information sharing, to ensure there are no conflicts among potentially overlapping matters, and to efficiently marshal the resources of the Department," Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd told House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler in the letter. Boyd told the New York Democrat that "the Department typically does not provide information relating to ongoing matters," but decided to weigh in "to clarify the record" following "news reports and public comments from Members of Congress that have significantly distorted the public's understanding of the Department's handling of such cases."
Earlier this month, Attorney General William Barr confirmed the Justice Department would assess information from Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine-related investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter. "We had established an intake process in the field so that any information coming in about Ukraine could be carefully scrutinized by the department and its intelligence community partners," Barr said. "That is true for any information that comes to the department related to the Ukraine, including any information Mr. Giuliani might provide." Barr said, "the DOJ has the obligation to have an open door to anybody who wishes to provide us information that they think is relevant" but noted, "We can't take anything we receive from the Ukraine at face value."
Democrats accused Trump of improperly pressuring Ukraine for political dirt on Biden and others in exchange for foreign aid, using Giuliani to conduct shadow diplomacy outside of normal channels by meeting with Ukrainians to conduct research on alleged corruption. After the Senate acquitted Trump on impeachment charges of Ukraine-related abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in early February, Giuliani said he was "ramping up" his investigations into the Bidens. Barr was dismayed to discover Trump grouped him in with Giuliani during the controversial phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last July, which led to a whistleblower complaint and later impeachment. Trump said Giuliani could help Ukraine investigate the Bidens.
Barr was dismayed to discover Trump grouped him in with Giuliani during the controversial phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last July, which led to a whistleblower complaint and later impeachment. Trump said Giuliani could help Ukraine investigate the Bidens. "I will have Mr. Giuliani give you a call, and I am also going to have Attorney General Barr call, and we will get to the bottom of it," Trump told Zelensky, according to a transcript of the call released by the White House. During the call, immediately after Zelensky expressed interest in purchasing anti-tank weaponry known as Javelins, Trump asked Zelensky "to do us a favor though" - to look into a CrowdStrike conspiracy theory and possible Ukrainian election interference in 2016. Trump later urged Zelensky to investigate "the other thing," referring to allegations of corruption related to the Bidens.
The assistant attorney general confirmed Tuesday that Scott Brady, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, was assigned by Rosen "to assist in the receipt, processing, and preliminary analysis of new information provided by the public that may be relevant to matters relating to Ukraine." In a likely reference to Giuliani, Boyd said this was to "protect the integrity of ongoing matters, particularly with respect to unsolicited information offered to the Department."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice-department-picks-us-attorney-to-oversee-all-ukraine-investigations
#8179541 at 2020-02-19 03:12:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10471: Muh Plenty of Anons Who Want To Bake Edition
>>8179507
>JUST IN: Attorney General William Barr has told people close to him he's considering quitting over Trump's tweets - AP
It's convenient how WaPo is able to find just the right anonymous sources at just the right time to help stoke the fire of a narrative that they think will hurt Trump
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#8179509 at 2020-02-19 03:09:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10471: Muh Plenty of Anons Who Want To Bake Edition
Barr has told those close to Trump that he may quit if president keeps tweeting about investigations
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr has told people close to President Donald Trump - inside and outside the White House - that he is considering quitting over Trump's tweets about Justice Department investigations, three administration officials said, foreshadowing a possible confrontation between the president and his attorney general over the independence of the Justice Department.
So far, Trump has defied Barr's requests, both public and private, to keep quiet on matters of federal law enforcement. It was not immediately clear Tuesday whether Barr had made his posture known directly to Trump. The administration officials said Barr seemed to be sharing his position with advisers in hopes that the president would get the message that he should stop weighing in publicly on the Justice Department's ongoing criminal investigations.
"He has his limits," said one person familiar with Barr's thinking, speaking on the condition of anonymity, like others, to discuss internal deliberations.
https://www.thehour.com/news/article/Barr-has-told-those-close-to-Trump-that-he-may-15066320.php
#8179507 at 2020-02-19 03:09:17 (UTC+1)
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JUST IN: Attorney General William Barr has told people close to him he's considering quitting over Trump's tweets - AP
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1229965038234021889?s=19
#8179346 at 2020-02-19 02:57:10 (UTC+1)
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Rumor asked about by Sean Hannity tonight about AG William Barr considering resigning?
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- Question: https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1275214316384501760 Digital warriors ready. Surrender to None ['Digital Battleground']. WWG1WGA!!!
Answer: thehill tweet: https://archive.fo/wImIf #BREAKING: Trump says Obama may have committed treason, refuses to elaborate on specific charges http://hill.cm/HBDahvF 11:49 PM · Jun 22, 2020 ARTICLE REFERENCED: Trump says Obama may have committed treason By Morgan Chalfant - 06/22/20 07:43 PM EDT Updated at 8:12 p.m. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/503993-trump-says-obama-may-have-committed-treason https://archive.fo/cmdQp President Trump on Monday suggested without evidence that his predecessor, former President Obama, committed treason in connection with the investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign's contacts with Russia. "Treason. Treason. It's treason," Trump said in an interview with CBN News. The president did not elaborate on the specific charge but repeated his assertion that the previous administration "spied" on his campaign in the course of the Russia probe. "They'd been spying on my campaign," Trump told CBN News's David Brody. "Turned out I was right. Let's see what happens to them now." Trump signaled he was looking forward to the results of U.S. Attorney John Durham's ongoing investigation into the origins of the Russia investigation, calling the Connecticut prosecutor "highly respected" and praising Attorney General William Barr.
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Answer: ABC tweet: https://archive.fo/JWNNP JUST IN: AG William Barr responds to SDNY attorney Geoffrey Berman: "Unfortunately, with your statement of last night, you have chosen public spectacle over public service... I have asked the President to remove you as of today, and he has done so." https://abcn.ws/2NeUMPZ [images of letter AG Barr wrote] 7:38 PM · Jun 20, 2020
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Answer: Barr was CIA DIR at that time Members: ranged from Marc Andreessen, Fmr House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to William Barr https://www.nationalmemo.com/pompeo-formed-cia-advisory-board-to-build-his-political-network Advantage - Barr brings intel knowledge with thim Advantage Secy of State - Pompeo knows what previous leaders have done and Ops that had been run around the world
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Answer: BREITBART: DOJ: Democrats Paid Pennsylvania Election Officials to Stuff Ballot Box by JOHN BINDER21 May 2020 https://archive.fo/VqyTf A former Judge of Elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been charged and pleaded guilty to illegally adding votes for Democrat candidates in judicial races in 2014, 2015, and 2016. On Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced charges against former Judge of Elections Domenick DeMuro, 73, for stuffing the ballot box for Democrats in exchange for payment by a paid political consultant. The charges, and guilty plea, include conspiracy to deprive Philadelphia voters of their civil rights by fraudulently stuffing the ballot boxes for specific Democrat candidates in the 2014, 2015, and 2016 primary elections and a violation of the Travel Act. “The Trump administration’s prosecution of election fraud stands in stark contrast to the total failure of the Obama Justice Department to enforce these laws,†Public Interest Legal Foundation President Christian Adams said in a statement. “Right now, other federal prosecutors are aware of cases of double voting in federal elections as well as noncitizen voting. Attorney General William Barr should prompt those other offices to do their duty and prosecute known election crimes.â€
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Answer: MaverickInSky tweet: https://archive.fo/d1vFs "What happened the the US president in the 2016 election and throughout the first two years of his election was apparent. It was a grave injustice and it was unprecedented in American history. We saw two different standards of justice emerge." [THIS IS A QUOTE OF AG William Barr'S REMARKS - TWEETER MISTRANSCRIBED APPARENT FOR ABHORRENT-SA] #QAnon #QAnons [VIDEO CLIP OF HANNITY ON THE DURHAM PROBE INTO THE FISA ABUSES] https://twitter.com/i/status/1262825965534744577 3:22 PM · May 19, 2020
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Answer: ABC tweet: https://archive.fo/kAA3L JUST IN: Nearly 2000 Justice Dept. officials have signed onto a letter calling for Attorney General William Barr to resign over what they describe as his improper intervention in the criminal case of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn. Nearly 2000 former DOJ officials call for AG Barr to resign over Flynn case Nearly 2000 former DOJ officials have signed onto a letter calling for AG Barr to resign over his handling of the Michael Flynn case. abcnews.go.com 8:37 AM - 11 May 2020 https://t.co/ycgwrKMERd Nearly 2000 former DOJ officials call for AG Barr to resign over Flynn case It's not clear how the judge in Flynn's case will react to DOJ's reversal. By Alexander Mallin May 11, 2020, 3:32 PM https://archive.fo/r1HWf Nearly 2000 former Justice Department officials have signed onto a letter calling for Attorney General William Barr to resign over what they describe as his improper intervention in the criminal case of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn. Last week, the DOJ moved to drop charges against Flynn who had pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI about his contacts with the former Russian ambassador during the presidential transition. The letter, signed mostly by former career officials in the department, accuses Barr of joining with President Trump in "political interference in the Department’s law enforcement decisions."
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Answer: filename: f768deaef22da979abcfb73c9175b54d71fcf891666c5449c1969c07c3cc8920.png AP tweet: https://archive.fo/FsBcX BREAKING: Justice Department is dropping criminal case against ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn, according to court filing obtained by AP. The prosecution has been a rallying cry for the president in attacking FBI Russia investigation. AP Exclusive: Justice Dept dropping Flynn's criminal case WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution... apnews.com 11:29 AM - 7 May 2020 AP EXCLUSIVE: Justice Dept dropping Flynn's criminal case By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER https://apnews.com/ae1ad252bb13490db2ceffc5d17b6d92 https://archive.fo/mQWhc WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that became a rallying cry for Trump and his supporters in attacking the FBI’s Russia investigation. The move is a stunning reversal for one of the signature cases brought by special counsel Robert Mueller. It comes even though prosecutors for the last three years had maintained that Flynn had lied to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian ambassador in a January 2017 interview. Flynn himself admitted as much, and became a key cooperator for Mueller as he investigated ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign. In court documents being filed Thursday, the Justice Department said it is dropping the case “after a considered review of all the facts and circumstances of this case, including newly discovered and disclosed information.†The documents were obtained by The Associated Press. The Justice Department said it had concluded that Flynn’s interview by the FBI was “untethered to, and unjustified by, the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into Mr. Flynn†and that the interview on January 24, 2017 was “conducted without any legitimate investigative basis.†The U.S. attorney reviewing the Flynn case, Jeff Jensen, recommended the move to Attorney General William Barr last week and formalized the recommendation in a document this week. “Through the course of my review of General Flynn’s case, I concluded the proper and just course was to dismiss the case,†Jensen said in a statement. “I briefed Attorney General Barr on my findings, advised him on these conclusions, and he agreed.â€
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Answer: WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Durham scrutinizing John Brennan’s handling of Russian interference in 2016 by Jerry Dunleavy | February 14, 2020 09:02 AM https://archive.fo/heDFU U.S. Attorney John Durham is reportedly reviewing John Brennan’s analysis of Russian election interference, including scrutiny of the former Obama CIA director’s handling of a secret source said to be close to the Kremlin. Durham, who was selected by Attorney General William Barr in 2019 to look into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation and the government’s response to Moscow’s meddling, is investigating whether Brennan’s CIA was attempting to keep other agencies in the dark as he pushed for a specific preconceived analytic assessment about Russia’s true intentions in 2016, the New York Times reported Thursday. The top Connecticut prosecutor’s team reviewed emails from the CIA, FBI, and National Security Agency analysts who came together to assess Russia’s interference, the new report revealed, and Durham’s investigators pressed for answers about why some agencies at least temporarily denied other agencies access to secretive intelligence about the Kremlin’s active measures campaign. Durham interviewed agents and analysts from all three agencies, and the report said he was scrutinizing whether the clash over intelligence sharing was the typical sort of bureaucratic turf battle over jealously guarded secrets or an effort to cover something up. Much of this revolves around how the United States government eventually reached its January 2017 intelligence assessment on Russian meddling and whether Brennan was pushing for a biased result. One major battle was about the identity and credibility of a CIA source allegedly close to the Kremlin. The NSA wanted more details about him, which the CIA resisted before providing them. The NSA then disagreed with the CIA and FBI about how much confidence to place in the source. At least some intelligence officials were disturbed by a law enforcement officer such as Durham inquiring into the assessments made by intelligence agencies, though Durham played a similar role in his Obama-era investigation into the CIA's destruction of tapes showing the harsh interrogation of detainees. Durham hasn’t yet interviewed Brennan, though the report said his emails and other records have been requested from the CIA by the U.S. attorney. Retired Adm. Mike Rogers, who was head of the NSA at the time, was interviewed by Durham last summer and fall.
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Open Answer: MORE ON BRENNAN: Brennan took a trip to Moscow in March 2016. Originally reported by Interfax, then picked up by the newswires forcing the CIA to officially comment. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2016/03/28/cia-director-brennan-made-secret-trip-to-moscow-a52284 John Brennan, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), made a secret visit to Moscow in March, according to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov. The visit, he said, had nothing to do with Russia's decision two weeks ago to begin withdrawing from Syria. “It’s no secret that Brennan was here,†Syromolotov was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying Monday. “But he didn't visit the Foreign Ministry. I know for sure that he met with the Federal Security Service (the successor agency to the Soviet KGB), and someone else.†https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-cia/cia-boss-brennan-visited-moscow-in-early-march-interfax-idUSKCN0WU0S5 https://sputniknews.com/politics/201603281037100681-brennan-moscow-visit/ US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan travelled to Moscow in early March to reiterate the US support for a power transition in Syria as well as urge commitment to maintain the cessation of hostilities in the country, CIA spokesman Dean Boyd told Sputnik on Monday. https://libertyunyielding.com/2018/04/22/astonishing-date-former-cia-director-john-brennan-visited-fsb-russia/ Much as we would ordinarily choose to take Boyd’s word for this, his statement doesn’t necessarily add up. For one thing, the FSB is not a service the U.S. would talk to about a geopolitical transition in Syria. Brennan might talk to the FSB about other things, but the story here doesn’t really track. Russian state policy on the succession in Syria is outside the FSB’s lane. For another thing, the chief of the FSB is not Brennan’s counterpart in Russia on such matters.
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Answer: filename: Justice.JPG Kylegriffin1 tweet: https://archive.fo/d3E2o Attorney General Barr has acknowledged for the first time that Rudy Giuliani has been giving the Justice Department information he collected in Ukraine, essentially bringing what was a stealth campaign into official government channels. Giuliani Giving Ukraine Data to Justice Department, Barr Says Attorney General William Barr acknowledged for the first time Monday that President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has been giving the Justice Department information he collected in... bloomberg.com 4:40 PM · Feb 10, 2020
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Answer: markknoller tweet: https://archive.fo/6x9Zc Atty Gen Barr says human trafficking is "modern day slavery." Says the issue is "a top priority of the whole Administration." Pledges that the @TheJusticeDept "will do all in its power to bring human traffickers to justice." [PHOTO OF AG William Barr SPEAKING] 3:58 PM · Jan 31, 2020
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Answer: Jeffrey Epstein: FBI ready to strike against paedophile's 'child groomers' FBI agents are poised to arrest at least four suspects in the Jeffrey Epstein child sex trafficking case, a legal source said last night. By Mike Parker PUBLISHED: 00:01, Sun, Nov 10, 2019 https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1202320/jeffery-epstein-investigation-fyi-arrest-paedophile-child-sex-traffic https://archive.md/upfcJ US Attorney General William Barr has vowed that the investigation will continue despite Epstein’s death. He said: “Any co-conspirators should not rest easy. The victims deserve justice and they will get it.â€
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Answer: WASHINGTON EXAMINER: John Ratcliffe: AG William Barr will deliver justice to any Obama officials who committed crimes by Daniel Chaitin & Jerry Dunleavy | July 28, 2019 02:54 PM https://archive.fo/6KoBG BREAKING 911 TWEET: https://archive.fo/kVwgN text- JUST IN: President Trump expected to nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to replace Dan Coats as director of national intelligence - Axios 11:24 AM - 28 Jul 2019 https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1155544448811634689?s=19 POTUS TWEET: https://archive.fo/GoVsU TEXT - I am pleased to announce that highly respected Congressman John Ratcliffe of Texas will be nominated by me to be the Director of National Intelligence. A former U.S. Attorney, John will lead and inspire greatness for the Country he loves. Dan Coats, the current Director will.... 1:45 PM - 28 Jul 2019 (NEXT TWEET) ....be leaving office on August 15th. I would like to thank Dan for his great service to our Country. The Acting Director will be named shortly. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1155580140392501248
Extra Answer: While Congress is away --> It's all about the BREAK POTUS can make recess appointments when Congress is away on break August is called the Dog Days of Summer Nature is unpredictable --> You never know when there will be a STORM BARACK OBAMA TWEET: https://archive.fo/UZwgJ Here’s a worthwhile Sunday read: “…nothing should temper partisanship more than an awareness that somewhere, on some issue, people with whom you disagree are telling a story that you really need to hear.†11:19 AM - 28 Jul 2019 https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1155543273005600768 COATS TO LEAVE ON AUG 15, FULL MOON, CALLED "GREEN CORN MOON"
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Answer: SEN. TED CRUZ TWEET: https://archive.is/WpcPr TEXT - Today I penned a letter to Attorney General William Barr, Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, and FBI Director Christopher Wray calling for an investigation into Antifa under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) [3 PAGES OF LETTER: https://archive.is/WpcPr/4a13992782ed674ca31bb59a2fc7eddd40f48d9f.jpg, https://archive.is/WpcPr/c04018c42345ca251a636a5af01b7ea3e7e7fcb1.jpg, https://archive.is/WpcPr/687bfdb1f851167a6aa0b8d7a0377d43ca2e5c4e.jpg]. 3:26 PM - 23 Jul 2019
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Answer: filename: TT.PNG ARCHIVE 45_Schedule TWEET: https://archive.fo/YUoi8 TEXT - March 15, 2019: Declaration of a National Emergency on the Southern Border was authorized by US Attorney General William Barr in the Oval Office at 3:42 PM EST. 12:48 PM - 15 Mar 2019
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Answer: ARCHIVE POTUS TWEET: https://archive.fo/Ne2oJ TEXT - William Barr is arriving at a Justice Department that desperately needs an infusion of credibility, writes @KimStrassel wsj.com/articles/bill-… via @WSJ 8:21 PM - 17 Feb 2019
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- Question: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/03/politics/whitaker-prosecutor-fbi/index.html https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/16/William-Barr-in-2017-doj-abdicating-its-responsibility-by-ignoring-clinton-uranium-deal-in-favor-of-russia-collusion/ Read between the lines. BLOCKADE END > GOOD TO GO.
Answer: ARCHIVES: CNN: Acting AG Whitaker reveals federal prosecutor still investigating GOP claims of FBI misconduct Laura Jarrett, CNN Updated 11:58 AM ET, Thu January 3, 2019 http://archive.fo/IgZVb BREITBART: William Barr in 2017: DOJ ‘Abdicating Its Responsibility’ by Ignoring Clinton Uranium Deal in Favor of Russia Collusion by 16 Jan 2019 http://archive.fo/eXpJn [NOTE: NO AUTHOR GIVEN ON BREITBART ARTICLE -SA]
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- Question: When did POTUS make the statement "Calm Before the Storm?" When was HUBER activated by SESSIONS? Who was/is assigned to HUBER? ACTING AG PRIMARY PURPOSE? SCARAMUCCI MODEL? PUBLIC OPINION (OPTICS) DO NOT MATTER. What was leaked today (on purpose?)? https://twitter.com/johnrobertsFox/status/1070749777334292481 HUBER to testify re: Clinton Foundation? HUBER to reveal 'active' probe actively underway into organization? OIG to release report #2 [overview indicating many 'potentially criminal referrals' made]? "We do not discuss active/ongoing DOJ / FBI investigations." MIL INTEL FISA THE WORLD IS WATCHING.
Answer: ARCHIVE JOHN ROBERTS (FOX NEWS) TWEET: http://archive.fo/bmpSA TEXT - .@realDonaldTrump wants to nominate William Barr to be the next Attorney-General. Barr served as Attorney-General during the Bush 41 presidency. While POTUS normally likes to surround himself with people he knows and likes, he doesn't know Barr, but Barr commands immense respect
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