the beginning of the end I.G. Horowitz Report Thread

[MyLadiesDaddy]

So the I.G. Report is due to be released any day now and I wanted to start a thread that is certain to make liberals heads explode. 

 

 

Explosive Report: IG has Evidence of Comey “Covert Operation” Against Trump

by Team BonginoPosted: July 22, 2019

 

 

An explosive new report by Paul Sperry in Real Clear Investigations claims that Inspector General Michael Horowitz will soon file a report with evidence of then-FBI Director James Comey’s “covert operation” against President Trump.

 

Sources tell Sperry that even though Comey told Trump he was not under investigation, the former FBI Director was secretly trying to build a conspiracy case against the president “while at times acting as an investigative agent.”

Sperry writes:

Two U.S. officials briefed on the inspector general’s investigation of possible FBI misconduct said Comey was essentially “running a covert operation against” the president, starting with a private “defensive briefing” he gave Trump just weeks before his inauguration. They said Horowitz has examined high-level FBI text messages and other communications indicating Comey was actually conducting a “counterintelligence assessment” of Trump during that January 2017 meeting in New York. 

Comey apparently had an FBI agent inside the White House who would report back to headquarters about Trump and his aides

 

[MyLadiesDaddy]

They're already running scared 

Adam Schiff says DOJ inspector general's work is 'tainted' ahead of FISA abuse report

 

 Daniel Chaitin

 | July 22, 2019 06:34 AM

 | Updated Jul 22, 2019, 08:00 AM

 

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz got roped into a politically-motivated scheme to protect President Trump, laying the groundwork to discredit the government watchdog's work as he nears completion of a report on alleged surveillance abuses by the DOJ and FBI.

At the Aspen Security Forum this weekend, Schiff accused top Justice Department officials of pandering to Trump by instigating a "fast track" report last year about former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. His comments came as part of a broader answer to a question about whether he has concerns about Attorney General William Barr's review of the origins of the Russia investigation.

Schiff claimed the president wanted McCabe, who briefly took over as acting FBI director after Trump fired James Comey in May 2017, investigated and his pension taken away and suggested someone such as former Attorney General Rod Rosenstein obliged the president by making a referral

The inspector general found that McCabe was untruthful. He may very well have been untruthful," the California Democrat said, but noted that is not where main his concern lies.

"I have no reason to question the inspector general's conclusion, but that investigation was put on a fast track. It was separated from a broader inspector general investigation, which is still ongoing," he said. "Why was that done? It was done so he could be fired to not get a pension. It was done to please the president when the initiation investigation is tainted. So are the results of that investigation."

McCabe was fired from the FBI on March 16, 2018, less than two days before he planned to retire on his 50th birthday and collect a full pension, after the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General determined he misled investigators about the role he had in leaking information to the Wall Street Journal in October 2016 about the investigation into the Clinton Foundation.

In April 2018, it was revealed that the Justice Department inspector general referred its findings to the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington for possible criminal charges, and his lawyer confirmed as recently as February that McCabe was still under investigation.

McCabe, whom Trump has accused of planning to carry out an "illegal and treasonous" plan to oust him as president, has argued that his firing was an attempt to discredit the FBI and special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

The initiation of the inspector general's inquiry in McCabe happened, Schiff said, "because the president wanted it politically." He added, "Once you go down that road, it leads to disaster."

Horowitz is nearing the end of another investigation that Trump and his allies are eagerly anticipating. The inspector general announced his investigation into whether the FBI and Justice Department filing of four FISA applications and renewals to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page was an abuse of the FISA process in March 2018, following requests by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions and members of Congress. According to House Judiciary Committee ranking member Doug Collins said he expects the inspector general's report could be released this fall after some delays.

This matters because now that Mueller's work is complete, Barr's "investigation into the investigators" is underway, and the attorney general has said he is working very closely with Horowitz. The inspector general can recommend prosecutions, and U.S. Attorney John Durham, whom Barr tasked to lead the review, has the ability to convene a grand jury and subpoena people outside of the government. Beyond that, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally, has promiseda "deep dive" into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation after Horowitz completes his work.

Wary of the churning cycle of investigations, Schiff tied Horowitz to Barr, saying, "this is tainted from the start because it is motivated for a political end and the damage it will do in terms of a chilling impact is of deep concern, um, the damage it will do in terms of trying to cast doubt on things that are not in doubt."

The question Schiff was asked by and audience member focused on whether he was concerned about how Durham's team reportedly wanted to talk to at least one senior CIA counterintelligence official and a senior CIA analyst who examined Russia's role in meddling in the 2016 election.

He said the inquiries that question "well substantiated conclusions to essentially politicize the intelligence process and tell analysts that the work will be scrutinized with a political perspective if it runs contrary to the desires of the president. That's a terrible, terrible precedent

 

[Pitcher]

Interesting how Schiff is the only Dem trying to get out ahead of this report.  Me thinks he protest a bit too much.  That fellow is as dirty as a pig wallowing around in the mud.  His day of reckoning is coming too.  

[Pitcher]

Thanks LGD!!!  I heard about this on the radio and was looking for the link. Thank you for this thread and all the threads that have another view of Dems and their nefarious unlawful activities and slanderous rhetoric.  

[Pitcher]

1 hour ago, ladyGrace'sDaddy said:

Comey apparently had an FBI agent inside the White House who would report back to headquarters about Trump and his aides

 

It was reported that this agent in the WH could not be removed even though Trump suspected he was one of the leakers.  Also Comey was coordinating his phony Dossier with The CIA chiefs, CNN, and Barry .  

 

This report should be enough to get some incredible perp walks or at least some sweetheart get out of jail cards to sing. The truth needs to be reported.  

 

To to be honest this is a sad day for our country.  When the people in the highest seats of leadership attempt a Coup and go against the people’s elected President it is sad indeed.  It’s real simple, they didn’t want to give up their power.  

 

I hope the LAW BREAKERS get their day in court and if found guilty of treason rot in jail for the rest of their life.

[learning all i can]

I thought "treason" was death by hanging.☠️🤮

[MyLadiesDaddy]

32 minutes ago, learning all i can said:

I thought "treason" was death by hanging.☠️🤮

The penalty for treason is indeed the death penalty. However treason by definition is conspiring with a foreign government to intervene in the Affairs of the American government. These people are not guilty of treason as much as they are of sedition.

[nstoolman1]

I am not sure about not being treason. They (Fusion GPS, Clinton Foundation) paid an ex MI6 agent to procure fake information (from a Russian (foreign gov.) operative to feed to the FBI, knowing it was not validated, to request  FISA courts to procure a warrant to spy on a candidate/president and have used this warrant to harass and badger a sitting US president. Yes, treason. 

[Shabibilicious]

 

GO RV, then BV

[MyLadiesDaddy]

 

[MyLadiesDaddy]

 

REAKING NOW: DOJ Inspector General Report Confirms James Comey ‘Violated FBI Policy'

posted by Hannity Staff - 4 hours ago

 

The Department of Justice released their highly-anticipated review of James Comey’s practices before his firing by President Trump Thursday; confirming the former FBI bureau boss had “violated” procedures by documenting his conversations with the Commander-in-Chief and other infractions.

The DOJ inspector general says ex-FBI Director James Comey violated policies with memos documenting private conversations with President Trump,” reports Fox News.

“By not immediately reporting that he had provided Memo 2 to his attorneys when Comey first learned that the FBI had designated a small portion of Memo 2 as classified at the ‘CONFIDENTIAL’ level, Comey violated FBI policy,” writes the report.

Habakkuk 1:4

Verse Concepts

Therefore the law is ignored And justice is never upheld For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore justice comes out perverted

 

 

Comey’s actions violated Department or FBI policy, or the terms of Comey’s FBI Employment Agreement. As described in this report, we conclude that Comey’s retention, handling, and dissemination of certain Memos violated Department and FBI policies, and his FBI Employment Agreement,” adds the review. “We have previously faulted Comey for acting unilaterally and inconsistent with Department policy.103 Comey’s unauthorized disclosure of sensitive law enforcement information about the Flynn investigation merits similar criticism. In a country built on the rule of law, it is of utmost importance that all FBI employees adhere to Department and FBI policies, particularly when confronted by what appear to be extraordinary circumstances or compelling personal convictions. Comey had several other lawful options available to him to advocate for the appointment of a Special Counsel, which he told us was his goal in making the disclosure. What was not permitted was the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive investigative information, obtained during the course of FBI employment, in order to achieve a personally desired outcome.

 

[MyLadiesDaddy]

 

[MyLadiesDaddy]

 

OIG Analysis …………………………………………………………………………. 52
A. The Memos were FBI Records…………………………………………….. 52
B. Comey Violated Department and FBI Policies Pertaining to the
Retention, Handling, and Dissemination of FBI Records and
Information…………………………………………………………………… 54
1. Comey Failed to Return Memos 2, 4, 6, and 7 after Being
Removed as FBI Director ………………………………………….. 55
2. Comey Improperly Disclosed FBI Documents and Information 56
C. Comey Failed to Immediately Alert the FBI to the Unauthorized
Disclosure of Classified Information……………………………………… 59

 

VI. Conclusion
Congress has provided the FBI with substantial powers and authorities to  gather evidence as part of the FBI’s criminal and counterintelligence mission. The FBI uses these authorities every day in its many investigations into allegations of drug trafficking, terrorism, fraud, organized crime, public corruption, espionage, and a host of other threats to national security and public safety. In the process, the FBI lawfully gains access to a significant amount of sensitive information about individuals, many of whom have not been charged, may never be charged, or may not even be a subject of the investigation. For this reason, the civil liberties of every individual who may fall within the scope of the FBI’s investigative authorities depend on the FBI’s ability to protect sensitive information from unauthorized disclosure.

As Comey himself explained in his March 20, 2017 testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, he was unable to provide details about the nature or scope of the FBI’s ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election because the FBI is very careful in how we handle information about our cases and about the people we are investigating…. Our ability to share details with the Congress and the American people is limited when those investigations are still open, which I hope makes sense. We need to protect people’s privacy…. We just cannot do our work well or fairly if we start talking about it while we’re doing it.

However, after his removal as FBI Director two months later, Comey provided a copy of Memo 4, which Comey had kept without authorization, to Richman with instructions to share the contents with a reporter for The New York Times. Memo 4 included information that was related to both the FBI’s ongoing investigation of Flynn and, by Comey’s own account, information that he believed and alleged constituted evidence of an attempt to obstruct the ongoing Flynn investigation; later that same day, The New York Times published an article about Memo 4 entitled, “Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation.”

The responsibility to protect sensitive law enforcement information falls in large part to the employees of the FBI who have access to it through their daily duties. On occasion, some of these employees may disagree with decisions by prosecutors, judges, or higher ranking FBI and Department officials about the actions to take or not take in criminal and counterintelligence matters.

They may even, in some situations, distrust the legitimacy of those supervisory, prosecutorial, or judicial decisions. But even when these employees believe that their most strongly-held personal convictions might be served by an unauthorized disclosure, the FBI depends on them not to disclose sensitive information

 

Former Director Comey failed to live up to this responsibility. By not safeguarding sensitive information obtained during the course of his FBI employment, and by using it to create public pressure for official action, Comey set a dangerous example for the over 35,000 current FBI employees—and the many thousands more former FBI employees—who similarly have access to or knowledge of non-public information. Comey said he was compelled to take these actions “if I love this country…and I love the Department of Justice, and I love the FBI.”

However, were current or former FBI employees to follow the former Director’s example and disclose sensitive information in service of their own strongly held personal convictions, the FBI would be unable to dispatch its law enforcement 60 duties properly, as Comey himself noted in his March 20, 2017 congressional testimony. Comey expressed a similar concern to President Trump, according to Memo 4, in discussing leaks of FBI information, telling Trump that the FBI’s ability to conduct its work is compromised “if people run around telling the press what we do.”

This is no doubt part of the reason why Comey’s closest advisors used the words “surprised,” “stunned,” “shocked,” and “disappointment” to describe their reactions to learning what Comey had done.

We have previously faulted Comey for acting unilaterally and inconsistent with Department policy.103 Comey’s unauthorized disclosure of sensitive law enforcement information about the Flynn investigation merits similar criticism. In a country built on the rule of law, it is of utmost importance that all FBI employees adhere to Department and FBI policies,particularly when confronted by what appear to be extraordinary circumstances or compelling personal convictions.

Comey had several other lawful options available to him to advocate for the appointment of a Special Counsel, which he told us was his goal in making the disclosure. What was not permitted was the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive investigative information, obtained during the course of FBI employment, in order to achieve a personally desired outcome.

The OIG has provided this report to the FBI and to the Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility for action they deem appropriate

 

[Pitcher]

He’s not off the hook yet.  There are more serious issues with him that will be investigated.  

 

In in the meantime he’s on Twitter saying he’s exonerated.  

[MyLadiesDaddy]

It would seem that justice is gone from the earth. 

[MyLadiesDaddy]

3 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

He’s not off the hook yet.  There are more serious issues with him that will be investigated.  

 

In in the meantime he’s on Twitter saying he’s exonerated.  

 

[MyLadiesDaddy]

 

[Pitcher]

They will get him and all his traitorous criminal cohorts.  The payback story is in the top of the first inning.  Comey got a reprieve today although his squeaky clean choir boy reputation is now ruined forever.  

[MyLadiesDaddy]

 

[MyLadiesDaddy]

Leaking a document that led to a $25 Million Dollar investigation into nothing. And not even a slap on the wrist. 

LET THAT SINK IN 

 

 

 

[MyLadiesDaddy]

This Government is NOT on our side. 

They are laughing at us.

 

 

[MyLadiesDaddy]

KMA James Comey

 

 

[MyLadiesDaddy]

I'm not the only one who's lost faith in the DOJ

 

 

[MyLadiesDaddy]

 

[MyLadiesDaddy]

Many people still believe