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“To say the Broward County cops were ‘The Gang Who Couldn't Shoot Straight’ would be to imply they shot at all.” – Dennis Miller
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If You Want To Ban Guns To Save Kids But Still Support Abortion, You’re a Liar…
FBI Informant Campbell Tells How Russians Bragged That the Clintons Would Deliver the Uranium Sale
By Dick Morris
The lawyer for FBI informant William Campbell said that her client has told congressional committees that the Russians “bragged that the Clintons’ influence in the Obama Administration would ensure CIFUS (Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States) approval for [the] Uranium One deal.”
And, added attorney Victoria Toensing, her client “was right.”
Before CIFUS, on which Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sat, approved the Uranium One deal, nine investors in Uranium One gave the Clinton Foundation a combined total of $145 million.
The deal called for the United States to allow Russia to purchase 20 percent of our uranium reserves, giving Russia access to vastly more uranium than we have.
Campbell testified that Russia’s goal was to achieve global hegemony over the supply of uranium
And, added attorney Victoria Toensing, her client “was right.”
Before CIFUS, on which Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sat, approved the Uranium One deal, nine investors in Uranium One gave the Clinton Foundation a combined total of $145 million.
The deal called for the United States to allow Russia to purchase 20 percent of our uranium reserves, giving Russia access to vastly more uranium than we have.
Campbell testified that Russia’s goal was to achieve global hegemony over the supply of uranium
FBI Informant Campbell Tells How Russians Bragged That the Clintons Would Deliver the Uranium Sale
By Dick Morris
The lawyer for FBI informant William Campbell said that her client has told congressional committees that the Russians “bragged that the Clintons’ influence in the Obama Administration would ensure CIFUS (Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States) approval for [the] Uranium One deal.”
And, added attorney Victoria Toensing, her client “was right.”
Before CIFUS, on which Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sat, approved the Uranium One deal, nine investors in Uranium One gave the Clinton Foundation a combined total of $145 million.
The deal called for the United States to allow Russia to purchase 20 percent of our uranium reserves, giving Russia access to vastly more uranium than we have.
Campbell testified that Russia’s goal was to achieve global hegemony over the supply of uranium. The Russians sought the Uranium One deal very aggressively.
In the years before it came up for CIFUS approval, Russia deployed 10 spies in the United States with a single mission: To get close to Hillary Clinton to get her to approve the Uranium One deal.
The Russians sought the Uranium One deal very aggressively.
In the years before it came up for CIFUS approval, Russia deployed 10 spies in the United States with a single mission: To get close to Hillary Clinton to get her to approve the Uranium One deal.
Fortunately, the FBI uncovered the nest of spies one year before the deal came up for approval. (The Bureau acted to arrest the spies when it did because one of them had risen to a high position in a company owned by Hillary’s finance chairman.)
Then, to seal the deal, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin arranged for former president Bill Clinton to address the Renaissance Bank in Moscow, an institution closely connected to the Kremlin.
Do you agree with Dick Morris that Rosenstein and McCabe need to be investigated?
The ex-president was paid a fee (personal income for him and his wife, the secretary of state — in their joint checking account) of $500,000.
To try to keep word of the Uranium One deal under wraps and to bury the story about the Russian spies, FBI Director Robert Mueller arranged for the suspects to take plea bargains admitting to minor offenses and then spirited them out of the country quickly — in a prisoner exchange with Russia — before the media could interrogate them. The spies were arrested during the Labor Day weekend and sentenced over Christmas to minimize media coverage.
The Uranium One investigation has great salience in today’s news since the two attorneys who oversaw the investigation into the sale were current Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and recently ousted Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe.
Mueller, as FBI director, was in ultimate charge.
Rosenstein and McCabe need to be investigated to determine if their handling of the Uranium One case was designed to shield Hillary.
Clinton’s role in the uranium sale only gained public notoriety after author Peter Schweizer exposed it in his 2015 book, “Clinton Cash.”
Dick Morris is a former adviser to President Bill Clinton as well as a political author, pollster and consultant. His most recent book, “Rogue Spooks,” was written with his wife, Eileen McGann.
And, added attorney Victoria Toensing, her client “was right.”
Before CIFUS, on which Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sat, approved the Uranium One deal, nine investors in Uranium One gave the Clinton Foundation a combined total of $145 million.
The deal called for the United States to allow Russia to purchase 20 percent of our uranium reserves, giving Russia access to vastly more uranium than we have.
Campbell testified that Russia’s goal was to achieve global hegemony over the supply of uranium. The Russians sought the Uranium One deal very aggressively.
In the years before it came up for CIFUS approval, Russia deployed 10 spies in the United States with a single mission: To get close to Hillary Clinton to get her to approve the Uranium One deal.
The Russians sought the Uranium One deal very aggressively.
In the years before it came up for CIFUS approval, Russia deployed 10 spies in the United States with a single mission: To get close to Hillary Clinton to get her to approve the Uranium One deal.
Fortunately, the FBI uncovered the nest of spies one year before the deal came up for approval. (The Bureau acted to arrest the spies when it did because one of them had risen to a high position in a company owned by Hillary’s finance chairman.)
Then, to seal the deal, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin arranged for former president Bill Clinton to address the Renaissance Bank in Moscow, an institution closely connected to the Kremlin.
Do you agree with Dick Morris that Rosenstein and McCabe need to be investigated?
The ex-president was paid a fee (personal income for him and his wife, the secretary of state — in their joint checking account) of $500,000.
To try to keep word of the Uranium One deal under wraps and to bury the story about the Russian spies, FBI Director Robert Mueller arranged for the suspects to take plea bargains admitting to minor offenses and then spirited them out of the country quickly — in a prisoner exchange with Russia — before the media could interrogate them. The spies were arrested during the Labor Day weekend and sentenced over Christmas to minimize media coverage.
The Uranium One investigation has great salience in today’s news since the two attorneys who oversaw the investigation into the sale were current Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and recently ousted Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe.
Mueller, as FBI director, was in ultimate charge.
Rosenstein and McCabe need to be investigated to determine if their handling of the Uranium One case was designed to shield Hillary.
Clinton’s role in the uranium sale only gained public notoriety after author Peter Schweizer exposed it in his 2015 book, “Clinton Cash.”
Dick Morris is a former adviser to President Bill Clinton as well as a political author, pollster and consultant. His most recent book, “Rogue Spooks,” was written with his wife, Eileen McGann.
Devin Nunes Just Released Another Bombshell About Collusion With Russia
Devin Nunes rocked Washington with his memo outlining the FBI’s abuse of power in spying on members of the Trump campaign.Now he has revealed what is in phase two of his investigation.
And it included a bombshell about collusion with Russia.
Chairman Nunes fired off a letter to over one dozen former government officials demanding to know what they knew about the fake news Christopher Steele dossier and if they shared it with anyone.
The Daily Caller reports:
“In the letters, Nunes submitted 10 questions covering when the officials learned of the dossier and how they handled the salacious and unverified document written by former British spy Christopher Steele.
The identities of the recipients are redacted from the letter, which a congressional source shared with The Daily Caller News Foundation. The recipients were described as “high-ranking” current and former government officials. Between one and two dozen letters were issued.
“If you do not provide timely answers on a voluntary process, the Committee will initiate compulsory process,” he wrote.
In the letters, Nunes asks how the Steele information was presented to the government officials and whether they shared it with anyone else, including reporters.”
Nunes also appeared on Tucker Carlson’s show and reminded viewers that the only evidence of collusion in the whole election was the Clinton campaign colluding with Russia by paying for the Steele dossier.
FOX & friends ✔@foxandfriends“We have found collusion between the Democrats, specifically the Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee, and the Russians” –Rep. Devin Nunes on Russia probe (via #Tucker)
Now it is important to discover just how many former officials knew it was the work product of the Clinton campaign and if they passed it around.
Did they do so to weaponize the information against the Trump campaign?
Phase two of Nunes’ investigation could expose corruption at the highest levels of the Obama administration.
For all the media hysteria, 18 months of investigations have produced zero evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
It is Chairman Nunes who has gotten results in proving the Obama administration and the FBI abused the civil liberties of innocent Americans in order to swing an election and then destroy a Presidency.
This is the worst scandal in American political history.
Ex-Air Marshal Comes Forward on FL Shooting With Statement Democrats Hate
The recent mass shooting at a Florida school that left people 17 dead is once again sparking a gun control debate — and this time around, the main focus revolves around whether or not educators should be allowed to conceal carry on school grounds to protect students in the event of another shooting.
And according to Chad Robichaux, a former special agent with the U.S. Federal Air Marshal Service, the logic behind arming educators is sound.
Robichaux appeared Thursday on SiriusXM’s “Breitbart News Tonight” to discuss the recent shooting as well as the steps that can be taken to deter such an incident from occurring again.
As noted by Breitbart News, Robichaux was responsible for the development and implementation of the Federal Flight Deck Officer program created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
The FFDO program, which started in 2003, trains select flight crew members on how to effectively use a firearm “to defend against an act of criminal violence or air piracy,” according to the Transportation Security Administration.
Crew members wishing to become certified in the program must undergo 56 hours of training at a state-of-the-art facility in Artesia, New Mexico.
“Upon successful completion, the pilot is deputized as a federal law enforcement officer and issued a TSA-approved firearm and federal flight deck officer credentials,” the TSA states.
Robichaux revealed that the program has proved successful at deterring hijackings, and a similar result would be seen if educators and other staff members in schools across the United States were armed.
After all, a quick response in a chaotic and deadly situation is of the utmost importance, according to Robichaux.
Do you believe select teachers should be able to carry firearms in the classroom?
“These shootings go down at these schools in an average of three minutes, and it takes up to eight minutes for law enforcement to respond, and that’s eight minutes too late,” he said.
Robichaux also noted that the pushback from the left against arming educators is very similar to the resistance the TSA experienced when proposing the creation of the FFDO program over 10 years ago.
“There was a lot of pushback (to the FFDO),” he stated. “People said, ‘You can’t trust these pilots with firearms.’ Well, you trust them flying your airplane. So now people are saying, ‘We can’t trust teachers with firearms.’ We trust them with our children.”
Robichaux, a decorated United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance veteran, said that by arming educators, schools would cease to be “soft targets” where crazed shooters can fire at innocent civilians without experiencing any resistance.
“Even if someone is willing to die for their cause, no one wants to be shot back at,” Robichaux added. “No one wants to get shot back at.”
Robichaux joins notable names like President Donald Trump in jockeying to arm educators. On Saturday, Trump tweeted his support for the controversial proposal, adding that the decision should ultimately be left up to the states.
Crew members wishing to become certified in the program must undergo 56 hours of training at a state-of-the-art facility in Artesia, New Mexico.
“Upon successful completion, the pilot is deputized as a federal law enforcement officer and issued a TSA-approved firearm and federal flight deck officer credentials,” the TSA states.
Robichaux revealed that the program has proved successful at deterring hijackings, and a similar result would be seen if educators and other staff members in schools across the United States were armed.
After all, a quick response in a chaotic and deadly situation is of the utmost importance, according to Robichaux.
Do you believe select teachers should be able to carry firearms in the classroom?
“These shootings go down at these schools in an average of three minutes, and it takes up to eight minutes for law enforcement to respond, and that’s eight minutes too late,” he said.
Robichaux also noted that the pushback from the left against arming educators is very similar to the resistance the TSA experienced when proposing the creation of the FFDO program over 10 years ago.
“There was a lot of pushback (to the FFDO),” he stated. “People said, ‘You can’t trust these pilots with firearms.’ Well, you trust them flying your airplane. So now people are saying, ‘We can’t trust teachers with firearms.’ We trust them with our children.”
Robichaux, a decorated United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance veteran, said that by arming educators, schools would cease to be “soft targets” where crazed shooters can fire at innocent civilians without experiencing any resistance.
“Even if someone is willing to die for their cause, no one wants to be shot back at,” Robichaux added. “No one wants to get shot back at.”
Robichaux joins notable names like President Donald Trump in jockeying to arm educators. On Saturday, Trump tweeted his support for the controversial proposal, adding that the decision should ultimately be left up to the states.
* Here’s the thing about the National Rifle Association (NRA): Every member VOLUNTARILY pays dues to support the organization’s efforts to protect the members’ Second Amendment rights. Contrast that with public employee unions being able to force unwilling government workers to pay dues to advance the union’s agenda.
Government worker unions should have to get their dues the same way as the NRA – by ASKING for it, not forcibly taking it from the workers’ paychecks. If that means less money for the organization, well, so be it. Welcome to the real world.
* Nevada fake news peddler Jon Ralston threw one of his patented fake news hissy fits in a fake news blog post on Sunday (refuse to link), whining about President Donald Trump and conservative Nevada congressional candidate Michelle Mortensen for calling out biased, anti-conservative media personalities for putting out fake news.
The blog post was nothing more than Ralston circling the wagons in defense of liberal political advocates posing as “journalists.” He hates that his own fake news political advocacy in Nevada is being exposed by conservatives with the courage to stand up to him.
* Big political story out of California this weekend as the CA Democrat Party refused to endorse the re-election of liberal U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein who is facing a June primary challenge from Kevin de Leon, a state senator. Neither candidate was able to obtain the 60% super-majority support to win the party’s official seal of approval.
* Meanwhile, Nevada Republicans, meeting in Hawthorne this same weekend, reportedly failed to adopt a pre-primary endorsement process, relegating the GOP Central Committee once again to metaphysical insignificance in primary contests. And as the party HAS officially endorsed primary candidates in the past, the failure to establish such a process for this election cycle is baffling.
Many believe establishment party leaders throttled the primary endorsement process behind closed doors to protect embattled moderate U.S. Sen. Dean Heller (Tax Pledge signer) from a Feinstein-like embarrassment in his primary contest against conservative challenger Danny Tarkanian (Tax Pledge signer).
And while conservative gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt would have no problem securing the party’s official endorsement vs. his gadfly challengers, other establishment Republicans – including 3rd congressional district candidate Scott Hammond (Tax Pledge signer) vs. conservative newcomer Michelle Mortensen (Tax Pledge signer) and a couple others, 4th congressional district candidate Cresent Hardy vs. former Clark County GOP chairman Dave Gibbs, and attorney general candidate Wes Duncan vs. conservative outsider Craig Mueller – would likely not fare so well.
* If you missed my detailed arguments in favor of the party members taking a leadership role in making pre-primary endorsements, you can still access a 2016 column I wrote on this subject by clicking here.
* Assemblyman Jim Marchant (Tax Pledge signer) reportedly did not get a very positive reception to his idea of challenging conservative Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske in the GOP primary this year. I heard donors told him if he did so, they’d want their money back. Reportedly he’s now abandoned the idea.
Good. He needs to focus on his re-election to the Legislature instead. However, I’m now hearing someone named Gianna Miceli is now planning on running against Cegavske. Never heard of her. Will keep you posted when I learn more.
* The Nevada Senate Republican Caucus has endorsed four candidates: Valerie Weber for SD8 (Las Vegas), Tiffany Jones for SD9 (Las Vegas), Assemblyman Ira Hansen for SD14 (Reno) and Assemblyman Keith Pickard for SD20 (Las Vegas).
Former Assemblywoman Weber is going up against former State Sen.Elizabeth Halseth, who resigned from her seat six years ago over a marital infidelity scandal, in the June 12 GOP primary. Jones ran unsuccessfully for the Assembly in 2016. Hansen is running unopposed in the GOP primary after resigning from his Assembly leadership post prior to the 2015 session over some controversial columns he’d written in the past. And Pickard is being challenged by conservative newcomer Byron Brooks.
None of the candidates have signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge yet.
* Assemblywoman Melissa Woodbury, one of only three Republicans remaining in office who voted for the largest tax hike in Nevada history in the 2015 session, is hanging up her spurs. She’s thrown her endorsement to former Boulder City Planning Commissioner Glen Leavitt, who will face off vs. conservative former Metro cop Matt McCarthy.
Neither of these candidates has signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge yet.
* The other two RINO tax hikers still in the Assembly are John Hambrick, who is being challenged by Jim Small (Tax Pledge signer) and James “The Big Selloutski” Oscarson, who is being challenged by Dennis Hof (Tax Pledge signer).
* Las Vegas taxicab companies and board members of the Nevada Taxicab Authority agree that the “most direct” route between Point A and Point B can be EITHER the shortest distance or the shortest amount of time, depending on traffic.
But one government bureaucrat, Ronald Grogan, the NTA’s administrator, disagrees. He thinks the “most direct” route should be the shortest distance – no matter how much longer it might take. The shortest distance to resolving this conflict is to remove Mr. Grogan forthwith.
Now, back to the other 49 states.
Kimmel Gets Blindsided By Scathing Shapiro Response After Picking Fight With The GOP
By Randy DeSoto
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro sarcastically described ABC talk show host Jimmy Kimmel as a “classy guy” for a tweet likening Republicans’ acceptance of campaign support from the National Rifle Association to a willingness to do the same from ISIS.
Kimmel retweeted a post over the weekend, which read, “It would be hilarious if ISIS offered the GOP a ton of money cuz there’s no way they wouldn’t take it and they’d have to start being like ‘ISIS is what makes this country great.'”
The tweet drew a response from Shapiro on Sunday: “What a classy guy that @jimmykimmel is. BTW, Jimmy, would you like me to remind you who called ISIS the jayvee squad while they built a terror state? And which party handed billions to the Iranian terror state?”
Kimmel retweeted a post over the weekend, which read, “It would be hilarious if ISIS offered the GOP a ton of money cuz there’s no way they wouldn’t take it and they’d have to start being like ‘ISIS is what makes this country great.'”
The tweet drew a response from Shapiro on Sunday: “What a classy guy that @jimmykimmel is. BTW, Jimmy, would you like me to remind you who called ISIS the jayvee squad while they built a terror state? And which party handed billions to the Iranian terror state?”
What a classy guy that @jimmykimmel is. BTW, Jimmy, would you like me to remind you who called ISIS the jayvee squad while they built a terror state? And which party handed billions to the Iranian terror state?
9:14 PM - Feb 25, 2018
Former President Barack Obama characterized ISIS as the “jayvee team” in an interview with The New Yorker in January 2014, as the terrorist group was establishing a foothold in Iraq and Syria.
Additionally, his administration paid Iran $1.7 billion in cash as a settlement of an arbitration claim the Islamic Republic had against the United States. Further, it released at least $50 billion in frozen assets being held by United States’ financial institutions.
The night of the Feb. 14 Florida high school shooting, Kimmel accused President Donald Trump of doing “worse than nothing” in response to mass shootings in the country.
“Don’t you dare let anyone say it’s too soon to be talking about it, because you said it after Vegas; you said it after Sandy Hook; you say that after every one of these eight now-fatal school shootings we had in this country this year,” Kimmel said.
“Children are being murdered,” the host continued with emotion in his voice. “We still haven’t even talked about it. You still haven’t done anything about it. You’ve literally done nothing. Actually, you’ve done worse than nothing.”
Kimmel then took members of Congress to task for taking money from the NRA.
“A number of other lawmakers who won’t do anything about this because the N.R.A. has their balls in a money clip also sent their thoughts and their prayers today, which is good,” he said. “They should be praying for God to forgive them for letting the gun lobby run this country.”
The NRA has been the focal point for many on the left in response to shooting, and some major corporations have chosen to break ties with the organization.
As reported by The Western Journal, NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre voiced his support at CPAC last week for strengthening the nation’s background check system, denying firearms to mentally ill individuals, and improving security at schools as important steps that should be taken to address mass shootings.
On Monday, the NRA retweeted an interview Shapiro gave to The Daily Signal at CPAC in which he explained what should happen following Parkland.
The Daily Signal ✔@DailySignalGun control advocates often claim conservatives don't have any solutions to reduce gun violence—@benshapiro shows that couldn't be further from the truth.
2:01 PM - Feb 26, 2018
Shapiro called for “dramatically heightening school security” as well as a gun violence temporary restraining order, like that proposed by the National Review’s David French.
Shapiro explained the idea of the restraining order is that people close to a potentially dangerous individual can petition a court to have that person’s right to bear arms removed for a certain limited period of time. French noted the length is usually 21 days. The order would automatically lift after that time unless the court is presented with further evidence confirming the danger.
Trump has offered his support for strengthening school security, including arming certain qualified teachers and school officials, strengthening background checks, and putting a system in place that keeps the mentally ill from obtaining weapons.
WATCH: President Trump meets with U.S. governors; addresses school safety and gun control measures http://cbsn.ws/2F8WSP1 pic.twitter.com/z6gUPENlOa
“We continue to mourn the loss of so many precious young lives. These are incredible people. I visited with a lot of them. But we’ll turn our grief into action. We have to have action. We don't have any action,” Pres.Trump says http://cbsn.ws/2F8WSP1 pic.twitter.com/5NYChK5RRb
In a meeting with the National Association of Governors at the White House on Monday, the president said: “We continue to mourn the loss of so many precious young lives. These are incredible people. I visited a lot of them. But we’ll turn our grief into action. We have to have action. We don’t have any action.”
Report: Obama’s library to cost taxpayers $175,000,000
NDU Audio Visual / CCLHe has been out of the White House for more than a year, but former President Barack Obama still cannot stop spending other people’s money.
It was announced on Friday that the roadwork required to build Obama’s Presidential Center in Chicago will come with a $175 million price tag — which could be funded by taxpayer money.
While the Center itself is being privately funded, the recent announcement of this public cost for the library has many locals dreading its construction.
Taxpayer Cash Being Spent
According to The Chicago Tribune, the Center will require major, expensive changes to the roads surrounding its proposed site. Changes to the area include closing a portion of one road, widening another, and creating five new underpasses.
But the city of Chicago has said that “all potential options” are on the table in order to fund the project, including the use of taxpayer dollars from the state of Illinois.
“These proposed investments are intended to make the [center] and surrounding Jackson Park a world-class destination on par with Chicago’s Museum Campus,” the Chicago Department of Transportation told theTribune.
The numbers were released ahead of a scheduled meeting on Tuesday, during which Obama Foundation officials are believed to be releasing details of the plan for the new Presidential Center.
Michael Claffey, a spokesman for the Chicago Department of Transportation, told the Tribune that it is not uncommon for a presidential library to use taxpayer funding, citing the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, which received $100 million in taxpayer funding, as an example.
Not Everyone Approves
The Hawaiian-born former president is one of Chicago’s favorite sons, but not everyone is on board with the funding for the project.
In January, more than 100 University of Chicago professors and local activists disputed the claim that the Presidential Center would benefit the community and would be worth the expense. The letter read in part:
There are concerns that the Obama Center as currently planned will not provide the promised development or economic benefits to the neighborhoods. Because the current plans place the Center next to the Museum of Science and Industry and across the street from the University of Chicago campus, there is no available adjacent land in which to start a new business, set up a new café or restaurant, [or] bring another cultural center to the neighborhood.
“We are concerned that rather than becoming a bold vision for urban living in the future, it will soon become an object-lesson in the mistakes of the past,” the letter continued. “Parking is expensive, and though public lands are being given away, all the profits from this parking lot will go to the Obama Foundation.”
“None of the funds will go back to the City to improve train lines and public transportation infrastructure. Overall, this is a socially regressive plan,” the letter concluded.
The cost of Obama’s library is staggering, and it shouldn’t be up to taxpayers to foot the bill — especially if these professors and activists are right, and it will cost more than it benefits the city of Chicago.
Carmine Sabia Jr. is a staff writer for Conservative Institute. He specializes in covering political news and current events. He has contributed to BizPac Review and co-hosts Para Bellum Radio Mondays at 5 p.m. on WNJC1360 in Philadelphia.
‘Slew of Subpoenas’ Coming for State Department Officials, Nunes Warns
House Intel Committee chair blasts mainstream media for 'ignoring' questions for current, former top employees about anti-Trump Steele dossier
High-ranking State Department executives — those both current and former — will be “hauled into Congress” next week to “answer publicly” questions about the “salacious and unverified” anti-Trump Steele dossier, according to Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) in an appearance on “The Laura Ingraham Show.”
“A week ago we sent a letter with a questionnaire to high-ranking former Obama and current Trump officials, asking them 10 questions about when they knew about the dossier, when they knew the dossier was used, when they knew the dossier was used to get a warrant to spy on an American — all questions that the public has a right to know and that the Congress definitely has a right to know,” said Nunes, who is chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
“They have ’til Friday to respond to this questionnaire. And what’s alarming is, Laura, that the mainstream media — the Democratic-controlled mainstream media — is not reporting on this questionnaire,” Nunes continued. “So I guess they’ll be surprised when, you know, a week from today when we have to issue a slew of subpoenas if these people don’t answer.”
Former FBI Director James Comey told Congress last year that the dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele contained “salacious and unverified” allegations about President Donald Trump’s personal activities and business connections in Russia.
Nunes told Ingraham that “what happens here in the Beltway” is that current and former State Department officials mostly read The Washington Post and The New York Times and watch CNN and MSNBC. They ignore conservative outlets and those outlets outside the mainstream.
“And they think, well, just because Devin Nunes is being attacked and Devin Nunes is being called a Trump stooge and I’m being just constantly — it’s a character assassination — that somehow they’re not going to be subpoenaed and that they think the press is going to cover for them,” Nunes said.
“Well, I’ve got news for them — they are going to get subpoenaed, and they are going to answer publicly to all 10 questions in that questionnaire,” Nunes continued. “And the mainstream media can continue to ignore it all they want, but at some point the cameras will be on and all of these people will be hauled into Congress to answer the questions.”
Congress Releases Redacted Democrats' Memo
Nunes said there is an "ongoing investigation" that has entered phase two, focusing on the State Department and its knowledge of the anti-Trump dossier. Nunes also defended the release of the GOP committee members' memo alleging anti-Trump bias within the FBI and its use of the dossier to spy on Carter Page, a volunteer foreign-policy adviser for the Trump campaign.
The Democrats released their rebuttal Friday in which they defended the FBI's actions and minimized the role the dossier played in obtaining surveillance warrants.
The committee chairman argued that it's a "total obfuscation" for Democrats to claim that the dossier wasn't used originally to obtain the first surveillance warrant.
"That's not the point. The point of our memo was to say that the [Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act] system was abused," Nunes said. "Why? To find dirt on the Trump campaign, [on] which they struck out. They found none. So the fact that the Democrats say that this was not the start of the investigation is totally irrelevant."
"Is it OK to open an investigation — a counterintelligence investigation, no less — using a secret court to go after a political campaign? Is that ever OK? I think the answer is no," Nunes said. "It shouldn't be done in the FISA court."
Nunes argued that the FBI should have used an open court with due process rather than the secret FISA court system. He also insisted that the FBI should have been more up front with the court and emphasized that the dossier had been funded by Trump's political opponents during the 2016 presidential election.
"So even when they found this out, they should have [gone] immediately back and said, 'OK, we have a problem with Steele. We also know that this was paid for by the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee,'" Nunes said. "They didn't go back to the court and say that, either."
"The FBI also knew that Steele desperately did not want Donald Trump to win. Now, this is all exculpatory evidence that has to be presented to the [FISA] court," Nunes added. "It's even more important that the court be fully informed on every single issue because Carter Page has nobody there to defend him."
Attorney Solomon Wisenberg, the deputy independent counsel for Kenneth Starr's Whitewater/Lewinsky investigation surrounding former President Bill Clinton, agreed with Nunes when he appeared on "The Laura Ingraham Show" afterward.
"To me, it's very significant that [the FBI was] using opposition research from the opposition political party to get something as serious as a FISA warrant, and you are not making that absolutely clear to the FISA court," Wisenberg said. "That should have been done. That is still a reality. It's not enough to say somebody who might have wanted to harm the candidacy of Trump did it. I think that's a key fact that should have been divulged."
Wisenberg also noted that the Democrats didn't refute the Republicans' claim in their memo citing former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe's testimony about the dossier's use.
"What McCabe testified was, 'We wouldn't have gone to the FISA court if it hadn't been for the Steele dossier,'" Wisenberg said. "And I think that's of significance."
PoliZette writer Kathryn Blackhurst can be reached at kathryn.blackhurst@lifezette.com. Follow her on Twitter.
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