BREAKING: PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERS FISA COURT DOCUMENTS DECLASSIFIED

From the WashingtonTimes.com:

Trump orders Russia probe documents declassified

by S.A. Miller

President Trump on Monday ordered the declassification of FISA court documents and Justice Department text messages related to the Russia probe.

The House and Senate intelligence committees have been seeking the FISA documents, warrant applications that could shed light on how the FBI in 2016 justified spying on Carter Page, a Trump campaign official.

He ordered the declassification of 19 pages of the application to the secret FISA court that approves surveillance on U.S. citizens, all FBI reports of interviews with Justice Department official Bruce G. Ohr prepared in connection with the Russia investigation, and all FBI reports of interviews prepared in connection with all FISA applications regarding Mr. Page.

Mr. Trump also directed the Department of Justice and FBI to publicly release all text messages relating to the Russia investigation from the key players in the genesis of the probe of Trump campaign collusion with the Kremlin.

Those players include former FBI Director James Comey, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, former FBI official Peter Strzok, former FBI lawyer Lisa Page and Mr. Ohr.

President Trump has decided, apparently, to meet a firestorm with one of his own, one that, I submit, is long overdue.

The tip of the iceberg.

But the iceberg is cracking.

“Fruit of the poisonous tree,” anyone?

BZ

 

Sara Carter: “dossier” utilized to spy on Trump campaign

FINALLY. IT’S OUT.

And it’s what I’ve been saying and writing for months.

Sara Carter said it Friday night on the Sean Hannity show. The headline from Hannity.com:

BOMBSHELL: Clinton-Financed Russia Dossier USED TO SPY on Trump Campaign

The unverified dossier alleging connections between President Trump’s campaign and the Russians was used as evidence by the FBI to gain approval from a secret court to monitor members of Trump’s team, this reporter has learned.

A large portion of the evidence presented in the salacious 35-page dossier put together by former British spy Christopher Steele, has either been proven wrong or remains unsubstantiated. However, the FBI gained approval nevertheless to surveil members of Trump’s campaign and “it’s outrageous and clearly should be thoroughly investigated,” said a senior law enforcement source, with knowledge of the process.

Sara Carter wrote at SaraCarter.com:

Was the DNC/Clinton campaign-funded dossier used to obtain warrants on Trump team from the secret court?

Multiple sources told this reporter that the dossier was used along with other evidence to obtain the warrant from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, known as FISC. The sources also stressed that there will be more information in the coming week regarding systemic “FISA abuse.”

“(The dossier) certainly played a role in obtaining the warrant,” added another senior U.S. official, with knowledge of the dossier. “Congress needs to look at the FBI officials who were handling this case and see what, if anything, was verified in the dossier. I think an important question is whether the FBI paid anything to the source for the dossier.”

Representative Matt Gaetz (R, FLA) said it was “outrageous” if the FBI used the “dossier” to justify a FISA court warrant request.

Which, well, yes, apparently they did.

On Wednesday, Sean Hannity said he has also independently confirmed that the dossier was used to obtain the FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) warrant from three separate sources.

Imagine that. Not one anonymous source as is the current and common trend in American Media Maggot circles. Three.

The “dossier” is specious, already factually disproven, yet was utilized as the basis for the acquisition of surveillance warrants against those involved in the Trump presidential campaign. See: the “Fruit of the Poisonous Tree” doctrine.

NOW do you see why the FBI has been stonewalling? NOW do you see why the DOJ has been stonewalling?

NOW do you see why Judge Rudolph Contreras recused himself from the Flynn case? Because he was a FISA judge?

Are you beginning to see, as Leftists are wont to say, how we “connect the dots”? Dovetailing? Starting to make sense?

The specifically applicable portion in the video below begins at 4:00 and runs until 20:00. Gird thy loins.

This is what I have said. And now let me emphasize.

This will turn out to be the greatest black mark on the history of DC politics.

This is in fact indicative of a soft coup against a president campaign, a president-elect and a sitting president.

A soft coup. In America. In your country. In my country.

Committed by the Leftists, Demorats, the FBI, the DOJ and other governmental elements hostile to Conservatives.

A coup to overthrow one man, one campaign, because they did not agree with his politics and feared his efficacy.

Oh my, will there ever be more to come.

I truly believe this is the veritable TIP of the ICEBERG. This was far more than a mere RICO, this was an intricately interwoven purposeful and end-goal-designed SOFT COUP on an AMERICAN presidential candidate and now a sitting president. This is pure out-and-out treason.

Think about the implications.

BZ

 

YOUR federal govt selectively funds Leftists

Murray Rothbard Quote 1And you, of course, have no say whatsoever in the proposition.

Another bald display of arrogance, assumption — the naked elitism of DC.

From the DailyCaller.com:

Feds Divert MILLIONS To ‘Slush Fund’ That Fuels These Liberal Activist Groups

by Richard Pollock

Department of Justice officials diverted millions of dollars slated for victims of the 2008 housing meltdown to politically favored third parties, including “left-wing radical groups,” according to the chairman of a House of Representatives oversight subcommittee.

So, at a time when real Americans could have used a bit of a hand themselves, your federal government thought it was a good idea to divert millions of dollars to Leftist collectives.  Amongst other things.  Like banks.

Rep. Sean Duffy, a Wisconsin Republican and chairman of the House Financial Services oversight and investigations subcommittee, said Friday the officials “skimmed” off three percent from mortgage-related bank settlements. This created what he called a $500 million “slush fund” that could be steered toward favored groups.

“Skimmed”?

Does this not sound like some sort of east coast Mafiosi?

Once again, Leftists purposely showing BIAS to themselves with government largesse.

BZ

 

Juan Williams: “what difference does it make?”

Just as we heard this shrill individual utter the same trigger phrase when four Americans were killed:

Juan Williams asked, on the Monday episode of Fox’s The Five, “what difference does it make?” with regard to Hillary’s e-mail issue.

“You know she won’t be prosecuted,” Mr Williams said.

Here is the difference, your palavering, jejune boob: the laws were created for a reason.  Why have e-mail rules at all, in your world?  Why have any oversight of any politician or government worker who interfaces with national security issues at all?

The true point at hand is that Hillary Clinton perceives herself to be — and you reaffirm this — far above answering to the common rabble for any reason whatsoever.  She continues on her arrogant and entitled path.  You do nothing, Williams, but enable her.

Grow up, Williams.

BZ

 

Hillary’s illegal e-mails

EMAIL RULESLuckily and thankfully, the topic is starting to really snowball.

Can you imagine something as tragic as another President Clinton?  Particularly on the heels of a Barack Hussein Obama administration?

Hillary’s email issue is an abrogation and violation of the Government Records Act.

If David Petraeus was looking at jail time for his handling of documents, why wouldn’t Hillary be looking at same?

Let’s start with the original story.

From Politico.com:

Hillary Clinton email flap not likely to end soon

by Josh Gerstein

The first public sign of the email imbroglio now enveloping former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have come more than a month ago in an obscure court filing in a lawsuit demanding details of Clinton’s response to the attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya.

Last year, government lawyers handling the case brought by the conservative group Judicial Watch told a federal judge that the agency had searched its files and had no more records to produce.

Truly, this is way too generic.  We must focus on just why this scandal matters.

From AP.org:

House committee subpoenas Clinton emails in Benghazi probe

by Jack Gillum and Ted Bridis

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating the Benghazi, Libya, attacks issued subpoenas Wednesday for the emails of Hillary Rodham Clinton, who used a private account exclusively for official business when she was secretary of state — and also used a computer email server now traced back to her family’s New York home.

The subpoenas from the Republican-led Select Committee on Benghazi demanded additional material from Clinton and others related to Libya, spokesman Jamal D. Ware said. The panel also instructed technology companies it did not identify to preserve any relevant documents in their possession.

The development on Capitol Hill came the same day AP reported the existence of a personal email server traced back to the Chappaqua, New York, home of Clinton. The unusual practice of a Cabinet-level official running her own email server would have given Clinton — who is expected to run for president in the 2016 campaign — significant control over limiting access to her message archives.

What a shock.  Hillary Clinton trying to abrogate laws and keep her plans private.  She, after all, works for herself and not for you.  You are no more important to HIllary than the piss in her kidneys.

This wouldn’t be much of an issue except for a few niggling little issues, like security and illegality.

Congress said it learned last summer about Clinton’s use of a private email account to conduct official State Department business during its investigation of the Benghazi attacks on a U.S. mission in which four Americans died.

“It doesn’t matter if the server was in Foggy Bottom, Chappaqua or Bora Bora,” House Speaker John Boehner said. “The Benghazi Select Committee needs to see all of these emails, because the American people deserve all of the facts.”

The chairman of the Benghazi committee, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., told reporters: “I want the documents. Sooner rather than later.”

Democrats called it a fishing expedition.

Right.  A “fishing expedition” because what Shrillary did was illegal.

One teensy-weeny question: Hillary’s “private” e-mails were carried over a system that was completely sealed and un-hackable?

Oh no.  Her e-mails weren’t appropriately encrypted.

From HotAir.com:

Great news: Hillary’s e-mail server had a “misconfigured encryption system”

by AllahPundit

This same Bloomberg article notes that having her own private server meant that Hillary could erase all traces of any e-mail as she saw fit, a luxury not available to someone who uses a commercial e-mail service like Gmail. Google’s servers retain a record of your messages even if you’ve deleted them “permanently” from your trash. Hillary, because she could delete them from her own server, really could make the disappearance permanent. (Well, except for whatever the NSA’s been gathering from her.) Precisely the sort of feature you’d covet if you were a crook looking to keep your official state business away from the prying eyes of the great unwashed you serve.

All this on the heels of discovering a Hillary Clinton cable that told employees to “avoid conducting official Department from your personal e-mail accounts.” It also states that employees should not “auto-forward Department email to personal email accounts which is prohibited by Department policy.”

Hillary, like most all other Demorats, has a complete contempt for the law.  I’m sure she’s said at least two or three times a day since the scandal erupted: “Jesus Christ, they’re just fucking emails!”

And in grand Demorat fashion in keeping with Leftist corruption, at least NY Governor Cuoma can learn from prior Dem corruption.  From the WashingtonExaminer.com:

New York Gov. Cuomo moves to erase state emails amid corruption scandal

by Sarah Westwood

Just weeks after federal authorities arrested the former speaker of the New York State Assembly on corruption charges, Gov. Andrew Cuomo quietly informed lawmakers there of his plan to purge all state employee emails that are 90 days or older.

The New York action is prompting concerns that similar policies might be sought at the federal level.

There you have it.  When corruption is exposed — in this instance from illegal emails — take the low road and ensure that emails aren’t kept at all.  Now there’s a solution for the times.  Just create a law to guarantee that emails won’t be archived because seldom is there a scandal that is unearthed within 90 days of its existence.

Brilliant!

BZ

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