On Feb. 14, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a letter to the attorneys for former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, notifying them that the department would not be pursuing criminal charges against McCabe for matters raised in a referral made by DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz.Continue Reading
Wray’s Testimony, FISA Fallout, and Hunter’s Travel Records–3 Events Overshadowed by President Trump’s Acquittal
Note: This post was originally written on February 7, 2020
While President Donald Trump’s acquittal by the Senate on Feb. 5 dominated the news this week, there were three other significant developments that received little attention.Continue Reading
Barr’s DOJ Signals Willingness to Act on Politically Charged Cases
AG reportedly assigns US attorney to review Ukraine information on Biden; DOJ disputes Stone sentencing recommendation
On Feb. 9, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said during an appearance on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” that he intends to call witnesses regarding the many problematic issues surrounding Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) abuses that were highlighted in the Department of Justice Inspector General’s report.Continue Reading
Sen. Paul Uses Senate Floor Speech to Pose Question Blocked by Chief Justice Roberts
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Feb. 4 posed a question in the Senate that Chief Justice John Roberts refused to read out loud last week in the chamber during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
In his question, Paul named a former National Security Council official widely alleged to have been the whistleblower regarding a phone call between Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, which ultimately led to the president’s impeachment in the House.Continue Reading
DOJ Determines 2 FISA Spy Warrants on Trump Campaign Adviser Were “Not Valid”
In a declassified Jan. 7, 2020, order released by Presiding FISA Court Judge James Boasberg, it was revealed that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has determined that two of the four FISA applications on former Trump 2016 presidential campaign adviser Carter Page were “not valid.”
The court wrote that it had received notice of “material misstatements and omissions” in the FISA applications made on Page, apparently with respect to the final two FISA renewals. The court also noted that the DOJ had made the assessment that with regard to these two applications, “there was insufficient predication to establish probable cause to believe that [Carter] Page was acting as an agent of a foreign power.”Continue Reading
FBI Agent Who Interviewed Gen. Flynn Played Critical Role in Trump Campaign Investigation
DOJ internal investigation reveals the special agent was supervisor of Crossfire Hurricane, played key role in problematic FISA application
One of the special FBI agents who interviewed President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, at the White House in January 2017, played a much bigger role in the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign—known as Crossfire Hurricane—than previously assumed, a report by Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz reveals.Continue Reading
Top FISA Court Judge Condemns FBI for Providing ‘False Information’ to Court, Demands Prompt Government Response
FISA Court questions whether ‘information contained in other FBI applications is reliable’
Less than a week after Department of Justice Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz released his investigation detailing FBI misconduct in obtaining a FISA spy warrant on a Trump 2016 presidential campaign aide, the presiding judge of the FISA Court, Rosemary Collyer, issued a Four-Page Response Order on Dec. 17, 2019.Continue Reading
For those interested, here is my interview on American Thought Leaders with Epoch Times’ Jan Jekielek
Horowitz Report, Testimony Provide Historic Condemnation of FBI’s Surveillance Actions
“There is such a range of conduct here that is inexplicable … Our final recommendation was to refer the entire chain of command,” DOJ Inspector General said
The newly released report by Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, along with his groundbreaking testimony before Congress, noted the material failures of the FBI—“not only the operational team, but also of the managers and supervisors, including senior officials, in the chain of command”—with regard to the FISA warrant application on Trump campaign aide Carter Page.Continue Reading
Horowitz Gives Damning Testimony of FBI Conduct During Its Investigation of Trump Campaign
‘The activities we found here don’t vindicate anybody who touched this FISA’
The congressional testimony by Justice Department Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz on Dec. 11, 2019, proved to be almost universally damning of the actions taken by the FBI, and despite ongoing efforts by Democrats, demolished the argument that the FBI engaged in proper conduct during its investigation of the Trump campaign.Continue Reading