Because Trump 2.0

[R011]

If you mean the Mueller report, parts of it cannot by law be released. The AG is editing so that released portions are in compliance with the law. It should be released in just a few more days as promised by the AG.

[Tim the Tank Nut]

they go after restaurants, individuals, businesses, whatever target they can shake down.

They are Chairman Mao's Red Hordes. It's only a matter of time before they issue books.

 

Notably the Wall Street Journal has made a substantial change in how their "Comments" section is handled. The new version is decidedly bias in a certain direction. As algorithms become more capable of manipulating online content places like TankNet will disappear even though we have a few 'bots here.

[DKTanker]

 

If you mean the Mueller report, parts of it cannot by law be released. The AG is editing so that released portions are in compliance with the law. It should be released in just a few more days as promised by the AG.

 

A law that the Democrats sponsored as a direct response to the Starr report from 20 years ago. AG Barr spoke to this when he noted the hypocrisy of Democratic lawmakers demanding an un-redacted report, many of whom were part of the lawmaking process that made such a release of information illegal. We see you Jerry Nadler.

[DKTanker]

William Barr done did it now, leftist across the fruited plain, from shining sea to shining sea, are losing their collective minds. What did Barr do? Why, he told the world that the Obama administration did in fact use the US intelligence community (and perhaps MI5 as well) to spy on Trump and his campaign.

[Nobu]

One of Honolulu's hidden gems, known to many Japanese visitors to Hawaii, is a tuna specialist who serves superior quality.

 

Clearly marked signs are posted at both stating that SNAP and EBT are accepted.

[Murph]

William Barr done did it now, leftist across the fruited plain, from shining sea to shining sea, are losing their collective minds. What did Barr do? Why, he told the world that the Obama administration did in fact use the US intelligence community (and perhaps MI5 as well) to spy on Trump and his campaign.

The truth is something they can’t handle.

[Ivanhoe]

Well, actually the guy on food stamps, or more likely the woman, thinks cooking a steak is too much work and got a frozen pizza instead. Ive seen people on public assistance in line ahead of me and havent noticed anything exotic or expensive.

 

I have, routinely. Where I usta live, the closest supermarket was between a lower middle class neighborhood and low income/projects. I routinely saw people buying fresh shrimp (at $8/lb) and paying with an EBT card.

[Murph]

The left is in full screaming meltdown mode over Barr's comments. As they should be, since their treasonous machinations will be brought to light. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXuU3-Id6aI He might actually do his job honorably, and impartially unlike Eric "Fast and Furious" Holder, and Loretta "Bill and I were just speaking about grandkids" Lynch. Maybe Comey, et. al. will finally be looking at their so richly deserved prison time.

[Mr King]

 

Well, actually the guy on food stamps, or more likely the woman, thinks cooking a steak is too much work and got a frozen pizza instead. Ive seen people on public assistance in line ahead of me and havent noticed anything exotic or expensive.

 

I have, routinely. Where I usta live, the closest supermarket was between a lower middle class neighborhood and low income/projects. I routinely saw people buying fresh shrimp (at $8/lb) and paying with an EBT card.

 

 

When I was a kid I worked in a pharmacy across the street from section 8 apartments. EBT users would come in and buy our even more expensive than usual junk food, candy, and soda with their EBT cards instead of making the effort to go down the road a short distance where they could get it much cheaper. Then when checking out, they would pull out thick wads of cash, all to often out of their sweaty cleavage, to buy their Newport cigarettes.

[Tim the Tank Nut]

so Jeff Sessions, what were we paying you for again?

[Jeff]

so Jeff Sessions, what were we paying you for again?

 

It really does make you wonder what happened to him to make him so utterly incompetent and useless.

[Mr King]

 

so Jeff Sessions, what were we paying you for again?

 

It really does make you wonder what happened to him to make him so utterly incompetent and useless.

 

 

Probably the same thing that got to Justice Roberts...blackmail

[Paul G.]

William Barr done did it now, leftist across the fruited plain, from shining sea to shining sea, are losing their collective minds. What did Barr do? Why, he told the world that the Obama administration did in fact use the US intelligence community (and perhaps MI5 as well) to spy on Trump and his campaign.

No he did not. As usual just spout of on what feels good.

 

"For the same reason we're worried about foreign influence in elections, I think spying on a political campaign is a big deal," Barr said. "I'm not suggesting those rules were violated but I think it's important to look at. ... I think it's my obligation."

 

A source familiar with Barr's thinking, however, said that he referred to "spying" in the "classic sense" of intelligence collection, not as "pejorative." The attorney general did not provide evidence of any spying.

 

 

[glenn239]

 

so Jeff Sessions, what were we paying you for again?

 

It really does make you wonder what happened to him to make him so utterly incompetent and useless.

 

 

Fear of the Swamp.

[Mobius]

 

so Jeff Sessions, what were we paying you for again?

 

It really does make you wonder what happened to him to make him so utterly incompetent and useless.

 

You wonder what was going on when he was U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. Did he just prosecute those who confessed?

[Mobius]

The left is in full screaming meltdown mode over Barr's comments. As they should be, since their treasonous machinations will be brought to light. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXuU3-Id6aI He might actually do his job honorably, and impartially unlike Eric "Fast and Furious" Holder, and Loretta "Bill and I were just speaking about grandkids" Lynch. Maybe Comey, et. al. will finally be looking at their so richly deserved prison time.

I just hope the left doesn't start criticizing Barr or calling his investigation of spying as a 'witch hunt' because as we know that would be obstruction of justice.

Edited April 11, 2019 by Mobius

[MiloMorai]

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And, why does he always look constipated?

[Tim the Tank Nut]

add to that:

no unemployment

no additional taxes

no new foreign wars

 

He looks constipated because he has the FBI up his ass looking for crimes committed by Obama

[Jeff]

Bill Clinton: It depends on what the meaning of "is" is.

 

Jim Comey: Hold my beer...

 

Comey scoffs at Barr testimony, claims ‘surveillance’ is not ‘spying’
By Brooke Singman | Fox News

 

Former FBI Director James Comey joined the chorus of Democratic critics complaining about Attorney General Bill Barr’s testimony this week that “spying did occur” against the 2016 Trump campaign, claiming he has no idea what the Justice Department leader is talking about -- and saying he “never thought of” electronic surveillance as “spying.”

 

Comey sought to draw a distinction between surveillance -- which was authorized against a Trump adviser -- and spying during a cybersecurity conference in California on Thursday, echoing Democratic lawmakers who have accused Barr of going too far in his Senate testimony this week.

 

“I have no idea what he’s talking about so it’s hard for me to comment,” Comey said.

 

“When I hear that kind of language used, it’s concerning because the FBI and the Department of Justice conduct court-ordered electronic surveillance,” he continued. “I have never thought of that as spying.”

 

He added: “If the attorney general has come to the belief that that should be called spying, wow.”

 

“That’s going to require a whole lot of conversations inside the Department of Justice. But I don’t know what he meant,” Comey said.

 

Before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Wednesday, Barr testified that he believes “spying did occur” on the Trump campaign, adding, “the question is whether it was adequately predicated.” Barr said he believed it was his “obligation” to review where there was any misconduct in the intelligence gathering during the origins of the Russia investigation.

 

But despite the backlash from Democrats over his use of the term, Barr's testimony appeared to refer to intelligence collection that already has been widely reported and confirmed.

 

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants against former Trump campaign aide Carter Page are currently the subject of a Justice Department inspector general investigation looking at potential misconduct in the issuance of those warrants. That review also reportedly is scrutinizing the role of an FBI informant who had contacts with Trump advisers in the early stages of the Russia investigation.

 

When asked about the controversy surrounding Barr’s remarks, a person familiar with his thinking denied that he was trying to fuel conspiracy theories or play to the conservative base.

 

“When he used the word spying, he means intelligence collecting,” the source told Fox News, also noting Barr’s history as a CIA analyst in the 1970s. “He wasn’t using it in a pejorative sense, he was using it in the classic sense.”

 

The Oxford Dictionary defines ‘spying’ as: “to collect information about something to use in deciding how to act,” or to “observe furtively.”

 

The use of the term as it applies to the FBI's surveillance in 2016 has been fiercely disputed. The New York Times, even as it reported last year on how the FBI sent an informant to speak to campaign advisers amid concerns about suspicious Russia contacts, stated that this was to "investigate" Russia ties and "not to spy."

 

But Barr's testimony suggests he makes no distinction between the two. He also stressed that the question for him is whether that "spying" was justified.

 

“I want to make sure there was no unauthorized surveillance,” Barr said.

 

President Trump defended the attorney general Thursday, saying that his statement was “absolutely true.”

 

“There was absolutely spying into my campaign,” Trump said Thursday in the Oval Office. “I’ll go a step further and say it was illegal spying. Unprecedented spying.”

 

Meanwhile, Comey touted Barr’s experience at the Justice Department.

 

“I think his career has earned him a presumption that he will be one of the rare Trump Cabinet members who will stand up for truth,” Comey said. “Language like this makes it harder, but I still think he’s entitled to that presumption and because I don’t understand what the heck he’s talking about, that’s all I can say.”

 

Whether proper or improper, the issue of surveillance of the Trump campaign has been widely documented.

 

The FISA warrants, for example, were the subject of a GOP House Intelligence Committee memo last year. That memo alleged the unverified anti-Trump dossier provided much of the basis for law enforcement officials to repeatedly secure FISA warrants against Page, though Democrats have pushed back on parts of the GOP report.

 

House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes, R-Calif., on Thursday notified Barr of criminal referrals related to the case alleging several "potential violations" of the law.

 

“In late 2015, early 2016, spying began on the Trump campaign,” Nunes said on “Hannity” on Thursday. “That information leaked, that led to what they considered to be ‘legal spying’ that began, that they acknowledge they started doing at the end of July.”

 

He added, referring to Comey's memo-taking from high-level meetings: “You have the culmination of the ultimate spying where you have the FBI director spying on the president, taking notes, illegally leaking those notes of classified information. Why? So they can appoint a special counsel to spy on an acting president again. So there’s a lot of spying and a lot of leaking.”

 

Meanwhile, as part of Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s investigation, he is reportedly probing the involvement of FBI informant Stefan Halper—whose role first emerged last year. During the 2016 campaign, Halper reportedly contacted several members of the Trump campaign, including former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos and Page. Halper also reportedly contacted former campaign aide Sam Clovis.

 

Barr also testified this week that he is conducting a Justice Department review of the “conduct” of the original Russia investigation.

 

“[i’m] trying to get my arms around all of the aspects of the counterintelligence investigation that was conducted in the summer of 2016,” Barr said before the House Appropriations Committee Tuesday.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/comey-scoffs-at-barr-testimony-claims-surveillance-is-not-spying

 

[Murph]

Comey for prison! Poor Paul his world is unraveling as the truth comes to light. All his hero’s might be going to prison: McCabe, Comey, Clapper, Brennan, Hillary, Strzok, Page, etc.

[Mr King]

I wish we lived in a world where Obama and his cohorts would have to face responsibility for their crimes against the American people, but I just don't believe it will ever happen. The system is too broke, compromised, and corrupted by the very people it needs to hold accountable.

[DKTanker]

I wish we lived in a world where Obama and his cohorts would have to face responsibility for their crimes against the American people, but I just don't believe it will ever happen. The system is too broke, compromised, and corrupted by the very people it needs to hold accountable.

I think it rather naive to believe it is limited to Obama and his cohorts. I'm quite confident that in this particular instance the criminals were and are bi-partisan not to mention some international assistance as well.

[Mr King]

Yes, you're absolutely correct.

[Rick]

I wish we lived in a world where Obama and his cohorts would have to face responsibility for their crimes against the American people, but I just don't believe it will ever happen. The system is too broke, compromised, and corrupted by the very people it needs to hold accountable.

The final responsibility is up to the voters. The number of voters who believe in the secular evil that is today's liberalism can be depressing.

Edited April 13, 2019 by Rick

[Murph]

In a sane world, Obama and his minions would already be in prison.