• Senior Republican refers Christopher Steele to Justice Dept for possible charges
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[url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senior-republican-refers-trump-dossier-author-for-possible-charges/2018/01/05/ead4585e-f0af-11e7-b390-a36dc3fa2842_story.html[/url] [quote]The Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee recommended Friday that the Justice Department investigate for possible criminal charges the author of the now-famous “dossier” alleging the Trump campaign coordinated with the Kremlin during the 2016 election. The move by Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) marks a major escalation in conservatives’ challenges to the FBI’s credibility as the agency investigates whether any Trump associates committed crimes. Another Republican, Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), joined in the letter to the Justice Department. Their letter makes what is called a criminal referral to the Justice Department, suggesting it investigate the dossier author, former British spy Christopher Steele, for possibly lying to the FBI. It is a crime to lie to FBI agents about a material fact relevant to an ongoing investigation. The move was viewed skeptically by some Democrats and experts in criminal law. Steele’s role has become a matter of increasingly heated debate, with the White House and Republicans on Capitol Hill suggesting his reports were biased, since he was hired with money that ultimately came from the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee.[/quote]
We're only [I]five days in to the new year.[/I] I want off Mr. Trump's Wild Ride.
[QUOTE]“The FBI doesn’t need any prompting from politicians to prosecute people who have lied to them,” said Zeidenberg, a federal prosecutor for 17 years. While members of Congress make criminal referrals from time to time, they are usually related to independent congressional investigations, not to material already known to the FBI. [/QUOTE] This is pretty telling. It should be pretty obvious that this is just one way Republicans are trying to do damage control by muddying the investigative waters with nonsense like this.
"Where's our special council!" You don't fucking get one just because the democrats got one. If Sessions appoints a council we will be in a full blown constitutional crisis because he is under investigation by another council for matters pertaining to his council
[QUOTE=Sableye;53028443]"Where's our special council!" You don't fucking get one just because the democrats got one. If Sessions appoints a council we will be in a full blown constitutional crisis because he is under investigation by another council for matters pertaining to his council[/QUOTE] Then just appoint another council to investigate that too? Wait a minute...
I think this all but confirms that they have seen the pee tape
[QUOTE=F.X Clampazzo;53028448]Then just appoint another council to investigate that too? Wait a minute...[/QUOTE] Ya this is straight out of the gingrige playbook, keep piling up special councils until nobody knows whats credible
[QUOTE=Sableye;53028484]Ya this is straight out of the gingrige playbook, keep piling up special councils until nobody knows whats credible[/QUOTE] Getting a straight answer for any of the additional councils is also bound to be like: [video=youtube;JtEkUmYecnk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtEkUmYecnk[/video]
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