CTH:
Terrific article written by Lee Smith at Real Clear Investigations today highlighting a competing leverage dynamic between President Trump and DAG Rod Rosenstein. One of the reasons the outline is valuable – is specifically because Smith accepts the information ‘as it is‘, as it appears to be, and not as he would wish it to be. [Read Here]
The result of Smith’s investigative research assembles a compilation of recent events, and discussions from sources within congress, and seems to parallel our own research and most likely conclusions therein. In summary: there is an ongoing politically motivated ‘battle over leverage‘ between President Trump and Rod Rosenstein.
We have discussed this leverage issue extensively. However, Smith brings forth a new aspect in the form of the recently filed position of the Rosenstein DOJ as it relates to the declassification of FISA documents. This new information introduces the position of Rosenstein as likely political ‘push-back‘ against the president and declassification.
As Smith notes the recent DOJ filing infers any attempt to declassify material within the FISA application is tantamount to “obstruction” of the Mueller investigation:
In the 178-page court document, DOJ officials said they had “determined that disclosure of redacted information in the Carter Page FISA documents could reasonably be expected to interfere with the pending investigation into Russian election interference.”
In other words, Rosenstein’s DOJ position is any attempt to declassify the Page FISA documents is interference or obstruction of the Mueller investigation.
This likely Rosenstein/Mueller position is important because it strikes directly at the heart of the declassification conundrum previously outlined. {Go Deep}
Previously we discussed how White House lawyers were very tentative about following President Trump’s declassification request on the basis that two agencies of the executive branch (FBI and DOJ) could, with political motive and intent, advance the argument that President Trump was interfering with the investigation.
In August and September 2018 the issue was: what would happen if the DOJ and FBI refused to follow the directive from the President?
The answer is not legal, it is political. more here
h/t Really Enraged.
Pres Trump needs to say “As a member of my administration, Rod Rosenstein needs to answer the House subpoena and go testify when asked. If he does not, then he can resign or be fired”
Actually he needs to do that for everybody in the DOJ and FBI – might be problematic for the career bureaucrats but the political appointees serve at the pleasure of the President and can be fired whenever
In my opinion, if the President tolerates this, Congress, the Judiciary and the Executive branches are irrelevant and we are serfs existing at the whim of the unelected and unaccountable. And History tells us they will treat us very badly.
That sure is a very convenient “investigation.”
So it’s a standoff; as long as the investigation is ongoing, President Trump cannot release the documents. So the investigation will continue until 2021.
He looks like Nosferatu (1922) who, coincidentally, was a giant diseased plague rat in vampire form.
Fuck them all to death.
Drain the Deep State, fucking Clinton and Gay Barry appointed these jerks, dump them all & MAGA.
Declare a deadlock, fire them all, and ‘start over’.
Get your ass out, and VOTE!
No excuses.
Nine days? I can wait. Then all my good will and patience is spent. A RINO who chants a good game, is still a Party member in good standing. Wake me when the bodies hit the floor.
Oh? I’m sorry, precious. Did you think I was writing figuratively. Well, bless your heart.