Trump smears of FBI are "anti-law enforcement and pro-criminal" -Former US attorney
Former US attorney Barbara McQuade, who has worked with hundreds of FBI agents over the years, says Trump is being "anti-law enforcement and pro-criminal." She says his smears could seriously damage the FBI. This video is mandatory viewing for anyone who wants to know what is going on with Mueller and the White House:
https://youtu.be/VOpciqe4gY4?t=1m19s
McQuade is responding to Trump's recent remarks: “It’s a shame what’s happened with the FBI,” President Trump told reporters yesterday , calling the bureau’s conduct “really, really disgraceful.” He was building on criticisms he’d levied earlier this month, when he labeled the Federal Bureau of Investigation “tainted” and said its reputation was “in tatters.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/12/16/president-trump-claims-the-fbi-is-tainted-and-its-reputation-in-tatters-this-graph-shows-hes-wrong
Barbara L. McQuade (born 1964) is the former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Significant case accomplishments during McQuade's tenure include the conviction of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on public corruption charges, the conviction and life sentence of an Al-Qaeda operative for attempting to blow up an airliner over Detroit on Christmas Day in 2009, the conviction of a former Michigan Supreme Court Justice on bank fraud charges, and the convictions of former employees for stealing trade secrets from Detroit automakers. McQuade also joined with other law enforcement leaders to launch Detroit One, a violence reduction strategy and community partnership. [4]
McQuade serves on the Attorney General's Advisory Committee, and serves as co-chair of the Terrorism and National Security Subcommittee. She also serves on subcommittees addressing civil rights and border security.
The first woman to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, McQuade was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Detroit for 12 years. She served as Deputy Chief of the National Security Unit, where she prosecuted cases involving terrorism financing , foreign agents, export violations, and threats. During her career as a federal prosecutor, McQuade has also prosecuted cases involving violent crime, fraud and racketeering.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_L._McQuade
The same party that has tried to put innocent cops in jail for the past several years based on lies like hands up, don't shoot is now trying to say they are pro law enforcement??? That's a laugh.
The FBI can get its credibility back by getting rid of its known partisan hacks like Strzok and McCabe. They made the error and they need to clean up their own house.
It's not just the FBI, it's the entire Department of Justice. Under Obama they changed their name to the Department of Social Justice.
Cleaning out the FBI of the partisan hacks will cause some serious problems. A truly independent council (the very opposite of Meullers team) would be needed to look into the possibility of any misconduct by investigators. With that it brings on the possibility of re-opening investigations. I don't think that would go over very well for some.
Right now, every single investigation that involved Page, Strzok, and McCabe will have to be questioned for being political witch hunts instead of actual true investigations. That has really caused the damage to the FBI's reputation as these people used their positions to perform a witch hunt on Trump and clear Hillary without being impartial. Trump hasn't damaged anything with the FBI or law enforcement, the actions of these agents are what have damaged the FBI's reputation.
This is nonsense, which unfortunately the right is able to spread through it's disreputable and often ridiculous media empire.
You are not paying attention, are you? Did you bother to read the emails between Page and Strzok at all?
I saw some of it. I don't pour over it the way some of you fanatics do.
The guilt or innocence of the Trump administration will rise or fall on facts , not on interpretations of how "biased" investigators were.
The "conservative" method for debunking investigations of their heroes is just to throw as much mud as they can against the wall (toward everybody in sight) and just see what sticks.
Keep saying Mueller and Comey and the FBI are "corrupt" , every minute of every day, and yes , sooner or later you will get a sub section of the population to believe it.
"Evidence" that some few FBI personnel disliked Trump is proof of ..... nothing, in terms of demonstrating an active bias in collecting and processing the facts.
What? Are they going to "convict" Trump in a star chamber?
Whatever evidence they collect against him will have to withstand the light of day.
We see some truly nutty opinions on this forum.
I guess you never heard of cases being thrown out for technicalities. IF a prosecutor or an investigator is shown to have been biased or failed to follow proper procedure, it can result in an entire case being thrown out. This wastes taxpayer monies and time that could have been used to solve/prosecute other cases; because of two things, all other cases that went on while investigated/prosecuted have to be reinvestigated and investigating the officers and court officers involved for potential crimes.
The issue of whether or not Trump is fit to be president of the United States is not a "technical" issue.
I doubt if any agent's dislike of Trump will effect the cases regarding any of the other Trump team individuals.
Interesting posit. Let's look into it starting with the date HRC and/or the DNC published the Fusion GPS dossier?
Easy. AG Sessions was an integral part of the Trump campaign where he participated in meetings in which the Russian sanctions were discussed. Secondly, Sessions made multiple misstatements about his contacts with Russians during the campaign. He talked to ethics lawyers and made the right decision to recuse himself.
In order to AVOID any allegations of bias, the newly minted Assistant AG, a Trump appointee, assigned the highly respected Ex-FBI Director Robert Mueller.
the FBI damaged itself. they have no one to blame but themselves.
Balderdash. He has never smeared or criticized boots on the ground FBI agents or other law enforcement personnel with boots on the ground.
Trump has, however, criticized the uppermost tiers of law enforcement and DoJ - and rightly so - because they've been hard at work creating false narratives to undermine his campaign and presidency.
The Dept. of Justice under Obama became an affirmative action program.
It is still comprised of Directors and senior staff that have no idea what they are doing, but, they are black, and/or female...
It's funny how the right wing dingbats are all concerned about the FBI agents daring to say negative things about the President, but not the least bit concerned about how bad a president must be to earn the ire of the agencies who serve him.