Pushing Boundaries
Texas GOP legislators are working for months to re-draw lines in the state years before they would normally redistrict at the end of the decade. The move would give Texas 5 more representatives in the US congress. A draft of the new map was revealed for the first time yesterday. The map would likely flip seats currently held by democrats near the Austin, Dallas and Houston metro areas, but the maps are likely to change before a final draft is approved.
As to be expected state democrat legislators will pull out all the stops to prevent it. The Texas legislature has a rule about having a quorum in order to vote. (Something they should have done away with long ago.) To block the proposed redistricting, Texas democrats have considered fleeing the state and forcing a quorum break that would see them each incur a fine of $500 per day, or a combined $1 million per month. The Texas Tribune reports that democrat donors are willing to pay those fines if democrat legislators pull the stunt. Democrats told the Texas Tribune they're considering fleeing the state, so Republicans don't have the quorum they need to vote on the new maps, but it comes at a hefty price and at the risk of arrest. (Yours truly would love to be one of the arresting officers.)
It would have a direct impact on the US House of Representatives where the GOP only has a narrow 219-212 majority. Traditionally, parties in power lose seats in midterm elections and it's possible democrats could win the majority next fall, despite the extremely low regard the American people have shown for the party in recent polls.
IMO the dems will resort to fleeing the state.
In other news:
Last night the US and South Korea reached a trade deal.
The American economy grew by 3% in the second quarter.
Brown University struck a $50 million deal with the government to restore research funding. They will end DEI, antisemitism and transgender athletes competing in women's sports.
Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv again.
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady despite two Fed Governors voting against the decision. (A very rare occurrence.)
Canada’s prime minister said yesterday that his country would recognize Palestine as a state this fall. The Palestine Liberation Organization officially declared a Palestinian state in 1988, but the U.S. has consistently blocked the U.N. from granting it full member status.
Senate democrats have slowed the confirmation process for presidential appointments to a trickle, creating a bottleneck by insisting that every vote be recorded. Senate Leader John Thune is partly responsible since he went along with a lighter than normal schedule for the Senate. Now Thune is considering either keeping the Senate in session through the August recess or changing the Senate rules on taking certain votes.
Senate democrats have invoked a very obscure law to try to force the release of the Epstein files.
A Senate committee advanced legislation that would bar members of Congress, the president and the vice president from trading stocks.
House democrats have sued ICE for supposedly barring them from entering detention centers.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris will not run for governor of California next year.
Measles cases in Canada have far exceeded Measels cases in the US.
An instrument issue may have misled the pilots of a Black Hawk helicopter about their altitude before it collided with a passenger jet near Washington in January.
The gunman who killed four people in a Manhattan office building bought his assault rifle from his boss at a Las Vegas Casino.
the big undersea earthquake yesterday only produced a minor tsunami.
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Good morning and welcome to the news.
I'm forced to publish a warning this morning from a former Fox Anchor. It concerns America's close ally.
"Israel, whether it realizes it or not, has made itself the villain of the world in letting this thing go on so long. They have lost support among their dearest friends."
I hope Israel's Prime Minister thinks about it carefully.
Megyn, I just received a little bulletin for you too:
It is the last card for Hamas to play: Make the Palestinian people starve and blame Israel for it.
Not one neighboring Arab country has lifted a finger to take some of those people in and give them food and shelter.
One would think that news organizations would have learned after the Gaza hospital strike due to a misfired rocket from Islamic Jihad but blamed on the IDF. But self-reflection is not something that news organizations are able to do, guess the need for the next big news story clouds their thinking.
Axios just ran a debunked picture today that the New York Times already quietly issued a correction for. Both are likely to get sued.
these mistakes always go one way.
And there it is: Propaganda stoked against (starving) children - delivered from the ALLEGED party for protection of children.
(I guess it depends on whom the children are.)
Why should they? When did it become their problem to stop one nation from starving its neighbor. But keep on treating this as though it is a 'Clinic' and in September talk is that Palestine will be recognized as its own State by 'mounting' nations.
You would think they would have learned from a lot of similar instances but they have a narrative to push.
I looked and looked and looked. I don't see anything to support your claim. I wonder why...
What makes Israel the food provider for the Palestinians. The Palestinians voted for Hamas.
Okay, don't let relative sufficiency of food in - let's see what happens in September. Let's just see if it is an idle proposal from the states speaking up about Palestinian statehood. And if you think Palestine is problematic now. . . .
OK.... "selected by myself, as President".
WTF.
What could possibly go wrong there.....
Wonder why they didn't release all this when they were "running things".
"Reports indicate that Durbin has blocked multiple requests to subpoena the Epstein records, raising questions about his motives."
Senator Dick Durbin Faces Scrutiny Over Blocking Epstein Client List Release and Kash Patel's FBI Director Nomination | DeepNewz US Judiciary
What a difference a year makes!
It's looking more and more that the Democrats were covering something up. I mean, it's not like they haven't already been caught covering stuff up like Biden's competency, actual facts about the Russia Collusion clusterfuck, etc..
Don't forget their allies in the media. I just read this today:
CBS, ABC & NBC News spent 2,300 minutes on Trump/Russia in 2016 and 2017.
Fast forward to 2025, the same 3 networks have spent under 3 minutes discussing Obama/Russia.
And what makes it really pathetic is that in 2016 / 2017 there really was no real intelligence / proof to run on. 2025, the intelligence / proof is there and they are silent. It's safe to say that they're covering shit up.
That is correct. Back then there were unnamed sources who amounted to people like Comey and McCabe.
Now we have actual documentation.
Well, this is Trump's 'buck stops here' now and now he is 'the Establishment' and suddenly. . . he, alone, wants to stand down on transparency. It is scandalous that the so-called, 'defenders of little girls and grown women' don't want the world to know it all about this matter.
Scandalous, I tell you Vic!
What does ANY of that have to do with Durbin blocking requests to subpoena the Epstein records? Oh, that's right.....you're in deflection mode.
I would love complete transparency for everything, the Epstein files, the Russia investigation, the Clinton email server, the Ukraine phone call, Benghazi, the Iraq war, the torture used to interrogate suspected terrorists, the weapon deals to the Contras, all the Vietnam files, all the Kennedy assassination files, everything. It should all be transparent and anyone breaking the law on either side of the aisle should be held to account for their crimes, punished and exposed for any abuses of power.
I honestly wouldn't care who shows up on the Epstein list, if there is any evidence they're pedophiles they should be exposed and have their reputations run through the mud and prosecuted for any crimes they committed. It could be Bill Clinton or Donald Trump or any number of Republicans or Democrats, I don't fucking care, just expose them and get them the fuck out of our government. No 'Mea culpa', no "But I've changed", no defense, no deflection, no forgiveness, just get them the fuck out of our government.
Besides the fact that anyone who was even 'buddy buddy' with Epstein should be ashamed of themselves, and if they were knowingly participating in his crimes, they are vile criminals who should go to jail, on top of that they're a distraction from the process of governance which is what our elected representatives should be focusing on. Instead, they spend endless hours in pointless verbal jousts when they should just be rubber stamping the release of these documents so we can get this over with and punish those who should be punished so we can all move on.
And we are FINALLY starting to see it.
I agree completely, and completely agree that ANYBODY that committed a crime be charged appropriately. It appears Dicky Durbin has taken issue with it.
I get how you can't resist to try and frame this as some democrat thing, but there are slimy 'calk-blockers' on both sides so no point in trying to spin this in some partisan bullshit narrative. Those who have nothing to hide on both sides are calling for its release, the house Democrats led the push for the subpoena and were supported by most house Republicans while other politicians on both sides seem eager to sweep this all under the carpet. So, let's just stop with the partisan finger pointing and support those on both sides who are pushing for transparency.
No, he will never be that. Not as long as government is full of people trying to obstruct his policies.
It will take a long time to clean the swamp.
And you are in the past 'mode.' Trump is president: Time to let the 'buck' stop at his desk and MAGA supporters to stop throwing 'shade' at everybody on his behalf. We see what is happening here. . .and frankly, it is sad that the alleged and self-titled, " protectors of children" want to throw transparency out the window (and doing so without even knowing (I guess you don't know) that it is necessary) because Trump says to do so!
Bull. Donald has not let 'anybody' stop him from sticking it to the 'professionals' in D.C. and furthermore Epstein is dead. . . so he can't be touched or 'afflicted' anyway by exposure of his actions in life. I call bull on this COVERUP by the Trump Administration.
Big promise made and now RENEGED! And shame on the SHAMELESS for expecting intelligent people to look the other way. . . simply because DONALD says to do so. What are we expected to be: Lemmings for Trump?
I did not care about the list one way or the other. But, since it has turned into its own CONSPIRACY I want to know just like the FAMILIES of the victims what is in the files that makes the ALLEGED protector of girls and women suddenly mute-but loud and dismissive of us all finding out what is on the pages of the documents.
Instead of dodging my question, try answering it.
Oh wait, "This is old news. We should be forgetting about this and move forward" is the new line you all are using when you get caught in your bullshit.
MAGA supporters have Donald to get 'straight' and accountable (but MAGA supporters can not do it: they have no 'strength' just feebly following Donald: the 'Shepherd') : See 3.3.2/
Still dodging the question.
I will leave you to this one too.
(You get the last word. Go!)
My guess is there's no there there. I think that while there's a lot of inuendo and high profile names in the files, there's no real evidence of criminal activity. And it's very possible that a good bit of those names are only in there by loose and brief association such as being at the same party and/or posing with Epstein in pictures at public events. Due to the nature of people, those who are completely innocent of any wrong doing will be attacked as if they are guilty of pedophilia. As there are likely several donors from both sides, I would think those in power are reluctant to release such information that could negatively impact future political donations.
About the only thing we can be sure of is that if the Democrats succeed in getting the files released to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, there will be a careful leaking of information on a purely partisan level from both sides. It's rather obvious that this is not about doing what's right, it's political.
Oh that's a very good possibility on both accounts.
Here is something to 'wonder': The party ALLEGING to be the party of protection for children (underaged included) and promised by Trump for years to expose all conspiracies hidden in "the swamp" is being gaslighted and stiffed by its premier "JEFE" - who for whatever reason does not wish the obscenity that is becoming more of a conspiracy of obstruction to be known publicly.
Therefore, it is becoming apparent, that the GOP only wants select information that damns somebody else besides themselves to be used to poison minds of readers. Trump chooses not to live up to the 'billing' and we are left to wonder why he results to smoke and mirrors on this burgeoning conspiracy.
All that just to say you have no answer to explain why the Democrats sat on it. Just speculation and conspiracy theories.
Well, the past is prologue. . .
Well, apparently that 'dog won't hunt!' But it sure can 'hedge.' Many people are wondering WHY the 'transparency in government' president is demanding a shroud be thrown over this one!
Well, the past is prologue. . .
That was speculation and conspiracy.
At any rate, that's your answer? "Trump said". When did you suddenly start believing him? I thought he was a liar that couldn't be trusted.
You still haven't answered why the DEMOCRATS didn't release anything while they were "running things". I mean, I get it. You don't know but have to blame it on Trump somehow.
My understanding is that the files were sealed by court orders. Generally, this is to protect victims.
So then why the sudden call from the left to release them?
Given the most recent cries from the left to release the files, it seems protecting the victims isn't a priority.
Well, up until a couple of weeks ago, this was still an open case. The Attorney General just announced that there was not going to be any further prosecutions and they closed it. So, it wouldn’t have been appropriate before now.
Then, add to that all the people in the Trump administration and the Republican Party - including the aforementioned AG and Trump himself - who have been making a big deal out of releasing the information for several months.
Now - as you put it - “suddenly” none of these people want anyone to know what’s in those files. That’s the real “why” in this case.
MAGA supporters got their marching orders from Trump to shut up about release and instead DEFEND his personal and private decision to not be transparent. . . no matter WHOm is asking. It's sad. But, this is political warfare gone rogue.
The two leading parties of our politics have soiled themselves badly and we are left in the stands watching their clashes and political one-upmanship. It is really stupid and pathetic where one, if not the best, governments by the people ever formed 'falls' into the hands of warlike, irreconcilable, unreasonable fools.
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Nancy Pelosi denies allegations of insider trading and says she does not believe anyone in Congress is engaging in it.
No response from democrats, neither there nor here. So many of them are in hiding.
Then lets have an investigation into her insider training as the POTUS called for.
If insider trading is found, prosecute her as required by law.
I'm all in favor of that.
Now watch that get twisted by the Democrats and their lemmings that Trump is calling for Pelosi to be jailed in the same fashion they called for Trump to be jailed.
I'm sure they would. Projection has always been their style.
Right now, they prefer to hide.
Your PDS is showing.
DEmocrat's threatening to gerrymander is like universities threatening to only hire progressives.
Have they ever looked at states like Illinois?
Or New York.
I recently read that in CA it isn't so easy since there is a single person who presides over that, and it is only allowed every decade or so.
CA's already gerrymandered. Republicans get 40% of the votes there and under 10% of the seats as it is.
There is probably more than that to it. Let us not forget the flight of the middle class and the way the state allows voter registration.
i think it will come down to what state law says can happen and a few different factors .
does state law allow for redistricting and under what conditions .
how has the population in affected areas changed one way or another .
at what level does the redistricting affect seat apportionment , IE local, state , federal . one can redistrict both local and state seating , without changing federal districts .
They have the right to do it. The procedure of requiring a quorum may be the only obstacle. The Governor and the legislature were not really motivated to take it on this year, but the President asked them to do it to secure the midterms next year.
I wish we could completely eliminate gerrymandering, perhaps AI could be utilized for this. But it would require each state to address this and somehow I just can see politicians giving up power once they have it.
It almost certainly would have to be done by computers given an agreed set of principles. Once humans get involved they start making adjustments to protect their party.
This Just In:
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today is making public the formerly Classified Appendix (“Durham annex”) to John Durham’s 2023 Special Counsel report . The Unclassified Report and the Classified Appendix form the entirety of Durham’s Special Counsel Report.
The Durham annex contains previously classified information exposing a reported Clinton campaign plan to falsely tie President Donald Trump to Russia.
The annex also goes into further detail on matters discussed in the Unclassified Report, specifically:
Potential election influence by a foreign government regarding Hillary Clinton;
False statements to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA court) regarding FISA renewal applications for Carter Page;
The FBI’s failure – under the leadership of then-Director James Comey – to investigate intelligence that the Clinton campaign may have created the Russia collusion hoax. Meanwhile the Comey-led FBI used the Steele Dossier – a Clinton campaign creation – to obtain FISA warrants on Carter Page.
Attorney General Pam Bondi, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel and Intelligence Community elements declassified the Durham annex at Grassley’s request . In requesting its declassification, which included declassification of information by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and National Security Agency (NSA), Grassley argued that “the overriding public interest demands the release of this information, and doing so would benefit public transparency and accountability.”
“Based on the Durham annex, the Obama FBI failed to adequately review and investigate intelligence reports showing the Clinton campaign may have been ginning up the fake Trump-Russia narrative for Clinton’s political gain, which was ultimately done through the Steele Dossier and other means. These intelligence reports and related records, whether true or false, were buried for years. History will show that the Obama and Biden administration’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies were weaponized against President Trump. This political weaponization has caused critical damage to our institutions and is one of the biggest political scandals and cover-ups in American history. The new Trump administration has a tremendous responsibility to the American people to fix the damage done and do so with maximum speed and transparency,” Grassley said.
“For years, I’ve fought to assemble and publicize all the facts surrounding Durham’s investigation, Crossfire Hurricane and related matters. The American people shouldn’t be shortchanged or strung out on matters of significant public interest, and that firm belief fuels my tireless oversight. It’s been a refreshing change to see Attorney General Bondi and Director Patel’s increased efforts to bring transparency to a very dark corner of the people’s government. I hope that attitude continues, and you can be sure my oversight work will continue as well, because there’s much work yet to be done,” Grassley concluded.
Read the Durham annex HERE .
Key Findings of the Durham Annex:
The Clinton Campaign Plan
In 2016, the Obama administration obtained intelligence information from a source contained in two separate memoranda – one memorandum from January 2016 and another from March 2016. The two memoranda “described ‘confidential conversations’ between then-Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and two individuals at the [Soros] Open Society Foundations (i) [Leonard] Benardo and (ii) Jeffrey Goldstein.” (Pgs. 2-3)
The January 2016 memorandum noted, in part, that President Barack Obama intended to scuttle the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server and mishandling of highly classified information during her time as Secretary of State . (Pg. 3)
The March 2016 memorandum also included references to the same Obama effort to shut down the Clinton investigation, but additionally outlined a plan to falsely connect Trump to Russia. (Pg. 4)
This memo stated, in part, that “[the Democratic Party’s] opposition is focused on discrediting Trump…. [a]mong other things, the Clinton staff, with support from special services, is preparing scandalous revelations of business relations between Trump and the ‘Russian Mafia’”. (Pg. 4)
According to the Durham annex, based on an analysis and translation of the intelligence, FBI analysts believed that, at the time, the “special services” in the March 2016 memorandum could refer “to the FBI and the CIA or more broadly to the intelligence and law enforcement communities” in the United States, or, analysts speculated, it could refer to “Trump dossier author Christopher Steele.” (Pg. 5)
When the Obama administration received this intelligence in March 2016, Fusion GPS was preparing open source opposition research regarding purported ties between Trump and Russians. The research was paid for by Clinton’s campaign and the DNC. (Pg. 5).
Notably, on April 15, 2020, Grassley released Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General ( DOJ OIG) footnotes showing that Russian intelligence was aware of Steele’s anti-Trump research in early July 2016. Further, the FBI had reports in hand in 2017 that the Dossier may have Russian sources and was potentially Russian disinformation.
On March 31, 2016, FBI personnel, including then-Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, shared the intelligence regarding the potential Clinton Campaign Plan with high-ranking career officials at DOJ. (Pg. 5)
FBI Receipt of Additional Intelligence Information on the Clinton Campaign Plan
The Durham annex describes that, in July 2016, the FBI received additional intelligence regarding a possible Clinton Campaign Plan, including documents with purported emails allegedly sent by Leonard Benardo, Senior Vice President of Soros’ Open Society Foundations. The intelligence included data providing specificity on the plan and the attempt to smear then-candidate Donald Trump by falsely linking him to Russia, while apparently counting on the support of the FBI to open up an investigation. (Pgs. 7-11)
The intelligence the FBI received also included information and analysis from purported Leonard Benardo emails that stated, in part:
“During the first stage of the campaign, due to lack of direct evidence, it was decided to disseminate the necessary information through the FBI-affiliated…technical structures… in particular, the Crowdstrike and ThreatConnect companies, from where the information would then be disseminated through leading U.S. publications.” (Pg. 8)
“The media analysis on the DNC hacking appears solid…. Julie [Clinton Campaign Advisor] says it will be a long-term affair to demonize Putin and Trump. Now it is good for a post-convention bounce. Later the FBI will put more oil into the fire.” (Pg. 9)
“HRC [Hillary Rodham Clinton] approved [Campaign Advisor Julie’s] idea about Trump and Russian hackers hampering U.S. elections. That should distract people from her own missing emails.” (Pg. 11)
“The point is making the Russian play a U.S. domestic issue… In absence of direct evidence, Crowdstrike and ThreatConnect will supply the media, and GRU [Russia’s Main Intelligence Directive] will hopefully carry on to give more facts.” (Pg. 11)
Assessment of Authenticity of the “Benardo Emails” Intelligence
The Durham annex states, “Analysts and officers whom [Durham’s team] interviewed, and who were well-versed in the Sensitive Intelligence collection, stated that their best assessment was that the Bernardo emails were likely authentic.” (Pg. 11)
Durham’s team conducted investigative work to inform their assessment. Per the Durham annex:
“The [Clinton] campaign might have wanted or expected the FBI or other agencies to aid that effort (“put more oil into the fire”) by commencing a formal investigation of the DNC hack.” (Pgs. 15-16)
Communications the Durham team reviewed provided additional support that the Clinton campaign was engaged in a plan to tie Trump to Russia and that the campaign wanted or expected the Office of the Vice President, the FBI or other parts of the Intelligence Community, such as the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), to aid that effort. (Pgs. 16-17)
The Durham annex states, “The Office’s best assessment is that the … emails that purport to be from Benardo were ultimately a composite of several emails that were obtained through Russian intelligence hacking of the U.S.-based Think Tanks, including the Open Society Foundations, the Carnegie Endowment, and others.” (Pg. 17)
The Durham annex concludes, “It is a logical deduction [redacted] [Julianne] Smith was, at minimum, playing a role in the Clinton campaign’s efforts to tie Trump to Russia,” and that the communications it reviewed “certainly lends at least some credence that such a plan existed.” (Pg. 17)
The Obama-Biden Administration’s Response to Intelligence on the Clinton Campaign Plan
According to the Durham annex, following the receipt of this intelligence, multiple high-ranking U.S. officials were briefed on the matter, including an August 3, 2016 briefing in the White House by CIA Director John Brennan to President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, FBI Director Comey, among others. As described in Durham’s Unclassified Report, ultimately, the CIA sent the FBI an investigative referral that included the “purported Clinton campaign plan.” (Pg. 18)
In 2017, the “CIA prepared a written assessment of the authenticity and veracity of the above-referenced intelligence. The CIA stated that it did not assess that the above [redacted] memoranda, or [redacted] hacked U.S. communications, to be the product of Russian fabrications.” (Pg. 19)
The Durham annex notes that “FBI was fully alerted to the possibility that at least some of the information it was receiving about the Trump campaign might have its origin either with the Clinton campaign or its supporters, or alternatively, was the product of Russian disinformation.”
The Durham annex concludes, in part, that “[d]espite this awareness, the FBI appears to have dismissed the [intelligence information] as not credible without any investigative steps actually having been taken to either corroborate or disprove the allegations.” (Pgs. 22-24)
The Threat of Foreign Election Influence and Assessment in FISA Renewal Applications
As the Unclassified Durham Report noted, “[b]eginning in late 2014… the FBI learned from a well-placed Confidential Human Source that a foreign government (“Foreign Government-2”) was planning to send an individual (“Non-U.S. Person-I”) to contribute to Clinton’s anticipated presidential campaign, as a way to gain influence with Clinton should she win the presidency.”
The Durham annex notes that “Non-U.S.Person-I” was “directly tasked by the leader of Foreign Government-2” with facilitating this plan, but had indicated plans to travel to the U.S. in late 2014.
At the time, an FBI Field Office sought expedited FISA authorization to begin coverage of this individual as soon as he/she arrived in the United States.
However, as known from the Unclassified Durham Report, the FISA “application lingered because ‘everyone was super more careful’ and ‘scared with the big name [Clinton]’ involved.”
Ultimately, after four months, the FISA authority was authorized following a commitment that Clinton and others targeted by Foreign Government-2 would receive defensive briefings. (Pgs. 23-24)
The remainder of the Durham annex reinforces that the FBI provided false and misleading information to the FISA court in pursuit of FISA renewals, and at least one Confidential Human Source lied to his handlers.
The information in the Durham annex, taken together with previously released details in the Unclassified Report, reinforce the FBI’s disparate treatment of Trump versus Clinton. Despite lacking probable cause and relying on false information, the FBI secured a FISA warrant and multiple renewals to surveil Carter Page and did not provide Trump a defensive briefing equivalent to Clinton’s briefings.
Newly Declassified Appendix to Durham Report Sheds Additional Light on Clinton Campaign Plan to Falsely Tie Trump to Russia and FBI’s Failure to Investigate
Would be the same "Durham Annex" that was discovered in the burn bags? I wonder why they would be stored for destruction.....Oh, that's why:
Yes.
I wonder why they would be stored for destruction..
I'm wondering why they weren't destroyed before Trump took control.
.Oh, that's why:
Maybe it's the same thing that got Leopold & Loeb caught. .... The hand of God.
I think they were put in panic mode over the election they either may have forgotten about them or thought they were already destroyed.
Reading the file is kind of amusing. As you read them you can see almost lie the Democrats used fall apart. It even provides proof of mishandling classified material by the Clinton campaign that was not previously published.
Whether or not they ever get held accountable, at the very least the American people now know what happened.
Hopefully this goes beyond just bad press. An example and precedent needs to be set. Especially after what has happened since the Russian Collusion Hoax started.
As John Durham found out, you simply can't get them convicted in DC.
I think it's a matter of how hard one is pushed.
They got a confession out of Clinesmith and Judge Boesberg gave him no jail time, just community service.
That was an FBI lawyer who falsified a FISA warrant request. On this very site democrats had told us that could never happen because the consequences were so severe.
I imagine they can go back and take care of that. I'm not sure what the statute of limitations would be if there are any at all.
I don't see how. He confessed and the Judge prescribed the punishment.
Btw that judge is now Chief judge on the DC Court and most recently lodged nationwide injunctions against Trump, though they don't carry and legal strength anymore.
I'm waiting for the usual liberal response of "This is old news. We should be forgetting about this and move forward"
It's coming.
Ok, that does change things.
So that explains why he walked.
That has been the most recent dodge from them when their claims prove false and they have nothing. They hit me with that bullshit in 3.1.11
Well Jeremy it is in the past. Besides Trump campaigned on publishing Epstein Files. Look at 3.1.11 at those weasel words Trump threw out to MAGA supporters to get their vote but now he won't honor.
If he did not mean it. . . why the _____ did he run on doing it? What changed? (We are sure MAGA supporters received orders to not care why; just 'do.')
And it's still a dodge.
And it begs the question: Can anything involving Trump get a fair trial in DC.
We've already seen that a fair trial will never happen.
And that is why when Republicans can go to jail for ignoring subpoenas, democrats get to say "screw you" to them.
I will leave you to it then.
EXCLUSIVE: "Former San Jose State University volleyball co-captain Brooke Slusser is eight months removed from her final season, which included a conference investigation into an alleged plan to harm her by former teammate Blaire Fleming — a biologically male transgender athlete.
Slusser has now come forward with new allegations related to the matter.
Fox News Digital interviewed San Jose State athletic director Jeff Konya to inquire about Slusser’s claims and other details of the investigation. But Konya stood up after just around five minutes of related questions and walked away, saying "I’m done."
Slusser previously alleged in a lawsuit, signed by 10 other current or former women's college volleyball players against the Mountain West and representatives of SJSU, that Fleming and other teammates snuck out the team hotel the night before an Oct. 3 game against Colorado State and met with an opposing player.
The lawsuit alleged a teammate who snuck out with Fleming later told players and coaches of an alleged plan by Fleming, in a conspiracy with the Colorado State player, to have Slusser spiked in the face during a match.
The lawsuit and complaint alleged the players who snuck out told other players and coaches they saw Fleming also hand over an SJSU scouting report with an agreement to throw the match in Colorado State's favor.
In November, the Mountain West Conference launched an investigation into the allegations but concluded "sufficient evidence" could not be found.
Slusser now claims she had a conversation with a teammate who was interviewed as part of the conference’s investigation into Fleming's alleged plan. Fox News Digital is not disclosing the identity of the teammate.
"Based on what I was told, exactly what one of my teammates had seen go on that night — about talking about the scouting report and leaving the net open — was told to those lawyers. So, that should have been sufficient evidence [of the alleged plan by Fleming]," Slusser told Fox News Digital, adding she wants to see the investigation reopened."
Brooke Slusser speaks out on SJSU trans teammate's alleged plan to hurt her | Fox News
"I’m excited to announce my campaign for the U.S. Senate to represent the great state of North Carolina!"
"Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said Thursday he would not support a simple-majority vote to change the Senate’s rules on order to speed up the confirmation of more than 160 pending Trump administration nominees, who have been held up by Democrats demanding time-consuming votes on even low-level, noncontroversial picks.
The backlog of nominees has prompted Senate Republicans to discuss a variety of rules reforms, such as getting rid of the two hours of debate time that must elapse between a key procedural step called a cloture vote and a final vote."
Tillis rejects 'nuclear option' for Senate nominations
Does he hate Trump or what?
No, maybe he just isn't short sighted, how many times have the democrats changed the rules to have it come back and bite them in the ass? does that lying POS Harry Reid ring any bells?
Soros's aide discusing the soon to be created "collusion" diversion:
"HRC approved”
“Should distract people”
“The point is making the Russian play a U.S. domestic issue”
“Evidence that is regrettably still unavailable”
“In absence of direct evidence, Crowdstrike and ThreatConnect will supply the media”
A scam from the very beginning.
Crowdstrike is the Democrats and media go to expert when they need help lying about tech stuff. Anytime they are involved, it's a CYA time for Democrats. For instance, they were who the abortion mill that got caught selling aborted baby parts turned to to claim the tapes were edited. It came out in Court they weren't years later. But it helped change the talking points in the moment, which as we see from this memo is their job, to lie to the media when they can't produce actual evidence.