DIY-HP-LED
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It just keeps piling up Foggy a great big mountain of shit.
AP: Report: Director of National Intelligence reports to Congress about Russia boosting Trump in upcoming election. And promptly gets fired.
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Fogdog
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I mean, damn.
Demanding that facts be subservient to the king. That's how kings lose their heads.
DIY-HP-LED
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I kinda like the idea of Donald not wanting to hear bad news, reality has a way of bitch slapping those who do that.
hanimmal
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Trump's troll who is now in charge of all the intel for the country is too afraid to upset Dear Leader to tell Congress what is going on with the election interference Russia is conducting.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/richard-grenell-trump-intelligence-election-security/2020/03/10/6504cc36-62d6-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html#comments-wrapper
"Acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell has declined to appear before Congress on Tuesday to speak about foreign election threats, citing apprehension about his preparedness to address sensitive subjects that tend to upset the president, according to three people familiar with the matter."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/richard-grenell-trump-intelligence-election-security/2020/03/10/6504cc36-62d6-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html#comments-wrapper
"Acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell has declined to appear before Congress on Tuesday to speak about foreign election threats, citing apprehension about his preparedness to address sensitive subjects that tend to upset the president, according to three people familiar with the matter."
Fogdog
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I was just getting into it when the thought guide showed up after just a few minutes of Harris. .
It's too bad, I was enjoying Harris's line of questioning. She's a smart person. While she'd make a good VP, I'm hoping to see her cross examining Ex-president Trump in an open Senate hearing.
hanimmal
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I was looking for the portion of the hearing with her on youtube, but it looks like it still needed to be loaded up by a real station. I do like that guy well enough, he does a good job of finding good clips, but your right it is leading.
hanimmal
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DIY-HP-LED
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If they win the senate she will be of more use there putting these assholes on the hot seat and red hot it will be, if they pull off a hat trick in November, Uncle Sam will crush these pricks. I figure over a thousand will go to prison, because they are guilty and it can be proved, there will be more than a few celebrities among them, people like Rudy, Bill Barr, Pompeo and a host of others who will have to explain themselves to the public, a grand jury and a regular jury. The legal fees will ruin many for life, even if they never see a day in court, lawyering up for congress can be very expensive. There will be plenty of work for her to do in the senate and a name to be made as well, she's still after Joe's job in 2024 and the best way to get it when he retires is to earn a fearsome reputation crucifying republicans. There's just so much jucy stuff to choose from it will be like shooting fish in a barrel.
DIY-HP-LED
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Depending on the death count and economic damage wrought by Trump from now until November the GOP could lose 10 or more senate seats a half dozen are in danger now and Moscow mitch might have to fight to survive himself. Things are gonna get a lot worse in America especially in the red states as the die off of his base begins, those red state senators must be panicking or will be along with their governors. Donald might send them PPE and 10,000 ventilators but where will the tens of thousands of medical staff come from? I believe there are 23 GOP senate seats up for grabs and even some of the "safe" ones might have trouble. Nancy knows best, but I'd find it hard to believe she won't make them carry his water one last time with oversight and maybe even impeachment over the covid -19 fiasco, she has cause, 70,000+ deaths of it.
DIY-HP-LED
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It shows you how profoundly stupid Donald is, by opening the red states up he's doing a Jim Jones to his supports and many are drinking the Koolaid. Many will die and many more will know one of their friends and family who will and they will see overwhelmed local hospitals. Donald is refusing to grant green cards to 4000 foreign doctors and refusing to renew the green cards of those who are here, usually around june is when the new medical people begin to arrive. So around june you should be 8,000 medical personal short because of Trump's immigration policy, MAGA. That should be about the time the great red state die off begins and the mortality rates should be high in the red states because of inadequate medical care. Some of these places hardly test at all, so any outbreaks will sneak up on them, they have poor public health systems and ignorant, callus governments.
DIY-HP-LED
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Dozens of Russia probe transcripts poised for release after end of intel review
A standoff between the White House and Congress is finally over.
www.politico.com
Dozens of Russia probe transcripts poised for release after end of intel review
A standoff between the White House and Congress is finally over.
The intelligence community has completed a long-delayed review of transcripts connected to the House Republican-led investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, a development that could reignite the furor over the long-dormant probe.
Ric Grenell, President Donald Trump's acting director of national intelligence, informed lawmakers this week in newly disclosed correspondence that the White House has dropped its demand to review aspects of the testimony, which had led to a yearlong standoff with Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, who took control of the committee last year.
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hanimmal
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It does look interesting, that is a huge file dump they are putting on America, but it looks like Trump is still trying to pull off his coverup with his troll Grenell redacting things.Dozens of Russia probe transcripts poised for release after end of intel review
A standoff between the White House and Congress is finally over.
Dozens of Russia probe transcripts poised for release after end of intel review
A standoff between the White House and Congress is finally over.
The intelligence community has completed a long-delayed review of transcripts connected to the House Republican-led investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, a development that could reignite the furor over the long-dormant probe.
Ric Grenell, President Donald Trump's acting director of national intelligence, informed lawmakers this week in newly disclosed correspondence that the White House has dropped its demand to review aspects of the testimony, which had led to a yearlong standoff with Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, who took control of the committee last year.
more...
This was during the Republican led questioning, so who knows what 'soundbites' they have planted in them to rile up Trump's cult regardless of what is in there that is damning.
But I am looking forward to reading some of the people like Don Jr and seeing how his story has changed with the timeline we now know with him and the Russians. But unfortunately that will likely be redacted. Everything in Trump's orbit is some sort of troll on the Democrats or somehow benefitting him.
hanimmal
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More games from Trump politicizing the intelligence agencies while leaving us all vulnerable to the ongoing attack.
hanimmal
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/12/trumps-intel-chief-is-undermining-us-intelligence-he-should-resign/
While the 2020 debates and President Trump contracting covid-19 dominated everyone’s attention over the past week, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has been up to no good — undertaking the most blatant and egregious politicization of intelligence that we, two career intelligence officers, have ever seen.
Ratcliffe declassified intelligence from 2016, which showed that Russian intelligence analysts then believed the Clinton campaign planned on linking Republican then-candidate Trump to Russia’s hack of the Democratic National Committee. Ratcliffe added that then-CIA Director John Brennan briefed President Barack Obama on the intelligence and that the CIA referred the matter to the FBI. Last week, Ratcliffe released heavily redacted versions of Brennan’s notes of his briefing of Obama and the CIA referral to the FBI.
The president’s political allies have taken this information even further, arguing that the allegation of Russian interference in the 2016 election was concocted by the Clinton campaign. Vice President Pence made this exact point during the vice-presidential debate last week after Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) correctly pointed out that Russia interfered to help then-candidate Trump in 2016.
We have four reactions to the specific intelligence released by Ratcliffe. First, it does not show that the Clinton campaign created the story of Russian interference in the election or that there was a plan linking Trump to the hack of the Democratic National Committee. It shows only that Russian analysts believed there was. Big difference.
Second, there is good reason to believe that the intelligence itself is Russian disinformation. Our experience tells us that it most likely is. Indeed, Ratcliffe’s declassified letter carried the following caveat: “The [intelligence community] does not know the accuracy of this allegation or the extent to which the Russian intelligence analysis may reflect exaggeration or fabrication.”
Third, Brennan has since publicly stated that he briefed the information to Obama not because he thought Clinton had done something wrong but because he wanted to highlight for the president the CIA’s collection capabilities and because he wanted to send the message that the CIA was going to follow intelligence no matter who the candidate happened to be. The CIA, Brennan wanted to demonstrate, was in no way politicizing its work on the 2016 election.
Fourth, Brennan has also strongly hinted that the referral to the FBI dealt with another matter contained in the same stream of intelligence. And he has correctly pointed out that even if the Russian analysts were right that Clinton wanted to use the Russian attack on our democracy politically, it would in no way be a crime. It would not require the CIA to make a referral to the FBI. And it would not require an FBI investigation.
So, what is really going on here? It seems that this is a simple attempt to distract voters from the issues dragging down Trump’s reelection campaign, namely the government’s response to covid-19 and the accompanying economic depression.
This also seems to be another attempt by the Trump administration to argue that Russia did not interfere in the 2016 election because the president somehow sees that as calling the legitimacy of his victory into question. It is as if the president is still standing in Helsinki accepting Russian
President Vladimir Putin’s denials over the view of his own intelligence officers.
If this is just politics, why are two career intelligence officers writing about it? Because Trump and Ratcliffe are using the intelligence community as a political weapon.
Not only is such politicization directly contrary to the values of the intelligence community, it is inconsistent with the promise Ratcliffe made to the Senate Intelligence Committee during his confirmation hearings that he would not have a political agenda in the job.
He either lied at the time or changed his mind. Two of his predecessors under Trump — Dan Coats and Joseph Maguire — were under similar pressure to politicize intelligence, and they did not cave. It seems Ratcliffe did; in fact, it seems he led the charge. In either case, we think both Republicans and Democrats should demand his resignation.
If people believe that our intelligence community is politicized, it will lose its credibility. Its views on important issues will carry less weight with policymakers and the American people, and it will therefore be less effective in warning of threats to our national security. We will all be less safe as a result.
While the 2020 debates and President Trump contracting covid-19 dominated everyone’s attention over the past week, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has been up to no good — undertaking the most blatant and egregious politicization of intelligence that we, two career intelligence officers, have ever seen.
Ratcliffe declassified intelligence from 2016, which showed that Russian intelligence analysts then believed the Clinton campaign planned on linking Republican then-candidate Trump to Russia’s hack of the Democratic National Committee. Ratcliffe added that then-CIA Director John Brennan briefed President Barack Obama on the intelligence and that the CIA referred the matter to the FBI. Last week, Ratcliffe released heavily redacted versions of Brennan’s notes of his briefing of Obama and the CIA referral to the FBI.
The president’s political allies have taken this information even further, arguing that the allegation of Russian interference in the 2016 election was concocted by the Clinton campaign. Vice President Pence made this exact point during the vice-presidential debate last week after Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) correctly pointed out that Russia interfered to help then-candidate Trump in 2016.
We have four reactions to the specific intelligence released by Ratcliffe. First, it does not show that the Clinton campaign created the story of Russian interference in the election or that there was a plan linking Trump to the hack of the Democratic National Committee. It shows only that Russian analysts believed there was. Big difference.
Second, there is good reason to believe that the intelligence itself is Russian disinformation. Our experience tells us that it most likely is. Indeed, Ratcliffe’s declassified letter carried the following caveat: “The [intelligence community] does not know the accuracy of this allegation or the extent to which the Russian intelligence analysis may reflect exaggeration or fabrication.”
Third, Brennan has since publicly stated that he briefed the information to Obama not because he thought Clinton had done something wrong but because he wanted to highlight for the president the CIA’s collection capabilities and because he wanted to send the message that the CIA was going to follow intelligence no matter who the candidate happened to be. The CIA, Brennan wanted to demonstrate, was in no way politicizing its work on the 2016 election.
Fourth, Brennan has also strongly hinted that the referral to the FBI dealt with another matter contained in the same stream of intelligence. And he has correctly pointed out that even if the Russian analysts were right that Clinton wanted to use the Russian attack on our democracy politically, it would in no way be a crime. It would not require the CIA to make a referral to the FBI. And it would not require an FBI investigation.
So, what is really going on here? It seems that this is a simple attempt to distract voters from the issues dragging down Trump’s reelection campaign, namely the government’s response to covid-19 and the accompanying economic depression.
This also seems to be another attempt by the Trump administration to argue that Russia did not interfere in the 2016 election because the president somehow sees that as calling the legitimacy of his victory into question. It is as if the president is still standing in Helsinki accepting Russian
President Vladimir Putin’s denials over the view of his own intelligence officers.
If this is just politics, why are two career intelligence officers writing about it? Because Trump and Ratcliffe are using the intelligence community as a political weapon.
Not only is such politicization directly contrary to the values of the intelligence community, it is inconsistent with the promise Ratcliffe made to the Senate Intelligence Committee during his confirmation hearings that he would not have a political agenda in the job.
He either lied at the time or changed his mind. Two of his predecessors under Trump — Dan Coats and Joseph Maguire — were under similar pressure to politicize intelligence, and they did not cave. It seems Ratcliffe did; in fact, it seems he led the charge. In either case, we think both Republicans and Democrats should demand his resignation.
If people believe that our intelligence community is politicized, it will lose its credibility. Its views on important issues will carry less weight with policymakers and the American people, and it will therefore be less effective in warning of threats to our national security. We will all be less safe as a result.
hanimmal
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Seems like a trend with Trump, wanting to fire people who won't act like his goon squad.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-wray-biden-barr/2020/10/21/6ce69f02-13b0-11eb-ad6f-36c93e6e94fb_story.html
President Trump and his advisers have repeatedly discussed whether to fire FBI Director Christopher A. Wray after Election Day — a scenario that also could imperil the tenure of Attorney General William P. Barr as the president grows increasingly frustrated that federal law enforcement has not delivered his campaign the kind of last-minute boost that the FBI provided in 2016, according to people familiar with the matter.
The conversations among the president and senior aides stem in part from their disappointment that Wray in particular but Barr as well have not done what Trump had hoped — indicate that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, his son Hunter Biden or other Biden associates are under investigation, these people say. Like others, they spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose internal discussions.
In the campaign’s closing weeks, the president has intensified public calls for jailing his challenger, much as he did for Hillary Clinton, his opponent in 2016. Trump has called Biden a “criminal” without articulating what laws he believes the former vice president has broken.
Trump signals impatience with FBI director’s cooperation with reviews of Russia investigation
People familiar with the discussions say Trump wants official action similar to the announcement made 11 days before the last presidential election by then-FBI Director James B. Comey, who informed Congress he had reopened an investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of state after potential new evidence had been discovered.
Trump emphasized the point in an interview Tuesday with Fox News, saying “we’ve got to get the attorney general to act” and that Barr should do so “fast.” The president was alluding to information about Hunter Biden recently touted by Trump’s private lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, and based on the contents of a laptop computer purportedly belonging to the former vice president’s son.
“This is major corruption,” Trump added, “and this has to be known about before the election.”
The White House does not speculate on personnel matters, said Judd Deere, a spokesman. “If the president doesn’t have confidence in someone, he will let you know,” Deere said.
An FBI spokesman declined to comment.
Polling data shows Comey’s late-October announcement four years ago cut significantly into Clinton’s lead over Trump. Yet while Trump may be hoping for a similar surprise from within his administration now, senior FBI officials are wary of repeating moves that were sharply criticized as unfair and inappropriate.
In a letter sent Tuesday night to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, an FBI official sought to dodge questions posed by Johnson about the bureau’s knowledge of Hunter Biden’s purported laptop.
FBI says it has ‘nothing to add’ to Ratcliffe’s denial that Hunter Biden laptop is Russian disinformation
The FBI has “nothing to add” to a statement made by Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, who earlier this week dismissed suspicions that the Biden laptop was the product of a Russian disinformation campaign, the letter said. Ratcliffe told Fox Business Network on Monday that the U.S. government has no intelligence to support such claims.
By not disputing accusations leveled by Democrats and some former intelligence officials that the laptop’s late-season reveal could be another form of foreign election interference, the FBI gave tacit support to the idea that the emails in question are genuine. But the bureau’s letter to Johnson was not that explicit, noting the criticism leveled by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz over Comey’s actions in 2016.
The FBI “can neither confirm nor deny the existence of any ongoing investigation or persons or entities under investigation, including to Members of Congress,” Tuesday’s letter from Assistant Director Jill C. Tyson said. “As the Inspector General firmly reminded the Department and the FBI in recent years, this policy is designed to preserve the integrity of all Justice Department investigations and the Department’s ability to effectively administer justice without political or other undue outside influences.”
The letter marked the latest salvo in an increasingly fraught relationship between the president, the FBI and senior Justice Department officials.
Trump considers Wray one of his worst personnel picks, according to people familiar with the matter. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows also has sharply criticized Wray in internal discussions, as has another top Trump adviser, Dan Scavino, these people said.
Meadows has expressed frustration that Wray will not declassify more documents relevant to the FBI’s 2016 probe of Russia’s election interference, though federal law enforcement officials have not been told specifically what documents Meadows wants, according to people familiar with the matter.
Trump has publicly and privately vented about what he sees as Wray’s lackluster statements about the Russia investigation, antifa and voter fraud.
Barr says he does not expect Obama or Biden will be investigated by prosecutor reviewing 2016 Russia probe
The attorney general has been drawn into some of those disputes as the president has complained that a hoped-for report from Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham, who is scrutinizing the Russia investigation’s origins, is not expected to surface before Election Day.
The president has stopped praising Barr and instead strikes a more critical tone toward him. Trump declined to answer a Newsmax reporter recently when asked if Barr would be kept around for a second term.
Trump was so focused on the Durham report that he would turn up the television volume when segments would air about it, people around him said. Trump has told allies that he once believed Barr would deliver “scalps” in the form of Durham’s findings, according to an adviser who recently spoke to Trump about it. “But they aren’t doing s---,” the president said, according to this person.
Some administration officials have grown concerned that Barr could become a casualty of the White House’s desire to remove Wray after the election. But people familiar with the discussions caution there are still many variables that could affect or alter the president’s thinking, most importantly how America votes, and whether Republicans remain in charge of the Senate. Trump often complains about members of his Cabinet and contemplates dismissing them, without doing so. And Trump’s decision to fire Comey in early 2017 only fueled further problems for the president.
Conservative allies of the president have escalated their campaign against Wray on television and through social media, with some calling for him to be fired. Wray has largely stayed away from meetings with the president, officials said.
But throughout Wray’s tumultuous tenure under Trump, Barr often has acted as the FBI director’s ally and a shield, and it’s not clear that the president would act on his displeasure with Wray as long as Barr is still the attorney general. Current and former law enforcement officials worry that firing Wray so early into his 10-year term would be harmful to the FBI and further erode its political independence, after Comey’s stint lasted less than four years.
Brian O’Hare, president of the FBI Agents Association, said Wray has faced “unprecedented challenges” over the past three years and has sought to preserve the bureau’s impartiality and integrity.
“Director Wray,” O’Hare said, “is committed to the truth and focused on the facts.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-wray-biden-barr/2020/10/21/6ce69f02-13b0-11eb-ad6f-36c93e6e94fb_story.html
President Trump and his advisers have repeatedly discussed whether to fire FBI Director Christopher A. Wray after Election Day — a scenario that also could imperil the tenure of Attorney General William P. Barr as the president grows increasingly frustrated that federal law enforcement has not delivered his campaign the kind of last-minute boost that the FBI provided in 2016, according to people familiar with the matter.
The conversations among the president and senior aides stem in part from their disappointment that Wray in particular but Barr as well have not done what Trump had hoped — indicate that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, his son Hunter Biden or other Biden associates are under investigation, these people say. Like others, they spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose internal discussions.
In the campaign’s closing weeks, the president has intensified public calls for jailing his challenger, much as he did for Hillary Clinton, his opponent in 2016. Trump has called Biden a “criminal” without articulating what laws he believes the former vice president has broken.
Trump signals impatience with FBI director’s cooperation with reviews of Russia investigation
People familiar with the discussions say Trump wants official action similar to the announcement made 11 days before the last presidential election by then-FBI Director James B. Comey, who informed Congress he had reopened an investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of state after potential new evidence had been discovered.
Trump emphasized the point in an interview Tuesday with Fox News, saying “we’ve got to get the attorney general to act” and that Barr should do so “fast.” The president was alluding to information about Hunter Biden recently touted by Trump’s private lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, and based on the contents of a laptop computer purportedly belonging to the former vice president’s son.
“This is major corruption,” Trump added, “and this has to be known about before the election.”
The White House does not speculate on personnel matters, said Judd Deere, a spokesman. “If the president doesn’t have confidence in someone, he will let you know,” Deere said.
An FBI spokesman declined to comment.
Polling data shows Comey’s late-October announcement four years ago cut significantly into Clinton’s lead over Trump. Yet while Trump may be hoping for a similar surprise from within his administration now, senior FBI officials are wary of repeating moves that were sharply criticized as unfair and inappropriate.
In a letter sent Tuesday night to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, an FBI official sought to dodge questions posed by Johnson about the bureau’s knowledge of Hunter Biden’s purported laptop.
FBI says it has ‘nothing to add’ to Ratcliffe’s denial that Hunter Biden laptop is Russian disinformation
The FBI has “nothing to add” to a statement made by Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, who earlier this week dismissed suspicions that the Biden laptop was the product of a Russian disinformation campaign, the letter said. Ratcliffe told Fox Business Network on Monday that the U.S. government has no intelligence to support such claims.
By not disputing accusations leveled by Democrats and some former intelligence officials that the laptop’s late-season reveal could be another form of foreign election interference, the FBI gave tacit support to the idea that the emails in question are genuine. But the bureau’s letter to Johnson was not that explicit, noting the criticism leveled by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz over Comey’s actions in 2016.
The FBI “can neither confirm nor deny the existence of any ongoing investigation or persons or entities under investigation, including to Members of Congress,” Tuesday’s letter from Assistant Director Jill C. Tyson said. “As the Inspector General firmly reminded the Department and the FBI in recent years, this policy is designed to preserve the integrity of all Justice Department investigations and the Department’s ability to effectively administer justice without political or other undue outside influences.”
The letter marked the latest salvo in an increasingly fraught relationship between the president, the FBI and senior Justice Department officials.
Trump considers Wray one of his worst personnel picks, according to people familiar with the matter. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows also has sharply criticized Wray in internal discussions, as has another top Trump adviser, Dan Scavino, these people said.
Meadows has expressed frustration that Wray will not declassify more documents relevant to the FBI’s 2016 probe of Russia’s election interference, though federal law enforcement officials have not been told specifically what documents Meadows wants, according to people familiar with the matter.
Trump has publicly and privately vented about what he sees as Wray’s lackluster statements about the Russia investigation, antifa and voter fraud.
Barr says he does not expect Obama or Biden will be investigated by prosecutor reviewing 2016 Russia probe
The attorney general has been drawn into some of those disputes as the president has complained that a hoped-for report from Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham, who is scrutinizing the Russia investigation’s origins, is not expected to surface before Election Day.
The president has stopped praising Barr and instead strikes a more critical tone toward him. Trump declined to answer a Newsmax reporter recently when asked if Barr would be kept around for a second term.
Trump was so focused on the Durham report that he would turn up the television volume when segments would air about it, people around him said. Trump has told allies that he once believed Barr would deliver “scalps” in the form of Durham’s findings, according to an adviser who recently spoke to Trump about it. “But they aren’t doing s---,” the president said, according to this person.
Some administration officials have grown concerned that Barr could become a casualty of the White House’s desire to remove Wray after the election. But people familiar with the discussions caution there are still many variables that could affect or alter the president’s thinking, most importantly how America votes, and whether Republicans remain in charge of the Senate. Trump often complains about members of his Cabinet and contemplates dismissing them, without doing so. And Trump’s decision to fire Comey in early 2017 only fueled further problems for the president.
Conservative allies of the president have escalated their campaign against Wray on television and through social media, with some calling for him to be fired. Wray has largely stayed away from meetings with the president, officials said.
But throughout Wray’s tumultuous tenure under Trump, Barr often has acted as the FBI director’s ally and a shield, and it’s not clear that the president would act on his displeasure with Wray as long as Barr is still the attorney general. Current and former law enforcement officials worry that firing Wray so early into his 10-year term would be harmful to the FBI and further erode its political independence, after Comey’s stint lasted less than four years.
Brian O’Hare, president of the FBI Agents Association, said Wray has faced “unprecedented challenges” over the past three years and has sought to preserve the bureau’s impartiality and integrity.
“Director Wray,” O’Hare said, “is committed to the truth and focused on the facts.”
DIY-HP-LED
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He's fired, post election, provided Donald can get anybody to do it, many of the rats will jump ship if Donald loses and he might have a near empty white house. I figure Fauci is gonna be fired too, Trump just has to get someone to do it or perhaps he will just tweet it out.
hanimmal
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Trump can't fire Fauci from what I heard. Let me know if I am incorrect.
I think the bigger problem with the FBI is they might pull Trump's ability to have a 'acting' FBI guy to do anything if Trump did that.