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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCREW: How far did Priebus/FBI contact go? We just FOIA'd them to find out.
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Washington, DCThe Department of Justices (DOJ) Inspector General needs to investigate apparent improper communications between the leadership of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus about the FBIs pending criminal investigation of Russias attempts to influence the 2016 election and links between Russian officials and associates of President Trump, according to a complaint filed today by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).
Under current DOJ directives, the only people who may discuss pending investigations between the DOJ and the White House under most circumstances are the Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General and the President, Vice President, White House Counsel and Deputy Counsel. White House officials today confirmed news reports that FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and Priebus recently discussed the pending criminal investigation, and Priebus asked the FBI to dispute news reports about the investigation which reflected poorly upon the president.
The DOJ directive is clear and exists to protect our system of justice from political meddling,CREW Executive Director and former DOJ corruption prosecutor Noah Bookbinder said. These communications threaten, in the words of the directive, the evenhanded administration of justice,a key tenet of our democracy.
The communications raise the possibility that the FBIs investigation, which involves President Trumps campaign aides and associates, will be tainted by political pressure from the White House. As the DOJs policy states, [t]he legal judgments of the Department of Justice must be impartial and insulated from political influence. It is imperative that the Departments investigatory and prosecutorial powers be exercised free for partisan consideration.
The Inspector General must immediately commence an investigation into these communications and into whether more improper communications have occurred with the White House,Bookbinder said. The FBI is investigating whether a foreign country interfered with the very fabric of our democracy. That investigation must proceed untaintedespecially by those who may be implicated in it.
Click here to read the complaint
http://s3.amazonaws.com/storage.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/24192302/DOJ-IG-Priebus-McCabe-2-24-17.pdf
http://www.citizensforethics.org/press-release/crew-files-doj-complaint-priebus-fbi-communications-russia/
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CREW: How far did Priebus/FBI contact go? We just FOIA'd them to find out. (Original Post)
kpete
Feb 2017
OP
That may prove embarrassing when copies of the report land on the WaPo & NYT doorsteps...
lagomorph777
Feb 2017
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triron
(22,030 posts)1. Let's get to the bottom of this shit.
Ohioblue22
(1,430 posts)2. when you get to the bottom of this shit yu will find jeff sessions
and he will take whatever report coomey hands to him and drop it in the trash
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)3. That may prove embarrassing when copies of the report land on the WaPo & NYT doorsteps...
This is not going away. Ever.
Ohioblue22
(1,430 posts)4. the gop wont care they dont have to
padfun
(1,792 posts)5. Actually they have to
Nixon tried to avoid it as well. Just like they have learned that they have to pay attention to repealing the ACA.
Ohioblue22
(1,430 posts)6. nixon didnt have koch brother money or the waiting on trump media
or gerrymandering and voter supression. they dont need us voters any more .
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)8. I believe we have one last chance in 2018.
We have to massively damage the GOP or it's the end of the American Experiment.
bigtree
(86,016 posts)7. there will be a tipping point
...where the investigation will be placed in the hands of an independent prosecutor.
That's going to make the findings publicly available and open the administration to censure or impeachment proceedings.