Grassley: Source Behind Bribery Accusation of Biden Is "Highly Credible" and Has Been Used by FBI In the Past

So -- completely unlike the source for the "Steele Dossier," which the FBI infamously launched a full investigation into.

The individual behind the information that then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a criminal bribery scheme with a foreign national is a "highly credible" FBI confidential human source who has been used by the bureau in multiple investigative matters dating back to the Obama administration, Fox News Digital has learned.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley were approached by a whistleblower alleging that the FBI was in possession of a document -- an FD-1023 form, dated June 30, 2020 -- which explicitly detailed information provided by a confidential human source alleging Biden, while serving as vice president, was involved in a $5 million criminal bribery scheme with a foreign national in exchange for influence over policy decisions.

A source familiar told Fox News Digital on Friday that the confidential human source who provided the Biden information to the FBI was a "pre-existing" FBI source who has been used in multiple investigative matters separate from the Biden information.
President Joe Biden
The source told Fox News Digital that the confidential human source was used by the FBI for "at least several years" before the generation of the June 2020 FD-1023 form detailing the Biden allegations.
The source also told Fox News Digital that the confidential human source has been "consistently reviewed by the FBI" and has been "found to be highly credible."

The source said the individual participated in investigative matters during the Obama administration.
The FBI did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

From Margot Cleveland at the Federalist: Grassley says that he's less interested in the actual document than in the FBI's corrupt burial of it.

Why did the FBI launch a full investigation into the Pee Pee Dossier, and yet bury this one about Biden?

Grassley suggests it's just because the FBI is a corrupt institution.

The confidential human source (CHS) behind the detailed allegations that then-Vice President Joe Biden agreed to accept money from a foreign national to affect policy decisions was reportedly "highly credible" and used by the FBI in multiple criminal investigations dating back to the Obama administration. Friday's exclusive by Fox News provides further insight into Sen. Chuck Grassley's focus on the FBI -- as opposed to the Biden family -- as the primary scandal in play.
"We aren't interested in whether or not the accusations against [then]-Vice President Biden are accurate," Grassley said during an interview last week discussing FBI Director Christopher Wray's refusal to comply with the congressional subpoena issued for the FD-1023 form. That form, dated June 30, 2020, included detailed information from a CHS to the FBI regarding an agreement by now-President Biden to deliver preferred foreign policy positions for a $5 million payment.

Um, I'd like you to be a little interested in that.

Now, for full context, Congress does not have the full power to investigate crimes. They can only investigate crimes if doing so furthers a legislative goal, or their oversight power over certain executive agencies.

So he may be anticipating the Criminal Wray's next line of bullsh!t that he can't turn over the document because Congress just doesn't have the investigatory right to see it. He's establishing that Congress certainly has oversight power over the FBI.

After Grassley revealed he had already seen the FD-1023, Fox News' Bill Hemmer queried: "How damning is this document to the sitting U.S. president?"
"I don't know," responded Grassley, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He stressed that while "there's accusations" in the FBI report, the congressional oversight committees' concern is whether "the FBI does its job." "That's what we want to know," he continued.
Friday's revelation that the CHS was "highly credible" and had served as a source in multiple prior criminal investigations -- including ones run under the Obama-Biden administration -- proves Grassley is properly focused on the FBI.
Yes, the CHS's allegations offer more evidence of a Biden family pay-to-play scandal, and unraveling any criminal conduct by the Biden family remains important. But more significant to the future of our country is uncovering government actors responsible for violating the rule of law: America can survive select injustices, but it cannot withstand a corrupt bureaucracy that obstructs justice and interferes in elections.
Yet that is precisely what occurred, according to the whistleblower. He claimed that "in August 2020, FBI Supervisory Intelligence Analyst Brian Auten opened an assessment which was used by a FBI Headquarters' team to improperly discredit negative Hunter Biden information as disinformation and caused investigative activity to cease." The whistleblower further alleged that the FBI HQ team that handled the Auten assessment, after concluding the reporting was disinformation, placed the information in a restricted access sub-file that only the particular agents who uncovered the CHS's information could access.
Now knowing the CHS behind the FD-1023 was not just "trusted," as Grassley had previously indicated, but "highly credible," and relied upon in multiple criminal cases dating back to the last time Biden worked for the executive branch, makes the whistleblower's accusations even more damning because those additional facts mean the agents had reason to believe the buried accusations were true.
Not only does this evidence suggest FBI headquarters obstructed justice, but the date of the CHS's report indicates those responsible for misbranding the intel as disinformation sought to interfere in the 2020 election.

NARA -- the records-keeping bureaucrats who worked hard to get the FBI to raid Trump's home over alleged classified papers -- is refusing to turn over emails between Hunter Biden and Joe Biden's staff, despite being demanded via a proper Congressional subpoena.

I guess these firebreathing leftwinger pencil-necks get to decide what's secret.

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) refuses to hand over requested communications between Hunter Biden and then-Vice President Joe Biden's staff.
Just The News reports that the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by America First Legal (AFL) has been rejected by NARA, which is claiming an exemption that allegedly includes communications between the president and his advisors, as well as communications between advisors.
On Wednesday, AFL released the emails that it had received from NARA, which were heavily-redacted. Despite handing over some emails, NARA confirmed the existence of additional communications that it refused to release.
One of the points of interest in AFL's request is an email from Hunter Biden's business partner at the time, Eric Schwerin, sent to the Office of the Vice President (OVP), concerning an alleged "China Lunch" that took place ahead of an official visit from Chinese President Hu Jintao in 2011. NARA claimed that releasing this particular email "would disclose confidential advice between the President and his advisors, or between such advisors."
Emails found on the controversial laptop that once belonged to Hunter Biden had already confirmed a "China Lunch," as this was the subject line of multiple emails that were exchanged between the younger Biden, Schwerin, and OVP staffer Michele Smith. The laptop communications suggested that the conversation between Hunter and Schwerin focused on who should be invited to a state event with then-Vice President Biden, with Schwerin subsequently giving Hunter's suggestions to Smith.
NARA's refusal comes as congressional Republicans have used their new majority in the House of Representatives to investigate the Biden family over allegations of corruption, influence-peddling, and abuse of power both during his vice presidency and since he took office as president in 2021.

Hunter Biden's lawyers -- who's paying for them, by the way? -- are using a court decision which Joe Biden has attacked as an argument for why he shouldn't be prosecuted for lying on his federal gun forms.

A landmark Second Amendment Supreme Court ruling that President Joe Biden called "an affront to common sense and the Constitution" has become an element in his son's legal defense, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
After the Supreme Court struck down New York state's concealed carry law in its June 2022 New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen ruling, the president said he was "deeply disappointed" and vowed to" protect Americans from gun violence." Yet his son's lawyers cited the same decision in an effort to persuade Justice Department prosecutors that a prosecution against him for one allegation--lying on a federal firearms application--would be found to be moot, two people briefed on the matter told The New York Times.
Hunter Biden's lawyers point to pending appeals court cases that use the Bruen decision to challenge aspects of the federal firearms background check system, the NYT reported.

Meanwhile, the entire Hunter Biden laptop -- minus genitals and credit card numbers -- is being posted online.

He says that Hallie Biden -- Beau's widow, who had an affair with Hunter, and possibly began that affair before Beau died -- herself was a crack addict for years.

What a shock: Wray didn't hand over the document accusing Biden of running a bribery operation.

🚨 BREAKING: "The FBI again refused to hand over the unclassified record to the custody of the House Oversight Committee � and we will now initiate contempt of Congress hearings this Thursday," says Chairman @JamesComer. pic.twitter.com/EHlsz7ZzpI
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 5, 2023

Posted by: Ace at 05:44 PM

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1 Hi ace!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 05, 2023 05:44 PM (Wy1BU)

2 Hi

Posted by: Sassy at June 05, 2023 05:45 PM (xSICi)

3 Good afternoon everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 05, 2023 05:45 PM (B/X3r)

4 Good thing I just finished repairing the "Nothing Will Happen" button. I can start mashing it again....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 05, 2023 05:45 PM (Angsy)

5 IIRC there are allegedly nude photos of the skinny cousin that wrote the text messages about "they know we're together."

I wonder where a young man would learn that sort of behavior towards much younger family members?

Posted by: Join Moron Robbie in Celebrating Groomer Awareness Month! at June 05, 2023 05:46 PM (4w3I6)

6 STEELE DOSSIER!!!

\m/ \m/

*old guy mosh*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at June 05, 2023 05:47 PM (T/Lqj)

7 Yes, St. Beau's wife was no stranger to drugs and all day/night parties. The whole relationship between these people were weird by normal standards but perfectly sane if you are an addict.

Posted by: Cheri at June 05, 2023 05:49 PM (oiNtH)

8
So what's the over under?

Plane crash
Hit & Run pedestrian death
Drowning
Suicide in Marcy Park

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 05, 2023 05:50 PM (+oR7L)

9 Time to HunterPunt this guy.

Posted by: Minuteman at June 05, 2023 05:50 PM (LaNzR)

10 If contempt of congress is a crime, we're gonna need a lot more jails.

Posted by: Joe Mama at June 05, 2023 05:50 PM (lZVy/)

11 Yeah, initiate contempt charges. Unless Wray or his underlings step foot on capitol grounds, what are you going to do? That's right, nothing. Well, I guess it is summer. Time for congressional reruns.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 05, 2023 05:51 PM (Angsy)

12 Hunter has that weird crooked smile like the mustache over some Spanish consonants.

I knew a guy who looked like Hunter. he was also a prick.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at June 05, 2023 05:51 PM (T/Lqj)

13 It's almost like someone is covering something up.

Posted by: guy who is just catching on at June 05, 2023 05:51 PM (iayUP)

14 I've heard the phrase "criminal contempt of Congress". Is Wray being investigated/charged with a crime? Is there two different contempt of congress charges?

Also, is this what Navarro was arraigned for? What I'm trying to get to, is will there be a perp walk for Wray?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 05, 2023 05:52 PM (z+89e)

15 If contempt of congress is ONLY a crime if it concerns a republican. Democrats and communists will not be considered as criminals.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at June 05, 2023 05:52 PM (17s+e)

16 Comey was right. No Prosecuter would find any of these guys guilty.

That's why I didn't waste my time.

I recommend burning it down and starting over.

Posted by: Bull "Pucky" Durham at June 05, 2023 05:52 PM (LaNzR)

17 The Aristocrats.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 05, 2023 05:53 PM (/eur1)

18 Bai-din is Chinese for puppet.

Posted by: Joe Mama at June 05, 2023 05:53 PM (lZVy/)

19
Some people did some thing.

Posted by: Ilhan Omar at June 05, 2023 05:53 PM (+oR7L)

20 Imma help you out there congress critters...
Say this..

As of right now, no money will be forthcoming for anything involving the FBI. We are completely defunding this corrupt institution permanently. Everyone in this agency will pack their personal belongings and leave the buildings immediately. The buildings will be demolished and the property sold.
The American people deserve better and an empty lot is very much better than this vile institution.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 05, 2023 05:53 PM (Wy1BU)

21 Word on the streets is that Republicans control the House of Representatives. However, I've yet to see any evidence of that being the case. I therefore rate it four Pinocchios.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at June 05, 2023 05:54 PM (CwhoI)

22 OT: but one nice thing about sodom and gomorrah month is that it makes it easier to apply for new jobs: I simply ignore and blacklist all the companies who changed their logos to sodomite colors that are currently hiring

Posted by: The Unfaucinated and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at June 05, 2023 05:54 PM (VTu1l)

23 Afternoon.

So it's corrupt turtles all the way down.

Posted by: Robert at June 05, 2023 05:54 PM (707PJ)

24 Forget the Constitution.

Start reviewing what it says in the Declaration of Independence.

Especially it's "Good and Plenty" Clause.

Posted by: Minuteman at June 05, 2023 05:54 PM (LaNzR)

25 FBI, 2024 budget:

$1

Problems solved.

Posted by: Joe Mama at June 05, 2023 05:55 PM (lZVy/)

26
You asked for miracles, Joe, I give you the F.B.I.

Posted by: Hans Gruber at June 05, 2023 05:55 PM (+oR7L)

27 FBI doc is "currently being used in an ongoing investigation". The investigation was probably started over the weekend to look into charging the whistleblower. I'm sure Comer and Grassley didn't see this coming at all.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 05, 2023 05:55 PM (fs1hN)

28 Get those NY cops who went in and shot up people to "serve a warrant" to Wray

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 05, 2023 05:56 PM (ufFY8)

29
Wray testimony preview:

"I taka da fit ammenment. Whacha gonna do, I'm da coppa!"

Posted by: Auspex at June 05, 2023 05:56 PM (j4U/Z)

30 He says that Hallie Biden -- Beau's widow, who had an affair with Hunter, and possibly began that affair before Beau died -- herself was a crack addict for years.

The only Biden who isn't a degenerate is Joe's illegitimate granddaughter in Arkansas.

Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at June 05, 2023 05:56 PM (2tUFv)

31 Every day hope Sundowner strokes out or gets tossed under the bus

Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2023 05:56 PM (xhxe8)

32 There's "Greedy" and then there's "Stupid Greedy".

A true believer in Communism knows to avoid "Stupid Greedy".

Posted by: Barack Obama at June 05, 2023 05:56 PM (LaNzR)

33 >>>I've heard the phrase "criminal contempt of Congress". Is Wray being investigated/charged with a crime? Is there two different contempt of congress charges?

there are two different charges, one criminal and one civil. The civil one is a lawsuit to compel production of documents. You take it to a court and say "this criminal can't be permitted to decide what information Congress may receive." But there's no jail time.

Posted by: ace at June 05, 2023 05:57 PM (KRtlO)

34 Goodreads has a list of books to celebrate the sin of pride month.

Posted by: NL at June 05, 2023 05:57 PM (eGTCV)

35 I wonder who provided the crack to Hallie Biden.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 05, 2023 05:57 PM (fs1hN)

36 Imma help you out there congress critters...
Say this..

As of right now, no money will be forthcoming for anything involving the FBI. We are completely defunding this corrupt institution permanently. Everyone in this agency will pack their personal belongings and leave the buildings immediately. The buildings will be demolished and the property sold.
The American people deserve better and an empty lot is very much better than this vile institution.
Posted by: Madamemayhem

While I agree with you, even if the FIB is no more, the newly hired IRS agents will be happy to pick up the slack. Crime investigation not within their Purvis? It is to laugh.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 05, 2023 05:57 PM (B/X3r)

37 How is everyone enjoying Biggest Deadly Sin Month so far?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 05, 2023 05:57 PM (ufFY8)

38 Highly credible......just like the steele dossier was.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 05, 2023 05:58 PM (ncXxy)

39 This is a case where the cover up isn't worse than the crime, Both are extraordinarily bad.

Posted by: polynikes at June 05, 2023 05:58 PM (MNhXM)

40 Sunglasses. Check

Scarf. Check

Jockstrap. Check

Ready for my closeup Mr. DeMille!!!!

Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 05, 2023 05:58 PM (LaNzR)

41
The only Biden who isn't a degenerate is Joe's illegitimate granddaughter in Arkansas.
Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at June 05, 2023 05:56 PM (2tUFv)

She's also the only one who isn't illegitimate.

Posted by: NL at June 05, 2023 05:58 PM (eGTCV)

42 the benefit of the civil route is that if a court orders the FBI to turn over the document, and they still refuse, the court has the ability to itself begin fining Wray $5000 per day or whatever they think is appropriate to secure his cooperation. In other words, enforcement doesn't have to go through Biden's corrupt DOJ. the courts have their own enforcement mechanisms to make sure their orders are complied with.

Posted by: ace at June 05, 2023 05:59 PM (KRtlO)

43 I guess shame isn't a thing anymore

Posted by: Zeera. 'We want fun and we wanna get wasted!' at June 05, 2023 05:59 PM (zC17c)

44 >>>Um, I'd like you to be a little interested in that.

>>>Now, for full context, Congress does not have the full power to investigate crimes. They can only investigate crimes if doing so ......
So he may be anticipating the Criminal Wray's next line of bullsh!t that he can't turn over the document because Congress just doesn't have the investigatory right to see it. .......

Since it's a sitting President I think their impeachment authority of the same more than covers their valid authority and need to see criminal evidence as it could potentially be used to impeach.

Posted by: mikethemoose at June 05, 2023 06:00 PM (s3On1)

45 Mr. Trump was clearly in violation of the Classified Cover Sheet Procedures!!!!

LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!

Posted by: NARA at June 05, 2023 06:00 PM (LaNzR)

46 Meanwhile, Biden is continuing to serve his CCP masters.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 05, 2023 06:01 PM (fs1hN)

47 OT

The girl spawn is going to see the new Spiderverse movie tonight. She and friends saw the Little Mermaid last week. They thought mermaid was meh. She literally came home from the theater and watched the cartoon version and decreed it superior to the live action movie.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 05, 2023 06:01 PM (Wy1BU)

48
You wanna know what's credible? My balls.

More credible than Chuck Grassley's dad's balls, anyway.

Nothing like him slid down my wife's leg.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 05, 2023 06:01 PM (oINRc)

49 Where, IN THE LAW, is it written that the FBI can't comment on ongoing investigations?

They cite Policy... but Policy does not Trump the Constitution or other existing Laws.

If Congress thinks its in the Public interest to blow up an investigation, because of fraud, or other issues, that is up to CONGRESS to decide.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 05, 2023 06:01 PM (oHd/0)

50 Mr. Trump was clearly in violation of the Classified Cover Sheet Procedures!!!!

Cover sheets must be attached to all TPS reports!

Posted by: Mr. Lumberg! at June 05, 2023 06:02 PM (2tUFv)

51 i expect garland to get some dem fed judge to say 'no standing'

Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 05, 2023 06:02 PM (B1FKF)

52 43 I guess shame isn't a thing anymore
___

That follows the Pride month celebrations. Chasten will forgive me though, so all good!

Posted by: Mayor Pete! at June 05, 2023 06:03 PM (fs1hN)

53 In other words, enforcement doesn't have to go through Biden's corrupt DOJ. the courts have their own enforcement mechanisms to make sure their orders are complied with.

Posted by: ace at June 05, 2023 05:59 PM (KRtlO)

But would they ever take that step against them? I'm thinking, no.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 05, 2023 06:03 PM (Angsy)

54 Comer neeeds to make Wray an offer he can't refuse.

Posted by: NL at June 05, 2023 06:04 PM (eGTCV)

55 re 44: mccarthy said no impeachment. sorry, his word as a mccarthy

Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 05, 2023 06:04 PM (B1FKF)

56 BTW, the most significant classified document Trump allegedly held onto was Milley's proposal to attack Iran, which he was apparently fervidly pushing.

I guess he wasn't going to call his Iranian counterpart to give him a "heads up", unlike his Chinese counterpart.

Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at June 05, 2023 06:04 PM (2tUFv)

57 Mr. Trump was clearly in violation of the Classified Cover Sheet Procedures!!!!

Cover sheets must be attached to all TPS reports!

Posted by: Mr. Lumberg! at June 05, 2023 06:02 PM

And your eight o'clock reports had better be in by 1930 mister!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 05, 2023 06:04 PM (ncXxy)

58 there are two different charges, one criminal and one civil.

There is a case going on in MI about a township flying a drone over a property owner, and using that info to get them for having added junk to their yard. The area in question is not visible to the public, and the property owners say they needed a warrant for the drone.

The township is saying that the junk infraction is a civil violation, not criminal, so they don't need a warrant, and those rules don't apply.

Really?
Violating the 4th Amendment must be okay then, hmmm?

Saw this on Lehto's Law.

Also he has another video about the DNR in CT putting a camera on a bear (yeah, a bear) to see if a specific property owner is illegally feeding bears.

LOL.

Tyrants love tyrantin'!

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 05, 2023 06:05 PM (ufFY8)

59 But would they ever take that step against them? I'm thinking, no.
____

Comity is paramount, my friendsh.

Posted by: Zombie McCain at June 05, 2023 06:05 PM (fs1hN)

60
Hitting Wray in the wallet might work.

Wasn't he using the FBI jet to go on vacation in upstate New York?

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 05, 2023 06:05 PM (+oR7L)

61 Narrator: Nothing will happen to Hunter or Joe

No I take that back. Something will happen. A lot of fundraising emails will be sent referencing this.

Posted by: Montec at June 05, 2023 06:05 PM (OalnH)

62 i'd bet ten dollars that that payoff to change policy led to biden demanding that the ukraine gov't fire the prosecutor who was investigating burisma.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 05, 2023 06:06 PM (B1FKF)

63 BTW, the most significant classified document Trump allegedly held onto was Milley's proposal to attack Iran, which he was apparently fervidly pushing.

I guess he wasn't going to call his Iranian counterpart to give him a "heads up", unlike his Chinese counterpart.

Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at June 05, 2023 06:04 PM

The deep state has been pushing for a war with Iran since the shah was deposed back in the 70s and at the same time we have been trying to arm them with Nukes. It defies belief.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 05, 2023 06:06 PM (ncXxy)

64 By the Way has Biden kicked off pride month with the ceremonial pushing in of the stool?

Posted by: NL at June 05, 2023 06:06 PM (eGTCV)

65 Funny how the Government is on a full court press to protect Biden's privacy and Presidential right to speak to counselors...

Yet, they've done just the opposite for Trump, even breaking the attorney client privilege MULTIPLE times.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 05, 2023 06:06 PM (oHd/0)

66 When the House put forth a complete circumstantial case of Biden family corruption by the Chi-coms, Media dismissed it as lacking a smoking gun to connect Joe. Now we have it.

I'd vote to convict Joe right now, and it'd be fair vote not a partisan one.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 05, 2023 06:06 PM (RqMSv)

67 Why does Congress need hearings on an open and shut case of contempt of Congress?

Wray might as well have wrapped the document in question around his middle finger and told Congress to fuck off.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2023 06:07 PM (BpYfr)

68 Part and parcel of prosecutorial discretion is investigatory investigation, hence why it looks like The Junta is about to charge Trump with espionage vis-a-vis the Mara Largo document imbroglio and Biden can keep documents stored literary in a Chinese funded, unprotected closet at Penn State with absolute certainty that nothing is going to break his stride, nobody is going to slow him down, oh no.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2023 06:07 PM (up/3i)

69 The only Biden who isn't a degenerate is Joe's illegitimate granddaughter in Arkansas.

Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at June 05, 2023 05:56 PM (2tUFv)

Mom was a stripper? So certainly a cut above the Bidens.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 05, 2023 06:07 PM (ZCCyW)

70 Why does sound like a threat?

@RepLuna 48m
Just left meeting for House Oversight. The @FBI is afraid their informant will be killed if unmasked, based on the info he has brought forward about the Biden family.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 05, 2023 06:07 PM (jzzG8)

71 Stop picking on Beau, he died in Iraq, you know!

Posted by: Jay in PA at June 05, 2023 06:07 PM (i7Q7S)

72 I was on Twitter back when the Steele Dossier came out and I remember well Jake Tapper gleefully retweeting the claims. That was the first place I saw it, and I just laughed out loud. They were so dumb, and even if true, ridiculous and pointless. But Tapper just COULD NOT WAIT to get them out and promote them.

He caught a lot of crap for doing that, too.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 05, 2023 06:08 PM (0hOvj)

73
Gosh, yes! No serious judge in DC or New York would possibly do anything but rule against the DOJ and FBI!

Posted by: Auspex at June 05, 2023 06:08 PM (j4U/Z)

74 What font should I use for "sternly worded?" Thinking Wing Dings would suffice.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 05, 2023 06:08 PM (Q4IgG)

75 the benefit of the civil route is that if a court orders the FBI to turn over the document, and they still refuse, the court has the ability to itself begin fining Wray $5000 per day or whatever they think is appropriate to secure his cooperation. In other words, enforcement doesn't have to go through Biden's corrupt DOJ. the courts have their own enforcement mechanisms to make sure their orders are complied with.

Posted by: ace at June 05, 2023 05:59 PM (KRtlO)
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It's not clear that even this enforcement mechanism will work. Who's going to ensure that Wray pays up? The IRS? And if they don't comply?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2023 06:09 PM (BpYfr)

76 Thinking Wing Dings would suffice.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 05, 2023 06:08 PM (Q4IgG)

Comic Sans

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 05, 2023 06:09 PM (ufFY8)

77 62 i'd bet ten dollars that that payoff to change policy led to biden demanding that the ukraine gov't fire the prosecutor who was investigating burisma.

SONOFABITCH!

Posted by: Joe Bribem at June 05, 2023 06:09 PM (LaNzR)

78 He says that Hallie Biden -- Beau's widow, who had an affair with Hunter, and possibly began that affair before Beau died -- herself was a crack addict for years.

All I know is she wasn't a meth head when I was banging her while Beau was on his deployments.

Posted by: Joseph R. Biden, Jr. at June 05, 2023 06:10 PM (AMIL/)

79 She literally came home from the theater and watched the cartoon version and decreed it superior to the live action movie.

She has good taste, but how can you expect kids to sit through 2:14 of movie plus :30 of commercials and trailers and like it?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 05, 2023 06:10 PM (0hOvj)

80 Lock Wray up and let his aide walk to the printer in the Hoover building.

Posted by: DaveA at June 05, 2023 06:10 PM (FhXTo)

81 Rep. Anna Paulina Luna
@RepLuna
51m
Just left meeting for House Oversight. The @FBI is afraid their informant will be killed if unmasked, based on the info he has brought forward about the Biden family.

Posted by: IrishEi at June 05, 2023 06:11 PM (3ImbR)

82 What font should I use for "sternly worded?" Thinking Wing Dings would suffice.

Arial, but not Bold, you don't want to frighten them.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 05, 2023 06:11 PM (0hOvj)

83 Has Jonah Goldberg written his column saying something about no credible evidence of bribery?

Posted by: NL at June 05, 2023 06:11 PM (eGTCV)

84 Why does sound like a threat?

@RepLuna 48m
Just left meeting for House Oversight. The @FBI is afraid their informant will be killed if unmasked, based on the info he has brought forward about the Biden family.
-

An acknowledgement.

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at June 05, 2023 06:12 PM (9Wrck)

85 Rep. Anna Paulina Luna
@RepLuna
51m
Just left meeting for House Oversight. The @FBI is afraid their informant will be killed if unmasked, based on the info he has brought forward about the Biden family.

Posted by: IrishEi at June 05, 2023 06:11 PM

This is about joe biden not hillary clinton.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 05, 2023 06:12 PM (ncXxy)

86 Why does sound like a threat?

@RepLuna 48m
Just left meeting for House Oversight. The @FBI is afraid their informant will be killed if unmasked, based on the info he has brought forward about the Biden family.
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Also I'm guessing they're scared that MAGA nut jobs will do it.

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at June 05, 2023 06:13 PM (9Wrck)

87 14 I've heard the phrase "criminal contempt of Congress". Is Wray being investigated/charged with a crime? Is there two different contempt of congress charges?

Also, is this what Navarro was arraigned for? What I'm trying to get to, is will there be a perp walk for Wray?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer
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Criminal contempt requires a House of the legislature to vote for it and then an executive department DA to actually initiate charges.

But, civil contempt does not and under McGrain v. Daugherty, actually allows the House Sgt. at Arms to 'arrest' a witness and hold them until they testify before Congress. McGrain was a 1920's Scotus ruling over a witness that refused to testify in Congressional investigations of the Teapot Dome Scandal.

Investigatory power of Congress has been held to be very broad to the extent of being an inherent power of the legislative branch. Goes back to the Magna Carta and the group of barons assigned to make sure King John and his officials obeyed the document.

Posted by: whig at June 05, 2023 06:13 PM (wUSgb)

88 How much knowledge of these matters has penetrated the darkness that is Joe Biden's brain?

Posted by: NL at June 05, 2023 06:13 PM (eGTCV)

89 Why does Congress need hearings on an open and shut case of contempt of Congress?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2023 06:07 PM (BpYfr)
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Because the democrats want equal time on TV to say the Republicans are lying.

Posted by: IrishEi at June 05, 2023 06:14 PM (3ImbR)

90 Does Jamie Raskin have a soft tail ??

Posted by: Shep at June 05, 2023 06:14 PM (us2H3)

91 chris christie has a king john. so i hear.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 05, 2023 06:15 PM (B1FKF)

92 Defund, abolish and forever damn the name FBI to the anals of history.

A Man Can Dream.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 05, 2023 06:15 PM (R/m4+)

93 Just left meeting for House Oversight. The @FBI is afraid their informant will be killed if unmasked, based on the info he has brought forward about the Biden family.
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The FBI suspects that the Biden family will kill the informant. That is a huge admission of guilt.

Posted by: Zombie McCain at June 05, 2023 06:15 PM (fs1hN)

94 83 Has Jonah Goldberg written his column saying something about no credible evidence of bribery?

Posted by: NL at June 05, 2023 06:11 PM (eGTCV)

Nah, he's too busy writing the draft of a future column, "So What If Biden Was Bribed By Foreigners While Vice President?"

Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2023 06:16 PM (AMIL/)

95 It's not clear that even this enforcement mechanism will work. Who's going to ensure that Wray pays up? The IRS? And if they don't comply?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Try garnishment and seizure of bank accounts, chattels, etc. Courts can and do get very nasty with those that thumb their noses at court orders and fines. Plus, individuals can be directly fined and not be able to have the organization pay them.

Posted by: whig at June 05, 2023 06:16 PM (wUSgb)

96 Raskin looked a little nervous

like he was lying more than normal

which is purty impossible

Posted by: REDACTED at June 05, 2023 06:18 PM (us2H3)

97 Eric Adams is admitting to considering a plan to pay people to house illegals in their homes.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at June 05, 2023 06:18 PM (Eeb9P)

98 Comment in which I define wokeness

"Woke" is the belief, attitude, philosophy, ... whatever. Mental illness, diagnosis, affliction...

Which requires to things.
1. Near total ignorance about how the world works.
2. Complete confidence that you could do it better.

Posted by: Zombie Ambrose Bierce at June 05, 2023 06:19 PM (98uKN)

99 *two

Posted by: Zombie Ambrose Bierce at June 05, 2023 06:19 PM (98uKN)

100 Quote Tweet: Inside with Jen Psaki @InsideWithPsaki · Jun 4
"Think about what four years of a retribution presidency might look like. He could order the investigation and prosecution of individuals who he sees as enemies."
@Comey on a second Trump term.

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald · 1h
A report from one of the US's most well-regarded prosecutors just concluded the FBI under Comey launched criminal investigations against Trump with no evidentiary or legal basis.

Now Comey is warning Trump might do that in his second term. They are exactly what they warn about:

Quote Tweet: Inside with Jen Psaki @InsideWithPsaki · Jun 4
"It has to be Joe Biden, and I'm glad he's willing to serve."
@Comey on who he's supporting in 2024.

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald
Is there a single top Bush/Cheney operative who isn't vehemently behind Joe Biden's re-election?

Comey was in the Bush DOJ, then left to be Lockheed Martin's top lawyer. Of course he emphatically supports Biden and Democrats

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at June 05, 2023 06:19 PM (Vwz3I)

101 Ben Domenech @bdomenech · 44m
Ari Fleischer is probably the highest ranking dissident.

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald · 41m
Right, and he was WH Press Secretary for about 2 years, so the fact that's he's the highest ranking is pretty telling.

There are a few others here and there, but the bulk of the core Bush/Cheney faction - widely denounced as Nazis back then - are now Dems who support Biden.🤷‍♂️

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at June 05, 2023 06:19 PM (Vwz3I)

102 Eric Adams is admitting to considering a plan to pay people to house illegals in their homes.
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What can possibly go wrong?

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 05, 2023 06:19 PM (/DXve)

103 Delawaricide doesn't have quite the same ring as Arkanicide. The Clintons are professional at dispatching their enemies . Joey would probably screw up a hit and blow up part of Baltimore or DC. Not that that would be a bad thing

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 05, 2023 06:20 PM (/xTJs)

104 @93: "The FBI suspects that the Biden family will kill the informant."

I'm gonna give Luna's tweet another 24 hours before drawing any conclusions. She might have embellished for clicks. I'd be surprised if the FBI said those exact words. They might have carefully suggested or implied something along those lines, but not said so. Expect a strongly worded denial from an FBI hack spokesperson.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 05, 2023 06:20 PM (k1Qly)

105 58 there are two different charges, one criminal and one civil.

There is a case going on in MI about a township flying a drone over a property owner, and using that info to get them for having added junk to their yard. The area in question is not visible to the public, and the property owners say they needed a warrant for the drone.

The township is saying that the junk infraction is a civil violation, not criminal, so they don't need a warrant, and those rules don't apply.

Really?
Violating the 4th Amendment must be okay then, hmmm?

Saw this on Lehto's Law.

Also he has another video about the DNR in CT putting a camera on a bear (yeah, a bear) to see if a specific property owner is illegally feeding bears.

LOL.

Tyrants love tyrantin'!
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt
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Open fields exception--basically searches within a curtilege (areas close by and adjacent to one's home) have the highest expectation of privacy. Wildlife in the US belong to the state and/or federal governments, not individuals and thus game wardens have broad powers under game laws and the open field doctrine to investigate illegal game actions on private property.

Posted by: whig at June 05, 2023 06:21 PM (wUSgb)

106 Bongino predicted this, accurately, some time ago based on his experience as a federal agent.

Posted by: ShainS -- Oppression Scientist and Your AI Interpreter at June 05, 2023 06:21 PM (3JG7N)

107 Baby Hugh is incensed~! Positively piqued!

@hughhewitt 5m
As an bureau of a department in the executive branch, there is simply no argument for this document to be withheld from Congress, and, no, making a copy available in a reading room is not complying with a Congressional demand for the document. Outrageous.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 05, 2023 06:24 PM (jzzG8)

108 At 89 years old, Chuck Grassley's brain seems to work a lot better than Biden's.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 05, 2023 06:24 PM (ssESX)

109 Ian,
In general, under Katz decision, the key factor is whether society gives a reasonable expectation of privacy for a place/person. That shrinks to nothing if you visit a prison for example and can include body cavity searches. Crossing borders is another where your luggage can be thoroughly searched , your laptop turned on and searched, etc. with no violation of the 4th Amendment under the special places doctrine.

Posted by: whig at June 05, 2023 06:25 PM (wUSgb)

110 108 At 89 years old, Chuck Grassley's brain seems to work a lot better than Biden's.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

Aides do the heavy lifting for the geriatric senators.

Posted by: whig at June 05, 2023 06:25 PM (wUSgb)

111 Open fields exception--basically searches within a curtilege (areas close by and adjacent to one's home) have the highest expectation of privacy. Wildlife in the US belong to the state and/or federal governments, not individuals and thus game wardens have broad powers under game laws and the open field doctrine to investigate illegal game actions on private property.

Posted by: whig at June 05, 2023 06:21 PM

Game wardens in Texas have some pretty unique powers. They do not need your permission to walk your property nor do they need a search warrant. If you have birds, rabbits or squirrels living or crossing your property they can pretty much go wherever they want to to enforce the game laws of the State.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 05, 2023 06:26 PM (ncXxy)

112 ... and now for a hour-long, mouth-chewing discussion of the Cleveland Browns and Joshua Michael Chamberlain.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 05, 2023 06:26 PM (jzzG8)

113 "I wonder who provided the crack to Hallie Biden.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 05, 2023 05:57 PM (fs1hN)"

The same guy she was providing her crack to?

Posted by: TC at June 05, 2023 06:26 PM (cHOHf)

114 What ultimately happened to the KGB?

Posted by: NL at June 05, 2023 06:26 PM (eGTCV)

115 @105: "... game wardens have broad powers ..."

Township was worried that Yogi had been stockpiling picnic baskets and they posed a fire hazard to public safety!

Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 05, 2023 06:26 PM (k1Qly)

116 "Think about what four years of a retribution presidency might look like."

Bunk!

Posted by: fd at June 05, 2023 06:27 PM (iayUP)

117 Is there any Harrumphing by the GOPe? Because we need some Harrumphing form the RINOs in Congress.

Posted by: Archer at June 05, 2023 06:27 PM (gmo/4)

118 102 Eric Adams is admitting to considering a plan to pay people to house illegals in their homes.

can see it now

"OK, who ate the last bagel ?"

Posted by: REDACTED at June 05, 2023 06:27 PM (us2H3)

119 @114 Became the FSB.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 05, 2023 06:27 PM (ssESX)

120 Speaking of Hunter...

@Breaking911 1m
Fast Food Employee Arrested After Woman Says She Bit Into A Cocaine-Filled Hot Dog

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 05, 2023 06:28 PM (jzzG8)

121 The same guy she was providing her crack to?
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For a moment I thought I might not have let that curveball hang.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 05, 2023 06:28 PM (fs1hN)

122 119 @114 Became the FSB.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 05, 2023 06:27 PM (ssESX)

Simply renamed?

Posted by: NL at June 05, 2023 06:28 PM (eGTCV)

123 116 "Think about what four years of a retribution presidency might look like."

payback is a bitch

but a bitch is sometimes beautiful

Posted by: REDACTED at June 05, 2023 06:28 PM (us2H3)

124 Eric Adams is admitting to considering a plan to pay people to house illegals in their homes.
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What can possibly go wrong?
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 05, 2023 06:19 PM (/DXve)

Pacific Heights, for starters.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 05, 2023 06:29 PM (4I/2K)

125 Game wardens in Texas have some pretty unique powers. They do not need your permission to walk your property nor do they need a search warrant. If you have birds, rabbits or squirrels living or crossing your property they can pretty much go wherever they want to to enforce the game laws of the State.

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Yeah, local law enforcement is notorious for abusing this. Need to go on someone's property? Just get a game warden to drive.

Posted by: Join Moron Robbie in Celebrating Groomer Awareness Month! at June 05, 2023 06:29 PM (4w3I6)

126 >>Just left meeting for House Oversight. The @FBI is afraid their informant will be killed if unmasked, based on the info he has brought forward about the Biden family.

By whom?

Posted by: JackStraw at June 05, 2023 06:29 PM (ZLI7S)

127 Game wardens in Texas have some pretty unique powers. They do not need your permission to walk your property nor do they need a search warrant. If you have birds, rabbits or squirrels living or crossing your property they can pretty much go wherever they want to to enforce the game laws of the State.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)
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Open fields exception (Oliver v. US) and that is because wildlife is property of the federal and state governments regardless of whose property it is found on. Game wardens can also report any other illegal activity they see other than game law violations and that be used as a basis for a warrant.

They do not, however, possess the power of going inside a curtilege area (such as home, garage, etc.) without a warrant but they can observe such with visual and auditory aides. Kyllo case seems to bar heat sensing technology though without a warrant.

Posted by: whig at June 05, 2023 06:30 PM (wUSgb)

128 116 "Think about what four years of a retribution presidency might look like."

Bunk!

Posted by: fd at June 05, 2023 06:27 PM (iayUP)

We've seen what a retribution presidency looks like over the past two-plus years.

Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2023 06:30 PM (AMIL/)

129 In general, under Katz decision, the key factor is whether society gives a reasonable expectation of privacy for a place/person. That shrinks to nothing if you visit a prison for example and can include body cavity searches. Crossing borders is another where your luggage can be thoroughly searched , your laptop turned on and searched, etc. with no violation of the 4th Amendment under the special places doctrine. Posted by: whig at June 05, 2023 06:25 PM (wUSgb)

But is the 4th Amendment implicated if it isn't criminal, and even if it is, what is the remedy for a violation? The exclusionary rule doesn't apply to civil tax assessments, AFAIK.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 05, 2023 06:30 PM (7B5FA)

130 meanwhile, Julie Kelly talked about Trump's lawyers going to DOJ today to ... I guess grovel...about the upcoming bullshit indictments on whatever the fuckitis the feds are doing.

at the same time, PDT's truth social account is going off the rails.

and even better, Comey was interview by Psaki worried about a possible "retalitatory" presidency by trump.

Hey, fuckface, purple nurple curtain durple fluff fuck face...you gonna get as good as you got.

Posted by: sockamster, gator at June 05, 2023 06:30 PM (MLrvz)

131 Source Behind Bribery Accusation of Biden Is "Highly Credible"
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Headlines like this have all of the earmarks of Russian disinformation.

Posted by: Chris Wray at June 05, 2023 06:31 PM (tUUeN)

132 >>Just left meeting for House Oversight. The @FBI is afraid their informant will be killed if unmasked, based on the info he has brought forward about the Biden family.

By whom?
Posted by: JackStraw at June 05, 2023 06:29 PM (ZLI7S)

+1 grammar points

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 05, 2023 06:31 PM (4I/2K)

133
"Think about what four years of a retribution presidency might look like."

If your erection exceeds 4 hours, consult your doctor.

Posted by: Auspex at June 05, 2023 06:31 PM (j4U/Z)

134 just think about how well voting harder worked for us.

we ended up with the fucking kgb

Posted by: sockamster, gator at June 05, 2023 06:31 PM (MLrvz)

135 But I have been reliably informed that the FBI is composed of Top Men. Top. Men.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2023 06:31 PM (a3Q+t)

136 "Think about what four years of a retribution presidency might look like."

//

Hey, fuckface, purple nurple curtain durple fluff fuck face...you gonna get as good as you got.

Posted by: sockamster, gator at June 05, 2023 06:32 PM (MLrvz)

137 Didn't the Senile One say something about never fucking with a Biden?

Posted by: NL at June 05, 2023 06:32 PM (eGTCV)

138 Hey, fuckface, purple nurple curtain durple fluff fuck face...you gonna get as good as you got.
Posted by: sockamster
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Poetry, Sock, poetry.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 05, 2023 06:32 PM (tUUeN)

139 Game wardens in Texas have some pretty unique powers. They do not need your permission to walk your property nor do they need a search warrant. If you have birds, rabbits or squirrels living or crossing your property they can pretty much go wherever they want to to enforce the game laws of the State.
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Our equivalent of Park Rangers too, I learned in my firearms safety course on park lands though; I can't recall about private homes in municipalities. [Maybe for suspected poaching??]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at June 05, 2023 06:32 PM (Vwz3I)

140 @135: "... FBI is composed of Top Men. Top. Men."

That quote plays differently during Pride Month.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 05, 2023 06:32 PM (k1Qly)

141 Hey, fuckface, purple nurple curtain durple fluff fuck face...you gonna get as good as you got.

gator gonna be your weissmann

Posted by: sockamster, gator's four years of retribution at June 05, 2023 06:32 PM (MLrvz)

142 When has a Eff Bee Eye informant been attacked?
Especially if it's a Deep State stooge?

Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2023 06:32 PM (tQVIB)

143 Yeah, local law enforcement is notorious for abusing this. Need to go on someone's property? Just get a game warden to drive.
Posted by: Join Moron Robbie

Yes and no, pretext searches can be challenged in court but then again that takes money to do so.

Best to assume that any open field not nearby to a home and its outbuildings aka curtilege and that includes distant outbuildings are not protected from being searched by the gubmint.

Posted by: whig at June 05, 2023 06:33 PM (wUSgb)

144 We need a LAW (not a policy, rule or procedure) that ALL federal investigations must be closed within a year, and if no charges are filed, subjects of the investigation may request all documents pertaining to the investigation. We need to attach a hefty fine that each person involved in the investigation must personally pay every day that the investigation goes over 365 days. This "years/decade-long investigations" nonsense needs to end.

Posted by: pookysgirl knows certain agencies are unconstitutional at June 05, 2023 06:33 PM (dtlDP)

145 Poetry, Sock, poetry.

//

i felt the spirit there

Posted by: sockamster, gator's four years of retribution at June 05, 2023 06:33 PM (MLrvz)

146 Hey, fuckface, purple nurple curtain durple fluff fuck face...you gonna get as good as you got.
Posted by: sockamster
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Poetry, Sock, poetry.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 05, 2023 06:32 PM

Would have been better if he had correctly spelled his nic though.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 05, 2023 06:33 PM (ncXxy)

147 Yawn. It has begun the evaporative phase: Congress just checking to see if FBI doing its job. Which is all it can do. And that's so vague, the FBI can easily come up with justification. Another nothingburger.

Posted by: hannitys_hybrid at June 05, 2023 06:33 PM (Eby3e)

148 Our equivalent of Park Rangers too, I learned in my firearms safety course on park lands though; I can't recall about private homes in municipalities. [Maybe for suspected poaching??]
Posted by: andycanuck
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Shared old common law from England--Royal wardens protected the King's land from wildlife poachers since the Middle Ages.

Posted by: whig at June 05, 2023 06:34 PM (wUSgb)

149 Would have been better if he had correctly spelled his nic though.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 05, 2023 06:33 PM (ncXxy)

Should it have been sockhamster?

Posted by: NL at June 05, 2023 06:34 PM (eGTCV)

150 the mispelling stays

Posted by: sockamster, gator's four years of retribution at June 05, 2023 06:34 PM (MLrvz)

151 We need a LAW (not a policy, rule or procedure) that ALL federal investigations must be closed within a year, and if no charges are filed, subjects of the investigation may request all documents pertaining to the investigation. We need to attach a hefty fine that each person involved in the investigation must personally pay every day that the investigation goes over 365 days. This "years/decade-long investigations" nonsense needs to end.

Posted by: pookysgirl knows certain agencies are unconstitutional at June 05, 2023 06:33 PM

There is a gang banger in Dallas that went missing, he was supposed to show up for the start of his pre trial stuff today for a murder that occurred three years ago. Removed his ankle monitor the other day and vanished.

Speedy justice my a$$.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 05, 2023 06:35 PM (ncXxy)

152 Source Behind Bribery Accusation of Biden Is "Highly Credible"

The Source did not kill himself.

Posted by: Archer at June 05, 2023 06:35 PM (gmo/4)

153 #twoweeks

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 05, 2023 06:35 PM (ANzws)

154 "Think about what four years of a retribution presidency might look like."
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I, for one, might be okay with an 'infrastructure' subsidy for lampposts (lamp posts?).

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 05, 2023 06:36 PM (1a0ym)

155 Would have been better if he had correctly spelled his nic though.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 05, 2023 06:33 PM (ncXxy)

Should it have been sockhamster?

Posted by: NL at June 05, 2023 06:34 PM

Yes.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 05, 2023 06:36 PM (ncXxy)

156 @130

>>meanwhile, Julie Kelly talked about Trump's lawyers going to DOJ today to ... I guess grovel...about the upcoming bullshit indictments on whatever the fuckitis the feds are doing.

Sounds like the Jack-Jack is going to throw the book at Trump up to and including espionage.

They indict Trump, I'm out, there's no point to arguing this sh*t any longer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2023 06:36 PM (up/3i)

157 The wheels are closing in...

Posted by: DB - not holding my breath at June 05, 2023 06:37 PM (geLO8)

158 In Eertford, Eereford, Ampshire, urricanes ardly ever appen!

Posted by: eliza sockamster at June 05, 2023 06:38 PM (Vwz3I)

159 87 Investigatory power of Congress has been held to be very broad to the extent of being an inherent power of the legislative branch. Goes back to the Magna Carta and the group of barons assigned to make sure King John and his officials obeyed the document.

pffft. dead white guys. hardly seems applicable to the modern age of vibrancy.

Posted by: anachronda at June 05, 2023 06:38 PM (sGtp+)

160 Hold it... shouldn't Bragg have to change his name?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 05, 2023 06:38 PM (1a0ym)

161
pffft. dead white guys. hardly seems applicable to the modern age of vibrancy.
Posted by: anachronda
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'Irrelevant' is the word that 'Progressives' like to use.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 05, 2023 06:39 PM (G3Ke+)

162 I've filed my paperwork with the FEC to run for President, and I hope I can count on the level of support you gave Carly Fiorina.

Posted by: Mike Pence at June 05, 2023 06:40 PM (a3Q+t)

163 Sounds like the Jack-Jack is going to throw the book at Trump up to and including espionage.

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the alvin bragg legal theory of "we don't have to tell you the underlying charge" because the DC-CIR is ok with a "wink and a nod" conspiracy even when there's no underlying crime and you're supposed to read each "don't do that" as a wink and/or nod.

nope...4 years retribution. While Joe may be too gone to appreciate it...there's enough cognizant ...people...ish... around to begin to fear what's coming.

I want mayorkas on treason charges in arizona and ... replay that scene from true grit.

Posted by: sockamster, gator's four years of retribution at June 05, 2023 06:40 PM (MLrvz)

164 But is the 4th Amendment implicated if it isn't criminal, and even if it is, what is the remedy for a violation? The exclusionary rule doesn't apply to civil tax assessments, AFAIK.
Posted by: Caesar North
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Exclusionary rule does not apply to any civil actions period in federal law--state laws vary. Only applies when criminal charges exist and essentially a violation where you are not charged criminally is a non-event for an illegal search. Bivens v. Six Unknown Federal Agents is an exception but later Scotus cases narrowed the scope of that decision.

There is scope for special needs searches--for example as you note property tax assessors are allowed to come onto your property for assessment, firefighters to fight a fire, and so on. But the primary purpose is not criminal investigation and they have about as much scope as do the electric, water, or gas company do in coming onto your property.

Pre Katz decisions allowed assessors for personal property taxes to come inside homes to evaulate furniture, etc. for that. Not aware of subsequent caselaw where that has been an issue recently. Believe though it did require notice to homeowners before inspections.

Posted by: whig at June 05, 2023 06:41 PM (wUSgb)

165 like i've said before, we are now in the future that we fearfully anticipated. i need an adult beverage.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 05, 2023 06:41 PM (B1FKF)

166 wink and nod for a seditious conspiracy where no one did nothing and everyone told each other to be calm, peaceful and stay the fuckaway.

sure, yeah, comey and every demon doje better not vacation or travel to a red state the next 4 years.

Posted by: sockamster, gator's four years of retribution at June 05, 2023 06:41 PM (MLrvz)

167 We were at a party His earlobe fell in the deep
Someone reached in and grabbed it
It was a sock hamster sock hamster sock hamster
We were at the beach Everybody had matching towels
Somebody went under a dock And there they saw a sock
It wasn't a sock It was a sock hamster sock hamster sock hamster sock hamster sock hamster

Posted by: eliza sockamster at June 05, 2023 06:41 PM (Vwz3I)

168 75 the benefit of the civil route is that if a court orders the FBI to turn over the document, and they still refuse, the court has the ability to itself begin fining Wray $5000 per day or whatever they think is appropriate to secure his cooperation. In other words, enforcement doesn't have to go through Biden's corrupt DOJ. the courts have their own enforcement mechanisms to make sure their orders are complied with.

Posted by: ace at June 05, 2023 05:59 PM (KRtlO)
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It's not clear that even this enforcement mechanism will work. Who's going to ensure that Wray pays up? The IRS? And if they don't comply?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2023 06:09 PM (BpYfr)
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The money would not be a problem for Wray. He'd just be decreed an honorary Biden, and get his money out of the graft.

Posted by: Eeyore at June 05, 2023 06:41 PM (TgBWG)

169 At NYT, 'researchers' working on H1N1, the 'great unknown threat to birds and humans.' With diligence on their part, it will become the known threat, no doubt:
https://tinyurl.com/s6taaff9

Posted by: gp Isn't A Core Piece at June 05, 2023 06:41 PM (MvF+J)

170 Asa just said he was going to expose himself to the nation

film at 10pm

Posted by: REDACTED at June 05, 2023 06:42 PM (us2H3)

171 nood

Posted by: gp Isn't A Core Piece at June 05, 2023 06:42 PM (MvF+J)

172 DC mostly spies. Most with delusions of grandeur.
But nobody is spying for Americans except for the Taiwanese.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at June 05, 2023 06:42 PM (tGUk4)

173 Posted by: eliza sockamster

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genius!

Posted by: sockamster, gator's four years of retribution at June 05, 2023 06:42 PM (MLrvz)

174 There is a gang banger in Dallas that went missing, he was supposed to show up for the start of his pre trial stuff today for a murder that occurred three years ago. Removed his ankle monitor the other day and vanished.

Speedy justice my a$$.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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Any motions by defense reset the speedy trial clock in most jurisdictions until prosecutors have a chance to respond to them and often for the defense to render a rebuttal.

Posted by: whig at June 05, 2023 06:43 PM (wUSgb)

175 "Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald · 1h
A report from one of the US's most well-regarded prosecutors just concluded the FBI under Comey launched criminal investigations against Trump with no evidentiary or legal basis.

Now Comey is warning Trump might do that in his second term."

NO ... Trump would have a shit ton of evidence and legal basis -- of a massive criminal cabal that covered up Biden crimes and fabricated Trump crimes (and much more).

Posted by: illiniwek at June 05, 2023 06:44 PM (Cus5s)

176 genius!
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Move yer bleedin' arse, Wicket!!!

Posted by: eliza sockamster at June 05, 2023 06:44 PM (Vwz3I)

177 In Eertford, Eereford, Ampshire, urricanes ardly ever appen!
Posted by: eliza sockamster
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A bit of family lore:

One of my g-g-uncles immigrated (legally!), with his family, from England, about 1870.

A teacher sent home a note with one of the daughters suggesting that the family work on her dropping her 'h's'.
The daughter famously replied, 'Ah don't drop mah aitches!'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 05, 2023 06:44 PM (G3Ke+)

178 I used to laugh cuz my dad had a bar in his house, complete with a mirror back

Posted by: REDACTED at June 05, 2023 06:45 PM (us2H3)

179 sockamster, master/hamster

ere I was once a master
sock an amster
but presently a hamster
ham I stir

Posted by: sockamster, master/hamster at June 05, 2023 06:47 PM (MLrvz)

180 The money would not be a problem for Wray. He'd just be decreed an honorary Biden, and get his money out of the graft. Posted by: Eeyore at June 05, 2023 06:41 PM (TgBWG)

Congress would appropriate the money to pay its own fine.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 05, 2023 06:48 PM (7B5FA)

181 170 Asa just said he was going to expose himself to the nation

film at 10pm
Posted by: REDACTED
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Will it be at a Wal Mart or will a Tyson Chicken be involved?

Posted by: whig at June 05, 2023 06:48 PM (wUSgb)

182 Move yer bleedin' arse, Wicket!!!
Posted by: eliza sockamster at June 05, 2023 06:44 PM (Vwz3I)

thought it was Dover

Posted by: REDACTED at June 05, 2023 06:49 PM (us2H3)

183 Wicket is the Head Ewok's name if I'm not mistaken.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at June 05, 2023 06:50 PM (Vwz3I)

184 Will it be at a Wal Mart or will a Tyson Chicken be involved?
Posted by: whig at June 05, 2023 06:48 PM (wUSgb)

yes

lol

Posted by: REDACTED at June 05, 2023 06:50 PM (us2H3)

185 Congress would appropriate the money to pay its own fine.
Posted by: Caesar North
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That would have to be a private bill, only 4 of those have been enacted since reforms in those bills since 2007 (per CRS). Even private bills have to go through both houses and be signed by the president.

Posted by: whig at June 05, 2023 06:50 PM (wUSgb)

186 It's obvious that the FBI is trying to enlist the help of the Democrats by offering to show the document to only Comer and the ranking Democrat.

Then the Dem says it's a nothing-burger, and it's his word and the FBI's against Comer's.

Comer is smart not to compromise. Insist they respond to the subpoena properly and tender the document to the Committee. No deals.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at June 05, 2023 06:51 PM (OqSlY)

187 174 There is a gang banger in Dallas that went missing, he was supposed to show up for the start of his pre trial stuff today for a murder that occurred three years ago. Removed his ankle monitor the other day and vanished.

Speedy justice my a$$.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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Any motions by defense reset the speedy trial clock in most jurisdictions until prosecutors have a chance to respond to them and often for the defense to render a rebuttal.
Posted by: whig at June 05, 2023 06:43 PM (wUSgb)
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It didn't explode? DUD!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 05, 2023 07:21 PM (ssESX)

188 It's raining again. Been almost 12 hors since it last rained.

Even got some thunders this time. I guess mowing the lawn will have to wait one more day. It already looks like Kaepernik's head.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at June 05, 2023 07:52 PM (T/Lqj)

189 After Grassley revealed he had already seen the FD-1023, Fox News' Bill Hemmer queried: "How damning is this document to the sitting U.S. president?"
"I don't know," responded Grassley

Either Grassley is as stupid as I think he is or he is getting kickbacks. Another clown who has been in DC to long.

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