The NYT story details the explicitly political and ideological motivations for the "counter-intelligence" investigation that commenced after Trump fired Comey:https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1084132759382171648 …
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The NYT story details the explicitly political and ideological motivations for the "counter-intelligence" investigation that commenced after Trump fired Comey:https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1084132759382171648 …
Jack Goldsmith describes the implications of this in much greater detail. https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-grounds-can-fbi-investigate-president-counterintelligence-threat …pic.twitter.com/XaaOOoNqmt
Goldsmith makes the point that determining what constitutes a "national security threat" is entirely subjective, and isn't the FBI's purview. The same logic could've been used to constrain previous presidents from making controversial decisions, and also inhibit future ones.pic.twitter.com/iCWlOvklJh
Throughout this ordeal, the ramifications of the FBI's conduct have been critically examined almost exclusively by right-wing outlets, who conflate it with all kinds of partisan wish-fulfillment and buffoonish Trump loyalism. But the implications extend well beyond Trump.
For clarification: the post-Comey investigation is described as "counter-intelligence" in nature, but there's no reason to believe that's meaningfully distinct from "criminal." If the FBI uncovers criminality, it will pursue prosecution. That's its core organizational mandate.
"could"? That's what they're explicitly admitting to in this story!
Well, it's a complicated story, which requires some nuance in how you word things. Nothing was formally criminalized (that we know of) but the specter of criminalization is bad enough.
Amazing that people don't recognize this as the outrageous & dangerous McCarthyite thing it is. The FBI deciding POTUS needs to be investigated as a foreign agent, on basis of its (Lisa Page's!) notion of "Western ideals" and "what Americans stand for"!
a dime a dozen bureaucrat playing secret-agent-ma’m
Has Trump actually drifted from foreign policy consensus? Or is his very presidency a threat to that consensus which decides?
Trump even making sporadic calls for such deviation is enough to alarm the powers-that-be into rationalizing any outrageous overreach to try to keep it from becoming reality. This is somewhat comparable to Assange being "safe" as long as he doesn't step out of the building...
Meanwhile Russia and the left are known to have colluded throughout the entirity of history.
If you want collusion,bribes and election interfering you don't need to look any further than Israel
Lawfare makes that point. You could imagine McConnell in 2015 saying the Iran deal is a "treasonous abandoning of an ally" which is a political claim that could be weaponized by sympathizers in the NatSec establishment for partisan gain.https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-grounds-can-fbi-investigate-president-counterintelligence-threat …
I can’t envision him saying it today!
It's not like Congress isn't a foreign agent of Israel and are about to vote for the third time in a week to attack our #Constitution in breech of their #OathOfOffice for a brutal apartheid regime. #S1 I'm starting to think Russiagate is a distraction from the real enemies within
In other words, DC swamp gets to regulate foreign policy by threatening presidents and others with investigations and retaliation via FBI/DOJ or other IC avenues. Not a good look. And highly illegal...
Yeah, well, it’s not a stretch to say that the FBI is a criminal organization.
@ggreenwald @davidsirota @DavidShuster @KellyannePolls @realDonaldTrump @JonathanTurley @AlanDersh @KenCuccinelli @jimmy_dore @cenkuygur @GOPChairwoman @Jim_Jordan @senatemajldr PLEASE READ!!!! It's important to understand that FBI went UNCHECKED on its investigation on Pres.
That’s why they are almost all gone , fired and many under criminal investigation. Keep dreaming .
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