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CIA's top lawyer made 'criminal referral' on complaint about Trump Ukraine callExperts are raising questions about why the Justice Department did not open an investigation
NBC News, Oct. 4, 2019
By Ken Dilanian and Julia Ainsley
WASHINGTON Weeks before the whistleblower's complaint became public, the CIA's top lawyer made what she considered to be a criminal referral to the Justice Department about the whistleblower's allegations that President Donald Trump abused his office in pressuring the Ukrainian president, U.S. officials familiar with the matter tell NBC News.
The move by the CIA's general counsel, Trump appointee Courtney Simmons Elwood, meant she and other senior officials had concluded a potential crime had been committed, raising more questions about why the Justice Department later declined to open an investigation.
The phone call that Elwood considered to be a criminal referral is in addition to the referral later received as a letter from the Inspector General for the Intelligence Community regarding the whistleblower complaint.
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But a timeline provided by U.S. officials familiar with the matter shows that multiple senior government officials appointed by Trump found the whistleblower's complaints credible, troubling and worthy of further inquiry starting soon after the president's July phone call.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/cia-s-top-lawyer-made-criminal-referral-whistleblower-s-complaint-n1062481
Barr is in the Russia Thing up to his chins.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)... while the FEC lady has said it was a thing of value
Kid Berwyn
(14,953 posts)From The Daily Beast
Federal Election Commission chairwoman Ellen Weintraub released a statement Thursday reiterating that it was illegal for anyone running for public office to solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a U.S. election. I would not have thought I needed to say this, she tweeted while releasing the statement stressing that it is 100% illegal to accept foreign assistance. If a campaign receives a prohibited donation from a foreign source, Weintraub said that behavior should be reported to the FBI. Weintraub also noted that such a practice was deemed unacceptable by Americas Founding Fathers, as they knew that such offers would seek to advance foreign interests rather than the United States. Anyone who solicits or accepts foreign assistance risks being on the wrong end of a federal investigation, she wrote. Her statement comes after President Trump told ABC News that if foreign figures approached him or his campaign with dirt on one of his 2020 contenders, he would likely listen and not call the FBI. I'd take it, Trump told the network.
Source: https://www.thedailybeast.com/fec-chair-ellen-weintraub-its-illegal-to-get-anything-of-value-from-a-foreign-source-for-us-elections
Dont see her much on tee vee anymore.
triron
(22,020 posts)tblue37
(65,487 posts)Takket
(21,625 posts)and he is certainly doing that. Barr needs to be in prison alongside drumpf when all this is said and done
H2O Man
(73,605 posts)Barr is such a tool. I have nothing but contempt for him. He has long acted against the interests of justice, as you know.
Thank you for this post!
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)perspective of the ends justify the means. If a corrupt, traitorous president is what is needed for the appointment of conservative judges who will enact extremist Christian doctrine then so be it. Barr is no different then extremist Islamists terrorists. His distorted and radical view of Christianity justifies the immorality and corruption of the Trump and its administration.
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)kentuck
(111,110 posts)Just like he did with the Mueller Report, He is complicit.
Ninga
(8,277 posts)JAD
(187 posts)Why didn't anyone ask Sondland if Bill Barr was in the loop?
triron
(22,020 posts)Because they fear Barr?
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,414 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)Alithea
(99 posts)US attorney general met Italian officials to discuss Russiagate
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/02/us-attorney-general-william-barr-met-italian-officials-to-discuss-russiagate
mjvpi
(1,389 posts)His Russia ties were brought up pre confirmation, but ignored. I wondered why he wasnt pushed more at that point.