ChuckGrassley @ChuckGrassley More than 2yrs ago we had some bogus allegations against now Justice Kavanaugh we know ppl lied to congress &that’s against the law So I sent criminal referral to DOJ for prosecution/I sent a letter to DOJ this wk wanting to know why these ppl haven’t been prosecuted 2yrs later?? 12:20 PM · Mar 24, 2021
Like Wray is going to do anything about this, when he hasn't done anything about the rest of the corruption????
The fact that multiple witnesses lied under oath and acted specifically to destroy a nominated candidate for supreme court justice, with no ill effects when the knowledge of their lies and slander came to light, is disgusting.
Those folks should be spending 10 years behind bars. Their names and deeds trumpeted.
I told my in laws last night that republicans just colossally fail to point out principle failures in government nowadays. For example, there are many attacks towards christian organizations. Why aren't Republicans on talk shows saying "I don't know why Democrats won't allow muslim businesses, mosques and schools to teach and practice their beliefs as they see fit. They seem to be focused on taking away freedoms from practicing muslims and other faiths. "
Republicans - and hell liberals - were once the groups who decried principled liberty as paramount.
The FBI showed over the Trump years, that it is nothing but a corrupt political operation. They've lost all respect once held by the majority of Americans. And Chris Wray? He's the complete flack. They will never regain any respect from the public while so called leaders like him are in charge.
The entire DOJ needs a house cleaning. Along with the State Dept., National Security Apparatus, and leaders of our military.
Imagine getting a demand letter from the FBI and ignoring it for two years. Do you think the only thing that would happen is that you'd get another request letter two years later? Jeez. They'd have a 4am assault team at your door flanked by CNN cameras and breathless reporters. Such is the script of our noted FBI these days.
A bunch of hacks. I'm so disgusted with our government.
A bunch of hacks. I'm so disgusted with our government.
I think MOST of us are. If you aren't, you've been asleep for years and you had better wake up fast before you are living in Venezuela where they ate Zoo animals to survive, whilst the elite live high off the hog.....
Blogger Temujin said... The FBI showed over the Trump years, that it is nothing but a corrupt political operation. They've lost all respect once held by the majority of Americans. And Chris Wray? He's the complete flack. They will never regain any respect from the public while so called leaders like him are in charge.
Republicans falll for the optics game as in they did not like the optics of going after the traumatized Christine Blasey Ford
What was she traumatized by, that TARA READE wasn't?? (or Juanita Broderick or every other woman that Democrats used and abused that nobody cares about??)
To echo pretty much everyone else here, I don't imagine anything significant will come of this at all.
We've seen time and time again now how powerful Democrats can essentially do whatever they want without real consequences. They can lie under oath. They can completely fabricate stories. They can sexually harass all the women they want. They can kill the elderly. If a decades old picture of them in blackface is brought to light (something that would completely end a Republican's career), no big deal... they just need to wait it out a bit and they'll be fine. They can enrich themselves with Ukrianian and Chinese communist money and still be anointed President. They can run sham charity organizations that funnel billions into their coffers.
It's certainly a sad state of affairs to live in such a deeply corrupt society with no rule of law for this special, elite class of people, a new nobility. But I suppose it's nothing new.
The FBI knew about the Arvada man who bought a gun one week before the shooting spree. What did the FBI do? The FBI knew in advance the Pulse Nightclub shooter (Omar Mateen) and were tipped off by the local sheriff. The FBI knew in advance the San Bernardino Terrorists (Tashfeen Malik). The FBI knew in advance the Boston Marathon Bombers (the Tsarnaev brothers) tipped off by Russians. The FBI knew in advance the Garland, Texas, shooters (Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi). The FBI knew in advance of the Parkland High School shooter (Nikolas Cruz). The FBI knew in advance of the Fort Hood shooter (Nidal Hasan); and now the FBI knew in advance of Ahmad al-Aliwi Alissa.
“Meanwhile the political FBI agents chase the ghosts of mysteriously invisible white supremacists conducting random acts of unidentified racism.”
Michael K- no doubt about it. The FBI's corruption did not start with the Trump years. It's just freshest in everyone's mind. And they've clearly reached new heights these days by thumbing their nose to the entire country every time a light is shone on their corruption. They occasionally show up in front of congress. Smirk and squirm for a few minutes. Raise their middle finger to the TV cameras, smile, and walk out.
Republicans falll for the optics game as in they did not like the optics of going after the traumatized Christine Blasey Ford What was she traumatized by, that TARA READE wasn't?? (or Juanita Broderick or every other woman that Democrats used and abused that nobody cares about??) 3/25/21, 9:56 AM
It is worse than that. There is no evidence that Kavanaugh ever even met Blasey-Ford.
I mean... it could be argued that the FBI has been pretty corrupt since its founding, all through the J. Edgar Hoover years if many of the stories are to be believed.
"I mean... it could be argued that the FBI has been pretty corrupt since its founding, all through the J. Edgar Hoover years if many of the stories are to be believed."
Maybe, but I think you can make the argument that 'corrupt' and 'politically corrupt' are different things.
It just seems that only the 'right' is investigated and prosecuted, and only the left gets every benefit of the doubt.
The worst part is the inability to police themselves.
Far too many 'decline to prosecute' or 'no reasonable prosecutor' decisions when involving wrongdoing by D politicians or members of law enforcement.
Did you read the letter Howard?? One of the people they want investigated lied about Kavenaugh assaulting a friend on a boat, which he then went on Social Media and said he lied about it. The others were Avenatti, (the Progressive Presidential material), and his client Julie Swetnick who lied when they claimed that Kavenaugh was a gang raper with NO proof.
No Wendybar. I don't waste my time reading beyond all of these "National Enquirer" headlines Ann posts. I also rarely read what Ann writes and just briefly skim the comments.
What happens if the investigation finds the testimony was truthful? Will Grassley push impeachment?
We all know there's not much possibility of that, but if it happens, then yes. He lied during confirmation hearings. But, again, you and I both know there's no real possibility that the testimony was truthful.
During the Trump era, I kept thinking that the FBI and DOJ, while clearly filled with corruption, would nevertheless expose and penalize the most egregious abuses of power. I kept waiting, as did many, for the right person to head up the investigations. People like Sessions, Barr, Durham, and Huber, for example. I was never a Q follower, but I admit I did buy into some of the "trust the plan" narrative. Even Sean Hannity would tweet out a "tick tock" once in awhile as if the indictments were just around the corner. Trump himself would tweet out "The Storm is Coming" with a GOT meme, as if exposing the rottenness was only a matter of time. And all of those investigations just evaporated. Nothing came of them. Not even Strzok and Page suffered any real penalties.
So I am completely cynical about the FBI and the DOJ when it comes to their responsibility for investigating corruption, perjury, etc. They cannot be trusted. Grassley's letter is fine, but it has no real significance. No one is going to jail. No one is going to pay any price. It's all bullshit. It's a depressing realization, to conclude that your own government institutions are irreperably compromised, and deserve zero respect.
"Grassley, then-Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, referred several of these apparent false statements to the Justice Department for investigation in 2018."
"In October 2019, Grassley asked then-Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray for updates on the referrals, but received no response."
that's the problem.
The FBI is a corrupt unaccountable partisan enterprise. Probably on the take, too. That's why corrupt Biden family international grift get a complete pass.
"Senator Grassley's letter this week to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Wray asks them to explain what steps have been taken to investigate the four criminal referrals, and, if no actions have been taken, to explain why."
Who wants to take a guess as to when answers will be forthcoming?
Seth Rich's family were either told to tell everyone to shut up - or they wanted everyone to shut up, and that was the excuse the FBI used. The entire Seth Rich murder was swept under the rug because "we must respect the privacy of the family."
“Trump himself would tweet out "The Storm is Coming" with a GOT meme, as if exposing the rottenness was only a matter of time. And all of those investigations just evaporated. Nothing came of them.”
It's even worse than what Nonapod said at 9:59. Even when a powerful Democrat is set upon by fellow Democrats and the MSM- they can brazen it out. Look at Dictator Cuomo. Anyone think he's leaving before the end of his term?
Wanting truthful answers on what happened to Seth Rich and his very suspicious and odd death --is still holding on? OK.
Whatever, Russia Russia. We know you have no problem with your corrupt party. Biden family crime and Clinton family crime. International grifting - and in Clinton's case - large sums of money from Russia. All ignored and A-OKed by you.
If they arrested people for lying in Capitol building, they would have to start with the politicians.
Of course it is all political bias at the FBI and DoJ- had these people been testifying against a Democrat nominee to the court, the trial would have already been held and the people would have been sitting in prison for at least the past year. Part of the problem is that the jurisdiction would have been D.C. where you can't convict a Democrat of a crime without a confession video of them doing the crime, and even in those cases the DoJ might not move forward for the same biased reasons. I have often, in the past, advocated that crimes committed in D.C. be tried in a federal court in Kansas- it is the only way to get a fair trial for anyone.
"Part of the problem is that the jurisdiction would have been D.C. where you can't convict a Democrat of a crime without a confession video of them doing the crime, and even in those cases the DoJ might not move forward for the same biased reasons."
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Jefferson_corruption_case <-- You can get convictions... eventually, though it may not stick.
“Rich’s parents, Joel and Mary, filed the lawsuit in 2018 alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress after Fox News published and aired a conspiracy theory that Rich—who was 27 when he was fatally shot in a suspected burglary gone wrong in Washington D.C.—had been killed as retribution for involvement in leaking DNC emails to WikiLeaks.”
I will wait for Inga and Howard to tell me the last time people who covered up crimes, censored their political opponents, blocked investigations and audits of an election, and tried to take away citizens rights while hiding behind thousands of armed soldiers were the good guys.
“Rich’s parents, Joel and Mary, filed the lawsuit in 2018 alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress after Fox News published and aired a conspiracy theory that Rich—who was 27 when he was fatally shot in a suspected burglary gone wrong in Washington D.C.—had been killed as retribution for involvement in leaking DNC emails to WikiLeaks.”
Forbes
Stalin got families of dead people to say things too.
Unknown assailants gun down the young DNC data analyst at 4 A.M. on a Washington, D.C., street and take nothing. Two weeks later, international man of mystery Julian Assange strongly suggests on Dutch TV that Rich was his source for the purloined DNC emails then roiling the Democratic Party and offers a $20,000 reward to find the killer.
ooops - don't go there... It's a conspiracy! Is it any wonder Hillary want Assange dead?
The corrupt FBI and DOJ folks are immune from accountability as well as, for the most part, prosecution for their misdeeds. Judicial Watch and other watchdog entities spend thousands on court action to compel them to provide what the FOIA requires them to provide.
“Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill it teaches the whole people by example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.” Justice Louis D. Brandeis
You can kill thousands of elderly in nursing homes and collins and murkowski will promote you to take care of all the old people in the entire country.
Per Wikipedia, Seth Rich's bloody shirt should only be waved for specific causes: "On the day after the shooting, DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz issued a statement mourning his loss and praising Rich's work to support voter rights.[42][49] Two days after the shooting, Hillary Clinton spoke of his death during a speech advocating limiting the availability of guns.[28][34]." Then again, Wikipedia also believes that the DNC was "hacked" in some complex manner, as opposed to the more likely inside job or password scam.
I'm sure it is likely Seth Rich was murdered in a bungled robbery. It's possible. We'll never know, and just like Epstein's death, there's enough smoke that it will be hard to convince people to not keep looking.
“Rich’s parents, Joel and Mary, filed the lawsuit in 2018 alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress after Fox News published and aired a conspiracy theory that Rich—who was 27 when he was fatally shot in a suspected burglary gone wrong in Washington D.C.—had been killed as retribution for involvement in leaking DNC emails to WikiLeaks.”
Every sentient being knows this.
It does not change the fact that his death is unsolved and those on the left, like you, don't give a shit.
What if it happened in your town? Wouldn't you want to know that a killer was not walking around free?
But I guess it's only DC...kind of like Chicago, another shithole city run by Democrats...just another Thursday.
So, reading Grassley's letter, he's not even angry AT the FBI for lying to him. He's angry the FBI got fooled and isn't trying to do anything about it. I could see not taking the swing at Avenatti, since he'll just say he believes it was true. But the two who admitted to lying? Take the easy lay up and hit them with a charge like they were a Republican staffer.
Interesting that behind the scenes - people had information but the FBI wasn't interested.
Even DNC honcho Donna Brazile dedicated in her book "Hacks" to Rich and wonders out loud whether the Russians had "played some part in his unsolved murder."
ooo - more conspiracy. This is what happens when a DNC staffer is gunned down in the streets.
The collective soviet loyalist left are not at all concerned about it. Just buy whatever Maddow sells.
Loyal leftists do not have a drop of curiosity about the unsolved death of a DNC analyst and Bernie Supporter. but they are VERY touchy if anyone brings it up.
I would still like to hear from the medical resident at GW who was ordered out of ICU when Rich, still alive and presumably conscious, was wheeled into the ICU.
Anything the left wants to hide is a "conspiracy theory."
On August 2, 2018, a federal judge in Manhattan dismissed the suits brought both by the Riches and by Wheeler. Judge George Daniels was particularly cool to Wheeler, ruling that he failed to prove he had been misquoted and "had also given his tacit consent to the article's publication." Aaron Rich has sued Butowsky as well. Fed up with the harassment, Butowsky fired back with his own suit in March 2019.
And worse, Michael K accuses Seth Rich’s parents of accepting blood money.
I assume that even you, stupid as you are, knows the Kopechne family got $62,000. Not much these days but real money in 1969.
The urgency of the left to hide anything about this murder is amusing. Just like some idiot Democrat trying to pass a law that you have to say the 2020 election was perfectly fair.
"The department suffered another blow this week when U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta threatened to impose a gag order on prosecutors after Michael Sherwin, its former head prosecutor on the Capitol cases, told CBS’s “60 Minutes” program that evidence pointed toward sedition charges against some defendants."
-- Honestly, I'd threaten to toss the case if they don't shut up, not a gag order. It's so incredibly prejudicial, how are you hoping to find a reasonable jury of these people's peers?
“A businessman and a fringe internet activist who each played key roles in the conspiracy theory about Seth Rich, the slain Democratic National Committee staffer whose death was used by right-wing activists as a vehicle to help exonerate Russia from its 2016 election meddling, retracted and apologized for their statements this week.
"I take full responsibility for my comments and I apologize for any pain I have caused," the businessman, Ed Butowsky, said in a statement retracting his previous comments. "I sincerely hope the Rich family is able to find out who murdered their son and bring this tragic chapter in their lives to a close." "Today we retract and disavow our statements and we offer our apology to Mr. Rich and his family," said the fringe internet activist, Matt Couch, in a separate video posted online. "I take full responsibility for my actions ... and would like to apologize to Mr. Rich and his family." The retractions came as part of a settlement Aaron Rich, Seth Rich's brother, reached with Butowsky and Couch over a lawsuit he filed against them in March 2018. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. The Washington Times, a conservative news outlet that was also sued, also retracted its claims and settled with Aaron Rich in October 2018.”
Interesting how “Seth Rich!”April and her buddy Achilles can read the minds of Seth Rich’s parents.
You are limited. I will use crayons.
You are mind reading. You are pretending the people who probably killed Seth Rich and refuse to have an open investigation would not also threaten the family.
I want an open, honest investigation. I want to know the truth.
But we know you do not care about the truth at all.
You are an inherently dishonest person. A true moral degenerate.
the slain Democratic National Committee staffer whose death was used by right-wing activists as a vehicle to help exonerate Russia from its 2016 election meddling,
Now the dullard has downplayed her obsession with collusion to "meddling."
For those who may have forgotten, The DNC files that were transferred to Wikileaks were downloaded, not "hacked over the internet," by someone inside the DNC. Seth Rich was a Bernie supporter working inside the DNC. The download was far too rapid to be an internet hack so someone took a thumb drive and did the download inside. It was an inside job. It happened soon after Bernie was pushed aside for Hillary who controlled the DNC at the time.
Seth Rich had motive and opportunity and was murdered in an unsolved crime soon after. Now, those who are still interested in solving this crime are being vilified by idiots like Inga.
I'd still like to hear from the GW medical resident who was ordered out of ICU.
Howard said... It's how I get my news, Wendy. I let others slog through the boring mind numbing stress inducing details and skim the cream off the top. ******************* Well, Howard, you've just confirmed our suspicions that intellectually you're a "Cliff's Notes" sort of guy.
The last time Wray was in front of congress he was asked when he was going to respond to written questions from his previous testimony months earlier. The FBI considers themself immune from overview.
A bigger issue?
Two different audits found FBI 702 lookups were found to be illegal +80% of the time. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is in charge of the FISA court, and Roberts has done zero.
The corruption is so massive its impossible to exaggerate how corrupt the entire DoJ is. Yes that includes all the grunts that do the work, all the administrative assistants, all paper pushers, and the janitorial staff. ALL corrupt.
Blogger BidenFamilyTaxPayerFundedCrackPipe said... On August 2, 2018, a federal judge in Manhattan dismissed the suits brought both by the Riches and by Wheeler. Judge George Daniels was particularly cool to Wheeler, ruling that he failed to prove he had been misquoted and "had also given his tacit consent to the article's publication." Aaron Rich has sued Butowsky as well. Fed up with the harassment, Butowsky fired back with his own suit in March 2019.
Andrew said: ..."conclude that your own government institutions are irreperably compromised"... Crank up the cynicism! Maybe those institutions are operating exactly as intended. They're all getting paid. They're all exercising power. Writing letters, ignoring letters, making deals, taking other peoples' money, going to the bank, weaseling contracts for your brother in law's nephew so he'll really owe you big time. You know... Governing.
Maybe those institutions are operating exactly as intended.
Nothing will change, because nothing has changed. Well, I'm not a diversitist. I'll give people the benefit of the doubt, individually, and collectively on principle. Trust but verify.
Blogger Scott Patton said... "Andrew said: ..."conclude that your own government institutions are irreperably compromised"... Crank up the cynicism! Maybe those institutions are operating exactly as intended. They're all getting paid. They're all exercising power. Writing letters, ignoring letters, making deals, taking other peoples' money, going to the bank, weaseling contracts for your brother in law's nephew so he'll really owe you big time. You know... Governing." You misspelled 'grifting'
Inga, I don't know very much about the Seth Rich killing, but (1) it can't have been a "burglary," b/c the guy was found a long way from his house; and (2) whoever did it is presumably still out there, and I don't see you on the Left exactly clamoring for the killer to be found. Why not? Is the "cold case file" occasionally useful?
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Democrats can do and say whatever they want with no consequences...or haven't you noticed yet??
ChuckGrassley
@ChuckGrassley
More than 2yrs ago we had some bogus allegations against now Justice Kavanaugh we know ppl lied to congress &that’s against the law So I sent criminal referral to DOJ for prosecution/I sent a letter to DOJ this wk wanting to know why these ppl haven’t been prosecuted 2yrs later??
12:20 PM · Mar 24, 2021
Like Wray is going to do anything about this, when he hasn't done anything about the rest of the corruption????
Letter, good;
Tar and feathers for Wray, Garland, Barr, better.
And what about Christine??
Luv that wacky gal. But the stocks would serve the public interest.
The fact that multiple witnesses lied under oath and acted specifically to destroy a nominated candidate for supreme court justice, with no ill effects when the knowledge of their lies and slander came to light, is disgusting.
Those folks should be spending 10 years behind bars. Their names and deeds trumpeted.
I told my in laws last night that republicans just colossally fail to point out principle failures in government nowadays. For example, there are many attacks towards christian organizations. Why aren't Republicans on talk shows saying "I don't know why Democrats won't allow muslim businesses, mosques and schools to teach and practice their beliefs as they see fit. They seem to be focused on taking away freedoms from practicing muslims and other faiths. "
Republicans - and hell liberals - were once the groups who decried principled liberty as paramount.
P.S. to blog hostess: appreciate your choice of source. Credible. Rare.
These names tell us that nothing will come of it: "Attorney General Merrick Garland and Wray."
It was an insurrection.
ain't gonna happen.
should
but ain't
The FBI showed over the Trump years, that it is nothing but a corrupt political operation. They've lost all respect once held by the majority of Americans. And Chris Wray? He's the complete flack. They will never regain any respect from the public while so called leaders like him are in charge.
The entire DOJ needs a house cleaning.
Along with the State Dept., National Security Apparatus, and leaders of our military.
Imagine getting a demand letter from the FBI and ignoring it for two years. Do you think the only thing that would happen is that you'd get another request letter two years later? Jeez. They'd have a 4am assault team at your door flanked by CNN cameras and breathless reporters. Such is the script of our noted FBI these days.
A bunch of hacks. I'm so disgusted with our government.
If you lie in the cause of moving forward a leftist agenda, you are bullet-proof.
Federal law enforcement and the security services have been corrupted beyond repair.
Time to split them all up and start over...
Defund the FBI. Deadly serious.
Since the FBI is negligent and refuses to do their jobs, their budget should be reduced accordingly.
DOJ/FBI is busy trying to find violations of the Logan Act by Republicans.
What took Grassley so long?
Republicans falll for the optics game as in they did not like the optics of going after the traumatized Christine Blasey Ford.
Sounds like an assignment for Durham.
FBI is too busy busting disabled vets for not thinking Dementia Joe’s election was legit.
Kai Akker said...
P.S. to blog hostess: appreciate your choice of source. Credible. Rare.
I want to second this.
Information sources are greatly improved over the last couple weeks.
I appreciate this.
The FBI is just another corrupt arm of the regime now.
Not long now.
A bunch of hacks. I'm so disgusted with our government.
I think MOST of us are. If you aren't, you've been asleep for years and you had better wake up fast before you are living in Venezuela where they ate Zoo animals to survive, whilst the elite live high off the hog.....
Blogger Temujin said...
The FBI showed over the Trump years, that it is nothing but a corrupt political operation. They've lost all respect once held by the majority of Americans. And Chris Wray? He's the complete flack. They will never regain any respect from the public while so called leaders like him are in charge.
Abuse by the FBI did not begin with Trump.
Mark Felt overthrew Nixon in revenge for being passed over as Director.
Nixon provided some basis but nothing like LBJ's corruption.
Dear Sen. Grassley - When urinating alfresco, the wind is supposed to be at your back.
Republicans falll for the optics game as in they did not like the optics of going after the traumatized Christine Blasey Ford
What was she traumatized by, that TARA READE wasn't?? (or Juanita Broderick or every other woman that Democrats used and abused that nobody cares about??)
To echo pretty much everyone else here, I don't imagine anything significant will come of this at all.
We've seen time and time again now how powerful Democrats can essentially do whatever they want without real consequences. They can lie under oath. They can completely fabricate stories. They can sexually harass all the women they want. They can kill the elderly. If a decades old picture of them in blackface is brought to light (something that would completely end a Republican's career), no big deal... they just need to wait it out a bit and they'll be fine. They can enrich themselves with Ukrianian and Chinese communist money and still be anointed President. They can run sham charity organizations that funnel billions into their coffers.
It's certainly a sad state of affairs to live in such a deeply corrupt society with no rule of law for this special, elite class of people, a new nobility. But I suppose it's nothing new.
The FBI knew about the Arvada man who bought a gun one week before the shooting spree.
What did the FBI do?
oh right - nothing.
The FBI is a partisan joke.
The FBI knew about the Arvada man who bought a gun one week before the shooting spree.
What did the FBI do?
The FBI knew in advance the Pulse Nightclub shooter (Omar Mateen) and were tipped off by the local sheriff. The FBI knew in advance the San Bernardino Terrorists (Tashfeen Malik). The FBI knew in advance the Boston Marathon Bombers (the Tsarnaev brothers) tipped off by Russians. The FBI knew in advance the Garland, Texas, shooters (Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi). The FBI knew in advance of the Parkland High School shooter (Nikolas Cruz). The FBI knew in advance of the Fort Hood shooter (Nidal Hasan); and now the FBI knew in advance of Ahmad al-Aliwi Alissa.
“Meanwhile the political FBI agents chase the ghosts of mysteriously invisible white supremacists conducting random acts of unidentified racism.”
Pure unadulterated arrogance.
Michael K- no doubt about it. The FBI's corruption did not start with the Trump years. It's just freshest in everyone's mind. And they've clearly reached new heights these days by thumbing their nose to the entire country every time a light is shone on their corruption. They occasionally show up in front of congress. Smirk and squirm for a few minutes. Raise their middle finger to the TV cameras, smile, and walk out.
And our Senators all together give a large Harumph. Doing the People's Work"
Blogger wendybar said...
Republicans falll for the optics game as in they did not like the optics of going after the traumatized Christine Blasey Ford
What was she traumatized by, that TARA READE wasn't?? (or Juanita Broderick or every other woman that Democrats used and abused that nobody cares about??)
3/25/21, 9:56 AM
It is worse than that. There is no evidence that Kavanaugh ever even met Blasey-Ford.
9:35 Temujin - you nailed it
I mean... it could be argued that the FBI has been pretty corrupt since its founding, all through the J. Edgar Hoover years if many of the stories are to be believed.
Gee........I thought your commenters were sophisticated......
Grassley had 1.5+ YEARS to refer this to a (R) D of J, and waited until a (D) is in the chair.
Can anyone here understand Grassley Hypocrite Showboat Re-Election campaign?
It is worse than that. There is no evidence that Kavanaugh ever even met Blasey-Ford.
EXACTLY Lewis Wetzel!!!
Dad29 did not read the letter which Grassley wrote that they sent a letter on October 8th 2019......Dad29 must be a CNN watcher.
"I mean... it could be argued that the FBI has been pretty corrupt since its founding, all through the J. Edgar Hoover years if many of the stories are to be believed."
Maybe, but I think you can make the argument that 'corrupt' and 'politically corrupt' are different things.
It just seems that only the 'right' is investigated and prosecuted, and only the left gets every benefit of the doubt.
The worst part is the inability to police themselves.
Far too many 'decline to prosecute' or 'no reasonable prosecutor' decisions when involving wrongdoing by D politicians or members of law enforcement.
Bring it on. En Vivo Veritas.
What happens if the investigation finds the testimony was truthful? Will Grassley push impeachment?
Not to worry, pretty soon we will have the Durham report.
Oh yeah
Oh yeah.
Oh yeah.
Then we’ll really show them.
"Dad29 must be a CNN watcher."
Apparently not very sophisticated : )
Why would anyone believe anything the FBI says?
They're a bunch of politicians, unfortunately with guns.
Good thing the FBI and CNN nabbed that horrible killer... Roger Stone.
Defund the FBI. Deadly serious.
Even if sane-ish Rs held the congress, budget by continuing resolution makes the "power of the purse string" moot. As is probably the unstated goal.
Did you read the letter Howard?? One of the people they want investigated lied about Kavenaugh assaulting a friend on a boat, which he then went on Social Media and said he lied about it. The others were Avenatti, (the Progressive Presidential material), and his client Julie Swetnick who lied when they claimed that Kavenaugh was a gang raper with NO proof.
Blogger Howard said...
Bring it on. En Vivo Veritas.
What happens if the investigation finds the testimony was truthful? Will Grassley push impeachment?
Hope springs eternal. More Inga's role than yours, I would have thought.
The way sundown Joe’s going we may see a groundswell for defunding the entire federal government.
Howard - like Julie Swetnik's ever changing testimony - and her Lawyer Michael Avanattii?
There's some golden truth telling right there.
The collective left will buy any lie.
Kavaanugh - they dug thru his yearbook.
Cuomo - he's still governor.
No Wendybar. I don't waste my time reading beyond all of these "National Enquirer" headlines Ann posts. I also rarely read what Ann writes and just briefly skim the comments.
Thanks for being my news aggregator.
Then why bother commenting on things you have no clue on Howard?? Just to be a pest??
Not any lie, April. Libtards don't buy the lies that the collective right swallows wholesale.
It's how I get my news, Wendy. I let others slog through the boring mind numbing stress inducing details and skim the cream off the top.
Howard said...
Bring it on. En Vivo Veritas.
What happens if the investigation finds the testimony was truthful? Will Grassley push impeachment?
We all know there's not much possibility of that, but if it happens, then yes. He lied during confirmation hearings. But, again, you and I both know there's no real possibility that the testimony was truthful.
It's not a lie if the Left needs it to be true.
During the Trump era, I kept thinking that the FBI and DOJ, while clearly filled with corruption, would nevertheless expose and penalize the most egregious abuses of power. I kept waiting, as did many, for the right person to head up the investigations. People like Sessions, Barr, Durham, and Huber, for example. I was never a Q follower, but I admit I did buy into some of the "trust the plan" narrative. Even Sean Hannity would tweet out a "tick tock" once in awhile as if the indictments were just around the corner. Trump himself would tweet out "The Storm is Coming" with a GOT meme, as if exposing the rottenness was only a matter of time. And all of those investigations just evaporated. Nothing came of them. Not even Strzok and Page suffered any real penalties.
So I am completely cynical about the FBI and the DOJ when it comes to their responsibility for investigating corruption, perjury, etc. They cannot be trusted. Grassley's letter is fine, but it has no real significance. No one is going to jail. No one is going to pay any price. It's all bullshit. It's a depressing realization, to conclude that your own government institutions are irreperably compromised, and deserve zero respect.
"Grassley, then-Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, referred several of these apparent false statements to the Justice Department for investigation in 2018."
"In October 2019, Grassley asked then-Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray for updates on the referrals, but received no response."
that's the problem.
The FBI is a corrupt unaccountable partisan enterprise.
Probably on the take, too. That's why corrupt Biden family international grift get a complete pass.
And still no word about Hunters laptop, or the death of Seth Rich.....
"Senator Grassley's letter this week to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Wray asks them to explain what steps have been taken to investigate the four criminal referrals, and, if no actions have been taken, to explain why."
Who wants to take a guess as to when answers will be forthcoming?
Seth Rich's family were either told to tell everyone to shut up - or they wanted everyone to shut up, and that was the excuse the FBI used. The entire Seth Rich murder was swept under the rug because "we must respect the privacy of the family."
uh ok.
Tim: agreed. The demented pearl clutching Senator Feinstein screwed the pooch on this one.
“Trump himself would tweet out "The Storm is Coming" with a GOT meme, as if exposing the rottenness was only a matter of time. And all of those investigations just evaporated. Nothing came of them.”
Hmmmm, now why is that?
It's even worse than what Nonapod said at 9:59. Even when a powerful Democrat is set upon by fellow Democrats and the MSM- they can brazen it out. Look at Dictator Cuomo. Anyone think he's leaving before the end of his term?
Seth Rich murder conspiracy believer, April still hangs on.
Don’t forget about Pizzagate.
Wanting truthful answers on what happened to Seth Rich and his very suspicious and odd death --is still holding on? OK.
Whatever, Russia Russia. We know you have no problem with your corrupt party.
Biden family crime and Clinton family crime. International grifting - and in Clinton's case - large sums of money from Russia. All ignored and A-OKed by you.
FBI watching up and coming mass shooters - yet they do nothing..
They arrest an old man sitting at home - and have CNN with them to do it.
Good thing the FBI got that mass killer - Roger Stone. Safe at last!
Seth Rich murder April. Keep the conspiracy theory alive!
If they arrested people for lying in Capitol building, they would have to start with the politicians.
Of course it is all political bias at the FBI and DoJ- had these people been testifying against a Democrat nominee to the court, the trial would have already been held and the people would have been sitting in prison for at least the past year. Part of the problem is that the jurisdiction would have been D.C. where you can't convict a Democrat of a crime without a confession video of them doing the crime, and even in those cases the DoJ might not move forward for the same biased reasons. I have often, in the past, advocated that crimes committed in D.C. be tried in a federal court in Kansas- it is the only way to get a fair trial for anyone.
"Seth Rich murder April. Keep the conspiracy theory alive!"
It's an unsolved death and a heinous crime.
Why don't liberals want to solve crime?
Why don't they want the family to have closure?
Inga’s shifted to taking pride in corruption, election fraud and treason.
It’s a better look. Outright evil and proud.
She just prefers being under the CCP’s thumb. It punishes her enemies.
You know, actual patriotic Americans.
There are monsters among us.
"Part of the problem is that the jurisdiction would have been D.C. where you can't convict a Democrat of a crime without a confession video of them doing the crime, and even in those cases the DoJ might not move forward for the same biased reasons."
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Jefferson_corruption_case <-- You can get convictions... eventually, though it may not stick.
Then there is no rule of law, effectively.
We note you have nothing to say about the topic, Russia Russia Inga.
“Why don't they want the family to have closure?”
The family sued those who were perpetuating the conspiracy theory and preventing them from getting closure.
Exactly - was anyone ever arrested for his slaying in the street?
Nope. Not sure how an unsolved crime is a conspiracy. It's curious that no on the left seems to care about a fellow Bernie supporter.
Rachel Maddow was hopping mad that anyone dare talk about the taboo subject of an unsolved murder of Bernie Supporter in the street.
“Not sure how an unsolved crime is a conspiracy.”
“Rich’s parents, Joel and Mary, filed the lawsuit in 2018 alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress after Fox News published and aired a conspiracy theory that Rich—who was 27 when he was fatally shot in a suspected burglary gone wrong in Washington D.C.—had been killed as retribution for involvement in leaking DNC emails to WikiLeaks.”
Forbes
The family sued those who were perpetuating the conspiracy theory and preventing them from getting closure.
Like Mary Jo, the family has probably already had a nice payday from you know who. Who cares who the murderer is ? We sure don't.
I will wait for Inga and Howard to tell me the last time people who covered up crimes, censored their political opponents, blocked investigations and audits of an election, and tried to take away citizens rights while hiding behind thousands of armed soldiers were the good guys.
I will wait forever.
You are both terrible people.
Inga said...
“Not sure how an unsolved crime is a conspiracy.”
“Rich’s parents, Joel and Mary, filed the lawsuit in 2018 alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress after Fox News published and aired a conspiracy theory that Rich—who was 27 when he was fatally shot in a suspected burglary gone wrong in Washington D.C.—had been killed as retribution for involvement in leaking DNC emails to WikiLeaks.”
Forbes
Stalin got families of dead people to say things too.
This is not an argument.
You are a terrible person.
Interesting how “Seth Rich!”April and her buddy Achilles can read the minds of Seth Rich’s parents.
fatally shot in a suspected burglary gone
No. He was gunned down in the street.
Unknown assailants gun down the young DNC data analyst at 4 A.M. on a Washington, D.C., street and take nothing. Two weeks later, international man of mystery Julian Assange strongly suggests on Dutch TV that Rich was his source for the purloined DNC emails then roiling the Democratic Party and offers a $20,000 reward to find the killer.
ooops - don't go there... It's a conspiracy! Is it any wonder Hillary want Assange dead?
The corrupt FBI and DOJ folks are immune from accountability as well as, for the most part, prosecution for their misdeeds. Judicial Watch and other watchdog entities spend thousands on court action to compel them to provide what the FOIA requires them to provide.
“Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill it teaches the whole people by example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.” Justice Louis D. Brandeis
Democrats corrupt everything.
You can kill thousands of elderly in nursing homes and collins and murkowski will promote you to take care of all the old people in the entire country.
Per Wikipedia, Seth Rich's bloody shirt should only be waved for specific causes: "On the day after the shooting, DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz issued a statement mourning his loss and praising Rich's work to support voter rights.[42][49] Two days after the shooting, Hillary Clinton spoke of his death during a speech advocating limiting the availability of guns.[28][34]." Then again, Wikipedia also believes that the DNC was "hacked" in some complex manner, as opposed to the more likely inside job or password scam.
I'm sure it is likely Seth Rich was murdered in a bungled robbery. It's possible. We'll never know, and just like Epstein's death, there's enough smoke that it will be hard to convince people to not keep looking.
“Like Mary Jo, the family has probably already had a nice payday from you know who. Who cares who the murderer is ? We sure don't.”
And worse, Michael K accuses Seth Rich’s parents of accepting blood money.
“Rich’s parents, Joel and Mary, filed the lawsuit in 2018 alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress after Fox News published and aired a conspiracy theory that Rich—who was 27 when he was fatally shot in a suspected burglary gone wrong in Washington D.C.—had been killed as retribution for involvement in leaking DNC emails to WikiLeaks.”
Every sentient being knows this.
It does not change the fact that his death is unsolved and those on the left, like you, don't give a shit.
What if it happened in your town? Wouldn't you want to know that a killer was not walking around free?
But I guess it's only DC...kind of like Chicago, another shithole city run by Democrats...just another Thursday.
Move along; nothing to see here.
So, reading Grassley's letter, he's not even angry AT the FBI for lying to him. He's angry the FBI got fooled and isn't trying to do anything about it. I could see not taking the swing at Avenatti, since he'll just say he believes it was true. But the two who admitted to lying? Take the easy lay up and hit them with a charge like they were a Republican staffer.
I see “Seth Rich!” April is still excited to exploit the death Seth Rich to further her narrative and a conspiracy theory and to hound the family.
Interesting that behind the scenes - people had information but the FBI wasn't interested.
Even DNC honcho Donna Brazile dedicated in her book "Hacks" to Rich and wonders out loud whether the Russians had "played some part in his unsolved murder."
ooo - more conspiracy. This is what happens when a DNC staffer is gunned down in the streets.
The collective soviet loyalist left are not at all concerned about it. Just buy whatever Maddow sells.
Loyal leftists do not have a drop of curiosity about the unsolved death of a DNC analyst and Bernie Supporter. but they are VERY touchy if anyone brings it up.
How is asking questions about his unsolved murder - "exploitation" ?
I think jumping on the soviet loyalist bandwagon that everyone shut up about it is the real exploitation.
But we know you care little that a DNC staffer was gunned down and killed, Inga.
shhhhh - do NOT bring up Seth Rich. the collective loyalist hivemind lose their minds.
I would still like to hear from the medical resident at GW who was ordered out of ICU when Rich, still alive and presumably conscious, was wheeled into the ICU.
Anything the left wants to hide is a "conspiracy theory."
Howard: “What happens if the investigation finds the testimony was truthful? Will Grassley push impeachment?”
It has been established by indisputable evidence including all the eye witness testimony contradicting Blasey-Ford that the incident never occurred.
Why clutter the thread with silly irrelevancies? (The question is rhetorical. I know it’s just what you do.)
The letter doesn't seem to reference Ford that I recall; it focuses on Avenatti and the two people who admitted to lying.
On August 2, 2018, a federal judge in Manhattan dismissed the suits brought both by the Riches and by Wheeler. Judge George Daniels was particularly cool to Wheeler, ruling that he failed to prove he had been misquoted and "had also given his tacit consent to the article's publication." Aaron Rich has sued Butowsky as well. Fed up with the harassment, Butowsky fired back with his own suit in March 2019.
oops - that does not fit the narrative.
And worse, Michael K accuses Seth Rich’s parents of accepting blood money.
I assume that even you, stupid as you are, knows the Kopechne family got $62,000. Not much these days but real money in 1969.
The urgency of the left to hide anything about this murder is amusing. Just like some idiot Democrat trying to pass a law that you have to say the 2020 election was perfectly fair.
"The wicked flee when no man pursueth."
Oops
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-capitol-arrests-justice/amid-setbacks-prosecutors-abandon-some-claims-in-u-s-capitol-riot-cases-idUSKBN2BG30C
"The department suffered another blow this week when U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta threatened to impose a gag order on prosecutors after Michael Sherwin, its former head prosecutor on the Capitol cases, told CBS’s “60 Minutes” program that evidence pointed toward sedition charges against some defendants."
-- Honestly, I'd threaten to toss the case if they don't shut up, not a gag order. It's so incredibly prejudicial, how are you hoping to find a reasonable jury of these people's peers?
Hah. Later in the article: "The Justice Department declined to comment, saying it cannot discuss ongoing cases."
Since bleeping when?
“A businessman and a fringe internet activist who each played key roles in the conspiracy theory about Seth Rich, the slain Democratic National Committee staffer whose death was used by right-wing activists as a vehicle to help exonerate Russia from its 2016 election meddling, retracted and apologized for their statements this week.
"I take full responsibility for my comments and I apologize for any pain I have caused," the businessman, Ed Butowsky, said in a statement retracting his previous comments. "I sincerely hope the Rich family is able to find out who murdered their son and bring this tragic chapter in their lives to a close."
"Today we retract and disavow our statements and we offer our apology to Mr. Rich and his family," said the fringe internet activist, Matt Couch, in a separate video posted online. "I take full responsibility for my actions ... and would like to apologize to Mr. Rich and his family."
The retractions came as part of a settlement Aaron Rich, Seth Rich's brother, reached with Butowsky and Couch over a lawsuit he filed against them in March 2018. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. The Washington Times, a conservative news outlet that was also sued, also retracted its claims and settled with Aaron Rich in October 2018.”
Inga said...
Interesting how “Seth Rich!”April and her buddy Achilles can read the minds of Seth Rich’s parents.
You are limited. I will use crayons.
You are mind reading. You are pretending the people who probably killed Seth Rich and refuse to have an open investigation would not also threaten the family.
I want an open, honest investigation. I want to know the truth.
But we know you do not care about the truth at all.
You are an inherently dishonest person. A true moral degenerate.
That has been clear for sometime now, like the perfect sdba drone.
Achilles, SethRich!April and Michael K, still willing to stand on the corpse of Seth Rich to spew conspiracy theories. How pathetic.
It's an unsolved crime.
Just a happy coincidence the cameras were off when Jeffrey Epstein killed himself.
OJ -= Still looking for the real killers.
shorter Inga - SHUT UP!
No link Inga?
the slain Democratic National Committee staffer whose death was used by right-wing activists as a vehicle to help exonerate Russia from its 2016 election meddling,
Now the dullard has downplayed her obsession with collusion to "meddling."
For those who may have forgotten, The DNC files that were transferred to Wikileaks were downloaded, not "hacked over the internet," by someone inside the DNC. Seth Rich was a Bernie supporter working inside the DNC. The download was far too rapid to be an internet hack so someone took a thumb drive and did the download inside. It was an inside job. It happened soon after Bernie was pushed aside for Hillary who controlled the DNC at the time.
Seth Rich had motive and opportunity and was murdered in an unsolved crime soon after. Now, those who are still interested in solving this crime are being vilified by idiots like Inga.
I'd still like to hear from the GW medical resident who was ordered out of ICU.
Leftwing outlets of dubious credibility always have to notate if something comes from a "right wing" news outlet.
Howard said...
It's how I get my news, Wendy. I let others slog through the boring mind numbing stress inducing details and skim the cream off the top.
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Well, Howard, you've just confirmed our suspicions that intellectually you're a "Cliff's Notes" sort of guy.
So, was it rape, rape-rape, or a single witness speaking truth to facts, decades after the alleged incident?
That said, who felt compelled to shoot to kill an unarmed, viable woman, Ashli Babbitt?
Demos-cracy is aborted at the Twilight Fringe.
Matt Sablan said...
The letter doesn't seem to reference Ford that I recall; it focuses on Avenatti and the two people who admitted to lying.
Does anyone wonder why CBF's Google interns erased her entire internet history before she made her ridiculous accusations.
It was such an absurdly obvious setup, sort of like mail in ballots and ballot harvesting.
What took Grassley so long?
He had to wait until he was powerless to do anything but complain.
Inga said...
Achilles, SethRich!April and Michael K, still willing to stand on the corpse of Seth Rich to spew conspiracy theories. How pathetic.
People like Inga and Howard are why the Nazi's were able to take over Germany.
Ouch. You people really know how to play softball.
The last time Wray was in front of congress he was asked when he was going to respond to written questions from his previous testimony months earlier. The FBI considers themself immune from overview.
A bigger issue?
Two different audits found FBI 702 lookups were found to be illegal +80% of the time.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is in charge of the FISA court, and Roberts has done zero.
The corruption is so massive its impossible to exaggerate how corrupt the entire DoJ is. Yes that includes all the grunts that do the work, all the administrative assistants, all paper pushers, and the janitorial staff. ALL corrupt.
stand on the corpse of Seth Rich to spew conspiracy theories. How pathetic.
Says the person that pushes the Q sham
All the lying was for a good cause.
Blogger BidenFamilyTaxPayerFundedCrackPipe said...
On August 2, 2018, a federal judge in Manhattan dismissed the suits brought both by the Riches and by Wheeler. Judge George Daniels was particularly cool to Wheeler, ruling that he failed to prove he had been misquoted and "had also given his tacit consent to the article's publication." Aaron Rich has sued Butowsky as well. Fed up with the harassment, Butowsky fired back with his own suit in March 2019.
oops - that does not fit the narrative.
3/25/21, 12:09 PM
Hey “SethRich!” April...
Where is your link?
The corruption is so massive its impossible to exaggerate how corrupt the entire DoJ is.
A veritable chamber of babies... fetuses.
Andrew said:
..."conclude that your own government institutions are irreperably compromised"...
Crank up the cynicism!
Maybe those institutions are operating exactly as intended.
They're all getting paid. They're all exercising power. Writing letters, ignoring letters, making deals, taking other peoples' money, going to the bank, weaseling contracts for your brother in law's nephew so he'll really owe you big time.
You know... Governing.
Maybe those institutions are operating exactly as intended.
Nothing will change, because nothing has changed. Well, I'm not a diversitist. I'll give people the benefit of the doubt, individually, and collectively on principle. Trust but verify.
Blogger Scott Patton said...
"Andrew said:
..."conclude that your own government institutions are irreperably compromised"...
Crank up the cynicism!
Maybe those institutions are operating exactly as intended.
They're all getting paid. They're all exercising power. Writing letters, ignoring letters, making deals, taking other peoples' money, going to the bank, weaseling contracts for your brother in law's nephew so he'll really owe you big time.
You know... Governing."
You misspelled 'grifting'
Inga, I don't know very much about the Seth Rich killing, but (1) it can't have been a "burglary," b/c the guy was found a long way from his house; and (2) whoever did it is presumably still out there, and I don't see you on the Left exactly clamoring for the killer to be found. Why not? Is the "cold case file" occasionally useful?
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