BOOM: FBI admits 'active, ongoing investigation includes Trump's call for Russia to hack Hillary...

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory


BOOM: FBI admits ‘active, ongoing investigation’ includes Trump’s call for Russia to hack Hillary Clinton

DAVID EDWARDS
10 MAY 2017 AT 13:04 ET

According to recently-revealed court documents, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is looking into a case that includes then-candidate Donald Trump’s public call for Russia to hack then-candidate Hillary Clinton’s emails.

During a 2016 campaign press conference, Trump made a plea directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government.

“I will tell you this, Russia: If you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” Trump said in front of supporters in Florida. “I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.”

According to court filings obtained by The Sparrow Project, those remarks are now part of an FBI investigation.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/boom-fbi-admits-active-ongoing-investigation-includes-trumps-call-for-russia-to-hack-hillary-clinton/

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. HOw long before squashed, McConnell has already said today he wants no investigations

nothing.

I think they win, it is over, America is now a satellite of Russia.

[leftynyc]

5. Could I get a link

to mcconnell saying no investigations. I'm under the impression he just said a special prosecutor is unnecessary. Thanks.

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. Yeah I misspoke, meant prosecutor. Now we both agree, I hope, he doesnt want

investigations either, right?

[leftynyc]

16. He probably doesn't

but he's not THAT stupid..

[cstanleytech]

6. Mitch keeps forgetting though that there is no statute of limitations for treason

and anyone in the Whitehouse and or in Congress that was involved in colluding with Russia had best be worried because eventually the Democrats will regain control of the House and Senate.

[defacto7]

2. For now.. nt

[yodermon]

3. THANK YOU, i see Raw picked it up. My thread from earlier:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029041758

[yuiyoshida]

4. I would so want to see a Trump perp walk ...

taken away in handcuffs ...

[calimary]

7. Suit's the wrong color.

Should be ORANGE.

[yuiyoshida]

10. Orange after he is arrested...

because he will be wearing a suit when or if he is ever arrested.

[spiderpig]

11. The hands are too big.

n/t

[yuiyoshida]

18. heh do they make tiny hand cuffs?

lol

[Sunriser13]

25. The zip-tie type will work just fine - fully adjustable for little hands

[SergeStorms]

23. Good one, Spiderpig.....

they could maybe borrow a pair from Ivanka's, "White House Barbie Goes to Prison", playtime set?

[L. Coyote]

9. Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice. Comey investigating Trump/co-conspirators for Hatch Act violations.

Truth-suppressing acts by co-conspirators Sessions, Flynn, Kushner create liable for Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice. 18 U.S.C. §§ 1621 to 1623 -- Given perjury, subornation of perjury, false declarations, the assertion of a false affirmative statement by an individual testifying under oath accompanied by other obstructive, evasive testimony, such as a false denial of knowledge or memory, an offense may exist. 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 372--conspiracies to commit any offense against the United States, or to prevent or retaliate in response to the lawful discharge of the duties of Federal officers ...

18 U.S. Code § 1505 - Obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and committees

..... Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication influences, obstructs, or impedes or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede the due and proper administration of the law under which any pending proceeding is being had before any department or agency of the United States, or the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any inquiry or investigation is being had by either House, or any committee of either House or any joint committee of the Congress—

Shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years or, if the offense involves international or domestic terrorism (as defined in section 2331), imprisoned not more than 8 years, or both.

[Ligyron]

19. Good job on The Scream!

[sagesnow]

12. Wonder if we should

start brushing up on our Russian?

[Borchkins]

13. Da

[Javaman]

14. I would love to play against tRump in a game of poker.

he's all tell.

[Honeycombe8]

15. I called that out at the time!!! Everyone poo-pooed me. But it seemed clear to me....

Trump was giving a request directly to Russia over national tv, and he could say it was just campaign rhetoric.

But I regarded it as a request at the time. Within a few days, Wikileaks dumped a bunch of emails to the public, as if in compliance w/Trump's request.

[FigTree]

17. This is a smoke screen. Or a chaffe if you wish.

The beef is in financial transaction, which are reflected in tax returns.

[tenorly]

20. A day late and a dollar short, aren't they?

Cheeto made that (illegal) appeal 10 months ago, and has been owned by the Russians for nearly a decade - to the full knowledge of every intelligence agency in the country.

Better late than never, I guess.

[HopeAgain]

21. This article is simply inaccurate.

The F.B.I. has only stated that anything which has reference to Trump's call to hack or may otherwise be related to such call could be included with information related to the ongoing investigation. We know Flynn is under investigation. We know that the circumstances of the Russian interference is under investigation. It does not make the leap to confirm Trump himself is under investigation.

I keep seeing threads that this is an admission by the F.B.I. that Trump himself is under investigation and my reading of it (admittedly it might be more obvious to a lawyer reading this) makes no such admission. Investigative bodies normally fight to exempt anything that might even touch upon an ongoing investigation from FOIA discovery.

Listen, I'm as convinced as anyone that Trump is guilty and I hope to hell he is included in any investigation, but that is not what the pleading says. Bad assumptions make for fake news.

[onenote]

24. Your reading is correct. The FOIA request response is being blown out of proportion.

And I say that as someone who has litigated FOIA cases.

[bucolic_frolic]

22. I recall it was July 27

I think, around noon, when I heard Trump had said that. That night Obama
addressed the DNC, and when i heard his quintessential speech on what
being American means and what America is, I went to bed thinking, this
thing is over, Trump is cooked, and he's cooked himself. No one is going
to let that slide by.

Surprise.