Last night, President Trump gave Attorney General Bill Barr the authority to declassify information and documents related to the FBI's spying during the 2016 presidential election. He's asked for a number of government agencies to cooperate with Barr's inquiry, including the State Department, Treasury, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, CIA and the Director of National Intelligence.
"Today, at the request and recommendation of the Attorney General of the United States, President Donald J. Trump directed the intelligence community to quickly and fully cooperate with the Attorney General’s investigation into surveillance activities during the 2016 Presidential election," the White House released in a statement. "The Attorney General has also been delegated full and complete authority to declassify information pertaining to this investigation, in accordance with the long-established standards for handling classified information. Today’s action will help ensure that all Americans learn the truth about the events that occurred, and the actions that were taken, during the last Presidential election and will restore confidence in our public institutions."
Declassification means more transparency for the American people. Hopefully, it will lead to accountability for those who turned federal law enforcement agencies into political weapons against private American citizens.
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What kills me about the Democrats is they want all of the Mueller report released 100% but they don't want this released Gee whizz I wonder why.
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ReplyDeleteIt is not that they want the report released - what they (Dems) are requesting cannot be legally provided by the AG, and they are well aware of this - the fact that the Muller report was a complete bust, along with the fact that POTUS did not hinder the investigation (although I'm sure he would have loved to) as well as now instructing the AG to take off the gloves, ha most of Washington in a panic - I'm pretty sure POUTS will utilize his 'bruiser' mentality and not spare anything in exposing what has become 'business as usual' in the district.
Thank God for President Trump. 2020
DeleteMan, this guy Shiff is a piece of work. True swamper.
ReplyDeleteAs in Watergate , it can indeed be released when the AG requests and the courts allow
ReplyDeleteNot ongoing investigations and those individuals interviewed who did nothing wrong would be judged by association. That's why it is illegal to release the full report - idiot.
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