BREAKING: Court Filing Indicates FBI Has Active Investigation Pertaining to Donald Trump's Call For

[yodermon]

Russian Hacking and Espionage

https://www.sparrowmedia.net/2017/05/james-comey-trump-investigation/

The news is not that there is an investigation, we all know that.

It is that the initiating FOIA request was about donnie's statement "Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,’ and ‘I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.’”

from the article

On August 18, 2016, Shapiro and Leopold submitted a FOIA request to the FBI seeking “disclosure of any and all records, including investigative records, mentioning or referring to Donald J. Trump’s statement on 27 July, 2016 [regarding Secretary Hillary Clinton’s State Department emails], ‘Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,’ and ‘I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.’”

When the FBI did not respond in a timely manner to the FOIA request, Shapiro and Leopold sued. During the lawsuit, the FBI initially asserted that it could neither confirm nor deny the existence of documents responsive to this FOIA request.
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However, the FBI subsequently withdrew this position and agreed to search for the requested documents. Again, the documents requested by Shapiro and Leopold are records, including investigative records, mentioning or referring to a public statement made personally by Donald J. Trump, not his advisors, surrogates, or campaign staff.

So it went from GLOMAR response to "we can't give you the docs bcz of ongoing investigation." This is noteworthy.

[Frustratedlady]

1. Smells like the reply to releasing his tax returns...

can't release because of an ongoing audit.

Hey, doesn't The Donald have something to do with the trial on May 15th regarding underage girls and one of his friends? Epstein? If so, he's going to be a busy boy...if not in body, at least mentally connected and a bit apprehensive.

[FakeNoose]

3. The Senate could subpoena Trump's tax returns

Doesn't matter if he's being audited, they can get their hands on anything.

All we need is an independent bi-partisan investigation, and everything will move quickly forward.

[jmg257]

2. They would issue a FOIA for documents because trump made a statement that is impossible?

What documents could there possibly be pertaining to Russia having emails which Hillary deleted 2 years earlier??

Or are they thinking the deleted emails are out there? And that the FBI has them?

Or - holy shit, that Russia had access to them??
THAT would be f*&^ed up.

[onenote]

4. I don't think its necessarily as noteworthy as you suggest

and it certainly doesn't establish that there is an active investigation directly pertaining to Trump's comments. Only that there is an active investigation (wouldn't have to be of Trump) in which reference to those comments might have been made in a document.

[L. Coyote]

5. 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.

[Leith]

6. It Could Be a Delay Tactic

and that the FBI has no intention of fulfilling the request ever.

I don't have any confidence in any part of the government any more. The oligarchs won the class war and they are collecting the spoils.