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In reply to the discussion: As soon as The Press Secretary admitted Donald Trump got his info from The Justice Dept, he admitted [View all]neohippie
(1,267 posts)16. I found this story but not sure how clear information is
http://time.com/4682791/fbi-russia-reince-priebus-andrew-mccabe-justice-rules/
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FBI Director James Comey and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe may have violated multiple existing Justice Department rules controlling contacts between the bureau and White House officials when they spoke earlier this month with White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus about their ongoing investigation into Russias influence operation against the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to several former senior Justice Department officials.
The first questionable contact came when McCabe spoke with Priebus for five minutes after a 7:30 a.m. meeting at the White House on Feb. 15 on an unrelated intelligence issue. The day before, the New York Times had reported that Trumps campaign and other Trump associates had multiple contacts with known agents of Russian intelligence in the year before the election.
At the White House meeting, McCabe told Priebus, I want you to know story in NYT is BS," according to senior Administration officials who briefed reporters on Feb. 24.
Priebus asked McCabe what could be done to push back, saying the White House was getting crushed on the story. McCabe demurred, and then later called back to say, We'd love to help but we can't get into the position of making statements on every story.
FBI Director James Comey later called Priebus himself and repeated McCabes statements about the New York Times story. Comey also said he was unwilling to speak publicly about the piece but agreed to let Priebus cite senior intelligence officials in his pushback, the officials said.
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Matt Miller, a Holder aide, says "that memo directs that contacts between the White House and the Justice Department be funneled through the White House counsel's office to the AG or Deputy Attorney General's office precisely so there can be no inappropriate tampering with investigations. If McCabe and Comey told Priebus about what was happening in an ongoing investigation into the president's associates, they clearly violated that guidance and crossed a major line."
Those limits aren't the only rules Comey and McCabe may have violated. There are also longstanding written controls, based on authority given to the Attorney General under an executive order issued by Ronald Reagan in 1981 and on several statutes, that require the Attorney Generals approval for most contacts between the FBI and the White House regarding foreign intelligence matters that involve domestic political activities.
Those rules say that, Compromising information concerning domestic officials or political organizations, or information concerning activities of United States persons intended to affect the political process in the United States, may be disseminated to the White House only with the approval of the Attorney General, based on a determination that such dissemination is needed for foreign intelligence purposes, for the purpose of protecting against international terrorism or other threats to the national security, or for the conduct of foreign affairs.
Neither the Justice Department nor the FBI would comment on whether the Attorney General approved the contacts between the FBIs leaders and the White House. White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters on Feb. 24 that there was a carve-out for public affairs communications. The Holder memo does exempt officials in the communications, public affairs, or press offices of the White House and the Department of Justice from communicating with each other to coordinate efforts.
But the Holder rules also explicitly say that pending adversary cases in litigation that may have national security implications are not exempt from the rules.
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As soon as The Press Secretary admitted Donald Trump got his info from The Justice Dept, he admitted [View all]
MelissaB
Mar 2017
OP
This sounds about right. I heard of this law violation on the day that it happened.
Eyeball_Kid
Mar 2017
#1
Weird! Unless there's real bullying going on, blocking people on twitter is really lame.
Fast Walker 52
Mar 2017
#31
Yes she blocked me too. I think she has an auto-blocking feature on because she keeps getting
yodermon
Mar 2017
#37
What crime? i have been hearing all week that if trump wants to find out the info,
jmg257
Mar 2017
#4
As far as I can tell he never said it, or I just haven't found a link corroborating.
Earth Bound Misfit
Mar 2017
#8
To mellisa b Louise M blocks people who don't have real pix posted on twitter
Thekaspervote
Mar 2017
#18
I've seen stories saying Sean Spicer said on Monday that they got it from the DOJ
More_Cowbell
Mar 2017
#20