Francis Fukuyama: ‘American Democracy Depends on the “Deep State”‘
“Those attacking the ‘deep state’ are really attacking the rule of law,” wrote Francis Fukuyama in the Wall Street Journal, days after the IG report.
“Those attacking the ‘deep state’ are really attacking the rule of law,” wrote Francis Fukuyama in the Wall Street Journal, days after the IG report.
Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz testified Wednesday that he never concluded there was no political bias in the FBI’s abusive investigation of officials connected to Donald Trump’s campaign.
House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Schiff (R-CA) wrote to the committee’s chairman, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), on Sunday, suggesting that after a series of lies, “it is clear you are in need of rehabilitation.”
During an appearance Wednesday on Huntsville, AL radio’s WVNN, Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) offered his reactions to the Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report on his investigation into the handling of the investigation into President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) used the bulk of her time during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday on FBI abuses in surveillance of the Trump campaign in 2016 to Attorney General William Barr and push for President Donald Trump’s impeachment.
Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz appeared to admit Wednesday that political bias was a possible factor in the abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) process to spy on Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that claims about political bias at the Federal Bureau of Investigation played no role in surveillance of the Trump campaign: “There is no deep state.”
In a Tuesday interview on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) shared his reaction to the findings of the Department of Justice inspector general Michael Horowitz’s report on alleged FISA abuse.
Tuesday, MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough reacted to the release of the Department of Justice Inspector General report. Although the report was critical of how the FBI handled an investigation into Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, Scarborough said the findings
Monday during an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) charged that although the initiation of the Justice Department’s investigation of the 2016 Trump campaign may have been “legitimate,” as claimed by DoJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report, it did not continue as such.
During his Monday broadcast’s monologue, Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson weighed in on the Department of Justice Inspector General’s report authored Michael Horowitz.
The Democrats’ 2018 memo made several factual assertions about the FBI and FISA, many of which were partly or fully refuted in the IG report.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder, like many of his Democrat counterparts, on Monday claimed victory following the release of the Justice Department’s inspector general (IG) report.
Attorney General William Barr released a statement on Monday following the release of the Justice Department’s inspector general (IG) report, asserting that it “makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions that, in my view, were insufficient to justify the steps taken.”
“This was an attempted overthrow and a lot of people were in on it, and they got caught,” Trump said.
Tuesday, Washington Post columnist and MSNBC contributor Eugene Robinson took issue with U.S. Attorney General William Barr for disputing the inspector general report on the FBI’s findings in the Russia investigation. Robinson said on “Morning Joe” that Barr is “functioning
Attorney General William Barr reportedly disagrees with a finding by the forthcoming Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) report that the FBI had sufficient reason to monitor the Trump campaign in 2016.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in an appearance on Sunday’s broadcast of “The Cats Roundtable” on New York AM 970 radio commented on the upcoming release of Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report on his investigation into the FBI’s alleged abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) during their Russia investigation.
Former FBI Director James Comey wondered on Twitter Monday if the U.S. has done enough to protect itself from a “bad man” like President Trump.
Not only is the IG Report rife with evidence of outrageous political bias and actions based on that, but it also reveals evidence that warrants independent counsel to conduct a thorough, criminal investigation of everyone involved in the farcical Clinton email investigation at the Department of Justice and the FBI for their conspiracy and obstruction of justice.
President Donald Trump reacted to the Inspector General report from the Justice Department on FBI Director James Comey’s handling of Hillary Clinton’s email case.
Mark Meadows said that Rod Rosenstein “must be held accountable for his obstructionist conduct” after the Inspector General (IG) report was released.
“It seems it’s coming out on my birthday,” Trump said to reporters as he left the White House. “Maybe that’s appropriate. … That will be maybe a nice birthday present. Who knows?”