On March 20, 2017, New York Rep Elise Stefanik questioned then FBI Director James Comey about why he opened a counterintelligence operation against the leading GOP candidate in July 2016 and did not inform congress until early March – just before the hearing.
In an effort to avoid scrutiny James Comey replied, “because of the sensitivity of the matter.” Comey obfuscated the informal requirement in a blatant attempt to dodge specific inquires the FBI’s motives and intentions with the targeting of Donald Trump.
Elise Stefanik is attempting to formalize a legal requirement for congressional notification so that any candidate for federal office cannot be investigated by the FBI without informing the ‘Gang of Eight’ about what is going on. Stefanik wants to include the requirement in the National Defense Reauthorization Act and Intelligence Authorization Act.
While the effort itself is simple, require the FBI to inform congress, as we saw in 2016 the FBI throw the bag of National Security over the issue, and the congressional notification is moot – particularly when congress is in agreement with the targeting of the FBI.
After James Comey made that admission in 2017, not a single member of congress or the House Intelligence Committee pressed him on the issue. Instead of immediately notifying James Comey that his admission was potentially a violation of law and launching an immediate investigation into the conduct of the FBI, congress simply ignored it.
STEFANIK – Great news!
After a productive discussion I had last night with President Trump and Speaker Johnson, the provision requiring Congressional disclosure when the FBI opens counterintelligence investigations into presidential and federal candidates seeking office will be included in the IAA/NDAA bill on the floor.
This is a significant legislative win delivered against the illegal weaponization of the deep state.
And, of course, while this is an important step, there is so much more work to do.” (link)
VIA POLITICO – Rep. Elise Stefanik declared victory over Speaker Mike Johnson Wednesday, saying she had secured the inclusion of a key provision she wanted attached to the annual Pentagon policy bill after a remarkable public spat with the speaker a day earlier.
Others involved credited President Donald Trump for playing mediator after the New York Republican threatened to “tank” the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act as part of her public targeting of Johnson. The three spoke by phone Tuesday night about her threats, according to two people granted anonymity to describe the private call. [link]
{GO DEEP} – Former FBI Director James Comey openly admitted to Congress on March 20, 2017, how the FBI, FBI Counterintelligence Division, DOJ and DOJ-National Security Division, together with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the CIA, had been conducting independent investigations of Donald Trump for over a year without informing Congress [the Gang of Eight]. When asked the question, Comey winced, then justified the lack of informing Go8 oversight by saying, “um, because of the sensitivity of the matter?”
Stupidly, Congress never pressed James Comey on that issue. The arrogance of Comey was astounding, and the acceptance by Congress was infuriating. However, that specific example highlighted just how politically corrupt the system had become. In essence, Team Obama usurped the entire design of congressional oversight…. and Congress just brushed it off.
This event, and everything in the background as outlined within the James Comey admission, factually happened. It is on the record, admitted and nothing about the reality of what took place is subject to conjecture or refute.
Yet somehow, we, specifically our Congress, just moved on as if what FBI Director James Comey outlined and admitted wasn’t a total usurpation of the U.S. Constitution and a collapse in the structure of our coequal branches of government.
We cannot fight our way through the issues until we first realize what lies at the root of the problem.
(1) The Patriot Act turned the intel surveillance radar from foreign searches for terrorists to domestic searches for terrorists.
(2) Obama/Biden then redefined what is a “terrorist” to include their political opposition.
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