The Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations, Congressional investigations
, and Inspector General Investigation ongoing.
January 9, 2018 2:20 pm
Last Updated: January 11, 2018 1:36 am
For months now, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has been working to investigate politicians and government officials for alleged corruption and other crimes.
While Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein have remained tight-lipped publicly, it appears they have been working overtime on a slew of high-profile cases.
Some of these investigations by the DOJ have come to light in recent weeks. They range from the Clinton Foundation to the so-called Uranium One deal, as well as allegations of interference by Obama officials with a Drug Enforcement Administration investigation into Hezbollah’s drug trade in the United States.
These cases, however, might be just the tip of the iceberg.
Since October last year, more than 9,000 sealed indictments have been filed in districts across the United States. Sealed indictments are typically used to prosecute individuals or criminal networks in cases where revealing names could lead individuals to flee or destroy evidence.
The DOJ is an inquiry into the Clinton Foundation and whether Hillary Clinton provided donors with political or policy favors.
The DOJ is also revisiting evidence obtained by the FBI in an investigation into the Uranium One deal, which is connected to the Clinton Foundation.
The DOJ has also reopened its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state.
Sessions also ordered a review of an investigation conducted by Drug Enforcement Administration officials that uncovered drug trafficking by the Hezbollah terror group into the United States, as well as money laundering.
Election Investigations
Alongside the investigations by the DOJ, congressional investigators have been conducting their own investigations into potential misconduct by U.S. officials. After months of refusing to provide House investigators with requested documents on Fusion GPS—the company behind the infamous Trump–Russia dossier—as well as on current and former FBI officials, the DOJ agreed on Jan. 3 to provide all requested documents.
Chairman of the House intelligence committee Devin Nunes has been investigating the role that the Trump dossier played in the FBI’s decision to open an investigation into allegations of collusion between Trump and Russia in July 2016.
Nunes is also investigating whether this FBI investigation was then used to obtain court warrants, under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, to spy on the Trump campaign and transition team.
The investigation includes some of Obama’s key former officials, such as former national security adviser Susan Rice and former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power. Both are recorded as having made dozens, if not hundreds, of so-called “unmasking requests” on the communications of Trump officials.
The Trump dossier, which was paid for by the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee, appears to have been the main source of the allegations that Russia colluded with the Trump campaign.
Fusion GPS actively spread the dossier among politicians and the media to promote its unproven narrative of collusion.
The House committee is also investigating Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) role in regard to the Trump dossier. McCain had sent an associate to the UK to obtain a copy of the report from former MI6 intelligence officer Christopher Steele, who had been hired by Fusion GPS to write the dossier.
McCain admitted in January last year that he provided Comey with a copy of the report.
Last month, Nunes issued a subpoena to David Kramer, the associate of McCain who had traveled to London to obtain a copy of the report. One official currently being investigated by the House intelligence committee in connection with the Trump dossier is Bruce Ohr.
The commission is also seeking to interview FBI agent Peter Strzok and his FBI colleague Lisa Page. Strzok had served both in the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server and the FBI’s investigation into allegations of Russia collusion.
Inspector General Investigation
Simultaneously with the investigations in Congress, the Justice Department inspector general has been conducting his own investigation. Included in his investigation is how Comey handled the investigation on Clinton’s email server.
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