Robert Mueller went to church this morning — next to the White House
https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/mueller-submits-russia-report/index.html
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David Duke …FAIL
Gold Star family …FAIL
2 Corinthians…FAIL
P_Grabbing video…FAIL
Landslide predictions….FAIL
Recount attempt…FAIL
Alt-Right accusations…..FAIL
Racist accusations..FAIL
Too many generals appointed…FAIL
Conflict of interests…FAIL
Electoral College votes….FAIL
Russia hack….FAIL
John McCain-Lindsey Graham dossier leak…FAIL
Golden showers…FAIL
Fake Trump and Obama Polling numbers….FAIL
Fake Crowd Size…FAIL
Kavanaugh raping lies…FAIL
MLK bust missing…FAIL
Refugee Ban EO…FAIL
Logan Act…FAIL
Sessions…FAIL
Trump TowerRussia server link…FAIL
Trump’s Tax returns…FAIL
Twitter bug accusation…FAIL
Assistant AG firing…FAIL
Comey firing…FAIL
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Trump-Comey dinner…FAIL
CNN’s two scoop-gate…FAIL
COVFEFE Tweet…FAIL
Trump exposing top secret info…FAIL
Trump’s first overseas trip being a disasterFAIL
Kushner back-channel…FAIL
Comey Testimony…FAIL
Sessions Testimony…FAIL
Mika insults…FAIL
CNN wrestling meme…FAIL
Putin punking Trump at the G20…FAIL
Junior meeting with lawyer…FAIL
Mysterious Eighth Person…FAIL
Second Putin Meeting…FAIL
Scaramucci appointment…FAIL
Transgender Ban…FAIL
N Carolina riot statement…FAIL
Paris Accord…FAIL
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Kelly controlling Trump…FAIL
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Bannon resigning…FAIL
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Schumer Dinner Meeting…FAIL
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Alabama Strange endorsement…FAIL
NFL kneelers Speech…FAIL
Inappropriate Texas hurricane visit…FAIL
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Puerto Rico slow response…FAIL
Weinstein Connection….FAIL
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Niger Gold Star wife call…FAIL
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Rachel Maddow’s Tax return special …FAIL
Sessions 3rd Testimony…FAIL
Asia Tour…FAIL
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Carter Page Indictment…FAIL
Papadopoulos Indictment…FAIL
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NFL anthem Tweets l…FAIL
Flake Tweets…FAIL
Moore allegations silence…FAIL
Franken Tweets…FAIL
Moore Support…FAIL
Tillerson insulting Trump…FAIL
Flynn indictment tweets…FAIL
Deutsche Bank records supeona…FAIL
Megyn Kelly’s Trump accuser special …FAIL
Brian Ross fake report …FAIL
Rex Tillerson being fired….FAIL
Trump received Wikileaks information earlyFAIL
Trump is going fire Mueller rumors….FAIL
Iran uprising Tweet….FAIL
Bigger button Tweet….FAIL
Bannon betrayal….FAIL
Wolff book….FAIL
Trump mental stability….FAIL
Stable genius Tweet….FAIL
S–thole country comment…FAIL
Stormy Daniels payoff…FAIL
Bannon testimony…FAIL
DAVOS will be an embarrassment…FAIL
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Hope Hicks testimony…FAIL
WH aide Porter resignation…FAIL
Dem memo not being released…FAIL
Security clearances…FAIL
Palm Beach property sale…FAIL
Playboy playmate…FAIL
Kushner Security Clearance…FAIL
Hope Hicks resigning…FAIL
Gary Cohn resigning…FAIL
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McCabe firing…FAIL
McMaster firing…FAIL
John Bolton Hiring…FAIL
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Rob Porter firing…FAIL
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John Dowd resignation…FAIL
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60 Minutes Stormy interview…FAIL
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Stormy’s sketch of person who threatenedher…FAIL
Comey’s Interview…FAIL
Comey’s book…FAIL
Comey’s Memos…FAIL
Obama’s Doctor of 8 years, Admiral Jackson,was unvetted…FAIL
Mueller Questions leaked…FAIL
McCain insults…FAIL
Trump’s financial statement release…FAIL
Senate Intelligence Report release…FAIL
Trump calls MS13 animals…FAIL
Trump cancels NK summit…FAIL
Trump announces NK summit back on…FAIL
Trump slaps tariffs on NAFTA partners…FAIL
Trump pardons D’Souza, Blagojevich, and Martha Stewart…FAIL
Trump cancels Eagles WH ceremony…FAIL
Melania is MIA….FAIL
G7 summit snub…FAIL
Singapore summit failure…FAIL
Trump honored Kim…FAIL
Cohen flipping on Trump…FAIL
Manafort charged for witness tamperingFAIL
Trump is putting kids in concentrationcamps….FAIL
Trump caves to pressure on separating kidsFAIL
Trumps’ SCOTUS pick will end life as we know it….FAIL
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Trump Insults NATO by asking for moneyFAIL
Trump Insults Theresa May…FAIL
Rosenstein Indicts 12 Russians prior toTrump’s Russia visit…FAIL
Trump/Putin meeting…FAIL
Cohen has Playboy payoff tape…FAIL
Iran ALL CAPS Tweet…FAIL
Cohen flipping on Trump lV…FAIL
Trump knew of Tower meeting ll…FAIL
Omarosa book claims Trump used N word….FAIL
Cohen has evidence to take down TrumpFAIL
Manafort Trial….FAIL
Anonymous White House tell all op-ed…FAIL
Puerto Rico hurricane response ll…FAIL
Woodwards has tapes…FAIL
Manafort reaches plea deal…FAIL
Rosenstein possible firing….FAIL
UN Assembly laughs at Trump….FAIL
ROBERT MUELLER REPORT….FAIL
If the OIG found no intentional DOJ and FBI malfeasance in their June '18 report on 2016 FBI conduct/activity (Clinton-Trump), what's the likelihood of the same OIG finding malfeasance as it relates to DOJ/FBI FISA activity and the exact same people?
Think about it.
The 2018 report found no DOJ/FBI misconduct (only some bad judgement). There were no criminal referrals. There were recommendations for internal improvement, which Director Wray said the FBI would implement.
The June OIG report was the second OIG report of 2018 attached to the FBI (first was FBI media leaks which did result in McCabe referral). And the June report covered the totality of DOJ and FBI activity throughout 2016.
Three months prior to the June 2018 OIG final report being published, in March 2018 the third angle of the OIG review was opened. This third OIG review is specific to issues around FISA. This is the one all are awaiting.
It's important to note the Office of Inspector General FISA review/investigation of potential FISA abuses (opened March) was launched three months prior to the "Election Activity" final report in June 2016.
The time frame covered by the "Election Activity" review (OIG report 2) and the "FISA Activity" review (OIG report 3) are the same. The topics are different (FISA being more specific), but the people under review and time-frame therein are identical.
Three months after announcing the "FISA specific review", the OIG produced report 2 and stated there was no intentionally corrupt behavior the IG office could identify in the conduct of DOJ and FBI officials in 2016; only some very questionable judgement.
No criminal referrals were made as a result of the June OIG report; and by the time the "election review" report was finalized many of the reviewed FBI and DOJ officials had resigned, retired or been fired. [The remaining exits came shortly thereafter]
The question: If the OIG found no intentional corrupt activity in the June '18 report (only bad judgement); no referrals were made; and time period and people are exactly the same; how can the OIG produce a post-facto FISA review report with substantively different conclusions?
Bruce Ohr is likely still employed for the same reason the dispatch of Strzok was delayed. The OIG and INSD (inspection division) can only reach those still inside the system.
On the narrow issue of how the DOJ and FBI assembled, handled and used the FISA application, and subsequent Title-1 surveillance warrant, against the Trump campaign (and officials therein), Bruce Ohr is a key and central witness for the OIG.
Unlike the previous OIG report #2 (Election-era Issues) if the OIG can find direct and intentional "gross misconduct" (by referencing traditional and historic FISA application assembly therein), toward those officials who participated in the FISA assembly then it becomes possible the OIG report could potentially outline the FISA application resulted in serious fourth amendment civil rights violations.
And that could be a narrow opening toward legal issues for DOJ and FBI officials who participated in assembling an intentional fraudulently-based application to the FISA court.
Unfortunately, that approach is a very high bar for the OIG to reach. Again, the OIG would have to find "direct evidence" of "gross misconduct" resulting in civil rights violations. The defensive arguments would be filled w/ legal justification(s) and internal process discussion.
Unfortunately x 2, such outlined "fourth amendment" FISA abuse finding would also be adverse to the interests of a larger U.S. intelligence apparatus, and institutional participants, who rely on utilization of the FISA process and would seek to protect it.
I suspect the officials who abused the FISA court are also relying upon the necessity of the FISA process to protect themselves from too much scrutiny and sunlight.
An example of that reality is found with HPSCI Chairman Devin Nunes advocating for FISA renewal April '18.
As HPSCI Chairman @DevinNunes knew (still knows) the FISA process was abused for corrupt intent; however, he also knows it is a critical component and tool for the U.S. intelligence system and national security. Currently he is advocating for a much larger conversation about it.
All of this reflects how complex the institutional issues are.
I suspect the initial media reports on the completion of IG Horowitz's "reconciler phase", and first-draft report going to principle stakeholders, will surface sometime in April.