Anonymous ID: 93233f March 28, 2019, 1:32 p.m. No.5947838   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8308

FBI Ordered to Turn Comey Memos Over to Judge Weighing Their Release

 

US District Judge James Boasberg in Washington ordered the FBI to turn over Comey’s ‘Trump memos’ — both clean and redacted versions by April 1st as he weighs releasing them to the public.

 

Conservative watch dog group Judicial Watch, CNN and other news outlets filed a FOIA lawsuit in an effort to make Comey’s Trump memos public.

 

The FBI pushed back on March 1st and wrote to Judge Boasberg, an Obama appointee, saying that the memos were still redacted and classified and should remain under seal to avoid interfering with Mueller’s inquisition — Mueller’s witch hunt ended a week ago so the judge is weighing the release of Comey’s memos.

 

Judge Boasberg did not give a time frame when he’d decide whether to release the memos.

 

Then-FBI Director James Comey penned 7 memos stemming from 9 conversations he had with President Trump.

 

4 out of 7 of the memos were considered to be classified, however, experts argued that all 7 of Comey’s memos are classified.

 

Immediately after James Comey was fired by President Trump as FBI Director on May 9th, 2017, he gave portions of his memos to a friend to leak to the New York Times in order to prompt a special counsel investigation into President Trump.

 

Comey penned in one of his memos that President Trump requested the FBI drop the investigation into his then-National Security Advisor General Mike Flynn — raising an argument that Trump may have obstructed justice when he fired Comey.

 

Robert Mueller was subsequently appointed as special counsel to investigate whether Trump’s campaign conspired with the Kremlin in order to win the 2016 election.

 

On Sunday, Attorney General Bill Barr released a summary report of Mueller’s main findings and revealed that there was no evidence that Trump’s camp conspired with Russia, nor did the President obstruct justice when he fired Comey.

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/03/breaking-fbi-ordered-to-turn-comey-memos-over-to-judge-weighing-their-release/

Anonymous ID: 93233f March 28, 2019, 1:39 p.m. No.5948047   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Senator Warren Wins - Wells Fargo CEO Sloan 'Retires'

 

Having taken over in October 2016 after his predecessor stepped down amid the scandal, Chief Executive Officer and President Timothy J. Sloan has informed the board of his decision to retire from the company, effective June 30, and to step down as CEO, president and board member immediately.

 

An external search process will now begin for the new CEO and President, but the Board has elected C. Allen Parker as interim CEO and President.

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-28/senator-warren-wins-wells-fargo-ceo-sloan-retires

Anonymous ID: 93233f March 28, 2019, 1:44 p.m. No.5948193   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8335

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Gets Russia-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act Through the House

 

This week, the U.S. House passed on a voice vote a proposal from U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., to have the U.S. State Department provide a threat assessment and propose strategies on dealing with Russia’s increased ties to the Maduro regime’s military in Venezuela.

 

Wasserman Schultz introduces the “Russia-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act” at the end of February with the backing of Florida Democrat U.S. Reps. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Donna Shalala and Darren Soto and Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart.

 

The South Florida Democrat’s bill would “require the president to monitor the risk of Russian acquisition of…Venezuela’s CITGO assets in the United States , as well as impose a visa ban for any individuals working on behalf of the Russian government in direct support of Venezuelan security forces.”

 

The House passed Wasserman Schultz’s bill on Monday along with Mucarsel-Powell’s bill proposing $150 million in humanitarian aid for Venezuelans and Shalala’s proposal cutting off tear gas and riot gear to the Maduro regime.

 

Wasserman Schultz weighed in on her bill after it cleared the House.

 

“This menacing Kremlin influence creates not only a hurdle to restoring a functioning, legitimate democracy to the people of Venezuela, but it also poses an imminent military threat to the entire Western Hemisphere. We not only need a detailed assessment of what kind of threat this poses, but a strategy for dealing with it,” Wasserman Schultz said. “Our goal, regardless of party, is to allow for the peaceful transition to Venezuela’s rightful leader, interim President Juan Guaidó, and for the peaceful execution of free and fair elections. This bill takes a critical step toward understanding and addressing the impact of military cooperation between Russia and Venezuela, and ensuring it does not impede democracy or safety in the region.

 

“As his people suffer and protest all around him, Maduro survives inside an oil-soaked cocoon that the Russian Federation provides his regime,” Wasserman Schultz added.

 

“The Russia-Venezuela Threat Mitigation Act…requires close investigation and continued monitoring of the role that Russia has played in propping up the Maduro regime,” Diaz-Balart said on Monday. “After Russia has sent nuclear-capable bomber plans and, as recently as this weekend, additional military support to Venezuela, we must keep a close eye on Russia’s threat to stability and democracy in our hemisphere. Regrettably, the Maduro regime has invited America’s adversaries such as Russia and China to our doorstep.”

 

So fare there is no counterpart over in the U.S. Senate.

 

“Right now, the people of Venezuela are enduring an unimaginable onslaught of hunger, preventable medical dangers and dire, escalating economic pain,” Wasserman Schultz said. “We cannot stand idly by while Putin assists Maduro in carrying out this inhumane and barbaric tragedy. The Russia-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act will make it harder for the Kremlin to outfit Maduro with weapons of oppression.”

 

http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/debbie-wasserman-schultz-gets-russia-venezuelan-threat-mitigation-act-through-house