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applegrove

(118,809 posts) Fri Oct 4, 2019, 05:31 PM Oct 2019

CIA's Top Lawyer Made Criminal Referral About Trump

CIA’s Top Lawyer Made Criminal Referral About Trump

October 4, 2019 at 4:47 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 60 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/10/04/cias-top-lawyer-made-criminal-referral-about-trump/

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“Weeks before the whistleblower’s complaint became public, the CIA’s top lawyer made what she considered a criminal referral to the Justice Department about the whistleblower’s allegations that President Trump abused his office in pressuring the Ukrainian president,” NBC News reports.

“The move by the CIA’s general counsel, Trump appointee Courtney Simmons Elwood, meant she and other senior officials had concluded a potential crime had been committed, raising more questions about why the Justice Department later closed the case without conducting an investigation.”

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CIA's Top Lawyer Made Criminal Referral About Trump (Original Post) applegrove Oct 2019 OP

In this case both the crime and the cover up are going to bring this administration down. Voltaire2 Oct 2019 #1

Trump crossed the Rubicon on this one. Wellstone ruled Oct 2019 #2

You mean soon-to-be-former lawyer right? n/t Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #3

So that's where Barr blocked shit... FirstLight Oct 2019 #4

The experts bring up a good point. Why didn't DOJ open an investigation into criminal conduct. ffr Oct 2019 #5

K&R UTUSN Oct 2019 #6

Voltaire2

(13,194 posts)

1. In this case both the crime and the cover up are going to bring this administration down.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Oct 4, 2019, 05:40 PM

Oct 2019

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

2. Trump crossed the Rubicon on this one.

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 4, 2019, 06:03 PM

Oct 2019

Said from the get go,the Agencies will take him down as well as his enabler's.

Ms. Toad

(34,101 posts)

3. You mean soon-to-be-former lawyer right? n/t

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Oct 4, 2019, 06:05 PM

Oct 2019

FirstLight

(13,366 posts)

4. So that's where Barr blocked shit...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Oct 4, 2019, 06:13 PM

Oct 2019

Right?

Although I'd bet dollars to donuts he was in deep long before...but Drump thought having him at the DOJ was his ticket to never being charged....