Breaking NYT -Trump's DOJ was investigating Adam Schiff

[malaise]

as part of the fishing investigation because Schiff was his perceived enemy/
On CNN now

[mahina]

1. Ugh

Nazis ugh

Thank God people came out and voted this asshole out

[Kid Berwyn]

2. Spying on the Chairman of the Intelligence Committee seems like a crime.

It’s certainly not the kind of thing innocent administrations do.

[malaise]

7. The Chair of a Committee for an Equal Branch of government

Of course it's a crime - bet he spied on more than a few ReTHUGs as well.
This fucker needs prison

[benfranklin1776]

21. Yes they do ALL of THEM

From the would be dictator on down to his lowest minion who obediently carried out his democracy destroying orders.

[malaise]

24. The House needs to subpoena Barr immediately

This is madness

[benfranklin1776]

37. Yes, and not only Barr, because we've seen he lies under oath

But everyone who was involved in this fascistic travesty, and every other misuse of that Department. Once they testify, and appropriate evidence gathered, an independent counsel needs to be authorized to empanel a grand jury for prosecutions in this matter and every other instance in which Trump and his lackey-lapdog Barr misused the Department. Obviously the Justice Department can’t investigate itself, and it is thoroughly corrupted.

[Mr.Bill]

31. They are also saying this was happening well into

the Biden administration. As recently as a few weeks ago. The thing is, Biden can be believed if he says he knew nothing about it, because he has always said he wont tell the DoJ what to do and what not to do. He wants them to be independant.

It doesn't look good for Garland, though.

[gab13by13]

39. Be careful of the flying monkeys,

they came after me for simply saying our Justice Department should be doing more.

[Hugin]

90. Flying monkeys are a sure sign you're on your way to the Emerald City.

They have a vested interest in the status quo.

[benfranklin1776]

48. Yes Garland is not distinguishing himself in ridding the stench of corruption left by Trump and Barr

To say the least. Time for a serious course correction before his tenure, that Department, and the country is irrevocably harmed. As the Boston Globe series, Rachel Maddow and the experts who are warning our democracy is seriously imperiled have all emphasized, if these practices aren’t forcefully repudiated both publicly as President Biden did, and by criminal prosecutions that send the message these things are absolutely intolerable in our democracy, they will return to haunt all of us with a vengeance.

[Mr.Bill]

56. It's also possible Garland is completely aware and is giving

some people enough rope to hang themselves before he cleans house. He's going to have to react to this soon, though.

[MOMFUDSKI]

58. Just hoping you are right on that account Mr. Bill

or Garland has to GO. This is blatant bullshit all around. WOW

[benfranklin1776]

63. He's speaking tomorrow so we shall see.

But as head of that office he has to demonstrate, through concrete publicly visible actions, that he is going to tackle this problem head on and that the crimes and wanton lawlessness of the prior criminal gang, masquerading as an administration, will be punished. He would do well to follow RFK’s example of how an AG reminded people exactly of what the office stands for and what it will do to ensure that the nations laws are enforced on the people’s behalf.

[Kid Berwyn]

77. Dumpy was spying on Schiff and Swalwell in 2017.

Barr and the gangsters were using NSA to go after Democrats before the election. That is NAZI.

[tblue37]

79. He was the ranking Democrat at the time, not the chair.

[Kid Berwyn]

82. Thanks, yes.

The traitors near-certainly used all they learned in 2017 and 2018 about Schiff and Swalwell against them in 2019 and 2020. I doubt Barr would stop spying on the Democrats investigating the Russia Thing until he had to. It was a most effective weapon for Barr’s criminalization of Democracy and the institution of fascism.

[spanone]

3. the former insurrectionist in chief weaponized the department of justice

you bet your ass he did

[dchill]

4. Schiff will be on with Rachel Maddow at 9:00.

[BigmanPigman]

13. She just said she scrapped her whole show again.

[Fiendish Thingy]

5. Great- all the more reason to make Schiff chair of the HSC on January 6. Nt

[uponit7771]

6. Barr or the other asshole

[malaise]

9. Turn on Rachel RFN!

[Progressive Jones]

8. I'm not surprised to hear this. I should be surprised, but I'm not. nt

[moonscape]

76. Same. There is no immoral, illegal,

despicable, unconscionable act or deed they would not do, and did.

[Kingofalldems]

10. Cue the 'Dems did it too' posters.

[malaise]

11. This is a first time ever

This is criminal - holy shit this is serious - Barr!

[Kingofalldems]

12. Special Counsel needed for the last four years.

[malaise]

15. Haul Barr before a house committee right fucking now

This was all politics - these fascists belong in prison

[FelineOverlord]

33. Haul Barr before a house committee right fucking now

Wasn’t Jeff Sessions the AG at the time? Haul him before a House Committee, too.

[malaise]

36. Both of them

This was illegal

[gab13by13]

46. You are missing the point,

there are still Sessions/Barr holdovers in the Justice department who are still working. The Justice department has been fighting to get NY Times reporters data as late as last week. That doesn't mean that Garland is even involved, it could be Barr holdovers.

One thing I hope that we can all agree on is that people need to be subpoenaed and we need to get to the bottom of this.

Going after phone records of members of Congress has never been done before, only under Sessions/Barr. Who Okayed this?

[Kingofalldems]

52. My guess is ordered by Trump okayed by Barr.

[FelineOverlord]

14. Breaking NYT -Trump's DOJ was investigating Adam Schiff

Link to tweet

[malaise]

18. He'll be on Rachel shortly

These are co-equal branches of government. EFUCKINGNOUGH - even a child's electronic stuff was part of this shit

[Under The Radar]

16. Anxious to see what Merrick Garland does with this one.

[malaise]

22. This is beyond madness - how dare DOJ spy on Congress - a co-equal branch of government

Start the hearings right fucking now - lock up these fuckers

[demtenjeep]

25. sadly

I don't think they will do anything

[Under The Radar]

30. We Democrats always get steamrolled because we play by the rules.

Trump committed a crime everyday and hasn’t faced justice for anything. Just this week sworn testimony by the White House Legal Council revealed that Trump obstructed justice and there has been nothing proposed as punishment.
Are we all just going to wait and see on what Cy Vance comes up with?

[Duppers]

28. Something is WRONG with Merrick Garland !

[Duppers]

29. Biden made a mistake in choosing him.

[gab13by13]

47. We don't know that yet.

[Duppers]

55. Well...

Why did the hacking of Adam Schiff's email by the DOJ continue until last month? (MSNBC tonight)

~~~~~
Why is Merrick Garland defending Donald Trump?

"It is the sort of discretionary legal judgment that attorneys general often have to make..."

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/06/merrick-garland-donald-trump-rape-allegation.amp

~~~~
Garland's Trump defamation lawsuit decision might be legally defensible. It's also wrong.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/garland-s-trump-defamation-lawsuit-decision-might-be-legally-defensible-n1270188

It was argued on MSNBC tonight that it is not in the legal purview of the DOJ to do this.

[helpisontheway]

59. Agree 100%.nt

[Duppers]

60. Thank you!

[Duppers]

80. John Dean chimes in...

Dean tweeted:

We are going to learn what Attorney General Merrick Garland is made of by the way he handles this situation. He must do more than say it is awful. This is prosecutorial abuse at it worst and Garland must call it out for what it is — intolerable behavior!

Link to tweet

[Duppers]

92. Listening to Rachel tonight?

It's a must-see.

[Elwood P Dowd]

17. Lock him up! Time to stop playing games with Fat Hitler. (nt)

[Dan]

40. I'm of the opinion that just let Trump go for his crimes,

He was the president after alls.

But throw the BOOK at all who supported him and/or enabled him - give them the maximum penalties of all fronts.

[demtenjeep]

20. jusus

Rachael is covering it now



fatnixon was really acting like king

[malaise]

23. Schiff coming up shortly

[Elwood P Dowd]

54. He has moved up in the world. He is now FAT HITLER. (NT)

[Corgigal]

26. I bet he knew,

thankfully it didn’t work.

Indict ASAP, America would like to move on from this pretend Tony Soprano.

[Duppers]

27. Schiff on Rachel now.

[bucolic_frolic]

32. So the guy trying to stifle leaks sought dirt to use on opponents

That's playing both sides of the fence. Nasty, nasty, illegal stuff. Just way beyond Machiavellian if that's possible. Evil.

[malaise]

35. Trump is evil on steroids n/t

[bluestarone]

34. I'm thinking LOT'S of

RETHUGS in congress (both houses) KNEW this shit was going on!

[sarcasmo]

38. Trump term two, Schiff and other political opponents would have already been in the Gulag.

Reporters and media personalities would have already been arrested.
The Trump years were as bad as we imagined.

[malaise]

44. That is the truth

It would be much worse now

[malaise]

45. That is the truth

It would be much worse now

[kentuck]

41. It figures...

It's OK for them to investigate anyone that disagrees with them but it is not OK to investigate them. Then, it's a witch hunt

[Evolve Dammit]

42. This is criminal.

[gab13by13]

49. Sadly I'm not sure that it is.

Schiff said that norms were violated. I personally think it has to be illegal if Trump can be proven to have requested it and only Democrats were hacked. The thing is Rachel said that there are people working in Justice right now who were involved, they need to be subpoenaed.

[Evolve Dammit]

88. You can't do this without warrants. Sad thing is, most on the right could care less.

[andym]

43. Very Nixonian of them. NT.

[gab13by13]

51. He may not have known about it.

[StarfishSaver]

67. Don't get in the way of a good Garland bash

[gab13by13]

53. Schiff wants the Justice department's IG to investigate.

That would be done in private, why not a public Congressional investigation with subpoenas live on TV just like Benghazi?

[Duppers]

81. Excellent suggestion!

👍

[moondust]

57. There may be others.

Sounds like Barr/DOJ apparently used gag orders the way TFG has always used non-disclosure agreements to keep people from talking. Apple's gag order expired and they spilled the beans. Wouldn't be surprised if there are more gag orders out there hiding more crimes.

[triron]

61. There are. Who knows how many.

[gab13by13]

62. Eric Swalwell just stated

he too was spied on. This is the tip of the iceberg, just wait until we find out the Bidens were spied on.

[Lonestarblue]

64. The people who conducted this illegal spying on key government figures are still in the DOJ.

Why? I doubt this is a big surprise to anyone in the DOJ. Why are the people who were willing to subvert the law and every governmental norm still employed?

[malaise]

66. Great question

Speaker Pelosi needs a press conference tomorrow

[StarfishSaver]

69. It's not as easy to root people out as some folks think - especially if they're not political

[dalton99a]

65. There should be a special prosecutor. ASAP.

[malaise]

68. Abuse of power

Way worse than Watergate - I agree with Gloria on CNN

[dalton99a]

71. The asshole was spying on Republicans as well - not just Democrats.

Remember how he used the National Enquirer to keep people in line

[malaise]

73. Mob Government

A Kakistocracy on steroids He belongs in prison

[oasis]

75. Start cranking out those subpeonas.

This shit is way out of bounds.

[FelineOverlord]

70. Breaking NYT -Trump's DOJ was investigating Adam SchiffWe

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[spooky3]

72. These are times when I am glad I am just a nobody and have a little privacy.

Thank you, Cong. Schiff, for persevering.

[malaise]

74. Indeed

Trump is evil on steroids

[LaMouffette]

78. Remember way back when Trump accused Obama of wiretapping his phones at Trump Tower?

Per usual, whatever Trump accuses someone else of is behavior he is guilty of himself. He accused Obama of spying and lo and behold, Trump is the one who was spying. Projection, thy name is Trump.

[malaise]

83. Projection they name is Trump

Nailed it

[Buckeye_Democrat]

87. Lots of Republicans behave that way.

Trump is among the worst, though!

[Rhiannon12866]

84. Adam Schiff was on with Rachel Maddow:

Adam Schiff Rips Trump, DOJ For Reportedly Seizing His Data - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017661237

[dem4decades]

85. If heads don't roll at DOJ, by Garland, I'm done with this shit. Why bother?

[Vinca]

86. In the end, will anyone be held accountable? Probably not. For some reason they

let Trump get away with anything and everything. AG Garland needs to attempt to rectify things. If he lets it slide he's no better than Barr.

[Klaralven]

89. How would counter-intelligence operations regarding members of Congress ordinarily be done?

Not saying that these cases are legit, but there must be some branch of US counter intelligence responsible for investigating members of Congress.

If not FBI counterintelligence, then who?

[Hugin]

91. How is it done for Republicans?

It should be done exactly the same way.

[rockfordfile]

93. It's clear that some people at DOJ should be fired and arrested.