DOJ AND INSPECTOR GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE FISA ABUSES

Did you hear the news? Attorney General Jeff Sessions has confirmed today that the Department of Justice, through its Inspector General, will investigate the alleged abuses involving the FISA applications submitted by senior members of the Obama D.O.J. along with their cohorts in the F.B.I.

We have all had time, now, to digest the "Schiff memo," released on Friday.  In it, the attack dog Democrat Congressman did his best to defend those who had submitted the questionable FISA applications. 

But incredibly, even after the Schiff memo, the undisputed facts appear to be that partisans in the D.O.J. and F.B.I. did not disclose, in the FISA applications, that the "salacious and unverified" Trump dossier had been paid for by the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee.  

In short, incredibly, we have witnessed the weaponizing of our nation's spy tools by one candidate to spy on an opposing party during an election year!

As a former federal prosecutor, I would never have imagined not disclosing such salient facts to the Court! 

If these allegations are proven, heads will surely roll! What do you think?

COOK COUNTY ILLINOIS JUDGE FOUND GUILTY OF MORTGAGE FRAUD

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Have you heard the news about the mortgage fraud conviction of Cook County Circuit Judge 

Judge Jessica Arong O’Brien?  Last week, she was found guilty in federal court of two fraud counts related to false statements she made in loan applications years before she took the bench. She reportedly lied about her income while purchasing two investment properties and then paid kickbacks to a straw purchaser who subsequently defaulted on the loans.

As Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Madden told the jury in closing argument, "she used lies to buy and sell these properties." Sentencing for Judge O'Brien will be reportedly be held at a later date.

REACTION TO THE FISA MEMO

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Have you read the FISA memo, which reportedly exposes alarming bias and abuses of authority
by a few top leaders in both the FBI and DOJ? What is your reaction?

As reported, the memo reveals that former FBI Director James Comey and others in his agency
and top leaders at DOJ utilized and politicized our nation's spying tools to spy on an opposition political party and an incoming president in an election year.  How frightening that is!

As a former federal prosecutor, I reviewed countless search warrant and Title III applications. I would never have participated in deceptions as described in this memo. Also, I never saw any of the fine FBI agents I worked with pull a stunt like this! And I am shocked and appalled to learn that, in this case, a few misguided lawyers and agents, in an election year, would apply for a FISA warrant utilizing the dirty dossier, when they reportedly knew it was bogus, and also without disclosing to the FISA court that the dossier was actually opposition research bought and paid for by Clinton and the Democrat Party. If proven, this will go down as one of the biggest political scandals in American history.

Many questions still remain:

• Will a new special counsel be appointed to clean up this mess?
• Will there be other revelations of corruption by this small group?
• Will the FISA court take action against any culprits who allegedly abused the FISA process?
• Will the main stream media ever even acknowledge any of this corruption?  

Before closing, I want to emphasize that I proudly worked, side by side, with countless outstanding FBI special agents for over twenty years. They are not to blame. The reported corruption in this situation clearly exists only at headquarters and not in the field.

What is your opinion of this colossal mess?