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Bill Barr Announces That No One Can Investigate the President Without His Prior Approval
Attorney General William Barr sent a memo to the FBI ordering the organization to clear any investigations into 2020 candidates with him…including any investigation of Donald Trump…the current FOREVER IMPEACHED president.
Barr on Wednesday, issued restrictions requiring the agency to get his direct approval before launching an investigation into candidates to avoid the debacle that took place in 2016, according to the New York Times.
And before you ask, I am guessing that any investigation into Trump will be denied, and any investigation into Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders will be approved.
In 2016, the FBI was accused of influencing then-Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign after then-FBI Director James Comey cleared her of criminal wrongdoing in her email scandal but reopened the investigation days before the election.
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The agency has also been criticized for its investigation into Trump, which included obtaining a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant to investigate Trump aide Carter Page. An investigation into the FISA process found that the FBI had broken protocol several times while obtaining the warrant, and the Department of Justice has since ruled that two FISA orders into Page were invalid.
According to @maddow Barr sent out a memo today stating that only he can approve or disapprove an investigation into the President and VP. Looks like the Trump regime has been given green light by his corrupt AG to commit whatever crimes he wants and our agencies cant do a thing
— Olga Lautman (@olgaNYC1211) February 6, 2020
Barr’s memo said it was the Justice Department’s duty to ensure elections are “free from improper activity or influences.” As a precaution, he required that all investigations into candidates or campaigns be approved by his office.
— Olga Lautman (@olgaNYC1211) February 6, 2020
“In certain cases, the existence of a federal criminal or counterintelligence investigation, if it becomes known to the public, may have unintended effects on our elections,” Barr wrote, referencing Comey’s decision to make several public announcements about the investigation into Clinton.
Trump is a 2020 candidate. So Barr is declaring that he must clear any investigation into the president who he has served dutifully to this point. And should Trump want any Democratic opponent investigated, does anyone feel Barr would offer any resistance? https://t.co/ghCBkgNq4o
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) February 6, 2020
He said that the FBI should still respond “swiftly and decisively” to any potential wrongdoing by a campaign but noted that the agency “must be sensitive to safeguarding the department’s reputation for fairness, neutrality and nonpartisanship.”
Barr’s memo required that written notification of any investigation into 2020 candidates or campaign be given to the attorney general’s office and any relevant department so that concerns about foreign security or criminal behaviors are sent to the proper leaders. He is the first attorney general to order that the FBI alert the department about this type of investigation.
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