Administrative Review Turned Criminal

The Justice Department has reportedly confirmed the opening of a criminal investigation into the origins of the Russia probe that sought possible ties between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia, giving reason for a special counsel.

Attorney General William Barr appointed US attorney for Connecticut John H. Durham to lead his inquiry into the departments’ handling of the Russia investigation. This position gives Durham the power to subpoena for witness testimony and documents, and the ability to put together a grand jury, and to file charges. The investigation efforts aim to answer unspecified questions Barr had about why the FBI began their counterintelligence investigation that eventually led to the appointment of Robert Mueller.

In escalating Barr’s inquiry from an administrative or management review to a criminal matter, this means that the FBI and Justice Department officials, both current and former, face the possibility of criminal charges for the type of work they did while working on the Russia investigation.

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President Donald Trump has long complained about the Russia investigation being a hoax, perpetrated by the Obama administration and his intelligence agencies. He’s often called the investigation one of the biggest political scandals in United States history.

“We can never allow these treasonous acts to happen to another president.” President Donald Trump

The Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General has spent over a year investigating the contents of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) applications that were submitted by the FBI and the Justice Department on Carter Page, a former Trump campaign advisor. But Durham’s investigation seems to be more broad than just the OIG inquiry. He and his team talked to more than 24 current and former intelligence officials regarding personal bias against President Trump, and whether that made way for the Russia investigations to unfurl.

The veteran prosecutor has indicated his interest in speaking with former intelligence agency officials, but has not spoken with them yet. Some CIA officials have reportedly hired criminal lawyers to prepare for their own questioning. Reports have also indicated that Barr asked President Trump to speak with foreign leaders to gain their cooperation with the Justice Department in the course of the investigation. This includes the prime minister of Australia, where the tip-off that led to the investigation occurred.

Democrats and the media continue to propagate the idea that somehow Barr began the investigation to “do the president’s bidding and put politics above justice,” and that the Department of Justice was being used as “a tool of political retribution, or to help the President with a political narrative for the next election, the rule of law will suffer new and irreparable damage.”

The list of these sick twists of the facts goes on. It is incredible that those in the media refuse to see the proof right in front of their faces. Instead, they keep to their own narrative and give half-truths, at best, with an obvious anti-Trump twist. Why can’t Barr just be wanting to seek truth and justice?

If you’ve been paying attention at all, you know Barr’s investigation will bring to fruition the long-awaited justice we all know must be served. In a much slower manner than I’d prefer, those indictments are coming.