lawgator1
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The former Trump DOJ secretly went after records of Schiff, Swalwell, and Kash Patel, in a leaks investigation. They even tried to obtain records and emails from CNN, the Wash. Post, and the NYT. Epic scandal incoming on this one.
From the report:
Aside from the obvious First Amendment concerns, the obvious deep state lawfare concerns, what does this portend for Patel? He's a national security leaker?
From the report:
The FBI told us that for records of in Washington Post 2 and New York Times are retained only in hard copy in envelopes that note "Grand Jury MaterialDisseminate Only Pursuant to Rule 6(e)." The envelopes are kept in locked cabinets to which only current Special Agents and professional staff on each of the squads that handled the respective investigations have access. According to the FBI, all electronic copies of the returns in Washington Post 2 have been deleted from internal FBI systems and records of deletion are included in the envelope with the hard copy returns. The FBI represented to the OIG that, according to the case agent, no digital returns were received in New York Times.
As to the records of the obtained in CNN, the FBI represented to us that electronic copies of the containing these records are retained in a section of its case management system known as a sub-file, which in this case is accessible to 22 individuals who were involved with the investigation, as well as in a folder accessible only on the agent's employee drive. 38 The FBI was unable to provide us with information as to whether any were received in hard copy; it told us that if hard copy records were obtained, following the closure of the investigation, the FBI would have provided them to the FBl's Information Management Division for archival storage of closed case information.
The FBI represented to the OIG that none of the Congress-related or news media-related returns in any of the four investigations are "available for view or use in any other investigation or for other purposes."
Aside from the obvious First Amendment concerns, the obvious deep state lawfare concerns, what does this portend for Patel? He's a national security leaker?
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