Posted on Jan 12, 2019
Newt Gingrich: Reported FBI probe of Trump was led by anti-Trump fanatics who betrayed...
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FBI betrayal of their oath? Isn’t Congress supposed to oversee the President of the United States?
Newt Gingrich: Reported FBI probe of Trump was led by anti-Trump fanatics who betrayed...
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What a load of bovine excrement.
MANY people in senior positions of the Trump campaign and administration have committed serious crimes and it's the job of law enforcement to investigate these kinds of crimes. If the trail of criminal behavior ends up at the foot of the POTUS it means he deserves to be impeached and potentially prosecuted.
Absolutely disgusting to attack law enforcement for having the gall to do their jobs and enforce the nations laws.
MANY people in senior positions of the Trump campaign and administration have committed serious crimes and it's the job of law enforcement to investigate these kinds of crimes. If the trail of criminal behavior ends up at the foot of the POTUS it means he deserves to be impeached and potentially prosecuted.
Absolutely disgusting to attack law enforcement for having the gall to do their jobs and enforce the nations laws.
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You are absolutely correct. It is the job of the Congress to investigate and impeach if necessary, the President of the United States of America. The FBI investigating President Trump, in my opinion, is the equivalent of a Police Chief’s assistant bringing them up the Chief on charges; it’s not their function. WE HAVE 3 BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT that have their duties. Which branch is supposed to watch the president? Now is when you say… everybody should be looking out for the US. Sorry, to my knowledge, it just doesn’t work that way. Unfortunately, Former President Obama weaponize our intelligence agencies to FOLLOW POLLITICAL PARTIES, instead of their duties.
This is pretty obvious in the facts that… how many senior FBI Executives have been fired for cause? Puzzle that one.
This is pretty obvious in the facts that… how many senior FBI Executives have been fired for cause? Puzzle that one.
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PO2 Robert Aitchison
SFC (Join to see) - It's not congress job to investigate crimes, or even to prosecute most government officials when they are accused of crimes.
Congress doesn't even (and shouldn't) have an investigative bureau that could properly investigate these kinds of major crimes.
It's the job of the FBI or other Law Enforcement agencies to investigate and report to prosecutors and the job of federal prosecutors (or congress in the case of alleged impeachable offenses) to prosecute or impeach.
The Special Counsel statue was written by congress to provide a facility for the DOJ to investigate people in the executive branch (not necessarily the President) with the minimum possible interference and specifically provides for congressional oversight. President Nixon and nearly every President since (the two exceptions being Presidents
Carter and Ford) have had special counsel investigations during their Presidency and only two Presidents have ever challenged the special counsel process (Nixon and Trump).
ttps://http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/part-II/chapter-40
Congress doesn't even (and shouldn't) have an investigative bureau that could properly investigate these kinds of major crimes.
It's the job of the FBI or other Law Enforcement agencies to investigate and report to prosecutors and the job of federal prosecutors (or congress in the case of alleged impeachable offenses) to prosecute or impeach.
The Special Counsel statue was written by congress to provide a facility for the DOJ to investigate people in the executive branch (not necessarily the President) with the minimum possible interference and specifically provides for congressional oversight. President Nixon and nearly every President since (the two exceptions being Presidents
Carter and Ford) have had special counsel investigations during their Presidency and only two Presidents have ever challenged the special counsel process (Nixon and Trump).
ttps://http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/part-II/chapter-40
28 U.S. Code Chapter 40 - INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
1987—Pub. L. 100–191, §2, Dec. 15, 1987, 101 Stat. 1293, amended chapter 40 heading and analysis generally, substituting items 591 to 599 for former items 591 to 598.
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Isn’t Congress supposed to follow their oath of office?
It reads: “I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I ...
It reads: “I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I ...
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Very interesting. How do we "defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic" this is a very good question.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/3331
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/3331
5 U.S. Code § 3331 - Oath of office
An individual, except the President, elected or appointed to an office of honor or profit in the civil service or uniformed services, shall take the following oath: “I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or...
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1. The newt does not name anyone, just "bureaucrats" because that is an easy target.
2. Congress (both Houses) need to get off their collective asses and do their job, one of which is oversight of the Executive branch.
3. The professionals of the FBI were, and still are, doing their jobs.
2. Congress (both Houses) need to get off their collective asses and do their job, one of which is oversight of the Executive branch.
3. The professionals of the FBI were, and still are, doing their jobs.
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