Counterintelligence Accountability Act Introduced

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by: Elise Stefanik (R-NY, 21st)

Washington, D.C. - April 18, 2019 - (The Ponder News) -- Congresswoman Elise Stefanik introduced a bill this week that would require the FBI to notify the House and Senate Intelligence Committee when the Bureau opens a counterintelligence investigation into a candidate for Federal office, campaign for a candidate for Federal office, or an individual knowingly associated with a campaign for a candidate for Federal office.

This comes after Congresswoman Stefanik’s questioning of then-FBI Director James Comey at a HPSCI hearing in 2017, where he revealed that he did not follow the proper protocol of notifying Congress about opening a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign in 2016. That questioning can be found here.

“Despite informal protocols followed in the past, James Comey failed to notify Congress about his investigation into the Trump Presidential campaign,” said Congresswoman Stefanik. “This loophole in the law allows the FBI to circumvent Congress and unilaterally conduct investigations without any congressional oversight. My bill will ensure that the right congressional overseers are informed of sensitive counterintelligence investigations into campaigns for Federal office, and I’m proud to lead this effort for transparency.”

Each Republican on the House Intelligence Committee is a cosponsor of this bill. Click here for a write-up on the bill from the Federalist.

Iran Sanctions, Shooting at Sutherland Springs and LOTS MORE!

Today's News from the Lawmakers

Sen. Cruz: ‘The Strength of the Sutherland Springs Community Resounds Across the World’

TRUMP BORDER RHETORIC STOKES HATE AND VIOLENCE, STRANGLES BORDER ECONOMY

Bennet, Gardner, Polis, Buck Urge FEMA to Reimburse Counties for Flood Disaster Recovery Projects

CORKER STATEMENT ON RE-IMPOSITION OF IRAN SANCTIONS

Cotton Statement on Iran Sanctions

DURBIN, DUCKWORTH CALL ON ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR NIRAV SHAH TO RESIGN OVER BOTCHED RESPONSE TO LEGIONNAIRES' OUTBREAKS AT IVH QUINCY
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Cornyn Statement on First Anniversary of Sutherland Springs Shooting

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CRAPO, LITTLE TO HIGHLIGHT NEW JOB, EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES WITH IDAHO VETERANS COALITION

Senators to FBI: Provide Documents on President Trump’s Possible Involvement in FBI Headquarters Project

WILLIAMS SENDS LETTER TO POTUS IN SUPPORT OF GOV. ABBOTT’S DISASTER DECLARATION REQUEST

Menendez, Watson Coleman and New Jersey Democrats Release New Report on the Impact of President Trump’s Tax Law on New Jersey Homeowners

Thompson Statement on October Jobs Report

Cantwell, Colleagues Call for Additional Funding to Ensure Effective Responses to Massive Wildfires


Webster Praises Reimposing Iran Sanctions

Congressman Joe Wilson Supports Decision to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran

Donnelly on March of Dimes Report Showing Large Swaths of Indiana Lack Maternity Care

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Brown Statement on the Federal Reserve's Proposal to Weaken Rules for Large U.S. Banks

Rep. Walters Calls for Continued Protections for Sex Trafficking Survivors in Trade Agreements

CAPITO ANNOUNCES FUNDING TO EXPAND TELEMEDICINE IN WEST VIRGINIA

New Data Show Cost of Administration’s Efforts to Sabotage Healthcare Markets

State of the Union Guests, Immigration Reform, Cadillac Tax Delay and more...

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January 29, 2018



Congresswoman Bustos announces her State of the Union Guest: Sarah Miller from Galesburg
Cheri Bustos (D-IL, 17th)
Congresswoman Cheri Bustos announced that her guest at tomorrow’s State of the Union address will be Sarah Miller from Galesburg, Illinois. In April 2016, when news broke that Galesburg had exceeded the federal “action level” in ongoing E.P.A. tests for lead content in water, Congresswoman Bustos strongly advised the city to apply for funding through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. Over the next several weeks, working with city officials and the Illinois E.P.A., Bustos helped secure a $4 million forgivable loan through this program.
Read more...
https://bustos.house.gov/congresswoman-bustos-announces-state-union-guest-sarah-miller-galesburg/

Julia Brownly (D-CA, 26th)
on Net Neutrality Congressional Review Act Resolution
“FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s decision in December to roll back net neutrality protections was incredibly concerning. I’m proud to sign on as an original co-sponsor supporting the Congressional resolution to reverse this action, so that the net neutrality protections put in place by President Obama are restored. Rather than ping ponging back and forth from one Administration to another, Congress should pass legislation to lay down permanent rules of the road for industry, while ensuring that net neutrality continues to inspire innovation, create jobs, protect free speech, and enable the advancement of civil rights.”
Visit her website
https://juliabrownley.house.gov/

Dave Brat (R-VA, 7th)
on White House Immigration Framework
“The White House amnesty plan may capture the wishes of the Washington establishment, but it does not represent the promises President Trump made to the American people. Giving amnesty beyond DACA recipients opens us up to fraud and corruption, as those who never signed up for the program attempt to become eligible. If you ask voters in states like Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania that swung to Donald Trump if this amnesty plan keeps his promises, they will tell you it does not.”

“House Republicans have been working to build support for Chairman Goodlatte’s bill. The legislation, while not perfect, represents a rational compromise that provides for DACA recipients but also reforms the underlying immigration system in a coherent way. We are interested in taking a common sense approach to ensure our immigration system works so we are not back here again in another 10 years dealing with millions more who came here illegally.”
Visit his website
https://brat.house.gov/

Brady Briefing: Building American Prosperity
Kevin Brady (R-TX, 8th)
President Trump will deliver his first State of the Union Speech this week. My guest is Jim “Mac” McInvale, a successful businessman, founder of Gallery Furniture and world-class philanthropist who embodies the American Dream.
Read more...
https://kevinbrady.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=401033

Bonamici Invites Oregon Dreamer to 2018 State of the Union
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR, 1st)
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) announced that a Dreamer from NW Oregon will be joining her at the President’s State of the Union Address on January 30.
Read more...
https://bonamici.house.gov/media/press-releases/bonamici-invites-oregon-dreamer-2018-state-union

Bishop Calls for Congressional Investigation into US Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics
Mike Bishop (R-MI, 8th)
Following the sentencing of former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar for sexual misconduct, Congressman Mike Bishop (MI-08) submitted a letter to Congressman Trey Gowdy, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Speaker Paul Ryan calling for a Congressional Investigation into the United States Olympic Committee and its subsidiary, USA Gymnastics.
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https://mikebishop.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=218

Rep. Black Signs on to Securing America’s Future Act
Diane Black (R-TN, 6th)
“With President Trump in the Oval Office, we have an opportunity to fix our broken immigration system and secure the border once and for all. Our current system makes our country less safe and fails to put the interests of the American people first. This is wrong and must be brought to an end,” said Congressman Black. “The primary responsibility of the federal government is to protect its citizens – our Constitution specifically grants Congress the power to do so – and the Securing America’s Future Act does just that. By building the border wall, strictly enforcing our laws and ending chain migration, we are securing our nation for future generations and putting the safety and prosperity of the American people first.”
Read more...
https://black.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-black-signs-securing-america-s-future-act

Marsha Blackburn (R-TN 7th)
On Section 201 Tariff Remedies
"While I support trade policies that strengthen American manufacturing and will put this nation on a fair playing field internationally, I am disappointed in the overly harsh ruling of Section 201 tariff remedies against imports of residential washing machines. Along with Secretary Ross, I attended the groundbreaking of LG Electronics’ $250 million home appliance manufacturing facility in Clarksville, TN last summer. As Secretary Ross said at the groundbreaking ceremony, “This is exactly the kind of job creation and investment that the administration is seeking for American workers […] I look forward to having LG’s high-quality home appliances made right here in the United States starting in early 2019.” This investment was expected to bring in 600 stable, high-paying jobs for Tennesseans. Unfortunately, these harsh tariffs will severely limit LG’s ability to scale up their operation, negatively affecting Tennessee jobs and American consumers. I look forward to working with the administration and other stakeholders to come up with remedies that reduce the economic impact of these tariffs."
Visit her website
https://blackburn.house.gov/

REP. BARRAGÁN TO ATTEND STATE OF THE UNION WITH PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED VETERAN AS GUEST
Nanette Barragan (D-CA, 44th)
Representative Nanette Diaz Barragán will attend President Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday with Marco Chavez, a previously deported Marine Corps veteran, as her guest.
Read her statement
https://barragan.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-barrag-n-attend-state-union-previously-deported-veteran-guest

Jim Banks (R-IN, 3rd)
On Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
“One of the primary goals of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was to ensure our tax code helps American businesses compete in a global market, enabling job and paycheck growth here at home. As a result, we’ve seen numerous companies commit to investing billions in communities across America, including the latest announcement from FedEx. They plan to invest $1.5 billion to significantly expand their Indianapolis hub over the next seven years. This long-term investment by FedEx in the Hoosier state is great news and will support quality jobs and add to the robust Indiana economy.”
Visit his web site
https://banks.house.gov/

OMAHA POLICE SERGEANT & MEDAL OF VALOR RECIPIENT TO JOIN REP. BACON AT THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
Don Bacon (R-NE, 2nd)
Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) will be joined by Omaha Police Sergeant Jeff Kopietz at the State of the Union address in Washington, D.C. on January 30. Sgt. Kopietz is a 27-year veteran with the Omaha Police Department (OPD), where he has worked in the Uniform Patrol Bureau, Weed and Seed Squad, Narcotics and is currently assigned to the Fugitive Squad/Metro Fugitive Task Force. A 25-year veteran of OPD’s swat team, Sgt. Kopietz has served over 1,000 high risk search warrants during that time. He also is a deputized US Marshal.
Read more...
https://bacon.house.gov/media/press-releases/omaha-police-sergeant-medal-valor-recipient-join-rep-bacon-state-union-address

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe resigns
Washington Examiner
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe resigned effective immediately Monday.

A source familiar with the situation told the Washington Examinerthan McCabe is taking "terminal leave" for now until he can officially retire when his pension kicks in.

​NBC reported that his retirement would take effect mid-March. In December, the Washington Post first reported his retirement would come in the spring.
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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/deputy-fbi-director-andrew-mccabe-resigns/article/2647387

Brown on Trump Davos Speech: Take Action on Steel Imports Now
Senator Sherrod Brown (D - OH)
“President Trump is right that we must enforce the rules so American workers can compete on a level playing field, and he can start right now by taking strong action against China’s steel overcapacity,” said Brown. “China’s cheating is shuttering American factories and American steelworkers cannot afford to wait any longer for relief.”
Read it...
https://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-on-trump-davos-speech-take-action-on-steel-imports-now

Veteran PEER Act will harness peer-to-peer relationships to more comprehensively treat veterans’ mental health conditions
Senator Roy Blunt (R - MO)
Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) to expand veterans’ access to peer counseling specialists passed the Senate Thursday night by unanimous consent. Peer specialists can be particularly effective in combating the risks of suicide and addressing other mental health needs amongst veterans.
Read more...
https://www.blunt.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ID=66392548-624E-4AB8-BCB2-4D658A4EE37C

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D - CT)
About the Trump Administration's Immigration Proposal
“This proposal is immigration hostage taking. Hundreds of thousands of young people are being held hostage in the name of the far right’s repulsive and repugnant anti-immigrant fantasy. The party of so-called family values has revealed itself to care more for its nativist political base than the actual families that would be cruelly ripped or kept apart under this proposal. One of its most heartless provisions would send refugee children back to the countries they have fled without even a fig leaf of due process – a proposal almost certain to send children to their deaths,” Blumenthal said.

“This is not a serious proposal and it was not offered in a serious way – it was leaked Thursday night after close of business while Congress was out of session. Instead of playing political games with the lives of children while hobnobbing with billionaires overseas, the Trump Administration must come to the table and engage in real negotiations with Congress.”
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https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/

New CDC Study Shows State Tobacco Use Rates Remain High
American Lung Association
"Despite an overall decrease in use of tobacco products, not all states have seen meaningful reductions in tobacco use. Three states – Wyoming, West Virginia and Kentucky – have significantly higher tobacco use rates than most of the rest of the country, pointing to an urgent need for their state leaders to put in place proven effective policies to prevent and reduce tobacco use, which remains the leading cause of death in the United States, killing 480,000 Americans each year.
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http://www.lung.org/about-us/media/press-releases/new-cdc-study-shows-state.html

Congress: Groups Oppose Using CRA to Overturn Restoring Internet Freedom Order
American Legislative Exchange Council
We, the undersigned organizations, representing millions of taxpayers and consumers nationwide, urge Congress to oppose usage of the Congressional Review Act to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Restoring Internet Freedom Order.
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http://www.alecaction.org/update/congress-groups-oppose-using-cra-to-overturn-restoring-internet-freedom-order/

An issue for infrastructure reform: Too much road salt
Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Faced with budget shortfalls and a decreasing ability to raise revenue, state and local lawmakers are ever eager to divert “savings” to their favorite pet projects. But during cold and snowy snaps, officials have long realized that massive quantities of road salt can cut down on cleanup and emergency response costs.

This cheap solution, however, comes with quite a few additional problems. Road salt is increasingly being recognized as a detriment to human health, the environment, and infrastructure, as reports from federal and state agencies shed light on the mineral’s unintended consequences. Absent long-overdue reforms, local, state, and federal incentives undergirding the salting system will continue to cost taxpayers billions of dollars.
Read more...
https://www.protectingtaxpayers.org/blog/a/view/an-issue-for-infrastructure-reform-too-much-road-salt

Tell Senators to choose life and nuke filibuster on S. 2311
American Family Association
Next Monday, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, S. 2311.
The bill bans abortion after 20 weeks. It is undeniable that unborn babies feel pain at this stage of life. Therefore, this bill simply protects babies from a gruesome and cruel act of barbarism.
See how you can help...
https://www.afa.net/activism/action-alerts/2018/tell-senators-to-choose-life-and-nuke-filibuster-on-s-2311/

Two-year delay of “Cadillac Tax” a timely, important step on road to full repeal
American Benefits Council
“We applaud Congress for approving a critically important twoyear delay of the 40 percent ‘Cadillac Tax’ on employer-sponsored health coverage as part of the government funding bill,” Council President James A. Klein said.
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https://www.americanbenefitscouncil.org/pub/?id=43c0cda3-d356-7a0a-fde8-e120671e4f67

Government Re-opens, Missing FBI Texts and more...

January 23, 2018
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Julia Brownly (D-CA, 26th) signs as Co-sponsor to Protect Net Neutrality
The Ponder News
“FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s decision in December to roll back net neutrality protections was incredibly concerning. I’m proud to sign on as an original co-sponsor supporting the Congressional resolution to reverse this action, so that the net neutrality protections put in place by President Obama are restored. Rather than ping ponging back and forth from one Administration to another, Congress should pass legislation to lay down permanent rules of the road for industry, while ensuring that net neutrality continues to inspire innovation, create jobs, protect free speech, and enable the advancement of civil rights.”

Andy Biggs (R-AZ, 5th)
The Ponder News
“This latest revelation from the DOJ is outrageous, but not surprising. Peter Strzok and Lisa Page believed that then-candidate Donald Trump was a threat to this country and appeared to be taking steps, as sworn members of law enforcement, to subvert the will of the American people. Now, it seems that many of their text messages may have suspiciously disappeared.

“Few Americans would ever be allowed to offer up a specious excuse for losing information required for audit. Why should our government be any different? How is this different than the Hillary Clinton erased emails?

“As I’ve maintained since last summer, Robert Mueller’s appointment as Special Counsel is tainted. His position is clouded by a disgruntled former FBI Director’s potentially criminal leaks of government memos to influence an ongoing investigation. At every step of Congress’s attempts to provide Constitutional oversight to the DOJ and the FBI, we have been met with unparalleled resistance. My patience is wearing thin. The FBI is not an independent agency, yet its leaders appear to think they do not answer to Congress or the President. They are wrong. If they continue to lose or withhold requested information, they will soon experience the consequences that Congress can – and should – provide.”

Missing FBI Text Messages
The Ponder News
On Sunday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed that it had failed to preserve five months of text messages between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. The end date of the missing texts coincides with the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Peter Strzok served on the Special Counsel’s team before being demoted due to the text messages he had sent to Ms. Page.
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Remarks by Vice President Mike Pence and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Joint Press Statements
The White House
Yesterday, Prime Minister Netanyahu welcomed Vice President Mike Pence to Israel and expressed Israel’s appreciation to President Trump and the Vice President for the historic decision last month to recognize Jerusalem as the capital.
Read it...
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-vice-president-mike-pence-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-israel-joint-press-statements/

Ami Bera (D-CA, 7th)
The Ponder News
"This shutdown was a failure of leadership. Congressional leaders refused to sit down and hammer out a deal.

Washington is broken, but if we refuse to negotiate we’ll never fix things. Republican leaders have pledged that we will get to vote on critical issues, including a responsible budget, stabilizing the health care marketplace, and bipartisan immigration reform.

Congress is elected to serve the people. It’s time we stop bickering, roll up our sleeves, and get to work.”

Joyce Beatty (D-OH, 3rd)
The Ponder News
“I support keeping the government open, but Congress should not be funding government operations on a week-by-week basis that just kicks the can down the road. The House, the Senate, and White House are under Republican control, so I would expect that a long-term agreement could be reached to fund community health centers, natural disaster relief, teaching hospitals, and on a whole host of critical federal government programs and initiatives. We should not have to choose between funding our military and saving lives in our communities.”

Nanette Barragan (D-CA, 44th)
The Ponder News
“I voted against the fifth continuing resolution because we are right back where we started: another short-term funding bill that does not address critical bipartisan issues. I will continue to oppose any budget deal that does not protect Dreamers. And I will insist that any budget deal adequately funds community health centers, provides resources to combat the opioid crisis and offers relief for victims of natural disasters.”

Andy Barr (R-KY, 6th)
The Ponder News
“While it is three days late, it is nonetheless a positive development that enough Senate Democrats have finally agreed to what Republicans proposed all along: a short term funding bill that keeps the government open and operating, funds our troops, and ensures that millions of American kids can still access the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The end of Senator Schumer’s obstruction allows us to return to good faith negotiations on a longer term funding agreement and also clears the path for work on a strong immigration reform and border security bill.”

BARLETTA CELEBRATES NATIONAL SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK
Lou Barletta (R-PA, 11th)
National School Choice Week (NSCW) is held every January to celebrate effective education choice options for children in grades K through 12. NSCW celebrates all types of education choice – from traditional public schools to public charter schools, magnet schools, online academies, private schools, and homeschooling. This year, over 32,000 NSCW events will be held across the country from January 21 – 27. Congressman Lou Barletta (PA-11), who is the father of two teachers, applauded the tremendous strides taken for school choice across America.
Read more...
https://barletta.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/barletta-celebrates-national-school-choice-week

Jim Banks (R-IN, 3rd)
The Ponder News
"This shutdown was reckless and unnecessary. I am glad Senate Democrats have decided to reopen the government and get back to work.

“This legislation is important for northeast Indiana. It stops the job-killing medical device tax for two years, which is vital to employers and workers in our region. The legislation also extends CHIP funding for six years, an important program that serves 13,155 children in Indiana’s Third District.”

Brian Babin (R-TX, 36th)
The Ponder News
“Senate Democrats have finally come to their senses and agreed to end the #SchumerShutdown and re-open the federal government. But let’s be clear: For three days, Democrats in Congress held our troops and children’s health care hostage in order to get their way on illegal immigration. In the end, their reckless tactics did not work and common sense prevailed. It is my hope that my Democrat colleagues will have learned their lesson and start focusing on the concerns of America’s citizens. The American people deserve much better than politically manufactured shutdowns that put a hand full of illegal immigrants over the safety and security of the American public.”

'Lost' Texts From Anti-Trump FBI Agents Are Basis To Dismiss Russia Investigation, Experts Suggest
Daily Wire
Legal experts say the revelation that the FBI somehow "lost" five months worth of text messages from two anti-Trump FBI employees could form the legal grounds needed to dismiss Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
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https://www.dailywire.com/news/26211/lost-texts-anti-trump-fbi-agents-are-basis-dismiss-ryan-saavedra#

No Deal: Schumer Yanks Offer Of Funding For Border Wall
Hot Air
C’mon, did anyone expect otherwise? Knowing that he was going to get clubbed by liberals for caving on the shutdown, the least Schumer could do to save a little face and soothe the progressive id would be to tear up the offer he made to Trump last Friday to carve out a few billion for the wall. Democrats just got thwarted on a DREAM amnesty; at a minimum, Schumer’s now obliged to thwart Trump on his big ask too.
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https://hotair.com/archives/2018/01/23/no-deal-schumer-yanks-offer-funding-border-wall/

Aumua Amata (R - American Samoa, At Large)
The Ponder News
“Authorization of CHIP for six years is great news for American Samoa, and I’m pleased the unnecessary government shutdown ended quickly. The Children’s Health Insurance Program helps make sure health care services are available to many children. Once again, we can count on this important plan being available to take care of needs and help keep children healthy.”

The End of the Government Shutdown Has Opened a Torrent of Media Anger at Democrats
Western Journalism
The three-day-long government shutdown ended Monday, sparking accusations from mainstream media reporters and liberal activists that Democrats caved on immigration reform.

Senate Democrats originally forced a shutdown by refusing to support a spending bill. They were upset that it did not address the roughly 700,000 illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and were protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

But on Monday, lawmakers reached a deal to keep the government funded through Feb. 8.
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https://www.westernjournal.com/end-government-shutdown-opened-torrent-media-anger-democrats/

Rick Allen (R-GA, 12th)
The Ponder News
“I am relieved that my Senate Democratic colleagues finally did what was right and joined Republicans to vote to fund the government. It is simply inexcusable that they kept funding for our troops and this government hostage for the past three days. We heard their message loud and clear ‘illegal immigrants are more important than American citizens' – and that is just plain wrong.”

US kills 150 ISIS fighters in Syria airstrike during government shutdown, Pentagon says
Fox News
While ISIS has lost 98 percent of its territory, the remaining 2 percent held by the terror group includes an area around the Syrian city of Al-Shaafah, where the strike took place. Top U.S. military officials believe the head of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is hiding in the area.
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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/01/23/us-kills-150-isis-fighters-in-syria-airstrike-during-government-shutdown-pentagon-says.html

Ralph Abraham (R-LA, 5th)
The Ponder News
"Thanks to immense pressure from the American public and President Trump, Democrats in the Senate have finally agreed with Republicans to fund the government. Their shutdown accomplished nothing - it kept funding from sick children, risked pay checks for our troops and failed to resolve any immigration issue. Washington can come up with some crazy ways to waste time and money, but this pointless shutdown that Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi orchestrated probably takes the cake."

Cities sue after Pentagon failed to report crimes to FBI gun check system

Source: MSN



Three major U.S. cities on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit against the Pentagon to address a "clearly broken system" that they contend allowed a former Air Force serviceman to buy a gun and kill 26 people in a Texas church in November.

New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco seek to have the Defense Department (DOD) "fulfill their long-standing legal obligation to report all service members disqualified from purchasing and possessing firearms to the FBI's national background check system," according to a statement from the law firm filing the case.

Law enforcement officials in all three cities "regularly rely upon the integrity of the FBI's background check system," the attorneys write.

The case was brought after Devin Kelley opened fire Nov. 5 at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, killing 26 people.

Read more about this at MSN

FBI Failure to Notify of Cyber Attacks Warrants Investigation

Washington, D.C. - November 29, 2017 (The Ponder News) -- Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray requesting that he brief Congress on the FBI’s notification policy regarding cyberattacks against current and former U.S. government officials. The letter follows reports that the FBI, despite knowing about the threat, did not notify potential U.S. targets that their personal Gmail accounts could be vulnerable to Russian hacking.

In the letter, Mr. Lieu writes:

“As a computer science major and Member on the House Judiciary Committee, I have been deeply concerned about the breadth and complexity of the cybersecurity threats facing our nation. These threats often outpace our ability to track them, let alone combat them. However, given the FBI’s mission of protecting the United States from the malign efforts of “foreign intelligence and espionage” and “cyber-based attacks," the FBI’s response to this advanced persistent threat appears to have been deficient and demands further attention.

Failing to notify current or former U.S. officials of known cyber attacks hampers their ability to assess and mitigate damage. Threat actors can often glean useful data from private email accounts that is then used to conduct further attacks."

READ THE FULL TEXT OF THE LETTER HERE

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Update on the Release of the FBI’s JFK Assassination Files

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Washington, D.C. - November 1, 2017 (The Ponder News) -- The FBI has authorized for release all previously withheld materials in its JFK assassination files. Currently, the limited redactions relate to individuals who provided information during the course of the investigation, and whose lives may be at risk if they are publicly identified. Every effort is being made to lift the remaining redactions going forward as those personal safety concerns are balanced with the goal of maximum transparency.

The National Archives will release all remaining records on a rolling basis in the coming weeks.

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Uranium One investigation raises a lot of questions

Source: Pete King (R-NY, 2nd)



Washington, D.C. - October 26, 2017 (The Ponder News) -- Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee announced on Tuesday they would be opening an investigation into the Obama-era Uranium One deal, which gave Russia a 20% stake in U.S. uranium mining capacity.

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said that in 2010, he alerted then-Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner that the uranium deal was being made with a company controlled by the Russian government.

“[Geithner] said that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) was thoroughly investigating this. Well if they were, were they told about the investigation? If so, why did they go ahead and approve it? I know Congress was never told about this investigation. Why did the FBI close the investigation? Bob Mueller was head of the FBI then, so it raises a lot of questions,” King told FOX Business’ Stuart Varney on “Varney & Co.”

The Senate Judiciary Committee will also investigate whether federal agencies knew the FBI was probing possible corruption before the deal was approved. At the time, the Justice Department had a criminal investigation into the Russian company's Uranium One purchase.

“Our question is No. 1, if [the FBI investigation showed bribery, corruption and influence peddling by the Russians], did the FBI notify the Obama administration? Did they notify the Justice Department? Did they notify the Treasury Department and the State Department? And if so, why did the deal go forward?,” King asked.

As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton helped orchestrate the Uranium One deal and her foundations reportedly received millions from someone involved with the deal.

King also raised questions as to whether the Russian dossier, which the Clinton campaign and the DNC allegedly funded, has any bearing on the FBI investigation into possible Trump-Russia collusion.

“You could have had a document prepared at the request of Hillary Clinton’s campaign filled with lies as an excuse and as a rationale to go ahead with a federal investigation into the Trump campaign. If that’s true that is really police state tactics,” King said.

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Underage Sex Trafficking Crackdown Leads to Recovery of 84 Minors

Washington, D.C. - October 19, 2017 (The Ponder News) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation, along with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), announced that 84 minors were recovered and 120 traffickers were arrested as part of Operation Cross Country XI, a nationwide effort focusing on underage human trafficking that ran from October 12-15, 2017.

The FBI Omaha Child Exploitation Task Force recovered two minors and arrested two traffickers as part of operations based out of the Omaha field office.

This is the 11th iteration of the FBI-led Operation Cross Country (OCC), which took place this year in 55 FBI field offices and involved 78 state and local task forces, consisting of hundreds of law enforcement partners. This year’s coordinated operations took place with several international partners, including Canada (Operation Northern Spotlight), the United Kingdom (Aident 8), Thailand, Cambodia, and the Philippines.

“We at the FBI have no greater mission than to protect our nation’s children from harm. Unfortunately, the number of traffickers arrested—and the number of children recovered—reinforces why we need to continue to do this important work,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray. “This operation isn't just about taking traffickers off the street. It’s about making sure we offer help and a way out to these young victims who find themselves caught in a vicious cycle of abuse.”

The 11th iteration of Operation Cross Country, the FBI’s annual law enforcement action focused on recovering underage victims of prostitution, concluded with the recovery of 84 sexually exploited juveniles.

As part of Operation Cross Country XI, FBI agents and task force officers staged operations in hotels, casinos, and truck stops, as well as on street corners and Internet websites. The youngest victim recovered during this year’s operation was 3 months old, and the average age of victims recovered during the operation was 15 years old. Minors recovered during Cross Country Operations are offered assistance from state protective services and the FBI’s Victim Services Division. Depending on the level of need, victims are offered medical and mental health counseling, as well as a number of other services.

“Child sex trafficking is happening in every community across America, and at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, we’re working to combat this problem every day,” said NCMEC President and CEO John Clark. “We’re proud to work with the FBI on Operation Cross Country to help find and recover child victims. We hope OCC generates more awareness about this crisis impacting our nation’s children.”

Operation Cross Country XI is part of the FBI’s Innocence Lost National Initiative, which began in 2003 and has yielded more than 6,500 child identifications and locations. For additional information on Operation Cross Country XI and the Innocence Lost initiative, please visit www.fbi.gov.

The FBI Omaha Division would like to thank the many agencies who assisted in this successful operation, including the Omaha Police Department (SOVS Unit), Council Bluffs Police Department, Douglas County Sheriff's Office, LaVista Police Department, Lincoln Police Department, Nebraska State Patrol, Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office, Mills County Sheriff's Office, Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation, and the Iowa Department of Narcotics Enforcement.

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Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent Sues Justice Department for Records About Top FBI Official Ties to Top Clinton Ally

Source: Judicial Watch



Washington, D.C. - September 3, 2017 (The Ponder News) -- Judicial Watch announced that it today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on behalf of Jeffrey A. Danik, a retired FBI supervisory special agent, against the U.S. Department of Justice for records concerning FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe (Jeffrey A. Danik v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:17-cv-01792)). Danik worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation for almost 30 years.

The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia in support of Danik’s October 25, 2016, and February 28, 2017, FOIA requests for records about McCabe’s “conflicts of interest” regarding his wife’s (Dr. Jill McCabe’s) political campaign, and McCabe’s reporting to the FBI of any job interviews or offers. Specifically, the two FOIA requests seek:

Text messages and emails of McCabe containing “Dr. Jill McCabe,” “Jill,” “Common Good VA,” “Terry McAuliffe,” “Clinton,” “Virginia Democratic Party,” “Democrat,” “Conflict,” “Senate,” “Virginia Senate,” “Until I return,” “Paris,” “France,” “Campaign,” “Run,” “Political,” “Wife,” “Donation,” “OGC,” Email,” or “New York Times.”

In 2015, a political action committee run by McAuliffe, a close friend and political supporter of Bill and Hillary Clinton, donated nearly $500,000 to Jill McCabe, wife of McCabe, who was then running for the Virginia State Senate. Also, the Virginia Democratic Party, over which McAuliffe had significant influence, donated an additional $207,788 to the Jill McCabe campaign. In July 2015, Andrew McCabe was in charge of the FBI’s Washington, DC, field office, which provided personnel resources to the Clinton email probe.

“I am saddened by how the FBI’s reputation has been tarnished by the poor judgement and ethics of its leadership,” stated Mr. Danik. “I know I’m not the only retired (or serving) FBI special agent who is concerned about Mr. McCabe’s conflicts of interest on the Clinton email matter. The agency seems to be illegally hiding records about this scandal, which is why I’m heading to court with Judicial Watch.”

“We’re honored to help Mr. Danik hold accountable the FBI—the agency he served for decades,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “We believe Mr. McCabe’s text messages and emails will be particularly enlightening to the public seeking answers about the Clinton email debacle.”

In July 2017, Judicial Watch filed three FOIA lawsuits seeking communications between the FBI and McCabe concerning “ethical issues” involving his wife’s political campaign; McCabe’s communications with McAuliffe; and McCabe’s travel vouchers.

Rep. Johnson files FBI Director Integrity Act

Washington, D.C. - August 22, 2017 (The Ponder News) -- Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) filed the FBI Director Integrity Act, which would mandate that a sitting FBI director can only be fired for cause rather the serving at the political whim of the president.

The bill would amend the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1968 to provide that the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation can only be removed for certain causes and for other purposes.

“A free and independent federal law enforcement agency is critical to upholding our democracy, and all the values we cherish as Americans,” said Johnson. “Instead of the FBI director serving at the pleasure of the president, this legislation will mandate a for-cause standard to justify an FBI director’s dismissal.”

The bill is in part a response to the firing of former FBI Director James Comey and to ensure the integrity of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Congress limited the term of FBI directors to 10 years in order to insulate the director from political pressure. In order for this intention of impartiality to be maintained, the FBI director deserves protection from the possibility of being fired as a result of an abuse of presidential authority, Johnson said.

Specifically, the bill would hold that the President may only remove the Director of the FBI for:

-- Violation of a code of conduct or ethics policy of the Department of Justice or the FBI;
-- Being convicted of a felony or misdemeanor;
-- Misappropriation of money or property under the official control of the FBI;
-- Making a false statement related to official duties with intent to mislead; or
-- For other good cause.

Original co-sponsors of the bill include: Reps. Bobby Scott (VA-03), Jerry Nadler (NY-10), Steve Cohen (TN-09), Shelia Jackson-Lee (TX-18), Yvette Clarke (NY-11), G.K. Butterfield (NC-01), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Barbara Lee (CA-13) and Alcee Hastings (FL-20).

Coons (D) and Tillis (R) introduce bill to protect special counsel

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Sen. Coons on CNN New Day: “It is in everyone’s best interest ... that Bob Mueller be allowed to continue this investigation to its logical conclusion.” Bipartisan bill from Sens. Chris Coons and Thom Tillis allows judicial review if a special counsel is removed.

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Criminal Complaint Naming Robert Mueller and Other FBI Employees in Commission of Treason

Athens, TN - August 9, 2017 (The Ponder News) -- On July 26, 2015, Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, Commander, United States Navy Retired, submitted the following to the United States Attorney, Jeffrey Beauregard Sessions, III, United States Department of Justice:

FORMAL, SWORN CRIMINAL COMPLAINT NAMING ROBERT "BOB" SWAN MUELLER, 111 AND OTHER FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION EMPLOYEES IN COMMISSION OF TREASON AND LESSER-INCLUDED OFFENSES

[This document, signed and notarized, is available at: www.earnedmedia.org/TREASON.pdf]

Attorney General Sessions:

I formally accuse Mr. Robert "Bob" Swan Mueller, Ill of TREASON!

Mr. Mueller is a threat to national security.

Mr. Mueller is one leader of a criminal racket actively engaged in aggressive attempts to unconstitutionally overthrow a sitting President: Donald John Trump.

Mr. Mueller's treasonous agenda is to take down President Trump. Mueller's agenda is a national security incident.

Mueller has created an illicit authority unto himself through the agency of acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe and Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rob Rosenstein.

Mueller is positioned, using his illegally manufactured authority to attack President Trump, cover-up Comey's crimes, the crimes of other and the cover-up of his own crimes, Mueller's crimes.

Plotting assiduously to oust our constitutionally elected president, combined with Mueller's attack against honorably discharged veterans, Mueller continues in service to himself, to an insurgent domestic enemy government; to the enemy within.

Mueller is a volunteer enlisted in service to a rival government competing with our U.S. government, an enemy government "at war with our basis concepts of a democratic society and a representative government."

Mueller spearheads an organized criminal enterprise in a plot, which Andrew McCabe and John Brennan publicly, vocally proclaim to take down the president of the United States.

We are watching a metaphor for another attack on the World Trade Center; Mueller, Comey and McCabe piloting the aircraft while their treasonous assistants back aft in "the tube" neutralize passengers and crew, box-cutters in hand.

Mr. Mueller's habituation in criminalizing innocent acts followed by prosecutions, convictions and incarcerations of people who suffered Mueller's wrath because innocent people committed legal acts is being played out once again in plain sight, this time targeting President Trump.

Mueller and his outlaw associates achieve results through the treasonous capture, manipulation and control of personal information, real or invented. This accusation naming Mueller in Treason is more elaborate than ones filed up to now. This submission has been in the works for a time but, as the world turns, this call for Mueller's arrest is advanced as reports surface the FBI is caught improperly searching for and disseminating raw intelligence on Americans and retains a database of information unlawfully intercepted. Mueller and Comey are both responsible for the treasonous capture, manipulation and control of personal information which marbles through Obama's tenure as "resident," like a cancer, between 2009 and 2016.

I named Obama in commission of Treason on 17 March 2009. Six allied complaints naming Obama and his gang followed during Mueller's stint as FBI director. Mueller stifled all seven complaints!

Tell me again why it's Mueller investigation President Trump for nothing? Capturing as much personal information on President Trump, his family, his friends and his business associates as possible? Why

Mr. Mueller is a principal criminal actor, choreographer, orchestrator, puppet-master behind a proven federal "false flag" exercise pretending the occurrence of a "domestic terrorist" assault on government personnel and property in Madisonville, Tennessee on 20 April 2010: "THE MADISONVILLE HOAX."

Mueller is professionally, personally and criminal responsible for officially declaring and categorizing military veterans "domestic terrorists." Armed forces veterans who, obedient to their oaths, stood to defend the IJ.S. Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

None of the veterans in Madisonville, Tennessee on 20 April 2010, the day of Mueller's manufactured "MADISONVILLE HOAX" are "domestic terrorists. "

Not one.

In one of many "Kafka Trials," tied to the MADISONVILLE HOAX, Mueller was a principal adversary in bringing fake charges against one veterans in America's first "Minority Report, thought crime" arrest, prosecution and conviction.

To expound: Mueller is successful in effecting the wrongful arrest, prosecution and unlawful imprisonment of a person on the theory government law enforcement agents knew ahead of time the person was thinking about committing a crime, then carried out the arrest plan before the crime was done.

Federal law enforcement afterwards claiming bragging rights, in glowing remarks and arrogant braggadocio, desensitizing the community making citizens believe they are safer because a terrible fate has been avoided; the liberty and freedom of those citizens notwithstanding. THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL MINORITY REPORT PROSECUTION IN AMERICA THANKS TO ROBERT "BOB" SWAN MUELLER!

Veterans were in Madisonville, Tennessee in April 2010 to call attention to massive, treasonous administration of government consequent discovery of the unconstitutional method Tennessee judges use to handpick county grand jury foremen.

Veterans came to Madisonville, Tennessee in April 2010 to watch a rogue Tennessee court "at war" with American government.

The veterans in Madisonville were peacefully assembled, law abiding, respectful and unarmed.

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Harry Andrew Blackmun, delivering the opinion of the High Court in 1979, wrote: The method used by Tennessee judges to handpick county grand jury foremen "not only violates our Constitution and the laws enacted under it but is at war with our basic concepts of a democratic society and a representative government. "

Mueller attacked veterans standing up against Tennessee authorities "at war" with our Republican form of government, targeting said veterans as "domestic terrorists" and "sovereign citizens," as Mueller continues to do.

Mueller joined the enemy of a rival and competing government to our U.S. government, an enemy government "at war with our basic concepts of a democratic society and a representative government."

TREASON!!

Treason is defined in Article 3 of the Constitution and codified in 18 USC 2381: "Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, either levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort with the U.S. or elsewhere. " An expanded definition of Treason is that combining to defeat or resist a federal law is the levying war against the United States: An Act of Treason!

Mueller's Treason is outrageous!! A subversion of our representative Republic.

Consequent the High Court's condemnation of Tennessee's method allowing criminal court judges to handpick county grand jury foreman, Associate Justice Blackmun said: The injury suffered is to our "society as a whole...The injury is not limited to the defendant—there is injury to the jury system, to the law as an institution, to the community at large, and to the democratic ideal reflected in the processes of our courts."

THIS IS WHAT ROBERT MUELLER STANDS FOR: MORE MINORITY REPORT PROSECUTIONS.

TODAY'S TARGET: PRESIDENT DONALD JOHN TRUMP, Senior.

Mueller worked closely with "resident" Obama and Eric Holder in the planning of their criminal plot codenamed: OPERATION VIGILANT EAGLE. Obama, Holder and Mueller focused on military veterans as the direct object of their masquerade.

Obama, Holder and Mueller culled military veterans into a "secret world of extreme militias," representing, according to Mueller and his ilk, the most significant law enforcement / homeland security threat known to exist in America.

Contemporaneously, Obama, Holder and Mueller disallowed the term "Islamist terrorism" from public use.

Islamists rewrote FBI training manuals wherein military veterans were declared domestic enemies outright, veterans obedient to their oaths fighting back against Mueller's Treason and the Treason of his outlaw associates.

In an obscene application of federal law, Mr. Mueller aided and abetted Barack Hussein Obama's TREASON protecting Obama's identity as a foreign born domestic enemy, standing guard over Obama's sealed papers and past, as Mueller now performs a body scan Of President Trump.

Obama's treasonous crimes against America and Americans are profound.

Obama's Treason is manifest.

It was Mueller who gave OBAMA a pass.

Mueller's Treason is outrageous!! A subversion of our representative Republic.

The derelictions of duty by FBI and Justice Department officials in their treasonous administration of U.S. government are outrageous!!

Mueller dismissed seven (7) formal, sworn criminal complaints naming Obama, Hillary Clinton and others in the "Deep State" sewer in commission of Treason filed by this veteran.

Mueller ignored so many other veterans who filed Treason complaints against Obama and his renegades.

I identify Mueller in commission of Treason for keeping secret

Obama's background as a foreign born domestic enemy. Mueller is criminally responsible for allowing Obama's life records to be locked away, sealed from public scrutiny. Mueller ignored rock solid evidence respecting Obama's forged birth certificate.

Mueller is responsible for allowing Obama to be illegally "selected" into the Obama's "residency," and now scrapes through the records of a lawfully elected president for no reason.

While Mueller still refuses to expose Obama's records, Mueller is wire-brushing President Trump for his personal records.

Mueller ran block for Obama in an agency relationship. An act of Treason by Obama is an Act of Treason by Mueller. An act of Treason by Mueller is an Act of Treason by Obama.

President Trump is an innocent man who has committed no crime.

Today Mueller is giving President Trump, his family and his associates' sordid body-cavity searches.

Mueller commits Treason by arrogantly and insistently retraining the title of "Special Counsel."

There's nothing to "investigate."

No one accuses President Trump of a crime. No one has sworn out a criminal complaint naming President Trump.

Consequent Obama's empowering denizens of the sewer to undermine then candidate Trump, we've observed the following unfold:

In February, McCabe, who was second-in-command at the FBI to Comey, emboldened by Comey, pledged to destroy Flynn and Trump, yelling to a cheering crowd of approximately 16 senior FBI officials: "[Get] Flynn and then we [Get] Trump." (A cleaned up version of McCabe's tirade, expletives deleted)

McCabe's proclaimed plot, joined now by Mueller, is predicated on outlawed events: Illegally leaking classified information. Broadcasting classified information threatens national security.

1 SAY AGAIN: MUELLER'S ASSIGNMENT AS "SPECIAL COUNSEL" IS THE SPAWN OF JAMES COMEY'S CRIMINAL RACKETEERING.

Mueller knows the one person who should be shutting down this investigation is Robert Mueller.

The illicitly promulgated sensitive information is being used as a weapon making up "false flag" narratives first accusing Gen. Flynn and, in the moment, President Trump, of committing innocent acts.

Mueller and other designing, conspiratorial criminals, provocateur agent assistants are using their own, real criminal work product to invent, make-up and criminalize what are otherwise commonly accepted innocent acts performed by innocent people because Mueller and his team of provocateur agents can't point to anything else these the common man would recognize as being actually against the law!

Finding people guilty before proving it.

The same tactics employed to carry out Mueller's MADISONVILLE HOAX in 2010!

Fake criminal charges are employed, or in the situation President Trump faces, or his family or associates, no criminal charge is necessary.

Mueller's assignment as "Special Counsel" is the product of an outlawed activity carried out by a racketeer influenced corrupt organization: The Department of Justice and subsurned Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Former Director James Comey stated under oath President Trump was not under investigation by the FBI.

But Comey wanted to force President Trump out of office so then forced an investigation where no investigation was warranted.

After President Trump fired Comey on 9 May, Comey revealed under oath on 8 June 2017 and explained how and why Comey instantly leaked a memo detailing a potentially damaging conversation With Daniel Richman who then relayed it to The New York Times.

Comey's leaked memo in June 2017 was the same play Comey's Deputy Director Andrew McCabe ran against General Michael Flynn in February 2017 to force Gen. Flynn from his post as National Security Advisor.

Then McCabe ensured Flynn was "unmasked" whereupon Flynn's name was disclosed as being at one end of wiretapped telephone conversations.

Days later General Flynn was forced to resign.

Comey leaked information in May/June to cause an investigation.

The fix is in! Mueller is going after President Trump in a deliberate effort.

President Trump who is suspected of no criminal act.

The Russia narrative is a Robert Mueller Hoax!!

Events which FBI agents manufactured in Madisonville, Tennessee in April 2010 are a Robert Mueller Hoax!!

Rob Rosenstein appointed Robert Mueller "Special Counsel" in June 2017. Days later, on 13 June 2017, Mueller met with Comey behind closed doors. It's believed Mueller granted Comey immunity. "The immunity is a done deal," according to a Justice Department source. "Mueller can do whatever he wants. We (Justice) have no say but after many years working criminal cases I know Comey has been given immunity. You can tell by the way [Comey] is acting now and the fact that Mueller has kept us in the dark about [Mueller's] investigation."

Compare this to OBAMA's circumstances aided fully by Mueller.

Personnel in Obama's Justice Department, Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch and subordinates blocked me from testifying against Mueller and others before a federal grand jury. Holdovers from Obama's Justice

Department continue to block my proffered grand jury testimony still today.

I am one of the Veterans Mueller and Mueller's FBI unlawfully identified and targeted as a "domestic terrorist" under OPERATION VIGILANT EAGLE in 2010. Because of Mueller, I am still named and treated as a "domestic terrorist" today.

I am not a "domestic terrorist.

Mueller commits Treason by continuing to insist I am a "domestic terrorist," a "sovereign citizen," as Mueller uses those epithets in accusations intending harm.

What to do from this point is straightforward: Bring Mueller and others criminally accused in Treason under federal arrest.

In that no living person has filed a formal, sworn criminal complaint naming President Trump accused in any criminal act, you shut down Mueller's "Special Counsel investigation" with the speed of heat.

Ergo: No need to appoint Mueller's replacement.

Take special notice: Mueller does suffer a formal, sworn Criminal complaint for Treason and lesser-included offenses. As do Obama, Lynch, Hillary Clinton, Holder, and so many other criminal, outlaw assistants.

This renews and extends all allied, previously filed, sworn state and federal criminal complaints.

MUELLER IS LEADING A FULL ON ASSAULT AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP TO CARRY OUT A COUP D'ETAT.

It's written Americans have gotten used to living with Treason. This sailor not one of those Americans.

Americans, who are fed up with the Treason as I am fed up, hold standing in advancing their own formal, sworn criminal complaints naming Mueller in commission of Treason, or Obama, or Holder or Lynch or Hillary or anyone of the denizens mucking around in the swamp.

You can begin with Mueller.

Mueller is part of the "resistance."

Mueller disgraces the United States Marine Corps!

Mueller is a Treasonous Tyrant!

This demand for Mueller's arrest for Treason begins a catalogue of Mueller's treasonous administration of government. I leave it to federal authorities to fill out and complete the catalog. That's going to take some time after Mueller is placed under federal arrest.

The legal precedent respecting Treason applied in this formal criminal complaint is found in the United States Constitution as extend in the Whiskey Rebellion trials (1791-1794).

My calling out Mueller in his Treason is in support of the righteous campaign to DRAIN THE SEWER!!

More urgent: "Well known evangelical pastor, Rodney Howard Browne, recently came forward with claims that are horrifying Republicans everywhere." "Howard-Browne explained that he had met with a senior Republican Congressman who dropped a huge bomb when he said that there was a plot to remove Trump suddenly from office. "

MUELLER IS SETTING A TRAP TARGETING PRESIDENT TRUMP!!

MUELLER WORKS WITH MANY OTHERS SETTING TRAPS!!

TRAITORS ALL!!

Quoting J. Robert Smith from his article published yesterday in the American Thinker:

"Mueller is leading an inquisition. He's the

Grand inquisitor. If permitted to continue

His misbegotten enterprise, he will find something —anything— to hang around President Trump's neck.

"...The unspoken charge to Mueller is to get something on Trump."

Well...maybe not so "unspoken."

A man is known by the company he keeps. Muller's apologists include Islamist John Brennan presently calling for a government coup in the event Mueller is caught in his treasonous administration of government and brought down.

And Andrew McCabe, acting FBI director, who commanded, "[get] Flynn, then we [get] Trump."

Both men, joined at the hip to Mueller, have openly uttered threats against President Trump's life! McCabe in February 2017, Brennan just days ago.

McCabe and Brennan incite a popular uprising intended on the assassination of President Trump. Kathy Griffin's despicable beheading, Madonna's ruminating "I've thought about blowing up the White House, Johnny Depp's Abraham Lincoln stab, Rosie O'Donnell' "trump-killing-game, Shakespeare in the Park, numerous direct, physical assaults on the White House, Loretta Lynch's YouTube March 2017 urging people "take to the streets" to resist in deadly violence, women's march activist Linda Sarsour's pledge to wage jihad against Our president,

Robert De Niro who wants to punch the president in the face, Twitter explosions, Marilyn Manson's assassination of president Trump in a music video, "Snoop Dogg" shooting the president in another music video. Telegraph writer Monisha Rajesh, L.A. Times freelance journalist Steven Borowiec, then the flag day Steve Scalise's assassination attempt in Arlington, Virginia,

Michael Moore's under construction documentary "Fahrenheit

11/9," purposed to end Trump's presidency, and rapper "YG's" [get] Donald Trump song. This past Saturday Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D.-III., excoriated President Donald Trump during a sermon at a Chicago church, calling Trump "a major criminal" who must be "eliminated..." Then there's Keith Olbermann to President Trump: "You treacherous Russian whore the White House and all of us have been after you for this for months. And we will get you!" And let's not forget Rachel Maddow's vitriol.

Compare reactions above to the revolt when the rodeo clown who wore an Obama mask while provoking a bull at the 2013 Missouri State Fair.

Threats promising President Trump's demise are unceasing.

Mueller, like McCabe, Brennan and Lynch, is as much a man on a mission to destroy President Trump as other members of the ongoing Coup. In this environment, one they encourage and nuture, Mueller and other sewer denizens are intent and emboldened upon desensitizing U.S. citizens to the possibility, even eventuality of President Trump's assassination, while fully capable of manipulating and controlling information afterwards to explain away the tragedy should such an event occur.

Leaders of the "resist" movement and antifa creatures will celebrate President Trump's assassination, then spew it's alright, there's nothing to be done, we're okay, the country is better off, we're strong, we'll survive.

I wish to remind you Attorney General Sessions Robert *'Bob" Swan Mueller was director of the FBI seven days before the planes flew into World Trade Center Towers 1 & 2. In the wake of the attack Director Mueller did all within his power to manipulate and control information about the nightmare terrorist success.

Mueller is also responsible for FBI derelictions leading up to the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and subsequent drum tight seal about FBI intelligence collected beforehand and Since.

Robert "Bob" Swan Mueller, 111, isn't wearing any clothes.

Mueller is outted. Right now! Robert "Bob" Swan Mueller, Ill

the most powerful and dangerous man in America. l've lived through the successful assassination of one president and the attempted assassination of another. I'm dauntless and unafraid in doing everything possible to protect our sitting president from the likes of Mueller, Comey, McCabe and Brennan.

I cry out to veterans obedient to their oath, and to you Attorney General Sessions, to act upon this complaint naming Mueller in commission of Treason.

Take this real domestic enemy down: Robert "Bob" Swan Mueller, Ill!

Here endth another lesson!!

Beware the Fury of Patient Men!

Relentless, Resolved, Born fighting,
Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III
United States Navy Retired

Beyer, Conyers, House Democrats Introduce Security Clearance Review Act

Washington, D.C. - July 31, 2017 (The Ponder News) -- Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and John Conyers (D-MI), Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, today introduced the Security Clearance Review Act. The bill would authorize the Director of the FBI to revoke the security clearance of an employee of the Executive Office of the President if the Director deems such actions necessary to national security. Their legislation was cosponsored by 19 additional Representatives.

“Donald Trump’s refusal to hold his senior staff accountable for their deceptions on Russia have sadly made this legislation necessary,” said Rep. Beyer. “Despite all we have learned about his secret meetings with Russians, Jared Kushner apparently continues to hold his clearance. Jared Kushner’s case and that of disgraced former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn make it clear that we need further protections when it comes to security clearances for the President’s family and closest advisers. I thank my colleague, Ranking Member Conyers, for working with me to craft legislation to protect our national security.”

“The Trump Administration has a very poor track record when it comes to their handling of classified information—and those are only incidents we know about,” said Rep. Conyers. “Given that several senior officials appear to have failed to disclose their contacts with foreign governments on their applications for a security clearance, given that President Trump is related by marriage to at least one of these officials, and given that the President himself appears to have played fast and loose with sensitive intelligence, it is imperative that the authority to revoke these clearances extend beyond the President, to include the Director of the FBI.”
The cosponsors of the bill are Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Donald Payne Jr. (D-NJ), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Norma Torres (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Peter Welch (D-VT), David Cicilline (D-RI), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA).

Rep. Beyer has led congressional attempts to hold Jared Kushner accountable for “omitted” meetings with Russian officials from his SF-86 form since Kushner’s failure to disclose those meetings was revealed. In April, Beyer and four other Representatives asked the Administration to suspend Jared Kushner’s security clearance.

The FBI’s response to that letter alerted the Representatives to the surprising fact that the President alone holds final authority to suspend or revoke employees of the Executive Office of the President.

Beyer subsequently led over 50 Members of Congress in calling for immediate revocation of Kushner’s security clearance following revelations that the Special Prosecutor was investigating Kushner’s meetings with Russian officials.

Earlier this month, Beyer led nearly two dozen Representatives seeking FBI scrutiny of White House adviser Ivanka Trump over possible omissions on her SF-86.