DOJ and FBI running out the clock.

STALL, CLASSIFY & HOPE FOR NOVEMBER CHANGE  

10 FIRED, RETIRED OR QUIT SO FAR

It was revealed yesterday that Peter Strzok has been fired by the FBI. Strzok was head of counter intelligence at the FBI and has been an agent for 22 years. He has been under the microscope ever since it has been revealed that he engaged in controversial emails with his girlfriend, Lisa Page and others. These emails contained talk of an insurance plan to keep Trump out of the presidency and talked of impeachment plans.

He was in a lead role into the investigation of the Hillary Clinton email server and also was involved in the beginning of the Russian investigation. He is the third FBI agent to be fired along with the Director and the acting director of the FBI. There are more that are under investigation. 

There is strong evidence that there is a culture at the Department of Justice and the FBI that they are above the law. It seems that many who were in the highest ranks of these agencies believed they could manipulate and engage in actions to influence the direction of the country and its policies. I suspect that goes for the State department, the CIA , IRS and possibly other departments. They must have believed that they could get away with these actions and be protected or even rewarded for their behavior. It appears that possibly is still the case as no insider informant has yet come forward to disclose what could be the biggest government scandal in our history.

What has been uncovered so far has been from the efforts of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice and the House Intelligence committee. There has been a reluctance by the DOJ to release the documents, emails and other pertinent information to the investigators. They have ignored subpoenas and other requests. They have delayed for months the release of documents that have no bearing on national security or revealed confidential information. It has been the policy of these agencies to drag this out with the hope a change in the majority of the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate after the November midterms. They are more concerned about protecting the those who have broken the law and attempting to protect the reputation of these agencies.

Normally the president could instruct the DOJ to de-classify and release any documents that he desires be made public. The president normally could fire anyone who seems to be obstructing these investigations. Of course, there is nothing normal about this situation, since the naming of a special council by the acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. It appears that the whole purpose of the naming of the special council was to tie the hands of the President and other investigators, at least until after the next election. It appears the hope is to force the resignation of the President or to give a possible Democratic house majority the basis for an impeachment proceeding. So far, this has not worked out so well, the presidents pole numbers have been improving, the credibility of the FBI and DOJ has been severely diminished and there are numerous investigations being conducted.

Again, the only hope of containing this historic scandal rests on the results of the mid-term elections. It will be a pivotal event in the history of this country.

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