Am I reading this correctly, that Fusion is trying to protect it’s customers who have nothing to do with the dossier. But House Intel wants that information anyway? Nice way to kill a business portfolio.
Leon = ideologue Dubya appointee and amazing, world-class asshat. That being said, he HAS been stuck in some situations, such as the Guantanamo habeas corpus cases and NSA data collection, where actually behaving like a real conservative results in the correct ruling. We’ll see how he does here.
And of course the Committee can’t be trusted to keep its promises of secrecy. THE WHOLE FUCKING POINT OF THE SUBPOENA IS THAT NUNES WANTS TO MAKE IT WIDELY PUBLICIZED HOW MUCH WAS SPENT ON THE DOSSIER AND WHO SPENT IT (just the Dems though of course…not the part where Republicans spent a ton of money on it first).
Feature, not a bug. This is as much retaliation against the company as it is against the Dems.
That is sort of what I got out of that. Had not given the punitive angle any thought until now.
While you’re at it, fellas, please explain why allowing dark money interests to pour in millions of dollars to influence political campaigns anonymously is just fine, thank you very much, while this one small bit of work in opposition research – originated by the Washington Free Beacon for crying out loud – is clearly an indication of nefarious deeds that Inspector Clouseau Nunes is tirelessly working on exposing…
Citizens United delenda est.
Well it does show that Democrats are willing to hire some one to dig up dirt on an opponent whereas Republicans, and their PACs didn’t go the distance when they were trying to find stuff on Trump. Oh and the Dems didn’t use the dossier. It’s all about the vetting boys.
Nunes is trying to throw up a smokescreen to mask his involvement in this affair. Unmask him I say!
PS. I do love it when Ms. Sneed gets deep in the weeds of these things
The House Intelligence Committee did not subpoena Fusion GPS’ bank for records. Instead Rep. Nunes ® sent the subpoena through Rep. Conaway ®.
Right here:
The Daily Beast has confirmed that Derek Harvey, the former Mideast chief for the National Security Council (NSC), is once again working for Devin Nunes, the California Republican. Both men are considered Iran hawks, pushing for a more aggressive stance with Tehran. It’s an outlook they share with retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who was fired after serving as Trump’s national security adviser for 23 days for his involvement in the growing Russian influence scandal.
Harvey was trying to promote Flynn’s Mid East nuclear deal until McMasters fired him in September and he went back to work in Nunes’ office.
“…to discuss aspects of the case that remain under seal.”
Let’s step back a minute. Court records, court appearances and court activities are public records by default. Court activities CANNOT be held sub rosa except in cases of pressing national security needs.
What aspect of this case is so national security secretive that it requires a public blackout?
Either the judge seriously misinterprets Constitutional law, or this is a case of national import. So that makes me (an admitted nobody) even more determined to get to the heart of the matter.
Does Devin Nunes’ lawsuit win out? Why? He’s about to become a nobody like me.
Do the “pee tapes” exist? It’s essential for the American people to know. Hey, anything the good guys can use to bring down Trump is essential.
For what it’s worth, the committee’s lawyers are pretty much full of it when they say that allowing third-party intervenors is highly unusual in cases like this. It’s actually pretty common when somebody with lawyers and a lot of money is trying to use a business-records fishing expedition to get information that they’re not entitled to without a full court proceeding. (This is the other thing: if the committee had a good case, they could take Fusion to court and get a ruling requiring that the records be produced. But for some reason they don’t want to do that, so they’re going to the bank, which doesn’t have as solid a legal case for objecting to the release.)
Nunes is a lying bottomfeeder. He wants the information to smear the DEMS while hiding the information that the Cons STARTED the investigation. Honest to Pete.
Analogous to Martha Stewart—all the villains on Wall St, and she’s the one sent to jail. Of course, she just happened to be a major Democratic contributor. Pure coincidence.
“Leon also expressed his frustration that much of the case remained under seal — a set-up he said he inherited from Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, his predecessor on the case who ultimately recused herself.”
As soon as I read this I knew she was a Democratic appointee. Sure enough, 2014 by PBO. GOP appointed judges don’t typically recuse themselves from cases involving their benefactors and reliably seem to rule in their favor regardless of the merits. I imagine she has good reason for her recusal so I applaud her for it, but why do we always have to be the team that takes the high road while or opponent blatantly cheats? Unlike in the movies, our side keeps losing the big game.