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DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz promises “aggressive” oversight of the Trump administration after the President’s shameful late-night firing of Michael Atkinson

By Mark | April 6, 2020

In what Nancy Pelosi called a “shameful late-night firing,” Donald Trump sent a letter to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees this past Friday evening calling for the immediate dismissal of Michael Atkinson, the inspector general of the Intelligence Community. [A 30-day waiting period is legally required when removing an inspector general from office, in […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged bullying, chilling effect, conspiracy theory, corruption, Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, Department of Justice, DOJ, Donald Trump, impeachment, Inspector General, intelligence community, Jeff Sessions, loyalty, loyalty oaths, Michael Horowitz, oversight, Qanon, retaliatory firing, retribution, Russia, Russiagate, Ukraine, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky, whistle blower | 28 Comments

“Read the Transcript”

By Mark | November 5, 2019

I don’t have a lot of time this morning, but I wanted to at least note how absolutely bewildering it is to me that Donald Trump continues to implore his followers to “read the transcript” when the document he’s referring to clearly demonstrates, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that military aid passed by Congress […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Defense Department, Dick Durbin, extortion, foreign aid, Hunter Biden, impeachment, Jeanne Shaheen, Joe Biden, John Bolton, military aid, national security, National Security Advisor, OJ Simpson, post-fact, post-truth, quid pro quo, Read the Transcript, reality deficient, Richard Blumenthal, Rob Portman, Ron Johnson, Russia, transcripts, Ukraine, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky, whistle blower | 19 Comments

Holy shit. Today was too much… The whistleblower’s complaint goes public, and Trump responds by referencing the execution of traitors

By Mark | September 26, 2019

The above quote comes directly from the whistleblower’s complaint, which came out this morning, just as acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Joseph Maguire was getting ready to testify before the House Intelligence Committee. If you haven’t read it by now, or listened to it, you really should… Speaking of which, a number of cowardly […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged abuse of power, collusion, conspiracy, criminal consipracy, Director of National Intelligence, DNI, extortion, foreign aid, House Intelligence Committee, Hunter Biden, ICIG, IGIC, impeachment, Inspector General, intelligence community, Joe Biden, leaks, national security, Swiftboating, threats of violence, treason, Ukraine, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky, whistle blower, witness intimidation | 95 Comments

Citing a “betrayal of our national security”, Nancy Pelosi goes all-in on impeachment

By Mark | September 24, 2019

Things appear to be taking a decisive turn in Washington. With evidence mounting that Donald Trump had attempted to coerce the President of Ukraine into assisting with the swiftboating of Joe Biden, and news breaking that the intelligence community whistleblower who first brought the charges to the attention of the IGIC had reached out to […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, bribery, cult of victimhood, Dan Pfeiffer, foreign aid, House Intelligence Committee, Hunter Biden, IGIC, impeachment, Inspector General, Joe Biden, Joseph Maguire, Mark Warner, Mike Pompeo, Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi, national security, Preet Bharara, presidential harassment, quid pro quo, Richard Burr, Richard Nixon, Rudy Giuliani, Sally Yates, Senate Intelligence Committee, State Department, Swiftboating, transcript, treason, Ukraine, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky, whistle blower, William Barr | 103 Comments

Trump’s likely criminal “promise” to Ukrainian President Zelensky and the DOJ’s campaign to keep it from Congress

By Mark | September 19, 2019

A senior intelligence officer apparently heard something so troubling in a call between Donald Trump and a foreign leader that he or she sought out legal counsel with experience in whistle-blower cases, and, then, on August 12, through said attorney, reported it to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (IGIC), Michael K. Atkinson. Atkinson, […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, Adam Schiff, bribery, Burisma Group, corruption, Director of National Intelligence, dirt, DNI, Donald Trump, foreign aid, Hillary Clinton, House Intelligence Committee, Hunter Biden, impeachable offenses, impeachment, Inspector General, intelligence community, Joe Biden, John Barr, Joseph Maguire, national security, obstruction, obstruction of justice, promises, Rudy Giuliani, Senate Intelligence Committee, Ukraine, Viktor Shokin, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky, whistle blower | 30 Comments

Tag Archives: Michael Atkinson

DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz promises “aggressive” oversight of the Trump administration after the President’s shameful late-night firing of Michael Atkinson

“Read the Transcript”

Holy shit. Today was too much… The whistleblower’s complaint goes public, and Trump responds by referencing the execution of traitors

Citing a “betrayal of our national security”, Nancy Pelosi goes all-in on impeachment

Trump’s likely criminal “promise” to Ukrainian President Zelensky and the DOJ’s campaign to keep it from Congress

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