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CatWoman

(79,302 posts)
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 09:23 PM Sep 2018

Trump Reportedly Plans on Declassifying Bruce Ohr and Carter Page Documents

President Donald Trump is reportedly planning on declassifying Carter Page and Bruce Ohr documents, according to an Axios report on Sunday.

Axios’ Jonathan Swan and Lauren Meier report:

President Trump is expected to declassify, as early as this week, documents covering the U.S. government’s surveillance of Trump campaign adviser Carter Page and the investigative activities of senior Justice Department lawyer Bruce Ohr, according to allies of the president.

Both Congressional Republicans and Trump himself have been hyping the documents as damning evidence that the Department of Justice and FBI acted inappropriately, essentially tainting the Trump-Russia investigation.

Ohr has been accused by the Congressional Republicans and Trump of acting as a go-between for Justice Department, British spy Christopher Steele and Fusion GPS.

Page was allegedly the victim of illegal spying by the Obama administration aimed at taking down Trump.

House Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows told Axios that the declassification is a big deal.

“After two years of investigations and accusations from both sides of the aisle about what documents indicate, it is past time for documents to be declassified and let the American people decide for themselves if DoJ and FBI acted properly,” he said.

It is unclear how much, at this point, the claims made about Ohr and Page will be supported in the documents.

https://www.mediaite.com/donald-trump/trump-reportedly-planning-on-declassifying-bruce-ohr-and-carter-page-documents/

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Trump Reportedly Plans on Declassifying Bruce Ohr and Carter Page Documents (Original Post) CatWoman Sep 2018 OP
More obstruction SHRED Sep 2018 #1
Perhaps you can explain how this is more obstruction? john657 Sep 2018 #3
By trying to discredit Mueller SHRED Sep 2018 #4
Well, I, for one, john657 Sep 2018 #5
Do you think this very selective and targeted release will do that? SHRED Sep 2018 #7
Probably not, john657 Sep 2018 #9
More distraction SHRED Sep 2018 #10
Oh they're coming, john657 Sep 2018 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author Squinch Sep 2018 #8
That was pre Mueller..wouldn't discredit him AncientGeezer Sep 2018 #6
So fuckin bad Leghorn21 Sep 2018 #2
More obstruction... add ANOTHER impeachment count to the ever-growing list! InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2018 #11
If the work was all handled professionally, hughee99 Sep 2018 #12
Page not part of campaign, never met him, then why care about warrant? Cicada Sep 2018 #13
Why go after Bruce Ohr? He is expert on Russian mob in America Cicada Sep 2018 #14
 

john657

(1,058 posts)
3. Perhaps you can explain how this is more obstruction?
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 09:29 PM
Sep 2018

My take is that this is a tactic to distract from the Kavanaugh confirmation and Trumps legal and ethical problems.
I guess, in a sense, it's an attempt to obstruct, but that's a reach.

 

john657

(1,058 posts)
5. Well, I, for one,
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 09:33 PM
Sep 2018

would like to know if, on top of all the other corruption in this Administration, there was corruption in the DOJ and the FBI, as all Americans should know.

 

john657

(1,058 posts)
9. Probably not,
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 09:47 PM
Sep 2018

but in Trump's diseased mind, he probably thinks it will take the heat off of him and Kavanaugh.

Response to john657 (Reply #5)

hughee99

(16,113 posts)
12. If the work was all handled professionally,
Mon Sep 10, 2018, 04:02 AM
Sep 2018

These documents shouldn’t do anything for him, and if none of it is a matter of national security, I don’t see why releasing the information to the public should be a problem.

Cicada

(4,533 posts)
13. Page not part of campaign, never met him, then why care about warrant?
Mon Sep 10, 2018, 05:17 AM
Sep 2018

Steven Miller as communications director of the Trump campaign said Page never workedbforbthecTrump campaign. Period. Trump said that he never met Carter Page, that he never spoke to Carter Page. So why does it matter if four judges each selected by chief Justice Roberts, each appointed by a Republican president approved a wire tap on his phone?

Cicada

(4,533 posts)
14. Why go after Bruce Ohr? He is expert on Russian mob in America
Mon Sep 10, 2018, 05:30 AM
Sep 2018

Most Trump has attacked by namemin tweets on DOJ and fbi share this: they are experts on Russian mob activities in the US including how they launder money here. Trump warned if you go after my money you will cross red line. Disproportionate money from Russia. Other brother said we don’t need American banks now, we have Russian funding. Trump partner in Trump Soho 8 years earlier convicted in Russian mob stock swindle. He is son of an under boss of Semion Megilivitch, the boss of bosses living openly with Putin support in Moscow. He is the manager of Trump Soho, trump partner. Just 8 years after conviction of role in swindle run by Semion
Mogilivitch.

Bruce Ohr was in charge of getting Semion Mogilivitch until his open residence in Moscow made us realize he had Putin support so we can never get him.

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