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Trump's Ukraine call was referred to DOJ as possible crime. Barr's team shut it down
Bill Barr's DOJ rejected two criminal referrals about the Zelensky phone call in which Barr was mentioned
IGOR DERYSH at Salon
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 9:30PM (UTC)
https://www.salon.com/2019/09/25/trumps-ukraine-call-was-referred-to-doj-as-possible-crime-barrs-team-shut-it-down/
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The intelligence community inspector general and director of national intelligence submitted two criminal referrals to the Justice Department after receiving an urgent whistleblower complaint about President Trumps conduct toward Ukraine. In response, the DOJs criminal division decided not to act, the department revealed Wednesday.
In August, the intelligence communitys inspector general submitted a criminal referral to the Justice Department after receiving the now-famous whistleblower complaint related to Trumps phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said in a statement. The inspector generals report cited Trumps call with Zelensky as a potential violation of federal campaign finance law.
The DOJs Criminal Division reviewed the referral and determined there was no campaign finance violation, Kupec said.
The DOJs Office of Legal Counsel issued a statementacknowledging that the inspector general found the allegations in the complaint credible but argued that the content of the call did not amount to a thing of value, which is required to pursue a campaign finance violation.
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C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)Maybe some more whistleblowers will come forward before the whole thing blows up. It's sink or swim time.
elleng
(130,975 posts)after he/they're out.