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Devin Nunes 'shocked - shocked' that presiding FISA court judge assigned to ex-FBI lawyer's case
2020-08-18
[Washington Examiner] A top House Republican said he was "shocked" when he saw the name of the judge before whom former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith is expected to plead guilty in the first criminal case arising out of U.S. Attorney John Durham's inquiry into the Russia investigation.

Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, told Fox Business host Lou Dobbs on Monday he has no idea how Judge James Boasberg, the presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, ended up being in charge of a case related to the FISA surveillance of a former Trump campaign aide.

"I saw that today. I was a little bit shocked," the California Republican said. This was after Dobbs, a staunch ally of President Trump and stern critic of the Russia investigation, asked if it was "a little bit screwed up."

The FISA court, which oversees requests for surveillance warrants for federal law enforcement and intelligence purposes, is currently composed of 11 judges. Boasberg, who is a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, has served in the FISA court since 2014. He was named the presiding judge of the FISA court on Jan. 1.
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Posted by:Besoeker

#9  Appointed by John Roberts

Yup but!

Hillary Clinton emails
On August 22, 2016, Boasberg ordered the release of over 14,000 emails found in the United States Department of State correspondence of Hillary Clinton by the FBI during an investigation of Clinton's private server.[20] These emails were requested by Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group, because the FBI has indicated that emails were work-related and not entirely private as Clinton had previously said.[20]

Trump tax returns
On August 18, 2017, Boasberg dismissed a lawsuit from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), which had sued the IRS under FOIA seeking President Donald Trump's personal tax returns from 2010 to the present to be released. Boasberg concluded that because personal tax returns are confidential, they may only be obtained either by permission from Trump himself or if Congress's Joint Committee on Taxation signed off to allow the disclosure.[21

Posted by: Woodrow   2020-08-18 21:02  

#8  Robert's had something to do with it?
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-08-18 20:58  

#7  Either Nunes is a fool, or he's in on it.

What's sad is how many "conservatives" eat the grifters' thin gruel up.

"Trust the plan." LOL
Posted by: charger   2020-08-18 13:00  

#6  Devin is a Ghey Rowdy Republican now too.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-08-18 12:49  

#5  Little red book?
Posted by: Frank G   2020-08-18 07:05  

#4  When Obama said this was all to be done “by the book” was there any indication which book he was referring to?
Posted by: Airandee   2020-08-18 06:58  

#3  "judge" Didn't even THINK to recuse himself?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-08-18 04:47  

#2  Yes. This is all not only above but also outside your pay grade taxpayer citizen prole. Just move along now...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-08-18 02:24  

#1  We take care of our own. 'Voels van 'n veel'... (birds of a feather) so to speak. If Clinesmith goes down hard, all of us could be implicated as well.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-08-18 02:20  

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