The all too familiar David Laufman says it out loud, but few will pay attention. “That’s what this is. It- just because [the DOJ-NSD justification for the raid on Trump] implicates classified information to me, doesn’t seem to give a platform for the House Intelligence Committee to intrude at this time,” Laufman says.
In the aftermath of 9-11 the U.S. government created the Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct surveillance of “domestic threats,” the American people. When Barack Obama and Eric Holder stepped in a few years later, they created the DOJ National Security Division (DOJ-NSD). This division specializes in weaponizing surveillance against their political enemies. The DOJ-NSD had no inspector general oversight and operates within Main Justice, but above the law. Essentially, they use the justification of ‘national security‘ to defend the Fourth Branch of Government, the permanent surveillance state. {Go Deep}
David Laufman was the former head of the DOJ-NSD and he specialized in the targeting process. Laufman was a primary player in the defense of Hillary Clinton against accusations of ‘national security violations’ as a result of her classified personal email use. Laufman sat in on, guided and shaped the FBI interview Hillary Clinton. Additionally, David Laufman is one of Christine Blasey-Ford’s Rehoboth “beach friends,” as outlined in the Judge Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings.
When Blasey-Ford said she wrote the letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein accusing Brett Kavanaugh of college rape, she was with a bunch of “beach friends” including former FBI public information officer Monica McLean who actually wrote the letter. When investigators began digging into the background of the letter construct, McLean came under legal scrutiny. McLean hired beach friend David Laufman to shield her from legal trouble and represent her legal interests. David Laufman then worked together with another former DOJ lawyer, Michael Bromwich, who represented Christine Blasey-Ford. That’s the network.
Fast forward to 2022. All network indications reflect that David Laufman, similar in effort to former DOJ-NSD head Mary McCord (Schiff congressional impeachment team), is one of the primary Lawfare agents currently guiding, mapping and counseling the use of the DOJ-NSD to continue the targeting of Donald Trump. Laufman provides the legal strategies for the people within the current DOJ-NSD to follow. In addition to being a familiar face on MSNBC, we should consider David Laufman the outside agent providing guidance to Main Justice intent.
In this CBS interview, David Laufman is questioned about the role of congressional oversight in the DOJ/FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. Pay close attention to what David Laufman says, because he essentially admits the quiet part. There’s no role for any oversight, any check and balance in the system, because the DOJ-NSD operates above the law. [Transcript] – WATCH:
ED O’KEEFE: Now for a more detailed look at all of the legal problems swirling around former President Donald Trump. We’re joined by Rikki Klieman, criminal defense lawyer and a CBS News legal analyst. And here in Washington, David Laufman, former chief of the Justice Department’s counterintelligence and export control section. Great to have both of you with us. David, I want to begin with you. You’re the former head of the division of the Justice Department that’s now led by a guy named Jay Bratt who argued in court this week regarding the potential release of this affidavit, that it may quote, “chill future cooperation by witnesses whose assistance may be sought as this investigation progresses, as well as in other high profile investigations.” You agree with his assessment?
FORMER CHIEF OF COUNTERINTELLIGENCE DAVID LAUFMAN: Based on my experience with the Department of Justice, that’s absolutely correct. Especially in the early stages of an investigation, the Justice Department and the FBI want to do everything they can to protect the integrity and confidential law enforcement actions that are being taken.
ED O’KEEFE: Do you have any sense then, do you expect he’s going to release at least part of this or a redacted version?
LAUFMAN: I think the Justice Department knows it has to come back to the court with a reasonable proposal. The judge signaled pretty clearly that he wants to release some facets of this affidavit. And I think the Department and the FBI are now trying to come to grips with what they can live with- with regard to public disclosures. And there are some portions of the affidavit that I think they’ll be willing to make public.
ED O’KEEFE: You just heard Congressman Turner of Ohio talking about the possibility of the Intelligence Committee getting read into the details of this at some point. There is bipartisan agreement that they’ve got to hear something from the Justice Department. It’s just a question of when and what exactly and how much. But in your view, is there a requirement for the Justice Department and FBI to do that at all?
LAUFMAN: I mean, there’s no requirement. Look, I mean, there’s- this- there are sometimes classic collisions between two coordinate branches of government; does seem to be premature for Congress to be sticking its nose into an ongoing criminal investigation. That’s what this is. It- just because it implicates classified information to me, doesn’t seem to give a platform for the House Intelligence Committee to intrude at this time.
ED O’KEEFE: Because it could unspool in a way where the information you share with them is leaked. And then, the investigation’s compromised. Its ability to have a fair trial will be compromised.
LAUFMAN: I think they’re trying to create a kind of a carnival atmosphere under the patina of the exercise of Congress’s constitutional authority to conduct investigations.
ED O’KEEFE: Rikki, to you. Allen Weisselberg, the former longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, this past week pleaded guilty to 15 counts of fraud and tax evasion as part of the scheme to receive more than $1.7 million in off-the-books perks and compensation from the Trump Organization. Important to point out the former president hasn’t been charged as part of this civil case. But based on what you know about this case, what we’ve seen so far, is there any legal risk at this point to a member of the Trump family?
CBS NEWS LEGAL ANALYST RIKKI KLIEMAN: There is hardly any legal risk because of the fact that the plea of Alan Weisselberg is against the Trump Organization, which really means the Trump Corporation and the Trump Payroll Corporation. It had to do with the fact that he received perks to, as you say, $1.7 million over a period of years. The plea bargain seems abundantly clear. He is testifying against entities, not people.
ED O’KEEFE: And there’s been so much focus in the past two weeks on the Mar-a-Lago operation, this Weisselberg guilty plea this past week, but I know you believe that it’s what’s going down in Georgia that is potentially most legally risky for the former president. Correct?
KLIEMAN: There is no doubt in my mind that the most risk to the former president is in fact the Georgia investigation. And one of the reasons I say that is because it has intensified in terms of the number of witnesses that the district attorney is calling before this special, investigative grand jury. But also the fact that should not be overlooked is that Donald Trump has hired one of the best criminal defense lawyers in the country in the person of Drew Findling. Drew Findling was a past president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is based in Atlanta. He knows how to work within the system ethically and properly and he’s fierce. So when we look at this particular situation, Rudy Giuliani called to testify last week. We have no idea nor should we have any idea in a secret proceeding what he said or if he took the Fifth Amendment at any point in time. This week, Lindsey Graham is set to testify on Tuesday, unless the 11th circuit issues a stay and buys into his argument that his phone calls involving this election in 2020 and the results when he wanted, allegedly, to say that they should look into the mail in ballots, and perhaps there were many of the mailing ballots that had faulty signatures and his communications with Donald Trump would be the focus of this particular special grand jury. And that he wants to say, well, no, that was within my duties within the Speech and Debate Clause. We’re going to see what the 11th circuit has to say about that. But I expect Lindsey Graham is going to have to testify. This grand jury is investigative only. They can issue a report that would tell the district attorney at a later point in time, whether or not she does have reason to indict probable cause to indict any of the players, including Donald Trump.
ED O’KEEFE: And, David Laufman, in terms of the operation of Mar-a-Lago at this point, how concerned should any current or former staff of the former president there be concerned about legal exposure?
LAUFMAN: Well, I think any- any individuals who were involved in removing classified information from the White House in the waning moments of the Trump administration, taking them to Mar-a-Lago, knowingly keeping them there to play certain unauthorized to be, has potential criminal jeopardy depending on all the facts and circumstances that investigation uncovers. One of the statutes referenced in the search warrant is the Espionage Act and at issue in principle is a provision that makes it a crime to willfully retain National Defense Information. And the fact that these were highly classified documents as high as top secret code word makes it pretty clear to me the president has potential jeopardy here, compounded by what appeared to be deliberate misrepresentations by the president or his team, to the government about whether classified information remained at Mar-a-Lago and hence, the obstruction statute reference in the search warrant.
ED O’KEEFE: Ricky, you’ve been at this for a long time tracking legal cases of all sorts all across the country. Have you ever seen anyone facing more than a dozen legal, civil, congressional investigations at one time? And what is it like being an attorney for someone like that, when they have competing, compounding legal concerns and interests?
KLIEMAN: I have never seen this many investigations happening all at the same time. Some in greater stages, some in lesser stages. But if you are an attorney for Donald Trump, you are well advised to separate each one and decide where you’re going to devote your energies. Donald Trump, it appears, has been hiring lawyers from different places. So one lawyer does not have all of the responsibility. But this is not a good time for Donald Trump, at least if he thinks that everything is coming in upon him. However, we also know that Donald Trump enjoys the chaos and we will see what happens in terms of his decision if he is going to run or not in 2024.
ED O’KEEFE: We sure will. Rikki Kleiman, CBS News legal analyst, David Laufman, former Justice Department official, thank you both for being here. And we’ll be right back. (link)
This chap should be introduced to his lifetime appointment in Guantanimo at the first opportunity … with his new beach friends.
I hear the beaches in Guantanamo are top rated.
They have great soccer fields too.
Just watch out for the land mines…………
Also nice Halal food taste tested by Obozo.
The seaweed, barracudas and sharks were lovely last time I was there.
Instead of taking him and his beach friends directly to Gitmo, drop them 3 miles off shore and have them swim the rest of the way. After you have chummed the waters first.
Your my kinda folk😏
At least sharks never misrepresent what they are or what they’re after. Much more honest than DC politicians.
Save the gas. A mile should do with these cushion conditioned at the top.
Closed circuit tv too
Must see gore and guts viewing
The DOJ version of “Come and Take It”.
None will dare.
Imagine what could be found by wiretapping everyone within two hops from this… lackey.
Some details would be confirmation of following the many disparate trails of evidence to date, and the remainder would be quite revealing.
“doesn’t seem to give a platform for the House Intelligence Committee to intrude…”
Intrude. Representative government is an intrusion on these gods. Arrogant prick.
This is 180 from what was supposed to happen. Doj rogue as ever never consulted congress on this sham investigation and raid
Georgia was already cleared. Double jeapodary
Train cars of evidence of the election fraud. Yet we have banana republic
When I read “intrude”, it was a slap in my face as a citizen of the United States who values the US Constitution, rule of law, and justice.
Savvy comment, Gipper~I thank you.
Talk about seeing the strings! I cannot not see this entire televised segment as completely scripted as one act of an Orwellian play.
The Constitution’s distinct lines of division between the three branches of government have slowly dissolved. What we have now is a messy tasteless omelette, fit for the Marxist entity America has become.
The day the Supreme Court refused to hear the lawsuit from Texas regarding the 2020 election and the obvious blatant corruption carried out by several states in the election of a president for the whole country was, I think, the darkest day for our continued existence as a Republic.
It was, I feel, the green light for what we see here with a clearly empowered Laufman. Who is going to straighten him out? No one.
And we know why.
Extremely anti Constitutional and a terrible sign for what is now a lawless authoritarian government.
Not only have those three branches dissolved, but the fourth branch has been created totally independent of the first three. And apparently independence from oversight.
It has, GB…a deformed creature rising out of the ashes, the detritus of the bonfire Obama and his R and D co conspirators set while he was fiddling in the WH.
In addtion, Congress has made itself immune from the 87,000 “we’re here to help” IRS agents.
I saw that. But I have seen it reported nowhere except in a few tweets, nowhere on sites one would think that information would be front and center.
So all their insider trading and the lobbyist payoffs and the backhanders are safe from scrutiny. Cozy.
And and and, how many times have we heard that “Nobody is above the law?” Looks like this outfit appears to be. Of course, now they just all do what they want to do…..seems not a single oath has any meaning any more…..not to anyone, and not about anything.
What they mean is nobody is above THEIR “law”. As to their “oaths”? I’m surprised their hands didn’t burn while they took them.
They are lawless ones, Oath Breakers. Ought to call them out on it every chance we get.
What defense do they have to the truth?
Amen, RF…none. The truth…not their truth. I often wonder if they even know what it is, amongst all the lies and false stories they’ve concocted.
They made and have kept their oaths to the darkness.
The scotus has been operating the past year on deep constitutional measures
They’re hitting the judicial courts hard for disobedience
They’re upholding we the people on many of Biden’s failed mandates / EOs
Recently the oil and gas drilling lease reversal
The election case is on the docket too
And making congress stop operating via illegal means is hopefully next
Everyone vote no matter what. Out voices cannot be stopped
I am awaiting that election case in great anticipation. September, isn’t it?
The oil and gas ruling from the Fifth Circuit was a surprise, but it is the most conservative of the Circuit Courts. I was overjoyed with that one. But it was not the Supreme Court who adjudicated that one.
I have always wondered post the disastrous non ruling in 2020, if the so called conservative justices (small j) have not regretted their unpardonable silence and refusal to hear the case. I believe, with the honourable exceptions , as usual, of Alito and Thomas who both indictated they wanted to hear it, had the others agreed to entertain it, we very possibly might not be in the terrible terrible state we are all enduring right now.
Of course, can’t prove a negative…things are as they are. We can’t go back…alas…
🙌 That’s my Bet (NM)!🙌
✝️
Love ya, Frank….as always.😘
Agree Betsy,
But then it occurs to me he will be straightened out but good by our Lord!
So, there is that which I continue to hold onto.
Blessings always fellow Treeper!
Oh yes, themouseranuptheclock, as we all must answer. Thank you so very much🤗…and to you as well.
The Tree of Liberty is going to need water very soon……
Probably well past due…..
If we don’t soon, we may never ever get a chance again.
Its been a long drought. Probably from climate change. LOL.
well past due…..
We still have lots of time to act via the law and constitution
If they steal 22 and 24. Pray
Yup
There’s no role for any oversight, any check and balance in the system, because the DOJ-NSD operates above the law.
Wait a minute….I thought no one is above the law, according to the morons who are running congress and the J6 kangaroo court.
Laufman is truly the face of banal evil
Well said, Nathan…
There’s no role for any oversight, any check and balance in the system, because the DOJ-NSD think they are above any laws, they make their own
Laufman has incriminated himself publicly several times now. There is the target.
Well, Stalin and Hitler had their above the law posse. Laufman does not want to be denied his day in the darkness.
And why can’t Laufman or others as sleezy as him have an accident or decide he can’t take it anymore and decide to off himself ?
Does evil ever die?
google dfn: Totalitarianism is a form of government that attempts to assert total control over the lives of its citizens. It is characterized by strong central rule that attempts to control and direct all aspects of individual life through coercion and repression.
Feel free to add to the list.
David Laufman is a Lawyer…….How many times do I need to tell you about Lawyers??? It’s the one profession that has destroyed our Republic…….It’s not even debatable……
…and doctors
Doctors. I thought that was my secret…
Did you know that doctors and care givers are automatically excluded from jury duty? They must’ve had some very powerful lobbyists.
And Congressmen.
Currently I place doctors on the lowest rung, Congressmen next up, and lawyers above Congressmen.
Smug Laufman is absolutely correct.
The NSD of the DOJ is most certainly above the law.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it, fellow Americans.
Buckle up
He is forgetting about the one that trumps all.
Natural Law. No one can flaunt that without repercussion.
Yes! The One! ✝️
No, that’s b.s.,and you bloody well know it
Yes. I do…and I’m glad you’re angry.
He is, they are, spiking the football in our face.
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I always look at the direction things went after 9/11. Not one person from Intell was ever even reprimanded. A series of wars using 9/11 as a pretext were launched. With the exception of Afghanistan, most of the nations like Syria, Iraq, are/were secular and opponents of Saudi Sunni wahabbism, which is what we were told Al-Qaeda which they say was responsible is from. At the time before knowing what I now know, I was saying that Saudi Arabia should have been bombed and invaded, certainly not Iraq. Than going further back to my our old friends the Orthodox Christian Serbs who were fighting Radical islam, with at least 2 of the storyline of 9/11 came from the Bosnian Jihad were we were on the side of radical islam. Many of the top leadership of “Al-Qaeda” received their terror training in Bosnia, beheading Serbs and their secular Bosnian muslim allies.
It appears that 9/11 was used as treasonous event to kickstart a series of wars for saudi Arabia & its allies interests, which includes the PetroDollar ()Besides keeping patriots constrained, and captured to restrict future (now) opposition to their murderous plans)
Indeed.
Pave low the entire Saudi peninsula and those monsters neither be missed nor defended by anyone. Hell, China and Russia would most likely applaud us.
I’ve reached the same conclusions-if we wanted to retaliate for 9/11, it should have been against the Saudis. One thing that just utterly disgusted me was that our troops were told to back off at Tora Bora so bin Laden could get away. Bush and Cheney didn’t want the war to end before they could start a war with Iraq, and if bin Laden had been captured, there would have been no support for the Iraq war. Bush and Cheney are traitors. No better than Pol Pot, Stalin, Hitler, or Mao in my view.
The Bin-Laden family which owns one of the largest construction companies in Saudi Arabia (and I believe got the contracts to rebuild what they claim USAma Bin Laden destroyed, were allowed to leave America after 9/11 some of whom I believe were flown from Florida. General Clark a high level war criminal himself, stated that after 9/11 state dept creeps were jubilantly exclaiming that because of the 9/11 (watershed event according to some sources) the US was going to bomb or invade 7 nations, with nations like secular Syria (an opponent of Sunni Wahhabi Saudi Arabia) on that list. Syria even helped us after 9/11, and has a large Christian community as well as various other minority religious groups all protected by Dr Assad and his secular Syrian government.
Common sense would see 9/11 was used to launch these wars that are not in America’s interest. As a Christian, we have been attacking the ME nations that are the most Christian friendly of the muslim nations (Syria, Iraq) and putting pressure on secular Lebanon, who has been fighting off the saudi sponsored Islamists as well.
It looks like Petro Dollar Sunni wahabbi saudi Arabia & co with CIA/US assistance is looking to sweep all opponents away. Yes they are traitors and have the blood of millions on their hands
What evidence do you have that the Saudis had anything to do with 9/11?
When one hides tyranny under the cloak of investigation…your the problem.
Here’s a good read
“It does not take a majority to prevail,” he once averred, “but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”
Sam Adams.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/08/setting_brushfires_of_freedom_in_the_minds_of_men.html
Excellent article. Everyone shuld read it to remind each of us that every act of throwing sand into the machine is worthy.
Read this article. Save it.
“When you refuse to abide by the State’s endless spate of delusions and instead stand for truth, others see that they are not alone.”
That is a powerful
Yup.
“They can love you later.”
Frank Field
Gee they say the same people behind the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax are behind the raid on Trumps Florida home.
C BS Disgrace the Nation and it’s shills reveal themselves as the propaganda outlet for Old Joe and his deep state cronies.
Stalin and Beria would be so proud of these people.
… the only thig I’ve heard since the escaltor episode, from all quarters, is: Get Trump!
This country is roaming endlessly in the desert.
I remember during investigation of Clinton emails it became apparent there was to paraphrase our illustrious press, super top secret information.
In order words most FBI agents investigating did not have proper security clearance to be handling the material they were in possession of.
Yet when FBI raided Trump’s home in search of top secret nuclear information there was no concern about the tippy-top ( AOC ) level of security clearance needed.
Our FBI is beyond repair and needs dismantled not oversight.
You make a very good point; do we even have confirmation that the over 30 agents who tore apart Mar-a-Lago on August 8 were all cleared for classified material?
FBI are not LEO. They “investigate” ladies lingerie, looking for nuclear launch codes. Many are necessary to “investigate” a garage door pull, stage a “kidnapping”, stage a Capitol “insurrection”…Rampaging black, muslim, and alien invader murderers run free.
The FIB is the mortal enemy of the people.
I can give you a list of 50 traitors. The American people can decide what to do with them.
I can give you a list of 535 and plenty more
What is Mount Weather ?
” Mount Weather is Out Of Control ” – Senator John Tunny (CA) Chairman of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights 1975 when asking about total lack of oversight of the nearly 100 underground bases making up the ‘ continuity of government program ‘
Retired Air Force General , Leslie W. Bray said ( paraphrase ) ” I’m not a liberty to describe functions or mission ”
From book Behold a Pale Horse – William Cooper
EVERYTHING our Founding Fathers scrupulously tried to prevent, lack of accountability, overbig and over-powerful government.
“Two
coordinate
BRANCHES
of government”
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If there’s no elected oversight, why does voting matter?
It doesn’t.
It is said and often repeated that those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Today there is a new twist to this saying. The democrats have indeed learned from history and are purposely repeating it. They are copying the methods of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin and other despots.
Exactly 💯 💯
Just add all the other Banana Republic places too, that’s all we have become these days. I’m sorry to say Good By to the Great America I used to know.
We have learned overtime that the call for investigation is the code word for cover up by David Laufman.
Sec. 3.5. Mandatory Declassification Review.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, all information classified under this order or predecessor orders shall be subject to a review for declassification by the originating agency if:…
(b) Information originated by the incumbent President or the incumbent Vice President; the incumbent President’s White House Staff or the incumbent Vice President’s Staff; committees, commissions, or boards appointed by the incumbent President; or other entities within the Executive Office of the President that solely advise and assist the incumbent President is exempted from the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section. However, the Archivist shall have the authority to review, downgrade, and declassify papers or records of former Presidents and Vice Presidents under the control of the Archivist pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 2107, 2111, 2111 note, or 2203. Review procedures developed by the Archivist shall provide for consultation with agencies having primary subject matter interest and shall be consistent with the provisions of applicable laws or lawful agreements that pertain to the respective Presidential papers or records. Agencies with primary subject matter interest shall be notified promptly of the Archivist’s decision. Any final decision by the Archivist may be appealed by the requester or an agency to the Panel. The information shall remain classified pending a prompt decision on the appeal.
https://www.archives.gov/isoo/policy-documents/cnsi-eo.html
Correction: We are investigating are I believe the words typically used by FBI/DOJ in order to cover up corrupt actions they perpetrated. In this case they have exceeded their authority as represented by the following law.
Executive Order 13526, signed by Obama.
Sec. 1.7. Classification Prohibitions and Limitations. (a) In no case shall
information be classified, continue to be maintained as classified, or fail
to be declassified in order to:
(1) conceal violations of law, inefficiency, or administrative error;
(2) prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency;
(3) restrain competition; or
(4) prevent or delay the release of information that does not require protection in the interest of the national security.
(b) Basic scientific research information not clearly related to the national security shall not be classified.
You’re going to enjoy the two I added below in detail.
President Trump vs FBI/DOJ
The president can declassify anything he wants in any manner he wants per the Supreme Court
Argued December 2, 1987
Decided February 23, 1988
484 U.S. 518
and
Home » Asset Seizure / Asset Forfeiture » Federal Asset Forfeiture » Rule 41(g)
THE PANTIEGATE FBI: Searched for nuke codes in First Lady Melania’s underwear, Pushed Russia collusion hoax, Spied on law-abiding Americans, Lied to FISA court, Ignored Crooked Hillary’s illegal servers , Ignores Biden Crime Family criminal activity, Persecutes journalists at Project Veritas, Treats J6 trespassers like terrorists, Goes after PTA moms, Ignores drug crimes at border, Allows drug cartels to operate freely in the US…
Yes, I understand battered conservative syndrome……..it’s like the powers that be are piling on from every direction.
They and all their minions are evil and destructive.
The words even more chilling are: “an ongoing criminal investigation.”
Exactly what crime is involved here, other than the crime that the Left is plotting against the President?
These people are grooming the next election to not include President Trump. This is the garbage they are spewing.
And, never trust Ms. Lindsey.
Appears
Could
Feels like
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“I have never seen this many investigations happening all at the same time. Some in greater stages, some in lesser stages.”
Classic Alinsky. “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”
Plus Cloward-Piven, Overwhelm the system.
Corruption-thy name is Laufman.
How close are they to dissolving Congress and sending them home? The graft our representatives would thus miss out on is what keeps it from happening….So far
Makes perfect sense. The 4th Branch, and all its tentacles, is actually outside of government control. They are our betters, don’t ya know.
(Yes, I’m being sarcastic.)
Who elected YOU, YOU BASTARD?
Talk about the brazen, craven administrative state!
What this guy just said is indeed why democracy is dying.
Waiting for Turtle and McCarthy and Cruz to object to this quisling……..
Cruz has no legitimate say on the matter as he is illegally occupying a US Senate seat from TX…one of the requirements in the US Constitution for a US Senator is you MUST be a US citizen…..Cruz is CANADIAN
No. Cruz is not a Canadian citizen. He was born to an American mother and a Canadian father. Through his mother, he is considered a full citizen of the US and a native born citizen at that because his mother was a citizen at his birth. He did hold dual citizenship, but he renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2014.
“Both Cruz and Katyal have cited the 1790 Naturalization Act, which said that children “born beyond sea” to citizen parents are “considered as natural born citizens” as justification for their eligibility position while not revealing that the act was repealed and replaced five years later with no further mention of “natural born citizens.”
By the Canadian Citizenship Act of 1947, anyone born in Canada was considered a citizen, regardless of the citizenship of the parents, except in the case of foreign diplomats.
On Cruz’s birth certificate, provided to The Dallas Morning News in August 2013, his mother’s name is stated as “Eleanor Elizabeth Wilson.” Her own birth certificate, a certified copy of which was obtained exclusively by The Post & Email in late January from the state of Delaware, indicates her “full name” as “Eleanor Darragh.” (This may have been her name when she applied for British citizenship’)
Cruz has not produced a Certificate of Citizenship or any documentation tying him to the United States at birth or afterward, despite his claim to have been a “citizen at birth” of the United States. Although Cruz’s spokeswoman claimed in 2013 that Cruz did not have to go through a “naturalization” process to become a U.S. citizen, Maine Governor Paul LePage made public earlier this year that two of his children, born in Canada to two U.S.-citizen parents, were “naturalized” and cannot serve as president. “I’ve already looked into it,” he told radio host Howie Carr.
On April 11, NBC News termed Cruz a “naturalized” U.S. citizen as of 2014, the same year he renounced his Canadian citizenship which he at first said he did not possess.”
REALLY murky at best. TED has no CRBA (“Birth Abroad”) certificate. If Ted Cruz had America’s best interest at heart, he would have never run.
https://www.thepostemail.com/2016/04/21/did-ted-cruzs-mother-become-a-british-or-canadian-citizen/
The child of an American citizen one abroad is deemed to have citizenship at birth under derivative citizenship. Such a child does not need to get a council report of birth to prove his US citizenship but can just go and apply for a passport like any other citizen born in the United States.
Correction:
1-the child of an American citizen born abroad….
2- Need to get a consular report of birth (CROB)
He renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2014
No i think Cruz was naturalized. So he can be a senator, but not being a “natural born” Citizen he is ineligible for President. I followed this when he wanted to run for presiden
The term “natural born” was never properly defined and is therefore the subject of much debate, as what happened with Obama.
Hope springs eternal!
Brannon Howse said on the stage today at the Mike Lindell Election Fraud Summit that The Kenyan’s admin tried to stop the swearing in of President TRUMP in 2017. And he didn’t just say it once, he said it several times.
OKC was another strange event in which Senator Biden (perhaps the ultimate political hack ever) helped ram through freedom destroying legislation. There was a government informer who warned that a “white supremacist” (usually that means government run) organization in a nearby to OKC location was plotting an attack. Her info was strangely ignored and that org never investigated which I believe had a foreign national from Germany (connected to German Intell) involved who was allowed back to Germany. The roots of this unconstitional legislation partially go further than 9/11 to OKC. Later on investigations were pointing to ME which means saudi Arabia (again)
US Air Force General Benton K. Parton (Ret) spent 30 years as an explosives expert. His professional opinion after viewing the Murrah damage was that no fertilizer bomb could do that kind of damage. In particular he pointed out a set of support columns that were supposedly blown out by the bomb. He noted these columns were behind other columns that hadn’t been blown out. How then, he rhetorically asked, could the far side columns be blown out, but the near side columns survived?
He then put together a fertilizer bomb 50% bigger and stronger than the alleged McVeigh bomb, and detonated it next to a 3 story building that was much weaker than Murrah. This building had no steel support columns. The result? The building suffered superficial damage only.
Further, no FBI agents were in the building when it was bombed. But they showed up at the scene within minutes of the bombing. First responders are on record as saying those FBI agents that showed up minutes after the bombing told them (responders) that they (FBI) weren’t in the building when it blew.
SEVEN MINUTES THAT SHOW McVEIGH WAS THE PATSY, GOVT PROBABLY THE BOMBER:
You ever see the local news reports on the scene where people leaving the Murraugh building were telling the reporter their were more bombs inside the building? A side not, the medical records for the military involved in the vaccination program for the Persian Gulf war records were destroyed in the building. Persian Gulf Syndrome, which no one remembers. Using our military veterans as guinea pigs
Note: Some sources claim 8 “federal agents” died in the blast. Other sources claim none died. First responder claims of that day, that FBI agents who showed up remarkably soon after the blast, told them they weren’t in the building when it blew, seem the most truthful of all.
OKC First Responders: ‘ATF Said They Were Told Don’t Come In Today‘
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/the-lies-behind-the-oklahoma-city-bombing/
ATF: ‘We Weren’t There’
On the morning of April 19, 1995, several ordinary Oklahomans had disturbing encounters with ATF agents the Murrah Building blast site during the subsequent rescue operations. These individuals include rescue volunteers and emergency first responders who were triaging the wounded while working with ambulance and rescue personnel. Several of these people testified before a grand jury impaneled to investigating the bombing what ATF agents had told them that morning.
Prior to testifying, these witness accounts were published in the McCurtain Gazette newspaper by award-winning journalist J. D. Cash. Three of their statements were broadcast on Oklahoma City television station KFOR-TV on September 12, 1995. The first two witnesses interviewed by KFOR’s Brad Edwards were Bruce Shaw and his supervisor, Tony Brasier.
Shaw’s wife had worked at the Murrah Building, and upon hearing about the bombing, Shaw and Brasier immediately left work to assist in rescue efforts. Arriving at the blast site, Shaw spotted an ATF agent among those gathered, and he approached to inquire about rescue efforts. Shaw explained that his wife worked in the federal credit union located in the building. The couple knew many of the ATF personnel who worked at the Murrah Buidling, and Shaw informed the unfamiliar agent, “I’ve got to find some of the local ATF agents to help me find her…They know me.”
Bruce Shaw recounted that the ATF agent he spoke to attempted to reach someone on a two-way radio but couldn’t get a response. “He said they were in debriefing, that none of the agents had been in there. They’d been tipped by their pagers not to come in to work that day. Plain as day out of his mouth. Those were the words he said.”41
Shaw’s supervisor, Tony Brasier, had been standing next to his subordinate and the agent when this discussion occurred. Brasier affirmed on-camera to KFOR that the agent had indeed said that the ATF had been “tipped off by the pagers not to come in to work that day.”
A third witness, Katherine Mallette, was interviewed by the television station on the September 12 broadcast. Mallette was an emergency medical technician with the Emergency Medical Service Authority (EMSA) and participated in rescue efforts the morning of April 19. She stated that as she was prepping an ambulance to transport victims to area hospitals, two ATF agents walked by, and she overheard their discussion. One agent said to the other, “Is this why we got the page not to come in today?” Mallette attested to this disturbing exchange on-camera for KFOR, and later provided the Oklahoma Bombing Investigative Committee a signed affidavit attesting to what she had seen. 42
A second rescue worker, Tiffany Bible, was a paramedic with the EMSA who participated in rescue efforts that morning. Bible’s first impression was that there was some sort of natural gas explosion, and when she approached an ATF agent on-site, she asked how a gas explosion could have caused so much damage.
The agent told her that it was not a gas explosion, but a truck-bomb. This exchange occurred only five minutes after the blast. Knowing that the ATF was housed in the Murrah Building, Bible expressed her concern for the agent’s co-workers. He responded that, “No, we weren’t in there today.”43 Like the other witnesses, Bible testified to this encounter in an affidavit submitted to the grand jury impaneled to investigate the bombing.
Why was the ATF not at work on the morning of April 19, 1995? The rescue workers’ accounts—aired on television and reported in newspapers—caused the ATF to panic and issue statements later proven to be lies. The ATF agents’ admissions that they were not in the building, combined with the agency’s later explicit denials, may contribute to understanding a fundamental truth about the bombing. The ATF’s lies and contradictions can, like the FBI’s, be interpreted in a wider context.
Why was the search for “John Doe #2” dropped?
Have to admit it…I’m jealous…the other side plays to win and we play “we’re afraid the media might say bad things about us” so I don’t want them to hate us speech. With the exception of a few…our side is a bunch of p******.
Where is OUR L-Fair team to counteract this nonsense? We are constantly on defense. No offense whatsoever.
They want it worst than we do…lot of people on here state that “they” are running scared. Bull…With the media on their side plus the number of RINO’s on the payroll, it’s an uphill climb. They will do whatever they need to without repercussions.
What about everyone saying years ago…look at all the judges Cocaine M got approved? It’s apparent most were compromised.
Thought Stephen Miller was supposed to be our saviour? Zip out of him…until we get serious and put together a counter team to L-Fair…we will have our lunch eaten…and I’m afraid “they” are starting to move to dessert…
This is stinking war…Let’s get serious about this…
Point in a direction with some serious action steps people can use. So, lead on.
I agree MAGA people are way too nice, decent and naive for their own good. MAGA brings knives to gun fights. The next time I hear “Trump needs to turn it down”. I think I am going to puke. So many MAGA are “pussies”. I am proud the kind of people MAGA, but there is a time and place for everything. This is not the time to be a “pussy”.
You’ll enjoy this!
Been here for at least a couple of decades so I already know not to use ummmmm 4 letter words so I’ll just say we are
OVER THE TARGET THEY ARE PANICKING 😱!
How’d I Do? 💁🏻♀️
True, this is not the time to get “shaky”.
They’ve pushed their chips all in. We can’t un-see their corruption now. It will take a while but we the people will prevail
Nothing says democracy like an agency created by Obama and Holder that is above the law.
And democracy is the phony buzzword they’ve osfucated. We are a constitutional republic
Correct everyone and anyone who says democracy
David Laufman is the enemy.
He’s one of the lawfare tribe.
Kill American babies in the womb-check (bonus if they’re Christian)
Subvert American judicial prudence-check
Subvert US Constitution-check
Subvert US elections-check
War, war, war-check
Destroy western culture-check
Getting the picture yet?
Did he say “Coup co-ordinate branches” at 1:45 mark as in a Freudian slip???
Your heard it !
There was no “t” as in “two”
~Most certainly looks and sounds like “coup”.
the DOJ-NSD should be terminated.
But if not, then the
DOJ-NSD should be given twice or thrice the oversight of any other division because of the nature of their spying/weaponization capabilities as evidenced by their own past corrupt record.
There should be a strengthened IG and whistleblower avenue also.
No damn oversight for your beach friends? Spit. Live in a bubble much?
Total hubris.
Every person with his screwed up thinking should be locked away in a rubber room with no rubber.
Laufman – no credible nor discernible background information for this guy anywhere. Eduction, family background, etc.
Look for yourselves!
Past is scrubbed!
Intelligence ‘asset’ comes to mind.
But for which organization(S)? Could be more than 1 or a ‘foreign’ one.
Feel me? Awake?
Under American law this agency has no right to exist. No matter what big ears says.
I’ve been around here long enough to remember posts by Sundance, about five years ago, that pointed out the problem of the DOJ National Security Division being exempt from any Congressional oversight or FOIA disclosures. Posted with those reports from Sundance was a letter from Mary McCord refusing any examination of her Division’s operations. Now attorney McCord has a pretty good DC job: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/mary-mccord/
Good ole David Laufman, popping in and out of government, is what is known as a “fixer” in DC circles.
Lauffman. A real loser. Deserves a fast trial and incarceration
This guy along with a hundred others with their hand in the treason stew stirring it daily