<\/a>Here\u2019s what is becoming transparently obvious. The fab-five are cooperating with the investigative unit of the OIG. All five of them.<\/p>\nThe text message release was strategic. It was intended to substantiate the entire enterprise, put the \u2018small group on notice\u2019 and flush out the co-conspirators. The downstream exits of Kortan, Laufman, Rybicki, McCabe et al are evidence therein.<\/p>\n
Additionally, the OIG (Horowitz) would want to keep the testimony of Page, Strzok, Ohr, Baker and Priestap away from the Democrat politicians, well known leakers, within the House Intelligence Committee (ie. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff) until he was certain their usefulness as witnesses was exhausted.<\/p>\n
The reason for this is transparently simple. The OIG is a division inside the Department of Justice. During an internal investigation if the IG becomes aware of unlawful activity he\/she is obligated to inform the AG (Sessions) or AAG (Rosenstein). He can\u2019t ignore it and he cannot delay notification of it. Unlawful activity must be reported.<\/p>\n
The IG does not have legal or prosecutorial authority \u2013 the IG must immediately refer unlawful activity to the proper authority; essentially to his boss. A DOJ prosecutor is then assigned to work with the IG (as Jeff Sessions confirmed today) and essentially creates a parallel investigation focused only on the law-breaking part.<\/p>\n
[That prosecutor could, likely would, then begin a Grand Jury proceeding; and no-one outside the AG, AAG, and the \u2018outside\u2019 prosecutor\u2019s office would know.]<\/p>\n
The prior testimony\/statements to the IG by the fab-five would explain why AAG Rod Rosenstein was negotiating with Devin Nunes; would explain why Rosenstein was reluctant to allow testimony; and would also explain why Nunes came away from those negotiations with wind in his investigative sails.<\/p>\n
The DOJ (Rod Rosenstein) needs to wall-off the politics<\/em> (Nunes\/Congress) from the ongoing criminal investigation (DOJ-OIG-Prosecutor) to preserve the integrity of his advancing and assembling case (including criminal witness testimony).<\/p>\nAs soon as he understood this was going on, and after a review of the FISA documents \u2013 Nunes dropped his demand for immediate testimony by the fab-five to the HPSCI mid-January. [A record is already established]<\/p>\n
As a person familiar with such specific investigative measures recently shared:<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are sat down, told to not do anything, say anything or discuss anything UNTIL they get an attorney. At which time, the attorney is handed a letter from the investigating unit. That letter says in essence, this is how screwed you are. If you want to be less screwed you will sign this letter of cooperation and assist us. When we don\u2019t need you, you sit there. When we do we will call you and you will provide what we need. Any deviation from this agreement lands you in jail for the full term.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\nAdditionally regarding Bruce and Nellie Ohr:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Republican memo states they turned over all their work and testified to someone that Bruce Ohr met with Christopher Steele and Steele was saying he didn\u2019t want Trump in office. They didn\u2019t testify to a Congressional committee, so it had to be the IG.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\nThe already existing \u201coutside DOJ official\u201d outlined by AG Sessions, is the person who would be constructing the witness agreements with approval of his DOJ bosses, Rosenstein and Sessions.<\/p>\n
All of the news and information coming forward, including the lack of follow-up attention by the Democrats regarding the minority HPSCI memo, aligns with a very specific set of facts. Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, James Baker, Bill Priestap, Bruce Ohr and likely Nellie Ohr, have cut some kind of deal with the outside prosecutor for process leniency in exchange for cooperation with the IG and DOJ prosecutor.<\/p>\n
Thereby the Fab-Five have provided the IG investigative team and the DOJ prosecutor with sworn statements and testimony which is highlighted in investigative communication between the DOJ and Chairman Nunes; and we see snippets surfacing in the Nunes memo. That perspective explains everything seen and not seen.<\/p>\n
It is likely the final investigative summary from the Department of Justice, Office of Inspector General (DOJ-OIG), Michael Horowitz, is going to be very encompassing. It is also likely to be immediately followed-up by actions, perhaps immediate indictments, from the DOJ Prosecutor who Jeff Sessions brought in from outside Washington.<\/p>\n
There is no need for a \u201cSpecial Counsel\u201d when a DOJ Prosecutor is already working with IG Horowitz. The \u201coutside prosecutor\u201d can begin issuing subpoenas for Grand Jury testimony and statements by the officials no longer within the DOJ\/FBI, just as soon as the IG report is finished.<\/p>\n
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