Busy day. Over at the Senate, Lindsey Graham is drilling Andrew McCabe on the strange contrast in the FBI pouring in resources into investigating the Trump associates on a lead from an English bar but not a CIA referral of a Hillary Clinton/Russia allegation.
McCabe seems bizarrely unaware of any evidence that undermined the investigation including the CIA information the FBI that Carter Page was a CIA operative. As with Comey and Yates, no one will admit knowledge or responsibility. It is as if the FBI was left on auto-pilot.
McCabe just joined Comey, Rosenstein, Yates and others saying that he would never have signed off on the surveillance if he knew then what he knows today. That seems to make it unanimous on both the abusive surveillance and unanimous on the denial of personal responsibility.
Feinstein is again saying that the IG said that there was a legitimate basis for starting the Russian investigation. In truth, the IG said that, because the standard for opening a FISA surveillance was so low, it could not say that it was legally improper to start it...
...The IG emphasized that this was due to the low standard and added that the FBI was quickly informed that the underlying claims were flawed and that the Steele Dossier was unreliable.
McCabe just said that the Special Counsel report detailed eight claims of obstruction of justice that met the standard for criminal charges. That is not true. His own boss refuted that and slammed McCabe for his conduct. jonathanturley.org/2020/06/04/ros…
Sen. Durbin is saying that "it is time to stop relitigating" past issues. That may foreshadow a call for a Biden Justice Department to end all of these investigations. In fact, new evidence has been released in the last few months and all of these officials now admit mistakes.
McCabe just denied knowledge on who ordered Peter Strzok to keep the Flynn case open despite findings of no criminal acts. McCabe cited the fact that Flynn had met with Russians despite reports that Comey said the meetings were "legit."
...McCabe admitted that he had never before been part of a Logan Act investigation. The Act is widely viewed as unconstitutional. Yet, figures like Biden, Comey, and Yates have been cited as raising the use of the act against Flynn when no other crimes were found.
The source for the Steele Dossier was discredited between January to March. McCabe was asked why by June he still was unaware of the information that he now says would have ended the surveillance. McCabe will only say that mistakes were made but he has no recollection.
Sen. Whitehouse just said that he is not bothered by the FBI not acting on a CIA referral that Hillary Clinton was working on a hoax Russian allegation to tie Trump to Moscow. The problem is that the Steele dossier was paid for by the Clinton campaign and the DNC.
...McCabe is testifying that we need to trust the IG findings and act on them . . . except of course for the IG findings that he lied to investigators, violated FBI rules, and should be referred for possible prosecution.

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Chief Justice Roberts just asked House Counsel Verilli about how "eight years ago" the individual mandate in the ACA was vital. Roberts asked "Why the bait and switch?" He then asked if they were "talking about broccoli for nothing?"
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Pelosi’s comments would ordinarily be viewed as delusional. But this is Washington. They were not delusional; just dishonest. That is never a problem in D.C. These elections are not about the voters or even the party. It is about power and who can use it and who can keep it.
...Pelosi can engage in utter fantasies about “tremendous mandates” to dupe voters while offering juicy committee assignments and campaign donations to entice members. Washington will soon be back to normal with a "tremendous mandate" for the resilience of the establishment.
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