{"id":93886,"date":"2018-02-03T21:48:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T01:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=93886"},"modified":"2018-02-03T21:48:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T01:48:38","slug":"ag-sessions-oversaw-lawless-doj-rosenstein-threatened-retaliation-via-subpoenas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=93886","title":{"rendered":"AG Sessions Oversaw Lawless DOJ, Rosenstein Threatened Retaliation via Subpoenas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"post-title\">BREAKING: Second Source Comes Forward, Claims Rosenstein Threatened Nunes and House Intel if They Didn\u2019t Stop Investigation!<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>by Jim Hoft<\/p>\n<h3>Jarrett said his sources told him Rod Rosenstein threatened the House Intelligence Committee members three weeks ago.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>The House Intelligence Committee released\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2018\/02\/memo-released-house-intelligence-committee-releases-classified-fisa-memo\/\">their classified FISA memo<\/a>\u00a0on Friday morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The House voted on Monday along party lines to share the explosive memo with the American public.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after the approval of President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p><strong>**\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2018\/02\/memo-released-house-intelligence-committee-releases-classified-fisa-memo\/\">Read the entire un-redacted document here.<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Gregg Jarrett:<\/strong>\u00a0I can tell you a congressional source tells me that Rod Rosenstein in a meeting three weeks ago threatened Chairman Nunes and members of Congress he was going to subpoena their texts and messages because he was tired of dealing with the intel committee. That\u2019s threats and intimidation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k33Gj28K2YA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now this\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>On Saturday morning Gregg Jarrett tweeted out that a second source now says Rod Rosenstein threatened Chairman Nunes and House Intelligence members if they did not stop their investigation.<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A 2nd source has now confirmed to me that, in a meeting on January 10, Deputy A-G Rosenstein used the power of his office to threaten to subpoena the calls &amp; texts of the Intel Committee to get it to stop it\u2019s investigation of DOJ and FBI.  Likely an Abuse of Power &amp; Obstruction.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gregg Jarrett (@GreggJarrett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreggJarrett\/status\/959824077115576321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jarrett also named the crime Rosenstein may have committed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a crime for a government official to use his office to threaten anyone, including a member of Congress, for exercising a constitutionally protected right. See 18 USC 242 and other similar abuse of power statutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is a crime for a government official to use his office to threaten anyone, including a member of Congress, for exercising a constitutionally protected right.  See 18 USC 242 and other similar abuse of power statutes.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gregg Jarrett (@GreggJarrett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreggJarrett\/status\/959762978433306626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jarrett also said, \u201cAgain, if true, Rosenstein\u2019s action was an illegal abuse of power and he should no longer serve as Deputy Attorney General. He allegedly used threats to try to stop the Intelligence Committee from exposing wrongful behavior in an attempt to cover it up.\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Again, if true, Rosenstein\u2019s action was an illegal abuse of power and he should no longer serve as Deputy Attorney General.  He allegedly used threats to try to stop the Intelligence Committee from exposing wrongful behavior in an attempt to cover it up.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gregg Jarrett (@GreggJarrett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreggJarrett\/status\/959766883770818566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thegatewaypundit.com\/2018\/02\/breaking-second-source-comes-forward-claims-rosenstein-threatened-nunes-house-intel-didnt-stop-investigation\/\">http:\/\/thegatewaypundit.com\/2018\/02\/breaking-second-source-comes-forward-claims-rosenstein-threatened-nunes-house-intel-didnt-stop-investigation\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKING: Second Source Comes Forward, Claims Rosenstein Threatened Nunes and House Intel if They Didn\u2019t Stop Investigation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}