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FBI informant blocked from telling Congress about Russia nuclear corruption case
Posted on 10/20/17 at 11:08 am
Posted on 10/20/17 at 11:08 am
FBI informant blocked from telling Congress about Russia nuclear corruption case, lawyer says
FBI Informant in Russia Bribery Case Threatened with Jail Time If He Talks
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An American businessman who worked for years undercover as an FBI confidential witness was blocked by the Obama Justice Department from telling Congress about conversations and transactions he witnessed related to the Russian nuclear industry's efforts to win favor with Bill and Hillary Clinton and influence Obama administration decisions, his lawyer tells The Hill.
Attorney Victoria Toensing, a former Reagan Justice Department official and former chief counsel of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Tuesday she is working with members of Congress to see if they can get the Trump Justice Department or the FBI to free her client to talk to lawmakers.
“All of the information about this corruption has not come out,” she said in an interview Tuesday. “And so my client, the same part of my client that made him go into the FBI in the first place, says, 'This is wrong. What should I do about it?'”
Toensing said she also possesses memos that recount how the Justice Department last year threatened her client when he attempted to file a lawsuit that could have drawn attention to the Russian corruption during the 2016 presidential race as well as helped him recover some of the money Russians stole from him through kickbacks during the FBI probe.
The undercover client witnessed “a lot of bribery going on around the U.S.” but was asked by the FBI to sign a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) that prevents him from revealing what he knows to Congress, Toensing explained.
When he tried to bring some of the allegations to light in the lawsuit last year, “the Obama Justice Department threatened him with loss of freedom. They said they would bring a criminal case against him for violating an NDA,” she added.
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Toensing added her client has had contact from multiple congressional committees seeking information about what he witnessed inside the Russian nuclear industry and has been unable to provide that information because of the NDA.
“He can’t disclose anything that he came upon in the course of his work,” she said.
FBI Informant in Russia Bribery Case Threatened with Jail Time If He Talks
This post was edited on 10/20/17 at 11:16 am
Posted on 10/20/17 at 11:09 am to cajunangelle
Could our resident poli talk lawyers please pipe in? Can't the current Chris Wray FBI or Sessions DOJ remove the non disclosure?
Posted on 10/20/17 at 11:12 am to cajunangelle
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Can't the current Chris Wray FBI or Sessions DOJ remove the non disclosure?
Not a lawyer.
They can just ignore it - it has to be prosecuted.
Posted on 10/20/17 at 11:12 am to cajunangelle
I watched his lawyer on Fox news yesterday,and she seemed to believe that the NDO will be lifted soon.
Posted on 10/20/17 at 11:13 am to cajunangelle
quote:It sounds like he signed a plea agreement to keep his but out of jail, not a NDA. Of course part of the plea agreement could be that he cannot blab what he wants to whomever, especially when it concerns active cases.
When he tried to bring some of the allegations to light in the lawsuit last year, “the Obama Justice Department threatened him with loss of freedom. They said they would bring a criminal case against him for violating an NDA,” she added.
Posted on 10/20/17 at 11:16 am to mmcgrath
quote:He approached the FBI. It's what started the investigation. So you just make shite up so you can say:
It sounds like he signed a plea agreement to keep his but out of jail
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Of course part of the plea agreement could be that he cannot blab what he wants to whomever, especially when it concerns active cases.
Posted on 10/20/17 at 11:16 am to cajunangelle
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An American businessman
He'll be dead by the end of the month.
Posted on 10/20/17 at 11:17 am to cajunangelle
I asked this question as it relates to the Weinstein issue too: since when can you enforce a contract in situations where there is criminal activity? So an NDA can prevent you from reporting rape and bribery?
Totally ridiculous!
Totally ridiculous!
Posted on 10/20/17 at 11:21 am to Robin Masters
I wonder if it's something as stupid as he forgot to file as a whistleblower? The Non disclosure stuff makes no sense other than a way for President Obama to hush someone exposing his treason.
Posted on 10/20/17 at 11:25 am to ell_13
quote:likely as part of a plea bargain.
He approached the FBI.
There is no way to draw up an NDA that someone would lose their "freedom" over if they broke it. Not without an underlying crime.
This post was edited on 10/20/17 at 11:26 am
Posted on 10/20/17 at 11:27 am to mmcgrath
quote:Likely you are pulling shite out of your arse again.
likely as part of a plea bargain.
Posted on 10/20/17 at 11:29 am to Jbird
quote:Manafort could "approach" the FBI right now and offer to wear a wire in exchange for not going to jail. Any criminal in jail could do the same.
Likely you are pulling shite out of your arse again.
Posted on 10/20/17 at 11:30 am to mmcgrath
quote:You could link to charges as well.
Manafort could "approach" the FBI right now and offer to wear a wire in exchange for not going to jail. Any criminal in jail could do the same.
Posted on 10/20/17 at 11:31 am to cajunangelle
Sessions is refusing to lift the gag...
Posted on 10/20/17 at 11:42 am to cajunangelle
What if Manafort was the informant....?
Posted on 10/20/17 at 11:46 am to cajunangelle
Seems like nobody cares
Posted on 10/20/17 at 11:54 am to Jjdoc
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Sessions is refusing to lift the gag...
smells kind of swampy.
Posted on 10/20/17 at 12:05 pm to JuiceTerry
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Seems like nobody cares
Trump cares
Posted on 10/20/17 at 12:28 pm to TheAlmightySmash
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He'll be dead by the end of the month.
you are way more optimistic than I.
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