Grassley suggests Rosenstein gave Mueller full FISA powers ...

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Chatter is Muller authorized the raid himself on Manafort.

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LOCK HIM UP!

Give Honest Bob some time. Looks like he might get the whole Trump family.

Lol Mueller is giving Trump all the ammunition he needs to end this whole debacle

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But what's the justification for prosecution? Does RR not have the authority to delegate that authority to Mueller?

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Well, we have to go back some time to the Intelligence Committee Memo, what was that two or three months ago, where Nunes and Gowdy both suggested that unlawful power had been handed to Mueller by Rosenstein regarding the FISA warrant.

A claim Adam Schifforbrains vehemently denied at the time and he threatened that if the memo was used as a reason to fire either of them impeachment would ensue.

Now, with the release of the IG's findings, it would appear that Grassley has now seen proof that indeed, Mueller was handed full FISA warrant REQUEST powers bypassing Sessions without Sessions' knowledge and, if that is the case, then someone is definitely going to jail.

If Sessions steps forward and says he did give Rosenstein permission to grant those powers to Mueller ... it would be unprecedented and it would probably be a violation of at least two of our Rights granted in our Bill of Rights ... unreasonable search and seizure in the Manafort case and the other one I'll leave for the board barristers.

I would imagine some of this might fall under Exicit Circumstances and/or the four doctrines covering a violation of the warrant requirements ... none of which would fit this case, IMHO, with regard to Manafort or the original limitations set on Mueller with regard to the scope of the initial investigation.

This sounds far fetched

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Give honest bob some time and he will get entire Trump family

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You wish you melting Snowflake but it’s not going to happen as Americans are waking up as proven but Kanye and Candance Owens.....

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Trump can't prosecute.

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Theoretically, yes he can.

Everybody in the Justice Department and the FBI is acting with the President's powers and consent to execute and enforce the laws of the United States. It's the same reason why Mueller can't indict Trump.

There's no such thing as AG powers, he's just a subordinate official using the President's power to investigate and prosecute.

Basically the contents of the memo either mean that Mueller should be fired for overstepping his authority or Rosenstein fired for giving Muller that authority.

If I had my way, I’d have all of them shot.

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This person doesn’t understand how warrants work. Mueller has no authority to magically create a warrant to raid the home of a US citizen.

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hahahahahahahaha

You think these mother fricking back scratching bitches can't find somebody in the club with the authority to do whatever they want?

You must be from way back in the holler

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Mueller did indeed sign the warrant REQUEST himself, or so Grassley is claiming, without the AG's or FISA court's approval ... and they used that to raid Manafort's home in the middle of the night.

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A request for a warrant is filed with the court and is reviewed by a judge, who then decides if there are grounds to actually issue a warrant. If you’re insinuating that Mueller is forging a judge’s signature and creating his own warrants then that’s a pretty explosive charge that needs some kind of evidence to back it up

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FISA court requests have to be signed-off on by THE AG ... or possibly an assistant AG at a Federal level, but certainly someone higher-up than the lead attorney attempting to prosecute a case laid out by a superior.

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I’ve never heard of that limitation on FISA warrants, but I’ve never practiced federal criminal defense. But I’ve never heard of someone having to get the AG’s permission to request a warrant - that would basically grind everything to a halt. And the assistant AGs you’re referring to aren’t necessarily some powerful hotshots that oversee everything. They’re mainly your average attorney that does all the work. You can be an assistant AG straight out of law school.

This notion that you have that Mueller would have to ask permission before seeking a warrant from a court is kind of baffling.

ETA: read too quickly and thought you were talking about assistant DAs. My fault - federal assistant attorney generals are a higher position. Still have never heard of anyone having to go through them to seek a warrant though.