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Matthew Whitaker: 'Wingman' Eric Holder orchestrated 'Obamagate,'
Posted on 5/16/20 at 11:53 pm
Posted on 5/16/20 at 11:53 pm
Then-Attorney General Eric Holder acted as President Barack Obama’s “wingman,” creating a highly politicized Justice Department that would steer investigations away from Democratic allies, including Hillary Clinton, and onto GOP foes such as President Trump, according to a successor.
Matthew Whitaker, a former U.S. attorney who served as a Trump's acting attorney general between Jeff Sessions and William Barr, claimed in a new book that Holder “created an above-the-law culture” in the department that led to the bumbled investigations that the president has dubbed “Obamagate.”
In Above the Law, provided in advance of its release, Whitaker described a department that was more political under Obama than any department since President Richard Nixon’s, one that sought to promote the efforts of partisans such as FBI chief James Comey, who has since been fired by Trump.
“What Holder is advocating for,” he wrote, “is a government full of Jim Comeys: government officials determining on their own what the Constitution demands, deciding which laws to prosecute and which to ignore, selectively releasing information to the media about Americans under investigation, and held accountable neither to the chief executive nor to voters.”
And as Obama’s “wingman” at the department, added Whitaker, Holder built a team that would remain after he left and that would eventually shut down a probe into Hillary Clinton’s email scandal at the State Department and eagerly build up an investigation into alleged Russian collusion with the Trump campaign in the 2016 election.
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“There’s no doubt that Russia tried to influence the 2016 presidential election,” he wrote in the book from Regnery Publishing.
“But the political meddling within our own government, within the Justice Department, and within the intelligence community poses a far greater threat to Americans than any Russian internet troll farm. Without the rule of law, without respect for the Constitution, without honest administration in the Justice Department, we don’t have a republic,” he added.
The book is an indictment by a true insider of the “deep state” of liberal bureaucrats trying to protect their own and ignore Trump’s election.
It also highlighted the double standard of Obama-era officials, especially on recusals from cases they had an interest in. One that jumped out was of the case and conviction of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.
The book noted that the judge who accepted Flynn’s guilty plea of lying to the FBI was a friend and neighbor of discredited FBI official Peter Strzok, who texted with his FBI lover about hoping Trump did not become president. Strzok did not recuse himself, and Judge Rudolph Contreras did only later.
In several passages, Whitaker wrote about how Holder and his successors refused to investigate Obama-era scandals, such as the IRS's targeting of conservatives and a case against the New Black Panther Party, and he recalled how Holder successor Loretta Lynch met with former President Bill Clinton before ending the department’s probe of the Hillary Clinton emails.
“As longtime professional staff of the Justice Department privately acknowledged to me, the arrogance characteristic of the Obama administration, personified by his first attorney general, Eric Holder, created an above-the-law culture inside the Justice Department,” wrote Whitaker. LINK
Matthew Whitaker, a former U.S. attorney who served as a Trump's acting attorney general between Jeff Sessions and William Barr, claimed in a new book that Holder “created an above-the-law culture” in the department that led to the bumbled investigations that the president has dubbed “Obamagate.”
In Above the Law, provided in advance of its release, Whitaker described a department that was more political under Obama than any department since President Richard Nixon’s, one that sought to promote the efforts of partisans such as FBI chief James Comey, who has since been fired by Trump.
“What Holder is advocating for,” he wrote, “is a government full of Jim Comeys: government officials determining on their own what the Constitution demands, deciding which laws to prosecute and which to ignore, selectively releasing information to the media about Americans under investigation, and held accountable neither to the chief executive nor to voters.”
And as Obama’s “wingman” at the department, added Whitaker, Holder built a team that would remain after he left and that would eventually shut down a probe into Hillary Clinton’s email scandal at the State Department and eagerly build up an investigation into alleged Russian collusion with the Trump campaign in the 2016 election.
'They want to punish her': Glenn Greenwald flames media for refusing to defend Catherine Herridge against Biden campaign attack
“There’s no doubt that Russia tried to influence the 2016 presidential election,” he wrote in the book from Regnery Publishing.
“But the political meddling within our own government, within the Justice Department, and within the intelligence community poses a far greater threat to Americans than any Russian internet troll farm. Without the rule of law, without respect for the Constitution, without honest administration in the Justice Department, we don’t have a republic,” he added.
The book is an indictment by a true insider of the “deep state” of liberal bureaucrats trying to protect their own and ignore Trump’s election.
It also highlighted the double standard of Obama-era officials, especially on recusals from cases they had an interest in. One that jumped out was of the case and conviction of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.
The book noted that the judge who accepted Flynn’s guilty plea of lying to the FBI was a friend and neighbor of discredited FBI official Peter Strzok, who texted with his FBI lover about hoping Trump did not become president. Strzok did not recuse himself, and Judge Rudolph Contreras did only later.
In several passages, Whitaker wrote about how Holder and his successors refused to investigate Obama-era scandals, such as the IRS's targeting of conservatives and a case against the New Black Panther Party, and he recalled how Holder successor Loretta Lynch met with former President Bill Clinton before ending the department’s probe of the Hillary Clinton emails.
“As longtime professional staff of the Justice Department privately acknowledged to me, the arrogance characteristic of the Obama administration, personified by his first attorney general, Eric Holder, created an above-the-law culture inside the Justice Department,” wrote Whitaker. LINK
Posted on 5/16/20 at 11:56 pm to FlexDawg
Holder was a POS, no doubt...
Posted on 5/16/20 at 11:57 pm to CamdenTiger
There will be more “Fall Guys”, but this went to the Oval Office, not that what Whitaker says isn’t true...
Posted on 5/16/20 at 11:57 pm to FlexDawg
think Whitaker would have made a much better FBI Director, instead of Wray.
Posted on 5/16/20 at 11:58 pm to FlexDawg
How much do you think Whitaker got for the book?
$250,000?
$250,000?
Posted on 5/17/20 at 12:15 am to Errerrerrwere
first response nailed it. No further commentary really necessary.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 12:19 am to FlexDawg
Mista Chao front and center on Peter Schweizer's Secret Empires..for a reason!
This post was edited on 5/17/20 at 12:25 am
Posted on 5/17/20 at 12:22 am to FlexDawg
And Holder was a partner post-Obama admin that represented Gen. Flynn.
Ok, I’m done. Moving to curaçao.
Ok, I’m done. Moving to curaçao.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 6:20 am to FlexDawg
They should make rifle targets with Eric holders image on them...
Posted on 5/17/20 at 6:35 am to FlexDawg
Eric Holder is an evil, delusional, arrogant, radical sack of shite, and we've known this for some time. He is far from stupid, too. He was uniquely qualified for this scheme and will (like the rest of them) see no legal consequences, will continue as a leader in the cabal, receive no scrutiny from MSM, and live to try again.
So it goes.
So it goes.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 6:40 am to FlexDawg
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Matthew Whitaker, a former U.S. attorney who served as a Trump's acting attorney general
This is the problem. There is nobody in DC with a set of balls to take action. If you have proof, you should be screaming from the top of a mountain not writing a book. Everyone knows this and nobody does crap about it. People should be swinging and there hasn’t been one single person in handcuffs
Posted on 5/17/20 at 6:43 am to FlexDawg
Episode 52379 of leftist double standards: the media's defense of unmasking.
The defense dujour of democrat unmasking from the media seems to pretty consistently be; what laws were broken? As an example, we saw this from the tool who got rekt by Mcenhotty and the DNC propagandist on Hemmer who's name sounds like a wet sneeze.
My question is; where was this rigid, binary interpretation of law when they were trying to dethrone and indict Trump for "collusion", which isn't a crime either?
The defense dujour of democrat unmasking from the media seems to pretty consistently be; what laws were broken? As an example, we saw this from the tool who got rekt by Mcenhotty and the DNC propagandist on Hemmer who's name sounds like a wet sneeze.
My question is; where was this rigid, binary interpretation of law when they were trying to dethrone and indict Trump for "collusion", which isn't a crime either?
Posted on 5/17/20 at 6:46 am to boosiebadazz
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How much do you think Whitaker got for the book?
$250,000?
He should have just accused Trump of a tit grab. There's more money in it.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 9:15 am to FlexDawg
I had really hoped Whitaker would serve in a prominent role on a long term basis. He's an absolute beast, and highly intelligent. Guy just exudes that "you don't wanna frick with me" vibe.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 9:17 am to FlexDawg
"Wingman" !? But the democrats have been whining for 3 years that the atty. general is supposed to be totally independent of the White House.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 9:19 am to FlexDawg
So the angry, radical , far Leftist black guy w/ a chip on his shoulder has a built in excuse for any actions taken against him for his corruption... America is racist.
That'll be his answer for every damn thing.
That'll be his answer for every damn thing.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 9:34 am to FlexDawg
Well of course anyone with a functioning brain knew this years ago. Fast & Furious, the IRS scandal, spying on reporters.
It’s fricking laughable when the left accuses Barr of being partisan. It’s like they’ve never heard of Holder’s exploits.
It’s fricking laughable when the left accuses Barr of being partisan. It’s like they’ve never heard of Holder’s exploits.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 9:38 am to FlexDawg
Do we honestly believe Lord fricknutz has the cognitive capacity to pull this off?
Take away his teleprompter and he's a babbling fricking idiot.
It was with Holder or Brennan.
Take away his teleprompter and he's a babbling fricking idiot.
It was with Holder or Brennan.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 9:45 am to boosiebadazz
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boosiebadazz
You are a worthless poster.
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