[Just The News] Newly released records in the Senate investigation into the weaponization of government raise questions about whether the FBI went on a fishing expedition targeting Trump advisors who were never charged with crimes and whether Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prior testimony to Congress was truthful.
The documents were made public by Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, before a Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee hearing into alleged abuses by the Biden-era FBI and Justice Department in their investigations into then ex-president Donald Trump before and during the 2024 presidential election during its probe code-named "Arctic Frost." Just the News previously reported that Biden's FBI paid anti-Trump 'Sedition Hunters' as informants in the Arctic Frost probes.
"If Watergate taught us anything, it is that even a single abuse of power carried out by a handful of individuals can shake the foundations of our Republic," said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., Chairman of the Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights.
The lawsuit comes after President Donald Trump sued the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department two months ago for their roles in the leak, which targeted multiple notable wealthy people, including Elon Musk.
Scott claimed former Booz Allen employee Charles Littlejohn only had access to the tax records because of the firm's contracts with the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service and is seeking compensatory damages for loss of privacy and economic losses, according to Politico.
"I am disgusted by the weaponization of government under President Biden, and I look forward to Booz Allen being held accountable for its reckless failure to prevent its employee from unlawfully releasing the tax returns of thousands of people, including me and President Trump," Scott posted on X.
The Treasury Department also canceled its contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton in January, alleging that it failed to "implement adequate safeguards to protect sensitive data, including confidential taxpayer information."
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Watergate rolled like a relentless wave and absorbed an administration. This is much worse and is having much less impact because so many of our corrupt institutions participated.
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BOOZ will settle quietly. Scott will buy a nice country home in the Hamptons and take up bird watching.
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Any time I've ever seen a picture of Clapper, he just looks totally flabbergasted. Maybe it's just my imagination but it kinda gives the impression that Brennan was leading him around by the nose and now he has to answer questions about it he doesn't know what to say.
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Kristi Noem, her rumored lover Corey Lewandowski and associates at Homeland Security are facing a 'wide-ranging' criminal investigation over the rewarding of billions of dollars in no-bid contracts, senior DHS sources tell the Daily Mail. Uh huh. Anonymous "senior officials"
The Homeland Security Inspector General has launched the investigation, sending notices to dozens of people involved in approving the contracts, including many in Noem's inner circle, sources said.
These officials are being ordered to preserve all communications including documents, text messages, emails and phone records, the Daily Mail can reveal.
'It's long overdue and much needed,' one senior DHS official familiar with the matter said. 'There has been too much shady stuff done under their watch.'
Notices are being sent to current and former employees, among them Noem and her top adviser Lewandowski who were forced out earlier this month by Trump after the secretary was grilled over a controversial $220 million ad campaign. One commercial featured her galloping on a horse beside a stampeding herd of bison at Mount Rushmore.
However, the criminal probe is not limited to the ads and investigators are digging into a 'wide range' of other contracts personally approved by Noem's office, senior DHS officials tell the Daily Mail. "The walls are closing in!!1!"
The investigation is ongoing and no crime has been alleged. or not
If the investigation concludes there was criminal activity involving the approval of the contracts, then the case would be referred to the Department of Justice in Washington or any number of US Attorney's offices for prosecution.
The probe lands just as Markwayne Mullin was sworn in alongside Trump at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, replacing Noem as Homeland Security Secretary.
The DHS contracting process has come under public scrutiny in recent weeks over concerns about possible influence peddling and conflicts of interest.
Some DHS contractors told White House officials that Lewandowski allegedly solicited 'pay to play' fees in exchange for helping secure or expand contracts, a tactic sources told the Daily Mail was widely referred to as 'the Lewandowski tax.'
Lewandowski, a former special government employee, has denied any wrongdoing.
Noem and Lewandowski maintained tight control over the approval of all six-figure contracts. Their insistence on sole authorization created months-long backlogs, delaying contracts tied to FEMA disaster relief and construction of Trump's border wall.
But DHS sources tell the Daily Mail this also allowed the pair to circumvent standard oversight.
When contacted for a response on the investigation, Lewandowski replied, 'Fake news.'
The Daily Mail has contacted the White House, Homeland Security, and Noem for comment.
The DHS Office of Inspector General is an independent federal watchdog tasked with investigating fraud, waste, abuse and misconduct. The office is led by Joseph Cuffari, one of a small group of inspectors general to keep their posts after Trump fired 17 at the start of his second term.
Cuffari has told lawmakers on Capitol Hill that Noem 'systematically obstructed' eleven of his prior investigations.
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