Jeff Sessions Has an ACE Up His Sleeve That’s BETTER Than a 2nd Special Counsel
Many of us feel a lot of frustration in regards to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision NOT to appoint a second special counsel to probe FISA abuses.
Turns out Sessions has an “ACE” up his sleeve and it’s WAY better than a second special counsel.
From Breitbart
WASHINGTON, DC – Professor Jonathan Turley, a top national legal expert on government investigations, commented on Thursday about Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to bring in U.S. Attorney John Huber. Turley called it “brilliant”to combine all the powers of the U.S. Department of Justice’s inspector general with a prosecutor who can bring charges, seek indictments, and get results for President Trump far more quickly than a second special counsel.
Turley is a law professor at George Washington University, who attained national fame during the 1998 impeachment of President Bill Clinton as a top legal authority on special counsels and congressional investigations of government wrongdoing, including criminal wrongdoing. His reputation has only grown during the intervening 20 years, as he has weighed in on scandals and investigations of public officials from both political parties.
Sessions sent a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC), and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), informing them that Huber is conducting a full-fledged criminal investigation into all the matters Republicans are calling for a special counsel to investigate. Huber has been investigating these possible crimes for five months, since November 13, 2017.
During an interview on Lou Dobbs’s Fox Business Network show, Turley explained to guest host Stuart Varney that the media are wrongly reporting that Sessions will not appoint a second special counsel. “He did not foreclose the possibility of a special counsel,” he insisted.
Instead, Turley explained that Sessions has ordered Huber to “team up with the inspector general (IG) within the Justice Department to investigate these matters.”
Sessions informed Congress in his letter that all the matters recommended for investigation by Goodlatte, Gowdy, and Grassley are “fully within the scope of [Huber’s] existing mandate.” He also informed the chairmen that Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who is working with Huber, has a staff of 470 investigators, giving Huber access to enormous investigative firepower that far exceeds the staff of any special counsel.
That point is critical because as Sessions’ March 29 letter explains, the inspector general’s jurisdiction to conduct civil and criminal investigations includes “actions taken by former employees after they have left government service.” Then Huber can act on any of those matters.
As a U.S. attorney, Huber has full authority to empanel a grand jury and to file criminal charges. A grand jury can be empaneled anywhere, which means that it could be a group of citizens from deep-red Utah – in the heart of Trump country – instead of the D.C. Swamp that decides whether to hand down indictments for felony prosecution.
“The Inspector General’s jurisdiction extends not only to allegations of legal violations, but also to allegations that Department employees violated established practices as well,” Sessions added in his letter, which means that the IG’s report can hold people accountable even for actions that do not violate a specific statute.
“I think [Sessions] did the right thing here,” said Turley. “I think the president should listen to General Sessions on this one.”
Sessions “can always appoint a special counsel,” Turley explained, but that should not even be necessary because Huber “has the ability to prosecute cases.”
“Do these prosecutors have the same power to investigate and get to the bottom of things that a special counsel would have?” Varney asked.
“Actually, yes,” Turley answered. “I think people are missing what could be a brilliant move here by Sessions. What he did is he essentially combined the powers of the inspector general with the powers of a line prosecutor.”
“This prosecutor does have not just the experience and training to look for a criminal case; he has the ability to move a case of that kind” in court, Turley emphasized.
Not only that, but if Sessions believes crimes were committed, but Huber for some reason does not bring charges, “Sessions has reserved the right to go ahead and appoint a special counsel,” said Turley.
“That’s a powerful combination,” he observed.
When Varney asked if Huber and Horowitz’s status as “Obama holdovers” creates a possible problem for Sessions and President Trump, Turley said no, observing that each man has a great reputation as a “dogged investigator.”
Breitbart News has separately confirmed that Utah Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee, both of whom are Republicans who support aggressive investigations of these scandals, enthusiastically supported Huber to be reappointed by President Trump as his U.S. attorney in Utah. The Senate confirmed Huber in 2017 for a second term.
Huber is a Utah lawyer, not a D.C lawyer. “That distance between him and Washington is very important,” Turley explained, because Huber is not part of the Deep State, that is, not cozy buddies with the cocktail party scene that is suspected of perpetrating all of these actions against President Trump and his administration.
Turley said President Trump should be very happy that Sessions chose this route of appointing Huber, who has the power to seek indictments and prosecute cases, and teamed him up with Horowitz, who has 470 investigators at his disposal, if the president wants to see swift and decisive action.
“If a special counsel were appointed, there would be a great deal of delay,” Turley stated, versus the team of Huber and Horowitz, who are already five months into this investigation.
Is this the same “secret weapon” hilter claimed to have up to the day he committed suicide? Is this the same “irrefutable evidence” mad max says she claims to have on Trump for collusion? What I’m getting at, is I hear a lot about 5d chess, that heads are about to roll, that this or that evidence will be the smoking gun….yet in 2years of this admin, this AG in fact, nothing has happened. Not one criminal charged, not one traitor in jail. Not one sanctuary city politician in cuffs. That’s what I see, everything else is just smoke and mirrors. When I see these traitors arrested, THEN I’ll believe the rule of law exists, not till. I’m done grasping at straws…
We have all been burned before with these phony investigations, still I am with Q and he says trust the plan I think it will all unfold soon.
I’ll believe it’s a good move when I see positive ACTION,not just chin music. We’ve been burned too many times now by talking heads. Let’s see some real action for a change.
I feel the same…..tired of sessions lip service.
This is way to slow, 3000 docs received out of over million is not acceptable. It needs to be in laid out in detail, REPEATEDLY prior to achieving acknowledgment from widely acclaimed attorneys to receive reputable recognition of criminal activity. Look how long it took them to step-in & support the railroading of Trump Inc.
We’ll see. Given the time Sessions has already wasted, if people aren’t subpoened and indicted within the next 30 days or so it just proves Sessions is part of the swamp and Trump needs to fire him.
Hmm. Utah under control of 9th Circuit, controlled by libs
No, Utah is in the TENTH Circuit.
Turley is blowing smoke… a special counsel should have been appointed more than a year ago. Sessions has let the IRS people skate, no indictment for felonies. Clinton’s statute of limitation for her crimes as sec state has run out Feb 1, 2018, except for treason and sedition, and there may be exceptions, but now it is far more difficult. Statue of limitations has run out on Brennan/Clapper for their lies and who knows what else. And more statutes of limitations are closing in on their expiration date.
Turley is working for the deep state. This is a phony story. Sessions has refused to release documents to Congress for over a year. He has done nothing about this. He is slow walking this past statutes of limitations and then will say nothing can be done, we did not have enough time. If Turley believes what he is saying he is a moron detached from events and the facts and conclusion that they support.
A diversion for people who want to continue to believe Sessions is not corrupt and a criminal for obstructing justice and being derelict in his duties in a job he lied to get. He has neither honor nor integrity. He needs to be fired. He is a crooked cop, We need a real AG, not the worst one ever.
Proof?
Of what? look it up, go listen to Gregg Jarrett… I don’t work for you, I am not here to serve you. So damn lazy and entitled!
It’s brilliant as Turley says. Skips the time lapse a SC would require to get up to speed and if this doesn’t get the job done then Sessions can appoint a SC. Checkmate to the Deep State.
The problem is, huber is a barry 0 holdover. Excuse me if I still think these people have loyalties. They sacrificed McCabe be cause of exposed evidence. If huber has been investigating for 4 months, indictments should already have been issued. Just like #crookedmueller, who gop leaders say is trustworthy & honest, is covering up with his #witchhunt, until I see different, this is another #witchhunt!! We need someone that is totally removed from barry 0 and DC!!
We can;t wait any longer!! We want to see Hilary and her Scum buddies in prison!!!