Notice that the phone call with Comer, Grassley and Wray is still on for tomorrow.

We'll see what happens.

"Donald Trump’s lawyer tasked with searching for classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after the justice department issued a subpoena told associates that he was waved off from searching the former president’s office, where the FBI later found the most sensitive materials anywhere on the property.

The lawyer, Evan Corcoran, recounted that several Trump aides had told him to search the storage room because that was where all the materials that had been brought from the White House at the end of Trump’s presidency ended up being deposited.

Corcoran found 38 classified documents in the storage room. He then asked whether he should search anywhere else, like Trump’s office, but was steered away, he told associates. Corcoran never searched the office and told prosecutors the 38 papers were the extent of the material at Mar-a-Lago.

The assertion that there were no classified documents elsewhere at the property proved to be wrong when the FBI seized 101 classified documents months afterwards, including from the office, which was found to be where the most highly classified documents had been located.

Corcoran’s previously unreported account, as relayed to the Guardian by two people familiar with the matter, suggests he was materially misled as the special counsel Jack Smith examines whether his incomplete search was actually a ploy by Trump to retain classified documents.

It was not clear who waved off Corcoran from searching elsewhere at Mar-a-Lago – whether it was Trump himself or Trump employees who advised him to look for classified documents in the storage room, according to an account of his testimony to the grand jury."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/30/evan-corcoran-trump-lawyer-waved-off-secret-document-search

"A former Fox News reporter is fighting in court to scuttle a subpoena demanding that she reveal the source behind a series of stories that aired confidential details of a counterintelligence probe into a Chinese American scientist.

That scientist, Yanping Chen, is suing the FBI for damages, claiming that the leaked information was part of a campaign to damage her after federal prosecutors ended their six-year investigation of her without bringing charges. Chen, who operated a graduate education program based in Arlington, Virginia, also subpoenaed Fox and Catherine Herridge, now of CBS — to force her to disclose the source of several 2017 stories.

Notably, Fox News and Herridge are being represented by Patrick Philbin, a former top lawyer from Donald Trump’s White House. Philbin, who decried media leaks during Trump’s first impeachment trial, appeared in court Tuesday to help Herridge fend off the effort to expose her source."

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/30/fox-news-lawsuit-herridge-chen-fbi-00099326

“U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart plans to resign his seat in Congress. That announcement could come as early as Wednesday morning.

Multiple sources have confirmed to The Salt Lake Tribune that Stewart announced his plan to resign, citing ongoing health issues with his wife. It was unclear what those health issues may be…

Picking a replacement for the remainder of Stewart’s term will require a special election. Once Stewart officially announces he’s resigning, Gov. Spencer Cox has seven days to set the primary and special election schedule. Under state law, those dates will be the same as this year’s municipal primary and general elections, unless the Legislature appropriates money to hold an election on a different date…

Stewart’s resignation would temporarily reduce the GOP’s already slim majority in the House until his replacement is selected. There are currently 222 Republicans and 213 Democrats in the House. As it stands, Republicans can only afford to lose four votes when voting on legislation opposed by every Democrat. Stewart’s impending departure drops that number to three.

The congressman holds seats on the House Appropriations Committee and the House Intelligence Committee.

Stewart was widely believed to be preparing to run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Mitt Romney. His forthcoming announcement, adding an open House seat to the mix, will likely scramble that calculation.”

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2023/05/30/rep-chris-stewart-plans-resign/

“In a letter to Chairman Comer earlier today, the FBI committed to providing access to information responsive to the Committee’s subpoena in a format and setting that maintains confidentiality and protects important security interests and the integrity of FBI investigations… Any discussion of escalation under these circumstances is unnecessary.”

https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1663683100180717569

The Comer-Wray fight is theater.

Grab some refreshments and enjoy it.

Just a quick recap of this FD-1023 saga:

After learning of the FD-1023 form and what it is said to describe (an alleged Biden family criminal scheme), Comer asked/subpoenaed the FBI for ANY FD-1023's from June of 2020 that contain the name "Biden."

FBI sent a letter back explaining what an FD-1023 is, a report from a Confidential Human Source, and why turning one or more over to Congress could jeopardize ongoing investigations and investigative techniques as well the risk of sharing uncorroborated information. FD-1023's are not verified, substantiated information. They are just a log of what a CHS said/wrote. The FBI also said they'd work with Congress to provide as much info as they could.

Comer then met with FBI on May 15th and May 23rd.

Last Tuesday, just seven days ago, the FBI "...told Comer.. that the search terms were too broad because there were many responsive records containing the term “Biden” in its CHS database for June 2020."

Think on that for a few moments, please.

Comer then narrowed the search terms to specifically "June 30th, 2020" and "five million."

Now, we are at/past the deadline.

Comer is threatening additional actions (contempt charges).

Wray is offering to work with Comer to allow the committee to view the document.

Comer, Grassley, and Wray are scheduled to speak by phone tomorrow where Wray will provide more information.

"The former chief scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud Georgia Tech and the Central Intelligence Agency, the federal government revealed.

James G. Maloney, 57, pleaded guilty to the charges on Friday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Georgia. In 2016, Maloney's co-conspirators James J. Acree and James D. Fraley, III pleaded guilty to the same charges, FOX 5 Atlanta reported...

The three men were charged in connection with a scheme to defraud Georgia Tech and the CIA from early 2007 through late 2013, according to Buchanan. They were experts in electromagnetic analysis and measurements and were assigned to GTRI’s Advanced Concepts Laboratory.

During this time, they worked on projects funded by the Department of Defense, various intelligence agencies and the private sector..."

https://www.foxnews.com/us/former-chief-scientist-georgia-tech-research-institute-pleads-guilty-defrauding-university-cia

I can think of some other folks who worked at Georgia Tech and ALSO committed some fraud and engaged in a conspiracy.

They were referred by Durham to the DOD IG and DIA General Counsel...

I read about it in The Durham Report.

Imagine thinking Special Counsel Durham's indictment and trial of Michael Sussmann was a failure and produced nothing of value. 🤣

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Conservative, Inc., commentators right now:

1) government lied to us about COVID - its origins, severity, death rate

2) government locked us down like serfs

3) government wants to brainwash our children

4) government is spending us into oblivion

AND…

5) government wouldn’t possibly run fraudulent elections and present fictitious results, therefore we need a new candidate

James Comer says that they are “already in the process of drafting legislation to hold an Oversight Committee markup (meeting) next week to hold Director Wray in contempt of Congress.”

He went on to explain that it will look similar to what the Democrats did with Steve Bannon.

Reverse Frenemy Kayleigh McEnany

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