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Wed Dec 28 23:31:43 PST 2022


DOJ Employed 'Reverse Spying' In Attempt To Shut Down Investigation
Into Russia Collusion Hoax: Devin Nunes

https://www.theepochtimes.com/doj-employed-reverse-spying-in-attempt-to-shut-down-investigation-into-russia-collusion-hoax-devin-nunes_4946428.html

https://www.ntd.com/newsmakers-dec-21-the-battle-for-the-border-and-title-42_890077.html

Devin Nunes subpoenaed the DOJ and FBI for documents related to their
involvement with the Russia collusion hoax when he was a congressman
and chair of the House Intelligence Committee. In response, the DOJ
engaged in “reverse spying” to try and stop the investigation, Nunes
alleged in an interview that aired on Newsmakers by NTD and The Epoch
Times on Dec. 21.

“It’s all common knowledge now that the FBI, DOJ, the Democrat
National Party, they were all in cahoots together, taking made-up,
phony dirt and taking it before a FISA court,” said Nunes, who was
chair of the intelligence committee from 2015–2019.

But, at the time, the general public didn’t know about that collusion.

“At that time, nobody knew that publicly. We knew that. The FBI and
the DOJ knew that we knew that. They knew that they were under
investigation by [Nunes’ team]. So, what do they do? … They target my
lawyers so they can try and figure out what we knew, when we knew it,
and what we were going to do with the information.”

Nunes stated that to suppress the investigation, the FBI and the DOJ
purposefully tried to find “blackmail” to use against Nunes’ staff.

“It wasn’t like they were in search of some crime. What they were
really after was intelligence, and potentially blackmail, to figure
out how they could stop the information,” Nunes alleged.

But ultimately, the DOJ’s reverse spying was unsuccessful, Nunes
stated, and he was able to openly shed light on the cooperation
between the DOJ, the FBI, and the Democrat National Party to bring
down then-President Donald Trump.
Newspaper front pages from around the nation are on display at the
Newseum Newspaper front pages on display at the Newseum in Washington
on March 23, 2019. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
No Valid Predicate

According to Nunes, if the DOJ was acting in compliance with the law,
it should have informed Nunes when it demanded Google turn over
personal email and phone data from at least two senior intelligence
members of Nunes’ team. Nunes specified that the team members were
working on the congressional probe into the Russia hoax.

“Look, it’s a serious issue if I’ve got staff that work for me that
are handling the nation’s highest secrets. If I have staff that are
somehow doing something wrong, [the DOJ] should have come to me and
told me.”

Nunes said that the only way for the DOJ to get around that
requirement is to use the National Security Division and “essentially
accuse” Nunes and his team of being “agents of Putin.”

“There’s no other way around [informing me]. They have a duty and a
responsibility if there are staffers that are involved in some
shenanigans or nefarious activity, they should have come to me
immediately,” Nunes states.
schiff interjects House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
intervenes to voice his concern about keeping the whistleblower’s
identity secret as Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) questions
National Security Council Director for European Affairs Lt. Col.
Alexander Vindman during testimony before the House Intelligence
Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in
Washington on Nov. 19, 2019. (Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images)

But, Nunes said, the DOJ never informed him of a potential issue with
his staffers. And the reason is the DOJ was acting outside of a “valid
predicate” and instead acting on a “lie.” Nunes stated unequivocally
that there was never evidence to suggest that his staff were Russian
agents.

As such, Nunes claimed, there are only two possible reasons for the
subpoenas against Nunes’ staff.

“The only two logical reasons: They were there to grab intelligence on
us as we were conducting our investigation, and two, to look for
anything they could possibly do to find blackmail so they could stop
this information from coming out and their involvement from coming
out.”

Nunes added that despite that abuse of power, no one at the DOJ or FBI
has “paid the price” for spying on his team. Or been held to account
for their past actions against Trump. However, Nunes vowed to pursue
every legal avenue available to him to “shine a light” on what he
believes is “continued corruption and denial by the DOJ.”
Subpoenas Come to Light

According to the subpoenas obtained by Just the News, the Justice
Department used a grand jury subpoena to secretly investigate senior
members of then-Chairman Nunes’ staff in 2017.

But the subpoenas didn’t come to light until after Google’s five-year
wait period ended earlier in December. According to Google, its policy
requires alerting customers five years after the government or law
enforcement asks for information involving personal records.

As part of its reporting, The Epoch Times sought comment from the DOJ
and the FBI into Nunes’ claims. A request for comment wasn’t returned
by the time of publication.

Nunes is the current CEO of Trump’s Truth Social.


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