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FBI Love Bird Lisa Page Breaks Silence on Eve of DOJ IG Report

JasperL said:
Imagine - suing the DoJ for breaking the law! Doesn't she know the Executive branch is immune from following any law??!!!~
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Imagine suing your employer because YOU did wrong. :roll:
 
nota bene said:
Imagine suing your employer because YOU did wrong. :roll:
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No, it's the DoJ that broke the law. She's been through the investigatory ringer and TWO investigations showed no wrongdoing by Lisa Page.
 
JasperL said:
No, it's the DoJ that broke the law. She's been through the investigatory ringer and TWO investigations showed no wrongdoing by Lisa Page.
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From the Daily Beast:

In a statement to The Daily Beast, [Former Deputy Atty General Rob] Rosenstein said that there was no political motive to the disclosure and that he had no choice but to release the texts, which had been the subject of an Inspector General’s investigation into possible political bias.

“To the best of my knowledge, career Department of Justice officials determined in December 2017 that those text messages were NOT personal,” he wrote. “They were official government records related to FBI business and there was no legal basis to withhold them, so they should be released as requested by Congress.”

...“I consistently defended the right of Department of Justice employees to express political opinions and even make political contributions,” he continued. “However, the Inspector General concluded that the FBI employees ‘demonstrated extremely poor judgment and a gross lack of professionalism’ by exchanging messages that ‘appeared to mix political opinions with discussions about the [Hillary Clinton email] and Russia investigations, raising a question as to whether Strzok’s and Page’s political opinions may have affected investigative decisions.’” Rod Rosenstein: DOJ ‘Not to Blame’ for Lisa Page’s Abuse
 
nota bene said:
From the Daily Beast:

In a statement to The Daily Beast, [Former Deputy Atty General Rob] Rosenstein said that there was no political motive to the disclosure and that he had no choice but to release the texts, which had been the subject of an Inspector General’s investigation into possible political bias.

“To the best of my knowledge, career Department of Justice officials determined in December 2017 that those text messages were NOT personal,” he wrote. “They were official government records related to FBI business and there was no legal basis to withhold them, so they should be released as requested by Congress.”

...“I consistently defended the right of Department of Justice employees to express political opinions and even make political contributions,” he continued. “However, the Inspector General concluded that the FBI employees ‘demonstrated extremely poor judgment and a gross lack of professionalism’ by exchanging messages that ‘appeared to mix political opinions with discussions about the [Hillary Clinton email] and Russia investigations, raising a question as to whether Strzok’s and Page’s political opinions may have affected investigative decisions.’” Rod Rosenstein: DOJ ‘Not to Blame’ for Lisa Page’s Abuse
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There are two issues - 1) the late night leak by the DoJ spokesbabe to a select group of reporters, on background, and 2) texts released to Congress as part of the inquiry. It's the first one that is the subject of the lawsuit.

Read the lawsuit.

And the questions were raised, and TWO INVESTIGATIONS, extensive ones, including a dozen or so interviews of Lisa Page and many others involved, have both found she engaged in NO wrongdoing.

But keep defending Trump and other assholes for smearing this woman in public. It's what the GOP is reduced to these days, making excuses for disgusting behavior by Trump and his sycophantic supporters.
 
JasperL said:
Imagine - suing the DoJ for breaking the law! Doesn't she know the Executive branch is immune from following any law??!!!~
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The DOJ didn't break the law.
 
JasperL said:
There are two issues - 1) the late night leak by the DoJ spokesbabe to a select group of reporters, on background, and 2) texts released to Congress as part of the inquiry. It's the first one that is the subject of the lawsuit.

Read the lawsuit.

And the questions were raised, and TWO INVESTIGATIONS, extensive ones, including a dozen or so interviews of Lisa Page and many others involved, have both found she engaged in NO wrongdoing.

But keep defending Trump and other assholes for smearing this woman in public. It's what the GOP is reduced to these days, making excuses for disgusting behavior by Trump and his sycophantic supporters.
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I'm not a member of the GOP. I'm also not a sycophantic supporter of Trump. And I'm also not a whit sympathetic to Lisa Page, who used government property and government time for monkey business. If only had she been honorable and more professional, she wouldn't have found herself in a pickle in the first place.
 
apdst said:
The DOJ didn't break the law.
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Weren't Page's texts government property? Rob Rosenstein [bolding mine]: "“To the best of my knowledge, career Department of Justice officials determined in December 2017 that those text messages were NOT personal,” he wrote. “They were official government records related to FBI business and there was no legal basis to withhold them, so they should be released as requested by Congress.” Rod Rosenstein: DOJ ‘Not to Blame’ for Lisa Page’s Abuse
 
nota bene said:
Weren't Page's texts government property? Rob Rosenstein [bolding mine]: "“To the best of my knowledge, career Department of Justice officials determined in December 2017 that those text messages were NOT personal,” he wrote. “They were official government records related to FBI business and there was no legal basis to withhold them, so they should be released as requested by Congress.” Rod Rosenstein: DOJ ‘Not to Blame’ for Lisa Page’s Abuse
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That's exactly right.
 
nota bene said:
Weren't Page's texts government property? Rob Rosenstein [bolding mine]: "“To the best of my knowledge, career Department of Justice officials determined in December 2017 that those text messages were NOT personal,” he wrote. “They were official government records related to FBI business and there was no legal basis to withhold them, so they should be released as requested by Congress.” Rod Rosenstein: DOJ ‘Not to Blame’ for Lisa Page’s Abuse
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The DoJ hosted a late night secret leak party with the MEDIA, and that's the subject of the lawsuit.

The media and Congress are....not the same people.
 
apdst said:
The DOJ didn't break the law.
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OK, cite where in the law it's allowed for DOJ to host late night leak parties with the media where the DOJ provide the text messages of DoJ employees in secret, not for attribution.
 
JasperL said:
OK, cite where in the law it's allowed for DOJ to host late night leak parties with the media where the DOJ provide the text messages of DoJ employees in secret, not for attribution.
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Show me where the text messages were classified.
 
apdst said:
IOW, you know the DOJ did nothing wrong because the text massages weren't classified, or confidential.
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I don't know that. What I know is you've cited no law where your distinction is relevant. If you want to make assertions about the law, quote the law. I did earlier and couldn't find an exception that authorizes leaking texts of a DOJ employee to the press in a late night secret session not for attribution.
 
JasperL said:
I don't know that. What I know is you've cited no law where your distinction is relevant. If you want to make assertions about the law, quote the law. I did earlier and couldn't find an exception that authorizes leaking texts of a DOJ employee to the press in a late night secret session not for attribution.
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You have cited no law making it illegal.
 
apdst said:
You have cited no law making it illegal.
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The Privacy Act outlines when, where, to whom, and under what circumstances personal information and texts and emails and other information compiled and held by the government can be released by the government. If the purpose etc. is not on the list, the disclosure isn't legal. That's how the law works.
 
JasperL said:
The Privacy Act outlines when, where, to whom, and under what circumstances personal information and texts and emails and other information compiled and held by the government can be released by the government. If the purpose etc. is not on the list, the disclosure isn't legal. That's how the law works.
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There were no personal records contained in those messages.
 
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RetiredUSN said:
I your world, it's OK to use a biased, and agenda driven woman in a investigation that is supposed to be unbiased?

Regardless of what claims are out there about Trump, it certainly say's a lot about your intellect.
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Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page celebrated on Twitter after she was cleared of wrongdoing in the report released Monday by the Justice Department’s inspector general.
Ex-FBI lawyer Lisa Page celebrates on Twitter after she'''s cleared in DOJ report [Video]

Yes indeed it does show my intellect. She was cleared by the Justice Dept of wrong doing.

That you failed to see that, shows a lot about your intellect.
You are hereby, dismissed.
 
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