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FISA ruling on spy warrants could void ALL Mueller convictions
Evidence obtained in illegal surveillance would be inadmissible
WND Staff By WND Staff
Published January 24, 2020 at 8:22pm


The ruling by the nation's top spy court that at least two of the four warrants obtained by the Obama administration to surveil onetime Trump campaign adviser Carter Page were "not valid" states that the FBI must "sequester all" relevant information and evidence.



The notation prompted speculation that convictions obtained in Robert Mueller's special counsel investigation that relied on material obtained from the Page surveillance could be voided.

Evidence obtained by authorities through illegal means is not admissible in court cases.

The spy warrants were based largely on the infamous "Steele dossier" of unsubstantiated Russian propaganda funded by Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic National Committee. Former British spy Christopher Steele alleged Page was part of a "well-developed conspiracy of cooperation" between the Trump campaign and Russian government to influence the 2016 e******n.

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U.S. Attorney John Durham is now conducting a criminal investigation into the origins of the Obama counter-intelligence investigation of the Trump campaign.

The Jan. 7 FISA ruling by Judge James Boasberg cited the Justice Department inspector general's finding of "material misstatements and omissions in the applications filed by the government in the above-captioned dockets."



"The court understands the government to have concluded, in view of the material misstatements and omissions, that the court's authorizations in Docket Numbers 17-375 and 17-679 were not valid," the ruling stated.

The ruling said the "validity" of two other authorizations was not yet determined.

Democrats point to the convictions obtained through the Mueller investigation as proof of President Trump's culpability, even though the cases were unrelated to the central and now-debunked claim of Trump campaign collusion with Russia.

Axios noted the convictions include former Trump 2016 campaign chairman Paul Manafort, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos, Richard Pineda, Dutch attorney Alex van der Zwaan, former Trump campaign deputy chairman Rick Gates, former national security adviser Michael Flynn and Roger Stone.

The charges included bank and tax fraud, lying to investigators and conspiracy.


Twitter user Undercover Huber, who has been following the FISA-abuse story, said the "sequestration" is very significant.

"It suggests that FBI/DOJ is firewalling off all of the data and information collected via the Page FISAs, likely because they realize that if illegal, all the info collected is 'fruit of the poisonous tree.'"

He wrote that someone should ask Mueller and his team whether "any of their cases relied on information gathered or derived from the Page FISAs, either directly from Page or two hops away from him."

The Federalist pointed out the FISA court order noted it is a federal crime for any federal official to intentionally disclose or use "information obtained under color of law by electronic surveillance, knowing or having any reason to know that the information was obtained through electronic surveillance not authorized" by law.

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The following sentence of Boasberg's ruling is redacted, the Federalist noted, raising questions about whether the government used any information obtained through the now-invalid Page surveillance warrants in other cases.

Iliamna1

Not only should all of his convictions be overturned, he should be disbarred. What a loser. If he can't beat 'em, he lies.

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

This puts together a lot of what you are saying. Thank God for FOIA requests. Where is the media which has been complicit in the Obama-Clinton cabal? The fourth estate in America is worthless.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/videos/tom-fitton-with-dan-bongino-clinton-corruption-ukraine-spygate-targeting-of-trump/?utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=on+the+air&utm_term=members&utm_content=20200124142425

debeda

If that happens, the drinks are on meeeee 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

debeda

Dem MO

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

I don’t believe he’s cognizant
enough to even know.

Iliamna1

He was cognizant when he was doing it.

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

EconomistDon

Not only that; Flynn and Stone were bankrupted by attorney fees trying to defend against the bottomless pockets of the federal inquisition that hounded them. They should be compensated for their losses defending against the h**eful Mueller inquisition. Their lives were destroyed in the Democrat effort to find dirt on Trump. Trump was found clear of any wrongdoing, but the people who Mueller destroyed didn't get as much as an apology. There should be pardons and compensation.

debeda

Absolutely

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

FISA the first big crack. Q said Flynn would be free in thirty days a few weeks ago. I just can't remember the start date. Hope Comey is the next big crack, it's time the lying "boy scout" gets exposed and his partner in crime, Muller. I'm starting to get happy feet!

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

No one has been convicted due to Page.

debeda

Auntie Lulu

Bravo! I hope that the other two FISA applications are also found to be faulty.

Lt. Rob Polans ret.

What??????????? You're making FISA out to be something special, I see it as a pitbull with no teeth..useless and probably liberal. Why liberal? Where was the outrage, not even pissed off. I think we all knew the FISA's were no good, but if its going to void stuff. Go for it, now!