Here we go again. Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler are asking the DOJ IG to investigate AG Bill Barr’s comments on the firing of ICIG Michael Atkinson. They are talking about the fact that Barr said Atkinson’s firing was justified considering he went against policy by changing the rules not only to allow a Deep State operative to file a whistleblower complaint against Trump that proved to be pure B.S.
Secondly, a whistleblower complaint cannot be lodged by the IG of the Intelligence Community. Barr, rightly pointed out that Atkinson had stepped well out of his role as the Inspector general. He tried to usurp power over the Executive Branch. That is not only illegal but it’s unconstitutional. Congress has oversight on the Executive Branch, not son unelected tool of the left.
What if the new ICIG were to file charges against Adam Schiff for lying and insist on his removal from the House? That’s a really bad example because I would actually agree with that as unconstitutional as it might be. Hopefully, the new Republican controlled House will take that up very early next year.
House Intel Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) and House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) have nothing better to do right now so they are demanding the DOJ’s IG investigate Attorney General Bill Barr’s comments on the firing of ICIG Michael Atkinson.
Recall, Barr said during an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham that Trump firing Atkinson was the “right thing” to do.
Barr backed Trump and said it was the right thing to do given Atkinson broke protocol when he ran to Congress with the whistleblower complaint rather than letting the executive branch determine whether there was a problem.
“I think the President did the right thing in removing Atkinson,” Barr said explaining that the whistleblower statute only gave Atkinson jurisdiction over wrongdoing by intelligence people.
“Atkinson tried to turn it into a commission to explore anything in the government and immediately report it to Congress without letting the executive branch look at it and determine whether there was any problem,” Barr said.
Nadler and Schiff on Monday in a 4-page letter to DOJ IG Horowitz demanded Barr’s statements be investigated to see whether he “violated applicable DOJ policies and rules of professional conduct.”