Grand Jury: Key Officials Face Full Power of DOJ

The DOJ has officially confirmed that it is acting on the referral of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s recommendation that Deep State actors be investigated in the Russia hoax probe – including former FBI Director James Comey, former CIA Director John Brennan, and the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.

As reported by the Washington Times:

Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered federal prosecutors to take action on Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s criminal referral of Obama-era officials involved in the Trump-Russia collusion hoax.

With the order to begin legal proceedings, the prosecutor will schedule the presentation of evidence to a grand jury seeking a possible indictment.

Ms. Bondi’s order comes about two weeks after the Justice Department confirmed it received a criminal referral from Ms. Gabbard, which included a memorandum titled “Intelligence Community suppression of intelligence describing ‘Russian and criminal actors did not impact’ the 2016 presidential election via cyber-attacks on infrastructure.”

This is already a victory in and of itself. As you may recall, under previous Administrations, a “bombshell” like this, or some sort of allegations, might drop,  and then months later, maybe you’d hear more about it – maybe you’d never hear about it again. So to have a DOJ that doesn’t merely sit on its hands, but follows up its words with actions, as we’ve witnessed over the last few weeks, is encouraging.

Just the fact that Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed her staff to launch a grand jury investigation into the Russia collusion conspiracy – raising the possibility that there were likely powerful far-Left officials planting the seeds to create the Russia hoax early on – feels almost historic. And remember, even if no charges have been brought at this stage, that doesn’t mean they won’t be by the time it’s all said and done.

My dad, ACLJ Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow, joined us today and concurred that the significance of this move should not be underestimated:

This is a big move. It’s the most important – I’d say critical – move in holding people accountable for the wrongdoing that they engaged in before President Trump was President, while he was a candidate in 2015 and 2016. And then, of course, for what they did. This included everything from lying to a FISA court, where a DOJ lawyer actually changed evidence that was permitted to the allegations of false testimony to the United States Congress.

So, what happens next is the grand jury will be what’s called impaneled, and that means they will come together, and witnesses will be called, and evidence will be presented. And there are a couple of lawyers who know a lot about this, and that’s Jordan and me. We have both been engaged in this case from the beginning. We knew it was a hoax. The Department of Justice at the time knew it was a hoax, and so did the intelligence community. But despite that, they brought these investigations against the President, which took up almost three years of his first term.

It’s important to note that what the DOJ is looking at is not just typical campaign research and intelligence, which is perfectly normal and permissible. This was something different, and seemingly much more nefarious, as my dad pointed out:

People [often ask]: What’s the difference between this and . . . all the things you do when you are working on an election? Of course, you have whole departments of people that are trying to dig up things or trying to find things, to go after that potential candidate over, but there’s a difference between that and complete fabrication. . . . It’s one thing if your political opponent’s doing it; it’s another if the Department of Justice is doing it. And here the Department of Justice was working with the Clinton campaign on the Steele dossier. We know of the communications between Bruce and Nelly Ohr – remember that he (Bruce) was the fourth-ranked individual in the Department of Justice. So when the government puts its finger on the scale, that’s where there’s illegality. It’s not allowed to do that both constitutionally and statutorily. So this will be an important investigation.

Obviously, while the investigation seems to be quickly shifting into gear, these matters are not usually wrapped up quickly. It takes a lot of time and careful attention to detail to determine what really went down – and if it was criminal. But we will watch closely and continue to update you as the investigation unfolds.

Today’s Sekulow broadcast included more in-depth discussion between my dad, ACLJ Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow, and my brother, ACLJ Executive Director Jordan Sekulow. We also told you about the ACLJ’s latest case defending your voting rights and our election process, taking on the dangerous and unconstitutional new election-extending laws being proposed by the Left.

Watch the full broadcast below: