Epstein Secrets

se Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland defended the FBI's use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), arguing that the surveillance apparatus is critical to "fight the Chinese." According to the article, FISA Section 702, a post-9/11 section

o the article, the sealed decision from Judge Howell rejected Trump's claims of executive privilege over the officials. The matter will come before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, where a three-judge panel recently upheld another of Howell's decisions ordering Evan Corcoran, Trump's attorney in the Mar-a-Lago probe, to cooper

cates that changes implemented by the agency have significantly improved compliance with rules governing access to communications intercepted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Prior to the changes, about 18 percent of database searches lacked sufficient justification or were improperly defined, but in a nine-month

inst over 300 defendants involved in the Jan. 6 incident, and its interpretation is at the heart of the debate. The article noted that two judges on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel indicated they favor a broader definition of "corruptly," supporting the prosecution's view, while the panel's lone conservative seemed to le

Tool After GOP Mutiny Threats Fox News (02/15, Elkind) reported that Speaker Mike Johnson had to postpone a House vote on renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) after a group of GOP lawmakers, led by members of the House Intelligence Committee, threatened to derail the legislation over concerns with a

claim and the notion of double jeopardy in relation to his impeachment and acquittal by the Senate for the same allegations. The article noted that the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, including two judges appointed by President Biden and one by a Republican president, had previously dismissed Trump's claim of absolute immunity.