Trump Judge Issues SHOCK RULING

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Carter Page had to figure he had this case won.

In his case for FISA abuse against James Comey and a slew of others, he drew a Trump judge.

Judge Dabney Friedrich would surely rule in his favor and hold Comey and company accountable for their actions in the Russian collusion scam, right? WRONG!

Screwed Up

I am not an attorney nor am I a legal expert, but I can read.

And from what I read in Judge Dabney Friedrich’s ruling, it seems like Page’s attorneys really screwed up this case.

She wrote, “Page alleges that the individual defendants violated §§ 1809(a) and 1810 both by unlawfully engaging in electronic surveillance and using or disclosing the fruits of that surveillance. … Each defendant claims that Page fails to sufficiently allege that he or she violated the statute.

“The Court finds that the claims are not time-barred but that Page does not state a claim against any of the individual defendants.

“This plain-text understanding — that Congress allowed suit against only those who conduct unauthorized surveillance, and not those who at the application stage mislead the [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court] to approve that surveillance — may seem odd.

“But it is not so ‘absurd when considered in the particular statutory context,’ as the Court must.”

The ruling continued, “Some of the defendants, such as Comey, McCabe, Strzok, and Lisa Page, allegedly approved, encouraged, and facilitated Page’s investigation and the warrant applications.

“Absent from the complaint is any claim that these four defendants participated in drafting or substantively reviewing the faulty applications themselves, let alone that they performed the FISA surveillance and acquired Page’s communications.”

The ruling continued, “Even for the four defendants who did contribute to the material errors in the applications, Page does not claim that they ‘engaged in electronic surveillance,’ as defined,”

“If proven, these allegations clearly demonstrate wrongdoing,” the judge said. “Indeed, Clinesmith entered a plea in United States v. Clinesmith for making a false statement … but Page does not allege that any of the individual defendants, including the unknown John Doe defendants and those most responsible for the applications’ critical errors, took part in obtaining the surveillance information, either by setting up the devices or gathering or listening to Page’s communications.

“Thus, the Court cannot plausibly infer from this complaint that any of the individual defendants, known or unknown, ‘engaged in electronic surveillance,’ in violation of §§ 1809(a) and 1810.”

This is a crushing blow to Page who was clearly wronged in this case.

It’s a shame, really, that he appears to have had morons representing him.

Source: Washington Examiner

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