Abuse of power in the Biden Justice Department?
Shocking.
Not.
But here comes a man-bites-dog story.
The Daily Caller tells the tale in this headline: https://dailycaller.com/2023/
‘Politically Motivated’: Kash Patel Sues Over DOJ Subpoena Of His Personal Email Account Data
The story reports this:
“Former Trump administration official Kash Patel filed a lawsuit last week over the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI’s “politically motivated” effort to obtain a subpoena for his personal email account data in 2017.
Patel, who at the time was the investigator leading the House Intelligence Committee’s probe into FBI and DOJ conduct in the Crossfire Hurricane investigation, alleges the DOJ violated separation of powers and his Fourth Amendment rights when it sought a subpoena of his personal email account in 2017. The lawsuit names seven individuals who were officials at the time, including FBI Director Chris Wray and former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jessie Liu, as defendants.
“Rather than seeking to obtain information openly from Mr. Patel’s official accounts, which would have provoked an immediate response and legal fight with the United States House of Representatives, DOJ instead sought—non-publicly and unconstitutionally—to access his private accounts through a third-party subpoena,” the lawsuit alleges. “They did so to avoid public scrutiny, because they were improperly investigating the man who was investigating them.”
In other words, interestingly coming as Biden Attorney General Merrick Garland is grilled by the House Judiciary Committee for his department’s two-standards of justice and abuse of power, this attack by the DOJ on former Trump aide Kash Patel is bringing about a bold response from Patel: He sues the DOJ. Using his lawsuit to specifically name “seven individuals who were officials at the time, including FBI Director Chris Wray and former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jessie Liu.”
Will reversing the balance here with this lawsuit work?