John Solomon: Haspel Blocking Declassification Of Russiagate Documents To Protect CIA's Reputation

Investigative reporter John Solomon said in an interview Thursday night with FOX Business host Lou Dobbs that CIA Director Gina Haspel is blocking the release of requested classified documents to protect the agency's reputation like Christopher Wray is doing for the FBI. "Let's start with the reports that Gina Haspel, the director of the CIA, is personally blocking, blocking the declassification of a number of important documents and refusing to permit their release. Your thoughts?" Dobbs asked. "It's a continuation of the slow walk that she and [FBI] Director Wray and other deep state bureaucrats in the State Department have done over the last two years," Solomon said. "They have tried to stop this Russia case from unraveling, the Ukraine case from unraveling, the carefully-crafted false story they gave the American people. But it's a very simple fix." "I think what's really going on here is protecting the CIA's reputation just like Chris Wray's been protecting the FBI's reputation," he said. "The American people deserve accountability. This is one of the greatest scandals in American history." SOLOMON: The president of the United States has the ability tomorrow to tell Gina Haspel, 'I've heard you, I've overruled you. I'm ordering the release of these documents.' It's in President Trump's hands. He's the ultimate declassifying authority, and hearing that she's objecting doesn't mean anything. If the president wants to overrule her, he can get this done in the stroke of a pen, and we can get these documents out...MORE