DOJ Documents Show Bruce Ohr Was Given a $28,000 Bonus During Russiagate Investigation Plus a Raise

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DOJ Documents Show Bruce Ohr Was Given a $28,000 Bonus During Russiagate Investigation Plus a Raise

Judicial Watch, JUNE 07, 2019

(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch today released documents from the U.S. Department of Justice in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request showing the removal of Bruce Ohr from the position of Associate Attorney General in 2017; his transfer from Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force to International Affairs in 2018; and that Ohr received a total of $42,520 in performance bonuses during the Trump/Russia investigation. Ohr’s bonus nearly doubled from $14,520 (received in November 2015) to $28,000 in November 2016.

The released documents were Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) and Request for Personnel Action (SF-52) forms that were FOIA requested by Judicial Watch in January 2018.

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The documents show that on November 13, 2016, Ohr was given a performance award of $28,000. This was during the time of his deep involvement in the highly controversial Justice Department surveillance of the Trump presidential campaign. The bonus was nearly double the $14,250 performance award he was given on November 29, 2015.

Bruce Ohr was married to Nellie Ohr of Fusion GPS and was removed because of his conflict of interest and role as conduit for Fusion GPS material. The documents show that Ohr was removed from his position as Associate Deputy Attorney General on December 6, 2017. On January 7, 2018, Ohr was reassigned from his position of director of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) and shifted to Counselor for International Affairs in the Department of Justice Criminal Division. Ohr received a $2,600 pay increase.

“These documents will raise questions as to whether the conflicted Bruce Ohr, who the FBI used to launder information from Christopher Steele was rewarded for his role in the illicit targeting of President Trump,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

Judicial Watch has five current lawsuits pursuing information on Bruce Ohr.

One of Judicial Watch’s FOIA lawsuits recently produced information from the DOJ showing a conversation between former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Kathleen Kavalec Bruce Ohr, discussing the targeting of Donald Trump with Steele dossier material. In discussing a meeting with the potential source for a Mother Jones article accusing the Trump campaign of taking money from a Russian-American oil magnate, as well as Christopher Steele’s connection to that source, Kavalec emails Ohr citing the accusatory Mother Jones article. Ohr says, “I really hope we can get something going here.”

Also, Judicial Watch obtained an email revealing that Nellie Ohr, wife of Bruce Ohr, informed him that she was deleting emails sent from his DOJ email account. The full email exchange is between Bruce Ohr, Lisa Holtyn, Nellie Ohr, and Stefan Bress, a first secretary at the German Embassy, and is part of 339 pages of heavily redacted records from the U.S. Department of Justice.

Judicial Watch uncovered emails from Ohr showing that he remained in regular contact with former British spy and Fusion GPS contractor Christopher Steele after Steele was terminated by the FBI in November 2016 for revealing to the media his position as an FBI confidential informant. The records show that Ohr served as a go-between for Steele by passing along information to “his colleagues” on matters relating to Steele’s activities. Ohr also set up meetings with Steele, regularly talked to him on the telephone and provided him assistance in dealing with situations Steele was confronting with the media.

Judicial Watch is suing the DOJ for communications between two of the pivotal players in the Deep State, anti-Trump collusion – former FBI official Peter Strzok and Ohr (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:19-cv-01082)). Judicial Watch is challenging the Justice Department’s extraordinary claim that there are no records of communications between Strzok and Ohr in light of the preeminent role both individuals played in the Deep State effort to undermine the Trump campaign and administration. In addition, Ohr himself testified before Congress that he did, in fact, meet and communicate with Strzok.

Judicial Watch also seeks records about the agency’s involvement in persuading President Trump to defer his September 2018 decision to declassify DOJ documents related to the Russia investigation (Judicial Watch v U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:19-cv-00507)). Judicial Watch’s lawsuit is also seeking DOJ official Ohr’s records of communications around the time of Trump’s declassification announcement.

Judicial Watch filed suit for details of the “302” reports from the FBI interview with Ohr. The interviews could be key to understanding how anti-Trump dossier author, British spy Christopher Steele’s information was transmitted to the FBI. (Judicial Watch v U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:18-cv-02107)). The House Intelligence Committee memo released by Chairman Devin Nunes on February 2 says that his wife, Nellie Ohr, was “employed by Fusion GPS to assist in the cultivation of opposition research on Trump” and that Bruce Ohr passed the results of that research, which was paid for by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Hillary Clinton campaign, to the FBI.

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Halal Bacon
Halal Bacon
4 years ago

I saw Nelly Ohr the other day in Ye Olde Dildo Shoppe getting her strap-on resurfaced

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago
Reply to  Halal Bacon

I feel like I live in a banana republic.

ALL OF THIS STUFF HAS TO BE UNREDACTED!
Nothing like being DEMOTED, keeping your large salary and getting BONUS MONEY and RAISES for what you did that was wrong.

FOIA Docs: Twice-Demoted DOJ Official Bruce Ohr Received $28,000 Bonus During Work on Sketchy Dossier…
Posted on June 7, 2019 by sundance

Bruce Ohr was originally demoted in December 2017 stripping away his title of associate deputy attorney general based on what DOJ officials said were “undisclosed contacts” with FBI informant Christopher Steele. We later found out Bruce Ohr completely disclosed his contacts; so his first demotion was a complete CYA move by DOJ officials (ie. Rosenstein).

A month later, in January 2018, Bruce Ohr was demoted a second time, removing his title as head of the DOJ Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. No reason was given for the second demotion. His employment remained (as it does today) but no official word as to his title.

However, it is now discovered that Bruce Ohr received performance bonuses for the same work effort he was later demoted for:

Bruce Ohr, the Justice Department official whose connection to the opposition research firm responsible for the anti-Trump “dossier” led to his eventual demotion, was awarded a $28,000 performance bonus while the Russia probe was ongoing, according to newly released DOJ documents.

The records do not indicate why Ohr was given the bonus in November 2016, though they show he also received a $14,520 bonus a year earlier, totaling $42,520 over a two-year period. (read more)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna980991

Here are the FOIA Records:
More here:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/06/07/foia-docs-twice-demoted-doj-official-bruce-ohr-received-28000-bonus-during-work-on-sketchy-dossier/

John Acord
John Acord
4 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

I agree with all you say. Unfortunately, you don’t understand how the federal civil service operates. Merit is not rewarded,only submission,sort of like Islam.

ed
ed
4 years ago
Reply to  Halal Bacon

Is she going to “prime” Bruce before he goes to the Big House, so he knows what to expect if he “drops the soap” ???

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago

This is so beyond shameful.

Much more on it here:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/?s=Bruce+Ohr

CharlieSeattle
CharlieSeattle
4 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

…and yet, after over 2 years, no one is arrested.

Only Photo ops and Kabuki theater.

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago

This is so beyond shameful.

Much more on it here:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/?s=Bruce+Ohr

Bill
Bill
4 years ago

All this evidence of corruption from the Democrats, yet some jerk named ‘Beto’ O’Roarke says if he is elected President, he will have the DOJ prosecute DJT and have him imprisoned….???…….For what?

Halal Bacon
Halal Bacon
4 years ago
Reply to  Bill

It is called “George Soreass Says”

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago
Reply to  Bill

DEMS and RINOS wanted trump imprisoned for being INNOCENT of obstruction and collusion because he rejected their agenda. Everything is reversed.

DEMS are spending allot of time in Iowa. Here’s how the POLLS in Iowa are viewing these nutters.
One is crazier than the other. This is a DEM poll.

CNN Iowa Poll: Creepy 24%, Crazy 16%, Dopey 14%, Spank Me 7%, and How 15%…
Posted on June 8, 2019 by sundance
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/06/08/cnn-iowa-poll-creepy-24-crazy-16-dopey-14-spank-me-7-and-how-15/#more-164834
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Laddyboy
Laddyboy
4 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

I did not know the PERCENTAGES were SOOOooo HIGH !! La La Land is losing their best “citizens”.

John Acord
John Acord
4 years ago
Reply to  Bill

The crime is obvious: exposing the swampand protecting Americans. That Is a major felony punishable by life imprisonment.

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago

Treason pays …

and it will continue to do so until we start hanging traitors.

CharlieSeattle
CharlieSeattle
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

Treason? …and yet, no one is arrested.

Only Photo ops and Kabuki theater.

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago
Reply to  CharlieSeattle

Yep … and the Deep State fiddles …

Hope you and yours enjoy the long nights up there this week!

Here in Texas suns up past 8:30 … I love it. 😉

santashandler
santashandler
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

Adds whole new meaning to the phrase ‘no good deed goes unpunished.’

santashandler
santashandler
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

Adds whole new meaning to the phrase ‘no good deed goes unpunished.’

Ann Onymouski
Ann Onymouski
4 years ago

Looks like he’s up the creek without an ohr.

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago
Reply to  Ann Onymouski

I am salivating for some indictments, prosecutions and imprisonments.
Great headlines matter less to me.
I am also tired of heavily REDACTED documents to “protect sources and methods”.
What a joke. They USE that to hide their lawlessness.

John Acord
John Acord
4 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Sit Ludi incipe!

Ann Onymouski
Ann Onymouski
4 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Well, our minds agree. Sick of the procrastination AKA: kick the can down the road til we don’t care anymore, and that’s both sides!

John Acord
John Acord
4 years ago

All swamp creatures are protected and kept fat and happy.

DVader
DVader
4 years ago

Getting a bonus is somehow illegal?

Laddyboy
Laddyboy
4 years ago

Since he helped to bring the FAKE PAPER/INFORMATION called the “dossier”, his pay should be in white paper that comes on rolls which are useful in the closet/outhouse/bathroom/john!!!!!

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