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FBI, 5 other agencies probe possible covert Kremlin aid to Trump
McClatchy via Sacramento Bee ^ | January 18th, 2017 | By Peter Stone and Greg Gordon

Posted on 01/18/2017 2:45:29 PM PST by Mariner

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To: Irish Eyes

40 hours plus change to go! Woo hoo!!!


81 posted on 01/18/2017 4:16:44 PM PST by TigersEye (Congratulations, President Donald J. Trump! - Let's MAGA!!!)
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To: RoseofTexas

You see it don’t matter if this is the biggest con game in the face of American history... their sole objective is to grind it deep into the brain of the American people that President Trump is illegitimate and the election stolen from Hitlery ! That is what I am beginning to hear more and more people say that the election was stolen from the beast! Yes it’s infuriating but little by little they are accomplishing their goal... that evil rats along with the global establishment and the mediapukes will pound this narrative into the minds of the stupid American people and they’ll swallow it hook line and sinker!
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You are absolutely right, but I just thought of a way Trump could cut them off at the knees.

He could offer 1 million bucks to the first person who could produce the video of the bedwetting incident. Then tweet “Put up or shut up.”

Just like Andrew Breitbart did when the Dem politicians started whining about racial epithets being used on them. He offered a large sum of money to the first person who could produce video proof of it. The money has never been claimed.


82 posted on 01/18/2017 4:25:16 PM PST by angryoldfatman
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To: Iron Munro

The USA has seventeen (!) distinct “Intelligence” Agencies.

They haven’t exactly distinguished themselves recently (see WMD, Arab Spring, ISIS, Crimea, terrorist attacks...)

And now they are leaking obviously made up rubbish for political purposes.

This ought to be an extinction level event for some or all of them.


83 posted on 01/18/2017 4:27:01 PM PST by Reverend Wright (Build the Wall !)
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To: joshua c

And don’t forget

http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/dick-morris/261109-obamas-foreign-donors


84 posted on 01/18/2017 4:37:32 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: Mariner

.........hmmmm..........and isn’t this the VERY SAME FBI that allowed THE CLINTON’s to commit felony after felony after felony, indeed arguably hundreds, including almost definitely multiple murders AND over 25 odd years.................???

Time for the FBI to be disbanded in favor of 50 SBI’s (State Bureaus of Investigation) controlled by State Legislatures. With today’s technology, it’s not needed anymore.


85 posted on 01/18/2017 4:39:11 PM PST by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid)
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To: Iron Munro

The swamp is deeper than we thought.


86 posted on 01/18/2017 4:39:23 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: RoseofTexas

The lying media is to blame.


87 posted on 01/18/2017 4:46:04 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: VRWCarea51

Trump needs to fire all senior level types in each agency.


88 posted on 01/18/2017 5:08:00 PM PST by Lumper20 (Muslims, Latinos, Asians etc. Assimilate means learn English plus OUR WAYS!)
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To: Mariner

They paid dudes in Michigan to not go hunting or fishing that day (since they were unemployed) to vote for Trump.


89 posted on 01/18/2017 5:14:13 PM PST by major-pelham
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To: Mariner
The FBI and five other law enforcement and intelligence agencies have collaborated for months in an investigation into Russian attempts to influence the November election, including whether money from the Kremlin covertly aided President-elect Donald Trump, two people familiar with the matter said.

SEEEEEE?

I tried to tell everyone!!!!!

"The Russians started out by financing Trump's Presidential campaign, realizing that a multi-billioniare would never have the resources to self-fund his own campaign. ........Naughty Russians!"

I mean let's face it. A multi-billionaire will not have the millions required to run a campaign, and though Trump spent 1/3 of what a normal Presidential campaign costs, he simply couldn't afford it out of the change in his sofa.

So NATURALLY he'd turn to the Russians!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When Trump takes office, one of the very first things he must do is clean out -- or disband -- most of the 'intelligence' agencies out there.

90 posted on 01/18/2017 5:20:23 PM PST by Lazamataz (TRUMP LIED TO ME!!!! ....He said I'd get sick of winning.... AND I'M NOT SICK OF WINNING YET!!!!)
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To: Roger Kaputnik

Yes, and impeachment will go SO WELL in a largely Republican house! lol


91 posted on 01/18/2017 5:23:24 PM PST by Lazamataz (TRUMP LIED TO ME!!!! ....He said I'd get sick of winning.... AND I'M NOT SICK OF WINNING YET!!!!)
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To: Mariner

The left wing maggots, who own McClatchey/Sac Bee only publish fake news!


92 posted on 01/18/2017 5:30:09 PM PST by Grampa Dave (The deadliest Islamic terror cell America has ever faced is leaving office, 20 Jan 2017!!)
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To: Mariner

I never thought I would compliment Kerry, but at least when he lost, he accepted it and moved on. Democrats have become such embarrassing sore losers. They refuse to accept loss, and they just keep making up idiotic lies to make Trump’s win seem illegitimate.


93 posted on 01/18/2017 5:32:53 PM PST by xenias
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To: Mariner; hoosiermama
Digging into the report, the headline is based on a claim in a January 12 BBC article by Paul Wood, "Trump 'compromising' claims: How and why did we get here?", that reported this:

Last April, the CIA director was shown intelligence that worried him. It was - allegedly - a tape recording of a conversation about money from the Kremlin going into the US presidential campaign.

It was passed to the US by an intelligence agency of one of the Baltic States. The CIA cannot act domestically against American citizens so a joint counter-intelligence taskforce was created.

The taskforce included six agencies or departments of government. Dealing with the domestic, US, side of the inquiry, were the FBI, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Justice. For the foreign and intelligence aspects of the investigation, there were another three agencies: the CIA, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the National Security Agency, responsible for electronic spying.

Lawyers from the National Security Division in the Department of Justice then drew up an application. They took it to the secret US court that deals with intelligence, the Fisa court, named after the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. They wanted permission to intercept the electronic records from two Russian banks.

Their first application, in June, was rejected outright by the judge. They returned with a more narrowly drawn order in July and were rejected again. Finally, before a new judge, the order was granted, on 15 October, three weeks before election day.

Neither Mr Trump nor his associates are named in the Fisa order, which would only cover foreign citizens or foreign entities - in this case the Russian banks. But ultimately, the investigation is looking for transfers of money from Russia to the United States, each one, if proved, a felony offence.

A lawyer- outside the Department of Justice but familiar with the case - told me that three of Mr Trump's associates were the subject of the inquiry. "But it's clear this is about Trump," he said.

I spoke to all three of those identified by this source. All of them emphatically denied any wrongdoing. "Hogwash," said one. "Bull***t," said another. Of the two Russian banks, one denied any wrongdoing, while the other did not respond to a request for comment.

The investigation was active going into the election. . .

So the basis of the allegation is John Brennan's word about a tape he allegedly received from an unnamed Baltic intelligence agency, the contents of which have never been presented to the public even though this has been under investigation for six months. Nor is there any indication that the investigation has turned up any evidence of improper money transfers.

94 posted on 01/18/2017 5:33:14 PM PST by Fedora
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To: All; LS

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95 posted on 01/18/2017 5:38:22 PM PST by Grampa Dave (The deadliest Islamic terror cell America has ever faced is leaving office, 20 Jan 2017!!)
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To: Fedora

I would not be surprised if the money went into Hillary’s campaign.


96 posted on 01/18/2017 6:09:02 PM PST by piasa
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To: Mariner

The FBI needs to be probed by Gen. “Mad Dog” Mattis and the 2ndMarDiv. Time to take these seditious fascist bureaucrats down.


97 posted on 01/18/2017 6:10:21 PM PST by sergeantdave (Cats are like potato chips - you can't have just one.)
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To: Lazamataz

And yet, Hillary spent twice as much money...
seems to me they should look under that rock.


98 posted on 01/18/2017 6:10:50 PM PST by piasa
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To: joshua c

Exactly.


99 posted on 01/18/2017 6:11:29 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Mariner
I bet the IC laments the fact they have lied so often, on such important matters over the years, that nobody believes a damn word they say today.

They got bigger fish to fry trying to separate themselves from the private wars and coups of Hillary Clinton.

100 posted on 01/18/2017 6:15:28 PM PST by Stentor
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