Posted on 06/04/2018 11:21:15 PM PDT by bitt
The US Senate today released over 500 pages of information related to the Spygate scandal.
Hidden in the information are unredacted Strzok – Page texts that show the FBI initiated actions to insert multiple spies in the Trump campaign in December 2015.
Once again Internet sleuths unearthed damning evidence that the FBI was engaged in Spygate long before they let on.
As we reported previously, according to far left Politico, Comey stated in March of 2017 under oath that the FBI investigation into the Trump – Russia scandal started in July 2016:
FBI Director James Comey told lawmakers Monday that his agency has been investigating possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian officials since last July [2016].
The newly revealed timeline — which Comey detailed in a much-anticipated House Intelligence Committee hearing — means the FBI probe was occurring during the peak of an alleged Russian campaign to destabilize the presidential race and eventually help elect President Donald Trump.
But Comey appears to have lied about this.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
don’t miss this story about RFK....
Sigh...A trap can only be set, the target still has to decide to take the bait. President Trump categorically denied any collusion. If there was no collusion, then there can be no entrapment. An entrapment scheme requires the solicitation of illegal activity by a government agent. Had the Trump campaign been approached by solicitation of illegal activity by an individual representing themselves to be an agent of a foreign government, the Trump campaign would have been obligated to report that solicitation to the FBI. This obligation is not necessarily a legal obligation. A citizen approached by individuals representing themselves as agents of a foreign government attempting to interfere in our elections would have an unambiguous moral obligation to report such a solicitation. No such report was made by the Trump campaign.
In the absence of a report of an illegal solicitation, one must either dismiss the allegations of an entrapment scheme or else be prepared to confront some extremely uncomfortable implications. If you believe that the FBI sought to entrap the Trump campaign then you must believe that the entrapment was successful. There really is no other plausible conclusion. We know of Trump Jr’s expressed interest in receiving information represented as part of the Russian government’s efforts on behalf of the Trump campaign. We also know that the campaign did not report being approached by individuals representing themselves as foreign agents. Given the known facts, it is apparent that any entrapment scheme would have been successful.
All of which is to say that if you believe there was an FBI entrapment scheme, you must believe the Trump campaign believed it was colluding with the Russian government and that the categorical denials of said collusion were lies. Furthermore, a claim of entrapment is only a defense against the crimes the entrapment scheme induced. Therefore, if you believe there was entrapment then you believe President Trump obstructed justice. This is an inescapable conclusion unless you believe the President was unaware of the activities of his own campaign. If entrapment occurred, then the President would have believed he colluded with the Russians. His categorical denials would then be lies. If he lied about his knowledge of what he believed to be collusion then his actions regarding the investigation can not be viewed as anything but obstruction. Furthermore, the admission that the President dictated the response to the media regarding the Trump Tower meeting would amount to both obstruction and witness tampering as defined by federal statute.
Do you believe any of that? I believe the President’s categorical denial. So why is this being pushed? If the allegations of entrapment are true, then Trump would have a moral duty to resign. If this is going to be the defense, then Pence should start boxing up his stuff since he will be upgrading his residence in short order. The defense to this Russian nonsense should be an unqualified claim of innocence. So far it has been. So why the hell are we pushing this thread? Entrapment equals collusion, pure and simple. I swear, the most dire threat to this administration are all the ADHD addled so-called allies that are incapable of staying on script. Not every news cycle needs a new conspiracy. If innocence is not the President’s defense, then the President is indefensible. Think things through people.
Yup
David Kendall? A blast from the past.
FLASHBACK!
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boy did we dodge lightening!
Veselnitskaya is an interesting subplot. Disclosure of her visa requests and approvals would certainly shine some light into this mess. Who made the decision and in what time frame to allow a her into the country with a regular business visa after being allowed in under the more restrictive probationary visa. The feds might cut some corners like letting Norks into the country, but are they going to do the same for some supposedly private attorney from Russia?
All roads lead to Barry Soetoro, aka ‘Obama’.....Netflix can do a series on this story of corruption....starring Obama.....
That would be pocket change from Hillary/Soros.
Downer is an Australian diplomat, not New Zealander...and there was a recent report that Papadopoulos wasn’t drunk at their meeting.
Don’t bring constitutional rationality into this. Far too many ignorant people here are ready to turn on those they considered leaders with the drop of a hat. Everyone is corrupt, everyone a traitor.
Sometimes pathology reigns.
I was about to say something similar. If Sessions is part of the Swamp , then he’s done his job. He insinuated himself into the campaign, earned Trump’s trust then turned on him...job complete.
Just once I’d like to read one of these articles that demonstrates the point of the headline right up front, instead of having to read past eight paragraphs each of which contains the word “bombshell” before I can even figure out whether there’s likely to be anything to it, if I read another ten paragraphs further down.
Huffington Post, LoL.
Me too.
Well that settles that.
1. Does the surveillance of DJT, along with other attempts aimed towards subverting the electoral process, rise to the level of an attempted coup? If not, then what is/was it? Merely illegal political partisanship activities a la Otter "yes, mistakes were made"?
2. If yes, it was in effect an attempted coup, then do those actions equate to an act of war? Let us note that it literally means "stroke of state" ie a highly leveraged revolutionary act. Since when does a revolution not constitute an act of war? Again, I'm willing to consider arguments that the coup wasn't an act of war.
3. However, if the attempted coup was indeed an act of war, then by any reasonable definition, this meets the criteria for treason, which is: levying, aiding and comforting an enemy, foreign or domestic.
So, now we come to the nitty gritty: if Trump has the back of at least 50% of We the People, and perhaps more importantly, the military, then doesn't he have the casus belli to reference Lincoln by issuing a proclamation similar to "... the laws of the United States have been, for some time past, and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the United State federal government in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law."
OK, so now we reach the next question, which is: why is the current situation in the US so unique that it contradicts all known historical precedent in terms retribution/retaliation with respect to defense of state security matters?
And this is what I truly don't get: Sessions, RR or any other players have to either be: (a) in an utter state of denial that their plans are unraveling to such an extent that it places them in actual personal peril; or (b) they have 'nads of steel, and are willing to keep pushing for a hail mary victory even as Hitler's bunker figuratively comes crashing down upon them.
Aaron Burr was tried for treason under the Jefferson administration and was freed because his actions did not constitute treason. He was planning to create an empire of his own and gathering arms and men.
So I think the term “treason” has such a specific meaning that it would be difficult to prove treason but a slam-dunk to prove Sedition.
There is a growing mountain of evidence pointing to corruption and partisanship in the DOJ and FBI. And it all leads to the Obama administration. This is seriously damaging stuff and the Democrats well know it.
My concern is that the Libs and their RINO pals are hoping that the mountain of evidence and the prolonged process of investigation becomes too much for the public to process, focus on, and comprehend. The only way out of this mess for them is if the public gets tired of the whole thing, not unlike the way the public has heard enough of the Russia probe and just wants it over. That’s the only card the Left has to play. Drag it out.
However....if a connection to the White House is revealed then all bets are off. The scandal then shifts into another gear and takes on new life.
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