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New Texts Reveal FBI Leaked Information to the Press to Damage Trump
saraacarter.com ^ | September 10, 2018 | 2:44 PM EDT | By Sara Carter

Posted on 09/10/2018 1:35:57 PM PDT by Red Badger

Rep. Meadows sent a letter to Deputy AG Rosenstein saying a "review of the new documents raises greave concerns regarding an apparent systemic culture of media leaking by high-ranking officials at the FBI and DOJ related to ongoing investigations"

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Newly released text messages and documents obtained by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee reveal that senior members of the FBI and Department of Justice led a coordinated effort to leak unverified information to the press regarding alleged collusion with Russia to damage President Donald Trump’s administration, according to a letter sent by the committee to the DOJ Monday.

READ: Letter from MRM to DAG Rosensteino DOJ

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-NC, sent the letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein saying a “review of the new documents raises grave concerns regarding an apparent systemic culture of media leaking by high-ranking officials at the FBI and DOJ related to ongoing investigations.”

The review of the documents suggests that the FBI and DOJ coordinated efforts to get information to the press that would potentially be “harmful to President Trump’s administration.” Those leaks pertained to information regarding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court warrant used to spy on short-term campaign volunteer Carter Page.

The letter lists several examples:

April 10, 2017: (former FBI Special Agent) Peter Strzok contacts (former FBI Attorney) Lisa Page to discuss a “media leak strategy.” Specifically, the text says: “I had literally just gone to find this phone to tell you I want to talk to you about media leak strategy with DOJ before you go.” April 12, 2017: Peter Strzok congratulates Lisa Page on a job well done while referring to two derogatory articles about Carter Page. In the text, Strzok warns Page two articles are coming out, one which is “worse” than the other about Lisa’s “namesake”.” Strzok added: “Well done, Page.”

The letter notes the troubling nature of the text messages. Former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was fired by Attorney General Jeff Sessions after a scathing report from the DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s investigation charging McCabe with lying to investigators and leaking to the press. Last week, the DOJ announced that McCabe is currently under a grand jury investigation.

The letter notes that the two text messages in April 2017 were during the same time frame as the DBI and DOJ officials were having conversations with reporters. During that time the Washington Post “broke a story on the Carter Page FISA application on April 11, 2017, setting off a flurry of articles suggesting connections between President Trump and Russia.”

Review of the new documents raises grave concerns regarding an apparent systemic culture of media leaking by high-ranking officials at the FBI and DOJ related to ongoing investigations

Meadows, who is also Chairman of the Freedom Caucus, is also demanding that the DOJ turn over more emails and text messages of other senior DOJ and FBI officials.

“In light of the new information, our task force is requesting to review text messages, emails, and written communication form FBI and DOJ officials Stu Evans, Mike Kortan, and Joe Pientka between June 2016 to June 2017,” said Meadows in the letter. “To be clear, we are not suggesting wrongdoing on the part of Evans, Kortan, and Pientka- and, in fact, previously reviewed documents suggest that some of these individuals may share the committees’ same concerns.”

“However, these additional documents, with an emphasis on communication between the aforementioned individuals and Peter Strzok, Andrew McCabe, Lisa Page, Bruce Ohr, and Andrew Weissmann, would provide critical insight into the backdrop of the Russia investigation.”

Pientka, a Special Agent in the FBI’s Russia division, interviewed former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn in early 2017 with Strzok at the White House.

So far, the FBI has not granted the committee’s permission to subpoena Pientka, who was the only other FBI agent to interview Flynn. According to former FBI Director James Comey, neither Pientka or Strzok believed Flynn was lying during their interview with him. However, Flynn still pled guilty to one count of lying to the FBI after Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office spent months questioning him. Sources close to Flynn told this news outlet that Flynn was strong-armed by Mueller’s office who threatened to go after his family and mounting legal bills led to his decision.

We refrain from discussing our sources

In March this news outlet also revealed that Weissmann, a top prosecutor on the Mueller team, had met with reporters from the Associated Press in April 2017 just one day before their explosive story on Paul Manafort’s dealings with Ukraine officials.

According to sources familiar with the meeting, the reporters had promised to share documents and other information gleaned from their own investigation with the Justice Department.

AP spokeswoman Lauren Easton told this news outlet, “we refrain from discussing our sources.”

“Associated Press journalists meet with a range of people in the course of reporting stories, and we refrain from discussing relationships with sources. However, the suggestion that AP would voluntarily serve as the source of information for a government agency is categorically untrue,” added Easton.

At the time of the meeting, Weissmann was head of the Justice Department’s fraud division. He was the most senior member of the Justice Department to join the special counsel in May.

The AP meeting arranged by Weissmann came to light in a letter sent to Justice Department Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein from House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-CA, late last year, requesting specific FBI and DOJ documentation related to the controversial Fusion GPS dossier that alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

That meeting with the AP was attended by three different litigating offices. Two employees from the U.S. Justice Department and the other representative was from the U.S. Attorney’s office, according to the sources. FBI agents also attended the meeting, law enforcement sources confirmed.

According to sources, the FBI agents in attendance filed a complaint about Weissmann and the meeting with the DOJ fearing his arrangement of such a meeting would hurt the investigation.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: andrewmccabe; christopherwray; coup; deepstate; doj; fbi; jamesclapper; jamescomey; johnbrennan; leaks; leonpanetta; lisabarsoomian; lisapage; media; michaelcohen; msm; perjury; peterstrzok; robertmueller; rodrosenstein; russiagate; saracarter; smearcampaign; steeledossier; strzoktexts; susanrice; tds
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1 posted on 09/10/2018 1:35:57 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Whatta bout the FIB, CIA and DoJusticeUS paying well known media personalities for “placement of Gov’t product”?


2 posted on 09/10/2018 1:38:53 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Red Badger

But of course, no crimes here, let’s move on.


3 posted on 09/10/2018 1:39:15 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Red Badger

Whatta bout the FIB, CIA and DoJustUS paying well known media personalities for “placement of Gov’t product”?


4 posted on 09/10/2018 1:39:19 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Red Badger

Sorry, if Woodturd doesn’t report then it must not have happened.


5 posted on 09/10/2018 1:39:51 PM PDT by budj (combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations)
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To: Red Badger

bttt


6 posted on 09/10/2018 1:40:14 PM PDT by timestax
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To: Red Badger

WOW.... No matter the election results, the crap will hit the fan immediately after.... and it should. Including Mueller and Rosenstein.


7 posted on 09/10/2018 1:41:33 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: Red Badger

We’re all impatient, but there’s definitely a plan at work.

Slow and methodical - drip drip drip

Chinese Water Torture - driving the Deep State insane, enticing them to react and make mistakes.

Go Trump - MAGA
Go Melania aka Lady MAGA

Q is real


8 posted on 09/10/2018 1:43:13 PM PDT by HombreSecreto (The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year)
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To: Red Badger

http://www.wmal.com/mornings-on-the-mall/

Joe DiGenova: Muller has told close associates that he was given a “piece of crap” on collusion.


9 posted on 09/10/2018 1:44:31 PM PDT by roses of sharon ("Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise." Luke 23:43)
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To: Red Badger

Insurrection


10 posted on 09/10/2018 1:45:34 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave

Sedition...................


11 posted on 09/10/2018 1:46:14 PM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
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To: Red Badger

FBI is a joke, always has been. J Edgar Hoover went after MLK. Current FBI (Comey/Mueller,Ray, who knows who’s really in charge) going after DJT. Good luck, treacherous Feds, you’ll need it.


12 posted on 09/10/2018 1:48:50 PM PDT by scottinoc
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To: Red Badger

De-fund them and take away their right to carry.


13 posted on 09/10/2018 1:50:44 PM PDT by Don Corleone (Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
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To: Red Badger

To be discussing their “media leak strategy” in text messages as late as April 2017, well into the presidency, merits real action DOJ! Outrageous and not very bright from this deep-state coup-conspirator.


14 posted on 09/10/2018 1:59:23 PM PDT by monkeybrau
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To: Red Badger

The Deep State leaked to hurt the current administration.

Well, DUH!


15 posted on 09/10/2018 1:59:32 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: monkeybrau

Trump was supposed to be gone by June, according to Strozk...............


16 posted on 09/10/2018 2:09:20 PM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
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To: Red Badger

And nothing matters because nothing will be done about it. Hannity will lament it tonight, the MSM will ignore it. Sessions is handling immigration in the corner. The end.


17 posted on 09/10/2018 2:22:53 PM PDT by Pinkbell
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To: Pinkbell

“FBI Leaked Information to the Press to Damage Trump”...……..

If we had a real Attorney General, the bastards would already be in court pleading for forgiveness as the judge sentences them to life.


18 posted on 09/10/2018 2:26:02 PM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Pinkbell

Buckle up, Sunshine, the ride is getting rough....................


19 posted on 09/10/2018 2:29:58 PM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
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To: roses of sharon

“...he was given a “piece of crap” on collusion....”

Oh, there is plenty-o-Collusion about 2016. Mueller should get on it or just turn in his keys and finger Rosie the Weasel as a fraudster.


20 posted on 09/10/2018 2:33:07 PM PDT by Paladin2
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