Posted on 03/14/2019 6:45:17 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Friday’s release of a transcript of Bruce Ohr’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee revealed several new tidbits. It also raised serious concerns that fake claims of collusion pushed by Glenn Simpson and Democratic opposition research shop Fusion GPS prompted the launch of not one, but two federal investigations: the Russia collusion investigation and investigations into the National Rifle Association (NRA).
During his day-long testimony last August, Ohr, then an associate deputy attorney general, explained his involvement—or non-involvement, if he is to be believed—in the Russia-collusion investigation. Ohr testified that he knew former MI6 spy and dossier author Christopher Steele for more than a decade and was acquainted with Steele’s boss, Fusion GPS head Simpson, for many years.
Ohr further explained that from July 30, 2016 until November 2017, both Steele and Simpson provided him “intel” related to supposed collusion between Russia and members of the Trump campaign. Ohr then passed this information on to the FBI, where it was used to, among other things, obtain FISA court orders to surveil and otherwise target the Trump campaign team.
But in an abbreviated aside, Ohr causally revealed one communique with Simpson that indicates the Fusion GPS founder pushed another false story that unleashed multiple federal investigations into the NRA.
During questioning, Ohr stated that Simpson mentioned “that Cleta Mitchell became aware of money moving through the NRA or something like that from Russia.” Ohr added that Simpson claimed that Mitchell—a D.C. attorney specializing in campaign-finance law and a former member of the NRA board of directors—“was upset about it.” But when asked how Simpson found out about Mitchell, Ohr testified, “I don’t think he said.”
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Do you think the FBI and IRS have dug deep into Media Matters?
The 99% of bad FBI agents give the hard-working 1% a bad name.
One question. Trump isn’t exactly short of money personally, and he was breaking the records of small donations. Why would he need some Byzantine plot to get money from Russia via the NRA, to keep himself afloat.
Why by fall? He has already done nothing as far as I’m concerned.
The FBI functioned as the goon thug arm of the Democrat Party. When a liberal elite turned to an FBI agent and said, “DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM” the agent took his position kissing that person’s butt.
The Federal Government currently serves two purposes.
Persecuting American Patriots and Facilitating their Replacement by Foreigners.
“Why by fall? He has already done nothing as far as I’m concerned.”
Sure he has. He’s given Mueller the go ahead to indict the President’s family
What’s truly frightening is not the corruption. It’s how many rank and file DemocRATs are perfectly fine with the misuse of govt power if it enables their sick agenda.
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