Posted on 05/15/2019 6:08:35 AM PDT by chief lee runamok
A high-level dispute over which senior government officials pushed the unverified Steele dossier amid efforts to surveil the Trump campaign has broken out into the open again, after it emerged that Attorney General William Barr appointed a U.S. attorney to examine the origins of the Russia investigation and determine if the FBI and DOJ's actions were "lawful and appropriate."
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It was fun watching Rosenstein turn on Comey - and then partially walk it back. This is only gonna get worse (better!) as it unfolds.
Except he didn’t really. He mostly just took umbrage at the personal attacks. Rotten Rod is apparently just fine with Comey’s conduct on the Spygate issue. Didn’t say a word about it and said he understood why Comey would be angry after the way POTUS fired him.
Remember the infamous July 5 press conference where Director Comey laid out the results of the FBI investigation? At the time it was claimed he didn’t inform the Justice Department he was doing that, he didn’t give them a heads up. He’s kind of a strange cat, there might be some truth to that.
The DOJ probably wanted to announce, and he wanted to put his spin on it. It was super bizarre at the time, because as they say, it’s the Federal Bureau of Investigation, not Federal Bureau of Conclusions.
It’s really strange to try and get into some of these people’s heads and figure out “what were they thinking”? Near as I can tell, they figured Mrs. Clinton was a lock to “win” the election. But they had a lot of loose ends to manage.
The 2nd “reopening” of the investigation is a little tougher to figure. It wasn’t by choice, that’s for certain.
Not his job, he can't seem to stop putting his spin (LIES) on everything.
Remember how the left went mad after the Donald’s meeting with Putin and he said that Putin denied interfering with the election. The Donald expressed doubts about the ICA findings produced Brennan, Comey and Clapper. He was right.
The Donald has the amazing instincts of a cunning animal. I’m more impressed with him everyday.
I haven’t felt this good since the Reagan years. We are so fortunate he won in 2016.
Lets hope we get a good president in 2024 not some one like George Bush who never kept the Reagan revolution going..
Comey is on tape lying to the Senate, “no surveillance of Trump by FBI”. Start right there.
I agree. I saw Brennan on TV last night, and he was sounding all reasonable in a "Who, me?" sort of way. "Mistakes may have been made."
Remember what an angry, frothing at the mouth bastard he was when he thought the coup was working? He's in deep.
Agree though I would reverse the order.
Comey - Chief culprit
Brennan - happy enabler!
Simply because Comey’s been in the Clinton pocket longer.
Brennan is the chief culprit and Comey is the happy enabler.
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The key questions to focus on are: (1) who were the members of the cabal that knew what was going on, (2) who originated and orchestrated the plot, and (3) was Obama’s White House involved? There will be an inclination to isolate some of the culprits as key players but this was an expansive plot spanning several agencies.
Hold every one of them accountable for their participation in this subversion. Send them all to the Tower.
I think Ted Cruz would be a good successor. Rand Paul too.
I’m not a fan of Niki Haley. She folded after the Charleston incident and took down the flag that flew over the capitol. That was weak.
The Donald has the amazing instincts of a cunning animal. I’m more impressed with him everyday.
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I’ll be even more impressed when he declassifies and releases the FISA docs. The American people need to see them; it will provide a better understanding of what went on. Right now Spygate is a little abstract for them. They need to see hard evidence of real collusion.
Yes. You’re right. A large percentage of America was brain washed into believing the Russia hoax. However, the timeline and details of the plot are well known by the Donald’s supporters.
A simplified narrative and timeline of the coup needs to be injected into the Soros paid propaganda machine. Every day it must be forced to report on a detail of Obama’s treason for the next two years. Drip. Drip. Drip.
Convictions of Clapper, Brennan and Comey in October 2020 would be nice. The Donald can get Obama and Hillary in his second term.
Barack Hussein Obama, James Clapper, John Brennan, James Comey.....100% guilty candidates for “Orange Jump Suits” and forever lasting prison terms. All of them, plus adding Hillary Clinton are Traitors and Turncoats to the USA Republican and all its people!!! Case closed!!!Not quite.
Valery Jarret (Obama never did anything without her guidance), Loretta lynch, Joe Biden, maybe the backstabbing little bastard Jeff Sessions who might have been the mole. And a whole host of other underlings including Marie Harf. She looked really nervous, not her usual disgusting cocky self, on the five the day they were discussing the Mueller report. Someone better find out what did she know and when did she know it?
The Left would prefer to complicate the story as much as possible. Make it as opaque as possible and hard to understand. Trump and company on the other hand need to simplify it. Unless its put in the simplest of terms that enable Americans to EASILY connect the dots the story will be largely ignored.
As was once famously said: “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.”
I agree with absolutely every thing you say.
I’ve always felt this way, esp in that I think Americans should LEARN from their president.
The left, esp the MSM are so stupid. If a journalist would just sit down, and take a different attitude towards Trump, i.e. the same as people like Candace Evans, Laura Ingraham, Hannity etc. they would be reporting on the fine qualities of the man.
This idea that he’s a racist, sexist etc etc is getting so old and tired that it’s laughable, but these dumb@sses are going to continue this for the next 6 years.
The counter-intel op of patriots that surrounds POTUS is said to already have a successor chosen to carry the reforms forward. They’ve thought of everything. There will be no GHWB type insertion posing as Trump 2.0, it will be the real thing.
None of them will fall on their sword for Obama if it means 20 years in Club Fed.
It's because they are stupid. When you look at a Tim Conway or the hundreds of other comedians that were actually funny it was because of their creativity. People like Stephen Colbert has zero talent and no creativity, it's not hared to bash Trump as your shtick and get the kooky libs to laugh.
Did you see Trump at that rally yesterday in New Orleans (?). OMG he’s funny.
I mean he went thru the list of democrat hopefuls. It was hilarious.
He could easily do stand up.
Creepy Joe, Sleepy Joe. How does he come up with this?
It never gets old.
I love this man. I learn from him.
I’ll be even more impressed when he declassifies and releases the FISA docs.We all want that for selfish reasons but once they're declassified they'll be picked apart until there's nothing left but confusion.
Timing is everything. All of the players, even the names we don't know, are looking over their shoulder with the threat of declassifying and they all know their own positions in the scam could be exposed...Trump knows what he's doing.
Let's not forget the kind of people he had to deal with building in new York. He's now dealing with children by comparison.
Because of the threat of declassification some of the players whose names could surface will start to come forward to try and clear their names. They'll start throwing others under the bus without being subpoenaed..
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