FBI had doubts about Russia informant's allegation that helped prompt Mike Flynn probe

justthenews.com ^ | 3/23/2021 | john Solomon

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Stefan Halper's story of Flynn trip with Russian woman deemed 'not plausible … not accurate.'

Five days before the FBI formally opened the Michael Flynn probe in summer 2016, a confidential informant alleged to agents that Donald Trump's national security adviser had left a 2014 foreign meeting alone with a Russian woman. Agents ultimately deemed the account "not plausible" and "not accurate" but proceeded to investigate Flynn anyway, newly declassified documents show.

FBI confidential human source (CHS) reports show Stefan Halper, an academic who long worked for the bureau as a trusted informant, was the original source of a story that Flynn had left a 2014 event in Cambridge, England, with the Russian scholar Svetlana Lokhova while he was still the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

The story was later leaked to the news media and became the focal point of a defamation lawsuit by Lokhova that is now on appeal. It also was listed in FBI documents as part of the reason the bureau opened a counterintelligence probe of Flynn.

Robert Luskin, a lawyer for Halper, did not return an email seeking comment Monday. Flynn and Lokhova did not immediately return calls or emails seeking comment.

The memos show Halper offered the Lokhova story during his first Russia collusion debriefing on Aug. 11, 2016, shortly after Donald Trump had accepted the Republican presidential nomination and days before the bureau opened an investigation codenamed Crossfire Razor focused on whether Flynn was wittingly or unwittingly aiding Moscow.

"The CHS relayed an incident s/he witnessed when CROSSFIRE RAZOR (CR) spoke at [redacted name of Cambridge event]. The CHS was unsure of the date, but noted

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[Lurkinanloomin]

And yet they bravely forged ahead with forged documents to forge a path of forgery before the court.

[DesertRhino]

No, they didn’t. There wasn’t a Russian source. It was created by Fusion GPS and Steele.

They have to keep pretending there was a Russian “source” because that just means they were tricked, or a little sloppy.
If there was no Russian source, then what they did was pure treason, and Brit intel and five eyes ran an operation to interfere in a US election. So they will go on pretending there was some Russian source.

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Stefan Halper has close ties to Vyasheslov Trubnikov...

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"On October 11, 2016, [Christopher] Steele was interviewed in Washington by [Hillary-Obama] State Department official Kathleen Kavalec.

In that interview, he [Steele] identified two of his insider Kremlin sources as Vladislav Surkov and Vyasheslov Trubnikov.”

Surkov has spent over a decade moving up in the regime. In 2013, he became Putin's personal adviser, particularly on Georgia and Ukraine, where Putin has since made major territorial annexations.

Kremlin-wise, Surkov is top-echelon; he's sometimes referred to as "Putin's Rasputin."

Trubnikov is a longtime regime eminence who ran the SVR (Russia external intelligence service, analogous to the CIA) before Putin came to power. Since then, he has continued to be an insider, while moving on to critical positions...”

--Andrew McCarthy, National Review, May 29, 2019
Article: Was Brennan's 'Intelligence Bombshell' the Steele Dossier?

[DesertRhino]

Halper, Steele and the FBI conspired against our nation. Halper is a US citizen. No subpoena, no demand that he return to the USA. Mueller never sent anyone to interview him.

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"The Daily Caller reported that Halper has an extensive relationship with [Vyacheslav] Trubnikov, the former head of Russia’s foreign intelligence service who served as a source for Christopher Steele’s infamous dossier.

In January, Senator Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) cited Halper’s use of Trubnikov as a source for a 2015 Pentagon study on China-Russia relations as a rationale to expand a probe into the DOD’s awarding of more than $1 million in contracts to Halper since 2012. ..."

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/stefan-halper-touted-contacts-with-russian-intel-officers-in-conversation-with-papadopoulos-transcript-shows/

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f.i.b is pure SWAMP.

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[James] Baker’s claim of ignorance about the “purported relationship” between Halper and Trubnikov appears to be betrayed by Trubnikov being invited by Halper to speak at his Cambridge University seminars in 2012 and 2015, and recently declassified transcripts show Halper’s recorded Russia-related discussion with Papadopoulos began with Halper name-dropping high-level Russian officials, including Trubnikov.

“I have a lot of friends in Russia,” Halper said. “One of them is Slava Truvnikoff [sic]. Do you know Truvnikoff? Truvnikoff was the director of KGB and the FSB.”

Halper told Papadopoulos: “I brought him to talk to [redacted] to talk to us about how their intelligence service works.”

“He was very forthcoming,” Halper said. ..."

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/top-gop-senator-pentagon-office-continually-failed-to-provide-answers-on-spygate-figure-stefan-halper

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"...the Clinton campaign, and ultimately the Obama administration, colluded with Russians for the purpose of accusing Donald Trump of . . . yes . . . colluding with Russians."

--Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, Sept 26, 2020
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Steele's Dossier Source Was a Suspected Russian Spy

Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, Sept 26, 2020

In an effort to depict Donald Trump as if he were in an espionage conspiracy with the Kremlin, the Obama administration used bogus information, from a man the FBI suspected was an actual Russian spy.

It turns out that Igor Danchenko, the man the FBI suspected of being an actual Russian spy, initially provided the bogus information about the American, Carter Page, through a former British spy, Christopher Steele.

Through a couple of cut-outs, Steele had been retained by the Clinton campaign to dig up -- or, alas, to make up -- Russian dirt on Trump. Through his private intelligence business in London, Steele was known to be working for Russian oligarchs, while Danchenko was on Steele's payroll.

That is, the Clinton campaign, and ultimately the Obama administration, colluded with Russians for the purpose of accusing Donald Trump of . . . yes . . . colluding with Russians."

--Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, Sept 26, 2020
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Rep. Devin Nunes (R-California), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, on Robert Mueller's May 29, 2019 press conference:

Nunes: "Well, he [Mueller] should have been gone after day two.

He has no Russians, except for the Fusion and Clinton Russians, and possibly the dirty cop, the FBI's Russians, those are the only Russians that he has, to show “connections” to the Trump campaign.

Clearly, the Clinton operation is heavily working with Russians or Russian disinformation. He didn’t take time to look into any of that"
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Senator Lindsey Graham (R)
Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee

July 27, 2020:

“ He [Igor Danchenko, working for Christopher Steele] calls up a bunch of people in Russia.

Who do you think this information came from?

It came from the Russian intelligence service."

[FlingWingFlyer]

They were just doing what their democrat massahs were telling them to do. Just as they are right now. Snowflake FBI Agents. ROTFLMAO.

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[Obama] CIA Chief Brennan hid intel saying Russia wanted Hillary win in 2016

May 13, 2020 - Ryan Morgan

Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell is working to declassify documents relating to the investigations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and, according to Fox News' Ed Henry, some of those declassified documents will actually show a Russian effort to benefit Hillary Clinton during the election, not Donald Trump.

Henry told Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday's "Tucker Carlson Tonight" that four or five new batches of intelligence are being declassified, one of which contains an assessment that Brennan sought to suppress, showing that Russia wanted Clinton to win. ...”

"Remember the U.S. intel community came out with that remarkable statement, an assessment that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, and most importantly the intel report claimed that Russia interfered because they wanted Donald Trump to win," Henry said. That of course followed the narrative of the now-discredited Steele Dossier. ..."

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Solomon is great, but there is an obvious question not asked in this article: Who instructed Halper to destroy Flynn, target other Trump campaign associates, and manufacture provide “information” to fuel FBI investigations? From there, peel it back to the originator.

We can be sure Halper didn’t just spontaneously start up.
ONI seems to have been a conduit for paying Halper. Was it also the path for instructions to him from the Brennan driving the plot for Hillary Clinton?

[AnthonySoprano]

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These questions are so weakened as time goes by - by design.

Horowitz and others bamboozled Solomon and Hannity.

They have the Biden DoJ, they are going to protect their Buddies.

And why is the DoJ always destroying evidence in these cases after a preservation order has been issued?

I think the point is ratings at this juncture.

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[AnthonySoprano]

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Russia was sending Millions to Joe Biden’s son.

It’s not even complicated, just off-limits.

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[katie didit]

The whole cabal is guilty of sedition, from the big O on down.

And, they are back.

Mind boggling corruption. Just unbelievable lawlessness.

[mass55th]

But they went with it anyway because it supported the narrative of the investigation they wanted to conduct. And nobody will be held accountable for any of it. Not in this life anyway.

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Russia was sending Millions to Joe Biden’s son.

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"RUSSIA COLLUSION" (written by myself, based on what I dug up and my own prior knowledge)

The 'Trump-Russia collusion' story was of course a hoax, a COVER, to hide what THEY (the notoriously traitorous Democrats) were doing, as the only evidence for Russia collusion involves THEM!

1) Newly unclassified docs reportedly state (surprise-surprise) Russians actually wanted HILLARY to win, not Trump! Obama CIA chief Brennan hid the evidence!!

2) Top Putin aids (Vladislav Surkov and Vyacheslav Trubnikov) provided disinformation (fake 'dirt') on Trump! (via RUSSIAN AGENT Igor Danchenko) for Clinton campaign/DNC paid-for Steele dossier!!

3) Obama-Biden DENIED desperately requested military assistance to Ukraine during the 2014 Russia invasion of Crimea!! At the time (2014) Trump had sharply and publicly (on NBC's Today Show, and elsewhere) criticized the Obama administraion, asserting that "Putin has eaten Obama's lunch" once again.

4) $3.5 MILLION (via Hunter Biden) from the wife of a former mayor of Moscow! (Elena Baturina) The former mayor of Moscow (Yuri Luzhkov) was a strong advocate for Russia invading and taking over Crimea. The $3.5 million reportedly passed hands within WEEKS of the Russia invasion of Crimea! (Feb-Mar 2014). Obama admin did nothing but provide them food rations and blankets! They had begged him for military equiptment.

5) Burisma owner (Mykola Zlochevsky) was/is a RUSSIA ALLY! Joe Biden's son worked for and brought in millions from Burisma. Joe is ON VIDEO BRAGGING about extorting the Ukrainians into firing the prosecutor who was investigating his son and the corrupt RUSSIA-ALLIED owner of the company. Zlochevsky was an official of the former 'puppet' regime that Putin had installed in the Ukraine via a rigged election. Viktor Yanukovych, the 'puppet' president of that regime's pro-American opponent in the election (Viktor Yushchenko) barely survived an assassination attempt by poisoning. His face was left badly pock-mocked for a long time afterward. Putin is widely believed to be responsible.

6) For 8 years the Obama-Biden-Clinton admin immensely HELPED the Russians, via Obama's promised and delivered "flexibility" on missile defense, the Russia-favoring New Start nuke treaty, the Putin-loving Iran deal (Iran and Syria are pawns of Russia in the oil/gas-rich Middle East), the Uranium-One deal, where Obama-Hillary allowed Russia to take ownership of 20% of our uranium production!

7) They (Obama-Biden) deliberately slashed OUR military to pieces. Fortunately, Trump has/had since brought it back times 10.

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Obama had the GOP over the barrel once they assisted in his usurpation.

[lurk]

Old news. Everyone knew it was bogus.