If President Trump declassifies evidence in the Russia investigation, Carter Page’s summer bike ride to a Virginia farm and George Papadopoulos’s hasty academic jaunt to London may emerge as linchpin proof of FBI surveillance abuses during the 2016 election.
The two trips have received scant attention. But growing evidence suggests both Trump campaign advisers made exculpatory statements — at the very start of the FBI’s investigation — that undercut the Trump-Russia collusion theory peddled to agents by Democratic sources.
The interesting thing is how conventional wisdom is moving on this one. Up until the past few weeks it was assumed by most that Mueller's report would be devastating to the President and that it was just a matter of how much of the claims of Trump-Russia collusion would be exposed.
But now it seems that the conventional wisdom is that Mueller has not uncovered any proof, and that the report will provide very little in terms of ammunition for the left. There are still some who will argue for the rest of their lives that Trump colluded with Putin to steal the election, but unless Mueller's report confirms this that will quickly become the minority opinion.
Moreover, we are now wallowing into the possibility that if Trump didn't collude with the Russians, that perhaps all of this time the FBI spent trying to prove something might not have been in the best interest of truth and justice. There is a growing demand by many that if Mueller's report is a dud, that a second special counsel should be formed to get to the bottom of whether or not these investigations were honest pursuits of the truth, or just a means to hassle and delegitimize a candidate (and then a President) that many in the FBI and DOJ did not approve of.
As Adam Schiff likes to argue, there is already plenty of evidence in the public eye that the FBI and players in the DOJ were acting in bad faith. It is just a matter of to what degree and how high up the ladder it went.
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I think Trump will declassify a lot of this, but if he does it before Mueller's report, he'll be accused of obstruction of justice.
President Donald Trump on Friday insisted there should be no report from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, denouncing the investigation as "illegal."
every single individual within the FBI that was even remotely attached to this fishing expedition belongs in prison, and comey, mccabe, page and strzok need to die there.
there needs to be consequences for what they did that will discourage anyone else from ever trying the same.
and the FBI needs to be destroyed, every remnant of it burned, and the earth salted upon which it stood.
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The key takeaway from the devastating Lisa Page testimony is that late into 2017 the FBI still suspected the case against Trump could’ve been “literally nothing.” YET, the FBI already swore in front of the FISA court that they’d VERIFIED the info used in the 2016/17 investigation
5:37 AM - 13 Mar 2019
hang 'em high.
oh look, it was a john mcstain flunky who was responsible for peddling the steele dossier to the asshat media:
An associate of late Arizona Sen. John McCain described in detail his contacts with a dozen journalists and several government officials regarding the infamous Steele dossier, according to a transcript of a court deposition unsealed Thursday.
David Kramer, a former State Department official, said in a deposition on Dec. 13, 2017 that he provided a copy of Christopher Steele’s dossier to reporters from McClatchy, NPR, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and BuzzFeed and CNN’s Carl Bernstein.
He also shared the report with State Department official Victoria Nuland, Obama National Security Counsel official Celeste Wallander and Illinois GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger.
Kramer’s deposition sheds new light on the campaign by Steele and his employer, Fusion GPS, to disseminate the dossier to the press and government officials.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/14/john-mccain-dossier-steele-reporters/
trump was right all along about mcstain.
And in investigating Russian collusion Mueller and his gang of all democrat pit bulls ignored the checks Hillary actually wrote to Russian actors ala Jessie Smollett.
I don't buy incompetent, I agree she needs to be actually investigated after the bad actors who protected her are locked up. You can die from smoke inhalation around all these parties.
And the democrat party should finally receive it's just reward and it isn't pretty.
It is normal to criticize the press.
What is abnormal is wiretapping them. Barack Hussein Obama did.
What also is abnormal is using the national security apparatus to spy on political opponents. Barack Hussein Obama did.
What is abnormal is to set up your successor for an investigation by working with CNN to hand the new president a Fake Dossier. Barack Hussein Obama did.
What is abnormal is to implant your political appointees in the early stages of the new administration to sabotage the new president. Sally Yates, Jim Comey, and others were mutineers.
The transfer of power has not been normal because for too long the nation has mollycoddled the left's nastiness and treachery.
Instead of extending courtesy and deference to our new president by being gracious in losing, the left rioted on Inauguration Day.
The media never gave him a honeymoon, as it started its coverage by stating falsely that President Trump removed the bust of Martin Luther King from the Oval Office.
Barack Hussein Obama allowed his first secretary of state and would-be successor to accept millions in foreign bribes to her Fake Charity that operated as a campaign-in-waiting.
Barack Hussein Obama also stopped any prosecution of her for making state secrets available to anyone including her foreign donors.
Obama never said that the Fake News is an enemy of the people.
yeah,
skeets just surveilled james rosen AND his family.
skeets just surveilled several AP reporters.
skeets just bitched about fox news every fucking day.
skeets just facilitated a coup of his successor by employing criminals who COLLUDED with the media.
ironically, it's skeets hussein 0linsky who MADE the 'democracy dies in apples and bananas' media the enemy of the people.
good job, skeets. you took the slow, steady corruption of the mainstream media and just floored the fucking accelerator.
Peter Strzok's Congressional Testimony: Robert Mueller Never Asked Me About My Many, Many Anti-Trump Texts. He Didn't Seem to Care About Them At All.
After the anti-Trump texts came to light, Mueller booted Strzok from the special counsel probe, but according to the FBI agent's testimony, Mueller's team never asked him whether the anti-Trump bias revealed in his text messages impacted his investigation of alleged collusion between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia.
In the June 2018 hearing, Strzok repeated over and over that Mueller's team never asked him about the anti-Trump bias in the texts or whether that bias impacted his work. This news seems particularly damning since it suggests the special counsel's team did not care whether Strzok's work was colored by anti-Trump bias.
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"Did special counsel Mueller or the other attorney in the room ask you whether or not your expression of personal belief about Donald Trump influenced any of the actions or decisions that you had taken or any of the evidence or information that you had gathered?" Ratcliffe asked.
Strzok replied, "No."
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/380246.php
a just nation would be building gallows and assembling firing squads by now.
in a just nation Obama should be put under oath telling what he knows and when he knew hit.
Just a smidgen of evidence pointing at him
like how did Hillary's email address get on his blackberry,
When did he find out about the dossier and it's sources
What did he know about Trump surveillance
actually a ton more but will leave for others,,,
Well Scott, rrb has gone out of his mind. We "a just nation would be building gallows and assembling firing squads by now".
When I look at the killing in New Zealand I begin to wonder if we will have another Oklahoma City Oklahoma bombing. Extremism!
Attempting to prosecute the former President or opponents is the actions of a dictatorship.
Attempting to prosecute the former President or opponents is the actions of a dictatorship.
Not if they broke the law it isn't...
It's our responsibility of a nation of laws to put them all in prison if they broke the law. Every. Last. One.
You don't get a pass on your behavior, just because you are no longer in power.
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"Attempting to prosecute the former President or opponents is the actions of a dictatorship."
But roger has no trouble doing that to the current president.
interesting.
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if this is true roger will be devastated yet again
anybody see a pattern yet ?????
Yes, the pattern is the Three Socialist Stooges of CHT are sheep .
But roger has no trouble doing that to the current president.
interesting.
and he doesn't even possess the self-awareness to understand the glaring contradiction.
he would let skeets walk in the face of crimes actually committed, while impeaching and/or indicting trump over having committed no crimes or wrongdoing at all.
behold the power of TDS.
no wonder mail order bailed on his mentally ill ass.
how much you want to bet she has an order of protection on him?
Rat
I keep telling you. Roger left his wife for Stormy Daniels.
Notice that Mail Order kicked his ads out.
She will get half of his pension pay outs.
CHT, lol.
It's just sex.
rumor has it that stormy daniels gave roger the ex in sex
Your author is a fraud and asshole...
Paul McCleary, writing for the Columbia Journalism Review, has been critical of John Solomon's reporting. In 2007, he wrote that Solomon had earned a reputation for hyping stories without solid foundation. In 2012, Mariah Blake, writing for the Columbia Journalism Review, wrote that Solomon "has a history of bending the truth to his storyline," and that he "was notorious for massaging facts to conjure phantom scandals.
And you post it as gospel as your minions all drool around trumps dick....So sad!!!!
I keep telling you. Roger left his wife for Stormy Daniels.
And your ex wife was so ugly she couldn't even be raped....assholes....
Oooops.....could also affect gdp if it goes really bad...Back to mid 2's gdp
The global grounding of the 737 Max aircraft isn’t just bad news for Boeing (BA) – it’s likely to weigh on key metrics of the health of the U.S. economy as well, according to a new report from Wells Fargo Securities.
Boeing has more than 5,000 orders booked for the 737-Max, including 376 deliveries. In the event that some of these orders get rolled back, expect to see overall U.S. durable goods orders take a hit, said Tim Quinlan, Wells Fargo Securities senior economist.
“If some of those orders were to be canceled, the Commerce Department would subtract them from the headline figure in the month in which they occur for the durable goods report,” Quinlan said, citing discussions with Commerce Department staff.
Amazing, now a killer terrorist identifies our asshole in chief as a symbol of white supremacy.....and you guys keep slurping!!!!
Donald Trump tweeted a link to Breitbart, a far-right website that peddles xenophobia and extremist ideologies, as a terrorist conducted a brutal massacre in New Zealand after releasing a manifesto that celebrated the US president as “a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose.”
"I don't think that right wing rhetoric is a problem "
It's just a small number of people.
Just killed 49 people
The invasion of brown skinned people is a National emergency
The invasion of brown skinned people is a National emergency
Was that the most pathetic POS ever broadcast from the WH???? More lies than KD and CH making shit up here....Seems the only way to keep the R base happy is to lie about the wall being built today and millions of people swarming the borders....Rat hole barricades himself in his basement with a 6 pack of stupidity.....
Roger-
This is Arizona data - over a 32 year period
Among nearly 4,000 first- and second-degree murder convictions, undocumented immigrants accounted for nearly 13 percent
Let's do a little math here, shall we?
4000*13% = 520/32
That is 16.25 murders per year by undocumented immigrants... JUST IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA!
Every year!
“Congress has the freedom to pass this resolution, and I have the duty to veto it,” he said, before calling the resolution “dangerous” and “reckless.”
Where in the Constitution do you see this reason for the veto???
That is 16.25 murders per year by undocumented immigrants.
And 38000 in the US killed every year by guns......And that's just guns!!!!
I see you too need to barricade yourself in your basement with ass breath....The only emergency here is your lack of a working brain.....
Hey Asshole... did you know 12,000 americans are killed every year from falling down stairs.....will that make you scared of climbing them????
https://ellisinjurylaw.com/premises/how-many-people-have-died-from-falling-down-stairs/
16.5 per year. In a state with a population of 7.172 million.
This is a National emergency.
Trumpism demands intellectual dishonesty and cognitive dissonance since Donald Trump was elected by a minority popular vote.
1.3 million people die in car accidents per year.
Let's ban cars!
1.3 million people die in car accidents per year
Nice stat to bad you aren’t honest enough to note that’s worldwide not just in the US.
HACK...HACK...HACK...
16.5 per year. In a state with a population of 7.172 million.
It's actually statistically worse that 49 deaths in a country of 24 million
and that's still only one of 50 states.
You get all bent out of shape over one... which involves non-Americans.
But take no issue with the a much larger rate of killing of American citizens.
Can you explain why Muslim deaths in another country bother you SOOOO more than American deaths?
"1.3 million people die in car accidents per year. " Suddenly Single Roger
Annual United States Road Crash Statistics
Over 37,000 people die in road crashes each year
An additional 2.35 million are injured or disabled
Over 1,600 children under 15 years of age die each year
Nearly 8,000 people are killed in crashes involving drivers ages 16-20
Road crashes cost the U.S. $230.6 billion per year, or an average of $820 per person
Road crashes are the single greatest annual cause of death of healthy U.S. citizens traveling abroad
Denise and Alky equally fucktarded
Yep too many Brown people.
It is almost like it was in The 1890s.Too many Chinese too many Italian's the were Catholics . You don't want to admit that underlying everything his campaign promises was to keep the demographics in favor of the white suburban voters. And Yes, it has a deeply racist attitude towards Mexicans and central America. There is no invasion. They are not an army invaders, the vast majority are families fleeing from dictatorships and drug cartels.
We are a nation of immigrants, my earliest relative came from Germany in 1759. He is buried in Pennsylvania. Unless you are a native American, you are all immigrants.
The worst part of the whole thing is the expansion of executive authority. If President Harris declares a National emergency to deal with climate change! Would you mind that expansion of executive privilege to control spending, that is the duty of the house of representatives, not the President following his campaign promises as he waved his arms like a madman!
You are betraying everything you used to stand for because Trump told you to do so.
Why ate vehicle deaths a subject both Alky and Denise are talking about?
Roger, your post are Cray cray.
With all those people dying by all those causes...
Why does anyone give a bigger rip about 49 Muslims who live across the other side of the world?
Because of politics?
Only 11 years 10 months left as life as we know it.
The author of this opinion piece of shit is the chief editor of the Washington Times.
To appreciate the significance of the two men’s interactions with Halper, one must understand the rules governing the FBI when it seeks a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant such as the one secured against Page.
First, the FBI must present evidence to FISA judges that it has verified and that comes from intelligence sources deemed reliable. Second, it must disclose any information that calls into question the credibility of its sources. Finally, it must disclose any evidence suggesting the innocence of its investigative targets.
Thanks to prior releases of information, we know the FBI fell short on the first two counts. Multiple FBI officials have testified that the Christopher Steele dossier had not been verified when its allegations were submitted as primary evidence supporting the FISA warrant against Page.
Likewise, we know the FBI failed to tell the courts that Steele admitted to a federal official that he was desperate to defeat Trump in the 2016 election and was being paid by Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to gather dirt on the GOP candidate. Both pieces of information are the sort of credibility-defining details that should be disclosed about a source.
Both of the allegations are made up opinions. The FBI didn't intentionally withheld information to get the FISA warrant. He has no evidence to support this very important issue.
You have chosen to believe what he says, not based upon the facts, but that you agree that there was a deep state conspiracy to defeat Trump in the election.
Because of politics?
Roger
Comey admitted under oath that the Steele dossier was unverified.
That is not opinion. Unless you are suggesting that Comey was committing perjury and should be charged.
The source, Steele was fired. They continued to use the dossier after the author was fired.
Unless you are arguing that a fired source is still considered "reliable" then that is also a fact.
Don't worry...
A second special counsel will get to the bottom of it.
Wanna bet on a second counsel?
Got $200.00 that as long as Trump is President, there will never be a second counsel to investigate crooked Hillary or Comey?
You're hypocritical response to the election has been unbearable.
The lies?
Leaving NATO.
Kissing Putin's ass.
Encouraging people to take to the streets with guns if he loses.
Threatening the free press.
Making major decisions on foreign affairs after talking to Sean Hannity etc.
Tweeting 20 times a day!
Refuses to read the intelligence briefings!
If Clinton had declared any national emergency of any kind! You would steal something from Breitbart News make it look like you thought of it yourself .
Get help my friend.
They continued to use the dossier after the author was fired.
Total bullshit. Deep state conspiracy theories and other mental disorders
Geez
A special request dedicated to Roger because of his politics and insanity.
Only the lonely
Good people on both sides. Especially when they are White supremacist.
President Donald Trump said he does not regard white nationalism as a rising global threat. "I don't really," Trump said when questioned whether he viewed white nationalism as growing. "I think it's a small group of people that have very, very serious problems."
If Trump considers hundreds of White Nationalists marching through the streets of Charlottsville, Virginia, in their Nazi, Klan regalia,carrying burning tiki torches, assaulting counter-protesters, chanting, “Jews Will Not Replace Us,” a small group of people then it’s true: Ignorance Is Bliss.
Alky never lets go of a good lie.
Good people on both sides. Especially when they are White supremacist.
Which sends a message to the world that trump don't give a shit and come to the US because you can get away with it....Yeah, he really Makes America More White than evah!!!!!!!
Total bullshit. Deep state conspiracy theories and other mental disorders
Two days after then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe formally put President Trump under criminal investigation in May 2017, bureau officials reached out to the author of the controversial "Steele dossier" for more information, even though they had fired him for misconduct six months earlier.
Text messages and congressional testimony transcripts reveal that McCabe’s “Russia team” re-established direct contact with ex-British spy Christopher Steele to build a case against the president for espionage and obstruction of justice after Trump had fired FBI Director James Comey on May 9, 2017.
Comey had previously described the dossier – opposition research alleging Trump-Russia ties that was paid for by the Clinton campaign – as “salacious and unverified.” The FBI had severed ties with Steele in November 2016 due to behavior that convinced his handlers he was not a trustworthy source.
Former federal prosecutors and investigators described the move to RealClearInvestigations as "desperate." They also said the FBI’s decision to suddenly re-engage with a discredited confidential source raises fresh questions about the evidentiary grounds on which the FBI opened an unprecedented probe targeting the president.
“It suggests that McCabe lacked evidence to make an espionage case against Trump and was desperate to find it — even if that meant going back to the same unreliable source of still-unverified dossier dirt,” former federal prosecutor Solomon L. Wisenberg said.
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2019/03/02/mccabe_of_fbi_re-engaged_with_fired_dossier_author_after_comey_firing.html
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