James Comey

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amp.dailycaller.com/2018/05/18/clapper-fbi-spying-trump-campaign/

Former Director of Intelligence James Clapper said Thursday night on CNN that it was “a good thing” there was an FBI informant spying on the Trump campaign.

Clapper admitted the FBI “may have had someone who was talking to them in the campaign,” referring to President Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. He explained away the possibility of an FBI informant spying on the campaign as the bureau was trying to find out “what the Russians were doing to try to substantiate themselves in the campaign or influence or leverage it.”

Obama’s Director of National Intelligence then went on to say, “So, if there was someone that was observing that sort of thing, that’s a good thing.”

He also stated he believes “it’s hugely dangerous if someone like that is exposed because the danger to that person” and the potential “reluctance of others to be informants for the FBI” could possibly devastate the FBI.

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“Both Manafort and the Podesta Group had to file foreign agent registration act forms disclosing their lobbying activities for groups like the party of the regions and some other fronts associated with Ukraine. ONLY MANAFORT WAS INDICTED for not filing those forms properly and on time when he should have,” Fitton said.

“The Podesta Group, a mega Democrat lobbying firm was not indicted, nor was Mr. Podesta himself,” Fitton continued.

Enter John Podesta, a longtime Clinton operative…

“John Podesta is getting emails back and forth and agreeing to get some information and talking for his brother in this lobbying effort,” Fitton explained.

What other involvements did John Podesta have in his brother’s lobbying firm?

“These emails are a stark reminder that Mueller is only interested in the alleged foreign ties that involve Mr. Trump,” Fitton exclaimed.

[trumped]

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www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-mueller-subpoena-exclusive/exclusive-special-counsel-subpoenas-another-stone-aide-in-russia-probe-sources-idUSKCN1IJ2MV

U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed a key assistant of long-time Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone, two people with knowledge of the matter said, the latest sign that Mueller’s investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election is increasingly focusing on Stone.
The subpoena was recently served on John Kakanis, 30, who has worked as a driver, accountant and operative for Stone.

Kakanis has been briefly questioned by the FBI on the topics of possible Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, the WikiLeaks website, its founder Julian Assange, and the hacker or hackers who call themselves Guccifer 2.0, one of the people with knowledge of the matter said.
Mueller has not scheduled a grand jury appearance for Kakanis, the person said.

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Oh look, another Clinton tie in:

dailycaller.com/2018/05/18/rinat-akhmetshin-clinton-trump-tower/

The Russian-American lobbyist who attended the infamous Trump Tower meeting had contacts with members of Hillary Clinton’s inner circle and knew Clinton herself, he told the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2017.

“I knew [Clinton]; I knew some people who worked on her campaign,” the lobbyist, Rinat Akhmetshin, told the Senate Judiciary Committee in closed-door testimony on Nov. 14.

Akhmetshin, a former Soviet military intelligence officer, also said his attorney, Edward Lieberman, knows Clinton well. Lieberman’s late wife, Evelyn Lieberman, was a close confidante of Clinton’s. At one point, Akhmetshin said he was not a fan of President Donald Trump’s family.

Akhmetshin attended the June 9, 2016, Trump Tower meeting with Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya.

[trumped]

This is a great question, why is Obama getting a free pass to answer questions?

[oilsooner]

May 18, 2018 18:10:19 GMT -6 trumped said:

This is a great question, why is Obama getting a free pass to answer questions?

Obama’s the Big Fish.

The Big Fish is always the last to answer questions. Because you don’t ask the Big Fish questions you don’t already know the answers to.


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[trumped]

^^^

I just hope he doesn’t escape justice

[trumped]

Everyone needs to go to this guys twitter and read thisthread:

[oilsooner]

May 18, 2018 18:15:42 GMT -6 trumped said:

^^^

I just hope he doesn’t escape justice

A sad fact: he prob will.

Hillary may not though. And, that’s a big change from Nov 2016. One she entirely owes to the left.


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Grassley’s letter:

www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-05-17%20CEG%20to%20DOJ%20(Special%20Counsel%20Investigation%20&%20Regulations).pdf

Excerpts:

It is no surprise then that a federal judge in a May 8, 2018 hearing in the Eastern District
of Virginia expressed some skepticism about a heavily redacted August 2017 memorandum that
was drafted three months after you issued the Order appointing Robert Mueller as Special
Counsel, and that you both now assert details the actual scope of his investigation.2

The judge asked for, and the Special Counsel provided, an unredacted copy of the August Memorandum.3

This Committee likewise should be permitted to review the true nature and scope of the Special
Counsel’s investigation. Like the Judiciary, Congress is a separate branch of government with
its own constitutional duties that often require access to Executive Branch information. In this
case the interests relate to both legislative and oversight responsibilities.
.......

In the Starr investigation, the scope and changes
made to it were transparent. In this case, the public, Congress, and the courts all thought the
scope was one thing, and have now been informed it is something else. For that reason and
others, it is unclear precisely how, or whether, the Department is following its own regulations,
what the actual bounds of Mr. Mueller’s authority are, and how those bounds have been
established.
.......

In other words, the factual statement of the matter to be investigated in the Appointment
Order was made deliberately vague rather than “specific” as required by the regulation. The
public, as well as Congress, only learned a fraction of the investigation’s actual scope in April
2018—nearly a year after Mr. Mueller’s appointment—when he filed a heavily redacted copy of
the August Memorandum in federal court. From the small snippet we can see, the difference in
the number and the nature of the details described in the Appointment Order and three months
later in the August Memorandum is significant.13 Even if there may be legitimate reasons to
limit the public release of that information for a time, those reasons would not justify
withholding the scope information from Congressional oversight committees.

[oilsooner]

May 18, 2018 18:37:50 GMT -6 soonernvolved said:

Grassley’s letter:

www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-05-17%20CEG%20to%20DOJ%20(Special%20Counsel%20Investigation%20&%20Regulations).pdf

Excerpts:

It is no surprise then that a federal judge in a May 8, 2018 hearing in the Eastern District
of Virginia expressed some skepticism about a heavily redacted August 2017 memorandum that
was drafted three months after you issued the Order appointing Robert Mueller as Special
Counsel, and that you both now assert details the actual scope of his investigation.2

The judge asked for, and the Special Counsel provided, an unredacted copy of the August Memorandum.3

This Committee likewise should be permitted to review the true nature and scope of the Special
Counsel’s investigation. Like the Judiciary, Congress is a separate branch of government with
its own constitutional duties that often require access to Executive Branch information. In this
case the interests relate to both legislative and oversight responsibilities.
.......

In the Starr investigation, the scope and changes
made to it were transparent. In this case, the public, Congress, and the courts all thought the
scope was one thing, and have now been informed it is something else. For that reason and
others, it is unclear precisely how, or whether, the Department is following its own regulations,
what the actual bounds of Mr. Mueller’s authority are, and how those bounds have been
established.
.......

In other words, the factual statement of the matter to be investigated in the Appointment
Order was made deliberately vague rather than “specific” as required by the regulation. The
public, as well as Congress, only learned a fraction of the investigation’s actual scope in April
2018—nearly a year after Mr. Mueller’s appointment—when he filed a heavily redacted copy of
the August Memorandum in federal court. From the small snippet we can see, the difference in
the number and the nature of the details described in the Appointment Order and three months
later in the August Memorandum is significant.13 Even if there may be legitimate reasons to
limit the public release of that information for a time, those reasons would not justify
withholding the scope information from Congressional oversight committees.

Yo Volved! How are you?

Fuckin Comey is going down, bro.


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May 18, 2018 19:40:36 GMT -6 oilsooner said:

May 18, 2018 18:37:50 GMT -6 soonernvolved said:

Grassley’s letter:

www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-05-17%20CEG%20to%20DOJ%20(Special%20Counsel%20Investigation%20&%20Regulations).pdf

Excerpts:

It is no surprise then that a federal judge in a May 8, 2018 hearing in the Eastern District
of Virginia expressed some skepticism about a heavily redacted August 2017 memorandum that
was drafted three months after you issued the Order appointing Robert Mueller as Special
Counsel, and that you both now assert details the actual scope of his investigation.2

The judge asked for, and the Special Counsel provided, an unredacted copy of the August Memorandum.3

This Committee likewise should be permitted to review the true nature and scope of the Special
Counsel’s investigation. Like the Judiciary, Congress is a separate branch of government with
its own constitutional duties that often require access to Executive Branch information. In this
case the interests relate to both legislative and oversight responsibilities.
.......

In the Starr investigation, the scope and changes
made to it were transparent. In this case, the public, Congress, and the courts all thought the
scope was one thing, and have now been informed it is something else. For that reason and
others, it is unclear precisely how, or whether, the Department is following its own regulations,
what the actual bounds of Mr. Mueller’s authority are, and how those bounds have been
established.
.......

In other words, the factual statement of the matter to be investigated in the Appointment
Order was made deliberately vague rather than “specific” as required by the regulation. The
public, as well as Congress, only learned a fraction of the investigation’s actual scope in April
2018—nearly a year after Mr. Mueller’s appointment—when he filed a heavily redacted copy of
the August Memorandum in federal court. From the small snippet we can see, the difference in
the number and the nature of the details described in the Appointment Order and three months
later in the August Memorandum is significant.13 Even if there may be legitimate reasons to
limit the public release of that information for a time, those reasons would not justify
withholding the scope information from Congressional oversight committees.

Yo Volved! How are you?

Fuckin Comey is going down, bro.


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Doing good my friend. Yourself? I agree. I see Comey and several others going down,(especially once the IG’s report is released). The more that comes out, the worse it gets for the DNC/Clinton’s, etc. Their “insurance package” has failed horrendously & President Trump keeps beating them at their own games.

[trumped]

Panicked Weiner Dumped His Laptop & Phones to Private Investigator before FBI Raid; Who Else Has The Hillary Files?

adminMay 18, 2018

A panicked Anthony Weiner gave all his electronic devices to private investigators two days after he was exposed for engaging in lewd, online exchanges with a 15-year-old girl, court records revealed Thursday.

A newly unsealed, search-and-seizure warrant obtained by the feds shows that the disgraced ex-pol handed over an iPhone, iPad and laptop computer to Granite Intelligence on Sept. 23, 2016.

The move followed an explosive report that revealed how Weiner asked the underage teen to get naked on camera and told her: “I would bust that tight p—y.”

truepundit.com/panicked-weiner-dumped-his-laptop-who-else-has-the-hillary-files/

This reply likey is true:

[trumped]

Spot on

[oilsooner]

May 18, 2018 20:17:08 GMT -6 soonernvolved said:

May 18, 2018 19:40:36 GMT -6 oilsooner said:

Yo Volved! How are you?

Fuckin Comey is going down, bro.


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Doing good my friend. Yourself? I agree. I see Comey and several others going down,(especially once the IG’s report is released). The more that comes out, the worse it gets for the DNC/Clinton’s, etc. Their “insurance package” has failed horrendously & President Trump keeps beating them at their own games.

Lol, for sure.

The “insurance package” was a farce. And worse, proves why Trump is more than we deserve.

Like Biggie said:
Never get high on you’re own supply.

Love ya man. Glad you’re doing your thing.

Edit: I suck at edits. Look down.


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[oilsooner]

May 18, 2018 21:06:20 GMT -6 oilsooner said:

May 18, 2018 20:17:08 GMT -6 soonernvolved said:

Doing good my friend. Yourself? I agree. I see Comey and several others going down,(especially once the IG’s report is released). The more that comes out, the worse it gets for the DNC/Clinton’s, etc. Their “insurance package” has failed horrendously & President Trump keeps beating them at their own games.

Lol, for sure.

The “insurance package” was a farce. And worse, a business case that proves why Trump is more than we deserved.

Like Biggie said:
Never get high on you’re own supply.

Love ya man. Glad you’re doing your thing.


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[trumped]

Crooks, in a panic too:

[trumped]

[trumped]

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I keep saying replace Sessions with this man or Gowdy,(both would be tremendous upgrades) :

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www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/robert-mueller-russia-probe-democrats-dominate-staff/

Democratic donors overwhelmingly dominate the special counsel’s legal team.
Thursday, May 17, marked one year since Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein named Robert Swan Mueller III as special counsel. His mission: To search from sea to shining sea for collusion between Russia and Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign. If Mueller has found anything concrete behind this collective hallucination, he must have stashed it in Fort Knox. In this government, the details of a recent White House meeting to stop leaks got leaked. It’s beyond belief that proof of Trump/Russia collusion exists but has not seeped out.

Mueller’s inquest has failed its stated purpose. However, it has thrived as a genuine example of an investigation so biased that 53 percent of adults in a May 8 CBS News poll call it “politically motivated.”

Amid accusations from the right, and even fair-minded liberals, that his team is terminally hostile to Trump, or at least certifiably pro-Hillary, Mueller could have begun to reverse this perception by hiring a Republican or a scrupulously apolitical prosecutor.

But no!

The newest identifiable name on Mueller’s roster is Uzodinma Enyinnaya Asonye. He is the 17th prosecutor and 12th Democratic donor on Mueller’s probe. Asonye gave $800 to Hillary Clinton in 2008 and another $100 in 2007 to ActBlue, “the largest source of funds for Democrats,” according to the Somerville, Mass., organization’s website. ActBlue “is a nonprofit, building fundraising technology for the left.”

A website called Legal Bisnow mentioned Asonye on July 7, 2008:

Potomac fever bit him while still in law school; after field organizing for John Kerry’s ’04 campaign in Broward County, Uzo made a beeline for DC to work for Jesse Jackson Jr. instead of returning to New Haven for his third year. Good thing Yale lets you take finals online.

As it happens, Mueller and former secretary of state John Kerry attended St. Paul’s School together and were both on the lacrosse team at the Concord, N.H., boarding school. The minutes of the March 14, 2001, meeting of the Cornell University Faculty Senate find Asonye named to the Ivy League school’s Curriculum Committee on Diversity. Asonye’s résumé doesn’t scream “Make America Great Again.” Nor should it. But it should not holler “I’m with her!” either.

Team Mueller should be scrupulously nonpartisan (e.g. no donors to either party or 2016 nominee) or at least look like America (split dialectically between Democrats and Republicans). Instead, as the Daily Caller confirms, Mueller’s 17 prosecutors resemble a local Democratic club.

14 are Democrats
Three are party-unaffiliated
None is a Republican
Twelve are Democratic donors
One also is a Republican donor
Two maxed out as Hillary Clinton donors

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www.wsj.com/articles/was-trumps-campaign-set-up-1526598374

Was Trump’s Campaign ‘Set Up’?
At some point, the Russia investigation became political. How early was it?
By Kimberley A. Strassel
May 17, 2018 7:06 p.m. ET


House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes appeared on “Fox & Friends” Tuesday, where he provided a potentially explosive hint at what’s driving his demand to see documents related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Trump-Russia probe. “If the campaign was somehow set up,” he told the hosts, “I think that would be a problem.”

Or an understatement. Mr. Nunes is still getting stiff-armed by the Justice Department over his subpoena, but this week his efforts did force the stunning admission that the FBI had indeed...

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Lets not forget about this and now we know Obamas minions were spying and attempting a coup it fills in the blanks.

And people were called crazy for even suggesting it

[atl1979]

What is the likelihood that the U.S. government drops the whole oath thing "protect and defend the constitution", since it doesn't seem to apply anymore?

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Sometimes, there are simply no words:

www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/05/18/if-the-fbi-used-an-informant-it-wasnt-to-go-after-trump-it-was-to-protect-him/?utm_term=.525e39c318c1


The FBI didn’t use an informant to go after Trump. They used one to protect him.
What the president doesn't get about counterintelligence.


By Asha Rangappa May 18 at 5:51 PM
Asha Rangappa is a senior lecturer at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University and a former FBI agent.
.......

President Trump and his allies are outraged at reports that the FBI used an “informant” to spy on Trump’s 2016 campaign. “Really bad stuff!” the president tweeted early Friday. Supporters of the White House claim the FBI’s reported tactics were illegal. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) has even subpoenaed the Justice Department for information on who the informant might have been; department and FBI officials say public disclosures of this kind could put sources in danger.

But Trump and his backers are wrong about what it means that the FBI reportedly was using a confidential source to gather information early in its investigation of possible campaign ties to Russia. The investigation started out as a counterintelligence probe, not a criminal one. And relying on a covert source rather than a more intrusive method of gathering information suggests that the FBI may have been acting cautiously — perhaps too cautiously — to protect the campaign, not undermine it.

[trumped]

I will keep beating this drum, Seth Rich is who downloaded the data. He is now dead and Assange is cut off from the world with no outside contact not even visitors. A hack won’t download at the speeds needed to get all the data that was hacked. Dems never let anyone see servers.

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May 19, 2018 8:03:58 GMT -6 soonernvolved said:

Sometimes, there are simply no words:

www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/05/18/if-the-fbi-used-an-informant-it-wasnt-to-go-after-trump-it-was-to-protect-him/?utm_term=.525e39c318c1


The FBI didn’t use an informant to go after Trump. They used one to protect him.
What the president doesn't get about counterintelligence.


By Asha Rangappa May 18 at 5:51 PM
Asha Rangappa is a senior lecturer at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University and a former FBI agent.
.......

President Trump and his allies are outraged at reports that the FBI used an “informant” to spy on Trump’s 2016 campaign. “Really bad stuff!” the president tweeted early Friday. Supporters of the White House claim the FBI’s reported tactics were illegal. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) has even subpoenaed the Justice Department for information on who the informant might have been; department and FBI officials say public disclosures of this kind could put sources in danger.

But Trump and his backers are wrong about what it means that the FBI reportedly was using a confidential source to gather information early in its investigation of possible campaign ties to Russia. The investigation started out as a counterintelligence probe, not a criminal one. And relying on a covert source rather than a more intrusive method of gathering information suggests that the FBI may have been acting cautiously — perhaps too cautiously — to protect the campaign, not undermine it.

Do they think people really buy this bullshit? Obviously a lot of the far left will, but blue collar Dems and Independents are gonna see right through it.