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Kimberley Strassel: Was Trump's 2016 campaign 'set up'?
Fox News ^ | May 18, 2018 | Kimberley Strassel, The Wall Street Journal

Posted on 05/18/2018 9:48:39 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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 spied on the Trump campaign. This came in the form of a Thursday New York Times apologia in which government “officials” acknowledged that the bureau had used “at least one” human “informant” to spy on both Carter Page and George Papadopoulos. The Times slipped this mind-bending fact into the middle of an otherwise glowing profile of the noble bureau—and dismissed it as no big deal.

But there’s more to be revealed here, and Mr. Nunes’s “set up” comment points in a certain direction. Getting to the conclusion requires thinking more broadly about events beyond the FBI’s actions....

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016; carterpage; informant; nunes; obama; papadopoulos; slowwalking; trump

1 posted on 05/18/2018 9:48:39 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Was Trump’s 2016 campaign ‘set up’?.
Well DUH


2 posted on 05/18/2018 9:50:18 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Based on some of the evidence that’s coming out, not only was the Trump Campaign set up, but the Trump campaign for the most part actually didn’t even fall into most of the entrapment traps that were laid for them. They put moles (or at least had sources) inside the campaign, then sent in operatives foreign and domestic to entice them into setting up meetings and asking for intel.

So... not only did the Trump campaign NOT actively seek out russian intel on their own

But they didn’t even take the bait for it when moles and trolls were sent in to trick them into it


3 posted on 05/18/2018 10:04:39 AM PDT by z3n
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“at least one” human informant strongly hints at more than one. Otherwise a simple “an informant” would have sufficed.


4 posted on 05/18/2018 10:10:06 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

FTA: the bureau had used “at least one” human “informant” to spy on both Carter Page and George Papadopoulos.

All of the talking heads are missing a very important point. The “human” informant has also been referred to as a “government” informant, but he has not been referred to in his capacity.

He was/is a CIA plant.

He did not “spy” on Carter Page and George Papadopoulos. He fed them rumors and innuendo about Russia having Clinton’s missing e-mails. The CIA plant also set up meetings between Papadopoulos and the Australian where the Australian got Papadopoulos to admit he had heard rumors that Russia had the e-mails.

Later, the Australian informed the CIA of his conversation with Papadopoulos...and this is the “intel” that launched the FBI counter intel investigation.

Devin Nunez is aware of this and is trying to expose this. The DOJ is trying to keep this hidden. Brennen is trying to keep this hidden, as this is his exposure to criminal charges.


5 posted on 05/18/2018 10:24:47 AM PDT by FtrPilot
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Both campaigns were set up.


6 posted on 05/18/2018 10:33:30 AM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: FtrPilot

Thanks for this conjecture if that is what it is.

A timeline or conjectural timeline of all this would help IMHO.


7 posted on 05/18/2018 10:35:01 AM PDT by SteveH
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To: SteveH
The credit goes to Sundance at Conservative Treehouse:

Conservative Treehouse

In the article, Sundance has numerous links including the 4 links below:

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8 posted on 05/18/2018 10:59:56 AM PDT by FtrPilot
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How can you be set up if it’s a nothing burger to begin with? I mean you can’t be set up if nothing was done or attempted to be done.


9 posted on 05/18/2018 11:01:09 AM PDT by joesbucks
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If we had Hillary as a president Strassle would be Attkisson’ed.

What is the real story behind Sharyl Attkisson? Strange that she hasn’t been picked up as an investigative reporting by any of the big MSM. Has she become persona non grata?


10 posted on 05/18/2018 11:03:21 AM PDT by Fhios (Mr. Magoo or Rip Van Sessions?)
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To: FtrPilot

Agent provocateur.


11 posted on 05/18/2018 11:21:03 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: joesbucks

Set up like the Robert / Bob Creamer infiltrations of Trump rallies.


12 posted on 05/18/2018 11:22:38 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: z3n

Good point. Tells American a lot about who’s watching the hen house, ie our Country.

If the media would come on board, and give the man his due, his approval rating would be in the 80s.

Why did Trump prevail and continue to prevail considering all the odds and the opposition against him?

1. He’s very smart with smart intuition.
2. He’s always on the offensive.
3. Probably gets pretty good intel himself.
4. Fortunately for all, the competition her in the states was and is poor. He went through the GOP group of losers like crap thru a goose, outplayed and outfoxed the media, and of course beat out Hillary and company with less money.
5. The world leaders like China, Japan etc. know that he’s the real deal. He’s good for the world as much as he’s good for us.
6. Probably the most important reason, I FIRMLY BELIEVE DIVINE INTERVENTION IS AT PLAY HERE. I THINK OUR MAN HAS MORE THAN A FEW GUARDIAN ANGELS OUT THERE.


13 posted on 05/18/2018 11:40:41 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yes.

And BO can’t escape the blame on this.


14 posted on 05/18/2018 12:22:19 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: FtrPilot

Thanks.

Iirc there were also one or more timelines possibly authored by chuck ross...


15 posted on 05/18/2018 11:23:55 PM PDT by SteveH
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Voter fraud, spying, dirty tricks, paid goons at Trump rallies, media sycophants, pathological lying, huge spending advantage, the gullible young, etc. and she still couldn’t win.

There was some hacker (maybe Russian) help to the Hillary campaign. Fake voter registrations were added to the rolls so the dems could create votes for them.


16 posted on 05/19/2018 11:15:44 AM PDT by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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