Posted on 02/14/2018 7:17:40 PM PST by Bigtigermike
On a Monday night (February 12th, 2018) episode of Tucker Carlson a democrat member of the House Intelligence committee said something interesting that almost everyone missed. Appearing on the show to joust with Tucker, HPSCI member Eric Swalwell stated: “the House Intel Committee has not interviewed a single witness in over a month”. [Video Here, quote @03:47] This statement is rather enlightening.
A month earlier, January 4th, 2018, an agreement was finally made between House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes and DOJ Asst. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein for complete disclosure of all unreadacted documents.....AND a list of witnesses who Nunes wanted the HPSCI to question.
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So to summarize so far: during January all the DOJ documents arrived, the HPSCI (Nunes) memo was written, released, declassified and released to the public on February 2nd, 2018 – but no witnessed testified. [Nunes Memo – Link]
So the question becomes:
How does the exact testimony (including quotes) of Bruce Ohr, and Bill Priestap become part of the Nunes Memo if neither Bruce Ohr or Bill Priestap was ever interviewed by the House Intelligence Committee?
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Here’s what is becoming transparently obvious. The fab-five are cooperating with the investigative unit of the OIG. All five of them.
The text message release was strategic. It was intended to substantiate the entire enterprise, put the ‘small group on notice’ and flush out the co-conspirators. The downstream exits of Kortan, Laufman, Rybicki, McCabe et al are evidence therein.
Additionally, the OIG (Horowitz) would want to keep the testimony of Page, Strzok, Ohr, Baker and Priestap away from the Democrat politicians, well known leakers, within the House Intelligence Committee (ie. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff) until he was certain their usefulness as witnesses was exhausted.
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Good find!
Ping to ransomnote; could be its the OIG doing the questioning...
Judge Jeannine just questioned someone about the bird that hasn’t chirped yet, Bill Priestap.
That is consistent with Comey trying to throw him under the bus AND the fact that Priestap is still, at least nominally, in his position.
IOWs he is not singing. He is doing his job now that he is clued into what was going on.
That is consistent with how SAPs work.
If the bird has chirped, you would not know about it. It does no good to telegraph what you are doing to the target.
Eric Swalwell has been on Tucker alot recently. He is a real big up and coming Dem scumbag from Kalifornia. A real tool easy to despise.
Given that the MSM that we(the public in general) depend on does nothing but lie to us, it’s amazing that we even have a clue to what is really going on with this ‘investigation’ (or anything else on the planet).
Sounds highly plausible. However, I am not accepting any such inferences and hunches as certainties until we see and taste the final “pudding”.... Sundance certainly seems to have an excellent explanation that accounts for many key details, but I don’t think anyone outside of very limited circles in DOJ, FBI, Nunes staff, et al. can be so certain about what is really going on.
It does give lots of hope regarding the IG investigation and IG report, supposed to finally arrive in March. Just a few weeks and we may/should/might know a great deal more!
“A real tool easy to despise.”
He doesn’t even have to work at it. He’s naturally despicable IMO.
Ping
Let’s just say this: For example Bruce Ohr was basically quoted about what Steele told him about wanting to see Trump lose in the memo. It certainly wasn’t second or third hand knowledge put into that classified material. It had to be Ohr himself saying it to an official who was investigating the Steele/Dossier/FISA/Hillary mess. So somebody is talking to somebody looking into all of this. Maybe it isn’t the IG but it’s somebody official where it was put into classified information or at least parts of it
Gee, what can go wrong? The Obama appointed Horowitz and the corrupted Rosenstein cutting a deal with Baker, Ohr, Priestap, Strozk and Page, all the while, Sessions is recused and Nunes is shut out.
The Obama DOJ was notorious for passing amnesty deals out like halloween candy. If Horowitz/Rosenstein pull this trick it is game, set, match. I just can’t help but feel that Horowitz is a straight shooter and Rosenstein is shut out of an IG investigation.
Where did evidence of altered fbi notes come from that forced the Flynn plea deal? There is a white hat with access to a lot of information who is actively working to assist the innocent and punish the guilty. It sure as heck isn’t Mueller or Roenstein. Priestap would be a long shot. Unless Sessiins has a super aecret squirrel investigative unit it has to be Horowitz.
I’m tired of all this speculation, so here’s mine:
Based upon decades of history, I speculate that the Mueller investigation will drag on for another 1-3 years, and at its conclusion Mueller will declare a strong suspicion of obstruction of justice by President Trump. In the meantime, key Trump administration officials — including Trump family members — will be indicted by D.C. grand juries on process crimes.
It’s Scooter Libby all over again.
This is good stuff! Don’t some committees use their own legal counsel or staff members to conduct interviews?
Tick...Tock...
It’s a coming. And it ain’t gonna be pretty.
Oh my I’m afraid you might be right! Depending on rosenstein to do the right thing and bring his bosom buddies to justice is like depending on a bank robber to do the right thing and return the millions he stole!
Obama appointed Horowitz doesn't prosecute, crooked Rosenstein does. Horowitz has nothing to offer the Fab Five to make a deal, it would be Rosenstein.
And who will Rosenstein ultimately prosecute? Just Comey and McCabe? That's what it's starting to look like. The Fab Five make a deal. Obama, Rice, Brennan, Hillary, Mueller and the rest of them including Rosenstein himself, Rosenstein won't touch.
If all of this is true, then Nunes and friends won't get a special council, a Rosenstein replacement or a Sessions replacement. If all of this is true, the Deep State is still in charge and the "fix" is in.
Swalwell is dumber than a box of rocks. he’s on the show because he’s too stupid to realize that tucker is destroying him every night.
I agree. I think people don't realize what's really going on. Makes you wonder about the real purpose of the guy named after the 17th letter in the alphabet.
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