FBI considered resolving Russia collusion concerns with defensive briefing to Trump, memos show

justthenews.com ^ | 3/8/2023 | john solomon

[bitt]

Nearly four years after the now-discredited Russia collusion probe was formally closed, the Justice Department has released heavily redacted memos showing the FBI initially considered resolving concerns about Moscow targeting Donald Trump's campaign by simply giving the GOP presidential nominee a defensive briefing back in 2016.

The information was contained in a new release of documents in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by the conservative group Citizens United, which sought the interviews conducted by the Justice Department inspector general of key players involved in the Russia probe, including former DOJ official Bruce Ohr's wife and former Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

More than 90% of the 460 pages of documents released by the government were blacked out by redactions mostly requested by the FBI or the inspector general's office.

You can read the full production of documents here:

File OIG Partial Response 1 Citizens United v. DOJ 20cv974_release_combined.pdf

https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2023-03/OIG%20Partial%20Response%201%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20DOJ%2020cv974_release_combined.pdf

The memos' few visible text entries nonetheless contained valuable new nuggets that show how the FBI failed to stop the politically motivated and uncorroborated allegations that Trump and Russia colluded to hijack the 2016 election.

For instance, former State Department official Kathleen Kavalec provided new details to the DOJ IG about her fateful contact in October 2016 with former British MI6 spy Christopher Steele, the Hillary Clinton-funded author of the now-infamous and discredited Steele dossier that formed the basis of the FBI's request for a FISA warrant targeting the Trump campaign just a few weeks before Election Day 2016.

[bitt]

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[Paladin2]

Defund the FIB, especially the Wheels Up, Fey Wray’s plane.

[mass55th]

Shoulda’, coulda’, woulda’. Horseshit.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

I hope finds a way to sue them into the ground.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

More than 90% of the 460 pages of documents released by the government were blacked out by redactions mostly requested by the FBI or the inspector general's office.

Michael E. Horowitz

[TigersEye]

Load them all up in a C-130 and drop them in Ukraine.

[ConservativeInPA]

Throw their corrupt asses in prison and defund the FBI. America will be much safer.

[glorgau]

And this was from documents that were 90% redacted.

[Eleutheria5]

But they didn’t. So at this point, what difference does it make.

[airborne]

Sounds like revisionist history.

[Elsie]

The Ministry of Truth, Winston’s place of work, contained, it was said, three thousand rooms above ground level, and corresponding ramifications below.

[Sirius Lee]

Sounds like revisionist history.

Sounds like blackmail.

BUtards: "Hey, play ball and we can make this whole thing go away."

Trump: "No deal! I didn't do anything wrong."

BUtards: "Yeah, but the media and public don't know that."

[SunkenCiv]

HOAX, not "concerns".

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[sweetiepiezer]

You are amazing, your hard work is appreciated.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks sp!