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WSJ: There's Mounting Evidence of 2016 Election Meddling Coming From the FBI
Townhall.com ^ | December 15, 2017 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 12/15/2017 5:21:57 PM PST by Kaslin

There is something rotten at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. I mean all of this is just absurd. We have two FBI agents texting one another, one of which is having an extramarital affair with the other, cryptically talking about “insurance” against a Trump presidency. That text between these two agents was delivered on August 15, 2016. You also have Andrew Weissmann, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s top lieutenant, voicing praise for then-acting Attorney General Sally Yates for refusing to enact President Trump’s executive order on immigration, which got her fired. Then, there’s another DOJ official, Bruce Ohr, who was demoted for meeting the authors of the infamous and unverified Trump dossier, Fusion GPS; Ohr’s wife, Nellie, worked for that firm during the 2016 election. If there is nothing rotten at the FBI, then it’s credibility is definitely in question, something that The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board mentioned in their op-ed about this mess. The two FBI agents at the center of the firestorm right now, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page are obviously no longer working with Mueller; Strzok was removed in August, while Page’s assignment with the investigation has already ended and she has been transferred elsewhere. Still, from this past summer to now—and we’re just learning about these 10,000 text messages between the two. The Journal makes it clear that there appears to be mounting evidence of election meddling emanating from the bureau:

“I want to believe the path you threw out for consideration in Andy’s office—that there’s no way [Trump] gets elected—but I’m afraid we can’t take that risk,” Mr. Strzok wrote Ms. Page in an Aug. 15, 2016 text. He added: “It’s like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you’re 40.”

What “policy” would that be? The “Andy” in question is Andrew McCabe, the deputy FBI director. FBI officials are allowed to have political opinions, but what kind of action were they discussing that would amount to anti-Trump “insurance”?

In another exchange that month, Ms. Page forwarded a Trump-related article and wrote: “Maybe you’re meant to stay where you are because you’re meant to protect the country from that menace.” He thanked her and assured: “Of course I’ll try and approach it that way.” Mr. Strzok, recall, is the man who changed the words “grossly negligent” to “extremely careless” in James Comey’s July 2016 public exoneration of Hillary Clinton’s emails.

The McCabe meeting came on the heels of the FBI’s launch of its counterintelligence probe into Trump-Russia ties. July is also when former British spook Christopher Steele briefed the FBI on his Clinton-financed dossier of salacious allegations against Mr. Trump. The texts explain why Mr. Mueller would remove Mr. Strzok, though a straight shooter wouldn’t typically resist turning those messages over to Congress for as long as Mr. Mueller did.

Meanwhile, we’re learning more about the political motives of Mr. Mueller’s lieutenant, Andrew Weissmann. Judicial Watch last week released an email in which Mr. Weissmann expressed his “awe” and praise for Sally Yates, after the then acting AG and Obama holdover refused to implement Mr. Trump’s travel ban.

This should trouble anyone who cares about the integrity of the Justice Department.

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Public confidence isn’t helped by the continuing Justice and FBI refusal to cooperate with Congress. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who supervises Mr. Mueller, toed the Mueller-FBI line on Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee. He repeated FBI Director Christopher Wray’s preposterous excuse that he can’t answer questions because of an Inspector General probe. And he wouldn’t elaborate on the news that Nellie Ohr, the wife of senior Justice official Bruce Ohr, worked for Fusion GPS, which hired Mr. Steele to gin up his dossier.

The man who should be most disturbed by all this is Mr. Mueller, who wants his evidence and conclusions to be credible with the public. Evidence is building instead that some officials at the FBI—who have worked for him—may have interfered in an American presidential election.

So, again, what’s the insurance policy? Is it the dossier that contains salacious and unverified information about Trump, something that Katie pointed out in her post? Or, as it seems, is it the FBI investigation into Russian interference in July. Did they hope to find actual evidence of collusion to nail Trump if he were to become president? Strzok was an agent with the counter-intelligence wing of the bureau. Whatever the case, it seems that meddling, or at least conversation of such activities, is coming from inside the house, or to be more accurate—inside the J. Edgar Hoover Building and not the Kremlin. Judicial Watch just filed a FOIA lawsuit to obtain all of Peter Strzok’s files relating to his reassignment from the Russia investigation conducted by Robert Mueller. 


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: 2016election; andrewweissmann; christopherwray; doj; election; fakenews; fbi; fbidirector; ig; igprobe; insurancepolicy; muellerinvestigation; nellieohr; ohr; pizzagatecoverup; rodrosenstein; rosenstein; russia; russianpropaganda; teamclinton; teamsoros; thinkagain; trump; trumprussia; weissmann; wray
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To: chris37

It astounds me the number of people that have committed crimes and are/were willing to destroy their lives and careers in order to protect that dirty criminal Hillary Clinton. If they had done the right thing and brought her down years ago they wouldn’t be facing possible jail time. Why is she so powerful in these peoples lives. They are doing the same thing to protect Obama. Obama and Hillary will skate. All their protectors will go down. Will they tell all??


101 posted on 12/15/2017 7:32:19 PM PST by dandiegirl (BO)
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To: Kaslin

All along it was a FBI-Russia collusion. Hang the traitors and spies


102 posted on 12/15/2017 7:36:04 PM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucifiedc)
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To: aquila48

I want Obama to be more connected to it. His name is rarely mentioned yet he knew everything that was going on and allowed it and Jarrett and Rice carried it out for him


103 posted on 12/15/2017 7:37:51 PM PST by dandiegirl (BO)
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To: Kaslin
Whatever the case, it seems that meddling, or at least conversation of such activities, is coming from inside the house, or to be more accurate—inside the J. Edgar Hoover Building and not the Kremlin.

This is the money quote, and where any discussion about "collusion" should be driven - that it was the DOJ interfering and not the Russians.

104 posted on 12/15/2017 7:41:46 PM PST by Golden Eagle (Trump: "What the FBI has done is really, really disgraceful, and a lot of people are very angry.")
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To: chris37
This is the biggest known scandal in American history, I think.

The FBI trying to fix an election for a known slithering criminal and against a good and decent man, and then having failed to do so, trying to destroy that innocent and good man who is now POTUS.

Everyone involved in this needs to be in prison for the rest of their lives at the very minimum.

Personally, I’d like to see them all with a blindfold and a cigarette.

All of them. This is treason.

In the past, I've sometimes considered your rhetoric over the top.

Not this time. If anything, your language is mild.

This is a scandal that is unprecedented in the annals of American history, and it smacks of treason—willful subversion of the electoral process and our Constitutional system—with the enthusiastic cooperation of the outgoing President.

President Trump—in consultation with those he truly trusts—should calmly, carefully and meticulously gather all the salient facts, making sure his ducks are in a row—coordinating with his Chief of Staff; the Secretary of Defense; the Joint Chiefs; the Speaker; the Majority Leader; the Republican Governors of the Several States; Congressional leaders; and the Armed Forces of the United States—and, while outlining this criminal conspiracy to the American People in an address to a Joint Session of Congress, he should declare a national emergency, immediately arresting the ringleaders.

Maybe then the national Media will consider it worthy of reporting on. Oh that's right—the Media is totally complicit in this nefarious plot. I think that we're in for some interesting times over the next year.

And if those ringleaders happen to include a former President of the United States, a former Secretary of State, or a former FBI director—wherever the trail leads—then so be it...

105 posted on 12/15/2017 7:48:18 PM PST by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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To: sargon

Barsoomian

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106 posted on 12/15/2017 7:51:43 PM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: sargon

Makes me laugh at the idea of a peaceful transition of power in America.

I guess that’s out the window.


107 posted on 12/15/2017 7:53:25 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Kaslin

Perhaps time for Congress to disband the FBI and create a new agency


108 posted on 12/15/2017 7:53:26 PM PST by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcherhttp://www.stone)
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To: sargon

“while outlining this criminal conspiracy to the American People in an address to a Joint Session of Congress, he should declare a national emergency, immediately arresting the ringleaders.”

Might be a very interesting “State of the Union” address!


109 posted on 12/15/2017 7:56:11 PM PST by usual suspect
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To: sargon

“In the past, I’ve sometimes considered your rhetoric over the top.

Not this time. If anything, your language is mild.”

I can definitely get out of hand sometimes! I have to keep my language mild, because the mod is not pleased with my usual over the top rhetoric :D

Uh, so yeah, I got to keep it on the up and up, otherwise I get to ride the lightning, BZZT!

“President Trump—in consultation with those he truly trusts—should calmly, carefully and meticulously gather all the salient facts, making sure his ducks are in a row—coordinating with his Chief of Staff; the Secretary of Defense; the Joint Chiefs; the Speaker; the Majority Leader; the Republican Governors of the Several States; Congressional leaders; and the Armed Forces of the United States—and, while outlining this criminal conspiracy to the American People in an address to a Joint Session of Congress, he should declare a national emergency, immediately arresting the ringleaders.”

This is an excellent assessment of what needs to be done. This is extremely serious.

Furthermore, it seems to me that a good portion of the media is a willing participant in the treason.

It’s absolutely mind boggling to watch this unfold. certain forces are very, very angry that Hillary Clinton was defeated by Trump, and these forces are arrogant beyond anything I have ever seen, and believe themselves to be untouchable.

It makes me shudder to think what was in store for America had that creep woman succeeded in becoming president.

Thank you, Lord, for President Donald J. Trump! Thank You, Thank You, and Thank You.


110 posted on 12/15/2017 7:57:33 PM PST by chris37 (Take a week off racist >;-)
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To: WildHighlander57; Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; ...

I regret that they have but one life to give for their country..


111 posted on 12/15/2017 7:59:34 PM PST by bitt (The first to squeal gets the best deal.)
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To: Kaslin
It is the FBI and their RICO partner the FBI that attempted far more than Russia with a few Facebook ads, that worked hard to subvert the electoral process.

Obama weaponized the IRS, the EPA, Justice Dept., FBI, CIA and NSA.

112 posted on 12/15/2017 8:09:09 PM PST by Robert357 ( Dan Rather was discharged as "medically unfit" on May 11, 1954.)
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To: Vision

This is going to get good!


113 posted on 12/15/2017 8:15:26 PM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Kaslin

Looks like Hillary had started quite a hiring trend for police state socialists there during the 1990s. So many of them are dedicated to her for life.


114 posted on 12/15/2017 8:17:10 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: semaj
Where can I get a bushel of rotten tomatoes?

You can make them yourself, it's not that hard.

115 posted on 12/15/2017 8:26:18 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (RATs, RINOs...same thing)
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To: chris37
"Furthermore, it seems to me that a good portion of the media is a willing participant in the treason."

That started in university English and communication departments long ago. Straight, masculine men have been weeded out ever since. Saw it in person. The same has been done in at least some of the law schools. That will need to be fixed before the problem is solved.


116 posted on 12/15/2017 8:31:23 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: dontreadthis

Best Laugh of the Day!!!


117 posted on 12/15/2017 8:34:31 PM PST by acapesket (all happy now?)
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To: dandiegirl

I propose that Strzok be pronounced, Sterzok. We speak English in this country.

;-b


118 posted on 12/15/2017 8:36:38 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: Kaslin

The main Russian effort was not to prevent Hillary from being elected. It was to cause the American public to distrust Donald Trump. Russian trolling in non-partisan discussion boards did show that much more clearly.


119 posted on 12/15/2017 8:40:13 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks Kaslin.

120 posted on 12/15/2017 8:46:18 PM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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