Posted on 08/15/2020 5:05:47 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
“That’s just the beginning, I would imagine. This… what happened should never happen again,” President Trump said at a White House briefing Friday afternoon. “You’ll be hearing more.”
Durham’s “development” was a bigger deal than Barr indicated. – The guilty plea by ex-FBI/Mueller special counsel lawyer Kevin Clinesmith was not really surprising, but it is a big deal nonetheless, as it represents the first of what will likely become a series of ObamaGate dominoes to topple in the weeks to come.
In an interview with Captain Tick-Tock, Sean Hannity Thursday, Attorney General William Barr indicated that there would be a “development” in the John Durham investigation on Friday, but that it would not be “earth-shaking.” As is generally the case with Mr. Barr, that description turned out to be 100% accurate.
Advertisement: 0:08 VDO.AI Clinesmith plead guilty to “making a false statement” to DOJ investigators about having altered an email about Carter Page in a manner that changed its entire meaning. Page had told investigators was a source for the CIA, and Clinesmith altered the email to say he was “not” a CIA source in order to support an FBI application for the third FISA warrant to spy on Mr. Page, which was executed in July, 2017.
Disturbingly, Clinesmith was assigned to the FBI’s National Security Division during 2016. He is an obviously leftist radical who bragged to colleagues about having played a part in the FBI’s role in trying to tilt the election towards Hillary Clinton, and to be working to “destroy the Republic.” Following Trump’s victory in 2016, Clinesmith, identified as “Attorney 2” in the Horowitz report, had this exchange with that fellow FBI lawyer:
Attorney 2: “I am numb.”
Other employee not involved in midyear investigation: “I can’t stop crying.”
Attorney 2: “That makes me even more sad.”
Employee “Like, what happened? You promised me this wouldn’t happen. YOU PROMISED…”
Attorney 2: “I am so stressed about what I could have done differently.”
Employee: “Don’t stress. None of that mattered. The FBI’s influence.”
Attorney 2: “I don’t know. We broke the momentum.”
Employee: “That is not so….”
Attorney 2: “I’m just devastated. I can’t wait until I can leave today and just shut off the world for the next four days…I just can’t imagine the systematic disassembly of the progress we made over the last 8 years. ACA is gone. Who knows if the rhetoric about deporting people, walls and crap is true. I honestly feel like there is going to be a lot more gun issues too, the crazies won finally. This is the tea party on steroids. And the GOP is going to be lost, they have to deal with an incumbent in 4 years. We have to fight this again. Also Pence is stupid.”
Attorney 2: “And it’s just hard not to feel like the FBI caused some of this. It was razor thin in some states. Plus my god damned name is all over the legal documents investigating his staff. So who knows if that breaks to him, what he is going to do.”
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Clinesmith’s obvious hatred for President Trump and the American republic obviously made him the perfect FBI lawyer to be detailed over the Mueller Special Counsel probe when it got started in May 2017, and he was in that role, working directly with lead Mueller henchman Andrew Weissman, when he altered the email in question.
It’s important to remember that Clinesmith’s wrongdoing took place on the watch of Christopher Wray, not James Comey. It also took place under the watch of Rod Rosenstein after AG Jeff Sessions had recused himself. Rosenstein and Weissman were basically running the entire Department of Justice from May, 2017 through January, 2019, when William Barr came into the AG’s job.
Clinesmith was far from the only FBI employee who was involved in the attempted coup d’etat targeting President Trump. The Horowitz report named no fewer than five such skunks who brought disgrace on themselves during this sorry episode in U.S. history.
Thus, Clinesmith’s guilty plea in and of itself was not especially earth-shaking. But the way in which its thread is likely to reverberate throughout the entire apparatus of the FBI/DOJ coup cabal that existed during 2016 and 2017 is likely to be.
It’s key to note that, in his interview with Hannity, Barr also said that Durham’s efforts would not be delayed by political considerations over the upcoming election, and that there would be more to come from him soon. As I noted above, Barr’s public statements have a way of being proven true.
Stay tuned. The fun is just beginning, and payback is going to be hell.
That is all.
Hopefully he sings like a canary.
Small fish make great bait for big fish...
This is the single biggest point of fact in the whole story, and effectively undermines the whole Mueller probe.
The sacrificial pawn has been selected and is being processed. No one with any political juice is going to prison.
The game ain’t over yet.
Wouldn’t it be precious if Clinesmith has the goods on Andrew Weissmann and Weissmann ends up in jail for a long time?
I want a bunch of coup plotters in prison but if I had to pick just one villain I would pick Weissmann. He is total complete scum.
I don't think so. He made a plea deal to get only the one charge. Durham got something in exchange. More to come.
It sure seems that Durham is on to something big here.
A big facet to all this is that President Trump is not going to rein in Durham. Full speed ahead.
I agree with you. Durham could have made this case a year ago and it would have been a slam dunk. Durham got what he wanted and there is more to come. Watch for Weissmann. He could be the ring leader.
I did not know he was working for Weissman. Hopefully, Weissman’s fingerprints are on this.
I have yet to see how much time he might be facing. If it is not at least 10-20 it will be disappointing.
THERE IS NO JUSTICE THERE IS ONLY POLITICS.
In an interview with Captain Tick-Tock, Sean Hannity Thursday...
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That’s pretty funny.
Wouldn’t it be precious if Clinesmith has the goods on Andrew Weissmann and Weissmann ends up in jail for a long time?
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Nifonged
*Now* I remember this guy.
This is precisely how this is done. You squeeze the little fish first. Get everything you can out of them, *and* scare the snot out of the bigger fish at the same time. You work your way up. The little fish become obedient little servants of the DOJ.
Despite what everyone thinks, BO and Hillary are not the coveted Big Fish. They are far too stupid and arrogant. Who in their right mind would put Hillary in charge of anything more complex than going to the bathroom? Oh. Wait.
As for Barry, he has fully self-actualized, hanging out in the mansion, smoking weed and playing video games. Not exactly mastermind material.
There are far bigger fish yet to be fried.
I don’t think so. He made a plea deal to get only the one charge. Durham got something in exchange. More to come.
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I think you’re right. If it was a single charge, this corrupt lawyer would have probably rolled the dice and gone with a rat-controlled DC jury trial, knowing he would likely be acquitted. The possible charges must have been so extreme that he could not risk a trial. Too much exposure. Too many witnesses. Too much “bad” press for the deep state crowd.
Unless you can tell me the Powerball numbers for tonight stfu.
I think so too. When Clinesmith plead guilty, likely to save his own skin, he admitted that the assault on Trump were constructed out of think air. That is devastating. It wasn’t that Trump did something that looked bad and they investigated. This was a frame job from the get go. Many players are involved and they ought to be lawyering up if they haven’t already. The clock is running out but there is still time if they choose to. There are hundreds involved. It’s not just the people at the top. This was an orchestrated coup with an army of willing participants. Durham and Barr should dig out and charge every last one of them from Obama to the janitor. There is no place in our form of government for Banana Republic antics. Jail them all, build more prisons if needed, gallows when appropriate.
While we can hope and pray that your assessment, mad_as_he$$, is wrong, we should not be surprised if you are proven correct.
Sadly...
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