Pinging S.W per FR etiquette.
Exhibit A:
I believe Q knew what RR and others were doing re FISA prior to POTUS’ election so that POTUS knew who he was dealing with and what their objectives were.
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From what I have read, RR signed one FISA ct application, and has said something along the lines of “It did not say what others are saying it said.” So the FISA stuff RR was involved in is, in the immortal words of Steve W., “TBD”. Q has said more than once “FISA goes both ways”>
Exhibit B:
Despite having full knowledge by then of the heinous abuse of the FISA process by Comey’s FBI, Rosenstein cited no objection to any of that. Matter of fact, Rosenstein was so unconcerned about the use of the fraudulent Steele Dossier as the basis for those FISA warrants – a usage that Comey himself admitted to in sworn congressional testimony – that Rosenstein actually signed the third extension application himself!
Next, Rosenstein made the likely illegal decision to appoint a special counsel to investigate allegations of “Trump/Russia Collusion” despite the conspicuous absence of any underlying crime, a requirement of such appointments. His pick to lead the probably-illegal Witch Hunt was Robert Mueller, a man who is not only a close friend of Rosenstein himself, but also a close friend of Comey, a key witness to any such investigation, the clearest conflicts of interest possible, and clearly disqualifying.
Rosenstein then signed not only one, but two scoping letters to Mueller that he has since worked feverishly to keep out of public view, most likely because those letters also contain clear violations of the special counsel statutes. The then spent a year and a half allowing Mueller to destroy the lives of dozens of American citizens and basically conduct himself as if he were head of an American Gestapo.
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I warrant that the writers’ snark and sneer exceeds that of Cates’. :-) Minor point. My actual points:
1. The FISA warrant RR signed has not been made public. When it is, then we will know. Until then, we don’t know what it said or its purpose.
2. The writer makes many statements about RR’s state of mind, motives, and viewpoints, that I would like direct quotes or some other type of clear verification. Otherwise, such opinions remain merely opinions.
3. When Trump interviewed Mueller supposedly for the position of AG, which was obviously false, Sessions and Rosenstein were both at the meeting. So who made the actual decision to appoint (a) as Special Counsel and (b) Mueller in particular, and the why, are still.. TBD.
I posit that it could very well have been in Trump’s interest to get a SC going as he know the Dems were going to continue to go after him, and a SC would absolutely exonerate him as there were no crimes committed by Trump’s campaign. BUT there were gazillions of crimes committed by the Dems/various fed agencies. Which leads to:
4. Since no one who has read RR’s letters to Mueller identifying the scope of the SC investigation has made the contents public, we really have no idea what the scope was.
We DO know that Flynn sacrificed himself in order to deliver legal testimony about crimes he knew to have been committed - that had nothing to do with the Russia Hoax.
Since much of the Exhibit B article is stated as fact but it is really conjecture, I stand firmly in the “TBD” but 99.999% “white hat”. If I am wrong, I will not eat crow as I am a vegetarian, but I will sacrifice similarly and eat (gag) tofu.
Addendum:
Q’s drop about BLOCKADE is very interesting and can be interpreted in more than one way. The Dems might have viewed the blockade one way, but it served another purpose. The derps were fooled into thinking that Mueller was going to find Trump was a criminal so they did not see or know what was going on behind the scenes.
If I am wrong, I will not eat crow as I am a vegetarian, but I will sacrifice similarly and eat (gag) tofu.
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HAHAHAH!
If I am wrong, I will shrug and add it to my collection. No need for patriots to eat crow (and NEVER for tofu!) when exploring the evidence.
Declas of the two scoping letters will eventually be required. How can anyone comment on the Mueller Report without knowing what Mueller was supposed to do? It is similar to grading a kid's school paper without knowing the teacher's assignment.