James Baker Testimony: DNC Lawyers Met With FBI Officials Prior to October 2016 FISA Application…
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There has been some speculation James Baker is a willing/cooperating witness within this ongoing investigation. I would urge skepticism and caution toward that view. Baker is currently a participating member of Lawfare; he is not likely to testify in opposition to his DOJ and FBI ideological allies despite their corrupt activity. Indeed, Mr. Baker attended the closed-door hearing with lawyers to protect all interests, including James Baker.
One of the more interesting leaks from the testimony is found in a report from John Solomon of The Hill where he outlines a Jim Baker admission that lawyers from the DNC (Perkins Coie) met with FBI officials in the run-up to the Carter Page FISA application used against the Trump campaign.
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Essentially the article is affirming a connection, validated by James Baker, where the Steele Dossier -a product of DNC funding- was deployed with knowledge of origin by the FBI in the FISA application. Those who have followed the story closely may not see this as much of a big discovery; however, the DNC and Clinton Team have adamantly denied their transparent connection – so this could remove their defensive talking point.
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Additionally Joint Committee republican representative Mark Meadows told The Hill’s new morning television show, Rising, there is evidence the FBI had human sources secretly recording members of the Trump campaign:
“There’s a strong suggestion that confidential human sources actually taped members within the Trump campaign,” Meadows told Hill.TV hosts Krystal Ball and Ned Ryun. (link)
If true, and if it can be proved, this puts an even bigger shadow over the insufferably corrupt institutional behavior already identified within the DOJ and FBI under the Obama administration.
With around 34 days left before the mid-term elections, and no visible efforts being made toward willingly providing documents for oversight – or having a sense of urgency therein; it still appears the current corruption monitors, leadership within the DOJ and FBI, are trying to run out the clock and avoid exposing the institutional corruption that remain visible near the surface.
Perhaps after Judge Kavanaugh is confirmed the pressure will mount upon the DOJ and FBI, specifically upon DAG Rod Rosenstein and Deputy Director Christopher Wray, to provide the demanded sunlight and declassification of documents.
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https://spectator.org/metoo-coming-for-a-republican-near-you/
#MeToo: Coming for a Republican Near You
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f you believe the character assassination of Brett Kavanaugh by the Democrats and the #MeToo mob is an isolated phenomenon, you’re kidding yourself. Such smears will be the primary weapon they deploy against Republicans throughout the midterms. It’s their only hope of winning majorities in Congress. The GOP is favored to retain their Senate majority, and recent shifts in the generic ballot portend bad news for them in the House. Even worse, Democratic policy proposals range from the merely dumb to the downright dangerous. Without launching a barrage of last minute accusations of sexual misconduct, they will remain in the minority.
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Meanwhile, political action committees are being created by #MeToo activists for the specific purpose of going after hapless Republicans. The Enough Is Enough Voter Project, for example, is allegedly committed to making violence against women “a voting issue.” These social justice warriors believe that large numbers of politicians at the state and national level have escaped meaningful consequences despite being “credibly accused” of serious sexual misconduct — including the failure to vote for certain bills. And, as suggested above, all of the politicians they target have one thing in common:
The committee is focusing on five candidates for 2018, all Republicans, including Steve Von Loor, a North Carolina Republican Congressional nominee who has been accused of domestic violence; Minnesota Congressman Jason Lewis, who is running for re-election and has made demeaning statements about women; and David Byrd, a Republican incumbent state representative in Tennessee who has been accused of sexually abusing his former high school basketball players.
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So, if you’re a Republican Congressman, you must resign if you are the subject of “credible accusations.” If you’re a Democratic Congressman you get to stay unless, like John Conyers, you’re pushing 90, and would have retired soon anyway.
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Perhaps this why a new survey conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute finds that 56 percent of Republicans would still consider voting for a candidate who has been accused of sexual misconduct.
At the least Kavanaugh will hopefully understand how these some parts of the law enforcement groups/DNC weaponize lies and smears against political opponents. It would be glorious if these tactics awoke many besides us deplorables to see what is done behind the curtains.