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Another anti-Trump ‘smoking gun’ turns out to be nothing
NY Post ^ | Dec 03, 2017 | Post Editorial Board

Posted on 12/03/2017 10:08:13 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom

Once again, a supposed big break in the drive to destroy President Trump over “collusion” with the Russians during the 2016 campaign stands exposed as nothing more than bad reporting. Plus, the professionalism of the FBI looks compromised by anti-Trump bias.

The media went berserk Friday on news that former Trump confidante Mike Flynn had copped a plea deal with special counsel Bob Mueller. All the usual suspects launched an orgy of speculation on what beans Flynn “must” have spilled.

It all went into overdrive when ABC’s Brian Ross reported that Flynn had been instructed to reach out to Moscow during the campaign: This seemed to be the long-awaited proof of collusion with Vladimir Putin against Hillary Clinton.

Except that Ross retracted the claim hours laterr: The reach-out was only after Election Day, when any president-elect is expected to start connecting with other world leaders, US-friendly or not.

ABC has now suspended Ross for four weeks without pay — modest punishment for an error that probably had a lot to do with the stock market’s dive early Friday.

Meanwhile, news broke of another supposedly neutral dirt-digger in hot water for having a political agenda: Mueller, it turns out, kicked a top FBI agent off his team for apparent anti-Trump bias.

The Justice Department’s inspector general this summer launched a probe of alleged Trump-bashing texts by Peter Strzok, one of the top FBI counterintelligence investigators. That obliged Mueller, already under fire for hiring several pro-Hillary lawyers for his team, to oust Strzok from his Russian-meddling investigation.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 201712; 20171202; brianross; doj; dojig; fbi; flynn; jamescomey; mueller; peterstrzok; petestrzok; robertmueller; ross; russiaprobe; strzok; texting; texts
Watching the establishment self implode would be fun if it didn't waste so much time.
1 posted on 12/03/2017 10:08:13 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

And money.


2 posted on 12/03/2017 10:17:50 PM PST by Luke21
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

“for hiring several pro-Hillary lawyers for his team”

Several? His entire team are Rat party operatives. And we know now that he’s one too.

It is the end of the American Republic if these bastards get away with what they are doing. It’s Banana Republic garbage, the kind of crap you get with the Peron family.

When does Mueller emerge with sunglasses and cheesy epaulets to declare that he has arrested the President and the Junta will now take over?


3 posted on 12/03/2017 10:21:05 PM PST by Regulator
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Actually, given that the Obama Administration basically blessed the contact the revelation SHOULD be that the Dems were not only looking for an occasion to accuse Trump but that they also actively conspired with the Clinton campaign and media, and, yes, others still in government, to create and sustain the appearance of impropriety over the last year.

Moreover, they actively sought to entrap members of the Trump team when there was no underlying crime ... which must have taken collusion of the FBI and others to achieve,


4 posted on 12/03/2017 10:22:34 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

There were some panicky threads here on Friday.
I hope some FReepers will learn not to panic over the fake news all the time.


5 posted on 12/03/2017 10:24:38 PM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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I heard on Hannity’s radio program that the Mueller investigation intended to put pressure on Flynn’s son in order to compel the outcome.


6 posted on 12/03/2017 10:24:39 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Flynn and Manafort were both way too ‘cozy’ with Putin. Manafort had represented Putin’s puppet in the Ukraine. His pro=US opponent was nearly killed in an assassination atempt believed ordered by Putin. Flynn was tight with the KGB/FSB thug via the state=funded/controlled media outlet Russia Today (RT), where he appeared regularly as a guest. He sat 2 seats from Putin at his private table at a special gala to celebrate some milestone event for the Russian propaganda network. He later spoke at the podium. The founder of RT was found dead inside a Wash DC hotel room in Nov 2015. RT had widely reported the cause of death to be a heart attacked. However, the autopsy report released months later revealed he had actually died from multiple blunt force injuries to his head, neck and torso. It was reported he had had an ‘altercation’ prior to making it back to his room where then died. He had preciously had had some kind of falling out with Putin and so may well have been on the run at the time of his suspicious death.


7 posted on 12/04/2017 1:58:17 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Joy Behar Goes Nuts Over Flynn Plea Deal - YouTube


8 posted on 12/04/2017 3:26:32 AM PST by Vlad The Inhaler (United We Stand - Divided We Fall. Remember: Diversity is the opposite of unity.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

One of the best written series on Russia gate is actually from the left by Caitlin Johnson, Medium.com. She seems very accurate in the facts in trying to save her dear lefties from total embarrassment by warning them against pushing the Russia thing.


9 posted on 12/04/2017 4:07:27 AM PST by spintreebob
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To: Luke21

...”And money.”...

My heart goes out to General Flynn. We live in times more corrupt than I have ever seen. And, it seems that the legal profession is at the top of that pile (have 2 lawyers in my own family) and they agree. I think General Flynn’s financial troubles are at the heart of his capitulation to the pressure put upon him and I wish there was a way that the general public could help him. Does anyone else feel this way?


10 posted on 12/04/2017 4:18:05 AM PST by jazzlite
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To: jazzlite

Flynn dug his own grave. NEVER talk to the FEDS and when I say never I mean never. That is what lawyers are for.


11 posted on 12/04/2017 4:22:29 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

If you ever need proof that this world is full of injustice, just do some research on Joy Behar, the toast of “The View,” and NYC. That this hateful woman has any power or influence at all is a travesty against every normal individual, man or woman. She is a poster child for the worldview of the left.


12 posted on 12/04/2017 4:23:28 AM PST by jazzlite
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To: Oshkalaboomboom; HarleyLady27; Liz; V K Lee
From this short and very good story... I think this story hints at what may be going on behind the scenes at Justice.

Sessions and company raided Comey's office the day he was fired and no doubt have a complete view of all the key people at the FBI who played in the 2016 conspiracies.

Is it an accident that the FBI Inspector General's findings on these Clinton moles in the Mueller organization were revealed a day or two after the Flynn uproar?

Trump also unleashed quite a few provocative tweets to get the press and Dems excited. Meanwhile, the Senate and House republicans will be ironing out the differences on the tax bill.

People are being played. People on the Mueller team and elsewhere are being given enough rope to hang themselves.

Meanwhile Sessions and Trump are in the audience watching the Much Ado About Russian Collusion drama being play out for the public's instruction. But the moral of the play is that we must turn over every rock in the pursuit of justice.

Behind the scenes, the Trump-loyal stage hands stand ready to close the curtain on this Comedy at the perfect time. And it's at this time when the Clinton/Obama Tragedy begins...

13 posted on 12/04/2017 4:48:10 AM PST by poconopundit (MAGA... Get the Spirit. Grow your community. Focus on your Life's Work. Empower the Young.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

The media lives in a fantasy world, and will continue to use the words “russiagate” and “impeachment.”


14 posted on 12/04/2017 5:12:09 AM PST by I want the USA back (The media is acting full-on as the Democratic Party's press agency now: Robert Spencer)
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To: jazzlite

Meanwhile, Crooked, Lying Hillary continues her book tour. Why isn’t she sweating her many lies and paying out millions to lawyers? Is there any justice in this world for her?


15 posted on 12/04/2017 8:51:09 AM PST by Cecily
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To: I want the USA back
The media lives in a fantasy world, and will continue to use the words “russiagate” and “impeachment.”

The presstitutes can't believe that the DEMONRATS have made every one of these semi-educated propagandists to look like they are absolute idiots.

Hillary, Podesta, Hussein and the other RATS did NOT have any other lie to tell so they tied the Podesta hack to "the Russians." Julian Assange is working for the Russians, just ask Hillary.

As President Trump gives Mueller and the other scammers all the rope they need to hang themselves, even the Jake Tappers of the world will eventually realize what absolute fools they were to run with the Russian lies.

Don't give up. President Trump is obviously going for Hussein Obama's head on a stick. Uranium ONE, IRS scandal, Benghazi lies, Fast and Furious..... NONE of these would have been possible without the full support of Hussein Obama. America's FIRST Muslim President still might get the hanging he deserves. But first, President Trump has to get enough evidence and witnesses to tie these numerous felonies to America's FIRST Muslim President.

16 posted on 12/04/2017 3:27:07 PM PST by politicianslie (Lying to Americans is easy-Presstitutes repeat what they are told to say and they say it 24/7)
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