Posted on 09/25/2020 8:20:23 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Quite a bit of attention today to a release of information by Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham [LINK HERE]. However, missed in most reviews is a duplicitous motive for Graham to claim “the primary source for the Steele dossier was likely a Russian agent.”
In essence, Graham is promoting a defense previously explored by James Comey that investigative elements of the FBI were duped by a Russian disinformation campaign; and as a consequence their investigative efforts were done under the most honorable of motives, but they were just tricked by Russians. Ergo, see the Russians did interfere in the election.
That’s the justification narrative, and now Lindsey Graham has positioned everyone to support it; because the alternative is the DOJ and FBI knew it was Russia-centric and were coordinating to achieve a goal provided by the use of that disinformation campaign as purposefully fed by Chris Steele.
Just to drive home the point: the FBI wasn’t duped. The FBI knew all along the Steele Dossier was a bunch of junk nonsense from political opposition research; but they needed it, to underscore the Carter Page FISA…. which they needed to justify the surveillance.
Former FBI Director James Comey and Lindsey Graham are both promoting the same “FBI duped” justification narrative. Now, is it a surprise the only witness agreeing to appear before Graham’s committee prior to the election is… wait for it…. yep, James Comey.
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Flimsey likely knew this all along.......
Yep. And the secondary source was his buddy John McCain.
So Hillary is a Russian Agent.
I knew it.
“In essence, Graham is promoting a defense previously explored by James Comey that investigative elements of the FBI were duped by a Russian disinformation campaign; and as a consequence their investigative efforts were done under the most honorable of motives, but they were just tricked by Russians. Ergo, see the Russians did interfere in the election.”
That is just flat inaccurate as it’s been reported and accepted that the FBI indeed knew he was a likely Russian agent.
Linda has said that she and McCain walked the dossier over to Comeys office and he put it in his safe.
Steele is British military inelegance. IE: British interference in our elections
Still pushing that fraud? There was no “Russian source”. There was Steele and his old buddy associate Skirpol (”Nerve gassed” with Fentanyl in England). They created the whole thing right there on a typewriter from their own imagination.
It was given to McCain (Graham’s closes buddy) and McCain gave it to the FBI and they pretended it was brand new and they were shocked.
McCain sent a courier to London to get it and bring it back by hand. And supposedly Graham, McCain’s best buddy who also hated Trump didn’t know a thing.
Graham is a lying POS. And Hannity is an idiot to have him on once a week.
Solid point LOL
Only Democrats, including McCain, colluded with Russia.
A perspective I had not thought of, but sounds quite plausible.
Too bad we don’t have some sort of investigative agency that would dig up the truth of the matter.
In 30 years the FBI has gone from prosecuting Robert Hanssen to becoming an agency of Robert Hanssens.
Talk about a day late and a dollar short.
Deep state loves them some Lindsey.
Ari Fleischer also said the media was duped by the FBI. Yeah sure. I thought Graham was saying that Obama and Hillary used a Russian agent.
And those of us in SC are supposed to vote for his sorry ass just to save the seat? He’s been a part of the problem all along!
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