Russiagate has no rock bottom (BONUS: Rachael Maddow Video)

Mate ^ | 11 07 2021 | Aaron Maté

[yesthatjallen]

It did not seem possible for the Steele dossier – the collection of Trump-Russia conspiracy theories funded by the Clinton campaign; hyped by the US media establishment; and tapped by the FBI for surveillance and investigative leads – to get more embarrassing for all of those involved.

But the indictment by Special Counsel John Durham of Steele's key source, Igor Danchenko, offers 39 pages of new evidence that Russiagate — after five years of failed innuendo, debunked “bombshells”, and humiliating revelations — has no rock bottom.

Danchenko is accused of making false statements to the FBI about his role in feeding Trump-Russia allegations to Christopher Steele, a former British spy working for the private intelligence firm Fusion GPS, which in turn was working for the Clinton campaign. Steele's so-called "intelligence reports" were planted in the media to fuel the Trump-Russia collusion narrative. The FBI also used Steele’s work as source material to chase multiple leads and obtain surveillance warrants on Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page.

Whereas Steele claimed to have access to "well-placed and established Kremlin sources," his main source was in fact Danchenko, a DC-based Russian expat who had worked for the Brookings Institution, a Beltway (and Clinton-tied) think tank.

In late 2019, Danchenko humiliated the Steele dossier's powerful champions when it emerged that he had informed the FBI, in a January 2on for the Steele dossier's key claims was "zero." This was for good reason: instead of speaking to Kremlin officials, as Steele had claimed, Danchenko told FBI agents that he had instead relied on booze-fueled "hearsay" in his "conversations with friends."

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[yesthatjallen]

I highly recommend watching this Rachel Maddow youtube video spin of "RussiaGate". I find it very entertaining. (First 12 mins)

Ms. Maddow KNOWS, in her unique smug way, Trump communicated with Russia because she KNOWS there were 'mysterious, odd, strange' exchanges between Russian and Trump servers. How does she know this? She knows people who told her it was true. Who are these people? She doesn't say because they're in hiding for fear of their very lives.

As I said, very entertaining and worth watching.

Watch Rachel Maddow Highlights: October 29th (Youtube, first 12 mins)

"Mysterious" Russian/Trump Server Communication

Michael Sussman Indictment PDF

[UnwashedPeasant]

"Danchenko is accused of making false statements to the FBI"

It sounds to me like Danchenko is a fall guy. The FBI always knew the dossier was garbage. They are pretending to be shocked that it was fake.

[Bullish]

Listen to 12 min of someone I can’t stand for 12 seconds?

No thanks.

[Paladin2]

Her heinousness, H->!, is at the bottom.

[volunbeer]

Rachel beclowned herself with this entire farce. I am not even sure she knows or cares though. The majority of the media not only accepted it.... they propagated the lies never expressing a shred of skepticism about it.

They are liars. Pure propaganda but they do not care as the end justifies any means necessary. If you think about it, they won.

Flipped congress in year two and hamstrung the Trump administration in the first half of his administration until they could reach Impeachment 1 (also built on lies) and then it was on to impeachment 2 (accused Trump of doing what Biden did).

They don’t care. They got what they wanted and used every dirty trick and scam they could to pull it off.

[yesthatjallen]

Watch the video. I provided links to what Maddow is referencing to in her seething rage commentary. Note how they keep repeating the words, ‘odd, strange, mysterious’ in regards to the Trump/Russia servers.

[Libloather]

Who hired Igor Danchenko?

[laweeks]

Raging Madcow is contemptable and equally hard to listen to. How this man-beast ever got a job higher than a fast-food server is beyond me.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Mysterious, odd and strange describe her perfectly but I like the old American description of “batshit crazy”.

Who says that aliens never landed on earth? Just look at the “fruits, nuts and flakes” at CNN and MSNBC!!

[melsec]

Her “ I’m a serious lesbian journalist look”. The furrowed brow, the clasped hands, the leaning foward. What a joke!

[Rennes Templar]

“They got what they wanted”

Only with help from the media and the weaponized intel and justice depts., ie, the Deep State.

[BobL]

At some point The Junta is going to simply fire Durham and declare the investigation over.

Sure, it will give them a bit of short-term pain to do that, but with media cover, they’ll figure that long term benefits are far better.

[volunbeer]

They are all one and the same now..... media, political class, bureaucrats, activists, judiciary, big tech, academia, public schools, K street, Wall Street, and the oligarchs.

All united for one common purpose and we ain’t it.