Posted on 11/08/2021 5:49:32 AM PST by Red Badger
Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said he expects special counsel John Durham’s team to indict more suspects in connection to the origins of the Trump-Russia probe and the discredited Steele dossier.
Last week, a grand jury empaneled by Durham indicted Russia analyst Igor Danchenko, who previously worked for the left-leaning Brookings Institution, for allegedly lying to the FBI. Danchenko had been the main source for the dossier created by former UK spy Christopher Steele that was, in turn, used by the FBI during its inquiry into whether the 2016 campaign of Donald Trump colluded with Russia.
“When I became the director of national intelligence, I said, ‘Listen, I want to see all of the intelligence about this supposed Russian collusion,’ Ratcliffe said during a Fox Business interview on Sunday. “What I found was, and as you’re finding out, is there was, of course, no Russian collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, but what I did see in intelligence documents, some of which I’ve now declassified, that there was collusion involving the Clinton campaign and Russians to create a dossier.”
Numerous documents that Ratcliffe said he had provided to Durham are being used in the special counsel’s investigation, he told Fox.
“I declassified the documents that we’ve talked about, but I gave John Durham over 1,000 other documents that have not yet been declassified that I know, including intelligence that goes specifically to this criminal activity that would be the basis for further indictments,” Ratcliffe continued, adding that he believes Durham’s grand jury believes the Steele dossier “is criminal in nature.”
During the 2016 election, Steele was hired by Fusion GPS to conduct opposition research on Trump. Fusion GPS was retained by high-powered Washington-based law firm Perkins Coie on behalf of the Democratic National Committee
Numerous claims pushed in the dossier turned out to be false, triggering congressional, inspector general, and criminal investigations as to why it was used as the basis of a FISA court order to conduct surveillance of a then-Trump campaign aide.
Those who were involved in the construction of the dossier, as well as individuals who promoted it “falsely, would be in jeopardy,” Ratcliffe claimed. “I know that that’s what John Durham is looking at, and as I talked about, this goes to the highest levels of our government and government agencies involved,” he added.
“I continue to think there will be many indictments based on the intelligence that I gave to John Durham and that I have seen,” he continued.
Durham’s team also indicted former Perkins Coie lawyer Michael Sussmann, alleging he lied when he told former FBI General Counsel James Baker in September 2016 that he was not representing a client when he provided Baker with a now-debunked claim that the Trump Organization was communicating electronically with a Russian bank.
Following his arrest on Nov. 4, a lawyer representing Danchenko attempted to enter a plea of not guilty but a judge said it was premature, according to reports. Danchenko’s lawyers haven’t responded to a request for comment and have not issued any public statements regarding their client.
John Ratcliffe: I gave Durham over 1000 other documents that the public hasn’t seen yet because they are still classified Nov 7 ,2021
Everybody associated with the steel dossier is in criminal jeopardy right now
https://rumble.com/vovn8f-john-ratcliffe-i-gave-durham-over-1000-other-documents-that-the-public-hasn.html
I don’t think anyone is sweating the results of this, given the current state of the DOJ.
I’m sure there’s a lot of janitors over there they can indict....
(yawn)
The wheels of justice turn slowly, but exceedingly fine....
I think since Durham has Special Counsel designation he operates semi-autonomously free from the DOJ. If you recall, Brandon fired every US Attorneys, a policy started by slick willie, except John Durham and David C. Weiss the US Attorney in Delaware, who is running the tax fraud investigation of Hunter Biden.
The special counsel designation William Barr tagged onto Durham without any fanfare and kept the designation quiet for 2 months was an extraordinary move by a man who I feel squandered many opportunities. I am cautiously optimistic Durham’s work is going to be earth shaking and will be the topic of discussion for 200+ years.
Evil does not always win. Quite frankly, we are starting to see the pendulum swinging back the other direction. We are starting to win major battles. It’s time for each and everyone of us to step up and find a way to contribute to the retaking of America from the dark side.
It’s time for each and everyone of us to step up and find a way to contribute to the retaking of America from the dark side.
If you remember, John Ratcliffe was one of only TWO people in the Trump administration that called it straight. I give a straight shooter like him some credence.
If you remember, John Ratcliffe was one of only TWO people in the Trump administration that called it straight. I give a straight shooter like him some credence.
Not yet.
But—I hope and pray—Durham has lit a long and deeply buried fuse that leads straight to the Clinton Crime Family and their “relatives” in the Demonrat party.
Not yet.
But—I hope and pray—Durham has lit a long and deeply buried fuse that leads straight to the Clinton Crime Family and their “relatives” in the Demonrat party.
Are we, though? The big battle was 2020. We lost that. The next big battle was the infrastructure bill, which we also lost due to the Republican ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Virginia was nice to see. That truck driver in Jersey another nice little win, at least for the moment. I'll wait for the "found" votes to be counted.
Whose resignation are you talking about ?
The current DOJ is laughing as they put the indictments in the shredder. Giving McCabe is retirement benefits back retroactively is a pretty good indication of how seriously they are going to take the indictments. They won’t even bother shutting Durham down. They will simply ignore him. As will the media.
Let me know when Hillary has been incarcerated... Then I’ll know justice has been served.
We didn’t get here overnight and until whiners stop whining and actually start pulling on the oars, it’s going to take a little longer, but it’s happening.
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