Posted on 10/17/2017 5:28:42 PM PDT by Hojczyk
As a result, just about everyone was left in the dark about the extent of the corruption and national security threat that the FBI had unearthed.
The lack of fanfare left many key players in Washington with no inkling that a major Russian nuclear corruption scheme with serious national security implications had been uncovered. *** Ronald Hosko, who served as the assistant FBI director in charge of criminal cases when the investigation was underway, told The Hill he did not recall ever being briefed about Mikerins case by the counterintelligence side of the bureau despite the criminal charges that were being lodged.
I had no idea this case was being conducted, a surprised Hosko said in an interview.
Likewise, major congressional figures were also kept in the dark.
Of course they were.
Ironies abound: who supervised the Russia investigation? Rod Rosenstein. Who was the FBI director when the Russia probe began in 2009? Robert Mueller. Who was running the FBI when the case ended with a whimper and an apparent cover-up? James Comey. How any of these people can participate with a straight face in an investigation into President Trumps purportedly nefarious (but, as far as we know, nonexistent) relationship with the Russian regime is beyond me.
This story belongs on the front page of every newspaper in the United States tomorrow.
(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...
If THEY don't obey the law and get away with it, why should the rest of us obey the law?
The whole lot of them are as corrupt as the day is long!
This will be the lead story on ABCNBCBSCNN tonight for sure.
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