Posted on 12/21/2017 11:41:35 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Lee Smith of Tablet magazine has traced the origins of the Russia “dossier” — the Democrat-funded opposition research project that may have laid the foundations for the ongoing Russia investigation — to several Wall Street Journal articles that appeared in print a decade ago.
Smith’s article, “Did President Obama Read the ‘Steele Dossier’ in the White House Last August?”, suggests that the information compiled by opposition research firm Fusion GPS, with funding from Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee, could have been repackaged as genuine U.S. government intelligence and presented to President Barack Obama on that basis as his administration began investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Simpson and Jacoby co-wrote a Journal article in April 2007, “How Lobbyists Help Ex-Soviets Woo Washington.” In it, Smith notes, they identified Paul Manafort as a key player in introducing Russians to Beltway circles. They kept reporting on him over the years. When Manafort was hired to manage the Trump campaign, Simpson — by now running Fusion GPS — made him a focus of his research, and knew enough background information to build a plausible case.
So the entire Russia investigation may not be based on actual intelligence at all, but on reporting that is ten years out of date. Manafort’s enduring Russia ties certainly provided fodder for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but the overall theory that Russia may have colluded with the Trump campaign is looking shoddier than ever.
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Don’t forget Fusion GPS got $12 Million+ from Hillary/DNC, and some of it was used to pay journalists to write pro-Hillary and anti-Trump articles. The media is complicit in this whole Conspiracy.
This smells like the Lincoln Conspiracy; only OUR tax money was used on behalf of a presidential candidate and to torpedo the candidacy of her opponent. There is going to have to be a major restructuring of the Justice Dept. and FBI after this, as well as some top work at the CIA. Some top level types need to go to prison as an example to others.
NSA leaks tape of Mueller and Obama phone call:
OBAMA: “It’s taking too long to take Trump down. What’s the holdup?”
MUELLER: “I cant help it if all the Democrats’ wrongdoing comes up everywhere I dig.”
OBAMA: “Don’t you understand? Trump will unseal my records. I’ll never get rich quick off my foundations like the Clintons. And besides Michelle will kill me.”
MUELLER: What are you complaining about? I’m looking like the biggest incompetent in L/E trying to help you guys out.”
OBAMA: “You’ve got to do more. There’s stuff in my records that’ll finish me. Those SOB American patriots would love to get their hands on my background.”
MUELLER: “Cripes, you sound like you were an exotic Kenyan male escort before you got into politics.”
OBAMA “Aint no money in dick-licking. The real money is in politics.”
NSA leaks tape of Mueller and Obama phone call:
OBAMA: “It’s taking too long to take Trump down. What’s the holdup?”
MUELLER: “I cant help it if all the Democrats’ wrongdoing comes up everywhere I dig.”
OBAMA: “Don’t you understand? Trump will unseal my records. I’ll never get rich quick off my foundations like the Clintons. And besides Michelle will kill me.”
MUELLER: What are you complaining about? I’m looking like the biggest incompetent in L/E trying to help you guys out.”
OBAMA: “You’ve got to do more. There’s stuff in my records that’ll finish me. Those SOB American patriots would love to get their hands on my background.”
MUELLER: “Cripes, you sound like you were an exotic Kenyan male escort before you got into politics.”
OBAMA “Aint no money in dick-licking. The real money is in politics.”
Since the end of the Cold War, the WSJ has probably been the least accurate media source when it comes to Russia. Immigration as well. The NYT was objectively better on immigration until some point in the 00’s.
That's why I call him John Wilkes Mueller
This IS a conspiracy to commit sedition, and that's all it has been from the start
So the dossier was plagiarized? Where’s uncle Joe?
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