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Trump unleashes new political earthquake with FBI spy charge
CNN Fake News ^ | 21 May 2018 | Stephen Collinson

Posted on 05/21/2018 4:03:54 AM PDT by Magnatron

President Donald Trump has wrenched the United States back to the brink of a constitutional showdown after a weekend of rage culminated in his demand for an investigation into claims that the Obama administration inserted a spy in his 2016 campaign.

Trump's power play injected fresh intensity into his escalating political offensive against the Justice Department and renewed worries he is barging across long-held boundaries between the judicial system and the Oval Office.

It also raised potential scenarios that would threaten the integrity of US governance: first, that Trump could use his power to go after a political opponent and, second, that he means to derail or even end a criminal probe into his own conduct.

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Trump's fury peaked with a tweet that coincided with cresting coverage on conservative media of the unproven claim that an FBI confidential source in the Russia investigation could have been a spy sent by Obama administration officials to damage Trump.

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Shortly after his outburst, the Justice Department said its inspector general had been asked to assess whether there was any political impropriety in the use of the confidential source, as part of an existing probe into aspects of the Russia investigation.

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CNN legal analyst Paul Callan said that he found it "bizarre" that Rosenstein acted on an order to start an investigation via tweet.

"I mean, wouldn't the President call him in? Wouldn't there be a little bit of nuance in the order?" Callan asked, speaking with CNN's Ana Cabrera.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


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To: Magnatron

I don’t understand why the MSM would pull its punches in reporting these revelations. It was established in Obama’s first term that the Obama Admin had used the FBI to spy on reporters, supposedly to quell leaks.


41 posted on 05/21/2018 5:20:38 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: Magnatron

The lower echelons in the departments are awfully quiet in the face of the attempted coup which not only involved the FBI, but the CIA and Justice.

I hope the country survives.

I’d love to know what the subsoil is saying.


42 posted on 05/21/2018 5:22:52 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: tired&retired; Magnatron

This cannot have the appearance of political retribution, which I expect the MSM and the rest of the left would turn up the volume and repeat ad nauseam. They of course will want to remain unaccountable and play the victim role.

A simple question has to be asked. If they in fact spied on Trump, and Trump were to be elected, did they not consider that they could find their corruption exposed and themselves in legal jeopardy? If Trump was spied on illegally by his political opposition using the assets and resources of OUR federal government, then why should the Trump administration be precluded from investigating criminal wrongdoing, even by his political opponents? BHO used that argument against small fish Dinesh D’Souza.

As long as the investigation is transparent, the facts put out for all to see, and the system of checks and balances is used (prosecution, judge, jury), the show should go on despite the left’s outrage. Would I sign on to an independent counsel - still considering whether that would be best in this case. When the dust settles over the decades forward, the truth will prevail, and hopefully our system of government will be restored to its proper role, operated by responsible civil servants in the true sense of the word.


43 posted on 05/21/2018 5:32:27 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot (Do Leftist/Liberals Really Believe That Dissent = Highest Form of Patriotism?)
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To: Magnatron

Man, talk about projection!

And...PANIC.


44 posted on 05/21/2018 5:36:23 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Stefan Halper Stefan Halper Stefan Halper Stefan Halper Stefan Halper)
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To: Magnatron

No worries Deep State...Sessions is in charge


45 posted on 05/21/2018 5:37:59 AM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: mewzilla

Yes, NOBODY involved had a problem with it.

What an indictment of the integrity of the people who were entrusted with the power of OUR government. They just knew HRC was going to be elected. And had that happened, NONE of this would have ever come out until decades later, if ever.


46 posted on 05/21/2018 5:41:36 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot (Do Leftist/Liberals Really Believe That Dissent = Highest Form of Patriotism?)
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To: jonrick46

For someone who was confirmed and entrusted to lead the CIA... his statement is quite shocking to say the least. Let’s see who comes to his defense.


47 posted on 05/21/2018 5:43:56 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot (Do Leftist/Liberals Really Believe That Dissent = Highest Form of Patriotism?)
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To: CodeToad

That’s not insurrection, that’s Venezuelan.


48 posted on 05/21/2018 5:48:19 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: Magnatron

Fake news. So CNN and other media outlets support government secret police? They are a complete failure as an institution.


49 posted on 05/21/2018 5:52:09 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Labyrinthos
Why are you posting links to CNN? Every click to the website puts money in CNN’s pocket.

Know your enemy. It doesn't do any good to read just the things you agree with. That makes one no different than a liberal.

Listen to what the other side says and make your case.

(plus, it's fun to watch the mental breakdown on the other side)

50 posted on 05/21/2018 6:00:18 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: mewzilla
If Trump hadn't come back swinging, everyone involved in the most serious threat to the republic in modern history would have gotten away with it because NOBODY BLABBED. Not the perps, not the press, the pols.

...and more importantly not the rank and file, the so called good guys, in the FBI and/or the IC. All "just following orders". Beholden to their paychecks and pensions while telling the Republic to "Go to hell" with their silence.

51 posted on 05/21/2018 8:02:16 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: laxcoach
or are most of them too young to know the name Hoover?

Of course they know Hoover, just not J. Edger.

52 posted on 05/21/2018 9:47:47 AM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: laxcoach
"...can’t they read, or are most of them too young to know the name Hoover?"

Both, of course.

53 posted on 05/21/2018 2:51:36 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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