Posted on 04/09/2019 9:29:47 PM PDT by bitt
Attorney General William Barr has assembled a "team" to investigate the origins of the FBI's counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign, an administration official briefed on the situation told Fox News on Tuesday.
Republicans repeatedly have called for a thorough investigation of the FBI's intelligence practices and the basis of the since-discredited Russian collusion narrative following the conclusion of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe -- and they now appear to have assurances that a comprehensive review was underway.
The FBI's July 2016 counterintelligence investigation was formally opened by anti-Trump former FBI agent Peter Strzok. Ex-FBI counsel Lisa Page, with whom Strzok was romantically involved, revealed during a closed-door congressional interview that the FBI knew so little about whether allegations against the Trump campaign were true or not true at the time they opened the probe, noting they had just a paucity of evidence because we are just starting down the path of vetting the allegations.
Page later said that it was entirely common that the FBI would begin a counterintelligence investigation with just a small amount of evidence.
Former FBI Director James Comey would testify later that when agency initiated its counterintelligence probe into possible collusion between Trump campaign officials and the Russian government, investigators "didn't know whether we had anything" and that "in fact, when I was fired as director [in May 2017], I still didn't know whether there was anything to it."
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Good one!
Today in that hearing I could detect Barr’s disgust for the Dems. They didn’t help themselves today. They just pi$$ed him off more.
Good thing Trump doesnt have a loser attitude like yours.
It’s all about winning in 2020. POTUS is herding cats and trying to get everybody to the polls so he can win. He can’t afford conflict with his own party and have the GOP country clubbers sit this one out while an energized Dems GOTV. It’s that simple.
As I said, good thing Trump is not a loser like you.
I agree. Thanks.
Yes! Good one!
Brian Cates thinks that this investigation has long been finished. Was just waiting for Mueller to get out of the way.
LOL. It’s been widely reported Huber didn’t interview anybody. Mueller had perjury traps, indictments, guilty pleas and felony convictions in months. It’s now going on 3 years since these Democrat crimes and the potentially criminal “investigation” is just starting.
Other than the firing of McCabe and Comey what evidence do you have anything is happening?
I want to believe, I really, really do but all we've had are rumors of things to come.
I'm still waiting for one, just one big name to be caught in a trap and squeezed.
It’s a political battle now. All we’ll get from Barr and the GOP Senate is some red meat to get the GOP base out for 2020. Linda Grahmnesty will never support prosecuting his Democrat friends in the Uniparty and POTUS is totally aware of that.
“Team” includes those who have been working on this for over a year...and new people.
“While theyre at it, can they get justice for the innocent Egyptian guy who Obama and Hillary threw in prison to cover up Bengazi?”
You mean Nakoula Nakoula? The “innocent Egyptian” who had already been convicted of bank fraud, ID theft, and intent to manufacture methamphetamine?
He was on probation for those crimes when he got involved with that stupid movie. And he managed to violate the terms of his probation while making it. He got justice. He’s lucky he wasn’t deported as well.
How would you know it was happening?
They don't make public announcements about middle managers giving their notice.
Well you’ll be surprised then when you discover that all along Trump has been using the strategies of Sun Tzu. There have been plenty of clues. And for some of us Evelyn Farkas removed all doubt as early as March 2017.
There was a story in December of 2017 that Sessions had hired about a dozen lawyers to bring on board to the DOJ. At the time, some Freepers were hoping that that meant that outside guns were being assembled to conduct investigations. That cadre of lawyers may be the pool that Barr draws from. After a year, they would now know the ropes at the DOJ. [We can always hope!]
Hmmm.. if he does the same job as Ruby Ridge investigation.... not holding my breath on this one. This dude is a deep state never does wrong type.
I believe “They never thought she would lose” and therefore the corrupt Obama JD/FBI simply were caught red handed when Trump was elected.
They left a trail a mile wide and all the way to Russia of text messages and emails that are already captured, and with that came indisputable proofs that one by one has now been admitted to, by all the principle players, in congressional hearings under Nunes, etc., during the Repub Majority committee hearings.
Now comes Republican Doug what’s his name, who just released a third transcript of Jim Baker in his private hearing. Amazing STUFF. Meadows and Jordan are masters at getting what they are after, because they already have the answers in hand when they ask the important questions.
Congress already has the evidence. Phone logs, emails, text messages, testimony was the last thing of interest, because the evidence already had them all nailed down to the truth of their actions.
You’re quite right about 2020. Whose to say that the climb up to the top rung.. Hillary and the Obama administration.. can happen until after POTUS is re-elected, but the corrupt JD/FBI is exposed as framing Trump and tricky FISA Warrants helped them do it. Don’t forget the leaks to the Media Complex.
Bingo! Evelyn FARKAS. Best shill for John Brennan’s criminal enterprise, Evah.
Remember her well. Remember when she blabbed to Mika the Mouth on Scoreborough, how she went to Congressional Democrats and hammered them with the Dirty Dossier and to get the information out Fast, before Trump made it into the White House, empowered to subvert the slanderous rag dossier?
What a dope! “They never thought she would lose”, blinded All of them.
People unafraid of Arkancide?
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Offing an FBI agent would be a huge mistake. The real mob would not want the repercussions. A good example was Dutch Schultz wanting to kill DA Thomas Dewey. The mob took Schultz out.
Good thing Trump has studied Sun Tzu, and put his wisdom into practice over decades, even if you haven’t.
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