Posted on 05/06/2020 6:02:17 PM PDT by Revel
A newly declassified memorandum from Rod Rosenstein shows that the former deputy attorney general used bogus claims from discredited Clinton campaign operative Christopher Steele to justify Robert Mueller's investigation of the Trump campaign.
Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosensteins memo authorizing Robert Muellers anti-Trump investigation was riddled with conspiracy theories lifted straight from the bogus dossier of Christopher Steele, a newly released, less redacted version of the memo shows. The memo, portions of which were declassified on April 30, 2020, specifically targeted former Trump campaign affiliates Carter Page, Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, George Papadopoulos, and one individual whose identity is redacted.
The Aug. 2, 2017 scope memo, which was provided by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to the Senate Judiciary Committee following requests from Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., cited Steele dossier collusion conspiracy theories about Manafort and Page.
Rosenstein ordered Mueller to investigate allegations that Page committed a crime or crimes by colluding with Russian government officials with respect to the Russian governments efforts to interfere with the 2016 election[.] The same language was used to justify the targeting of Manafort.
Rosensteins memo also peddled discredited legal theories about the Logan Act, a 1799 law criminalizing political speech by American citizens that has never been successfully prosecuted, to justify investigations of former White House National Security Adviser (NSA) Michael Flynn. The scope memo directed Mueller to investigate allegations that Flynn committed a crime or crimes by engaging in conversations with Russian officials during the period of the Trump transition.
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“Graham is on Hannity talking about this now.”
And once again Lindsey blustered about doing an INVESTIGATION (again!). I was waiting for Sean to laugh in his face — but he didn’t.
What a fine compliment, thank you.
Remember that when the time comes. I expect a statue in the FR courtyard.
It isn’t Graham these people need to be worried about. There are far bigger powers at work such as Durham.
C Y A.
Durham hired a bunch of democrat prosecutors. Don’t hold your breath on Huber 2.0.
Ping ping
I think this will happen as close the election as possible. Call it the Republican October Surprise.
Its maddening!!!!!
Yawn! More stories of wrongdoing, but no perp walks!!!
Well there has been a lots of evidence and comments made by various officials to suggest that Tom is dead wrong. Durham is not one who is known to waist his time.
The only thing that will happen is info will be released. Some red meat for the GOP base to GOTV. That is all the swamp intends to give POTUS.
It’s should have been obvious since Barr punted Durham to the summer that he was Huber 2.0. This stuff isn’t hard to read at after 3 years of DOJ beltway theater.
Sell the properties of every criminal that lied as a government employees. Hang each bastard (bitch for Lisa Page)
Rosenstain.
It’s a lot bigger than Rosenstein. Comey, Susan Rice, Brennan, Clapper, and the “Republican majority” senate intel committee swallowed it whole.
The Logan Act was not about “free speech” but about violating US law that said that private citizens could not negotiate foreign affairs policies with a foreign government or entity. Only the US government/Congress could do that.
John Kerry should have been prosecuted under the Logan Act for his admitted foreign policy visits with the No. Vietnamese/VC-PRG embassies/missions in Paris on at least two occasions that he admitted to, and possibly a third that no one knows anything about.
Credit where credit is due.
But you still suck.
(It woulda been way more funnier if you'da posted the pic).
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