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It's out. All 306 pages of it.
Know what's not in there? That's right: Actual evidence of COLLUSION by the Bad Orange Man.
https://twitter.com/Techno_Fog/status/165819161354...But what IS in the report? Hmm:
The Clinton campaign plan to link Trump-Russia - known to the CIA - was briefed to President Obama, VP Biden, AG Lynch, and FBI Director ComeyBecause of course it was. Barack Obama was and remains one of the most corrupt - and worst - Presidents in American history. He built a culture of political partisanship that persists to this day. And weaponized the government's vast power...against American citizens.
The FBI and DOJ restricted two investigations into Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election:
1) The Clinton Foundation investigation
2) Illegal foreign contributions to the Clinton Campaign
"No investigative activities occurred for months"Buttttt.....
Crossfire Hurricane was opened as a "full investigation" -
Yet days after it was opened, Peter Strzok was essentially telling a London FBI employee that "there's nothing to this"Because there never was.
Funny, for all the people that exclaim Muh Sourcez Of Newzz Are Teh Awesummm they seem to rely on a bunch of malarky.
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Dope1:
https://twitter.com/Techno_Fog/status/165819161354...
But what IS in the report? Hmm:
The Clinton campaign plan to link Trump-Russia - known to the CIA - was briefed to President Obama, VP Biden, AG Lynch, and FBI Director ComeyWell, that's what happens when you get your information from Techno Fog rather than go to the actual report. Here's EXACTLY what the Durham Report says about that:
-- In late July 2016, U.S. intelligence agencies obtained insight into Russian intelligence analysis alleging that U.S Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had approved a campaign plan to stir up a scandal against U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump by tying him to Putin and the Russians' hacking of the Democratic National Committee. The IC does not know the accuracy of this allegation or the extent to which the Russian intelligence analysis may reflect exaggeration or fabrication.
-- According to his handwritten notes, CIA Director Brennan subsequently briefed President Obama and other senior national security officials on the intelligence, including the "alleged approval by Hillary Clinton on July 26, 2016 of a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisors to vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by Russian security services." In short, Techno Fog says there definitely
was a campaign plan of tying Trump to Putin and hackers but the report says there
were Russian allegations of a plan but no evidence to support the allegations, which just might be fabrications.
No wonder Durham couldn't get any indictments. He's spewing bullsh!t and bullsh!t doesn't work in a grand jury or in a court room.
Here's the actual report:
https://www.justice.gov/storage/durhamreport.pdf
No. of Recommendations: 0
Well, that's what happens when you get your information from Techno Fog
LOL. You people and your SOURCEZ nonsense. I literally posted this in the thread.
Enough already.
And frankly, you didn't read enough.
The Office also considered as part of its investigation the government's handling of
certain intelligence that it received during the summer of 2016. That intelligence concerned the
purported "approval by Hillary Clinton on July 26, 2016 of a proposal from one of her foreign
policy advisors to vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by the
Russian security services." We refer to that intelligence hereafter as the "Clinton Plan
intelligence.'' DNI John Ratcliffe declassified the following information about the Clinton Plan
intelligence in September 2020 and conveyed it to the Senate Judiciary Committee:
In other words:
-They knew the RUSSIARUSSIARUSSIA was made up by Hillary!'s campaign team
-They briefed Obama and Biden on the dirty trick plan, knowing that it was BS
-Then they went ahead with Crossfire Hurricane anyway
And during Crossfire Hurricane we, and I mean conservatives who followed the issue (obviously not the librul set), knew that the FBI was running wild with FISA stuff...and trying everything in its power to make this wishcasting come true.
But nice try.
All these people belong in jail.
No. of Recommendations: 1
And here's more:
Throughout the duration of Crossfire Hurricane, facts and circumstances that were
inconsistent with the premise that Trump and/or persons associated with the Trump campaign
were involved in a collusive or conspiratorial relationship with the Russian government were
ignored or simply assessed away. Indeed, as set forth in Sections IV A.2 and 3, from even before
the opening of Crossfire Hurricane, some of those most directly involved in the subsequent
investigation had (i) expressed their open disdain for Trump, (ii) asked about when they would
open an investigation on Trump, and (iii) asserted that they would prevent Trump from
becoming President.
And there's Obama's full Culture of Corruption on display: I know this S.O.B. is guilty. When can I open an investigation and fix things so he doesn't win?
And all you Defenders of Our Democracy are all A-okay with this. Noted.
Red state attorneys general, call your offices. There's work to be done.
No. of Recommendations: 1
Given the foregoing, and viewing the facts in a light most favorable to the Crossfire
Hurricane investigators, it seems highly likely that, at a minimum, confirmation bias played a
significant role in the FBI's acceptance of extraordinarily serious allegations derived from
uncorroborated information that had not been subjected to the typical exacting analysis employed
by the FBI and other members of the Intelligence Community. In short, it is the Office's
assessment that the FBI discounted or willfully ignored material information that did not support
the narrative of a collusive relationship between Trump and Russia. Similarly, the FBI
Inspection Division Report says that the investigators "repeatedly ignore[ d] or explain[ ed] away
evidence contrary to the theory the Trump campaign ... had conspired with Russia .... It
appeared that ... there was a pattern of assuming nefarious intent."
Nothing like Guilty until Proven innocent!
No. of Recommendations: 12
Dope1: And frankly, you didn't read enough.
The Office also considered as part of its investigation...
Umm, that's the paragraph that precedes what I quoted from the report. You know, the two paragraphs I quoted that state that the IC "does not know the accuracy of this allegation or the extent to which the Russian intelligence analysis may reflect exaggeration or fabrication."
Again, Durham clearly wrote that the allegation against Clinton came from Russia, there is no evidence to support the claim, and it just may be an "exaggeration or fabrication".
And since you used it but do not seem to know what it means, have someone explain the word "purported" to you, as in "purported approval by Hillary Clinton".
Dope1: They knew the RUSSIARUSSIARUSSIA was made up
Umm...
Paul Manafort - guilty
Rick Gates - guilty
Mike Flynn - guilty
George Papadopouolos - guilty
Roger Stone - guilty
Michael Cohen - guilty
Konstantin Kilimnik - wanted
Trump pardoned his way out of RUSSIARUSSIARUSSIA.
Dope1: All these people belong in jail.
Durham couldn't even get indictments but you're so deep in the Cult you want to keep chanting "Lock Her Up!"
Sorry, buddy, doesn't work that way.
After four years, Durham came up empty because he could find no wrongdoing.
Man up and admit it.
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, that's the paragraph that precedes what I quoted from the report.
Exactly. It's the part that blows up your attempts to deflect from the point of it all.
The FBI allowed itself to
-Be used by the Clinton Campaign
-Involve itself into a Presidential election with its thumb on the scale
-Violate the hell out of the Constitutional rights of Carter Page and others
-Purse a Guilty Until Proven Innocent policy of law enforcement
It's not surprising that you don't understand what this report is saying at all. Or maybe you DO understand because you secretly like the idea of a J. Edgar Beria working exclusively for the democrats. Who's the real danger to democracy? *Hands you a mirror*
The report also says what informed citizens knew all along: That the Steele Dossier was a lie all along and not only did the FBI know it was from the beginning, they went along with it to affect the Presidential election(s).
You won't ever "man up" and admit that your years of posting about RUSSIARUSSIARUSSIA were all based on lies.
No. of Recommendations: 7
Dope1: Throughout the duration of Crossfire Hurricane, facts and circumstances that were inconsistent with the premise that Trump and/or persons associated with the Trump campaign were involved in a collusive or conspiratorial relationship with the Russian government...
Well, lessee.
Candidate Trump urged Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's server and DNC computers.
Trump was backed by a Russian interference op during the 2016 election.
Russia offered 'to provide the Trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia" which "would be very useful" to candidate Trump. The Trump campaign responded: "If it's what you say, I love it, especially later in the summer."
Candidate Trump secretly pursued a Moscow real estate deal.
Trump shared classified information with a Russian diplomat.
But you're right... why would the FBI want to investigate any of that?
No. of Recommendations: 1
Mike Lee sums this up, and bodies the democrats in the process:
https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1658209124...1. The gravity of the misconduct uncovered by Mr. Durham cannot be overstated.
2. The LEAST one can say of it is that it involved a malicious use of federal law-enforcement officers to conduct a contrived investigation utterly lacking any valid, factual foundation from the very beginning. That is itself incredibly troubling'and also unconstitutional.
3. But this was SO MUCH WORSE than that. It was an effort to use use a powerful, long-respected, federal law-enforcement agency to render a presidential candidate unelectable'entirely in the absence of any valid, good-faith basis for doing so.
4. So make no mistake'this can't be dismissed as mere carelessness or even a severe example of garden-variety misconduct. No'this is as corrupt and as subversive of the Constitution as it gets.
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Well, lessee.
Whatever. Mike Lee covers it in my last post.
Here's hoping you never find out what you've unleashed.
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Jonathan Turley asks a great question of Adam Schiff:
https://twitter.com/JonathanTurley/status/16582089...Given Durham's findings that there was no basis for the actions taken by the FBI in launching this investigation, this would be a good time for former House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff to reveal that evidence he said showed the Russian collusion...The answer is, of course, that there never was any, and the Special Star Chamber the democrats set up to Impeach Trump with was yet another abonomination.
The abuse of power here - while strictly not illegal - goes so far beyond the pale that only the most shameless of librul partisan hacks could look at this and say
You got nuthin'.
Because one day, you'll be on the receiving end of all the things you're cheering on right now. Only maybe at the point the other side escalates it to place where you won't have the ability to recover from it. That's something for you to think about.
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The report by Special Counsel John Durham reached its conclusion, proving absolutely nothing and exonerating Robert Mueller, Hillary Clinton, and the FBI.
No charges have been recommended, and nobody mentioned in the report is going to prison or being indicted.
Republicans have turned wasting taxpayer dollars on empty investigations into an art form.
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Sorry, that's not stable nor is it genius.
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Dope1: The LEAST one can say of it is that it involved a malicious use of federal law-enforcement officers to conduct a contrived investigation utterly lacking any valid, factual foundation from the very beginning ... SO MUCH WORSE than that. It was an effort to use use a powerful, long-respected, federal law-enforcement agency to render a presidential candidate unelectable ... subversive of the Constitution blah, blah, blah.
Jeebus, Lee is a moron.
Someone should remind Lee: Mueller brought charges against 13 Russian nationals and 3 Russian companies for conspiracy to defraud the U.S. -- election interference -- as a direct result of the Russia probe.
You know what was criminal? First, Durham flying all over Europe with Bill Barr to try to run down every hare-brained conspiracy theory the former guy floated about Joe Biden.
And second, appointing Durham to investigate the origins of the Russia probe despite the fact that the DOJ had an internal investigator, the inspector general, who was already examining whether any misconduct led to the start of the Mueller probe into the Trump campaign. The IG found some errors in the probe, but the report discredited any allegations that it was an anti-Trump plot.
And you know what was a better example of using a "powerful, long-respected, federal law-enforcement agency to render a presidential candidate unelectable"? That would be Bill Barr repeatedly meeting with Durham during his investigation and then pressing Durham to release an interim report before the 2020 election. His demand was so egregious that Assistant United States Attorney Nora Dannehy resigned in protest from the Department of Justice's Russia probe.
Get out of the Cult. History will not treat the cultists well.
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Jeebus, Lee is
100% correct.
You're steadfastly trying to defend this abomination. Good for you.
Here's hoping you don't end up on some list someplace where a partisan government official decides to audit you for fun.
