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Steele had illegal campaign cash from Hillary Clinton laundered as legal fees to back up his “dossier”. No charges for that of course, just a slap on the wrist

by zaroth 3y ago

Steele had illegal campaign cash from Hillary Clinton laundered as legal fees to back up his “dossier”. No charges for that of course, just a slap on the wrist fine. They applied the full force and technology of the United States spying apparatus and all the Mueller report proved was that they found nothing. Brennan briefed Obama and Biden on the Clinton campaign’s dirty plan right from the start, and they ran with it. They knew it was a Clinton plan and had no evidence to back it up, and lied to Congress, and lied to the American people about it. Those are the established facts, but there will always be people like the Peter Strzoks who will never admit how wrong they were, or how much harm they did. Then they followed it up in 2020 with 51 intelligence officer / signatories lying to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop. They’re not done lying and cheating, and the FISA abuses we know about are just the tip of the iceberg.

ModernMech 3y ago
> Steele had illegal campaign cash from Hillary Clinton laundered as legal fees to back up his “dossier”. As far as the the investigation goes, the Steele Dossier doesn't factor into it because it wasn't the predicate of the investigation. IG Horowitz found no problem with the way the investigation began. The Steele Dossier is a distraction, and the IG report is the final word on it. That you disagree is immaterial to the results of the IG investigation. > Brennan briefed Obama and Biden on the Clinton campaign’s dirty plan right from the start, and they ran with it. Again, the IG and Durham looked into the role Obama played, and found nothing worth pursuing. They certainly didn't find what was alleged by Trump, which was that Obama White House spied on the Trump campaign. Your talking points are out of date and out of line with the results of concluded investigations. > Those are the established facts, but there will always be people like the Peter Strzoks who will never admit how wrong they were, or how much harm they did. We don't need to listen to Strzok or Page or anyone else, because the IG report says that there was no political bias in the predication of the or in the course of the investigation. Since you seem to be reluctant to read the report I linked, here's the relevant part of the executive summary: As part of our review, we also sought to determine whether there was evidence that political bias or other improper considerations affected decision making in Crossfire Hurricane, including the decision to open the investigation. We discussed the issue of political bias in a prior OIG report, Review of Various Actions in Advance of the 2016 Election, where we described text and instant messages between then Special Counsel to the Deputy Director Lisa Page and then Section Chief Peter Strzok, among others, that included statements of hostility toward then candidate Trump and statements of support for then candidate Hillary Clinton. In this review, we found that, while Lisa Page attended some of the discussions regarding the opening of the investigations, she did not play a role in the decision to open Crossfire Hurricane or the four individual cases. We further found that while Strzok was directly involved in the decisions to open Crossfire Hurricane and the four individual cases, he was not the sole, or even the highest-level, decision maker as to any of those matters. As noted above, then CD AD Priestap, Strzok's supervisor, was the official who ultimately made the decision to open the investigation, and evidence reflected that this decision by Priestap was reached by consensus after multiple days of discussions and meetings that included Strzok and other leadership in CD, the FBI Deputy Director, the FBI General Counsel, and a FBI Deputy General Counsel. We concluded that Priestap's exercise of discretion in opening the investigation was in compliance with Department and FBI policies, and we did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or improper motivation influenced his decision. We similarly found that, while the formal documentation opening each of the four individual investigations was approved by Strzok (as required by the DIOG), the decisions to do so were reached by a consensus among the Crossfire Hurricane agents and analysts who identified individuals associated with the Trump campaign who had recently traveled to Russia or had other alleged ties to Russia. Priestap was involved in these decisions. We did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or improper motivation influenced the decisions to open the four individual investigations. Case closed. That should be the end of the story for you. > Then they followed it up in 2020 with 51 intelligence officer / signatories lying to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop. They’re not done lying and cheating, and the FISA abuses we know about are just the tip of the iceberg. This is a deflection. Please read the reports if you want to learn something. Your information is out of date and inaccurate.

by zaroth 3y ago

ModernMech 3y ago

> Steele had illegal campaign cash from Hillary Clinton laundered as legal fees to back up his “dossier”. As far as the the investigation goes, the Steele Dossier doesn't factor into it because it wasn't the predicate of the investigation. IG Horowitz found no problem with the way the investigation began. The Steele Dossier is a distraction, and the IG report is the final word on it. That you disagree is immaterial to the results of the IG investigation. > Brennan briefed Obama and Biden on the Clinton campaign’s dirty plan right from the start, and they ran with it. Again, the IG and Durham looked into the role Obama played, and found nothing worth pursuing. They certainly didn't find what was alleged by Trump, which was that Obama White House spied on the Trump campaign. Your talking points are out of date and out of line with the results of concluded investigations. > Those are the established facts, but there will always be people like the Peter Strzoks who will never admit how wrong they were, or how much harm they did. We don't need to listen to Strzok or Page or anyone else, because the IG report says that there was no political bias in the predication of the or in the course of the investigation. Since you seem to be reluctant to read the report I linked, here's the relevant part of the executive summary: As part of our review, we also sought to determine whether there was evidence that political bias or other improper considerations affected decision making in Crossfire Hurricane, including the decision to open the investigation. We discussed the issue of political bias in a prior OIG report, Review of Various Actions in Advance of the 2016 Election, where we described text and instant messages between then Special Counsel to the Deputy Director Lisa Page and then Section Chief Peter Strzok, among others, that included statements of hostility toward then candidate Trump and statements of support for then candidate Hillary Clinton. In this review, we found that, while Lisa Page attended some of the discussions regarding the opening of the investigations, she did not play a role in the decision to open Crossfire Hurricane or the four individual cases. We further found that while Strzok was directly involved in the decisions to open Crossfire Hurricane and the four individual cases, he was not the sole, or even the highest-level, decision maker as to any of those matters. As noted above, then CD AD Priestap, Strzok's supervisor, was the official who ultimately made the decision to open the investigation, and evidence reflected that this decision by Priestap was reached by consensus after multiple days of discussions and meetings that included Strzok and other leadership in CD, the FBI Deputy Director, the FBI General Counsel, and a FBI Deputy General Counsel. We concluded that Priestap's exercise of discretion in opening the investigation was in compliance with Department and FBI policies, and we did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or improper motivation influenced his decision. We similarly found that, while the formal documentation opening each of the four individual investigations was approved by Strzok (as required by the DIOG), the decisions to do so were reached by a consensus among the Crossfire Hurricane agents and analysts who identified individuals associated with the Trump campaign who had recently traveled to Russia or had other alleged ties to Russia. Priestap was involved in these decisions. We did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or improper motivation influenced the decisions to open the four individual investigations. Case closed. That should be the end of the story for you. > Then they followed it up in 2020 with 51 intelligence officer / signatories lying to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop. They’re not done lying and cheating, and the FISA abuses we know about are just the tip of the iceberg. This is a deflection. Please read the reports if you want to learn something. Your information is out of date and inaccurate.