If You Have Been Playing "THE RUSSIA HOAX" at Home, along with Our Studio Audience, You'll Want to Grab this Clue!
Over the past few months, the table has slowly turned. Now the clues are taking us back to the corrupt nest where this plot to destroy the 2016 election and sabotage American democracy began. Who will be the Insider who turns on all the rest of the vipers in the Greatest Crime Against American People in US History?
Just how dirty was that Dossier?
According to the Tyler Durdens, it is dirtier that anyone imagined. This story was orginally broken at The Hill by Jon Soloman:
We now have insider testimony that — from the beginning — the Justice Department and the FBI were both fully aware that the notorious Steele Dossier was connected directly to and paid for by Hillary Clinton (and likely not the DNC). Hillary Clinton's lawyer from Perkins Coie eventually admitted to paying Fusion GPS, disguising the payments as legal bills when it was in fact opposition research.
The Dossier was thus contaminated and biased - a crucial detail which was omitted just weeks later from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant used to spy on the Trump campaign.
When the annals of mistakes and abuses in the FBI’s Russia investigation are finally written, Bruce Ohr almost certainly will be the No. 1 witness, according to my sources.
The former #4 Department of Justice (DOJ) official, Bruce Ohr - who had extensive contact with Steele, briefed "both senior FBI and DOJ officials in summer 2016 about Christopher Steele's Russia dossier, explicitly cautioning that the British intelligence operative's work was opposition research connected to Hillary Clinton's campaign and might be biased."
Ohr’s activities, chronicled in handwritten notes and congressional testimony I gleaned from sources, provide the most damning evidence to date that FBI and DOJ officials may have misled federal judges in October 2016 in their zeal to obtain the warrant targeting Trump adviser Carter Page just weeks before Election Day.
Ohr's activities also contradict a key argument made by House Democrats in their attempts to downplay the significance of the Steele Dossier; that the FBI claimed it was "unaware of any derogatory information" about Steele, and that the former MI6 operative was "never advised ... as to the motivation behind the research." The FBI further "speculates" that those who hired Steele were "likely looking for information to discredit" Trump's campaign.
There was no "speculation" going on by the FBI. Thanks to Ohr's warning, they absolutely knew about Steele's bias against Trump while working for a Clinton-funded project to gather harmful opposition research on him.
Ohr had firsthand knowledge about the motive and the client: He had just met with Steele on July 30, 2016, and Ohr’s wife, Nellie, worked for Fusion GPS, the same firm employing Steele.
“I certainly told the FBI that Fusion GPS was working with, doing opposition research on Donald Trump,” Ohr told congressional investigators, adding that he warned the FBI that Steele expressed bias during their conversations.
“I provided information to the FBI when I thought Christopher Steele was, as I said, desperate that Trump not be elected,” he added. “So, yes, of course I provided that to the FBI.”
When lawmakers pressed Ohr as to why he would volunteer that information to the FBI, he answered "In case there might be any kind of bias.... I tried to be clear that this is source information, I don’t know how reliable it is. You’re going to have to check it out and be aware."
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We now discover that Ohr’s early consultations about the creation of the Steele dossier weren’t limited to the FBI, whom he reached out to on July 31, 2016. Ohr disclosed that in August 2016 — nearly two months before the FISA warrant was issued — he was asked to conduct a briefing for senior Justice officials.
Those Ohr briefed included Andrew Weissmann, then the head of DOJ’s fraud section; Bruce Swartz, longtime head of DOJ’s international operations, and Zainab Ahmad, an accomplished terrorism prosecutor who, at the time, was assigned to work with Lynch as a senior counselor.
Ahmad and Weissmann would go on to work for Mueller, the special prosecutor overseeing the Russia probe.
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So, Mueller has known all along that the FISA warrants were bogus, but the desperate cover-up team gave him carte blanche to dig through every part of the warrant victim's lives looking for crimes — anything at all that could be thrown out to the media and the American people, like red meat to hungry dogs.
Meanwhile, throughout 2018, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee repeatedly sought to downplay Ohr's connections to Steele. Democrats were relentless in their cover-up efforts pertaining to the illegally obtained FISA warrants, using already debunked assertions as facts. One example is the House Memo on the FISA warrants, which is heavily redacted except for the copy sitting on President Trump's desk.
The Memo defending the FISA warrants from House Democrats - led by Rep. Adam Schiff's (D-CA), says that Ohr's contact with the FBI only began "weeks after the election and more than a month after the Court approved the initial FISA application." In the Memo, Schiff insisted that Ohr only notified the FBI about Steele after Steele was fired by the FBI in November 2016 for improper contacts with the media.
Ohr's testimony, however, refutes Schiff's Memo making it clear he was in contact with both FBI and DOJ officials well before the FISA warrant or the 2016 US election.
Ohr divulged his first contact with the FBI was on July 31, 2016, when he reached out to then-Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and FBI attorney Lisa Page. He then was referred to agents working Russia counterintelligence, including Peter Strzok, the now-fired agent who played a central role in starting the Trump collusion probe.
Ohr explicitly made the point to the FBI back then that Steele seemed desperate to see Donald Trump defeated. He told the FBI that Steele — the UK spy that he and his wife were working with — was biased in the extreme. The FBI never tried to guess or speculate as to Steele's motives in the Dossier, as they so testified.
So there's that. And so much more. The involvement of CrowdStrike in the forensic work and the incubation of the Hoax is a bonanza of malfeasance that I cannot wait to see fully exposed. If it is exposed before the whole thing is deep-sixed. Rumors are flying that the case could be shut down, buried in irrelevance, and classified forever.
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High critique from high places
Should it surprise you that Shifty lied about the timing of the FBI involvement in the whole Dossier charade? People ask "when is the last time Trump told the truth?". Fair question. At least some of the time Trump does tell the truth. But Schiff is another matter altogether. He, like HRC, was not born with an honest bone in his body. Can't blame the poor sod. It's just the way he's made. He should be in a kennel or a large enclosed area. Perhaps that's what Trump has in store for him.
Haven't seen unreacted Ohr testimony yet. This may prove very interesting--why else redacted? His wife's testimony, assuming she doesn't take the 5th, might be even more interesting.
She claimed
spousal privilege:
RT says that
the epoch times (lol) had published the unredacted transcripts last week.
RT's: 'Transcripts reveal FBI & DOJ were warned in 2016 about ‘bias’ in Steele dossier & ‘links’ to Clinton'
lord luv a duck, Ohr's hard to look at. it's hard not to agree with this fellah:
@johncardillo "In light of Bruce Ohr’s testimony, every #Mueller case should be tossed and every conviction or plea dismissed w/prejudice.
This is the most egregious betrayal of the rule of law I’ve ever seen. A frame job from start to finish because the wrong person won an election.
1,905 7:47 AM - Jan 17, 2019
Anything Mueller digs up is fruit from the poisonous tree
The fake facts from the Steele dossier used by the FBI to get involved with spying on Trump's campaign is also being used by Mueller to dig through people's lives.
What if during the Watergate break in Nixon used the FBI and his justice department? And that he got some of his first information from a foreign government's intelligence agency? I don't see how what happened with Obama's justice department is any different.
The Obama state department waived whatever problems there were so that the woman Russian lawyer was allowed into the country for the meeting with Trump Jr. And they pit one of their pawns in Papodapolus's path and told him that Russia had Hillary's emails which he then told the Dutch ambassador who passed that back to the FBI.
Powers or Rice unmasked the 200 people's identities that were being spied upon which was unconstitutional. There is so much more information about this crime that has been discovered for over two years. Will anyone disclose this or will we see Mueller make something up just to remove Trump from office? Because there is no evidence anywhere that he did what he is being accused of.
But the bottom line is that Hillary Clinton used her party's intelligence agencies to spy on her opponent to collect dirt on him. And they broke many laws while doing it.
Great rundown on this, Pluto!
I expect Mueller to declare victory
...and move on shortly.
This is the only news blog I am aware of that stuck firmly to the facts and didn't prevaricate on the truth or surrender to political bias. We know what really happened here. Those who can tell the story, should. The truth won't last for long in this country.
Indeed! This place n/t
staggering that this has gone on so long
it's always been a magnified version of Lieberman claiming "Ned Lamont hacked my website!"
That is, a bald-faced lie to explain away a loss.
Nellie Ohr
also worked for the CIA.
It's not just that
Bruce Ohr told both the FBI and the DOJ that Steele was doing opposition research for the Clinton campaign and that Steele was biased against Trump. Ohr's wife was working for the company doing the research. The Ohrs clearly acted as both part of the source and part of the conveyance of this garbage to the DOJ.
When you see their complicity in the process, you can only think Bruce Ohr told the FBI and DOJ that Steele was doing this for the campaign and was desperate to keep Trump from being elected AS GOOD THINGS, not as warnings or concerns about the reliability of the dossier.
It goes farther than keeping him from being elected
One of Robert Parry last articles was about how the Obama administration was going to use the information to keep Trump in check.
The Foundering Russia-gate ‘Scandal’
Since the NYT dropped the 'bombshell' that the FBI was so worried that Trump was working for Russia I'm seeing people writing about it without stating that they found no evidence of that. This was exactly why the dropped that on us. How many people just read the headline and didn't see the results? This has been the ruse since propaganda was created. Fudge the headline to be something opposite of the truth. "17 intelligence agencies agree that .... " is still being reported.
Heh!
Outstanding essay, Pluto!
You have done a wonderful job of putting the pieces together. Regardless of what we may feel about Trump as a human being, what has been going on is far more dangerous. It has been an attempted coup and the thwarting of what little of the democratic processes we have left in this country. If the deep state and the Clintons are allowed to get away with this, I shudder to think what lies in the future.
Recently I saw a compilation 8chan posts done by someone named Greg Rubini that was supposedly posted by someone who was inside the Bruce Ohr hearing and also was present for Lisa Page's testimony. I have no way of validating this, but it matches much of what is in this essay.
Below is a teaser. The link above provides the full compilation of the 8chan posts.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Coming from you, that is a great
...compliment and confirmation. This must be unraveled for the sake of the nation. Otherwise we face a dismal future as fodder for the corporations.
Oh, and thanks for the clue!
Does anyone remember reports
this opposition research starting under one of Trumps primary opponents? I think Marco Rubio? does that figure in anywhere, or was that smokescreen?
Yes, I do
remember that information from my reading about the dossier, and I think we've mentioned it here at C99. For me, it only reinforces the viewpoint that the Deep State, the Bush cabal, the Council on Foreign Relations, the PNAC, the defense industry, the industry Eisenhower warned us about, runs both parties and will act to eliminate any candidate who isn't part of the program.
My recollection is that it was research on behalf
...of both Rubio and Cruz — leading Israel loyalists. This was the first Trump opposition client of Fusion GPS starting in January 2016 or earlier. It was paid for by billionire Paul Singer, who happens to be the lead billionaire donor of AIPAC. He dropped it when it was clear that Trump was going to win the primary. My guess is it was easy to drop because AIPAC got in through another door: Jared Kushner. (I believe it was a phone call between Kushner and Flynn that got Michael Flynn shafted.)
Something to remember: Christopher Steele was not hired by Fusion GPS until after Hillary started paying them through her law firm. There is no evidence that the DNC paid Fusion GPS, although the DNC did funnel Sanders' excess campaign funds to her.
Thanks to both of you
thought I remembered something, but couldn't find it anywhere.
After all that collusion, lying, and cheating
to steal the vote, the primary must have been just practice.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
How will it be presented to the public?
Once Meuller is "done," what comes of it? Nothing, I imagine. They say they want to redact the entire report, which we know the reason is to keep the truth away from the American people. The deep state runs things - Herr Drumpf is on to them, but somewhat powerless. They are a danger to all of us.
In any event, I'm interested in seeing what propaganda will come out about it and what the American people will buy. I need to start prepping myself for those in my circle (and those not in my circle) that will believe the propaganda.
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
There is legislation prepared to bury all of Mueller's
...research and findings for the sake of national security. I don't have the details at hand, but it is being publicly discussed.
I no longer have any circles. It's easier to become an exile than one might imagine.
Same for me,
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
I suppose you are correct,
but working at a university, which keeps me in vibrant talking circles, in which I choose to participate, so there's that.
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Hah!
When you can drive 'Both Sides' running and ducking for cover 'cause the shrapnel from Truth Bombs is flying EVERYwhere. . . Well, let's just say the holidays can be FUN!
I guess I Am that crazy uncle.
fuck
Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .
Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .
If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march
great job, amigo.
i'd done a little more digging on my #TreasonSummit 2.0 diary, and found that in his jan. 15 'Russia-gate Evidence, Please, ray mcgovern agreed that the papers of record noting that the fbi had opened counterintelligence investigations of trump 'as a national secirity threat were...evidence free. boy, howdy, did he satirize jahn brennan's remarks starting with 'i don't do evidence'.
so sure the russia-gaters seized on those words to declare that DT was trying to obstruct the investigation of collusion. the next section rings true to me:
and from UKcolumn.org on the integrity initiative:
and i accidentally found a bernie sanders tweet calling out the trump/putin summit similarly:
@SenSanders "Yesterday was a good day for Putin and the oligarchs in Russia. But it was a bad day for people in the United States and all over the world who believe in democracy and who are trying to understand what world our idiot president lives in." (w/ accompanying video)
but fininan cunningham at RT's 'US media intensify pretext for ousting Trump' saw what i'd thought i was seeing: a call for a coup, although he had a few other NYT/waPo opeds, etc. i hadn't known about, including:
there are further examples re: the generals who've been deemed 'the adults in the room', etc., but he closes:
Ray McGovern has been an American treasure
...throughout this coup. He is brave and composed and he does have security clearance. And, he is member of VIPS.
We should start our own group: WWTMI
Women with too much information.
whoosh.
guess you could create such a #hashtag.
sorry if i'd harshed your mellow, but what i'd been trying to convey in my own (admittedly inept) way was that it's all of a piece, or pieces of the same puzzle.
Presidents are an elected form of royalty
...in this country. They are a distraction of court intrigue and pointless ceremony.
Our real leaders have kept us on the same precise trajectory for the past 50 years, at least. The same general trajectory since before WWI.
It seems to me that during our hyper-shortened lifespans we should be able to work out a pleasurable life somewhere without giving them another thought. That's my plan. It's too easy to expose them, but it doesn't amount to much.
Sounds like grounds for a complaint to the bar
association, at a minimum:
Bill Clinton, while a sitting President of the United States, perjures himself on national TV, rather than admit to an adulterous relationship; Susan McDougal went to prison for 18 months because she would not answer 3 questions about Bill Clinton's involvement in Whitewater; and Hillary's lawyer fakes legal payments; Bill Clinton's National Security advisor, among other things, pled guilty to theft and unauthorized destruction of documents theretofore stored in the National archives, shortly before he was scheduled to testify to the 911 commission.
These are indisputable things, not allegations, not suspicions and not "conspiracy theories."
What an ethical, law-abiding bunch!
what this thread needs...(imo)
is moar Buzzfeed!
‘What evidence? BuzzFeed fuels ‘Russiagate’ with bombshell report on Trump and Cohen', 18 Jan, 2019, via RT
LOL! American brains have turned to mush.
Buzzfeed is now heading the Distraction Unit for the CIA.
and now a spokesman
for Mueller says that the info from Buzzfeed is not accurate.
dfarrah
Stop it! My
Fucking head hurts with all the stupid out there! This whole thing plays like a daytime drama, one of 'My Stories', just to keep people entertained and breathless.
This board, and you Folks in particular, have Saved me the hassle of having to dig through each FUCKing tidbit to disprove And disparage.
THANK YOU!
I know we say it often on this site, but probably not often enough, so Thank You again.
peace
Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .
Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .
If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march