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DOJ drops all charges against Michael Flynn!
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Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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And the sewage continues to seep out of the swamp... just a few highlights:
The Justice Department on Thursday released a summary of its interview of a former FBI special agent who revealed damaging information on the initial FBI counterintelligence and Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigations into Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Michael Flynn.
The summary, known as a “302,” reveals that the special agent, William Barnett, listed a number of disturbing things that he found while working on both investigations.
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1. Barnett believed the predication for the overarching Crossfire Hurricane investigation into the Trump campaign and the Crossfire Razor investigation into Flynn were both unclear and unconvincing.
2. Barnett was in the process of closing the Flynn investigation on January 4, 2017, when Peter Strzok intervened on or around the date of an Oval Office meeting where the Flynn investigation was discussed.
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6. The same FBI lawyer who falsified evidence on a surveillance warrant application on Carter Page also signed off on predication for national security letters on the Flynn investigation.
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9. Barnett thought there was a “get TRUMP” attitude by some at the Special Counsel Office.
Breitbart.com
Comprehensive details at the link. Or you can complain about the source and remain ignorant. Your choice.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostAnd the sewage continues to seep out of the swamp... just a few highlights:
The Justice Department on Thursday released a summary of its interview of a former FBI special agent who revealed damaging information on the initial FBI counterintelligence and Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigations into Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Michael Flynn.
The summary, known as a “302,” reveals that the special agent, William Barnett, listed a number of disturbing things that he found while working on both investigations.
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1. Barnett believed the predication for the overarching Crossfire Hurricane investigation into the Trump campaign and the Crossfire Razor investigation into Flynn were both unclear and unconvincing.
2. Barnett was in the process of closing the Flynn investigation on January 4, 2017, when Peter Strzok intervened on or around the date of an Oval Office meeting where the Flynn investigation was discussed.
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6. The same FBI lawyer who falsified evidence on a surveillance warrant application on Carter Page also signed off on predication for national security letters on the Flynn investigation.
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9. Barnett thought there was a “get TRUMP” attitude by some at the Special Counsel Office.
Breitbart.com
Comprehensive details at the link. Or you can complain about the source and remain ignorant. Your choice.
The IG concluded that the investigation was sufficiently predicated, and a "get Trump" attitude was well justified, if only by Trump's attempts to interfere with the investigation.
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Originally posted by Stoic View PostLet's just assume it's all true and let out a great big *yawn*.
The fact that Barnett was preparing to close the investigation against Flynn due to lack of evidence, yet Flynn was railroaded into a false confession gets a yawn from you?
The fact that the lawyer who is known to have falsified documents for the FBI okayed the Flynn investigation gets a yawn from you?
The fact that the special counsel investigation was clearly politically motivated gets a yawn from you?
And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Sorry, man, but a shrug and a yawn isn't much of a counter argument.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostReally? So the fact that Barnett found the predicate "unclear and unconvincing",
yet Flynn was railroaded into a false confession gets a yawn from you?
The fact that Barnett was preparing to close the investigation against Flynn due to lack of evidence, yet Flynn was railroaded into a false confession gets a yawn from you?
The fact that the lawyer who is known to have falsified documents for the FBI okayed the Flynn investigation gets a yawn from you?
The fact that the special counsel investigation was clearly politically motivated gets a yawn from you?
And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Sorry, man, but a shrug and a yawn isn't much of a counter argument.
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Originally posted by Stoic View PostIf Flynn had been railroaded into a false confession, I would care.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Missouri U.S. Attorney Jeff Jensen has provided additional information to the Flynn defense team highlighting a January 25th meeting between officials in the DOJ-NSD and FBI the day after Michael Flynn (code-named Razor) was interviewed in the White House.
The DOJ officials attending the meeting included: Mary McCord (NSD head), George Toscas (NSD principal deputy), Stu Evans, Tashina Guahar, and “Matt A” (possibly Matthew Axelrod (lawyer for the Deputy Attorney General). Additionally, from the FBI there was: James Baker (chief legal counsel), Bill Priestap (CoIntel head) and a redacted name. It is clear from the meeting notes the group was trying to find something to target Michael Flynn and brainstorming on what approach to take.
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As noted they discussed the “Logan Act” yet found there was no reasonable way to use it and Flynn’s contact with Russian Ambassador Kislyak, during the transition, was normal.
FBI Legal Counsel James Baker asked how could you prosecute Flynn for a 1001 violation (lying to FBI officials) when you couldn’t prosecute any underlying crime because the contact with Kislyak was normal.
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The last lines of the January 25th notes are very telling:
“assessment of whether [Flynn] is in a covert relationship with Russia ⇒ No, probably not based on facts to date and interview.”
They knew all along they were investigating a nothingburger. That’s why they took no action from January until the special counsel came along in May and took the FARA approach in June as pressure to get Flynn to plea to a lie he never made. It was all a set up.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com...ynn-interview/
Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostMissouri U.S. Attorney Jeff Jensen has provided additional information to the Flynn defense team highlighting a January 25th meeting between officials in the DOJ-NSD and FBI the day after Michael Flynn (code-named Razor) was interviewed in the White House.
The DOJ officials attending the meeting included: Mary McCord (NSD head), George Toscas (NSD principal deputy), Stu Evans, Tashina Guahar, and “Matt A” (possibly Matthew Axelrod (lawyer for the Deputy Attorney General). Additionally, from the FBI there was: James Baker (chief legal counsel), Bill Priestap (CoIntel head) and a redacted name. It is clear from the meeting notes the group was trying to find something to target Michael Flynn and brainstorming on what approach to take.
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As noted they discussed the “Logan Act” yet found there was no reasonable way to use it and Flynn’s contact with Russian Ambassador Kislyak, during the transition, was normal.
FBI Legal Counsel James Baker asked how could you prosecute Flynn for a 1001 violation (lying to FBI officials) when you couldn’t prosecute any underlying crime because the contact with Kislyak was normal.
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The last lines of the January 25th notes are very telling:
“assessment of whether [Flynn] is in a covert relationship with Russia ⇒ No, probably not based on facts to date and interview.”
They knew all along they were investigating a nothingburger. That’s why they took no action from January until the special counsel came along in May and took the FARA approach in June as pressure to get Flynn to plea to a lie he never made. It was all a set up.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com...ynn-interview/
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Trumpco up to their usual tricks:
“The government claims that the undisclosed alterations were a result of sloppiness and not a deliberate attempt to mislead,” Goelman said. “It would be easier to give the government the benefit of the doubt if the alterations didn’t fit a false narrative pushed by the President, or if they weren’t made by a team specifically chosen by the Attorney General to provide political aid to President Trump, or if Bill Barr hadn’t already demonstrated his willingness to cast aside the Department of Justice’s tradition of neutrality in an attempt to help President Trump.”
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