Quote: Right_in_Virginia wrote in post #48

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Cruz thinks the IG report is the first step in holding the wrongdoers accountable ... he's very encouraged.

Cruz is also very encouraged about the impeachment inquiry .... it's falling apart. He also said when it reaches the Senate it's going to be thrown out because there is no evidence.

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Quote: Right_in_Virginia wrote in post #51

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Quote: EdJames wrote in post #50

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Quote: Right_in_Virginia wrote in post #48

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Cruz thinks the IG report is the first step in holding the wrongdoers accountable ... he's very encouraged.

Cruz is also very encouraged about the impeachment inquiry .... it's falling apart. He also said when it reaches the Senate it's going to be thrown out because there is no evidence.

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IG report is just the beginning..... not the end....

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I also found Cruz's statement on impeachment reaching the Senate. When a video clip is available, I'll post it. Cruz had a smile on his face when he said this.

@EdJames

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Quote: Right_in_Virginia wrote in post #53

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Graham is now on Hannity ....."What may have been a lawful predicate, turned into a criminal conspiracy."

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*** Very Important Read Here ***

Conflict Clarity – The Reason for Conflict Between Horowitz and Durham is Crystal Clear on Page 2…

U.S. Attorney John Durham issued a statement contradicting a key and consequential conclusion of Inspector General Michael Horowitz, and reads in part:

…”last month we advised the Inspector General that we do not agree with some of the report’s conclusions as to predication and how the FBI case was opened.”

The reason for this conflict, and immediate rebuke by Durham, is stunningly clear on Page ii of the executive summary as highlighted below. This is a very important element, and needs to be contemplated in its totality:



What inspector general Horowitz outlines in that key section is that: (A) he has reviewed everything, and talked to everyone (current and former) within the FBI; and (B) the ONLY evidence they FBI cited for the opening of Crossfire Hurricane is the singular conversation between George Papadopoulos and Australian Ambassador Alexander Downer and/or Downer’s asst. Erika Thompson.

That’s it. Nothing else.

There is no other predicate evidence from the FBI investigative unit other than a singular conversation between Alexander Downer/Erika Thompson and George Papadopoulos.


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Chapter 3 of the IG report clearly outlines a presumption by all FBI officials that Joseph Mifsud was acting on behalf of the Russian government. Again, Horowitz eliminates more variables.

The only thing remaining is the conflict between Durham and Horowitz on this predicate issue; and eliminating all other possibilities for the strength of the disagreement expressed by Durham only one reasonable aspect remains to reconcile the disparity:

Joseph Mifsud wasn’t an FBI operative (not in the CHS database); but also Joseph Mifsud was not a Russian operative (hence predicate issue).

Someone else was running Mifsud on behalf of the background effort.

My hunch is CIA asset Stefan Halper was running/instructing Mifsud, thereby creating plausible deniability for the CIA and John Brennan. Whoever it was, Durham knows.


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Sean Davis Retweeted
Paul Sperry @paulsperry_
19m19 minutes ago

BREAKING: Navy Lt. Carter Page confirmed tonight that he did indeed serve as a CIA asset & was also a cooperating witness in an FBI espionage case against Russian agents, yet the FBI left his prior cooperation w the US govt out of its applications to spy on him & Trump campaign

Just how bad was the FBI’s Russia FISA? 51 violations and 9 false statements

John Solomon, 12/9/2019

To understand just how shoddy the FBI’s work was in securing a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant targeting the Trump campaign, you only need to read an obscure attachment to Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report.

Appendix 1 identifies the total violations by the FBI of the so-called Woods Procedures, the process by which the bureau verifies information and assures the FISA court its evidence is true.

The Appendix identifies a total of 51 Woods procedure violations from the FISA application the FBI submitted to the court authorizing surveillance of former Trump campaign aide Carter Page starting in October 2016.

A whopping nine of those violations fell into the category called: “Supporting document shows that the factual assertion is
inaccurate.”

For those who don’t speak IG parlance, it means the FBI made nine false assertions to the FISA court. In short, what the bureau said was contradicted by the evidence in its official file.

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