It asserted, though, that as the probe went on, FBI officials repeatedly decided to emphasize damaging information they heard about Trump associates, and play down exculpatory evidence they found. The bureau promptly indicated it would implement dozens of corrective measures in response to Horowitz’s report and that disciplinary action remains a possibility. Trump, not surprisingly, called the report’s findings “far worse than anything I would have imagined.” In another one of his deranged stupors he barked:
“This was an overthrow of government. This was an attempted overthrow and a lot of people were in on it and they got caught, they got caught red-handed.”
Thereby again conflating himself with the government. But lest we be led down the path of insanity like Dotard, let's bear in mind the person actually investigated out in the open back then was Hillary. Indeed, then FBI director James Comey's repeated interjections and announcements of progress in the FBI email investigation likely cost her the election. Trump paved the way for his own investigation by firing Comey, after the then FBI Director refused to swear loyalty to the orange maggot. As I wrote in my May 10, 2017 post:
"A combination of factors alerted Trump's reptilian brain stem it had to act and fast. The easiest response - which killed the most "birds" with one stone- would be firing Comey. That would amount to an instant act of decapitation, not only of Comey but the FBI's investigation into the Trump-Russkie ties. Using the ruse of Comey's mishandling of the Hillary email server also would come off - to a dumb media - of casting the Donald as a latter day changeling. Who now would strike down Hillary's tormentor and give Trump "brownie points" in so doing.The problem, as The Financial Times' Edward Luce has pointed out, is it makes zero sense. In Luce's words:
'Mr. Trump is asking the US public to believe he 'terminated and removed' the FBI director for having treated Mrs. Clinton unfairly. This was the same opponent whom Mr. Trump said should be locked up for mishandling her emails."
The Trump investigation, meanwhile, remained in the shadows. It only really saw the light of day when Bob Mueller began his own investigation leading to the Mueller report. The appointment of Mueller as special prosecutor was only triggered when Trump stupidly fired Comey. This was after he refused to carry out the Don's orders. As Chris Hayes put it last night, regarding Barr's worthless conspiracy claptrap to do with the FBI:
"The obvious problem with this theory is that it makes no sense. Remember this, during the campaign the only investigation that became public was the one regarding Hillary Clinton, which arguably lost her the election. But the FBI was investigating Trump at the very same time. No one uttered a word about it. If they were so desperate to bring Trump down you'd think someone would have said something. They didn't. So the whole conspiracy theory doesn't even hold together."
In other words, all Barr has to base his objections on are recycled hot air and assorted brain farts from the psycho conspiracy babblers, i.e. from 8chan, Infowars, QAon and the like.
The report also seemed to open a rift inside the Justice Department. But this is what happens when one sector or division is committed to paranoid fabrications and the other to justice and adherence to reality.
Embodying lies, mischief, disinformation and fake news, Attorney General William P. Barr went all out for an encore performance of his whitewashing stunt back in April. When he sprung his little "summary " of the Mueller report to convey a specious "exoneration" of Trump. (Which then immediately encouraged Trump to seek the Ukraine extortion- paving the way for the articles of impeachment to be announced today.)
This time, Toad Barr disagreed with one of the inspector general’s key conclusions, saying the FBI launched an investigation of a presidential campaign “on the thinnest of suspicions that, in my view, were insufficient to justify the steps taken. It is also clear that, from its inception, the evidence produced by the investigation was consistently exculpatory.”
This time, Toad Barr disagreed with one of the inspector general’s key conclusions, saying the FBI launched an investigation of a presidential campaign “on the thinnest of suspicions that, in my view, were insufficient to justify the steps taken. It is also clear that, from its inception, the evidence produced by the investigation was consistently exculpatory.”
Also, basically concurring with this fulsome baloney was Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham, who Barr handpicked to conduct an investigation parallel to that of Horowitz. In other words, he needed a parallel reality performing puppet and Durham provided it. Durham said in a statement:
“Based on the evidence collected to date, and while our investigation is ongoing, 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.”
This, of course, is total codswallop. How do we KNOW this? We have foreign intercepts of meetings of Trump cronies, e.g. Carter Page, with Russian (GRU) agents. It was these intercepts and related documents - including FISA warrants- that Devin Nunes threatened to release 2 years ago , to expose a supposed "FBI-DOJ conspiracy".
In fact the FBI's's involvement was totally called for given the U.S. had to enter the picture with its own FISA warrants, surveillance, etc. after foreign intercepts were received from the UK, Germany, the Netherlands. Not to do so would have violated agreements with foreign intel sources, assets.
Former FBI special agent Frank Figliuzzi was so disturbed by Durham's premature interjections into the IG report he had this to say (last night on 'All In'):
"John Durham, by coming out with this statement in the middle of his own investigation, has violated DOJ policy by commenting on other investigations absent a compelling public interest. And I am hard pressed to find a compelling public interest for a DOJ employee to disagree with their own Inspector General. Unless the timing isn't working for them.
In other words, Horowitz came out with this good finding for the FBI and it doesn't work for Barr's own report and its timing. So Barr needs to ride this out toward the election. To keep the public hanging, and thinking something wrong is going to get found."
Yet more reasons that Barr himself needs to be impeached and removed from his office which may well be politicized beyond repair. So much so that we understand many DOJ employees are pining for the days with ol' Jeff Sessions in charge.
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Former FBI special agent Frank Figliuzzi was so disturbed by Durham's premature interjections into the IG report he had this to say (last night on 'All In'):
"John Durham, by coming out with this statement in the middle of his own investigation, has violated DOJ policy by commenting on other investigations absent a compelling public interest. And I am hard pressed to find a compelling public interest for a DOJ employee to disagree with their own Inspector General. Unless the timing isn't working for them.
In other words, Horowitz came out with this good finding for the FBI and it doesn't work for Barr's own report and its timing. So Barr needs to ride this out toward the election. To keep the public hanging, and thinking something wrong is going to get found."
Yet more reasons that Barr himself needs to be impeached and removed from his office which may well be politicized beyond repair. So much so that we understand many DOJ employees are pining for the days with ol' Jeff Sessions in charge.
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Attorney General William Barr publicly challenged the watchdog report, defending President Trump.And:
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