Asha Rangappa / Washington Post:
The FBI didn't use an informant to go after Trump. They used one to protect him. President Trump and his allies are outraged at reports that the FBI used an “informant” to spy on Trump’s 2016 campaign. “Really bad stuff!” the president tweeted early Friday.
Supporters of the White House claim the FBI’s reported tactics were
illegal. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)
has even subpoenaed the Justice Department for information on who the informant might have been; department and FBI officials say public disclosures of this kind could put sources in danger.
Editor: Understand that the FBI functions by its own rules. After all, it is run almost exclusively by lawyers. Another name for "lawyer" is "word smith." The job of a lawyer is to discover the perimeters of an investigation or the rhetoric of a prosecution, and try to figure out a way to impose a verdict involving those issues. In the case of Trump versus Mueller, this game is about public perception and words . . . . to the exclusion of real-time facts that go directly to the issue(s) at hand . . . . without explanation other than contextual. None of that exists in this case.
Look, after 15 months, Ken Star had a case for impeachment versus Clinton. After 15 months with Mueller, that is not the case versus Trump. After 15 months, Mueller has announced that there will be no indictment of the President in the near term. In fact, after 15 months, there still is no criminal investigation of Trump, nor, is he a target of the investigation. No one has "flipped."
No Russian has come forward to accuse Trump. There are no email pronouncements. In other words, there is nothing.
I mentioned "word smith" at the top. Clearly, word smithing is where this Mueller investigation has gone. Apparently, they are no long denying an FBI secret survey of the Trump campaign . . . . entirely too evidence to the contrary. So, now, they are admitting that "they were there . . . . . inside the Trump Campaign, but only because he was being falsely accused." Like I said, does anyone actually believe that garbage?
'After 15 months with Mueller' ... your next post says 16 months. Why do lie? Do you think the avg person is too stupid to know Mueller has been on the job 12 months and produced more indictments than Clinton Whitewater in 5 yrs? Many more to come.
ReplyDeleteFirst, it is your Russian Domestic Media that gives us the differing time schedules. My numbers are approximations and, as such, are true. Neither is a lie. Did the investigation began in Julie or April of 2016, depending on who is being quoted? Mueller was appointed in May of 2017, but his investigation was extended back to April/July the second he confiscated the documents dating back to the July/April time frame.
DeleteJust watched Ron Famieh, past assistant DOJ deputy chief offered July or April of 2016 as the beginning dates for the Russian probe.
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