Friday, April 12, 2019

FBI Counterintelligence Assistant Director's Congressional Testimony Points to Wrongdoing Well Beyond Spying

From Eric Felten at Real Clear Investigations: "In that role, (Bill Priestap) managed both of the bureau’s most politically sensitive investigations: the inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified information and the probe into whether Donald Trump or his campaign conspired with Russia to steal the 2016 presidential election. His testimony provides rare insight into the attitudes and thoughts of officials who launched the Russia probe and the probe of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, whose final report is expected to be released very soon.



More important, his testimony contains extensive indications of wrongdoing, including that the FBI and DoJ targeted Trump and did so with information it made no effort to verify. It paints a portrait of the Obama-era bureau as one that was unconcerned with political interference in investigations and was willing to enlist the help of close foreign allies to bring down its target. And, perhaps presaging a defense to Barr’s claim that American officials had spied on the Trump campaign, it showcases the euphemisms that can be used to disguise “spying.”"

Just remember that all of this wicked, deep state spy-gate scam that targeted Trumpworld during a presidential election ocurred under the 'scandal free' Obama administration, so I wonder when someone will ask Obama 'what did he know and when did he know it?'