When the DOJ’s abuse of the FISA court procedures first came to light in 2018, this blogger thought that violation of FISA rules – lying to a judge is a felony – would finally result in indictments and successful prosecutions. It’s now 2023. The fearless investigative reporter, Sundance, has gone through the Durham Report, footnotes and all, and exposes yet more layers of corruption. It’s a long read, but it’s also a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the extent of the rot. Some have commented that the FBI is in need of reform. No, it needs to be shut down. Here’s the opening at Conservative Treehouse:
BIG QUESTION and A BIG COVERUP –
Durham Report Brings Sunlight on Detail Never Released
by IG Michael Horowitz About FBI Targeting Trump
I’m going to go into the deep weeds
on this story, because many people are missing a key facet. The names
behind the Trump targeting operation are included, along with citations for
independent checks by House congressional investigators.
Inside the recently released report
by John Durham [CITATION], the special counsel outlines how former FBI
Director James Comey was intimately involved in the creation of the Carter Page
FISA application. Durham notes that Comey kept asking the DOJ National
Security Division and FBI counterintelligence investigators, “Where’s the FISA,
we need the FISA.” However, John Durham never interviewed James Comey or
Andrew McCabe. The former FBI Director and Deputy refused to cooperate or
give testimony to John Durham. So, how did John Durham have details about
the demands of Comey?
The answer is found in the
footnotes. Durham reviewed transcripts of interviews given by Andrew
McCabe to the Office of the Inspector General, Michael Horowitz, who previously
investigated FBI conduct in the origin of the Carter Page FISA. Durham
pulled quotes from that transcript. [Footnote
#1207, page 199 – Durham Report]
[facsimile of transcript with
footnote]
♦QUESTION: If Andrew McCabe
gave testimony to the OIG about the motives and impetus of FBI Director James Comey
in pushing for the Carter Page FISA application, why did the OIG report never
outline those transcribed interviews? Why was the interview transcript
never included in the 2019 OIG report?
[NOTE to Congress. Now
that you know a transcribed interview of Andrew McCabe exists in the OIG
office, request the transcription and release it to the public.]
Let me answer those questions
without the customary pretending from the DC professional political
class. The short version is that OIG Michael Horowitz was trying to
protect the DOJ and FBI. The longer version is a coverup that includes Rod
Rosenstein, Bill Barr and yes, John Durham. I will share that story
below.
“Where’s
the FISA? We need the FISA?” ~ James Comey
The DOJ-NSD and FBI Co-Intel needed
to find a safe and legal way to spy on the Trump campaign. The 2016 FISA Title
1 surveillance of former FBI employee Carter Page became the fraudulent
justification for that intent. . . .
Much more here. It’s
jaw-dropping.
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