Politics EXPOSING THE DEEP STATE

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  1. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    What is your source.
     
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    October 02, 2019 | Judicial Watch
    DOJ Docs Show Rosenstein Advising Mueller ‘the Boss’ Doesn’t Know About Their Communications — Judicial Watch
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    Rosenstein docs also show ‘off the record’ leaks to 60 Minutes, The New York Times and The Washington Post around and on the date of Mueller’s appointment.

    (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch released 145 pages of Rod Rosenstein’s communications that include a one-line email from Rod Rosenstein to Robert Mueller stating, “The boss and his staff do not know about our discussions” and “off the record” emails with major media outlets around the date of Mueller’s appointment.

    Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit after the DOJ failed to respond to a September 21, 2018, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:19-cv-00481)). Judicial Watch seeks:

    Any and all e-mails, text messages, or other records of communication addressed to or received by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein between May 8, 2017, and May 22, 2017.

    The time period referred to in this suit is critical. On May 8, 2017, Rosenstein wrote a memo to President Trump recommending that FBI Director James Comey be fired. The next day, President Trump fired Comey. Just three days later, on May 12, Rosenstein sent an email assuring Robert Mueller that “The boss and his staff do not know about our discussions.”

    In a May 16, 2017 email, sent the day before Mueller’s appointment, Rosenstein emailed former Bush administration Deputy Attorney General and current Kirkland & Ellis Partner, Mark Filip stating, “I am with Mueller. He shares my views. Duty Calls. Sometimes the moment chooses us.”

    And on May 17 Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

    Also, during the same time period, between May 8 and May 17, Rosenstein met with then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe and other senior Justice Department FBI officials to discuss wearing a wire and invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump.

    The documents also show that, again during the same time period, Rod Rosenstein was in direct communication with reporters from 60 Minutes, The New York Times and The Washington Post. In an email exchange dated May 2017, Rosenstein communicated with New York Times reporter Rebecca Ruiz to provide background for this article about himself. Ruiz emailed Rosenstein a draft of the article, and he responded with off-the-record comments and clarifications.

    • In an email exchange on May 17, 2017, the day of Mueller’s appointment, Rosenstein exchanged emails with 60 Minutes producer Katherine Davis in which he answered off-the-record questions about Mueller’s scope of authority and chain of command:
    Rosenstein: “Off the record: This special counsel is a DOJ employee. His status is similar to a US Attorney.”

    Davis: “Good call on Mueller. Although I obviously thought you’d be great at leading the investigation too.”

    • On May 17, 2017, in an email exchange with Washington Post journalist Sari Horwitz and the subject line “Special Counsel” Rosenstein and Horwitz exchanged:
    Rosenstein: “At some point, I owe you a long story. But this is not the right time for me to talk to anybody.”

    Horwitz: “Now, I see why you couldn’t talk today! Obviously, we’re writing a big story about this. Is there any chance I could talk to you on background about your decision?”


    “These astonishing emails further confirm the corruption behind Rosenstein’s appointment of Robert Mueller,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “The emails also show a shockingly cozy relationship between Mr. Rosenstein and anti-Trump media reporters.”


    On September 11, Judicial Watch released 14 pages of records from the Department of Justice showing officials’ efforts in responding to media inquiries about DOJ/FBI talks allegedly invoking the 25th Amendment to “remove” President Donald Trump from office and former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein offering to wear a “wire” to record his conversations with the president.

    On September 23, Judicial Watch released a two-page memo, dated May 16, 2017, by then-Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe detailing how then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein proposed wearing a wire into the Oval Office “to collect additional evidence on the president’s true intentions.” McCabe writes that Rosenstein said he thought it was possible because “he was not searched when he entered the White House.”
    https://www.judicialwatch.org/press...-boss-doesnt-know-about-their-communications/
     
  3. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    "Judicial Watch (JW) is an American conservative activist group that files Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits to investigate claimed misconduct by government officials.

    Founded in 1994, JW has primarily targeted Democrats, in particular the Presidency of Bill Clinton, the Presidency of Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton; however, it has also sued Republicans, including the administration of George W. Bush. The organization has described climate science as "fraud science" and has filed lawsuits against government climate scientists. JW has made numerous false and unsubstantiated claims that have been picked up by right-wing news outlets. Courts have dismissed the vast majority of its lawsuits."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_Watch
     
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    I fail to see what is supposed to be incriminating about any of that. Was Rosenstein supposed to appoint Mueller without ever communicating with him beforehand?

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    This is mostly fiction from Deep State wiki. JW has never made any false claims and has exposed more corrupt politicians from all parties than the FBI has since it's inception. Many FBI investigations were actually forced by JW presenting overwhelming evidence against pols the FBI was refusing to investigate. And, in fact, some of the corrupt pols JW has exposed were FBI employees.

    It is not hyperbole to state that without JW investigating and exposing them, corrupt politicians would have nothing to fear. The FBI should be dissolved and their budget given to JW.
     
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    You don't think it's incriminating that he hired the guy pushed on him by the guy he just fired for lying about rigging an investigation and disgracing the FBI? A guy who purposely let 2 innocent men die in prison for a crime they didn't commit that he (with his cohort, Andrew Wiseman) framed them for in order to protect a known serial murderer for personal profit? That he volunteered to illegally spy on the POTUS?
     
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    George Papadopoulos claims other nations had 'vested interest' against Trump's 'America First' platform in 2016

    Former Trump 2016 campaign adviser George Papadopoulos claimed Monday several nations, including U.S. allies, had a "vested interest" against the then-candidate's 2016 platform.

    Papadopoulos praised Attorney General William Barr and federal prosecutor John Durham for engaging with Australian, British and Italian officials, in an interview with Martha MacCallum on "The Story."

    "Bill Barr and John Durham are not on a wild goose chase," he claimed. "These countries were willfully complicit in what I believe was an international conspiracy to undermine the Donald Trump campaign, and to assure that if he was elected president that he would be handcuffed because they had a vested interest in assuring that his America First policies would not be the ones that would be implemented."

    Last year, Papadopoulos served 12 days in prison in connection with then-Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
    He had pleaded guilty to making false statements to federal prosecutors and spent those nearly-two-weeks in a Wisconsin facility.

    Speaking with MacCallum, Papadopoulos appeared to nod to the events during the campaign that led to the Mueller team focusing on him.

    "I lived it," he said. "I spoke to these diplomats and I know what they wanted."

    He also reacted to former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi reportedly threatening to sue him for $1 million.

    Papadopoulos noted Renzi was in office during Trump's campaign and claimed the ex-politician went "on a rant about the president and then says he wants to sue me."

    "I welcome discovery in any lawsuit."

    Barr sparked criticism in multiple countries in recent days, as he seeks assistance in studying the Russia investigation's origins, according to the Wall Street Journal.

    Justice Department official told Fox News on Monday that Attorney General Bill Barr asked President Trump to make introductions to foreign countries that might have had information pertinent to U.S. Attorney John Durham's ongoing probe into possible misconduct by the intelligence community at the outset of the Russia investigation.

    But, a person familiar with the situation told Fox News it would be wrong to say Trump "pressed" the Australian prime minister for information that could have discredited Mueller's now-completed probe, as The New York Times reported earlier Monday.

    https://www.foxnews.com/media/george-papadopoulos-donald-trump-australia-italy
     
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    Well, if conspiracy theorist, felon, and coffee boy George Papadopoulos says it, it must be so.

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    My God, surely a man who has committed all those crimes will be indicted any day now. Or is the "Deep State" protecting him? I knew it, I knew there was a deep state cabal.
     
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    It's all part of the deep state conspiracy. You've got no finer witness anywhere in or recently in the Trump administration than George Papadopoulos, a truly brilliant man. Well, brilliant as long as he doesn't consume alcohol.
     
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    The Fake News is all criminal except for Fox News and Breitbart. I say, let's take away their Constitutional privileges.
     
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    Wasn't Papadapolous just a coffee boy?
     
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    I think the title of this thread is wrong, it should be "EXPANDING THE DEEP STATE"
     
  18. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    LOL, well put.
    Sadly, his cult members will not be swayed by the obvious.
     
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    Defense Intelligence Agency employee arrested for allegedly leaking classified information to reporters
    By Bradford Betz | Fox News

    A U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency employee was arrested Wednesday on federal charges that he leaked classified national defense information to two journalists – one of them romantically involved with him.

    Henry Kyle Frese, 30, a counter-terrorism analyst who held a top-secret clearance at the DIA, had started there as a contractor in January 2017 before working at the agency full time.

    Between April and May 2018, Frese allegedly accessed classified intelligence reports – some of which were unrelated to his job duties – and leaked secret information regarding a foreign country’s weapons system to a reporter, according to court documents.

    The documents accused Frese of being romantically involved with one of the reporters to whom he allegedly leaked information.

    A criminal indictment said the reporter wrote at least eight articles from five compromised intelligence reports leaked by Frese. It said Frese re-tweeted a link to one of the articles that used the information he allegedly had provided.

    The first reporter then asked Frese if he’d be willing to speak to another reporter, according to the criminal indictment. Frese allegedly said he was “down” to help the second reporter if it helped the first reporter “progress.”

    The indictment also accused Frese of speaking about classified national defense information to the second reporter via his cellphone on Sept. 24, 2019. The disclosures reportedly contained information that "could reasonably be expected to cause serious harm to the national security of the United States."

    “As laid out in today’s indictment, Frese was caught red-handed disclosing sensitive national security information for personal gain,” Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers said. “Frese betrayed the trust placed in him by the American people—a betrayal that risked harming the national security of this country.”

    Neither of the reporters was identified by name in court documents, and the Justice Department declined to provide any additional details about the classified information that was leaked.

    U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Zach Terwilliger told reporters Wednesday that an investigation started after it became apparent the classified information had gone public.

    Terwilliger denied the Justice Department was trying to send a message to journalists. He said prosecutors were focused on the leaker, not the journalists.

    "If you leak info, you will be prosecuted," he said.

    Frese was arrested Wednesday at the DIA facing two counts of willful transmission of national defense information to persons not entitled to receive it.

    If convicted, he would face up to 10 years in prison on each count.


    Fox News' Jake Gibson and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
    https://www.foxnews.com/us/defense-employee-arrested-leaking-classified-information-reporters
     
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    Is this part of the (giggle) deep state?
     

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