AG Bill Barr Appoints U.S. Attorney John Durham Re Origin of Russia Investigation

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On Page 165:

As described in Chapter Six, during his OIG interview, Steele told us that in
September he and Simpson gave an "off-the-record" briefing to a small number of
journalists about his reporting.

Steele said he did not have permission to disclose to the OIG who attended this briefing but acknowledged that Yahoo News was identified in one of the court filings in the foreign litigation as having been present.

(304) The author of the Yahoo News article reported publicly in February 2018
that he received a briefing from Steele on the information discussed in the article
https://www.justice.gov/storage/120919-examination.pdf

Steele ( in 2016) leaking for hillary, to influence the election, which yahoo just acknowledged there in 2018.
 

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TheHill.com
Horowitz report is damning for the FBI and unsettling for the rest of us

The analysis of the report by Justice Department inspector general Michael Horowitz greatly depends, as is often the case, on which cable news channel you watch. Indeed, many people might be excused for concluding that Horowitz spent 476 pages to primarily conclude one thing, which is that the Justice Department acted within its guidelines in starting its investigation into the 2016 campaign of President Trump.

Horowitz did say that the original decision to investigate was within the discretionary standard of the Justice Department. That standard for the predication of an investigation is low, simply requiring “articulable facts.” He said that, since this is a low discretionary standard, he cannot say it was inappropriate to start. United States Attorney John Durham, who is heading the parallel investigation at the Justice Department, took the unusual step to issue a statement that he did not believe the evidence supported that conclusion at the very beginning of the investigation.

Attorney General William Barr also issued a statement disagreeing with the threshold statement. In fact, the Justice Department has a standard that requires the least intrusive means of investigating such entities as presidential campaigns, particularly when it comes to campaigns of the opposing party. That threshold finding is then followed by the remainder of the report, which is highly damaging and unsettling. Horowitz finds a litany of false and even falsified representations used to continue the secret investigation targeting the Trump campaign and its associates.

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This is akin to reviewing the Titanic and saying that the captain was not unreasonable in starting the voyage. The question is what occurred when the icebergs began appearing. Horowitz says that investigative icebergs appeared rather early on, and the Justice Department not only failed to report that to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court but removed evidence that its investigation was on a collision course with the facts.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judicia...for-the-fbi-and-unsettling-for-the-rest-of-us
 

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This turned into a nothing burger in a hurry.
I have never seen anyone so wrong, so often, about so much, and for the reasons that you are.
;)
I bet that sure takes some work too.

Funny how every day proves you even wronger and more wronger as well.