A look back to last month …
Comey getting nervous : Bulldog’ federal prosecutor John Durham probing origin of Trump -Russia collusion hoax has been on the job ‘ for weeks ’ source says
James Comey better understand that all those appearances on CNN and other mainstream media outlets , what he wrote in his book , and his illegal actions while he was the FBI director , is going to bite him in his ass ! …
The FBI’s July 2016 counterintelligence investigation was opened by former senior agent Peter Strzok. Former FBI counsel Lisa Page , with whom Strzok was romantically involved , revealed during a closed-door congressional interview that the FBI “ knew so little ” about whether allegations against the Trump campaign were “ true or not true ” at the time that they opened the probe , noting that they had just “ a paucity of evidence because we are just starting down the path ” of vetting the allegations. Page later said that it was “ entirely common ” that the FBI would begin a counterintelligence investigation with just a “ small amount of evidence ”…
The FBI , at the time , was led by former Director James Comey and former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe—both fired during the Trump administration.
It has been widely reported that in the weeks and months leading up to the 2016 election , the FBI employed informants to probe and extract information from Trump campaign officials.
Meanwhile, Barr’s appointment of Durham comes after he testified last month that he believed that “ spying did occur ” on the Trump campaign in 2016.
“ I think spying did occur ” Barr said at a congressional hearing. “ The question is whether it was adequately predicated …Spying on a political campaign is a big deal ”…
Barr later clarified in the hearing : “I am not saying that improper surveillance occurred ; I’m saying that I am concerned about it and looking into it , that’s all ”…
But FBI Director Chris Wray during a separate congressional hearing broke with Barr’s sentiment.
Then of course , there’s the ‘ word games by the Democraps …
“ That’s not the term I would use ” Wray told lawmakers on the Senate Appropriations Committee when asked if FBI agents engage in “ spying ” when they follow FBI policies and procedures.
“ Lots of people have different colloquial phrases ” he continued. “ I believe that the FBI is engaged in investigative activity , and part of investigative activity includes surveillance activity of different shapes and sizes , and to me the key question is making sure that it’s done by the book , consistent with our lawful authorities.”
But former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who resigned in November amid a political clash with the president following his decision in 2017 to recuse himself from oversight of the Russia investigation due to his work with the campaign , later took Barr’s side.
“ I think that ‘spying’ is a perfectly good word ” Sessions said during an on-stage interview at a conference in Las Vegas last week …
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