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Inspector general report says FBI had ‘authorized purpose’ to investigate Trump campaign’s Russia ti

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The report was just released

"No evidence of political bias".

For 3 years, Trump destroyed the reputation of the FBI, got millions of Americans to turn against the institution.
The damage the president has done to this institution cannot be repaired overnight, and I think some apologies are in order from Republicans and Trump.

But, of course, these spineless cowards will do no such thing. Now, the American people know who the true invertebrates are.

Andy McCabe's firing was unjust, his reputation smeared, vilified, by this President on almost a daily basis for many many months.
If anyone deserves an apology it is McCabe, and a restoration of his pension for which he worked for 20 years for, was denied when he was fired one day before he was to retire, and thus we can conclude he was fired, given that he would be out of office the next day, for political and pernicious reasons.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...940d88-184c-11ea-a659-7d69641c6ff7_story.html

A long-awaited Justice Department inspector general’s report examining the FBI’s investigation into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia rebuts allegations of illegal spying and that political bias played a role in the probe begun ahead of the 2016 election, but finds serious faults in other areas, according to a copy of the document obtained by The Washington Post.

The inspector general concludes that the FBI had an “authorized purpose” to initiate the investigation and that the bureau’s use of confidential informants was in compliance with the rules.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said the inspector general had “completely demolished” some of conservatives’ assertions about the origins of the probe, though his investigators did find some problems.

“Clearly, there was a legitimate, factual basis; in fact the FBI had a moral imperative to begin this investigation,” Blumenthal said. In particular, he said the inspector general had rebutted claims that Trump campaign advisers were illegally surveilled or entrapped, or that political motive was “in any way a factor.”
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Here is the report

https://www.washingtonpost.com/cont...ff-1b652dd80408/?tid=lk_interstitial_manual_3
 
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But but... Right wing nutjob conspiracy theories have told us otherwise.
 
I guess it is ok then to use FBI or CIA operatives to spy on campaigns. it also means that it is ok to use the FBI or CIA to spy on your political opponents and it is
not considered an abuse of power.
this sets an ugly and frankly scary set of circumstances going forward.

I don't agree with this at all.

even if it requires lying lawyers.
and bogus russian misinformation ploys to get the warrants then it is ok to do so.
not only that but that it is ok for FBI and CIA agents to lie to federal courts about their
information to obtain those warrants. wow.

this is very scary stuff we are talking about.
 
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OscarLevant said:
"No evidence of political bias".
For 3 years, Trump destroyed the reputation of the FBI, got millions of Americans to turn against the institution.
The damage the president has done to this institution cannot be repaired overnight, and I think some apologies are in order from Republicans and Trump.
But, of course, these spineless cowards will do no such thing. Now, the American people know who the true invertebrates are.
Andy McCabe's firing was unjust, his reputation smeared, vilified, by this President on almost a daily basis for many many months.
If anyone deserves an apology it is McCabe, and a restoration of his pension for which he worked for 20 years for, was denied when he was fired one day before he was to retire, and thus we can conclude he was fired, given that he would be out of office the next day, for political and pernicious reasons.
Here is the report
https://www.washingtonpost.com/cont...ff-1b652dd80408/?tid=lk_interstitial_manual_3
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Diddums for the CT'ers and other Trumpco customers
 
ludin said:
i guess it is ok then to use fbi or cia operatives to spy on campaigns. It also means that it is ok to use the fbi or cia to spy on your political opponents and it is
not considered an abuse of power.
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That did not happen!
 
OscarLevant said:
"No evidence of political bias".

For 3 years, Trump destroyed the reputation of the FBI, got millions of Americans to turn against the institution.
The damage the president has done to this institution cannot be repaired overnight, and I think some apologies are in order from Republicans and Trump.

But, of course, these spineless cowards will do no such thing. Now, the American people know who the true invertebrates are.

Andy McCabe's firing was unjust, his reputation smeared, vilified, by this President on almost a daily basis for many many months.
If anyone deserves an apology it is McCabe, and a restoration of his pension for which he worked for 20 years for, was denied when he was fired one day before he was to retire, and thus we can conclude he was fired, given that he would be out of office the next day, for political and pernicious reasons.






Here is the report

https://www.washingtonpost.com/cont...ff-1b652dd80408/?tid=lk_interstitial_manual_3
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And now I laugh at all the trumpeters on here who were sure that members of the FBI were going to jail after this. Haha haha


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ludin said:
I guess it is ok then to use FBI or CIA operatives to spy on campaigns. it also means that it is ok to use the FBI or CIA to spy on your political opponents and it is
not considered an abuse of power.
this sets an ugly and frankly scary set of circumstances going forward.

I don't agree with this at all.

even if it requires lying lawyers.
and bogus russian misinformation ploys to get the warrants then it is ok to do so.

this is very scary stuff we are talking about.
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Of course you don’t agree. You would have to admit you were wrong, and you can’t do that.


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ludin said:
I guess it is ok then to use FBI or CIA operatives to spy on campaigns. it also means that it is ok to use the FBI or CIA to spy on your political opponents and it is
not considered an abuse of power.
this sets an ugly and frankly scary set of circumstances going forward.

I don't agree with this at all.

even if it requires lying lawyers.
and bogus russian misinformation ploys to get the warrants then it is ok to do so.

this is very scary stuff we are talking about.
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But they weren't spying, that had a just cause to investigate, which is what the FBI does, investigate stuff there there is a reasonable reason to do so.

The IG report determined there was "legitimate purpose".
 
ludin said:
I guess it is ok then to use FBI or CIA operatives to spy on campaigns. it also means that it is ok to use the FBI or CIA to spy on your political opponents and it is
not considered an abuse of power.
this sets an ugly and frankly scary set of circumstances going forward.

I don't agree with this at all.

even if it requires lying lawyers.
and bogus russian misinformation ploys to get the warrants then it is ok to do so.

this is very scary stuff we are talking about.
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poweRob said:
But but... Right wing nutjob conspiracy theories have told us otherwise.
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And they will continue to do it for years...because they never let a good whack-job conspiracy theory go to waste....
 
OscarLevant said:
But they weren't spying, that had a just cause to investigate, which is what the FBI does, investigate stuff there there is a reasonable reason to do so.
The IG report determined there was "legitimate purpose".
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I think the lesson is that in order to avoid LEO scrutiny, don't fill your campaign with felons
 
OscarLevant said:
The report was just released

"No evidence of political bias".

For 3 years, Trump destroyed the reputation of the FBI, got millions of Americans to turn against the institution.
The damage the president has done to this institution cannot be repaired overnight, and I think some apologies are in order from Republicans and Trump.

But, of course, these spineless cowards will do no such thing. Now, the American people know who the true invertebrates are.

Andy McCabe's firing was unjust, his reputation smeared, vilified, by this President on almost a daily basis for many many months.
If anyone deserves an apology it is McCabe, and a restoration of his pension for which he worked for 20 years for, was denied when he was fired one day before he was to retire, and thus we can conclude he was fired, given that he would be out of office the next day, for political and pernicious reasons.






Here is the report

https://www.washingtonpost.com/cont...ff-1b652dd80408/?tid=lk_interstitial_manual_3
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I'm sure Bill Barr will spin this in a completely different way. Can't wait to see that the "alternative facts" people have to say.
 
ludin said:
I guess it is ok then to use FBI or CIA operatives to spy on campaigns. it also means that it is ok to use the FBI or CIA to spy on your political opponents and it is
not considered an abuse of power.
this sets an ugly and frankly scary set of circumstances going forward.

I don't agree with this at all.

even if it requires lying lawyers.
and bogus russian misinformation ploys to get the warrants then it is ok to do so.
not only that but that it is ok for FBI and CIA agents to lie to federal courts about their
information to obtain those warrants. wow.

this is very scary stuff we are talking about.
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Of course you don't agree with it, because the report didn't go the way your conspiracy theory said it should.

You could be angry and whine, or you could actually accept the results and admit you were duped by the conspiracy factory.....again...:lamo
 
ludin said:
I guess it is ok then to use FBI or CIA operatives to spy on campaigns. it also means that it is ok to use the FBI or CIA to spy on your political opponents and it is
not considered an abuse of power.
this sets an ugly and frankly scary set of circumstances going forward.

I don't agree with this at all.

even if it requires lying lawyers.
and bogus russian misinformation ploys to get the warrants then it is ok to do so.
not only that but that it is ok for FBI and CIA agents to lie to federal courts about their
information to obtain those warrants. wow.

this is very scary stuff we are talking about.
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Yeah, that must be it :roll:
 
ludin said:
i guess it is ok then to use fbi or cia operatives to spy on campaigns. It also means that it is ok to use the fbi or cia to spy on your political opponents and it is
not considered an abuse of power.
This sets an ugly and frankly scary set of circumstances going forward.

I don't agree with this at all.

Even if it requires lying lawyers.
And bogus russian misinformation ploys to get the warrants then it is ok to do so.
Not only that but that it is ok for fbi and cia agents to lie to federal courts about their
information to obtain those warrants. Wow.

This is very scary stuff we are talking about.
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cts...
 
Dag-gum-it! I set an appointment with my cardiologist in anticipation of a heart attack! Upon hearing this afternoon about the release of and the gist of the dreaded IG Report, I canceled my appointment. I didn't give 24 hours notice. Now I face a Cancellation charge.
 
calamity said:
Yeah, that must be it :roll:
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The other option is utterly unfathomable.
The other option is that ludin and his trusted talking heads were wrong.
And that's a non-starter.
So, the contents of this report PROVE that this report is the product of a Vast Left Wing Conspiracy™
Nothing else makes sense.
It's not like ludin and his trusted talking heads could be wrong about something.
 
calamity said:
I'm sure Bill Barr will spin this in a completely different way. Can't wait to see that the "alternative facts" people have to say.
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Barr was out last week disputing the result of the IG report.
 
Simon W. Moon said:
That did not happen!
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Yes it did happen. It was reported on time and time again that it 100% did happen.

as reported by the NY times 2016.
WASHINGTON — The conversation at a London bar in September 2016 took a strange turn when the woman sitting across from George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign adviser, asked a direct question: Was the Trump campaign working with Russia?

The woman had set up the meeting to discuss foreign policy issues. But she was actually a government investigator posing as a research assistant, according to people familiar with the operation. The F.B.I. sent her to London as part of the counterintelligence inquiry opened that summer to better understand the Trump campaign’s links to Russia.

she was an undercover agent sent to spy and collect information from the trump campaign.
so it 100% did happen and the IG report has just been falsified.

Then there was Stefan Halper
George Papadopoulos says his spontaneous admission to London-based professor Stefan Halper occurred in mid-September 2016 — well before FBI agents and the Obama Justice Department sought a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant to collect Trump campaign communications in the final days before the election.

“He was there to probe me on the behest of somebody else,” Papadopoulos told me in an interview this week, recalling the Halper meeting. “He said something along the lines of, ‘Oh, it’s great that Russia is helping you and your campaign, right George?’ ”

Papadopoulos said Halper also suggested the Trump campaign was involved in the hacking and release of Hillary Clinton’s emails that summer. “I think I told him something along the lines of, ‘I have no idea what the hell you are talking about. What you are talking about is treason. And I have nothing to do with that, so stop bothering me about it,’ ” Papadopoulos recalled.

he was an FBI informat at the time as well.

facts do not line up with the IG report.
 
OscarLevant said:
The report was just released

"No evidence of political bias".

For 3 years, Trump destroyed the reputation of the FBI, got millions of Americans to turn against the institution.
The damage the president has done to this institution cannot be repaired overnight, and I think some apologies are in order from Republicans and Trump.

But, of course, these spineless cowards will do no such thing. Now, the American people know who the true invertebrates are.

Andy McCabe's firing was unjust, his reputation smeared, vilified, by this President on almost a daily basis for many many months.
If anyone deserves an apology it is McCabe, and a restoration of his pension for which he worked for 20 years for, was denied when he was fired one day before he was to retire, and thus we can conclude he was fired, given that he would be out of office the next day, for political and pernicious reasons.






Here is the report

https://www.washingtonpost.com/cont...ff-1b652dd80408/?tid=lk_interstitial_manual_3
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How was this report able to get out w/o AG Barr first getting his hands on it to do his own preamble? Still, I'm waiting for his own exec summary, expanding on the "serious faults in other areas".
 
Re: Inspector general report says FBI had ‘authorized purpose’ to investigate Trump campaign’s Russi

So curious how they scheduled the release of this report today to try and take over the headlines from Trump's articles of impeachment. Then this blows up in their faces too. Their own appointee didn't lie for them like the rest of the Trumpettes so willingly do.


Oops.
 
ludin said:
I guess it is ok then to use FBI or CIA operatives to spy on campaigns. it also means that it is ok to use the FBI or CIA to spy on your political opponents and it is
not considered an abuse of power.
this sets an ugly and frankly scary set of circumstances going forward.

I don't agree with this at all.

even if it requires lying lawyers.
and bogus russian misinformation ploys to get the warrants then it is ok to do so.
not only that but that it is ok for FBI and CIA agents to lie to federal courts about their
information to obtain those warrants. wow.

this is very scary stuff we are talking about.
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None of the QAnon folk like yourself agree with it.
 
ludin said:
I don't agree with this at all.
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You disagree with the Barr DoJ? I'm Shocked! Shocked I say!

Actually, not at all. You never could handle any report that disagrees with your Trumpian agenda.
 
ludin said:
Yes it did happen. It was reported on time and time again that it 100% did happen.
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Obama did not send spies into the Trump campaign to spy on political opponents.
Members of the Trump campaign were up to no good and LEOs investigated.
 
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