The role of Fusion GPS as an active participant in the 2016 election is growing in scale amid yet another report showing the scope of their involvement.
Two weeks ago the DNC and Clinton Campaign teams were forced to admit they hired Fusion GPS to engage in political activity and research against presidential candidate Trump. That’s sketchy. Then last week we discovered that Fusion GPS head, Glenn Simpson, actually met with Russian operative Natalia Veselnitskaya immediately prior to her visit to Trump Tower and immediately after. That’s beyond sketchy. Now we discover Glenn Simpson actually wrote the material that Natalia Veselnitskava used to pitch herself into a meeting with Don Trump Jr. Wait,… what…
Yes, we are now in “ludicrous mode“. It’s no longer a surprise why Glenn Simpson’s lawyers are trying desperately to keep him from a congressional subpoena. Clinton Lawyers, Perkins Coie, acknowledged they paid $1.02 million to Fusion for research related to candidate Donald Trump. However, the entire story now looks like the DNC and Clinton camp hired Fusion GPS to construct negative material, not “discover” it.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The same political research firm that prepared a dossier on Trump campaign ties to Russia had unrelated information on Clinton Foundation donors that a Russian lawyer obtained and offered to President Donald Trump’s eldest son last year, three sources familiar with the matter said.
[…] The sources told Reuters that the negative information that Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya wanted to give to Republican Trump’s campaign at a June 2016 meeting in New York had been dug up by Fusion GPS in an unrelated investigation. (read more)
The Russian Dossier, an outcome of Clinton and the DNC hiring Fusion GPS, was reportedly used by the FBI (James Comey and Sally Yates) as part of the basis to open its counter-intel investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian government. Congressional committees are attempting to find out whether the FBI vetted the document prior to relying on it for its probe and possible FISA warrants.
It should be noted that the New York Times had the story (the DNC/Clinton’s funding the dossier) a year prior and did not report on it because the DNC attorney, Marc E. Elias, outright denied it.
In the segment of the March 10th, 2017, questioning below Rep. Stefanik begins by asking director Comey what are the typical protocols, broad standards and procedures for notifying the Director of National Intelligence, the White House and senior congressional leadership (aka the intelligence Gang of Eight), when the FBI has opened a counter-intelligence investigation.
The parseltongue response from Comey is a generalized reply (with uncomfortable body language) that notification of counter-intel investigations are discussed with the White House, and other pertinent officials, on a calendar basis, ie. “quarterly”.
With the statement that such counter-intel notifications happen “generally quarterly”, and against the backdrop that Comey stated in July of 2016 a counter-intel investigation began, Stefanik asks:
…”when did you notify the White House, the DNI and congressional leadership”?
Watch an extremely uncomfortable Director James Comey outright LIE… by claiming there was no active DNI -which is entirely false- James Clapper was Obama’s DNI.
Watch it again.
Watch that first 3:00 minutes again. Ending with:
…”Because of the sensitivity of the matter” ~ James Comey
Director Comey intentionally obfuscates knowledge of the question from Rep Stefanik; using parseltongue verbiage to get himself away from the sunlit timeline.
The counter-intel investigation, by his own admission, began in July 2016. Congress was not notified until March 2017. That’s an eight month period – Obviously obfuscating the quarterly claim moments earlier.
The uncomfortable aspect to this line of inquiry is Comey’s transparent knowledge of the politicized Office of the DNI James Clapper by President Obama. Clapper was used rather extensively by the Obama Administration as an intelligence shield, a firewall or useful idiot, on several occasions.
Anyone who followed the Obama White House intel policy outcomes will have a lengthy frame of reference for DNI Clapper and CIA Director John Brennan as the two primary political operatives. Brennan admitted investigating, and spying on, the Senate Intelligence Committee as they held oversight responsibility for the CIA itself.
The first and second questions from Stefanik were clear. Comey’s understanding of the questions was clear. However, Comey directly evaded truthful response to the second question. When you watch the video, you can see Comey quickly connecting the dots on where this inquiry was going.
There is only one reasonable explanation for FBI Director James Comey to be launching a counter-intel investigation in July 2016, notifying the White House and Clapper, and keeping it under wraps from congress. Comey was a participant in the intelligence gathering for political purposes.
As a direct consequence of this mid-thought-stream Comey obfuscation, it is now clear -at least to me- that Director Comey was using his office as a facilitating conduit for the political purposes of the Obama White House.
Very interesting. Thanks for the post. Would love to read the actual complaint but not a subscriber. Still, good to know there is action. DWS and the Awans…and the Podestas and more. Lots of “splaining” to do. This is why Fitts jumped ship. Who will be left to take over the Podesta Group, the janitor? 😊
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Let me get this straight, the same people that created the fake dossier on Trump used a lawyer specifically brought in from Russia to meet with Trump campaign?
Why that can only mean one thing, The meeting with the lawyer was a planned set up to “leak” at the right moment to give the appearance of Trump/Russia collusion.
This was because Obama and Clinton are neck deep in selling our Country and Nuclear material along with classified emails she was selling to Russia right from her own private server. We know she received over 250 million for Uranium 1 alone, Hiw much did she make from selling the Russians our Top Secret info? How much money did her and Obama make from Iran for arming ISIS and giving them permission to build a nuclear bomb?
Something tells me there are billions and billions of dollars these grifters have received and I’m almost positive they were using the corrupt Saudi Billionaires to launder the money.
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Obama and Hillary and ALL their accomplices should be hanged.
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Every stinking “journalist” traitor accomplice who has carried water for their traitors should be hanged along with them. This stuff is hardcore ESPIONAGE and SEDITION.
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In the long run it is those journalist-propagandists who are the most dangerous to our Republic.
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When such a deceptive “occupation” has a short lifespan, the rest will get the message about the nature of their own fraudulent messaging, and they will suddenly become more virtuous and truthful in the interest of their own survival, unless they prefer becoming a statistic also.
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The reason unscrupulous thugs keep doing risky thug business is because they can and are used to getting away with it. That risky business stops when somebody takes the gloves off and puts them out of business.
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Yes, why is Fusion hiding who else they paid? Could it be Senators besides the journalists?
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Seditious conspiracy has a lot of players and all of them need a reckoning with patriots who say hell no to the subversive agenda and its agents. Being a subversive domestic enemy is not just “politics”.
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The time is approaching, quickly.
The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt)[2] is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal that sits in The Hague in the Netherlands.
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The ICC is in league with the deepState globalists.
Don’t expect them to be sympathetic to MAGA.
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I’m praying it goes faster!
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In 2015 the Swiss bank UBS Ag were being sued by the IRS for the release of the names of over 50,000 secret accounts held by Americans. Who handled the deal – Hillary – only 4,500 names released, who received $1.5M in speech fees – Bill. Who did they save, why and how much did it cost in total.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/hillary-helps-a-bankand-then-it-pays-bill-15-million-in-speaking-fees/400067/
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Amazing, she could have collected a “fee” for keeping their names hidden.
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If the Trump campaign could be sold a pup by the DNC/Clingon fake Russian lawyer and thereby by design brought into this Russia crud; the Trump campaign would be seen as just as dirty as the clingon, uniparty, media etc.
Hey presto, they would say, “look Trump and his campaign are just as dirty as us” would be the cry and the people’s confidence in the DJT express train would be derailed!
Not to guild the lily, but given what is seeing sunlight now (more to come no-doubt), DJT is the white hat and the black hats needed his campaign to be covered in dirt.
“complicated business” DJT
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YUP! That’s what I got out of it. Clinton hired Fusion to “dig up dirt” on her campaign (probably all false information) and then peddle it to Trump via Trump, Jr., but (oopsie!) the Trump campaign didn’t bite because . . . well . . . they appear to be honest people. And even though I *think* doing opposition research is legal, this “research” came with lots of potential hooks–none of which snagged Trump and all of which are now deeply embedded in the Clintons/DNC!
How very delicious!
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What was done is not “opposition research” and that is a false pretense for fabrication of an artifice for fraud and blackmail, a crime involving a criminal conspiracy to slander and libel a man, using hired smear merchants to invent a fictitious scandal.
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For that “dossier” to have been used in any legal proceeding would constitute the crime of evidence tampering / fabrication of evidence.
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Great point!
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And that is why, curiously, the first move Sessions made was something to do with asset forfeiture. These people might not go to jail but they will be broke. I’ll take either or both!
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Part of the 4D chess match we are watching. Treasury is going to make a fortune!
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I would definitely have to eat a lot of crow if it turns out Sessions is actually going to do something. I’ve wrote him off as a creature of the swamp .
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The question no one seems to be asking is: How much did Obama get paid for all these schemes?
We know he enabled corruption. Why would he look the other way if he wasn’t getting something out of it for himself?
Someone like Charles Ortel needs to conduct a forensic investigation into how these bribes were split up.
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You are correct. That is the pace to start looking. It’s not coincidence that he has been so quiet lately.
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The big can of worms has been opened.
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Obama gave that Russian Lawyer a special visa as well.
AND
Obama Campaign paid FUSION GPS nearly $1 MILLION this year.
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Rep. Mark Meadows lays out what Congress has learned about the Dossier, as of yesterday …ah, its late … day before yesterday.
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I don’t know there is so much corruption, I just saw this on fox, hard to believe…well maybe not so hard to believe.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/10/taxpayer-piggy-bank-lets-congress-settle-sexual-harassment-cases-in-secret.html
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Trump needs to open these documents. Declassify!
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Thanks, andi lee, for sharing this video. I’d say Rep. Meadows is preaching to the choir but, from the looks of that room, even the choir is MIA. You’d think there’d be at least some of his colleagues would show up for support.
Makes me wonder what they are so busy doing that something like this isn’t worth showing up for. Or, more likely, if they have something to hide and don’t want anyone looking into meeting with foreign agents for fear we’ll find out who THEY’VE been meeting with.
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Well, empty room. I don’t understand why they wait till the room is empty.
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My Congressman, Louie Gohmert is there.
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The biggest mistake they made is believing that the MSM would convince the country that all of their bogus claims were legitimate. People have been turning off the MSM in droves for the last 6 years.
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Hmmmmm,GEORGE WEBB SWEIGERT is Plaintiff.
Should be able to view this “Personal Injury/Fraud” complaint from office computer in the morning.
Will report if possible.
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COMPLAINT against RAO ABBAS, HUMA ABEDIN, HINA ALVI, ABID AWAN, IMRAN AWAN, JAMAL AWAN, KIM FRITTS, TOM PEREZ, JOHN PODESTA, HASEEB RANA, GLEN SIMPSON, NATALIA SOVA, DEBORAH WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, ANTHONY WEINER ( Filing fee $ 400, receipt number 461687978) with Jury Demand filed by GEORGE WEBB SWEIGERT.(td)
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Keith Schiller refutes any truth to the dossier during testimony.
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One wonders whether Fusion GPS is not itself s Russian intelligence operation. Whatever it is, it is not a straight-up company. Wheels within wheels.
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Like a game of Jenga, the pieces are removed one by one, till the whole stinking lot come tumbling down.
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From the Reuters article –
“Glenn Simpson, one of Fusion GPS’ founders, met with Veselnitskaya…according to a source familiar with the matter.”
That is it? One bloomin’ unnamed source? Good grief. How long before we demand better from the U.S. media?
“Donald Jr. asked her for written evidence that illegal funds went to Clinton’s campaign”
Seems Don Jr has more integrity than the U.S. media. No surprise there.
“testimony Simpson gave the Senate Judiciary committee in August said he told investigators he did not know of Veselnitskaya’s Trump Tower meeting until reports of it appeared in the media.”
oh dear
U.S. Code › Title 18 › Part I › Chapter 47 › § 1001
18 U.S. Code § 1001 – Statements or entries generally
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States, knowingly and willfully—
(1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact;
(2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or
(3) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry;
…(penalties enumerated here)…
(c) With respect to any matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch, subsection (a) shall apply only to—
…((1) does not apply)…
(2) any investigation or review, conducted pursuant to the authority of any committee, subcommittee, commission or office of the Congress, consistent with applicable rules of the House or Senate.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1001
bummer for Team Clinton, methinks
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Is like to see if Clintons, Uranium One and laundered Saudi money are connected. My gut tells me yes.
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Funny how CNN and MSNBC seem suddenly preoccupied with decades old allegations against Roy Moore. Even FOX is devoting a lot of time interviewing people about how Moore should step down “if it’s true.”
I don’t have any opinion about Moore as far as the election goes, and I sure don’t know anything about decades old allegations, but I just wonder how anyone is supposed to defend themselves from allegations of this nature that are that old?
Seems to me like political assassination. Just accuse the guy, and he’s done politically, with no presumption of innocence.
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And yet Senator Menendez is accused of pedophilia from 2015 – is in court right now on bribery charges – could very well be found guilty – and would be kicked out of the Senate in short order…
yet the Media are all silent on his case….
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Consider these lines from the Reuters article –
“Fusion, which had been hired to conduct legal research on Browder by Baker and Hostetler”
“The firm represented Russian businessman Denis Katsyv”
“the Fusion GPS work for Baker and Hostetler that produced the information Veselnitskaya offered Trump Jr. and his associates was unrelated to the firm’s work for Perkins Coie”
The information Veselnitskaya offered Trump Jr. and his associates was “dirt” on Hillary Clinton.
The Guccifer 2.0 “hack” was a DNC and/or a NeverTrumper op. Included in the Guccifer 2.0 “hack” was innocuous info about HRC that was readily available from public sources, info that would cause relatively little, if any, damage to HRC. Such info was also included in the “Trump Dossier.”
The Guccifer 2.0 info to Don Jr. and the Guccifer 2.0 info concerning HRC are the same, and thus from the same source – the DNC and/or the NeverTrumpers – recall Paul Singer also hired Fusion GPS – perhaps also including the Russian Katsyv through Baker and Hostetler. If Katsyv was involved, that would truly be Russian collusion, with the other side, not Pres Trump.
Adm Rogers would know if any of this came from overseas, further proving that all was a local op.
Pres Trump made a big mistake initially saying this entire Don Jr thing was a Russian op. Bigly mistake, Mr Prez, Bigly. Yugely.
Next time, Mr Prez, listen to your Incorrigible Deplorables, especially if they are also one of Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children, truly your own. We will NEVER steer you wrong.
In the meantime, best go see Adm R.
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