5: Yates, Comey, CIA Director John Brennan, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper briefed Obama on Russia-related matters in the Oval Office. 2 counterintelligence official, Peter Strzok, to FBI lawyer Lisa Page noting that the вЂњ7th floor,вЂќ a reference to Comey and his deputy director, Andrew McCabe, was running the show. They found this mistake вЂњamazingвЂќ and вЂњserendipitously goodвЂќ and said вЂњour utter incompetence actually helps us.вЂќ Even more noteworthy were texts from the FBIвЂ™s No. The FBIвЂ™s top counterintelligence official would later memorialize discussions about the FBIвЂ™s attempts to вЂњget fired.вЂќ No reopening was needed, they determined, when they discovered they had failed to close the previous investigation. FBI officials openly discussed their concern about briefing the veteran intelligence official on what they had done to the Trump campaign and transition team and what they were planning to do to the incoming Trump administration. 4: Following the closure of a pretextually dubious and politically motivated FBI investigation of Flynn at the beginning of January, the leadership of the FBI scrambled to reopen a case against Flynn, the man who, in his role as national security adviser, would have to review their Russia-collusion investigation. It also shows how essential media leaks were to their strategy to cripple the ability of the incoming administration to run the country. This analysis of the timeline from early 2017 shows a clear pattern of behavior from the federal officials running the collusion operation against the Trump campaign. That probe ended with Robert Mueller finding no evidence of any American colluding with Russia to steal the 2016 election. When Comey was finally fired on May 9, in part for his duplicitousness regarding his handling of the Russia-collusion theory, he orchestrated the launch of a special counsel probe that continued his efforts for another two years. Not only was information on Russia not fully shared with the incoming Trump team, as Obama directed, the leaks and ambushes made the transition chaotic, scared quality individuals away from working in the administration, made effective governance almost impossible and materially damaged national security. At each major point in the operation, explosive media leaks were a key strategy in the operation to take down Trump. Shortly thereafter, high-level operatives began intensely leaking selective information supporting a supposed Russia-Trump conspiracy theory, the incoming national security adviser was ambushed, and the incoming attorney general was forced to recuse himself from oversight of investigations of President Trump. вЂњPresident Obama said he wants to be sure that, as we engage with the incoming team, we are mindful to ascertain if there is any reason that we cannot share information fully as it relates to Russia,вЂќ national security adviser Susan Rice wrote in an unusual email to herself about the meeting, which was also attended by Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, FBI Director James Comey and Vice President Joe Biden.ДЄ clearer picture is emerging of the drastic steps that were taken to accomplish ObamaвЂ™s goal in the following weeks and months. It was at this meeting that President Barack Obama gave guidance to key officials who would be tasked with protecting his administrationвЂ™s utilization of secretly funded Clinton campaign research, which alleged Donald Trump was involved in a treasonous plot to collude with Russia, from being discovered or stopped by the incoming administration. 5, 2017, meeting at the Obama White House. Michael Flynn confirms the significance of a Jan. Information released in the Justice DepartmentвЂ™s motion to dismiss the case it brought against Lt. GOP mayoral candidate Fernando Mateo meets with TrumpД®x-Trump adviser Michael Flynn endorses a NYC mayoral candidate The absurd вЂRussiagateвЂ™ Pulitzer of the NY Times and Washington PostД®x-Trump adviser Michael Flynn loses bid to block subpoena from Jan.

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