GOP Congressional investigators have written six letters to individuals or entities involved or thought to be involved in the funding, creation or distribution of the salacious and unverified "Trump-Russia dossier" believed to have been inappropriately used by the FBI, DOJ and Obama Administration in an effort to undermine Donald Trump as both a candidate and President of the United States.
Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SCS) wrote six Judiciary Committee letters requesting information from: John Podesta, Donna Brazille, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Robbie Mook, the DNC, and Hillary For America Chief Strategist Joel Benenson.
A brief refresher of facts and allegations:
- The DNC and Hillary Clinton's PAC was revealed by The Washington Post to have paid opposition research firm Fusion GPS for the creation of a dossier that would be harmful to then-candidate Donald Trump.
- Fusion commissioned former UK spy Christopher Steele to assemble the dossier - which is comprised of a series of memos relying largely on Russian government sources to make allegations against Donald Trump and his associates.
- According to court filings, Fusion also worked with disgraced DOJ official Bruce Ohr, and hired his CIA-linked wife, Nellie Ohr, to assist in the smear campaign against Trump. Bruce Ohr was demoted from his senior DOJ position after it was revealed that he met with Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson as well as Christopher Steele - then tried to cover it up.
- Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta, denied under oath to the Senate Intelligence Committee that he knew about the dossier's funding, while Clinton's former spokesman, Brian Fallon, told CNN that Hillary likely had no idea who paid for it either.
- Current and past leaders of the DNC, including Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) also denied knowledge of the document's funding.
- Podesta met with Fusion co-founder Glenn Simpson the day after the Trump-Russia dossier was published by Buzzfeed News.
The Senate Judiciary Committee letters read in part:
In October 2017, the Washington Post reported that Hillary for America and the Democratic National Committee had funded, via Fusion GPS, Christopher Steele's creation of a series of memos relying largely on Russian government sources to make allegations against Donald Trump and his associates. A letter from the law firm Perkins Coie acknowledged that, " [t]o assist in its representation of the DNC and Hillary for America, Perkins Coie engaged Fusion GPS in April of2016" and that "the engagement concluded prior to the November 2016 Presidential election
the Committee has been investigating the FBI' s relationship with Christopher Steele during this time his work was funded by Hillary for America and the DNC. The scope of our review includes the extent to which the FBI may have relied on information relayed by Mr. Steele in seeking judicial authorization for surveillance of individuals associated with Mr. Trump. It also includes whether any applications that may have been made for permission for such surveillance fully and accurately disclosed:
(1) the source of Fusion GPS's and Mr. Steele's funding;
(2) the degree to which his claims were or were not verified;
(3) the motivations of Mr. Steele, his clients, and his sources; and
( 4) representations about their contacts with the press.
The letter then goes on to list twelve questions - the last being a request for all communications between a list of 40 individuals or entities - including Christopher Steele, Bruce Ohr, Peter Strzok, Andrew McCabe, Glenn Simpson and former CIA Director John Brennan.
The six recipients of letters have two weeks to comply with the following requests (note; "Hillary for America" is replaced by "the DNC" depending on who the letter is addressed to):
1. Prior to the Washington Post 's article in October of 2017, were you anyone else at Hillary for America aware of Mr. Steele's efforts on behalf of the Clinton campaign to compile and distribute allegations about Mr. Trump and the Russian government? If so, when and how did you first learn of his activities on the campaign's behalf? Please provide all related documents.
2. Did you or anyone else at Hillary for America receive copies of any of the memoranda comprising Mr. Steele's dossier prior to its publication by Buzzfeed in January of 2017? If so, how and when? Please provide all related documents.
3. Regardless of whether you or your associates received copies of the actual memoranda, did you or anyone else at Hillary for America otherwise receive information contained in the dossier prior to Buzzfeed publishing the dossier in January of 2017? If so, how and when? Please provide all related documents.
4. Did you or anyone else at Hillary for America receive other memoranda written or forwarded by Mr. Steele regarding Mr. Trump and his associates that were not published as part of the Buzzfeed dossier? If so, how and when? Please provide all related documents.
5. Did you or anyone else at Hillary for America distribute outside of the organization any o f the dossier memoranda, information contained therein, or other information obtained by Mr. Steele? If so, please list who distributed the information, what was distributed, and to whom it was distributed. Please provide all related documents.
6. Did you or anyone else at Hillary for America communicate with any government officials - whether in the executive, legislative or judicial branches - regarding the dossier memoranda, information contained therein, or other information obtained by Mr. Steele? If so, please list the parties involved in the communication, the content of the communication, and the date and means of the communication. Please provide all related documents. References such as "anyone at Hillary for America" include all of Hillary for America's officers, employees, contractors, subcontractors, advisors, volunteers, and, of course, Secretary Clinton herself. Mr. Podesta January 25, 2018
7. Did you or anyone else at Hillary for America instruct, request, suggest, or imply that any individuals should pass along information to Mr. Steele or his intermediaries? Please provide all related documents.
8. Did you or anyone else at Hillary for America communicate with members of the press regarding the dossier memoranda, information contained therein, or other information obtained by Mr. Steele? If so, please list the parties involved in the communication, the content of the communication, and the date and means of the communication. Please provide all related documents.
9. Did you or anyone else at Hillary for America inform Secretary Clinton of Mr. Steele's efforts, whether by name or not, or of the allegations he was spreading? If so, who and when? Please provide all related documents.
10. Were you or anyone else at Hillary for America aware of Mr. Steele's contacts with the FBI or other government agencies prior to the 2016 election? If so, who? When and how did you or they become aware? Please provide all related documents.
11. Did you or anyone else at Hillary for America encourage, whether directly or through intermediaries, Mr. Steele to initiate or continue contacts with the FBI or other government agencies? If so, who and when? Please provide all related documents.
12. For the period from March 2016 through January 2017, please provide all communications to, from, copying, or relating to: Fusion GPS; Bean LLC; Glenn Simpson; Mary Jacoby; Peter Fritsch; Tom Catan; Jason Felch; Neil King; David Michaels; Taylor Sears; Patrick Corcoran; Laura Sego; Jay Bagwell; Erica Castro; Nellie Ohr; Rinat Akhmetshin; Ed Lieberman; Edward Baumgartner; Orbis Business Intelligence Limited; Orbis Business International Limited; Walsingham Training Limited; Walsingham Partners Limited; Christopher Steele; Christopher Burrows; Sir Andrew Wood, Paul Hauser; 4 Oleg Deripaska; Cody Shearer; Sidney Blumenthal; Jon Winer; 5 Kathleen Kavalec; Victoria Nuland; Daniel Jones; 6 Bruce Ohr; Peter Strzok; Andrew McCabe; James Baker; 7 Sally Yates; Loretta Lynch; John Brennan.
Letter to John Podesta (links to all can be found here):
Comments
Hang them all.
You can destroy a lot of evidence in two weeks!
In reply to Hang them all. by Ms. Erable
* yawn * meh * yawn * meh * yawn * meh * yawn * meh * yawn * meh * yawn * meh * yawn * meh * yawn * meh * yawn * meh * yawn * meh * yawn * meh * yawn * meh * yawn * meh * yawn * meh * yawn * meh * yawn * meh * yawn * meh * yawn * meh * yawn * meh * yawn * meh
Satan's favored couple has been dodging justice for over 4 decades now.
When the blaze from the witch's pyre lights the sky... then write an article about it and I'll take notice.
In reply to You can destroy a lot of… by d edwards
Oh, a letter. Was it sent "certified"? Was it accepted?
Where is the warrant?
In reply to * yawn * meh * yawn * meh *… by J S Bach
"Two weeks"
Let me get two weeks after robbing a brinks truck. I fucking dare you.
In reply to Ooga Booga. Here's hoping… by BokkeDavola
Hope the Clintons and camarilla will be crowded at Guantanamo together with their beloved islamo-fascist terrorists.
In reply to "Two weeks"… by D503
This is Criminal Treason & Seditious acts as well as Political Espionage involving the highest Compartmentalized Levels of the NSA, GCHQ, CIA, FBI, DOJ, IRS and perhaps other Agencies it’s Agents & Officials including the Office of the CEO “President”at the time Barrack H. Obama.
This entire Criminal Deep State Intelligence Operation was data mining formuling the first of its kind Parallel Construction Case consisting of a Criminal Deep State CIA, FBI, DOJ Scripted False Narrative / PsyOp With the objective ousting a sitting President via a soft coup.
The Criminal, illegal domestic surveillance of US citizens without a warrant or probable cause is only one symptom of many of how corrupt our government is at all levels. Voters don't matter. The deep state is not elected. Money talks in Washington and the revolving door spins like a top. Criminality & Corruption is so rampant, it is neither illegal or “hidden in plain sight” anymore.
Criminal Congressmen can profit on insider information (no thanks to the Stock Act and Harry Reid who put a stop to it). Special interests not only put their puppets in power and select their candidates before the election but write their own laws verbatim and hand them over to their puppets WHO DON'T EVEN READ THE TEXT THEY ARE PASSING!
This is not conspiracy folks. This is the country you live in. The only reason Trump is pissed about it is because it AFFECTED HIM! If you think he cares about you, then you haven't been paying attention.
Everyone except those who are supportive of a police state, and neo-feudalism are in for a rough time. That is, of course, if this once great nation doesn't get turned into a pile of ash for starting WWIII - likely in 2018.
Realize this didn't happen overnight and it didn't happen without the people's consent. Folks didn't have a problem with special interests taking over our government despite repeat warnings from Eisenhower, Kennedy, Reagan and others. Folks believed what the MSM spoon fed them. People didn't bother to question or hold their leaders accountable. They allowed their rights to be systematically stripped away with new legislation that made the constitution effectively obsolete. This goes back to at least Wilson, the formation of the FED, the Counsel On Foreign Relations, Rockefeller, the Rothchild's, JP Morgan, .etc. What wwe are experiencing now is the maturity of a Criminal corrupt government who no longer exists for the people it claims to represent and instead sees them as an obstacle (as Rex Tillerson so eloquently put it).
All evil needs is for good people to remain silent. The American people have remained collectively silent (divided, and distracted) for generations. I do not see them uniting any time soon.
Insane times indeed...
In reply to Ooga Booga. Here's hoping… by BokkeDavola
The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of California Pedophiles) strongly objects to this line of questioning!
In reply to … by Chupacabra-322
‘Assassination Style’: Widow Of Man Slain In The Bundys’ Oregon Standoff Is Suing The Feds
http://amp.dailycaller.com/2018/01/27/finicum-fbi-wrongful-death-lawsuit/
In reply to Ooga Booga. Here's hoping… by BokkeDavola
Nobody cares about your feelings. What a meaningless post. Say something, anything productive or you are a waste of skin. Anybody else that wants to express their 'feelings'?
Righteous indignation accepted. But yawn-meh? Just have someone give you a wake up call and leave ZH to us,
In reply to * yawn * meh * yawn * meh *… by J S Bach
But, but, but LOOK! ..Another very IMPORTANT blab, blab, blab, document!
This will surly put SOMEONE in prison!
We have PROOF NOW!
Right?
Live Hard, Oh, Fuck Me With A Turkey Quill Pen Dipped In Cyanide If We Get Just ONE MORE AI AL Generated Important Document To Shift Through, PLEASE!, Die Free
~ DC v8.6
In reply to * yawn * meh * yawn * meh *… by J S Bach
It burned weeks ago Clinton House fire.
Or the FBI will lose the evidence along with the NSA.
The only safe thing to do is vote for candidates the MSM and two party system dislikes.
NEVER support the two party candidates.
In reply to You can destroy a lot of… by d edwards
not when the NSA has copies...
In reply to You can destroy a lot of… by d edwards
"The Dawg ate my computer."
~ Crooked Hillary
In reply to not when the NSA has copies… by brightdayfin
That's fine. They already have more than enough to nail them to the wall. This is more than likely a trap to get them on some more charges.
I feel like most of the last year has been a carefully laid trap for the Dems, and they have gotten caught at nearly every step of the way.
In reply to You can destroy a lot of… by d edwards
“Ohr’s CIA linked wife”...
Clapper: “ I doesn’ matter who paid for the dossier”
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/10/26/james-clapper-donald-trump-dossier-clinton-sot-erin.cnn
In reply to Hang them all. by Ms. Erable
The hypocrisy is strong with that one.
#releasethememo
In reply to “Ohr’s CIA linked wife”… by Lumberjack
Clapper is a Dim stooge. Apparently, so are a number of top-ranked FBI personnel. Aint Murrika grand?!?
In reply to “Ohr’s CIA linked wife”… by Lumberjack
Clapper / Brennan / Comey - are the three Clinton Stooges - none have any integrity or credibility --
Clapper is not believable - who paid is relevant since they would not have paid without knowledge of the negative content pre-payment given the cost at $10 million - they believed it was "gold"
In reply to “Ohr’s CIA linked wife”… by Lumberjack
Clapper is in too deep, he was in on the unmasking. And it was said at the end of Obama, Clapper was running his own intelligent network. Clapper has a lot to hide. This isn't because of ideological reasons, they all have to take out Trump or face criminal charges.
But Sessions isn't running the DOJ, his deputy, an Obama hold over, Rosenstein is running the DOJ and is the DOJ manager in charge of Mueller. It was Rosenstein who wrote a memo to Trump to fire Comey, and it was Rosenstein who appointed Mueller.
Sessions isn't the sharpest tool in the shed, and has started a personal vendetta against citizens who smoke weed. Plain and simple, Sessions has the power, left Trump out in the cold, not doing anything about FBI coup and working on HIS pet projects.
Sessions is detached from reality.
In reply to “Ohr’s CIA linked wife”… by Lumberjack
And something new, Obama is lawyering up, it's reported, Obama is seeking council with legal teams in many countries.
Remember in Watergate over 40 people, many in the government went to prison.
And Hillary Clinton was on one of the legal teams to impeach Nixon. Now the democrats are caught in something far worse than anything I have seen in my more than 60 plus years on the Planet.
In reply to Clapper is in too deep, he… by MK ULTRA Alpha
LANGLEY, VA—A report released Tuesday by the CIA's Office of the Inspector General revealed that the CIA has mistakenly obscured hundreds of thousands of pages of critical intelligence information with black highlighters.
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According to the report, sections of the documents— "almost invariably the most crucial passages"—are marred by an indelible black ink that renders the lines impossible to read, due to a top-secret highlighting policy that began at the agency's inception in 1947.
CIA Director Porter Goss has ordered further internal investigation.
"Why did it go on for this long, and this far?" said Goss in a press conference called shortly after the report's release. "I'm as frustrated as anyone. You can't read a single thing that's been highlighted. Had I been there to advise [former CIA director] Allen Dulles, I would have suggested the traditional yellow color—or pink."
Goss added: "There was probably some really, really important information in these documents."
When asked by a reporter if the black ink was meant to intentionally obscure, Goss countered, "Good God, why?"
Goss lamented the fact that the public will probably never know the particulars of such historic events as the Cold War, the civil-rights movement, or the growth of the international drug trade.
"I'm sure the CIA played major roles in all these things," Goss said. "But now we'll never know for sure."
In addition to clouding the historical record, the use of the black highlighters, also known as "permanent markers," may have encumbered or even prevented critical operations. CIA scholar Matthew Franks was forced to abandon work on a book about the Bay Of Pigs invasion after declassified documents proved nearly impossible to read.
"With all the highlighting in the documents I unearthed in the National Archives, it's really no wonder that the invasion failed," Franks said. "I don't see how the field operatives and commandos were expected to decipher their orders."
The inspector general's report cited in particular the damage black highlighting did to documents concerning the assassination of John F. Kennedy, thousands of pages of which "are completely highlighted, from top to bottom margin."
"It is unclear exactly why CIA bureaucrats sometimes chose to emphasize entire documents," the report read. "Perhaps the documents were extremely important in every detail, or the agents, not unlike college freshmen, were overwhelmed by the reading material and got a little carried away."
Also unclear is why black highlighters were chosen in the first place. Some blame it on the closed, elite culture of the CIA itself. A former CIA officer speaking on the condition of anonymity said highlighting documents with black pens was a common and universal practice.
"It seemed counterintuitive, but the higher-ups didn't know what they were doing," the ex-officer said. "I was once ordered to feed documents into a copying machine in order to make backups of some very important top-secret records, but it turned out to be some sort of device that cut the paper to shreds."
In reply to Clapper is in too deep, he… by MK ULTRA Alpha
Not to disagree but further question. What the () is wrong with Trump that he left Rosentein there to do sabotage and cover ups, why is Rosentein writting memo's directly to Trump with directions/course of actions, Sessions has the power but is chasing the evil weed so why does Trump not demand better and fire his butt yesterday and appoint someone who will get control of the FBI?
Why is Trump fighting to control damage by those from within his administration and in the process losing the opportunity for the "investigations" to uncover the true culprits? I have no issue in today's world with a president using tweets and such to communicate directly but there is no effective action. It is all loud mouth bratty bluster, whining and fake tough talk - as if from a little shit that needs to be bitch slapped for the hot air he is.
Trump has the position to DO something but doesn't.
In reply to Clapper is in too deep, he… by MK ULTRA Alpha
How that was paid for does damn sure matter.
http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/01/26/fusion-gps-co-founder-not…
In reply to “Ohr’s CIA linked wife”… by Lumberjack
Wake me up when they start building the gallows
In reply to Hang them all. by Ms. Erable
Here's the plans.
I need a takeoff, pricing and contractor availability.
And not after you sober up either.
://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Gallows
Four holer, minimum wait time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/four-people-were-hanged-for-lincol…
In reply to Wake me up when they start… by HockeyFool
Bar stools work just as well. As an added plus, this is an event that could replace trivia night, with customer participation.
Add a $20 cover charge and voila!
”I’ll take treason for $1000, Alex”
In reply to Here's the plans… by Arnold
Is it really going to happen???
This graphic of these people would make a great bumper sticker "Enemy of the state". Can you imagine all of these fucks on trial with somebody like Trey Gowdey cross examining in front of a jury....oh...the pay per view dream.
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On a side note...I am especially happy to see that arrogant fuck Robby Mook...and "words can't describe" that animal Debbie Wasserman-shultz included. These people look at us as "Plebes" and just get richer and richer on the tax payers dime. Nancy Pelosi worth over $100 Million. Maxine Waters Living in a $4.5 Million dollar House....Are you kidding me? And they represent the people? FUCK THEM.
In reply to Hang them all. by Ms. Erable
Is it really going to happen???
Ummm. in a word, no ..
But thanks for playing !
In reply to Is it really going to happen… by takeaction
Can't you let me have any smiles?
In reply to Is it really going to happen… by Giant Meteor
Well you just gave me a belly laugh, life is just not fair eh !?
lol
In reply to Can't you let me have any… by takeaction
Sessions isn't doing anything. And Mueller is speeding up the investigation before he is forced to resign because of the MEMO and the FBI texts, by speeding up, a make or break interrogation of Trump. Mueller has already interviewed over 20 white house staff and obtained over a million documents.
I don't watch TV, but I checked in to CNN, wolf blitzer, he was foaming Mueller was "closing in" on Trump, with headline "closing in". Newsweek is citing sources saying over 500 Trump impeachment parties were happening because Mueller is suppose to take Trump out. Watching CNN, was like living in another world.
Now we know, the FBI regularly manipulates presidential politics, this isn't the first documented time the FBI did this. In the face of the FBI text, which is being covered up by CNN, not even informing it's viewers what we've being exposed to, the fake news channels like CNN have it in for Trump and they're lying and creating as much fake news to manipulate the mind of the nation against Trump.
CNN can't tell it like it is, at one time, we could depend on CNN, years ago, but that's over, CNN is just a circus show.
In reply to Well you just gave me a… by Giant Meteor
Understood ..
However, I still say, neither side is going to be happy with the outcome ..
Neither team ..
In reply to Sessions isn't doing… by MK ULTRA Alpha
Gowdy provides an entertaining form of 'virtue theater'. The only hope for justice is to drag 'em into the street and let em study a peculiar relationship between themselves, a rope, and a tree.
In reply to Can't you let me have any… by takeaction
Sorry but I'm down-voting all you pessimists claiming that nothing will come of this. If you can't recognize the walls closing in, then the fuck with you - you're quite possibly a liberal fuck in denial for all I know.
A shit storm is brewing of epic proportions and I'm tired to hear from all you that are so goddamn giddy to say "well, gee golly, they got away with it before...yuck, yuck, yuck!". If you can't add any more to the conversation than that, then just stifle. Fuckheads.
In reply to Is it really going to happen… by Giant Meteor
And you believe this latest batch of ass holes will be punished Because so many banksters went to prison for their felonious and treasonous behavior?
In reply to Sorry but I'm down-voting… by Bavarian
that's it. start from the bottom and work your way up.
so, who will be suicided in the next two weeks?
In reply to Hang them all. by Ms. Erable
Notice the Senate is pursuing information that can only result in a civil, libel suit. We want felonies, assholes.
In reply to Hang them all. by Ms. Erable
Everybody was laughing at Trump when he said he was wiretapped. Trump was right, yet again.
In reply to Hang them all. by Ms. Erable
It time for..."I can't recall".
In reply to Hang them all. by Ms. Erable
"If that fucking bastard wins, we all hang from nooses."
Histrionics, it is what ploticians do best .. I'd say crooked politicians, but that is a bit dedundant.
Or, if you like, we can call it, as the don does, truthful hyperbole .. imagine that ..
Look, she ain't swingin by any lampost , nor wearing prison orange , and by my count she's got a better than even chance, dying of old age ..
In reply to If that fucking bastard wins… by T-NUTZ
To half the country Cankles is still a saint and the most admired woman in America. Proof that women should never have been given the vote.
In reply to Histrionics, it is what… by Giant Meteor
They may not hang literally but I'm betting more than a few will pay with some jail time soon. I know we're all cynical (me too) but they must dot the "i" and cross the "t" with these characters because they are all wily and lawless.
In reply to If that fucking bastard wins… by T-NUTZ
I hear there's plenty of room in Guantánamo. Hang their elite asses high!
test messages, emails, servers and phones are all going to disappear. Technical glitch, of course.
Anyone know the Bleachbit ticker?
In reply to test messages, emails,… by phatfawzi
No electronic communication is ever lost.
In reply to test messages, emails,… by phatfawzi
Oh, a letter. Was it sent "certified"? Was it accepted?
Where is the warrant?
Could be a trial balloon to see how they respond. When you know you have the best hand at the poker table, you slow-play it and let the pot grow before you strike.
We shall see.
In reply to Oh, a letter. Was it sent … by arrowrod
Pagination