“Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday called for the removal of Rep. Devin Nunes over a controversial classified memo accusing the FBI and Justice Department of surveillance abuses. Members of the panel have been publicly arguing over whether the document, drafted by the House intelligence committee chairman was altered between being approved by GOP panel …
February 2, 2018 – The Nunes Memo reports crimes at top of FBI and DOJ
“The long-awaited House Intelligence Committee report made public today identifies current and former top officials of the FBI and the Department of Justice as guilty of the felony of misrepresenting evidence required to obtain a court warrant before surveilling American citizens. The target was candidate Donald Trump’s adviser Carter Page. The main points of what is widely known as the …
February 2, 2018 – Ex-FBI agent, Josh Campbell, lands at CNN after blaming bureau departure on political attacks
“Josh Campbell penned a New York Times Op-Ed on Friday, claiming he was leaving the FBI because of “relentless attacks on the bureau,” but on Monday he proved his column was disingenuous by quickly signing with CNN. CNN named Campbell the network’s new law enforcement analyst, according to TVNewser and he will reportedly start immediately. However, industry insiders are quick …
February 2, 2018 – Senator Grassley requests a Mandatory Declassification Review of the FISA application
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation signed off on an unclassified version of the criminal referral by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee Chairman Lindsey Graham only after the White House declassified a House Intelligence Committee (HPSCI) Majority memo largely based on the same underlying documents. Grassley is now calling on the FBI to update the …
February 2, 2018 – Isikoff is stunned that his Carter Page article was used to justify spy warrant
Investigative journalist Michael Isikoff said Friday that he was surprised to find out that an article he wrote about Carter Page prior to the election was used to obtain a spy warrant against the former Trump campaign adviser. The revelation, which was made in a memo released by the House Intelligence Committee on Friday, “stuns me,” Isikoff said in an …
February 4, 2018 – Victoria Nuland, Fran Townsend and Michael Morell discuss the release of the Nunes Memo and its threat to national security
The House Intelligence Committee releases the “Nunes Memo” on February 2, 2018, identifying current and former top officials at the FBI and the Department of Justice who misrepresented evidence required to obtain a court warrant before surveilling American citizens. Two days later, Fran Townsend, Victoria Nuland, and Mike Morell appear on Face the Nation with guest host Margaret Brennan to …
February 6, 2018 – Adam Schiff falls for a prank call by Russian radio hosts who promise compromising photos of President Trump
Russian comedians Vladmir Kyzetsov and Alexei Stolyarov known as Vovan & Lexus, prank phone call U.S. Democratic Representative Adam Schiff.
February 7, 2018 – Uranium One informant makes Clinton allegations to Congress
“An FBI informant connected to the Uranium One controversy told three congressional committees in a written statement that Moscow routed millions of dollars to America with the expectation it would be used to benefit Bill Clinton‘s charitable efforts while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton quarterbacked a “reset” in U.S.-Russian relations. The informant, [William] Douglas Campbell, said in the statement obtained by The Hill …
February 7, 2018 – Interim Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Report: The Clinton Email Scandal and the FBI’s Investigation of It
“U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a majority staff report Wednesday titled “The Clinton Email Scandal And The FBI’s Investigation Of It,” along with text messages between two agents that shed light on the investigation. The report details the congressional investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email …
February 8, 2018 – Grassley and Graham have a set of questions for Susan Rice about the email she sent to herself
“As part of their continued efforts to conduct oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Chairman of the Senate Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) discovered a partially unclassified email sent by President Obama’s former National Security Advisor (NSA) …
February 8, 2018 – Hannity: Evidence is coming that will rock DC’s foundation
Hannity wrote: Senators Chuck Grassley and Lindsey Graham have released a heavily redacted, yet very revealing copy of their criminal referral against ex-British spy Christopher Steele, the author of the dubious dossier we now know was parlayed into a FISA warrant by Trump-hating operatives at the Justice Department. Grassley and Graham tell us that, while working on a second dossier for …
February 8, 2018 – A letter from Michael Cohen’s lawyers admits Trump knew nothing about Stormy Daniels ‘hush money’ transaction
Michael Cohen claimed he was not reimbursed by Donald Trump or his organization for hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels in a 2018 letter to federal authorities, contradicting his recent grand jury testimony. The bombshell document, exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com, could throw a wrench in the works of prosecutors pursuing criminal charges against Trump over the payments. Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and …
February 9, 2018 – Text messages between Mark Warner and Steele attorney Adam Waldman are released
Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee who has been leading a congressional investigation into President Trump’s alleged ties to Russia, had extensive contact last year with a lobbyist for a Russian oligarch who was offering Warner access to former British spy and dossier author Christopher Steele, according to text messages obtained exclusively by Fox News. …
February 9 – December 14, 2018 – A fork in the road for the DOJ, FBI…James Wolfe leaks Flynn’s FISA application to the media
(…) The Summer of 2018 was the fork in the road for the DOJ and FBI. Attorney General Jeff Session was recused, Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein was in charge and the Mueller investigation was ongoing. That was when the DOJ made a decision not to prosecute Wolfe for leaking classified information. DC U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu signed-off on a plea deal where …
Feb 13, 2018 – Justice Department letter to journalist Ali Watkins advising her of a records seizure
A Justice Department letter to journalist Ali Watkins advising her of a records seizure is released four days after the Waldman-Warner texts are released:
February 15, 2018 – Another longtime Comey aide, Michael Kortan leaving FBI
“The longtime head of public affairs at the FBI — who was a confidant of former director James Comey — is planning to retire, Fox News has learned. A notice went out this week for a retirement get-together for Michael Kortan scheduled for Feb. 15. Since 2009, Kortan has served as assistant director for public affairs, an influential job that …
February 16, 2018 – Judicial Watch Sues State Department for Samantha Power Unmasking Documents
“The former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations reportedly requested to unmask over 260 Americans in her last year in office with no explanation. Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State for “unmasking” and other records tied to Obama’s United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power relating to the …
February 16, 2018 – Mueller indicts 13 Russian nationals from a St. Petersburg troll factory “shitposting on Facebook”
“Following Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of 13 Russian nationals and three entities behind a Russian “troll farm” said to have meddled in the 2016 U.S. election (admittedly, with zero impact), two people familiar with both the ads purchased by Russians on Facebook and the “troll farm” in question have refuted Mueller’s narrative over the course of four days. Indeed, things don’t …
February 23, 2018 – Rice attorney admits in letter to Grassley and Graham, Obama officials knew the substance of Trump team communications, before and after the election
That statement from Susan Rice’s lawyer denying knowledge of a FISA warrant, and justifying the efforts of Rice, Comey, and Obama to hide intelligence from the Trump administration is…. very Bill Clinon-esque. The letter admits that all parties to the meeting – Yates, Comey, Rice, and Obama – knew of the substance of the communications of members of Trump’s team …
September 2017 and February 2018 – John Bolton takes six figures from Ukrainian oligarch and Clinton Foundation donor, Viktor Pinchuk, right before joining Trump administration
“Former White House national security adviser John Bolton pocketed $115,000 from Ukrainian steel oligarch Viktor Pinchuk’s foundation shortly before entering President Donald Trump’s White House as national security adviser, a position first held in the Trump White House by General Michael Flynn. Bolton’s unpublished manuscript reportedly accuses Trump of wanting to withhold military aid to Ukraine, but Trump denies this …