Obama allegedly briefed on claims Clinton approved plan tying Trump to Putin: Rpt

DNI Director John Ratcliffe released information indicating that the Obama admin knew of Russian allegations that 
Hillary Clinton was attempting to tie Trump to Russia and distract from her email scandal before the 2016 presidential
election.

Former FBI Director James Comey is scheduled to testify before Congress tomorrow.

 

Townhall had this to say:

Newly declassified documents from Director of National Intelligence
John Ratcliffe show former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have
set up the 2016 Russia investigation into the Trump campaign. The
information was released Tuesday afternoon in a letter written to Senate
Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham.

“In late July 2016, U.S. intelligence agencies obtained insight into
Russian intelligence analysis alleging that U.S. Presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton had approved a campaign plan to stir up a scandal
against U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump by tying him to Putin
and the Russians’ hacking of the Democratic National Committee. The IC
does not know the accuracy of this allegation or the extent to which the
Russian intelligence analysis may reflect exaggeration or fabrication,”
the letter states. “According to his handwritten notes, former Central
Intelligence Agency Director Brennan subsequently briefed President
Obama and other senior national security officials on the intelligence,
including the ‘alleged approval by Hillary Clinton on July 26, 2016 of a
proposal from one of her foreign policy advisors to vilify Donald Trump
by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by Russian security
services.’”

Just turned on the Comey hearing before the Judiciary Committee.  After Senators Lindsey Graham and Diane Feinstein gave their opening comments, they swore in James Comey via remote AV connection to his home.

Then I checked the time on the video ...... almost 4 hours 11 minutes!!   

This was scheduled at 4AM HST.  Glad I didn't try to watch it live.

This is going to be an all day sucker.   

I do not recall....................

I have no remembrance..............

I do not recall....................

I have no remembrance..............

He answered specific questions with, "I don't agree with your preamble, but" and "Not to  my recollection," then answered in general.

He answered general questions with specific, narrow responses.  (paraphrased)

Q:  "Do you think the FBI director should have known about the exculpatory information we now know was withheld from the FISA court?" 

A:  "I didn't know about that information, obviously."

I made it through all 4 hours (20 minute break at the midpoint).   

The Democrat committee members used their time for the most part to (1) whine about how they should be using the hearing for "other things", (2) what Trump said in the debate about White supremacists, and (3) how Trump's debts are a national security concern.  Then they kept inferring how the GOP side is somehow not focusing on Russian election interference, when every single one of them SPECIFICALLY STATED the exact opposite -- it was a problem in 2016, and its an ongoing problem in 2020.

GOP actually asked specific questions and asked for explanations regarding how any of the failures listed in the IG report and the recently released documents could have happened under his watch.

Comey dodged and deflected most of it.  He took responsibility the same way Clinton took responsibility for Benghazi.  Said he was responsible by virtue of his position, but he was not involved in the actual failures (even though he certified to the FISA court that the information in the warrant application was verified).

As Lindsey Graham said in closing, "There's more to come.  Stay tuned."

 

My question would have been, "As the FBI director before being fired, did you take any action to ascertain how the investigations under your direction had turned up nothing other than ancillary crimes and perjury charges?"  In other words, if you're hunting bear in a certain forest because you have evidence (several people told you) that was bear country, and all you got was a half dozen rabbits, would you not want to find out why you didn't come across one single bear in "bear country?"

Comey kept going back to how the IG report saying there was adequate evidence to predicate an investigation into Carter Page.  Yet, he never offers an explanation as to why that investigation was not stopped after information to the contrary was uncovered.  Same for Flynn. 

Damn traitorous weasels..............Comey and the democrats.
Hope he did sit there and smirk like that Stroke bastard.