As previewed earlier, on Monday afternoon president Trump met with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, FBI Director Chris Wray and the Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, in a discussion of the latest developments in the bombshell report that the Obama administration used a longtime FBI and CIA asset, identified as 73-year-old Cambridge professor Stefan Halper, to infiltrate and spy on Trump's campaign.
With the meeting concluded, the White House issued a statement according to which the DOJ said it has asked the inspector general to "expand its current investigation to include any irregularities with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s or the Department of Justice’s tactics concerning the Trump Campaign" and adds that "White House Chief of Staff Kelly will immediately set up a meeting with the FBI, DOJ, and DNI together with Congressional Leaders to review highly classified and other information they have requested."
Full statement below:
"Based on the meeting with the President, the Department of Justice has asked the Inspector General to expand its current investigation to include any irregularities with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's or the Department of Justice's tactics concerning the Trump Campaign. It was also agreed that White House Chief of Staff Kelly will immediately set up a meeting with the FBI, DOJ, and DNI together with Congressional Leaders to review highly classified and other information they have requested."
Translated: a lot of dirty laundry is about to become public.
As Sean Davis points out, the statement confirms Mollie Hemingway's reporting that contrary to claims from the Washington Post and anonymous DOJ officials made last week, "the White House was never on board with Rosenstein's plan to obstruct a congressional subpoena."
This confirms @MZHemingway's reporting last week that, contra claims from the Washington Post and anonymous DOJ officials, the White House was never on board with Rosenstein's plan to obstruct a congressional subpoena. https://t.co/kblJVUNcoT
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) May 21, 2018
As Davis also adds, "it's also noteworthy that the White House released a statement immediately following the meeting, before Rosenstein et. al. could start leaking inaccurate information about the White House's position, which is what happened after the last meeting on the matter."
As we discussed previously, Halper was outed as the FBI's "informant" last Friday following weeks of speculation, after the New York Times and Washington Post published easily identifiable information about the U.S. citizen and Cambridge professor. Their reports matched a March 25 article by the Daily Caller detailing Halper's outreach to several low-level aides to the Trump campaign, including Carter Page, George Papadopoulos, and a cup of coffee with campaign co-chair Sam Clovis.
These contacts are notable, as Halper's infiltration of the Trump campaign corresponds with the two of the four targets of the FBI's Operation Crossfire Hurricane - in which the agency sent counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok and others to a London meeting in the Summer of 2016 with former Australian diplomat Alexander Downer - who says Papadopoulos drunkenly admitted to knowing that the Russians had Hillary Clinton's emails.
As we detailed earlier Monday, Halper - who once reportedly ran a spy-operation on the Jimmy Carter administration, received a total of $1,058,161 from the Department of Defense for four annual contracts signed under the Obama administration, and paid through the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment (ONA).
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With the spotlight shining ever brighter on the "deep state" actors behind the scenes, we expect an avalanche of NYT/WaPo/CNN "leaks" in the coming week to distract from what is shaping up as a major showdown.
Comments
& here I thought Obama had cornered the market on that "HIGH CHIN" pose.
May the deep state rest in no peace....
In reply to I thought Obama had a high… by TheWholeYearInn
Rosenstein will eventually be jailed.
He should enjoy "fee air" while he can.
He will most likely squeal.
Joker: "I know a squealer when I see one"
In reply to May the deep state rest in… by Stan522
Maybe they can send him home to Isn'treal.
In reply to Rosenstein will eventually… by JRobby
Time to see it ALL. There is nothing in any of the documents (IMO) that could possibly be dangerous to national security.
Dangerous to the security of any of those who might be heading to jail though...
In reply to Maybe they can send him home… by WorkingClassMan
Looks like Trump had to personally put a boot in the asses of Rosenstein & Wray to finally get them to pay attention.
In reply to Time to see it ALL. There… by 38BWD22
#SUNLIGHTBOILINGWATER&PINESOL
burn it all down
In reply to Looks like Trump had to… by wee-weed up
WATCH HANNITY, HE HAS A PERFECTED PICTURE OF THIS DISGUSTING REALITY.
In reply to #SUNLIGHTBOILINGWATER… by vato poco
Downvotes?
OK ~ let's compare
OBAMA
http://iranpoliticsclub.net/politics/understand-obama/images/Obama%20co…
TRUMP
https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_desktop_1x/…
I dunno, maybe I'm wrong but at minimum it seems like a dead heat to me...
Never let facts or evidence sway you from your opinions
In reply to WATCH HANNITY, HE HAS A… by Four chan
"Popcorn, Get Your Popcorn here." hahahahahaha
In reply to Looks like Trump had to… by wee-weed up
Again, George has answers.
At about 40:30 he says, after Brennan's spying on congress revealed the vote to approve the nuclear deal with wouldn't go through, they couldn't wait, and that is when the 150 billion went to Iran.
This means either Obama was hand in hand with Brennan and the Nuclear ratline, or he was simply ordered to release the funds, or else.
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WEG64HwXU8
In reply to "Popcorn, Get Your Popcorn… by WarPony
Just following orders ain’t gonna fly when your are POTUS.
buck stops with him. every time.
hang em
hang em all
In reply to Again, George has answers… by brianshell
HEY, (off topic) --
Does anybody know why the Washington DC Home Depot and Lowe's Stores are all out of nailguns?
In reply to Just following orders ain’t… by RumpleShitzkin
Not off topic at all.
However, we are way, way beyond that. This shit is all coming out. Every direction.
In reply to HEY, (off topic) -- Does… by Automatic Choke
Floods fool
In reply to HEY, (off topic) -- Does… by Automatic Choke
Yes, USA signed a deal with Iran and gave them back some of their frozen funds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action
In reply to Again, George has answers… by brianshell
Drop his ass off in the Gaza strip wrapped in the Israeli flag.
In reply to Maybe they can send him home… by WorkingClassMan
Won't it be remarkable that when this is done it will be shown that the 'Russia Collusion' claims by the left were not only fake, but were actually part of a conspiracy to take out Trump, run by the Obama Administration for the benefit of Hillary Clinton. WOW! They are gonna have to build a new prison for these folks.
In reply to Rosenstein will eventually… by JRobby
Hillary..."Trump takes the low road, we'll take the High Road."
Precisely the opposite happened.
and today, Rosenstein "turned" and made a deal to save his own neck.
In reply to Won't it be remarkable that… by eatthebanksters
Remember she was the one who insisted Trump accept the result :-)
In reply to Hillary..."Trump takes the… by y3maxx
Joseph DiGenova has been saying for weeks that this was all an effort to frame President Trump. So much for the 'blue wave' come November. You have to be retarded, no offense to retarded people, to vote for Demonrats.
In reply to Won't it be remarkable that… by eatthebanksters
The simple truth is that we just don't have the land to build enough prisons for the corrupted.
The human race will just have to show them something they have never felt before. Something that they took from humanity.
Love, compassion, forgiveness, mercy, peace, etc.
Only humanity can actually save the human race, but only the human race can save humanity.
The truth to bible prophecy.
They can poke their stupid evil transhumanism globalisation centralisation agenda.
In reply to May the deep state rest in… by Stan522
I would build them a prison, put them in it, and launch it into orbit before trying to deal with the deep state sociopaths/psychopaths like human beings.
I like the idea that forgiveness could heal them - but that only works on regular humans - not these "people".
In reply to The simple truth is that we… by Xredsx
No prison time,,,,,hang them like they did Saddam.
In reply to I would build them a prison,… by bigkahuna
May the deep state not rest. Look up persistence hunting. Some tribes in Africa still practice it. Basically, a couple of guys keep on running after an animal until it heatstrokes and then they finish it off.
May the deep state suffer heat stroke.
In reply to May the deep state rest in… by Stan522
Or, like tracking animals by following their shit...
In reply to May the deep state not rest… by El Vaquero
So......After about two years of spying, secret investigations, lies, illegal leaks, kickbacks, pay to play, bs fake shit, illegal payments, and a “special” prosecutor directed against the duly elected President of the United States.............
…. it seems the only collusion that appears to be clear are the from the likes of crookedclintins, a punkinheadclapher, a boneheadcomay along with a host of leading lawless sidekicks, dicks, n bozos like a muziebrennen, a uggywazzerman, a russinpadesta n a lettle humaweenerperv an a few other big cats.
In reply to May the deep state rest in… by Stan522
Imo the FBI does some good and useful work.
The problem is they are grossly overfunded, like every other area in the executive and legislative branches. So they stir the pot.
Not sure if the court system is over- or underfunded.
In reply to I thought Obama had a high… by TheWholeYearInn
The Gestapo was modeled on the FBI.Perhaps you could give a few kind words about Heinrich Himmler ?
Or about J Edgar's dress style ?
In reply to Imo the FBI does some good… by Econogeek
J. Edgar's dress style was ABSOLUTELY FABULOUSSSSSSSSSS!
In reply to The Gestapo was modeled on… by Winston Churchill
LOL
In reply to J. Edgar's dress style was… by El Vaquero
O'Bummer wee weed up-
In reply to I thought Obama had a high… by TheWholeYearInn
THE HILLARY DEATH COUNTDOWN: I predict 3-months until someone in the coup snaps and orders her assassination by either one or together in some way, the FBI, CIA, or Pakistani ISI Death Squad. That's the end of August, 2018. The way things are going, Mueller will be a bad vapor in the air, and no one will go to jail for her. The Hillary Whore Corps will die with her. The only alternative is that she, Obama, and Schultz, flee the country to one where they can't - or won't - be extradited, protesting they are political refugees.
So, seen Obama much lately? Notice Hillary's SS detail is getting thin - who's got the injection pin? Schultz is as low-profile as you can get and still hold office . . .
In reply to I thought Obama had a high… by TheWholeYearInn
The left owns the uppity pose.
In reply to I thought Obama had a high… by TheWholeYearInn
yearinn:
E S & D you pitiful turd.
In reply to I thought Obama had a high… by TheWholeYearInn
Trump is scared and needs to shut down Mueller's investigation ASAP!
"Mueller co-operating witness is a convicted pedophile... called himself a friend of Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner" - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5503595/Nader-Muellers-latest-c…
Trump is bad. He ought to know that law enforcement and intelligence agencies have the exclusive right to chose our leaders! How else could the police state we all dream about become a reality?
In reply to Trump is scared and wants to… by Dr. Acula
He also called himself impartial.
In reply to Trump is scared and wants to… by Dr. Acula
MSNBC is hilarious.
dude, it's been TWO years....you had spies inside.....and you STILL have nothing.
trump may be scared, but ONLY bc mueller, et al have PROVEN they are dirty cops....and will stoop to ANY level to get him.
In reply to Trump is scared and wants to… by Dr. Acula
The gay communist Kenyan is pretty quiet lately. I'm sure he's just busy.
In reply to Trump is scared and wants to… by Dr. Acula
The Kenyan and Moochelle are busy signing up on a deal with Netflix. Netflix may live to regret their association with the Obongos.
In reply to The gay communist Kenyan is… by Wakesetter
“gay communist Kenyan Muslim”
it sounds more reasonable like that.
In reply to The gay communist Kenyan is… by Wakesetter
There are a lot of tight sphincter muscles in & around D.C., but they mostly belong to members of the 'intelligence' community. So far, their vaunted abilities have failed them. Almost 2 yrs, and not a glove laid on Trump while they drop like flies over at the FBI.
In reply to Trump is scared and wants to… by Dr. Acula
Bahahahaha, you troll tard.
In reply to Trump is scared and wants to… by Dr. Acula
Exactly. Well said.
I’ll return his troll: “He’s probably a Russian agent. Real name: Boris Badenuff.”
In reply to Bahahahaha, you troll tard. by Sir Lars
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In reply to 🍿🍿🍿 by JFKFC
Fried chicken for old school white center right dems.
In reply to JFKFC... that would be a… by Hudis Muffakah
reminds me of Kenny Powers' business cards that displayed his title. "MFCEO"
In reply to Fried chicken for old school… by Oldguy05
I think Carlos Danger & The Bad Hombres would be a better band name.
In reply to JFKFC... that would be a… by Hudis Muffakah
Pagination