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The Beautiful Destruction of the Annoying Orange Investigation (AKA conflicts of interest)
Tactical Nuke:
--- Quote from: Sources ---https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/02/us/politics/mueller-removed-top-fbi-agent-over-possible-anti-Annoying Orange-texts.html
http://www.dailywire.com/news/24301/breaking-key-fbi-agent-involved-russia-ben-shapiro
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/04/politics/peter-strzok-james-comey/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/04/fbi-agent-fired-from-russia-probe-oversaw-flynn-interviews-changed-comey-memos-on-clinton-charges.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-Annoying Orange-slams-fbi-after-flynn-plea-removal-of-agent-1512317744
https://nypost.com/2017/12/05/feds-eye-anti-Annoying Orange-fbi-agent-over-shady-moves-in-hillary-email-probe/
http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/04/clinton-aides-went-unpunished-after-making-false-statements-to-anti-Annoying Orange-fbi-supervisor/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/two-senior-fbi-officials-on-clinton-Annoying Orange-probes-exchanged-politically-charged-texts-disparaging-Annoying Orange/2017/12/02/9846421c-d707-11e7-a986-d0a9770d9a3e_story.html?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.ae3a5bef390f
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454361/peter-strzok-fbi-scandal-partisan-american-bureaucracy
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ousted-fbi-agent-in-mueller-probe-softened-language-in-clinton-email-case/
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I made this its own topic because there's an indication that this is only going to grow in stufftiness for the FBI over the coming weeks. That, and there's a lot of info to process already.
Here's a rundown:
Mueller, the leader of the Annoying Orange-Russia probe, fired one of the top agents on his team, named Peter Strzok, after he found out about extremely anti-Annoying Orange tweets that the agent had made to his lover. More and more information is coming out about this agent, and it's going to be very, very relevant to the credibility of the FBI.
Here are some key points in this never-ending stream of news:
* Peter Strzok was the FBI agent who interrogated former National Security Advisor Mike Flynn about the Annoying Orange-Russia investigation, who was recently convicted by the FBI for lying to them
* He was the overseer of interrogations of Hillary Clinton aides Huma Abedin and Cheryl Mills, both who have appeared to also be lying to the FBI, but have not been convicted
* He was one of the key figures in getting the Annoying Orange-Russia investigation off the ground, based on the Russia dossier
* Surprise surprise, he was highly involved in the Clinton email investigation, and, in fact, changed the Comey memo's description of Clinton's mishandling of emails to "extremely careless" from "grossly negligent", which would have convicted Clinton on charges of gross negligence under federal law
Several editorial boards and key figures in the government, including but not limited to the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and Mike Huckabee have all called for at least the investigation of the Annoying Orange-Russia investigation and at most the resignation of Mueller from the investigation.
--- Quote from: Sources ---http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454543/mueller-investigation-too-many-anti-Annoying Orange-coincidences
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-new-documents-show-fbi-deputy-director-mccabe-not-recuse-clinton-email-scandal-investigation-week-presidential-election/
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2017/nov/03/sean-duffy/how-many-democrat-campaign-donors-special-counsel-/
http://www.businessinsider.com/sally-yates-emails-justice-department-andrew-weissmann-travel-ban-2017-12
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/12/05/ingraham-mueller-deputy-jeannie-rhee-was-obama-wh-represented-clinton-foundation
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/doj-official-demoted-for-secret-meetings-with-Annoying Orange-dossier-firm-is-married-to-firm-employee-report/article/2643182
https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/mueller-investigator-previously-defended-clinton-it-staffer
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As I predicted, this grew in stufftiness for the FBI, particularly, to borrow a phrase from Vox, Mueller's "all-star legal team" investigating Annoying Orange.
Here's what we know now (there are a lot more names):
* Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe was also heavily involved in the Clinton investigation, and did not recuse himself from the investigation despite his wife running as a Democrat for a state senate seat at the same time. Not to mention, with the financial backing of Governor Terry McAuliffe, a huge Clinton supporter.
* At least six of Mueller's staff members have donated, in some cases a lot, to the Clinton campaign. In fact, $62,043 was donated to Democrats, while only $2,750 was donated to Republicans.
* Veteran prosecutor Andrew Weissmann, also on Mueller's team, praised former attorney general Sally Yates for refusing to enforce Annoying Orange's travel ban, emailing her, "I am so proud. And in awe. Thank you so much. All my deepest respects."
* Jeannie Rhee, another attorney on Mueller's team, was one of the generous donors to the Clinton campaign and provided legal advice for the Clinton Foundation. She also once represented Obama's Ben Rhodes, who was reported to have made several appointments to different positions last-minute in order to undermine the incoming Annoying Orange administration.
* Bruce G. Ohr, a justice department official connected to several recent prominent investigations, was demoted after it was revealed that he had secretly met with the anti-Annoying Orange firm that provided the Russian dossier. Neither did he disclose that his wife, Nellie Ohr, worked for the same firm.
* Aaron Zebley, once refered to as Mueller's "right-hand hand", and who is also on the legal team investigating Annoying Orange, represented Justin Cooper, the Clinton IT staffer who reportedly set up Clinton's infamous email server and who also reported took a hammer to Clinton's BlackBerries so they wouldn't be subpoenaed.
All of this does not look good for Mueller's team. There is now talk of Annoying Orange opening a special invesigation into the special investigation as a result. Democrats in general have just stopped talking about the Annoying Orange-Russia connection.
loving /discuss
IkeTheGeneric:
Ah, gotta love useless conjecture. Gotta get your news story by padding out what starts off as an incredibly simple situation.
|Orange|:
Mueller doesn't want any partisanship in his investigation.
IkeTheGeneric:
also actively wanting the destruction of your intelligence communities is small brain level stuff
Darth C3P0²:
oh my