The persons who have thought up trump and Russia collusion: who they are and whether they will answer

The exhaustive investigation conducted by Special Attorney Robert Muller ended, and as a result, there was no collusion between US President Donald Trap and Russia. not identified. The media, which thoughtlessly promoted the idea of ​​collusion, most likely will not face the consequences of their mistake, but those who started it all will most likely respond.

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As it turned out, Trump's headquarters did not have people who colluded with Russia, but there were at least five people in Barack Obama’s administration who promoted fake stories about Trump’s collusion and obstruction, writes in his column for Fox News journalist Den Bongino.

James comi

In July 2016, the FBI began a secret counterintelligence investigation into Russian interference in the US elections. In violation of protocol, the FBI did not inform Congress about the case until March 2017. And FBI Director James Comey gave this violation a rather strange explanation - according to him, the investigation was “too sensitive,” but that is why law enforcement agencies should inform Congress about new investigations.

The investigation was fictitious from the very beginning, as evidenced by many of the defendants, and above all Michael Flynn. He was accused of lying to the FBI, but Komi during a speech in Congress justified his credibility by saying that the FBI agents who interrogated Flynn did not think he was lying.

14 February 2017 Komi announced Trump's phrase from their personal conversation: “I hope you can stop all this and let go of Michael Flynn. He is a good guy. I hope you can let it go. ” From the words promulgated, it seemed as if Trump had ordered the investigation of Russia's interference in the elections to be stopped, although this was not the case, and later Komi admitted this. At the time of testimony before the Congress, he was asked whether his president had asked to stop the investigation of the FBI, to which Komi replied: "As far as I know, no."

But the leaking of this phrase from Trump into the public sphere had the effect that Comey was seeking - the media and politicians began to demand a special investigation, which eventually replaced the failed counterintelligence investigation of the FBI.

John Brennan

Brennan himself admitted that it was he who initiated the FBI counterintelligence investigation, transferring British intelligence data about Trump's staff to US intelligence agencies.

While the GCHQ (British equivalent of the NSA) and the CIA denied collusion, The Guardian reported that “US and UK intelligence sources admit that GCHQ played a prominent role in the launch of the FBI investigation regarding Trump and Russia, which started at the end of July 2016.” ".

According to one version, the then head of GCHQ, Robert Hannigan, in the summer of 2016, handed over the materials available to the British to CIA chief John Brennan. This question was considered so delicate that it was decided at the "level of directors". After an initially rather sluggish start, Brennan used GCHQ information and intelligence from other partners to launch a major inter-agency investigation.

James clapper

Assistant Brennan in this case was the then director of national intelligence, James Klapper. Clapper said that he had the same “information” as Brennan had. With limited information, the FBI insisted on a full-scale investigation instead of warning Trump about a possible danger and stopping any further damage to the electoral process.

Assessing any possible threat is one thing, but conducting a full investigation without evidence of a crime or threat to national security violates standard procedure. According to Clapper, the preliminary investigation did not reveal any conspiracy, but the investigation continued.

Adam Schiff

Adam Schiff told CNN in December of 2017 that the evidence for the collusion between Trump's headquarters and Russia was "killer." And in early March, 2019, he declared that there was “direct evidence” of such a conspiracy.

Even after the publication of the Muller report, he insists on his. 24 March said that the fact that Muller does not plan to bring additional charges does not mean that his report does not contain evidence of crimes. What seems strange, because during the investigation the special prosecutor brought to justice many people whose activities they had not investigated. Why would he decide not to hold accountable those against whom the investigation led?

Maybe Schiff eventually wants to share this “deadly” information that he has been hiding for the last two years?

Rod Rosenstein

Deputy US Attorney General Rosenstein played a role in updating the FISA warrant used to spy on Carter Page during the 2016 election of the year, approving an application for expanding surveillance, thanks in part to the fake British spy file Christopher Steele. He signed a warrant for FISA at the end of June 2017, shortly after he appointed Robert Muller as head of investigation in May.

Rosenstein also wrote in a memorandum to Jeff Sessions, which evaluated Komi’s work on investigating the Clinton email data leak, “I cannot support the way the director handles the conclusion of the investigation regarding Secretary of State Clinton’s letters, and I don’t understand his reluctance to accept serious mistakes; This is one of the few problems that unites people who have different points of view. ”

This document was used to justify the dismissal of Komi. Later, Rosenstein used him as an excuse to start a special investigation, saying that he was “shocked” by the dismissal of Komi. These words raise doubts, since Rosenstein could not but understand how his memorandum could be used.

Never before in American history has there been such a concerted effort to topple a sitting president—and never has a house of cards been brought down so spectacularly.

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