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1) Spygate: The Inside Story Behind the Alleged Plot to Take Down Trump

New Article @EpochTimes with infographics.
theepochtimes.com/spygate-the-in…

2) This comprehensive, 15,000 word guide to @EpochTimes 2 years of reporting on #SpyGate scandal explains the weaponization of the intelligence community and other gov't agencies to relentlessly pursuit of a manufactured #Collusion narrative against Trump
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3) Updated Spygate Infographic: This was a collaborative effort between myself and @JasperFakkert of the @EpochTimes

(Note: Scalable in article - CTRL+Scroll to enlarge in link)
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4) The intent behind this project, which originated with the original Spygate article (below), was to provide an accessible overview of SpyGate Including the main players, agencies and departments involved.
theepochtimes.com/spygate-the-tr…

5) This new, and much longer article builds on dozens of Congressional testimonies, court documents, and other research to provide an inside look at the actions of Obama administration officials in the scandal that’s become known as Spygate.

6) The article walks sequentially through the major segments:

MYE Team
Priestap's Role
DOJ's Prevention of Gross Negligence Charges
Brennan's Instigation of the investigation into Trump
Fusion GPS & the Steele Dossier
Role of Nellie Ohr
Bruce Ohr's Interactions w/the FBI (cont.)

7) Segments cont:

Brennan’s Briefings to Gang of Eight
The Carter Page FISA Warrant
Perkins Coie Partner Michael Sussmann, James Baker & Alfa Bank Allegations
Steele’s Meetings with the Media
Alfa Bank Media Leaks
Bruce Ohr’s FBI Handler
McCain's Involvement w/Dossier (cont.)

8) Segments cont:

Dissemination of the Dossier
The Effort to Remove General Flynn
Obama Officials Use of Unmasking to Target the Trump Campaign
Comey - No Obstruction by Trump Admin
McCabe’s FBI Reaches Back Out to Steele
The Battle Between McCabe and Rosenstein (cont.)

9) Segments cont:

FBI - "No Big There There"
FBI Leadership Speculates on New Trump-Russia Collusion Narrative
Boente - The Fixer
John Carlin’s Race with Admiral Rogers
FISA Abuse & the FISA Court

10) Much has been learned and new information is being provided almost daily.

For those paying attention, 2018 proved a year of discovery.

Despite ongoing efforts from the media to obfuscate the truth.
theepochtimes.com/the-spygate-sc…

11) But it was access to congressional transcripts that allowed for new insights into efforts by our agencies and intelligence community.
theepochtimes.com/whats-trending

12) The transcripts contain a litany of governmental abuse - including that of the FISA process and the FISA Courts.
theepochtimes.com/fbi-testimonie…

13) And make clear that Clinton was never in any real investigative danger.
theepochtimes.com/exclusive-doj-…

14) Also made clear is the simple fact that our intelligence communities and federal agencies were weaponized while our national surveillance apparatus and processes were abused.

15) Foreign intelligence agencies - particularly from the UK and Australia - played key roles in pushing unofficial intelligence into US channels.
theepochtimes.com/the-uk-and-aus…

16) John Brennan, who appears to have been the point man in the operation to stop a potential Trump presidency, pushed foreign intelligence into the FBI.

For him to embark on such a mission without direct presidential authority seems both a stretch and particularly foolhardy.

17) Mueller’s investigation, which has established there never was any collusion on the part of the Trump campaign, has exposed ongoing FARA violations & influence peddling through the investigation of Paul Manafort.

His Deripaska, Ukrainian ties exposed.
theepochtimes.com/is-mueller-pro…

18) The Mueller Report has not yet been made public.

But President Trump told Graham “Just release it.”

And the coming report from the Inspector General is specifically focused on FISA Abuse.

19) In some respects, the media has played the most disingenuous of roles.

Areas of investigation that historically would have proven irresistible to reporters of the past have been steadfastly ignored.

Political narratives replacing honest reporting.

20) Many have asked how the media could have gotten things so wrong - and for so long.

The sad truth is that the media worked very hard to obscure a conclusion that was not particularly difficult to arrive at.

There was no collusion. At least not by the Trump Campaign.

21) But a more unsettling question remains.

What if the events surrounding the 2016 presidential election were not so unusual.

What if Spygate is not the biggest political scandal our nation has encountered?

What if it's simply the most visible?

22) How long has the US been subject to interference from the intelligence community and our political agencies?

With willing media assistance.

Was the 2016 presidential election a one-time aberration, or is this episode symptomatic of a larger pattern extending back decades?