May 2018: "Far from the top-secret, covert intelligence asset the FBI has depicted him as, Stefan Halper is a longtime, well-known CIA operative, with ties to the Bush family and a shady past."
"Despite what Halper actually is, the FBI and its dutiful mouthpieces have spent weeks using the most desperate language to try to hide Halper’s identity and the work he performed as part of the 2016 election. " theintercept.com/2018/05/19/the…
"[Comey's friend, Brookings’ Benjamin] Wittes’ claim that all of this resulted in the “outing” of some sort of sensitive “intelligence source” is preposterous given how publicly known Halper’s role as a CIA operative has been for decades." theintercept.com/2018/05/19/the…
History of the 4th (final) FISA on team Trump that might be relevant to the current news.
The warrant application was made in June 2017, six months into Trump presidency, and lasted until Sept'17.
It was signed by Rosenstein/McCabe and approved by judge.
It lacked probable cause
2/ When the fourth FISA (that was found to lack probable cause) was released in 2018 it looked like this:
3/ Judicial Watch believe that then-president Trump declassified the final (illegal) FISA and are now suing for it.
This paid-for, lying fraud thinks everything is forgotten. It is not.
--On October 11, 2016, Steele met with the State Department and stated that his client, the DNC "is keen" to see the Russia/Trump info (lies) he put together to "come to light" prior to the election. /1
At the same meeting with the State Dept one month before the presidential election, Steele stated that his priority is "Managing: -client (DNC) needs, -FBI, -Washington Post/New York Times." /2
Steele met with DNC & Clinton Campaign lawyers, Marc Elias and Michael Sussmann, on July 29, 2016, days after Hillary approved the plan to tie Trump to Russia. During the meeting, Sussmann told him about the (bogus) Trump-Russia secret comms channel story. Following the meeting/3
Hillary campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann's criminal trial is reaching its conclusion.
On Day 10, Friday, the Jury will be read closing statements by the prosecution and defence,
Next, it's time for deliberation. /1
In the last 8 days, we heard from 20 witnesses.
17 were for the prosecution.
Sussmann declined to testify in his own defence.
A witness for the defence, former NYT reporter, pulled out. /2
#SpecialCounselDurham #SussmannTrial
Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann," the defendant, is charged with one count of making false statements to the FBI; that is, for willfully and knowingly making a materially false statement to the General Counsel of the FBI." /3
Revisiting this BBC article. "Trump 'compromising' claims: How and why did we get here?"By Paul Wood
BBC News, Washington
Published 12 January 2017 bbc.com/news/world-us-…
BBC: On 15 October [2016], the US secret intelligence court issued a warrant to investigate two Russian banks. This news was given to me by several sources and corroborated by someone I will identify only as a senior member of the US intelligence community bbc.com/news/world-us-…
BBC: "This news was given to me by several sources and corroborated by a senior member of the US intelligence community. He would never volunteer anything - giving up classified information would be illegal - but he would confirm or deny what I had heard from other sources."