2) On July 28, 2016, Brennan briefed Obama that Clinton had approved a plan to tie Trump to Russian election interference “as a means of distracting the public from her use of a private email server.”
3) The very next day, on July 29, Sussmann, Elias, Steele and Fusion operatives met in Perkins' offices.
Steele learned of the Alfa allegations at this meeting.
4) The two prongs of the Clinton Campaign’s smear campaign against Trump had now merged:
Fusion’s Steele dossier element and Sussmann’s cyber spying & Alfa allegations via Joffe.
5) From there the two prongs became a spear, as Brennan & the Intelligence Community set out to establish the narrative that Russia was interfering in our election.
Claiming Russia was doing so for the purposes of helping then-candidate Trump.
6) The FBI opened their counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign on July 31, 2016 - on the flimsiest of evidence.
They did so just two days after Sussmann, Elias Steele and Fusion operatives met in Perkins' offices.
And three days after Brennan briefed Obama.
7) Brennan testified that he told Congressional Leadership in Aug. that “Russia’s goals were to undermine public faith in the U.S. Democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton and harm her electability and potential presidency. And to help President Trump’s election chances.”
8) The twin prongs of the Clinton Campaign's attacks on Trump had now merged into a single cohesive focus.
Use the Intelligence Community and the media to create the widespread belief that Trump was compromised by Russia.
9) Rather than investigate Clinton and her Campaign, Brennan took actions that provided support for Clinton’s proposal to vilify Trump with claims of interference & help from Russia.
10) Brennan's actions culminated with his creation of an insurance policy - in case Trump actually was elected.
The Intelligence Community Assessment
Brennan’s assessment would become the cornerstone of the false allegation that Trump & his administration colluded with Russia.
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Meanwhile, Baker was asked if this type of interaction with an outside counsel had ever occurred before. In response, Baker admitted that his interaction with Sussmann was singularly unique:
Mr. Baker: I that that’s correct. Sitting here today, that’s the only one I can remember
Sussmann was never interviewed by the FBI, which Baker also found surprising, noting:
“It is logical to me that we [the FBI] would go back and interview [Sussmann].”
Sussmann WAS interviewed by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Dec. 18, 2017.
Meadows to Baker:
“Everything about this investigation seems to have been done in an abnormal way, the way that you have gotten the information, the way that Strzok got information, the way that Ohr was used, the way that Perkins Coie actually came in and gave you information.”
Durham also notes an email exchange re: the Alfa allegations involving former Perkins Coie attorney Marc Elias and three Clinton campaign officials: communications director Jennifer Palmieri, Clinton campaign manager Robbie Mook, and senior foreign policy advisor Jake Sullivan.
That email exchange w/Elias, Sullivan, Palmieri and Mook re: the now-disproven Alfa Bank allegations took place on Sep. 15, 2016, only four days before Sussmann took the Alfa information to the FBI.
Horowitz informed Durham that in March 2017 Sussmann told an OIG SAG that one of his clients had observed that a specific OIG employee’s computer was “seen publicly” in “Internet traffic” and was connecting to a Virtual Private Network in a foreign country.
3) At the time Horowitz provided this report to Durham on December 17, 2021, Horowitz represented to Durham & team that it had “no other file[s] or other documentation” relating to this cyber matter.
We already knew that Daszak continued his work under his NIH grant until April 2020. May even have gone beyond. This was revealed in Daszak's response letter to NIH. See below.
The 2018 proposal, provided by DRASTIC, is separate (technically) from Daszak's NIH-funded work.
2018 proposal (funding denied) contained remarkable similarities to Covid pandemic but the Murphy report needs more vetting from what I've seen. theepochtimes.com/research-propo…
As noted last night, it's entirely possible there's conflation between Dasak's NIH-funded work & his 2018 proposal.
It's also possible that Veritas report is correct but we need more.
Seems almost too neat, too perfect. Raises questions.