Actually, Mdlaxfan76 has it exactly right. Now, is there a chance the Post and the Times are 180° wrong? That seems to be what you are banking on, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. The top line conclusion is that the investigation into Trump was not politically motivated, as Trump has long claimed. This is obviously devastating news to him.old salt wrote: ↑Sat Nov 23, 2019 4:13 pmYou're almost as creative as Storytime Schiff. ...keep slurpin' the pre-release minimization spin.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 23, 2019 4:00 pmExaminer or Post?old salt wrote: ↑Sat Nov 23, 2019 3:39 pmSo you have a problem with the WP's reporting.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 23, 2019 9:24 amAnother salty post back then.old salt wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2019 4:44 pm Coming attractions. ..https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news ... d=22670555
Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said Tuesday that his “deep dive” into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation would include testimony from former Trump campaign associate George Papadopoulos, whose interactions with the mysterious Joseph Mifsud allegedly led to the FBI opening an inquiry into Trump in July 2016.
Papadopoulos was swept up in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, and he ultimately pleaded guilty about lying to investigators.
Graham, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said his committee “will be looking at the counterintelligence investigation of the Trump campaign.”
Graham said he would wait until the completion of the investigation by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz into possible abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
I wonder whether Graham will be calling Papadop now that the IG's report "into possible abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act" gets released?
Note Graham's characterization of the IG review as "potential abuse". And Salty's "Coming attractions.. "
Or is he too busy going after the Bidens? Sounds like he should call Devin Nunes and he can tell us under oath all about what he heard from Shokin, oh yeah "hearsay" from corrupt folks should be believed...
I predicted we'd be learning more about Papadop & Mifsud. Was that accurate or not ?
Horowitz will now confirm that their exchanges served as the genesis predicate for Crossfire Hurricane, which served as the basis for Mueller's investigation. I told you what was coming -- it wasn't some conspiracy theory.
We've yet to learn on whose behalf Mifsud was operating, if he was planting Russian disinformation, or if he was a freelancing fabulist, in search of an entree (a la Roger Stone) ...or did Papadop make it all up ? Hopefully Horowitz or Durham will give us the answer.
If I'm not mistaken, the most recent reporting, yet to be 100% confirmed, is to expect that the IG's report will say no bias and the investigation was properly predicated. Some sloppiness (sounds a little more than that to me, if a doc was actually altered, but let's hear what that means).
If so, big let down for the Trumpists hoping to suggest that 1) Trump has been right all along, it wasn't the Russians (really Ukraine and HRC!), 2) the FBI and Deep State and Dems and MSM really just cooked it all up that the Russians were 'meddling', or 3) The Russians set this all up to hurt Trump (with the Dems, Deep State, etc???)...I dunno...something, anything to say poor ole Trumpy really is an innocent fellow and everyone is out to get him because he's actually such a tough guy...
But maybe I'm misreading the 'reporting' recently??
Yes, a low-level FBI employee allegedly improperly altered a document as part of a FISA application. That matter has been referred to Dunham for possible criminal prosecution, which seems to be the appropriate thing to do. But Horowitz’ report concludes (at least this is the reporting) that this FISA application still had a proper legal and factual basis, notwithstanding the altered document.
And it is true the reporting says there were “systematic failures” in the handling of FISA applications without going into any real detail. Certainly it is important to find out much more about this, but it doesn’t sound like whatever failures Horowitz is talking about impacted his most significant conclusion that the investigation into Trump was not politically motivated.