Mueller Report Timeline – The Setup – Part 1

Mueller Report Timeline – The Setup– Part 1

Bottom Line: There are two key statements from AG William Barr in his four-page summary of the Mueller Report. First pertaining to Russian Interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election -The Special Counsel's investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Second pertaining to Obstruction of Justice -The Special Counsel states that "while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him." If a crime wasn’t committed it’s hard to obstruct an investigation of it.

At the onset it’s important to remember how we got here. A fraudulently constructed dossier presented as evidence to the FISA court, leaks of the contents of this fraudulent dossier to news media and successfully using a low-level Trump campaign associate as a prop. That was the basis for a narrative of Trump-Russia collusion that began to be advanced as gospel in news media even prior to taking the oath of office. In my “30 Count Indictment” based on the House investigation, you find the names James Comey and Rod Rosenstein as prominent players in the deep-state conspiracy against Donald Trump during the 2016 cycle that continued into his presidency. With FBI Director James Comey, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein playing prominent roles in the conspiracy the stage was set for what came next. 

On May 9th of 2017, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein issued a letter to President Trump recommending the termination of FBI Director James Comey. Here are excerpts:

The director was wrong to usurp the Attorney General's authority on July 5, 2016, and announce his conclusion that the case should be closed without prosecution.

Compounding the error, the Director ignored another longstanding principle: we do not hold press conferences to release derogatory information about the subject of a declined criminal investigation.

But the goal of a federal criminal investigation is not to announce our thoughts at a press conference.

Concerning his letter to the Congress on October 28, 2016, the Director cast his decision as a choice between whether he would "speak" about the decision to investigate the newly-discovered email messages or "conceal" it."Conceal" is a loaded term that misstates the issue.

My perspective on these issues is shared by former Attorneys General and Deputy Attorneys General from different eras and both political parties.

We should reject the departure and return to the traditions.

As a result, the FBI is unlikely to regain public and congressional trust until it has a Director who understands the gravity of the mistakes and pledges never to repeat them. Having refused to admit his errors, the Director cannot be expected to implement the necessary corrective actions.

Based on those findings and statements, any responsible person would feel compelled to follow-through on those recommendations, right? Yet this reminder in the context of what we came to learn is key. Rosenstein and Comey were in on a grand conspiracy together. They not only conspired together, both signing off on the FISA warrant requests to illegally surveil the Trump team but still were conspiring together even on the day the memo was sent to President Trump. The FISA warrants were renewed multiple times and were still being used against President Trump’s administration literally the day this memo was issued, and the President fired James Comey.

To continue with the story here's the link for Mueller Report Timeline – The Big Lie – Part 2: https://ihr.fm/2YlTpU3