Barr personally asked foreign intelligence officials to aid inquiry into US CIA, FBI officials

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm calling it. In a year or so Barr will be in jail.

Barr hid the whistle blower complaint from the FEC. We have obstruction of justice. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/10/fec-justice-department/

That it’s in Clara Jeffrey’s MoJo basically guarantees it’s garbage.

So rather than just claim it's garbage, how about dispelling the actual documentation in the article. Otherwise, I'll take their word over yours.

[Anonymous]

Even though this thread is old, I am still shocked to see the title.

[Anonymous]

Seems as if Barr had good reason to talk to foreign officials.

U.S. Attorney John Durham's investigation into the origins of the FBI's 2016 Russia probe has expanded based on new evidence uncovered during a recent trip to Rome with Attorney General Bill Barr, sources told Fox News on Tuesday.

The sources said Durham was "very interested" to question former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former CIA Director John Brennan, an anti-Trump critic who recently dismissed the idea.


The two Obama administration officials were at the helm when the unverified and largely discredited Steele dossier, written by British ex-spy Christopher Steele and funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee, was used to justify a secret surveillance warrant against former Trump adviser Carter Page.

In Italy, Barr reportedly told embassy officials he "needed a conference room to meet high-level Italian security agents where he could be sure no one was listening in."

A source in the Italian Ministry of Justice told The Daily Beast earlier this month that Barr and Durham were played a taped deposition made by Joseph Mifsud, the professor who allegedly told ex-Trump aide George Papadopoulos that the Russians had "dirt" on Hillary Clinton. Mifsud reportedly was explaining to authorities in the deposition why people would want to harm him, and why he needed police protection.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/john-durham-investigation-possible-fbi-misconduct-expanded-new-evidence-sources

[Anonymous]

ah. Remember this?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/13/british-spies-first-to-spot-trump-team-links-russia

Britain’s spy agencies played a crucial role in alerting their counterparts in Washington to contacts between members of Donald Trump’s campaign team and Russian intelligence operatives, the Guardian has been told.

GCHQ first became aware in late 2015 of suspicious “interactions” between figures connected to Trump and known or suspected Russian agents, a source close to UK intelligence said. This intelligence was passed to the US as part of a routine exchange of information, they added.

Over the next six months, until summer 2016, a number of western agencies shared further information on contacts between Trump’s inner circle and Russians, sources said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ah. Remember this?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/13/british-spies-first-to-spot-trump-team-links-russia

Britain’s spy agencies played a crucial role in alerting their counterparts in Washington to contacts between members of Donald Trump’s campaign team and Russian intelligence operatives, the Guardian has been told.

GCHQ first became aware in late 2015 of suspicious “interactions” between figures connected to Trump and known or suspected Russian agents, a source close to UK intelligence said. This intelligence was passed to the US as part of a routine exchange of information, they added.

Over the next six months, until summer 2016, a number of western agencies shared further information on contacts between Trump’s inner circle and Russians, sources said.

Yep.
And, it will likely turn out that these "interactions" were set ups. Hence, the need to speak with Clapper and Brennan.

[Anonymous]

Setups in 2015?

Setup for what? To impeach President Trump in 2019?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Setups in 2015?

Setup for what? To impeach President Trump in 2019?

All part of the "insurance policy."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Setups in 2015?

Setup for what? To impeach President Trump in 2019?

All part of the "insurance policy."

That doesn't answer the question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Setups in 2015?

Setup for what? To impeach President Trump in 2019?

All part of the "insurance policy."

That doesn't answer the question.

There have rumblings the Russians figured a few things out about various Americans’ activities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Setups in 2015?

Setup for what? To impeach President Trump in 2019?

All part of the "insurance policy."

That makes no sense. It’s a horse, not a zebra. Trump et al are crooked as the day is long and Russia has been capitalizing on it from the beginning of the campaign. There is no “deep state” or “insurance policy.”

[Anonymous]

“The New York City Bar Association in a statement Wednesday called on U.S. Attorney General William Barr to stand aside in any ongoing or future review by the Department of Justice of issues stemming from the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine, in which Barr has allegedly involved.

If Barr does not recuse himself, the bar association’s statement said, “he should resign or, failing that, be subject to sanctions, including possible removal, by Congress.”

https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2019/10/23/new-york-city-bar-calls-for-us-ag-william-barrs-recusal-in-ukraine-matter/?cmp=share_twitter

[Anonymous]

The Italians are saying there is no there, there.

Sorry Charlie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems as if Barr had good reason to talk to foreign officials.

<blah, blah, blah>

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/john-durham-investigation-possible-fbi-misconduct-expanded-new-evidence-sources

Oh yeah. The Italian Prime Minister today shot that all down.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte of Italy said his country’s intelligence services had informed the American attorney general, William P. Barr, that they played no role in the events leading to the Russia investigation, taking the air out of an unsubstantiated theory promoted by President Trump and his allies in recent weeks....

...Mr. Barr and the Italian general met again on Sept. 27 and were joined by two other senior Italian agents, the heads of internal and external intelligence, Mr. Conte said. “The meeting clarified, after this was verified, that our intelligence is unrelated to the affair.”

“This extraneousness has been acknowledged,” he said, apparently referring to an acknowledgment by the Trump administration.

Mr. Barr also asked Italian authorities to “verify the operations of American agents,” Mr. Conte said. “That is, his question was to verify what the American intelligence did.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/world/europe/italy-trump-conspiracy-conte.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesworld

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems as if Barr had good reason to talk to foreign officials.

<blah, blah, blah>

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/john-durham-investigation-possible-fbi-misconduct-expanded-new-evidence-sources

Oh yeah. The Italian Prime Minister today shot that all down.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte of Italy said his country’s intelligence services had informed the American attorney general, William P. Barr, that they played no role in the events leading to the Russia investigation, taking the air out of an unsubstantiated theory promoted by President Trump and his allies in recent weeks....

...Mr. Barr and the Italian general met again on Sept. 27 and were joined by two other senior Italian agents, the heads of internal and external intelligence, Mr. Conte said. “The meeting clarified, after this was verified, that our intelligence is unrelated to the affair.”

“This extraneousness has been acknowledged,” he said, apparently referring to an acknowledgment by the Trump administration.

Mr. Barr also asked Italian authorities to “verify the operations of American agents,” Mr. Conte said. “That is, his question was to verify what the American intelligence did.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/world/europe/italy-trump-conspiracy-conte.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesworld

Fox News had a very different take on this when they reported the story this afternoon. Catherine Herridge said her DOJ sources were hinting at a big announcement by the Italians and that whatever Barr and Durham discovered in Italy is likely to be the reason why they have expanded the investigation so much

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems as if Barr had good reason to talk to foreign officials.

<blah, blah, blah>

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/john-durham-investigation-possible-fbi-misconduct-expanded-new-evidence-sources

Oh yeah. The Italian Prime Minister today shot that all down.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte of Italy said his country’s intelligence services had informed the American attorney general, William P. Barr, that they played no role in the events leading to the Russia investigation, taking the air out of an unsubstantiated theory promoted by President Trump and his allies in recent weeks....

...Mr. Barr and the Italian general met again on Sept. 27 and were joined by two other senior Italian agents, the heads of internal and external intelligence, Mr. Conte said. “The meeting clarified, after this was verified, that our intelligence is unrelated to the affair.”

“This extraneousness has been acknowledged,” he said, apparently referring to an acknowledgment by the Trump administration.

Mr. Barr also asked Italian authorities to “verify the operations of American agents,” Mr. Conte said. “That is, his question was to verify what the American intelligence did.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/world/europe/italy-trump-conspiracy-conte.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesworld

This is comically pathetic. Barr looks like a damn fool and the Italians just pulled his pants down on the world stage.