It took on a new life when Clinton Campaign lawyer Michael
Sussmann met with the FBI’s General Counsel, James Baker.
In that meeting, Sussmann provided information and data files
that allegedly contained evidence of a secret communication channel between the
Trump Organization and a Russian bank – Alfa bank.
The evidence was fabricated by the Clinton campaign. The allegations about the Trump Organization
being linked with a Russian bank were false.
Of note, Sussmann also provided Baker information Fusion GPS
gave him as part of their work for the Clinton Campaign.
This was an all-hands-on-deck strategy to destroy Trump.
With
the ongoing Sussmann trial, the false Alfa bank narrative is more relevant now
than before.
Here’s
why.
A
mere several days after the meeting with James Baker, the FBI opened a full
investigation on September 23, 2016.
And
around that time, an FBI Agent working on cyber matters reviewed the
information provided by Sussmann.
That
agent said, “We didn’t agree with the conclusion…that this represented a secret
communication channel.”
He
also stated, “Whoever had written that paper had jumped to some conclusions
that were not supported by the data.”
And that “The methodology they chose was questionable to me.”
And
the kicker: “I didn’t feel that they were objective in the conclusions that
they came to. The assumption that you
would have to make was so far-reaching that it just didn’t make sense.”
Last
Friday, Robby Mook, Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, testified that Hillary
Clinton was asked about the plan to share this fake information with the
media.
Hillary
Clinton approved that plan.
Jake
Sullivan was involved in that decision, too. He’s President Biden’s National
Security Advisor.
The
Clinton Campaign fabricated evidence trying to connect Trump to Russia. They
fed it to the media to start a years’ long wildfire of false allegations. They
fed it to the FBI to trigger a federal investigation into their opposing
candidate.
I’ve
said it before and I’ll say it again: The Clinton Campaign was the conspiracy. And it was a big bag of dirty tricks.
This
false Alfa bank information eventually landed with the media outlet Slate,
which ran an article on October 31, 2016. After that article, Sullivan issued
his now-infamous tweet: “This could be the most direct link yet between Donald
Trump and Moscow.”
Hillary
Clinton tweeted: “Computer scientists have apparently uncovered a covert server
linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank”
They
weren’t the only ones pleased with the fake news. On October 13, 2020, Senator
Johnson and I wrote a letter to the FBI where
we made public texts between Andrew McCabe and Lisa Page.
Page
says to McCabe: “And the alfa bank story is in Slate.”
McCabe’s
reply: “Awesome.”
The
FBI’s excitement didn’t end there. This week, Durham’s prosecutors introduced a
message between FBI Agents that said, “People on 7th floor to include Director
are fired up about this server.”
They
were fired up about fake information, which is, just terrible. It’s more than
that, though. It’s a gut-wrenching attack on our system of government.
Now,
there’s another data point I’d like to share. Durham recently released notes
from a March 6, 2017, meeting between Justice Department and FBI officials. In
that meeting, they discussed predication and Crossfire Hurricane issues.
This
meeting was two weeks before then-Director Comey publicly announced his
investigation into Trump. On that very same day, March 6, 2017, I wrote a letter to Comey asking
him questions about the Steele Dossier. My press release for that letter is
titled, “FBI plan to pay ex-spy for Trump intel during campaign sparks
questions of Obama administration’s use of federal authorities for political
gain.” That was from March 6, 2017. Now,
in May of 2022, that title just about sums up Crossfire Hurricane as best as it
can be described.
Now,
in closing, I’d like to make a few notes with respect to predication.
The September
23, 2016, FBI Electronic Communication opened a full investigation into the Alfa
bank allegations. But, let’s unpack the first few lines from that document.
“the
FBI received a referral of information from the US Department of Justice.”
“the
Department of Justice provided the FBI with a white paper that was produced by
an anonymous third party.”
Well,
the information didn’t come from the Department of Justice. It came from Sussmann and the Clinton
Campaign. Hardly an anonymous third
party since Sussmann himself showed up at the door.
By
wording it this way, the document almost blesses this “white paper.” Mind you,
the white paper is the false Alfa bank information.
By
the looks of it, this FBI document contains false information.
I
fear these recent developments are just the tip of the iceberg. The FBI’s exposure to false information and
actually using it for investigative purposes wreaks of a political vendetta. A
get-Trump-at-all-costs attitude.
Whether
Sussmann is convicted or not, the evidence introduced by Durham shows serious
government misconduct.
Special
Counsel Durham can’t let government misconduct go unpunished.
