Politics TAKING DOWN THE DEEP STATE

[MARIS61]

https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-great-leak-hunt_2606432.html

Attorney General Jeff Sessions stands for the national anthem at the Department of Justice Human Trafficking Summit in Washington on Feb. 2, 2018. (Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times)
The Great Leak Hunt
A special FBI unit is mapping the network of partisan leakers between agencies and media
By Brian Cates
Updated: July 31, 2018
News Analysis

While there were many important issues facing the incoming Trump administration in January 2017, the most serious one it faced was this: a network of Obama/Clinton partisans who were already demonstrating a commitment to a strategy of leaking classified information, in order to sabotage the incoming president and his team.

Partisans entrenched across the agencies of the federal government spent the entire transition period making it clear that they viewed Trump’s election win as illegitimate and that they fully intended to sandbag him at every opportunity.

An Incoming Administration Already Under Siege
The new president hadn’t even been inaugurated yet when a politically motivated strategic leak by a highly placed government official of a classified intelligence report placed his national security adviser, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, under FBI investigation.

Even before that, other leaks by Obama/Hillary partisans inside the DOJ, the FBI, the State Department, and various intelligence agencies had been used to place Trump campaign personnel such as Carter Page under suspicion of being foreign agents of Russia.

Just before Trump took office, BuzzFeed published what became known as “the Steele dossier,” an amalgamation of various second- and third-hand accounts supposedly from anonymous Russian informants that placed Page and former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort under suspicion.

If the incoming Trump team had not known before, they certainly learned at this point that countermeasures were going to be needed. If something wasn’t done, Trump would never be able to effectively govern the executive branch.

Faced with the daunting challenge of rooting out an entrenched network of determined politically partisan leakers, spread across the breadth of the federal government, Trump and his team put their heads together and came up with a plan.

Enter the Leak Hunters
Although some people try to sell a narrative that Trump and his top people have no plan for dealing with the leakers and saboteurs—and that if they do, they’ve been tricked or outmaneuvered by the “deep state”—there is plenty of evidence to the contrary.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions called a press conference last year on Aug. 4 to announce the formation of a special FBI unit that would be tasked solely with hunting down leakers of classified information.

Since this new unit is a counterintelligence unit, its activities are shrouded in secrecy. Still, Sessions has pulled the curtain back at several points in the past year to allow a peek, such as when he announced there were 27 ongoing investigations into unauthorized leaks by November 2017.

Another thing Sessions has revealed: For the past year, DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz has been engaged in a number of leak investigations, something former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe found out the hard way when he was terminated just before he’d have been eligible for his full pension and benefits. And Sessions has also revealed that Horowitz is not working alone on these leak investigations, but rather in tandem with a team of U.S. attorneys led by John Huber.

How to Roll Up a Leaking Network
Many people assume that the moment a leaker is identified, that person is yanked out of his or her job. That isn’t how it’s done in the real counterintelligence world. The only way you roll up an entire leaking network is to identify the members one at a time but leave them in place, then feed them canary traps full of leak markers to help identify other members of the network.

Let me give you an example of an obvious canary trap with a leak marker that was used last year. CNN reported a story in which Donald Trump Jr. received an email dated Sept. 4 that offered him an encryption key for hacked emails that had not yet been made public by WikiLeaks. CNN said three different sources claimed to have seen this email document, and all three reported the Sept. 4 date.

As it so happens, the real email Trump Jr. received was dated Sept. 14. After issuing a belated correction, CNN and many just assumed that somehow three different people made the same mistake.

Hardly. A deliberately altered document was shown to suspected leakers—and three of them had just outed themselves to the leak hunters.

Only after the leak hunters are positive they’ve successfully identified all members of the leaking network, and which reporters they’ve leaked to, will they go ahead and begin the arrests and the prosecutions. This takes time.

The indictment of James Wolfe, the former Senate Intelligence Committee head of security whose job involved the handling of classified documents makes it clear he was first confronted by FBI leak hunters in December. That means he quietly resigned from the job, and then… nothing happened for six months until his being charged was made public this past June.

During those six months, despite the fact that multiple reporters were involved in the leak investigation, nothing about it was leaked in the media. The Wolfe indictment hit as a complete surprise.

So will the other indictments, when the leak hunters are ready to reveal them.

Correction: A previous version of this story had an error on the timing of James Wolfe’s resignation. Wolfe resigned from his job. The Epoch Times regrets the error.

Brian Cates is a writer based in South Texas and author of “Nobody Asked For My Opinion … But Here It Is Anyway!” He can be reached on Twitter at @drawandstrike.

 

[MARIS61]

The Deep State (embedded traitors in our government) is not The Swamp (crooked politicians).

Mods, please take notice.

Also, neither is a political topic.

One is National Security/War, the other simply criminal prosecution.

 

[Lanny]

https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-great-leak-hunt_2606432.html

Attorney General Jeff Sessions stands for the national anthem at the Department of Justice Human Trafficking Summit in Washington on Feb. 2, 2018. (Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times)
The Great Leak Hunt
A special FBI unit is mapping the network of partisan leakers between agencies and media
By Brian Cates
Updated: July 31, 2018
News Analysis

While there were many important issues facing the incoming Trump administration in January 2017, the most serious one it faced was this: a network of Obama/Clinton partisans who were already demonstrating a commitment to a strategy of leaking classified information, in order to sabotage the incoming president and his team.

Partisans entrenched across the agencies of the federal government spent the entire transition period making it clear that they viewed Trump’s election win as illegitimate and that they fully intended to sandbag him at every opportunity.

An Incoming Administration Already Under Siege
The new president hadn’t even been inaugurated yet when a politically motivated strategic leak by a highly placed government official of a classified intelligence report placed his national security adviser, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, under FBI investigation.

Even before that, other leaks by Obama/Hillary partisans inside the DOJ, the FBI, the State Department, and various intelligence agencies had been used to place Trump campaign personnel such as Carter Page under suspicion of being foreign agents of Russia.

Just before Trump took office, BuzzFeed published what became known as “the Steele dossier,” an amalgamation of various second- and third-hand accounts supposedly from anonymous Russian informants that placed Page and former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort under suspicion.

If the incoming Trump team had not known before, they certainly learned at this point that countermeasures were going to be needed. If something wasn’t done, Trump would never be able to effectively govern the executive branch.

Faced with the daunting challenge of rooting out an entrenched network of determined politically partisan leakers, spread across the breadth of the federal government, Trump and his team put their heads together and came up with a plan.

Enter the Leak Hunters
Although some people try to sell a narrative that Trump and his top people have no plan for dealing with the leakers and saboteurs—and that if they do, they’ve been tricked or outmaneuvered by the “deep state”—there is plenty of evidence to the contrary.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions called a press conference last year on Aug. 4 to announce the formation of a special FBI unit that would be tasked solely with hunting down leakers of classified information.

Since this new unit is a counterintelligence unit, its activities are shrouded in secrecy. Still, Sessions has pulled the curtain back at several points in the past year to allow a peek, such as when he announced there were 27 ongoing investigations into unauthorized leaks by November 2017.

Another thing Sessions has revealed: For the past year, DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz has been engaged in a number of leak investigations, something former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe found out the hard way when he was terminated just before he’d have been eligible for his full pension and benefits. And Sessions has also revealed that Horowitz is not working alone on these leak investigations, but rather in tandem with a team of U.S. attorneys led by John Huber.

How to Roll Up a Leaking Network
Many people assume that the moment a leaker is identified, that person is yanked out of his or her job. That isn’t how it’s done in the real counterintelligence world. The only way you roll up an entire leaking network is to identify the members one at a time but leave them in place, then feed them canary traps full of leak markers to help identify other members of the network.

Let me give you an example of an obvious canary trap with a leak marker that was used last year. CNN reported a story in which Donald Trump Jr. received an email dated Sept. 4 that offered him an encryption key for hacked emails that had not yet been made public by WikiLeaks. CNN said three different sources claimed to have seen this email document, and all three reported the Sept. 4 date.

As it so happens, the real email Trump Jr. received was dated Sept. 14. After issuing a belated correction, CNN and many just assumed that somehow three different people made the same mistake.

Hardly. A deliberately altered document was shown to suspected leakers—and three of them had just outed themselves to the leak hunters.

Only after the leak hunters are positive they’ve successfully identified all members of the leaking network, and which reporters they’ve leaked to, will they go ahead and begin the arrests and the prosecutions. This takes time.

The indictment of James Wolfe, the former Senate Intelligence Committee head of security whose job involved the handling of classified documents makes it clear he was first confronted by FBI leak hunters in December. That means he quietly resigned from the job, and then… nothing happened for six months until his being charged was made public this past June.

During those six months, despite the fact that multiple reporters were involved in the leak investigation, nothing about it was leaked in the media. The Wolfe indictment hit as a complete surprise.

So will the other indictments, when the leak hunters are ready to reveal them.

Correction: A previous version of this story had an error on the timing of James Wolfe’s resignation. Wolfe resigned from his job. The Epoch Times regrets the error.

Brian Cates is a writer based in South Texas and author of “Nobody Asked For My Opinion … But Here It Is Anyway!” He can be reached on Twitter at @drawandstrike.

Fired means nothing with Trump. Trump fires people like I eat grapes - very casually. The only difference is when it comes time to do either, I eat my grapes myself.

Tell me how many have been indicted.

 

[Lanny]

The Deep State (embedded traitors in our government) is not The Swamp (crooked politicians).

Mods, please take notice.

Also, neither is a political topic.

One is National Security/War, the other simply criminal prosecution.

The Swamp is supposed to be the Federal government in Washington, D.C.

 

[MARIS61]

Fired means nothing with Trump. Trump fires people like I eat grapes - very casually. The only difference is when it comes time to do either, I eat my grapes myself.

Tell me how many have been indicted.

As I said before, Watch what happens.

Mueller isn't the only special prosecutor working hard.

Jeff Sessions announced with little fanfare, that US Attorney for the District of Utah John Huber, has been appointed his Special Prosecutor. Huber has silently been working alongside IG Michael Horowitz since November 13, 2017.

 

[MARIS61]

The Swamp is supposed to be the Federal government in Washington, D.C.

That's incorrect.

There's nothing wrong with our form of government.

It is the current slime that illegally profits from the pretense of serving the people.

 

[MARIS61]

John Huber is from Utah, where many of the Uranium One mines are. Prosecution for the Uranium One crimes will likely be based in Utah, which still has the death penalty.

 

[MARIS61]

Report: IG Horowitz Found “Reasonable Grounds” For Criminal Prosecution and Referred to U.S. Attorney John Huber…
Posted on May 17, 2018 by sundance
Real Clear Investigations journalist Paul Sperry has noted that Inspector General Michael Horowitz found “reasonable grounds” for criminal prosecution and referred his findings to U.S. Attorney John Huber for possible criminal prosecution.



(Tweet Link)

Hopefully, this does not come as a surprise to CTH readers. Remember, the IG draft report has just been sent to the principals for review. Generally speaking IG draft reviews take around two weeks. The final IG report is on target for release by the end of May.

While the terms “reasonable grounds” and “criminal prosecution” gain additional emphasis against the draft submission, months ago it was transparently obvious OIG Michael Horowitz discovered criminal conduct and submitted his request. AG Jeff Sessions informed everyone of U.S. Attorney John Huber in March.

If IG Horowitz did not discover reasonable evidence of criminal conduct there would not be a U.S. Attorney (Huber) paralleling his investigation since late last year. U.S. Attorney John Huber was assigned to assist Horowitz at least eight months ago. It wasn’t until March of this year when AG Jeff Sessions, quietly made the acknowledgement.

The evidence of a U.S. Attorney working with Horowitz was initially evidenced when it became obvious that Lisa Page, Peter Strzok, James Baker and Bruce Ohr were cooperating with the investigation. Each of these individuals is clearly outlined as engaging in conduct that exposed them to legal risk. The IG cannot coordinate terms of cooperation surrounding unlawful conduct. That was the first indication a U.S. attorney was assisting. That indication was more than six months ago.

“They are sat down, told to not do anything, say anything or discuss anything UNTIL they get an attorney. At which time, the attorney is handed a letter from the investigating unit. That letter says in essence, this is how screwed you are. If you want to be less screwed you will sign this letter of cooperation and assist us. When we don’t need you, you sit there. When we do we will call you and you will provide what we need. Any deviation from this agreement lands you in jail for the full term.” (Link to Prior)

The fact that U.S. Attorney John Huber exists is evidence in-and-of-itself that criminal conduct was discovered by IG Horowitz. It should not come as a surprise to hear news today about this. Clearly U.S. Attorney John Huber has been reviewing evidence and conducting his own investigation for more than six months.

 

[Lanny]

That's incorrect.

There's nothing wrong with our form of government.

It is the current slime that illegally profits from the pretense of serving the people.

Nope, not according to Donald Trump.
"Donald Trump to describe his plan to fix problems in the federal government."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drain_the_swamp

But maybe you prefer a definition that does not go along with Mr. Potato Head. I can go with that.

 

[Lanny]

Report: IG Horowitz Found “Reasonable Grounds” For Criminal Prosecution and Referred to U.S. Attorney John Huber…
Posted on May 17, 2018 by sundance
Real Clear Investigations journalist Paul Sperry has noted that Inspector General Michael Horowitz found “reasonable grounds” for criminal prosecution and referred his findings to U.S. Attorney John Huber for possible criminal prosecution.



(Tweet Link)

Hopefully, this does not come as a surprise to CTH readers. Remember, the IG draft report has just been sent to the principals for review. Generally speaking IG draft reviews take around two weeks. The final IG report is on target for release by the end of May.

While the terms “reasonable grounds” and “criminal prosecution” gain additional emphasis against the draft submission, months ago it was transparently obvious OIG Michael Horowitz discovered criminal conduct and submitted his request. AG Jeff Sessions informed everyone of U.S. Attorney John Huber in March.

If IG Horowitz did not discover reasonable evidence of criminal conduct there would not be a U.S. Attorney (Huber) paralleling his investigation since late last year. U.S. Attorney John Huber was assigned to assist Horowitz at least eight months ago. It wasn’t until March of this year when AG Jeff Sessions, quietly made the acknowledgement.

The evidence of a U.S. Attorney working with Horowitz was initially evidenced when it became obvious that Lisa Page, Peter Strzok, James Baker and Bruce Ohr were cooperating with the investigation. Each of these individuals is clearly outlined as engaging in conduct that exposed them to legal risk. The IG cannot coordinate terms of cooperation surrounding unlawful conduct. That was the first indication a U.S. attorney was assisting. That indication was more than six months ago.

“They are sat down, told to not do anything, say anything or discuss anything UNTIL they get an attorney. At which time, the attorney is handed a letter from the investigating unit. That letter says in essence, this is how screwed you are. If you want to be less screwed you will sign this letter of cooperation and assist us. When we don’t need you, you sit there. When we do we will call you and you will provide what we need. Any deviation from this agreement lands you in jail for the full term.” (Link to Prior)

The fact that U.S. Attorney John Huber exists is evidence in-and-of-itself that criminal conduct was discovered by IG Horowitz. It should not come as a surprise to hear news today about this. Clearly U.S. Attorney John Huber has been reviewing evidence and conducting his own investigation for more than six months.

Still waiting for all those fantasy indictments, which are coming what, any day now?

 

[CupWizier]

More draining of the swamp. And this jack ass has the nerve to claim a witch hunt, lol.

 

[yankeesince59]

Fired means nothing with Trump. Trump fires people like I eat grapes - very casually. The only difference is when it comes time to do either, I eat my grapes myself.

Tell me how many have been indicted.

...crickets.

 

[yankeesince59]

As I said before, Watch what happens.

Mueller isn't the only special prosecutor working hard.

Jeff Sessions announced with little fanfare, that US Attorney for the District of Utah John Huber, has been appointed his Special Prosecutor. Huber has silently been working alongside IG Michael Horowitz since November 13, 2017.

...lol...nearly a year?...and no indictments?...yet Trumpets whine about the length of Mueller's probe which has actually yielded results?...please.

 

[The Professional Fan]

Maris is in full panic mode lol

 

[dviss1]

...lol...nearly a year?...and no indictments?...yet Trumpets whine about the length of Mueller's probe which has actually yielded results?...please.

You like that?

 

[dviss1]

Maris is in full panic mode lol

What's funny is now they claim we have:

"Trump Derangement Syndrome"

No.... That would be THEM!

 

[Lanny]

You like that?

Yes, I do.

 

[MARIS61]

More draining of the swamp. And this jack ass has the nerve to claim a witch hunt, lol.

Nothing to do with Mueller's witch hunt.

This is President draining the swamp as promised.

 

[yankeesince59]

This is President draining the swamp as promised.

...no, it seems Trump has actually made it "swampier".

 

[yankeesince59]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/23/politics/donald-trump-fox-news/index.html

 

[Lanny]

Nothing to do with Mueller's witch hunt.

This is President draining the swamp as promised.

Mueller's so called "witch hunt" has yielded dozens of indictments and felony convictions of seven of Trumps major cronies.

What has three decades of Hillary investigating including Millions of dollars and years of investigating in Benghazi witch hunting yielded? The null set.

John Huber is from Utah, where many of the Uranium One mines are. Prosecution for the Uranium One crimes will likely be based in Utah, which still has the death penalty.

Show me the indictments.

 

[Lanny]

The Deep State (embedded traitors in our government) is not The Swamp (crooked politicians).

Mods, please take notice.

Also, neither is a political topic.

One is National Security/War, the other simply criminal prosecution.

The Swamp (crooked feds) is in contrast to the officials you pointed out who haven't even been indicted.

 

[MARIS61]

Still waiting for all those fantasy indictments, which are coming what, any day now?

Sunday, July 8, 2018

As we have learned from previous threads, the average number of "sealed indictments" in the U.S. at any given point in time, is around 1,200.

At the end of June 2018, an astounding 40,483 sealed indictments were filed in courts across America, waiting to be unsealed and executed. What has triggered this explosion?

Below are excerpts from a theory that is rapidly gaining in plausibility, as information is learned from the Department of Justice, news articles, and court record searches.

In a July 1st message, government insider QAnon referred to the latest count of over 40,000 sealed indictments filed in U.S. Federal District Criminal Courts since October 30, 2017, and linked these to prosecutions being led by the U.S. Attorney for Utah, John Huber.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Huber back on November 13, 2017 to work with the Department of Justice’s Inspector General, Michael Horowitz, in investigating a wide range of criminal and civil law violations by current and former government employees.

Professor Jonathan Turley, a top national legal expert on government investigations, commented on Thursday about Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to bring in U.S. Attorney John Huber. Turley called it “brilliant” to combine all the powers of the U.S. Department of Justice’s inspector general with a prosecutor who can bring charges, seek indictments, and get results far more quickly than a second special counsel.

As a U.S. attorney, Huber has full authority to empanel a grand jury and to file criminal charges. A grand jury can be empaneled anywhere, which means that it could be a group of citizens from Utah, instead of the D.C. Swamp.

It’s vital to understand that in Sessions’ letter to Congress, he said that Huber would be leading a prosecutorial team that would include other senior prosecutors. When examining the list of states where the sealed indictments have been filed, its clear that these are distributed all over the U.S., thereby suggestion that Huber’s team comprises prosecutors drawn from many, if not all 50 states.

It can be assumed that many, if not the majority, of the sealed indictments are occurring as a result of the collaboration between Huber and the Office of Inspector General all over all the country, wherever crimes were committed.

Essentially, Inspector General Horowitz’s staff does the bulk of the investigation, while the prosecution and convening of a grand jury is left to Huber’s team of nationwide prosecutors.

Here is a link to the full article that goes into more detail, including which top officials have, or will be, leaving government voluntarily and involuntarily.

Theory - What's Behind 40,000 Sealed Indictments: www.exopolitics.org...

As the article points out, there's no doubt that over 40,000 indictments have been filed and sealed since November 1, 2017. While this is just one theory, it is the only theory that's backed by a growing volume of evidence.

I'd be interested in hearing from fellow/lady ATS members who have a viable alternative theory for why we find a +3,000% increase in the number of sealed indictments today, vs. this time last year, or any prior year.

I think everyone agrees that something REALLY BIG is in the works?

-CareWeMust
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1211995/pg1

 

[MARIS61]

Busted: Central “Spygate” Lawyer/Lobbyist Adam Waldman Caught Lying to Senator Chuck Grassley…
Posted on August 23, 2018 by sundance
Massive Hat-Tip to @almostjingo

Adam Waldman is the lawyer/lobbyist for Oleg Deripaska, the Russian billionaire who appears to be a key background player in the 2016 DOJ/FBI scheme against presidential candidate Donald Trump. Additionally, Mr. Waldman represents the U.S. interests of Christopher Steele, a likely contract employee of Deripaska and author of the Clinton-Steele Dossier that was used by the DOJ/FBI during their counterintelligence operation against presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Because of his centrality, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley recently requested testimony from Mr. Adam Waldman, surrounding his contacts and engagements -with Deripaska, and by extension the DOJ/FBI- throughout the 2016/2017 operation to undermine and remove President Donald Trump.

In a response letter released August 18th (full pdf below) lawyers representing Mr. Waldman told Senator Chuck Grassley their client was “out of the country and not expected to return for several weeks.” SEE BELOW:



However, internet researcher/investigator almostjingo noticed that Mr. Waldman’s wife Barbara Sturm posted an instagram picture today of them dining with friends in New York last night, August 22nd:

(Link) Barbara Sturm second from left, husband Adam Waldman far right.

Whoopsie, apparently the letter from Mr. Waldman’s lawyers was intentionally false and simply an effort to avoid giving testimony to congress. Adam Waldman cannot be “out of the country for several weeks” and simultaneously having dinner in New York last night.


Here’s the full attorney letter:
View this document on Scribd

Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska is a key figure at the epicenter of the DOJ and FBI activity that was taking place in 2016. Through his affiliates, lawyers and associates, Deripaska is directly connected to dossier author Christopher Steele, Fusion-GPS, and the collaborative FBI efforts of Andrew McCabe and Peter Strzok.



Adam Waldman (left) and Oleg Deripaska (right)

In the early 2016 text messages and email conversations between DOJ Official Bruce Ohr and Christopher Steele, the interests of Oleg Deripaska are a centerpiece of a quid-pro-quo where Deripaska gains a travel VISA and possible exemption from the Magnitsky Act in exchange for cooperation with the FBI effort against Donald Trump.

Adam Waldman was also the person in contact with corrupt Senate Intelligence Committee vice-chairman Mark Warner early in 2017 when the ‘insurance policy’ was deployed against newly elected President Donald Trump. As discovered in text messages, Waldman was the liaison, the person providing plausible deniability, between Senator Warner, Christopher Steele and Oleg Deripaska.

(Link to All Text Messages)

As many people are now aware, the SSCI is the most corrupt committee apparatus within congress; and as noted in the text messages, Adam Waldman only wanted to work with the Senate Intelligence Committee on his endeavors.

Within the Adam Waldman text messages to Senator Mark Warner, Waldman also notes the relationship between his client Christopher Steele and former Senate Intelligence Committee Vice-Chair Dianne Feinstein staffer, Daniel Jones.



Lawyer and Lobbyist Adam Waldman represents central figures: Oleg Deripaska, Christopher Steele and also Julian Assange. However, the connection between Waldman, Steele and Daniel Jones becomes additionally important.

You might remember that Daniel Jones raised $50 million to continue funding the Fusion-GPS investigation *AFTER* the 2016 election. It is likely part (perhaps most/all) of the money came from Oleg Deripaska, via his lawyer lobbyist Adam Waldman.

These are the types of questions that need to be answered. Hence, Senator Chuck Grassley requesting Mr. Waldman to appear and give testimony. However, it is the uncomfortable issues behind these questions that were apparently so concerning they led Waldman’s own lawyers to lie about his whereabouts.

It appears a little hypocritical for Mr. Waldman to be evading questioning considering it was Waldman who contacted journalist John Solomon earlier in the year to present a story conducive to his client Oleg Deripaska. He was full of information in May, 2018, but when facing questioning about that information in August – he disappears.

Waldman’s current triangulation is part of the reason for our earlier emphasis/warning on the construct of the May 2018 Solomon article. After all, everyone involved in the ‘soft coup attempt’ is desperate to safeguard their own interests.

Adam Waldman was representing Oleg Deripaska’s interests in the U.S. to politicians and officials. In May of 2018, John Solomon was contacted by Adam Waldman with a story about how the FBI contacted Deripaska for help in their Trump Russia investigation in September of 2016.

Keep in mind, this is Waldman contacting Solomon with a story.

Waldman told Solomon a story about how his client Oleg Deripaska was approached by the FBI in September of 2016 and asked for help with information about Paul Manafort and by extension Donald Trump. Within the backstory for the FBI and Deripaska was a prior connection between Robert Mueller and Deripaska in 2009.

Again, as you read the recap, remember this is Waldman contacting Solomon. Article Link Here – and my summary below:

♦In 2009 the FBI, then headed by Robert Mueller, requested the assistance of Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska in an operation to retrieve former FBI officer and CIA resource Robert Levinson who was captured in Iran two years earlier. The agent assigned to engage Deripaska was Andrew McCabe; the primary FBI need was financing and operational support. Deripaska spent around $25 million and would have succeeded except the U.S. State Department, then headed by Hillary Clinton, backed out.

♦In September of 2016 Andrew McCabe is now Deputy Director of the FBI, when two FBI agents approached Deripaska in New York – again asking for his help. This time the FBI request was for Deripaska to outline Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort as a tool of the Kremlin. Deripaska once hired Manafort as a political adviser and invested money with him in a business venture that went bad. Deripaska sued Manafort, alleging he stole money. However, according to the article, despite Deripaska’s disposition toward Manafort he viewed the request as absurd. He laughed the FBI away, telling them: “You are trying to create something out of nothing.”

This story, as told from the perspective of Adam Waldman -Deripaska’s lawyer/lobbyist- is important because it highlights a connection between Robert Mueller and Oleg Deripaska; a connection Mueller and the DOJ/FBI never revealed on their own.

I wrote about the ramifications of the Solomon Story HERE. Again, hopefully most will review; because there’s a larger story now visible with the new communication between Christopher Steele and Bruce Ohr.

It is likely that Oleg’s 2016 entry into the U.S. was facilitated as part of a quid-pro-quo; either agreed in advance, or, more likely, planned by the DOJ/FBI for later use in their 2016 Trump operation; as evidenced in the September 2016 FBI request. Regardless of the planning aspect, billionaire Deripaska is connected to Chris Steele, a source for Chris Steele, and likely even the employer of Chris Steele.

The FBI used Oleg Deripaska (source), and Oleg Deripaska used the FBI (visa).

Here’s where it gets interesting….

In that May article John Solomon reports that Deripaska wanted to testify to congress last year (2017), without any immunity request, but was rebuked. Who blocked his testimony?

In 2017 Oleg Deripaska was represented in the U.S. by Adam Waldman. Mr. Waldman was also representing Christopher Steele, the author of the Dossier. Waldman was the liaison Senator Mark Warner (Senate Intelligence Committee Vice-Chairman) was using to try and set up a secret meeting with Christopher Steele. {Text Messages}



As you can see from the text messages (more here), the House Intelligence Committee wanted to interview Deripaska. However, based on their ongoing contact and relationship Deripaska’s lawyer, Adam Waldman, asks Senate Intelligence Committee Vice-Chair Mark Warner for feedback.

Oleg Deripaska was blocked from testifying to congress. Now, it was obviously not from the HPSCI (Nunes Committee), but rather by the Senate Intel Committee, via Vice-Chair Senator Mark Warner. Oh yes, THAT Senator Mark Warner again.

Now, think about this…. Yes, with Oleg Deripaska in the picture there was indeed Russian meddling in the 2016 election; only, it wasn’t the type of meddling currently being sold. The FBI/DOJ were using Russian Deripaska to frame their Russian conspiracy narrative. It is almost a certainty that Deripaska was one of Chris Steele’s sources for the dossier.

Now, put yourself in Deripaska’s shoes and think about what happens AFTER candidate Donald Trump surprisingly wins the election.

All of a sudden Deripaska the asset becomes a risk to the corrupt Scheme Team (DOJ/FBI et al); especially as the DOJ/FBI then execute the “insurance policy” effort against Donald Trump…. and eventually enlist Robert Mueller.

It is entirely possible for a Russian to be blackmailing someone, but it ain’t Trump vulnerable to blackmail; it’s the conspiracy crew within the DOJ and FBI. Deripaska now has blackmail material on Comey, McCabe and crew.

After the 2017 (first year) failure of the “insurance policy” it now seems more likely President Trump will outlive the soft coup. In May 2018, Oleg tells Waldman to call John Solomon and tell him the story from a perspective favorable to Deripaska.

As the story is told, in 2017 Oleg was more than willing to testify to congress… likely laughing the entire time… but the corrupt participants within congress damned sure couldn’t let Deripaska testify. Enter corrupt SSCI Vice-Chairman Mark Warner:

Um, we’ve got a problem here Mark…

The Russians (Deripaska) really do have leverage and blackmail… but it ain’t over Trump. Oleg has blackmail on Comey, McCabe and conspiracy crew. Oleg Deripaska must be kept away from congress and away from exposing the scheme.

Guess who else must be controlled and/or kept away from congress?

Julian Assange.

Assange has evidence the Russians didn’t hack the DNC.

Between Deripaska’s first-hand knowledge of the DOJ/FBI work on both the Dossier and the DOJ/FBI intention for his use as a witness; and Julian Assange’s first-hand knowledge of who actually took the DNC email communication;… well, the entire Russian narrative could explode in their faces.

Control is needed.

You can almost hear the corrupt U.S. intelligence officials calling their U.K. GCHQ partners in Britain and yelling at them to do something, anything, and for the love of God, shut down Assange’s access to the internet STAT…. Yeah, funny that.

Now, who moves into position to control Julian Assange?

Well, well, well…. Lookie here? Who dat? Apparently the SSCI wants to interview WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, in a closed session. Signed by none-other than our corrupt-o-crats Richard Burr and Mark Warner. Yeah, funny that.

Lest anyone need a reminder…. “The most corrupt part of congress is the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI). The SSCI is the center of the deepest part of the Deep State swamp. The SSCI never, ever, E.V.E.R… does anything that does not protect and advance the self-interest of the corrupt Washington DC professional political class.”

Now do we see why the SSCI is the center of protecting the entire fraudulent apparatus?

It’s somewhat humorous to look at this fiasco from the perspective of Oleg Deripaska. He must be having a lot of laughs with his Ruskie friends about these stupid Americans and how the intelligence apparatus of the United States of America is controlled by corrupt politicians trying to save themselves and the corrupt institutions.

The Russians, notorious for sowing discord, are being used as a shield from sunlight upon actions taken by U.S. own intelligence officers: James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Loretta Lynch, Sally Yates, John Brennan, James Clapper etc.

There’s a reason why I keep emphasizing the source of the John Solomon story was Adam Waldman. Think about it from the perspective of the conspiracy group reading how Oleg instructed Waldman to present his story.

With Deripaska telling Solomon how the FBI contacted him; the background of their prior collaborative relationship; and the likelihood of Deripaska giving information to Chris Steele for the dossier; the scheme team really, really, needed to double down on the Russian conspiracy narrative in case Oleg ever did testify to congress.

By doubling down on the Russian Collusion narrative the conspirators created a ‘catch-22’ defense. They could/can claim Deripaska was/is giving disinformation in his version of events to support the interests of Russia and sewing chaos in America etc. And any Republican who would give Deripaska a platform to tell what happened in 2016 would be doing the bidding of Vladimir Putin. See how that works?

The soft coup team protects themselves by impugning the motive of Deripaska, and diminishing his credibility under the auspices of Russian disinformation.

WATCH (First Minute):
https://theconservativetreehouse.co...ldman-caught-lying-to-senator-chuck-grassley/

 

[Lanny]

Busted: Central “Spygate” Lawyer/Lobbyist Adam Waldman Caught Lying to Senator Chuck Grassley…
Posted on August 23, 2018 by sundance
Massive Hat-Tip to @almostjingo

Adam Waldman is the lawyer/lobbyist for Oleg Deripaska, the Russian billionaire who appears to be a key background player in the 2016 DOJ/FBI scheme against presidential candidate Donald Trump. Additionally, Mr. Waldman represents the U.S. interests of Christopher Steele, a likely contract employee of Deripaska and author of the Clinton-Steele Dossier that was used by the DOJ/FBI during their counterintelligence operation against presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Because of his centrality, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley recently requested testimony from Mr. Adam Waldman, surrounding his contacts and engagements -with Deripaska, and by extension the DOJ/FBI- throughout the 2016/2017 operation to undermine and remove President Donald Trump.

In a response letter released August 18th (full pdf below) lawyers representing Mr. Waldman told Senator Chuck Grassley their client was “out of the country and not expected to return for several weeks.” SEE BELOW:



However, internet researcher/investigator almostjingo noticed that Mr. Waldman’s wife Barbara Sturm posted an instagram picture today of them dining with friends in New York last night, August 22nd:

(Link) Barbara Sturm second from left, husband Adam Waldman far right.

Whoopsie, apparently the letter from Mr. Waldman’s lawyers was intentionally false and simply an effort to avoid giving testimony to congress. Adam Waldman cannot be “out of the country for several weeks” and simultaneously having dinner in New York last night.


Here’s the full attorney letter:
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Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska is a key figure at the epicenter of the DOJ and FBI activity that was taking place in 2016. Through his affiliates, lawyers and associates, Deripaska is directly connected to dossier author Christopher Steele, Fusion-GPS, and the collaborative FBI efforts of Andrew McCabe and Peter Strzok.



Adam Waldman (left) and Oleg Deripaska (right)

In the early 2016 text messages and email conversations between DOJ Official Bruce Ohr and Christopher Steele, the interests of Oleg Deripaska are a centerpiece of a quid-pro-quo where Deripaska gains a travel VISA and possible exemption from the Magnitsky Act in exchange for cooperation with the FBI effort against Donald Trump.

Adam Waldman was also the person in contact with corrupt Senate Intelligence Committee vice-chairman Mark Warner early in 2017 when the ‘insurance policy’ was deployed against newly elected President Donald Trump. As discovered in text messages, Waldman was the liaison, the person providing plausible deniability, between Senator Warner, Christopher Steele and Oleg Deripaska.

(Link to All Text Messages)

As many people are now aware, the SSCI is the most corrupt committee apparatus within congress; and as noted in the text messages, Adam Waldman only wanted to work with the Senate Intelligence Committee on his endeavors.

Within the Adam Waldman text messages to Senator Mark Warner, Waldman also notes the relationship between his client Christopher Steele and former Senate Intelligence Committee Vice-Chair Dianne Feinstein staffer, Daniel Jones.



Lawyer and Lobbyist Adam Waldman represents central figures: Oleg Deripaska, Christopher Steele and also Julian Assange. However, the connection between Waldman, Steele and Daniel Jones becomes additionally important.

You might remember that Daniel Jones raised $50 million to continue funding the Fusion-GPS investigation *AFTER* the 2016 election. It is likely part (perhaps most/all) of the money came from Oleg Deripaska, via his lawyer lobbyist Adam Waldman.

These are the types of questions that need to be answered. Hence, Senator Chuck Grassley requesting Mr. Waldman to appear and give testimony. However, it is the uncomfortable issues behind these questions that were apparently so concerning they led Waldman’s own lawyers to lie about his whereabouts.

It appears a little hypocritical for Mr. Waldman to be evading questioning considering it was Waldman who contacted journalist John Solomon earlier in the year to present a story conducive to his client Oleg Deripaska. He was full of information in May, 2018, but when facing questioning about that information in August – he disappears.

Waldman’s current triangulation is part of the reason for our earlier emphasis/warning on the construct of the May 2018 Solomon article. After all, everyone involved in the ‘soft coup attempt’ is desperate to safeguard their own interests.

Adam Waldman was representing Oleg Deripaska’s interests in the U.S. to politicians and officials. In May of 2018, John Solomon was contacted by Adam Waldman with a story about how the FBI contacted Deripaska for help in their Trump Russia investigation in September of 2016.

Keep in mind, this is Waldman contacting Solomon with a story.

Waldman told Solomon a story about how his client Oleg Deripaska was approached by the FBI in September of 2016 and asked for help with information about Paul Manafort and by extension Donald Trump. Within the backstory for the FBI and Deripaska was a prior connection between Robert Mueller and Deripaska in 2009.

Again, as you read the recap, remember this is Waldman contacting Solomon. Article Link Here – and my summary below:

♦In 2009 the FBI, then headed by Robert Mueller, requested the assistance of Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska in an operation to retrieve former FBI officer and CIA resource Robert Levinson who was captured in Iran two years earlier. The agent assigned to engage Deripaska was Andrew McCabe; the primary FBI need was financing and operational support. Deripaska spent around $25 million and would have succeeded except the U.S. State Department, then headed by Hillary Clinton, backed out.

♦In September of 2016 Andrew McCabe is now Deputy Director of the FBI, when two FBI agents approached Deripaska in New York – again asking for his help. This time the FBI request was for Deripaska to outline Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort as a tool of the Kremlin. Deripaska once hired Manafort as a political adviser and invested money with him in a business venture that went bad. Deripaska sued Manafort, alleging he stole money. However, according to the article, despite Deripaska’s disposition toward Manafort he viewed the request as absurd. He laughed the FBI away, telling them: “You are trying to create something out of nothing.”

This story, as told from the perspective of Adam Waldman -Deripaska’s lawyer/lobbyist- is important because it highlights a connection between Robert Mueller and Oleg Deripaska; a connection Mueller and the DOJ/FBI never revealed on their own.

I wrote about the ramifications of the Solomon Story HERE. Again, hopefully most will review; because there’s a larger story now visible with the new communication between Christopher Steele and Bruce Ohr.

It is likely that Oleg’s 2016 entry into the U.S. was facilitated as part of a quid-pro-quo; either agreed in advance, or, more likely, planned by the DOJ/FBI for later use in their 2016 Trump operation; as evidenced in the September 2016 FBI request. Regardless of the planning aspect, billionaire Deripaska is connected to Chris Steele, a source for Chris Steele, and likely even the employer of Chris Steele.

The FBI used Oleg Deripaska (source), and Oleg Deripaska used the FBI (visa).

Here’s where it gets interesting….

In that May article John Solomon reports that Deripaska wanted to testify to congress last year (2017), without any immunity request, but was rebuked. Who blocked his testimony?

In 2017 Oleg Deripaska was represented in the U.S. by Adam Waldman. Mr. Waldman was also representing Christopher Steele, the author of the Dossier. Waldman was the liaison Senator Mark Warner (Senate Intelligence Committee Vice-Chairman) was using to try and set up a secret meeting with Christopher Steele. {Text Messages}



As you can see from the text messages (more here), the House Intelligence Committee wanted to interview Deripaska. However, based on their ongoing contact and relationship Deripaska’s lawyer, Adam Waldman, asks Senate Intelligence Committee Vice-Chair Mark Warner for feedback.

Oleg Deripaska was blocked from testifying to congress. Now, it was obviously not from the HPSCI (Nunes Committee), but rather by the Senate Intel Committee, via Vice-Chair Senator Mark Warner. Oh yes, THAT Senator Mark Warner again.

Now, think about this…. Yes, with Oleg Deripaska in the picture there was indeed Russian meddling in the 2016 election; only, it wasn’t the type of meddling currently being sold. The FBI/DOJ were using Russian Deripaska to frame their Russian conspiracy narrative. It is almost a certainty that Deripaska was one of Chris Steele’s sources for the dossier.

Now, put yourself in Deripaska’s shoes and think about what happens AFTER candidate Donald Trump surprisingly wins the election.

All of a sudden Deripaska the asset becomes a risk to the corrupt Scheme Team (DOJ/FBI et al); especially as the DOJ/FBI then execute the “insurance policy” effort against Donald Trump…. and eventually enlist Robert Mueller.

It is entirely possible for a Russian to be blackmailing someone, but it ain’t Trump vulnerable to blackmail; it’s the conspiracy crew within the DOJ and FBI. Deripaska now has blackmail material on Comey, McCabe and crew.

After the 2017 (first year) failure of the “insurance policy” it now seems more likely President Trump will outlive the soft coup. In May 2018, Oleg tells Waldman to call John Solomon and tell him the story from a perspective favorable to Deripaska.

As the story is told, in 2017 Oleg was more than willing to testify to congress… likely laughing the entire time… but the corrupt participants within congress damned sure couldn’t let Deripaska testify. Enter corrupt SSCI Vice-Chairman Mark Warner:

Um, we’ve got a problem here Mark…

The Russians (Deripaska) really do have leverage and blackmail… but it ain’t over Trump. Oleg has blackmail on Comey, McCabe and conspiracy crew. Oleg Deripaska must be kept away from congress and away from exposing the scheme.

Guess who else must be controlled and/or kept away from congress?

Julian Assange.

Assange has evidence the Russians didn’t hack the DNC.

Between Deripaska’s first-hand knowledge of the DOJ/FBI work on both the Dossier and the DOJ/FBI intention for his use as a witness; and Julian Assange’s first-hand knowledge of who actually took the DNC email communication;… well, the entire Russian narrative could explode in their faces.

Control is needed.

You can almost hear the corrupt U.S. intelligence officials calling their U.K. GCHQ partners in Britain and yelling at them to do something, anything, and for the love of God, shut down Assange’s access to the internet STAT…. Yeah, funny that.

Now, who moves into position to control Julian Assange?

Well, well, well…. Lookie here? Who dat? Apparently the SSCI wants to interview WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, in a closed session. Signed by none-other than our corrupt-o-crats Richard Burr and Mark Warner. Yeah, funny that.

Lest anyone need a reminder…. “The most corrupt part of congress is the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI). The SSCI is the center of the deepest part of the Deep State swamp. The SSCI never, ever, E.V.E.R… does anything that does not protect and advance the self-interest of the corrupt Washington DC professional political class.”

Now do we see why the SSCI is the center of protecting the entire fraudulent apparatus?

It’s somewhat humorous to look at this fiasco from the perspective of Oleg Deripaska. He must be having a lot of laughs with his Ruskie friends about these stupid Americans and how the intelligence apparatus of the United States of America is controlled by corrupt politicians trying to save themselves and the corrupt institutions.

The Russians, notorious for sowing discord, are being used as a shield from sunlight upon actions taken by U.S. own intelligence officers: James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Loretta Lynch, Sally Yates, John Brennan, James Clapper etc.

There’s a reason why I keep emphasizing the source of the John Solomon story was Adam Waldman. Think about it from the perspective of the conspiracy group reading how Oleg instructed Waldman to present his story.

With Deripaska telling Solomon how the FBI contacted him; the background of their prior collaborative relationship; and the likelihood of Deripaska giving information to Chris Steele for the dossier; the scheme team really, really, needed to double down on the Russian conspiracy narrative in case Oleg ever did testify to congress.

By doubling down on the Russian Collusion narrative the conspirators created a ‘catch-22’ defense. They could/can claim Deripaska was/is giving disinformation in his version of events to support the interests of Russia and sewing chaos in America etc. And any Republican who would give Deripaska a platform to tell what happened in 2016 would be doing the bidding of Vladimir Putin. See how that works?

The soft coup team protects themselves by impugning the motive of Deripaska, and diminishing his credibility under the auspices of Russian disinformation.

WATCH (First Minute):
https://theconservativetreehouse.co...ldman-caught-lying-to-senator-chuck-grassley/

Have you ever heard Grassley talk? I have and the Senate was empty of any other Senators for good reason. He's about as dumb as anyone I've ever heard. Sounds like he needed a remedial reading class or two or three or four or . . .

 

[yankeesince59]

...search, copy, paste...search, copy, paste.

 

[MarAzul]

He's about as dumb as anyone I've ever heard. Sounds like he needed a remedial reading class or two or three or four or . . .

@SlyPokerDog says, Discussion and debate are great for forums. But you won't get much of value out of this lot @MARIS61.

 

[yankeesince59]

^^^Hmmm, ever heard the phrase...."People who live in glass houses...". ???

...you of all people, have a lot of gall saying that...surprised that your fingers did not spontaneously combust as you typed it.

 

[riverman]

@SlyPokerDog says, Discussion and debate are great for forums. But you won't get much of value out of this lot @MARIS61.

copying and pasting Fox news editorials is not discussion or debate....nor is your post about the value of opposing opinions to yours....practice what you preach. Seems you only want to discuss if it includes agreement with your opinions. I have no interest in daily Fox news articles....those who do can go to their website and read that crap all day long...remember Hanoi Hannah? That shit was broadcast everywhere during the war...it's not discussion anymore than maris' cut and paste propaganda is...original thought and values are much more interesting. Especially when they are on topic. Covert politics have always existed...as to some Deep State paranoia...I don't buy it. America's biggest problem is greed and partisan bickering.

 

[MarAzul]

Seems you only want to discuss if it includes agreement with your opinions.

What actually is this term supposed to mean?

Seems you a @Lanny are in lock step. No discussion from Lanny, he can hear the man is dumb. Your not interested, so fine.

I was interested in the meaning of the term you objected to, I don't even know what it means. But not worth a discussion either from you. I don't have Fox News here on the boat, over the air TV only, no cable, but I have seen it. I have no idea why it would get you so worked.
Carry on!