The biggest scandal in American history

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Here is a very positive take on the slow progress of exposing "the biggest scandal in American history". If this take is sound, Sessions is doing what needs to be done behind the scene, methodically and thoroughly. I hope this is true-- I will happily eat my words of criticism of Sessions-- if it turns out that he ultimately prosecutes and sends to prison the Clintons, Comey, and the whole cast of vile characters-- maybe including the Obamas. Wouldn't that be a joyful day!

He links an article by Sundance, who is IMO one of the most savvy political commentators in the country.

www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/12/coming_attractions_how_the_biggest_political_scandal_in_history_will_play_out_in_2018.html

December 14, 2017
Coming attractions: How the biggest political scandal in history will play out in 2018
By Thomas Lifson

A lot of frustration has been expressed – on these pages and elsewhere – over the slow pace of progress in unraveling the Deep State coup against Trump. But "the process of uncovering the worst political scandal in American history," as I called it a couple of days ago, needs to be done the right way, or else it will founder under the waves of abuse that will pour from the media and political branches of the establishment. Not only must legal niceties be observed, but the rollout of information must be undertaken with a strategy in mind. Each step builds on the previous and addresses the probable response.

When Rod Rosenstein evaded the answers being sought in a congressional hearing and deferred to the inspector general investigation underway, I thought it a reasonable response, even though Rosenstein is now a hate-object for having appointed Robert Mueller as special counsel. The I.G., Michael E. Horowitz, is no political stooge. (For background on the inspectors general, see Ed Lasky here and here. There are unsung heroes of our constitutional republic among them, hero-federal bureaucrats.)

And letting any of the I.G.'s cats out of the bag early could have serious consequences.

Sundance of Conservative Treehouse has a must-read column today, analyzing the pattern of disclosures from the I.G. In Sundance's words, "It looks just like a prosecutor laying out his case."

Consider what is at stake; and further consider that you were given the task of revealing the outcome of an investigation of such consequence. How would you introduce the findings to the larger U.S. electorate? Given the timing of the releases from the IG's investigation, I think that's what we are seeing in the past two weeks. A prosecutor laying out his case over the course of multiple media cycles. ...

There is a pattern in the released OIG information and how we retrieve it from the media.

♦Ahead of FBI Director Christopher Wray appearing before congress the IG released the information about FBI Agent Strzok and his mistress FBI/DOJ Attorney Lisa Page.

♦Just before Asst. FBI Director Andrew McCabe was going to appear before congress the IG released information about DOJ Deputy Bruce Ohr and his wife Nellie Ohr.

Andrew McCabe ducked out of the hearing, and will now appear next week. Boy-oh-boy that one should be interesting. If he's still employed. (anticipating more releases here)

♦Just before DOJ Asst. AG Rod Rosenstein appeared before congress the IG released the actual text messaging information from Agent Strzok and Lisa Page.

See the pattern?

Sundance lays out what I have been thinking of as a story arc, the broad picture of where this can be expected to develop, given the facts as we know them at the moment. I am always conscious that President Trump is a master showman with a specialty in reality TV. He thinks in terms of story arcs.

The OIG is laying out the case for further inquiry, investigation and more importantly questioning, of each of the aforementioned officials. ...

[T]he IG is laying out his prosecutable case before the American public via TV and congressional appearances. In my humble opinion none of this is accidental. This is strategic white hat distribution of material that is immensely important to the larger U.S. electorate. The subject matter is so consequential, it needs to be absorbed in small digestible portions.

We should be hearing from the I.G. in the early part of next year, in time for this to start to unfold in TV prior to the November midterm elections.

Sundance looks ahead the next couple of steps, toward prosecution, and follows the potential chain upward. Momentum, and consequently timing, is critical because of the expected all-out resistance. Watergate was nothing compared to this.

[Walter]

"Deep state coup".
LMAO..
Back to the bunker, Fred.

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I nominate this propaganda piece for the DUMBEST CFB pseudo-history thread of all time-- by at least two standard deviations.

Rod Rosenstein will go down in American history as a true hero-- a DOJ man who defied the powers that be-- at his own personal peril-- in order to uphold the rule of law in the Trumpian Dark Ages.


Rosenstein defends Mueller as GOP propagandists raise questions of bias in Trump/Russia probe
www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/rosenstein-likely-to-be-grilled-on-fbi-bias-in-appearance-on-capitol-hill/2017/12/13/9f1dc24a-e003-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html?utm_term=.0d371ef1c3aa


December 14, 2017

Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein defended special counsel Robert S. Mueller III in the face of critical questioning Wednesday from the House Judiciary Committee about whether bias might have infected Mueller’s investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Rosenstein said that he had not seen good cause to fire Mueller, and that although some members of the special counsel team had political views, that did not necessarily taint their work. He disputed that the probe is a “witch hunt,” as President Trump has alleged.

“We recognize we have employees with political opinions. It’s our responsibility to make sure those opinions do not influence their actions,’’ Rosenstein said. “I believe that Director Mueller understands that, and he is running his office appropriately.”

Rosenstein also said he and Mueller talked about what his office was allowed to investigate and what it was not, though he declined to answer directly whether he had granted Mueller permission to expand his mandate.

“It’s a clarification in most cases,” Rosenstein said. Asked later whether Trump — who has in the past expressed concern about the probe’s scope — had ever talked with him about removing Mueller, Rosenstein responded, “I am not going to be discussing my communications with the president, but I can tell you that nobody has communicated to me a desire to remove Robert Mueller.”

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Dec 15, 2017 10:23:51 GMT -5 Walter said:

"Deep state coup".
LMAO..
Back to the bunker, Fred.

Riiiight...........

You gonna move this thread back where it belongs when you eat crow?

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Only someone as ignorant as Fred would post an idiotic article like this, from Lifson's American Stinker website, then insist that its detractors will "eat crow."

Get a clue, Fred.