by EDDIE SCARRY
As with every major revelation proving them to be the treacherous, anti-democratic demons they are, the corporate media have instantly gone to work sweeping away the shocking conclusions of Special Counsel John Durham’s report on the FBI’s conduct as it related to its 2016 investigation of Donald Trump and Russia.
Years of work went into this thing, and the media believe all of its heinous discoveries can be set aside with a few news briefs belittling them as minor, unimpressive matters of mistake and “shortcomings.”
That’s not what Durham found. What he found was explicit bias within the world’s most powerful law enforcement agency against a democratically chosen presidential nominee.
The report, released Monday, is more than 300 pages, many of which recount information pieced together by Republicans in Congress and right-leaning journalists. But everything you need to know is in Durham’s summary, which, as tactfully as possible, describes the FBI’s 2016 investigation into Trump as not only without a foundation, but driven by political bias, dishonesty, and an appalling degree of personal animus.
The media won’t relay those facts from the report honestly because, of course, the media were complicit in the absolute con from the start. They hated Trump more than top officials at the FBI did and were more than happy to fan the flames that terrified the nation for years and irreparably crippled Trump’s entire term.
With that in mind, this is how big media described Durham’s findings versus what Durham actually said.
New York Times: “Mr. Durham’s 306-page report revealed little substantial new information about the inquiry, known as Crossfire Hurricane, and it failed to produce the kinds of blockbuster revelations accusing the bureau of politically motivated misconduct that former President Donald J. Trump and his allies suggested Mr. Durham would uncover.”
That suggests there was no proof or even significant evidence in Durham’s report that the FBI was hounding Trump for any reason outside of standard, dry agency business. That’s false.
What the report actually said: “Our investigation … revealed that senior FBI personnel displayed a serious lack of analytical rigor towards the information that they received, especially … from politically affiliated persons and entities. … In particular, there was significant reliance on investigative leads provided or funded (directly or indirectly) by Trump’s political opponents. The Department did not adequately examine or question these materials and the motivations of those providing them…”
In other words, the FBI willingly accepted allegations from Trump’s political rivals, treating them as objective data, rather than what they were: traditional campaign waste material.
Associated Press: “The report, the culmination of a four-year investigation into possible misconduct by U.S. government officials, contained withering criticism of the FBI but few significant revelations.”
That gives the impression that Durham’s report was a symbolic reprimand of no consequence. That’s false.
Here’s from the actual report: “FBI personnel … acknowledge[d] — both then and in hindsight — that they did not genuinely believe there was probable cause to believe that the [Trump campaign] was knowingly engaged in clandestine intelligence activities on behalf of a foreign power, or knowingly helping another person in such activities.”
In essence, FBI agents participating in the investigation were insincere in their efforts to find a sinister link between Trump’s campaign and Russia, because they knew it wasn’t likely to exist and didn’t believe there was a reason to try finding it anyway.
USA Today: “Special counsel John Durham criticizes FBI Trump-Russia probe, but recommends no wholesale changes.”
Mistakes were made but who among us?!
That’s not what Durham said. What he said is that the FBI abandoned its mission in pursuit of a political agenda and that if it had simply followed its own rules, one of the greatest political scandals in history would have never happened.
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What they are saying is that, like us, the leftist media knew all along this was all based on lies and was nothing but a Democrat seditious attempt to remove a duly elected (and quite capable) President because they had the red-ass due to Hillary not being awarded a third Obama term. So, there were no new revelations because all knew all along it was nothing but a political witch hunt.
This is the essence and it applies throughout government. The only thing that compels our representatives to follow the laws and represent the citizens instead of their ideology is fear of repercussions. When the media will not hold them accountable and authorities will not hold them accountable, there is no integrity. This is the problem, totally and completely. It was the same problem in the Soviet Union and the same problem in Nazi Germany; as long as the goals of the Party were met, laws and rights meant nothing. This is where the FBI is today; Durham doesn’t resolve that, he merely points out what most of us already knew.
I am afraid government corruption is becoming so frequent and widespread that it is being accepted as normal business. That’s how totalitarians operate, get the population acclimated to totalitarianism.
I am afraid government corruption is becoming so frequent and widespread that it is being accepted as normal business.
I think it’s almost like the kid in hood who doesn’t want to join a gang. Either be part of it or get crushed.
But I have a bad attitude.
Trump wouldn’t join. That’s why he needs to be eliminated.