This week, Special Counsel John Durham released a 316-page report detailing the origins of Operation Crossfire Hurricane – the FBI’s investigation into supposed connections between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. The report is an astounding expose of corruption and collusion – not between Trump and Russia, but between the Hillary Clinton campaign, friendlies at the FBI and top officials at the Obama administration. As it turns out, Crossfire Hurricane was initiated based on sheer conjecture. That conjecture was trafficked by Hillary’s 2016 campaign. And that conjecture served as the basis for a four-year-long witch hunt into a bevy of allegations that ultimately came to nothing.
The story began, Durham reports, in late July 2016, when Australia provided information to the U.S. embassy in London surrounding conversations between Australian diplomats and low-level Trump foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, in which Papadopoulos had allegedly suggested that the “Trump team had received some kind of suggestion from Russia that it could assist” in the process of releasing information about Hillary Clinton. This information alone was utilized as the predicate for launching the full-blown Trump-Russia investigation within three days after receipt of the flimsy information. Top FBI officials greenlit the investigation, including Peter Strzok, deputy assistant director of counterintelligence and devoted Trump-hater. The investigation, Durham notes, was launched “before any dialogue with Australia or the Intelligence Community, and prior to any critical analysis of the information itself.”
What could have prompted this eagerness? The FBI, as Durham acknowledges, was already in possession of the so-called Steele Dossier, a compendium of lies and innuendo created by Fusion GPS at the behest of the Clinton campaign. The FBI had also been approached by a second source working with Fusion GPS in July 2016. There appears to have been a push for an investigation prompted by the desires of the Clinton campaign and the perceived necessity of stopping Trump. The FBI’s Assistant Legal Attache in London knew the Papadopoulos information was thin but told the Office of the Inspector General that FBI management was “pushing the matter so hard that ‘there was no stopping the train,'” making it his job to “grease the skids.”
Meanwhile, in July 2016, U.S. intelligence agencies found out about Russian intelligence suggesting that Hillary had approved a campaign plan to gin up allegations of Trump-Russia collusion. On Aug. 3, CIA Director John Brennan “met with the President, Vice President and other senior Administration officials, including but not limited to the Attorney General (who participated remotely) and the FBI Director” and briefed them on the so-called Clinton Plan. Nobody decided to put a hold on the Trump-Russia investigation, despite the relevant fact that all involved now knew of allegations that the entire situation had been drummed up by the Clinton campaign.
And so, in short, we now know that top officials at the White House and the FBI were aware of Hillary Clinton’s plan to disseminate information falsely claiming Trump-Russia collusion; the FBI knew full well that the intelligence it had making such accusations was flimsy at best; they all went ahead anyway. For the rest of the election cycle and much of Trump’s presidency, the Democrats, media and intelligence community continued to parrot the Trump-Russia collusion lie.
This collusion is significantly worse than Watergate. It involves the former secretary of state and Democratic candidate for president laundering false intelligence information to the FBI; and the FBI, overseen by the candidate’s political allies in the Obama administration, using that information as the predicate to open a full-scale investigation knowing full well that the Clinton campaign could well be behind the allegations in the first place.
This is patently insane. It destroys any semblance of legitimacy in the FBI. It implicates former President Barack Obama, President Joe Biden, James Clapper, John Brennan and a bevy of other high officials in weaponization of the government to stop Donald Trump. The Russia hoax was much more than a hoax, it turns out. It was a nefarious plan, enacted at the highest levels of government, to corrupt an election and undermine a presidency.
Ben Shapiro, 39, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and co-founder of Daily Wire+. He is a three-time New York Times bestselling author; his latest book is “The Authoritarian Moment: How The Left Weaponized America’s Institutions Against Dissent.”
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Obama should never have been elected! You cannot put African Americans in the Oval Office. They hate America and it’s warranted, and exactly why they should never be POTUS! Obama was selected, like his mother, he is a communist put through Harvard by Bill Ayers father, also a communist. Now they are there and destroying America! Soros, another communist, unelected billionaire appointing federal judges? How? Joe Biden is a false storefront for Obama unconstitutional 3rd term.
All of this is entirely consistent with what you will find in your typical, third world banana republics run by dictators or any major communist regime currently in place today. The idea is to use the political / law enforcement machinery to destroy any and all major opposition to the regime in power, in order to ensure the regime can maintain power and control of the country. That is exactly what occurred here. You can stick your head in the sand all you want instead of acknowledging the simple truth, but that doesn’t change reality. Nor does waiting for “someone else” to save the American people from their own inaction work.
In most third world banana republics and all major communist nations in existence today, the people are powerless to stop any of this because the people have been disarmed and the military stands behind the regime to crush any attempt by the public to change things. The purely political route, via elections, have no chance of succeeding because the regime in power controls who counts the ballots. So the regime always wins any vote by a comfortable margin.
We are NOT THERE YET, but we are heading in that direction at record speed. If the American people don’t like how the government is favoring one political party over another, to the point of breaking multiple laws and using the government to try and crush anyone they oppose, then it is up to the American people themselves to correct the situation while it is still correctable. It won’t be easy or painless, because the American people have been asleep too long, but it is still potentially doable. The choice is whether the American people have the will. That is a coin toss.
How disappointing that this kind of fraud can happen in the United States. I hope new leadership in the FBI, when it shows up, will pursue the corrupt individuals with as much zeal as when the FBI jumped on the original Australian information. We need some determined bulldogs in Congress and in the judicial branch to see rightful justice for these crooks. And a thorough clearing of those individuals who partook is this nonsense…in other words, canning the FBI and starting over, if need be. If we can’t trust our federal government to uphold rule of law, how can society remain civil?
Start with Adam Schitf…and his “We have evidence”. What evidence? And what will happen to him and all the other clowns who took place in this expensive charade? Bring ’em all down, I say. Try them, put them in prison, smear their names like they did to the undeserving innocents. Without any substantial repercussions, those b(*&$#^& will do it again.
And we or anyone with an ounce of common sense knew it was l fake and the parties behind it. And they are still pulling the strings.
The biggest government corruption case and it is extremely worse than Watergate! It’s called Operation Crossfire Hurricane; a FBI operation investigating an unfounded connection between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. The Durham report exposed the corruption between the Hillary Clinton campaign, federal employees of DOJ and FBI, intelligence community including; top appointed officials of Obama administration. These same government employees used the false information as the predicate to open a full-scale investigation, knowing full well that the Clinton campaign was behind the allegations. Crossfire Hurricane was conducted based off of no more than a notion. That notion which was orchestrated by the Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign. A notion that served as the basis for a four-year-long investigation into serious allegations against Donald Trump. Operation Crossfire Hurricane also served as a catalyst for additional government misinformation to be provided to the American people which; adversely affected or at the least interfere with the 2020 Presidential elections results. This corruption has destroyed any semblance of legitimacy with the DOJ, FBI, federal government, and even the US election process. It also, forged and solidified the notion that Barack Obama, Joe Biden, James Clapper, John Brennan and a large number of other high officials coordinated together in the weaponization of the federal government to prevent Donald Trump from winning the 2016 election. This hoax was much more than a simple hoax, it was a nefarious calculated plan, forged at the highest levels of federal government, to interfere with two election. That hoax of false narratives was continuously broadcasted by mainstream media, they were coordinated, planned and calculated to unseat or undermine a sitting American President.
So what are the honest people here going to do to the villains? What it should be is fire them and put them in prisons
I believe many of the American people are waking up to the fact that they have been deceived by the pandemic era and followed by the deception of the Biden Administration. The problem is I think, it’s almost too late. Note I said almost. Will we the people stand and fight for our freedom or will we let them win?
Durhams slow walk investigation is months behind what congress and watch dog groups have documented many months ago. He is as tangled in attempting to cover and protect from prosecution as Clapper, Brennan and others. His soft language suggesting the FBI and others failed to exercise their professional abilities is laying the ground work for no consequences just as was done for H Clinton’s purposeful and flagrant personal computer server violation – said to be poor judgement. I place Durham in the misconduct file with all the others. Dump Fray too
Where to begin? Let’s start with the media industry. Implement heavy fines for falsehoods. Go back in time to harnessing business monopolies with sanctions and and costly controls. Put strict guidelines on the right to vote. Put immigration on the shelf altogether until it makes literal good sense to invite foreigners the right to live within the country. Penalize those who break our laws. Ramp up enforcement of laws written with the purpose of keeping this country a safe place to live. Clean up the ruling class of crooks in high places. Enforce every and all laws that are in the best interest of humanity. Clearly define and make into law that which insures law-abiding demonstrations. Penalize any behavior which usurps the right of parents to choose regarding their children’s futures. Never, never legislate any law without a balanced debate. Cap any business or persons of amount capital donations during election to any office or government position. Institute heavy fines and/or incarceration for proven illegal behavior. Put legal emphasis on defense of this country.
After seeing the 2 old geezers Woodward and Bernstein say 100 times that Trump’s
“collusion” was “worse than Watergate” we now know what is really worse than
Watergate.
NOTHING is going to happen and nothing will change.
So where are the f¥<king indictments!!!
I am sick of the lack of accountability here!
OK, so when is Hillary going to prison? It’s long overdue, we NEED to prosecute these corrupt socialist and jail them. Anybody else would have already been convicted and would be serving time. What’s wrong with this country that we allow these things to go on without consequence???
Not scandal.Crime and no punishment Woodward who would not shut up is awfully quiet Lets just move on and be friends
We haven’t treated traitors properly since the Rosenbergs. Their penalty for treason was DEATH. Preserving Evil only helps it thrive and does not deter other Evil from blossoming and flourishing when penalties are soft or nonexistent.
As bad as Jackass Joe has been, just imagine the damage that Crooked Hillary would have done if elected!
Imagine that says Gomer Pyle–” Surprise, Surprise”.
So, now, what will be done about it? Will the gutless republicans do anything about it?
The sabotage of the Trump presidency was criminal because it enabled the effort to change America from a free country with laws to protect its citizens into a dependency which the democrats could keep power with fear and bribes. Given a choice, many would never have voted for this.
So…for all of the youngsters out there ..The Clintons have always been crooked…above the. Law people
How in the world can any Democrat ever show their face in public again after all the corruption and illegal behavior that the Democratic Party was responsible for during the “Russia Hoax”! Other than being total hypocrites what else can they stand for??? Do they think we are all stupid idiots?? They prance and strut around always proclaiming that they are the saver of democracy when in fact they are the destroyers of democracy. They have tainted and corrupt almost every agency in government, from the Justice Department to the FBI and CIA, all infected with the liberal lefts Socialist Marxists Dogma. The whole group of them should be in jail now for perpetrating the greatest scandal in all of American political history. Period! Go Trump in 2024!
So…why has no one been indicted or even referred for criminal prosecution? I guess it’s because the Injustice Department is in on it too. I’ve never observed a powerful man like Merrick Garland who seems to have no ethics, integrity or sense of moral right.
I was taught that there were three branches of government – legislative, judicial and administrative; but it turns out there is a fourth…the secretive, subversive cadre of bottom-feeding liberals who think they can do anything in the interest of furthering the Democrat Party’s rule and power.
No one is above the law? It seems that bunches of liberals are…and there may be thousands in government who are below the law and working against anything the Republicans and Independents do to preserve this great nation of ours. It has to be stopped! Our future and more importantly the future of our grandchildren depend on it.
No the worse is No 1 in punished for scandals day 1
& how about J6
So what can we do? We the American people have called, written our “representatives” and NOTHING has happened. It appears we cannot trust the FBI and the investigations that cost us taxpayers $$$ are in and there is proof and still nothing!
When no charges were filed against Hilary, I knew we were in trouble. Leave it to the Democrats! Our President has been a Lame Duck since his first day in office!!! God help us all.
This administration is the WORST. Open-borders….the electric vehicle SCAM….environmental SCAM….doesn’t give a crap about crime…..he is turning this country into a sh*thole. Please America both dems and repub let’s fire his ass in November 2024.
Since Obama was president, the buck stops with him. His regime took the ball from Clinton and ran with it. So in the least Obama and Clinton should be in prison. Meanwhile Obiden ran his family’s crime business and we have the most corrupt, criminal regime in the history of America.
IMPEACH BIDEN NOW. The House should impeach Biden for TREASON, that being taking the oath of office to uphold the Constitution. You can list all of his violations if you want, there are many. The House has the votes to impeach, send it to the Senate. They will be able to get the Democratic votes they need because Kamala will then be President of the United States. Imagine, a black woman, this will be too much for the Democrats to turn down. Plus the Democrats don’t want Joe for a second term. So on January 20th, 2025 we install a new Republican President. The cost of retirement for Kamala is no big thing, especially after letting 7 million illegal aliens in this country. If you think this through, it should have been done earlier, but it takes a lot of convincing to show Americans how bad Joe Biden really is. But we know now. How can we not impeach this man, if we don’t, we are giving our permission for our government officials to be illegal.
Why am I not surprised? The Republicans are no better unless they can stand up and do something meaningful now. Remember what they put Bill Clinton thru? They actually started this kind of scandalous bull…. I am disgusted with politicians in general. There are good ones but they are mostly all out for themselves, power and money. It is a disgrace to us and our country along with the founders. Get back some integrity and courage.
No doubt there have been administrations who’ve acted very unpresidential in the past…BUT…the two worst, bordering on if not 100% were the Clinton Crime Syndicate and the America hating Barack Hussein Obama fiasco. The “unsolved” deaths during the Clinton Crime Syndicate became legendary. Gary Aldridge, lead FBI agent in charge of the Clinton Whitehouse security ultimately wrote a book (Unlimited Access…updated later) that should have blown the Clintonista’s cover and no doubt prosecuted them for the highest treason. They did everything but have him assassinated (but who knows) to keep that book from being published. Their complete ignoring of security, buddies going through literally every part, getting into classified and sensitive files, no background checks on any of them etc. Then there was Waco….almost 86 men, women and children murdered, burned to death as the “media” cheered on the carnage…another story so whitewashed and lied about. Hussein Obama, in his own 2 first books made it abundantly clear his hatred for this country…not to mention never proving his citizenship, did as much or more damage to this country. There were multiple “mysterious” deaths during the Clinton regime exposed from other sources including some in government. Lest we forget Oklahoma….a very different report from the lamestream “media” with photos and analysis done by General Partin an explosives expert.
And on and on….and we can lay a massive amount of blame on the lamestream “media” (see propaganda) for their despicable cover ups.
George Bush Sr. “We must usher in the New World Order”…I watched that presidential acceptance speech. There have been more than a few regimes intent on the destruction of this Constitutional Republic…George Wallace, not a favorite, did say something that sadly sums it up: “There’s not a dime’s worth of difference between democrats and republicans”…with some true American exceptions, he nailed it.
And…they did all this with the implicit, approval of the Republican Party hierarchy!
Are we to believe that Republican “Elites” like Mittens, McCain(s), Bushyes, Ryan, Cheney(s), a whole mass of Senators, Congressmen, Governors, and the Republican Party leadership at the RNC…DID NOT KNOW THIS WAS OCCURRING???
The Repubocrats are ALL part of this intentional destruction of the American world position.
As Stalin so correctly stated, “It is not the people who vote that count, it’s the people who count the votes.”
We have watched the events, read the reports, and watched digital media that provides conclusive evidence of the massive effort underway to dismantle our government. All of the main institutions in our society are collaborating to feed us obvious propaganda, massive lies, and misleading nonsense. Truth is being obfuscated, obviated, and ignored intentionally by the press, the government, and our leadership class as they use our tax laws to punish and defraud United States citizens while diverting huge sums of public money to their personal bank accounts.
Fraud? What fraud? Crime? What crime? Malfeasance? What malfeasance? Treason? What treason?
How is our situation different than Venezuela’s? Panama’s? Puerto Rico’s? Brazil’s? Haiti’s? Mexico’s? Canada’s? Or any other elitist example worldwide?
“No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist.”
Freedom isn’t free; sadly, neither are we.
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend’s or of thine own were; any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
John Donne (1572-1631
What is the punishment for Treason, which effects the lives of every American?
This is far more serious than High Crimes and Misdemeanors!
God Save America!
The people of this country do not want to see reports or subpoenas. We want Indictments!
AND NO liberals WILL BE CHARGED EVEN THOUGH they SHOULD BE SENT TO THE NEW AUSCHWITZ AND AWAIT ROASTING
DEMONcRATS and politicians are not “above” the law, but they are masters at undermining the law, using subterfuge, low-down unfathomable smears and tactics, SOROS DA’s, and a depressing economy to make us below average subjects of BIG government.
Wouldn’t it be great to see Hillary indicted? Never happen, I know, but still.
Ben , It was no scandal and no haux , it was an attempted coup d’etat . And Trump’s vitory so traumatized the DEMOCRATs that they immediately planned to it again . And in 2020 , they pulled out all the stops and used every trick in the book . In addition , they also illegally changed the rules oif elections in Democrat ruled states . This of course would give their antics the color of law . And, i suspect that those Electronic ‘Voting’ machines “glitched” the votes of milllions of ordinary Democrat voters who voted for Trump but were switched over to Biden . In Nov. 2019 the DEMOCRATs pulled off a very real coup . It also, was not a hoax or scandle . It was a real coup and they succeeded . Today we live in a junta .
Being a pragmatic thinking person and a proud American constitutional patriot, it pains me to acknowledge that at this stage in the life of the Republic I feel I am now reduced to spectator status in the decline and fall of the Anglo-American epoch. My lifetime efforts to stand up for free America, now just a vanity. We of like mind are all witness to a seminal moment in human history. The final stage of the ultimate inversion of the great American experiment: “The stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may only act by permission.” I find cold comfort in being a first-hand witness, much like thoughtful Russians of 1917, Cubans of 1959, and Chinese of 1949. Hanging on to a residue of hope, I am holding out for the sliver of a chance that The People may yet begin to take back their power and their country in 2024. When the sheeple slumber the predators will play.
All those who perpetuated this fraud should be in prison, pensions cancelled, and ALL their assets seized as a penalty to help pay the cost of this known fraud. Until there is a price paid, with a very heavy cost, no Dem will ever stop their march to destroy anybody who gets in their way of undermining this country, no matter what they have to say to achieve their goal.
“The worst political scandal in American History?” Only if that history stops before Joe Biden usurped the Oval Office.
I’ll say it right now, the Biden family criminal activity has eclipsed the Russian collusion hoax by far.
Who doesn’t believe that Joe Biden sold out the United States to China? Who doubts that Joe Biden
extorted the Ukraine Government with the threat to withhold foreign aid if his son Hunter’s investigation didn’t stop? Joe even bragged about doing it.
Strong cases of deliberately causing harm to the interests of the American people could be cited against Bill Clinton, obama, and Joe Biden. But let’s focus on Joe Biden because he is still in power and still able to engage in very profitable graft.
All Americans should be embarrassed by the behavior of Joe Biden. His efforts to accumulate a vast fortune through corruption is astonishingly transparent. He is so arrogant that he seems to believe that he can continue to thumb his nose at the American people and suffer no consequences.
Ukrainians know that their government is corrupt but their political leaders could learn lessons in fraudulence from our own “trusted” elite in Washington, D.C. Unlike Joe Biden, most of our elected office holders at least make credible efforts to appear to be above engaging in graft.
The Founding Fathers must be turning over in their graves.
I think what most of the American people would like to see is an article describing how all these people have been charged and are now beeing held and awaiting trial while all of their assets have been seeced and confiscated pending the outcome of their trials.
Sue the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democrat National Committee on behalf of the American taxpayer to recoup the costs associated with the bogus investigation. Also, defund the FBI and reassign honest agents to the Border Patrol and U.S. Marshall Service.
Look how long it took for the truth to come out. And I haven’t heard it on the news. Who can trust the FBI? And what about Biden and his family corruption. PRAY for America!
I find it totally amazing and extremely disgusting that it took so long for this to come out, and am certain not a damned thing will be done to any one of these corrupt pigs.
Unbelievable!!!
Should we expect any justice?????? Or is that just a term our government uses to convict non government citizens
We will not have justice again in this country until those responsible for this are arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced! How is Hillary Clinton NOT behind bars already is beyond my comprehension!! The FBI needs a complete overhaul and heads need to roll there!
It didn’t take 4 years to bring charges against Mr. Santos. Unfortunately, we all know that the
democrats involved will skate on everything with the help of the MSM and the Federal Justice Dept.
This is result of electing the same professional politicians election after election. We need term limits now.
… the Clintons and the Obama hopelessly corrupted, between them they’ve corrupted America’s defense-intelligence, America’s mainstream media, America’s judicial system, and half of America’s federal legislature. America’s best days well behind her, indeed –
I have been watching our federal government take over the governing of our nation for several decades. Not only the FBI & DOJ but all facets that are not in the constitution. I voted for Trump because he was not part of the political establishment and when he said he wanted to drain the swamp, I Knew that meant reducing the bureaucracy! I am so fearful of our government now. I don’t think I am alone. I would like to see all the alphabet agencies reduced or eliminated. We are not free when one man, with his phone and pen, can legislate from the white house.