When The FBI Does It, That Means That It’s Not Illegal

Drain The Swamp Russiagate 30 Comments

BUMPED FOR UPDATE: The report is public, can be accessed here.

New developments.. An FBI attorney who worked on the special counsel’s Russia investigation until earlier this year sent anti-Trump text messages to a colleague, including one exclaiming: “Viva le Resistance.”

Fox News:  The Justice Department inspector general referred five FBI employees for investigation into whether their politically-charged and “hostile” text messages and instant messages violated FBI code, according to the damning inspector general report released Thursday.

Original post continues below… scroll down for further finds from the report.

IG Report findings begin to trickle out…

Former FBI Director James Comey “deviated” from FBI and Justice Department procedures in handling the probe into Hillary Clinton, damaging the law enforcement agencies’ image of impartiality even though he wasn’t motivated by political bias, the department’s watchdog found in a highly anticipated report.

 

“While we did not find that these decisions were the result of political bias on Comey’s part, we nevertheless concluded that by departing so clearly and dramatically from FBI and department norms, the decisions negatively impacted the perception of the FBI and the department as fair administrators of justice,” Inspector General Michael Horowitz said in the report’s conclusions, which were obtained Thursday by Bloomberg News.

 

Horowitz’s report examined actions taken by top officials before the 2016 election, including the handling of the investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server when she was secretary of state. The investigation expanded to touch on an array of politically sensitive decisions by officials including Comey and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

Nothing that readers of this site won’t already know, but we’re not most people.  I’ll expand on this post as updates (and the official release) come in.

I recommend you watch this Twitter account, as well. (sorry, corrected with link).

Related:  The Silencing of the Inspectors General.

Update:

FBI agent Peter Strzok assured his mistress and colleague Lisa Page that they would stop Donald Trump from winning the presidency in a text message, a new report from the DOJ inspector general finds per Bloomberg News White House Correspondent Jennifer Jacobs.

 

“Several FBI employees Who played critical roles in the investigation sent political messages,” the report reads, according to Jacobs.

 

“(Trump’s) not ever going to become president, right? Right?!” Page wrote to Strzok, Bloomberg reports.

 

“No. No he’s not. We’ll stop it,” Strzok reportedly replied

 

More.

30 Replies to “When The FBI Does It, That Means That It’s Not Illegal”

  1. Everybody who thinks this will make a difference to the nevertrumpers raise your right hand.

  2. So Horowitz shows his political bias…..by finding Comey didn’t

    ..no one is going to fall for that

    1. Horowitz probably thinks there was political bias, but he can’t prove it. He’s showing integrity.

      It does beg a question. Why did biased Comey go public instead of sliding a no bill under Lynch’s door?

      Egomaniac. Narcissist. Incompetent. Careerist. Biased. Yes to all.

      Criminal? We shall see but I have my doubts. The swamp is a slippery place.

      1. Crime does not pay?

        Should say-
        Unless you are leader of the fckuling investigation.

    2. So. If the bias wasn’t “political” … what was it ? “Personal”? Comey just loves Hillary? Admires her Mao-suits? Why the “deviation” from FBI policy? Is Comey simply a megalomaniac?

      And why is the FBI structured in such a manner to allow … one single man … to affect the course of the entire United States of America? Or is it? Does the IG report simply lay tepid blame at the doorstep of ONE MAN while glossing-over the depth of Deep state corruption of our institutions.

      The Clinton … matter … remains the darkest chapter in the history of America … despite the useless whitewashed IG Report.

      1. Congress can demand the full unredacted version and IG Horowitz will give it to them without delay.

        Like I said, unlike the Dems and their statist sycophants, the IG has integrity.

        I can’t believe Rosenstein is briefing Trump on this report; he should brief Rosenstein with a pink slip.

      2. “The Clinton … matter … remains the darkest chapter in the history of America …”

        Lemme say this.

        The Clinton hillbillies are the most corrupt and corruptive people in highest political office.
        They have managed to corrupt the Democrats into socialists and beyond.

        As for the prosperity of the Clintons era, it could be said, as it is said today about Trumps prosperity, the conditions for Clintons rule were set by Reagan, he practically demolished the nonsense socialist experiments of the era before him.
        Of course Obama had nothing to do with the boom of Trump, he almost demolished the country.

      3. FBI agent Peter Strzok assured his mistress and colleague Lisa Page that they would stop Donald Trump from winning the presidency in a text message.
        “Several FBI employees Who played critical roles in the investigation sent political messages,” the report reads, according to Jacobs.
        (Trump’s) not ever going to become president, right? Right?!” Page wrote to Strzok, Bloomberg reports.
        “No. No he’s not. We’ll stop it,” Strzok reportedly replied.
        –
        Any FBI employees that sent critical text messages or emails across a secure internet phone text service and government email server, has to be the dumbest bastards that ever lived on the face of the planet.
        They Should be fired for being internet intellectually stupid.

  3. Whitewash , didn’t know that was coming .The septic tank is way deeper than you ever thought !

  4. time for the hellery gang to start circling the wagons.
    unfortunately for them the wagons are constructed of crepe paper and balsa wood.
    aka a dung heap of lies. dung burns too ya know, just gotta let it dry out which takes time.
    times up old guard!!!

    1. All I have been hearing about Crooked Hilary and the equally corrupt DNC from ‘conservative media’ for a seeming eternity is claims of…. “Oooohh, we’ve got them now!”.

      Somebody please give me a heads up when they actually do find the bag of smoking guns. No matter what info is released in this report, I predict with full confidence that the leftist media cabal will once again successfully spin it into something anti-Trump for their mindless minions.

      1. Former FBI Director James Comey admitted in his memoir, “A Higher Loyalty,” that it’s possible his handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails was swayed by polls that showed she was likely to win the 2016 presidential election.
        “It is entirely possible that, because I was making decisions in an environment where Hillary Clinton was sure to be the next president, my concern about making her an illegitimate president by concealing the restarted investigation bore greater weight than it would have if the election appeared closer or if Donald Trump were ahead in all polls,” Comey wrote, according to The New York Times.

        Comey would never let potential polls, Obama threats, DOJ meeting Bill Clinton on the tarmac,Hillary ass kissing, influence his top secret and non biased investigation. No. No. Never. Never.
        BS BS BS BS

      2. Yes,i too am frustrated by this long running play,now that we’ve left the theater and come out into the sunshine, let’s see some real action in the real world, complete with firings and indictments.

        Otherwise,it’s just like watching a TV un-reality show, a few minutes of “feel-good” if that’s your thing, and bugger all to show for it afterward.

      3. You might have a long wait. The deep state is entrenched very well and very deep.

        The modern day Borgia (Clinton) family will probably get away with it.

    2. As long as they continue to ignore Obama, Hillary, and the rest of the democrats…it’s meaningless
      …if anything they are campaigning for Trump

  6. He wasn’t motivated by political bias? Then what, pray tell, was he motivated by? Because the only way to know he wasn’t motivated by political bias is if they know what his motivation was. So either the report is lying or it’s withholding information.

  7. The Comey’s testimony to Congress under oath that his decision to make the decision not to recommend prosecution of Hillary

    1) The Email exchanges between Debbie WS & Lorreta Lynch compromised the DOJ
    2) FBI policy & procedures required the appointment of a Independent Council & that would be SO unfair to Hillary
    3) Debbie & Comey made a deal & she resigned from the DNC.. .Went away
    4) The wholesale immunity given to ALL witness’s to the crimes was a Federal criminal act…

    The Congress MUST abolish the self regulation Law Society… The regulation of Corrupt Lawyers must be independent. like 8 Doctors & 8 citizens at large The Medical Society regulated by 8 lawyers & 8 Citizens at large…

    This legal political nonsense needs to end.. the bastards will sue anyone.. like Auto Insurance a Group legal protection service should be available to protect the average smock..

    BTW: Jeff the brave has announced that the DOJ will engage in 1st amendment violations at educational facilities… The ACLU is a one trick pony (racism).. I thank Canada for coverage of Lindsay Shepperd’s horrific violation by Sir W Laurier & there are many students & Administrators that don’t belong in a civil society educating children.. Freedom of Speech is a Hallmark

  8. this report = Warren commission 2……..nothing but bullshit.

    and allen Stupid is a prime example of why they will get away with it, just like they got away with the bogus warren BS….rite nite99???

  9. They won’t get away with this. Look to start seeing substantial growth in a secessionist/civil non-cooperation and #resistance movement on the right over the comung years. The US govt now has a MASSIVE credibility and trust problem with about 40% of its citizens. That is an absolutely catastrophic outcome for the governing class.

    I await the establishment and strengthening of a “Patriot Party”, complete with threats of boycotting elections, and charges of “illegitimacy” left, right and centre.

    The Dems have almost singlehandedly signed the death warrant of the contiguous continental USA. I predict the country will break apart in our lifetime. It has ALL the deep structural issues of the Hapsburg Austro-Hungarian Empire circa 1914…
    Can you say “hearts and minds”?

  10. p.s., THIS is the process by which police states are established.
    except this one suffered a fatal blow called an election.

    I did an analysis of the close call states and concluded that in theory, hellary could have won if 1/7th of 1 percent of all eligible voters had marked their ballot in just 3 of the top 5 close call states.
    expressed as a decimal that is 0.0014
    THAT ladies and gentlemen is just how close it was.

    I wonder if all those bemoaning Trump’s win, that huge protest next day, did they ALL vote? hmmm?
    bitch bitch bitch bitch but will NOT pull themselves away from their digital gadget whilst sitting at Starbucks,
    satisfied by the polls in was all in the bag.
    http://www.yourememberthat.com/files/e76a4340fd819430.jpg

    Trump supporters knew better and showed up when they needed to.

  11. You don’t get to be decent size Police Chief, State Police , or upper Eff’ah Bee Eye without exquisite political sensitivities. Finger to the wind, Comey hasn’t wiped his ass in 30 years without pondering the political angles( left hand, right hand?).

  12. Stayyyyyy tuned. 😀 The summary in no way seems to reflect in any twisted way the actual contents of the report itself. This is going to be an interesting couple of weeks.

    1. Surprise, surprise, they are all drinking each other’s bath water.
      Mmmm, yummy political gasbaggery for the masses!

      Prosit!

      Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
      1st Saint Nicolaas Army
      Army Group ‘True North’

  14. page 420 – 421 of the report:

    “We were deeply troubled by text messages sent by Strzok and Page that potentially indicated or created the appearance that investigative decisions were impacted by bias or improper considerations. Most of the text messages raising such questions pertained to the Russia investigation, which was not a part of this review. Nonetheless, when one senior FBI official, Strzok, who was helping to lead the Russia investigation at the time, conveys in a text message to another senior FBI official, Page, that “we’ll stop” candidate Trump from being elected
    —
    after other extensive text messages between the two disparaging candidate Trump
    —
    it is not only indicative of a biased state of mind but, even more seriously, implies a

    421
    willingness to take official action to impact the presidential candidate’s electoral
    prospects. This is antithetical to the core values of the FBI and the Department of Justice. Moreover, as we describe in Chapter Nine, in assessing Strzok’s decision to prioritize the Russia investigation over following up on the Midyear-related investigative lead discovered on the Weiner laptop in October 2016, these text messages led us to conclude that we did
    not have confidence that Strzok’s decision was free from bias.”

    IE Strzok’s orientation towards the ‘investigation’ was to tip the scales of justice to get voters to elect “Hillaryious”; which in sum is entirely POLITICAL.
    The black farce continues…so much for an “impartial investigation”.

    Prosit!

    Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
    1st Saint Nicolaas Army
    Army Group ‘True North’

    1. You’re taking Strzok’s words way too literally. It was clearly just locker room talk.

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