Trump suing Christopher Steele, the ex-MI6 spy

Former and possibly the future President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, is suing former MI6 officer at High Court. The Donald is bringing a data protection claim against Orbis Business Intelligence and Christopher Steele, its founder, who prior to this ran the Secret Intelligence Service's Russia desk.

The court order, published on Thursday, states that a two-day hearing in Trump's legal action is scheduled to be heard on October 16, which is believed to the first hearing in the claim.

While there are no more details about this case, President Trump is not expected to attend.

Steele as you may know, was the author of the Steele dossier, which alleged that Trump has been "compromised" by the Russian security service, the FSB. The dossier was leaked to BuzzFeed in 2017 and it also alleged that Russian President for life,Vladimir Putin "supported and directed" an operation to "cultivate" Trump as a presidential candidate for "at least five years."

The claim by Steele turned out to be balderdash and Trump consistently denied the lies. 

Steele and Orbis Business Intelligence were previously sued for libel by Russian national Aleksej Gubarev over the publication of the dossier, claiming they were legally responsible for BuzzFeed publishing the dossier.

However, in a judgment in October 2020,  Justice Warby dismissed the claim and may possibly be a stooge of the Russians, but that is yet to be proved.

See how that works?

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World's Worst Person Keith Olbermann calls for Jake Tapper's resignation for doing journalism

Failing podcaster and possible borderline personality sufferer Keith Olbermann blasted Comedy News Network's Jake Tapper for not discrediting the Durham Report because it uncovered the FBI's anti-Trump lies. 

Tapper admitted that the report was "devastating" to the FBI and Olbermann, never one to mix reality with his leftist opinion, wrote, "It isn't. Not even close. No charges, just partisan ‘conclusions.’ And Tapper of the new non-journalistic Chris Licht CNN is propagandizing." Licht, of course, is CNN's CEO.

Staff at CNN are attacking Licht for allowing a former President of the United States and candidate for a second term, to be interviewed by the network at a town hall. How dare he allow for free speech and actual journalism by allowing Trump to speak on their network.

Olbermann, who was fired from MSNBC in January 2011, called Tapper's comments about the FBI the network's "new scandal," and like all jealous losers called for his resignation. 

"Jake Tapper needs to resign," Olbermann tweeted to the 440,000 people who read his whiny demand.

What Jake Tapper said about the Durham Report was that it was "devastating to the FBI and to a degree, it does exonerate Donald Trump." 

I'm sure Tapper wasn't happy about the report's finding but, to his credit, he gave what sounded like an honest journalistic response. And to Olbermann's discredit, he gave the response the few who follow him expected.

The report released Monday by Durham found that the Department of Justice and FBI "failed to uphold their mission of strict fidelity to the law" when it launched the investigation into alleged Trump-Russia collusion.

The hoax perpetrated by those agencies severely impacted the results of the 2020 presidential election that was ultimately won by a corrupt and cognitively impaired miscreant.

Fun Fact: in 2017, Tapper couldn't report enough about the Trump-Russia collusion scandal and legitimized the then "confirmation" of the Steele dossier. To his credit, he at least conceded that not all of the details of the dossier were fully corroborated and only partially sucks at reporting accurately.

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FBI concurs with DNI that Hunter Biden's laptop is not part of Russian disinformation campaign

Not "The Office"

The FBI has the laptop purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden, the drug addled addict who was raking in $83 thousand a month for doing nothing beyond being Joe Biden's crap weasel son. The computer contains emails revealing Hunter's business dealings with Ukraine and China as well as photos that are allegedly incriminating. 

The FBI declined to confirm or deny the existence of an investigation into the laptop or the emails, as is standard practice, but they may have had the device in their possession for a year.

According to Fox News, both the FBI and Justice Department agree with the Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe's statement that the laptop is not part of a Russian disinformation campaign targeting Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. 

The claim made by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA), which happens to be his default position, has no truth to it whatsoever. The only involvement the Russians had with US political operatives, were with the Hillary Clinton campaign regarding the Steele dossier. 

Ratcliffe, on Monday, said that Hunter Biden’s laptop and the emails on it “is not part of some Russian disinformation campaign," despite Schiff claims.

“Let me be clear: the intelligence community doesn’t believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that," Ratcliffe asserted. "And we have shared no intelligence with Adam Schiff, or any member of Congress.” This, of course, shows us that Adam Schiff is one of the most prolific liars in Congress.

Ratcliffe went on to say clearly that it is “simply not true.”

“If you thought it wasn’t possible for Schiff to have any less credibility, DOJ just proved you wrong,” a senior intelligence official told Fox News. 

One senior administration official told Fox News that the FBI isn't currently investigating the laptop as part of a Russian disinformation campaign, while another assured the outlet that the emails are "authentic."

When reporters bring up the subject of Hunter to Joe Biden, the father and Democratic presidential nominee in near total absentia, he tells reporters to piss off, and they do. Then these hard-hitting "journalists" ask a follow-up question like what flavor ice cream did he purchase. 

Before the damning emails bubbled up from the bowl, Joe Biden repeatedly claimed he's "never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings.”

The veracity of Biden's statement doesn't ring true. Is it possible a politician like Biden has lied to the public for personal gain?

Fox News spoke to one of the people who was copied on the email, who confirmed its authenticity.

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AG Barr slams Mueller, calls Steele dossier very troubling and more

Attorney General Bill Barr spoke with CBS's Catherine Herridge on Thursday about the FBI's use of the Steele dossier in the investigation into the Trump campaign. The most troubling aspect is the fact that it could have contained Russian disinformation. [And the Democrats accuse Republicans of colluding with Russia!]

"Based on the evidence that you have seen," Herridge began, "did senior FBI officials conspire to throw out the national security adviser?"

“Well, as I said, this is a particular episode,” Barr replied. “And it has some troubling features to it, as we’ve discussed. But I think, you know, that’s a question that really has to wait an analysis of all the different episodes that occurred through the summer of 2016 and the first several months of President Trump’s administration.”

In the interview, Herridge mentioned the Steele dossier and how the footnotes suggested that it was "the product of Russian disinformation."

“And there were multiple warnings to the FBI at that time, yet they continued to use that. How do you explain that?” Herridge asked Barr.

“I think that’s one of the most troubling aspects of this whole thing,” Barr said. “And, in fact, I said it in testimony on the Hill, I can’t remember if it was my confirmation, that I said I was very concerned about the possibility that that dossier and Steele’s activities were used as a vector for the Russians to inject disinformation into the political campaign.”

“I think that is something that Robert Mueller was responsible for looking at under his charter, which is the potential of Russian influence,” Barr continued. “But I think it was ignored and there was mounting indications that this could very well have been happening and no one really stopped to look at it.”

It was ignored because Trump beat Clinton.

Later in the interview Barr was asked about the DOJ's decision to drop the charges against former national security adviser and former three-star General Michael Flynn. He explained that the department acted out of a sense of justice and "undid what was an injustice," and added, "it's not gonna be the end of it."

Herridge asked him to elaborate on his statement that it was “not gonna be the end of it,” and he responded, “I said we’re gonna get to the bottom of what happened.”

Herridge asked about the U.S. Attorney John Durham's current criminal investigation into the roots of the Russia investigation. Barr said,  “Well, as you know, I’m not gonna predict the outcome. But I said that we’re certainly — there probably will be a report as a byproduct of his work. But we also are seeing if there are people who violated the law and should be brought to justice. And that’s what we have our eye on.”

Finally, Barr was asked whether those involved in the Flynn case, a clear miscarriage of justice, he responded,  “I don’t wanna get into particular individuals.”

Hopefully the nation will see real justice carried out and those responsible in the FBI and elsewhere, will be held accountable. But don't hold your breath.


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BREAKING: The Ukraine-Trump transcript is out

The White House has released the transcript of President Trump's phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky from July. There was no mention of US aid, thus there appears to be no indication of a quid pro quo, or a "you do this for that." In other words, there is no indication of Trump leveraging military aid in order to force Zelensky to do his bidding.

The transcript, which was declassified the previous day, is considered to be a solid rendition of the July 25th phone call which took place from 9:03 a.m. to 9:33 a.m.

The call begins with Trump congratulating Zelensky on his winning the election. The conversation eventually broaches the subject of Joe and Hunter Biden.

“There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great,” Trump said. “Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it…It sounds horrible to me.”

The Democrats have accused Trump of pressuring Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden even before reading the transcript and the whistleblower's complaint. [This tactic is in the spirit of Nancy Pelosi's saying of Obamacare that Congress should pass it so that we can know what's in it.]

The transcript shows Zelensky suggesting to Trump the Biden matter would be looked into by a new prosecutor. “He or she will look into the situation specifically to the company that you mentioned in this issue, the issue of the investigation of the case is actually the issue to restore the honesty so we will take care of that and we will work on the investigation of the case.”

The president told Zelensky he wanted his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and Attorney General Bill Barr to get involved.

“I will have Mr. Giuliani give you call and I’m also going to have Attorney General Barr call and we will get to the bottom if it. I’m sure you will figure it out,” he said.

Before the transcript was released, Democrats accused Trump of improperly using his office to pressure another country to investigate one of his chief Democratic rivals. Trump has denied wrongdoing and has repeatedly referred to the impeachment push as a partisan “witch-hunt.”

No Democrat, however, mentioned the Steele dossier, created by a former foreign spy, Christopher Steele, and paid for by the Clinton campaign with the purpose of finding "dirt" on Trump.

 No Democrat mentioned the "hot mic" moment when then President Obama told Dmitry Medvedev that after the 2012 election, he would have "more flexibility."

The country has become dangerously polarized.



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Obama spy leaders amid Russia probe: "Throwing each other under the bus"

A new round of covert finger-pointing has begun among Obama administration officials after the launch of a formal inquiry into the origins of the Russia investigation. The investigation is being led by John Durham, one of the Justice Department’s toughest prosecutors. These officials just might have some explaining to do about efforts that were taken to surveil the Trump campaign.

A key issue that popped up like a wet zit this week concerns whether then-FBI Director James Comey or then-CIA Director John Brennan -- or both of these losers -- pushed the unverified and inaccurate Steele dossier containing claims about President Trump and his relationship to Russia. The dossier’s more sensational claims were never substantiated by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team.

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) has long demanded to know about the origins of the Mueller probe tweeted:

“Amazing—James Comey says that in 2016, John Brennan insisted on including the dossier in their IC assessment. But Brennan says: no no, COMEY wanted to use the dossier.” 

Meadows added:

“They know the truth is coming. And now they're all throwing each other under the bus.”

It's actually quite fun to watch.

Sources told Fox News that a late-2016 email chain said that Comey told FBI subordinates that Brennan insisted the dossier be included in the intelligence community assessment (ICA) on Russian interference. That email chain has not been made public.

However, a former CIA official put the blame squarely on Comey, according to Fox News.

"Former Director Brennan, along with former [Director of National Intelligence] James Clapper, are the ones who opposed James Comey’s recommendation that the Steele Dossier be included in the intelligence report," the official said.

Clapper previously testified that the dossier was not ultimately used in the ICA, but with Clapper, the truth can be elusive.

News that Comey had briefed Trump personally on the dossier before the inauguration -- purportedly to warn him of potential blackmail threats -- leaked within days and opened the door for media outlets to publicize the dossier's harsh claims.

Another FBI top official said in a podcast that he and others worried that it could appear to people who fail to see the wonderment, wisdom and spiritual clarity of Comey that he was trying to blackmail Trump when he initially told him about the allegations in the dossier.

The trees and the road know of his purity.

The Justice Department’s watchdog, Michael Horowitz, also is expected to conclude his internal review of how the dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele was used to secure the original surveillance warrant for former Trump aide Carter Page in October 2016, as well as for three renewals since it was built on bull crap.

Horowitz’s team has questioned why the FBI considered Steele, a foreign national, a credible source, and why the bureau seemed to use news reports to bolster Steele’s credibility. Is it even remotely possible Steele, et al, hate Donald Trump?

U.S. Attorney John Huber earlier was appointed by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions to review not only alleged surveillance abuses by the Justice Department and the FBI, but also their handling of the investigation into the Clinton Foundation and other matters. The status of Huber's work is not known but the sweat is starting to form above many an upper lip.


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Barr assigns US attorney to investigate spying involving Trump campaign

Attorney General Bill Barr has assigned U.S. attorney John Durham to determine the origins of the Russia investigation in order to see if intelligence collection of the Trump campaign was "lawful and appropriate."

Durham previously has investigated law enforcement corruption, the destruction of CIA videotapes and the Boston FBI office's relationship with mobsters. He is to continue to serve as the chief federal prosecutor in Connecticut and is considered to be apolitical.

Unlike the DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz, Durham will have subpoena power to investigate both current and former employees of the FBI and other agencies that may be involved. The IG's subpoena power only extends to current employees as he investigates potential surveillance abuses by the FBI, which should make the former director, James Comey, quake in his Dockers Top-Siders.

House Republican Reps. Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows wrote to Durham in January seeking a briefing, saying they had "discovered" that Durham's office was "investigating [former FBI General Counsel James Baker] for unauthorized disclosures to the media."

Durham's appointment comes about a month after Barr used a "dirty word" and told members of Congress he believed "spying did occur" on the Trump campaign in 2016. He later said he didn't mean anything pejorative by the word 'spying' and was gathering a team to look into the origins of the special counsel's investigation. Democrats, who have used that dirty word in the past, were appalled by its use when it implied that they might have been doing it.

Fox News reported:

In obtaining a secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant to surveil former Trump aide Carter Page, the FBI copy-pasted directly from a disputed Washington Post opinion article to suggest the Trump campaign may have been compromised. The bureau also repeatedly assured the court that it "did not believe" British ex-spy Christopher Steele was the direct source for a Yahoo News article implicating Page in Russian collusion.

London court records showed that contrary to the FBI's assessments, former British intelligence agent Steele briefed Yahoo News and other reporters in the fall of 2016 at the direction of Fusion GPS -- the opposition research firm behind the dossier. Fusion GPS was retained by the [execrable] Hillary Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee (DNC), a piece of information not stated in the FISA application.

Now it's time to grab the popcorn and watch the show as Democrats are doing everything the can to distract from what's going on in the background.

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Nunes sees no intel for FBI probe on Trump campaign-Russia collusion

House Intelligent Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes received and reviewed "electronic communication" documents by the FBI and Justice Department regarding the possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia over the 2016 presidential election.

Nunes (R-Calif.) cited the Five Eyes agreement to determine that no intelligence information was used in the investigation. The agreement is between the U.S., Canada, U.K. Australia and New Zealand--they make up the "Five Eyes" or nations that share intel in a closely trusted fashion than in other partnerships, due to years of trust and common language.

"We are not supposed to spy on each other's citizens, and it's worked well," Nunes said. "And it continues to work well. And we know it's working well because there was no intelligence that passed through the Five Eyes channels to our government. And that's why we had to see that original communication."

So if that's the case, what exactly sparked the Trump campaign-Russia investigation if not the Steele dossier?


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