I remember the day John Durham stepped into his role as the special counsel in the 2016 election investigation. I recall writing that Durham would be the answer conservatives have been searching for.
To be honest, the process has taken much longer than any of us imagined. The journey has been long, winding and tumultuous. But finally, we are starting to see the truth emerge. The undeniable truth.
As such, we now learn what we already knew. Hillary Clinton was behind the Russian collusion from the get-go. You know what they say. Every time a Democrat makes an accusation, there’s a confession being masked. But, eventually masks come off, just like truth comes out.
According to Fox News:
Former Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook testified Friday that then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton approved the dissemination of materials alleging a covert communications channel between the Trump Organization and Russia’s Alfa Bank to the media, despite campaign officials not being “totally confident” in the legitimacy of the data.
Former FBI General Counsel James Baker testified Thursday that the bureau investigated the data alleging a Trump connection to the Kremlin-linked bank, and found that “there was nothing there.”
Mook was called to the stand for testimony by Michael Sussmann’s defense Friday.
During cross-examination by government prosecutor Andrew DeFillippis Friday, Mook was asked about the campaign’s understanding of the Alfa Bank allegations against Trump and whether they planned to release the data to the media.
Mook said he was first briefed about the Alfa Bank issue by campaign general counsel Marc Elias, who at the time was a partner at lawfirm Perkins Coie.
Mook testified that he was told that the data had come from “people that had expertise in this sort of matter.”
Mook said the campaign was not totally confident in the legitimacy of the data, but had hoped to give the information to a reporter who could further “run it down” to determine if it was “accurate” or “substantive.”
He also said he discussed whether to give the information to a reporter with senior campaign officials, including campaign chairman John Podesta, senior policy advisor, now White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, and communications director Jennifer Palmieri.
“I discussed it with Hillary as well,” Mook said.
“I don’t remember the substance of the conversation, but notionally, the discussion was, hey, we have this and we want to share it with a reporter,” Mook said.
The government asked Mook if Clinton approved “the dissemination” of the data to the media.
“She agreed,” Mook testified.
There you have it folks, straight from the donkey’s mouth. Hillary Clinton had a pile of rumors in her lap, and she passed them out as if they were pockets bibles filled nothing but God’s honest truth
Fox Continues:
Mook later said he “can’t recall the exact sequence of events,” when asked if he shared the idea to give the Trump-Alfa Bank allegations to the media with Clinton before or after the decision was made.
“All I remember is that she agreed with the decision,” Mook testified.
Sussmann has been charged with making a false statement to the FBI when he told Baker in September 2016, less than two months before the presidential election, that he was not doing work “for any client” when he requested and attended a meeting in which he presented “purported data and ‘white papers’ that allegedly demonstrated a covert communicates channel” between the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank, which has ties to the Kremlin.
Durham’s team alleges Sussmann was, in fact, doing work for two clients: the Hillary Clinton campaign and a technology executive, Rodney Joffe. Following the meeting with Baker, Sussmann billed the Hillary Clinton campaign for his work.
Sussmann has pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Mook, earlier in questioning from the defense, was asked whether he or anyone on the Clinton campaign approved or gave Sussmann permission to bring the allegations to the FBI, to which he said: “No.”
Later, the defense further questioned Mook, asking if Hillary Clinton herself approved Sussmann going to the FBI.
“I’m not aware,” Mook testified.
When asked again, he said: “I don’t know…I don’t know why she would.”
The government, in its opening statement Tuesday, argued that Sussmann’s delivery of the Trump-Alfa Bank allegations to the FBI was part of the Clinton campaign’s plan to create an “October surprise” against then-candidate Donald Trump.
The government moved to admit a tweet from Clinton dated Oct. 31, 2016 as evidence, despite U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruling last month that the court would exclude that tweet as hearsay.
Cooper, Friday, granted the government’s motion to admit the Clinton tweet, which stated:
“Computer scientists have apparently uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank.”
Looks like those Twitter bots should focus more on censoring Hillary and less on blocking conservatives. Maybe it’s time someone explains to Hillary the fact that nothing ever disappears from the internet completely. That data is always sitting around somewhere.
The Russian Hoax
Not only do I recall writing about Durham’s arrival on the investigation, but I also remember a slew of articles containing one of two phrases: the Russian hoax or the Russian narrative. I can’t even count how many times we defended President Trump and pointed out the likely culprits of the Steele Dossier and the Russian rumors aimed at discrediting the president. And now, five years later, such truths are FINALLY being acknowledged.
This is definitely not the way Leftists pictured the Russian angle playing out.
Clinton also shared a statement from Jake Sullivan, which stated: “This could be the most direct link yet between Donald Trump and Moscow. Computer scientists have uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank.”
Sullivan said the “secret hotline may be the key to unlocking the mystery of Trump’s ties to Russia.”
“This line of communication may help explain Trump’s bizarre adoration of Vladimir Putin and endorsement of so many pro-Kremlin positions throughout this campaign,” Sullivan’s 2016 statement continued. “It raises even more troubling questions in light of Russia’s masterminding of hacking efforts that are clearly intended to hurt Hillary Clinton’s campaign.”
Sullivan added that they “can only assume federal authorities will now explore this direct connection between Trump and Russia as part of their existing probe into Russia’s meddling in our elections.”
When asked for the definition of an “October surprise” Friday, Mook testified that it is “the idea that you have a devastating piece of opposition research and drop it on candidate so the candidate doesn’t have time to respond or recover from it and, as a result, loses the election.”
When pressed to identify the date of the Clinton tweet for the jury, Mook stated: “Oct. 31, 2016.”
Mook defended the tweet saying: “I did not see it as some sort of silver bullet and I don’t think that others on the campaign did either.”
As for the Trump-Alfa Bank allegations in general, Mook said: “We thought this was highly suspect and, if it was true, we wanted the American public to know about it for sure.”
Mook again called the data “certainly alarming and suspicious.”
There’s just one big problem with that.
Liberals are always crying that life isn’t fair. And it’s not meant to be. However, the playing field should be level. When asked why he didn’t thoroughly investigate Clinton over her email server, James Coney flat said he didn’t want his investigation to intrude on the election.
In other words, this was super important stuff, but the voters didn’t have the right to know. Makes perfect sense, if you’re a leftist.
Meanwhile, Baker testified Thursday that the FBI began an investigation into the Trump-Alfa Bank allegations, which lasted “several weeks, maybe a month, maybe a month and a half.”
“We concluded there was no substance,” Baker testified. “We couldn’t confirm it. We could not confirm there was a surreptitious communications channel.”
Baker added: “There was nothing there.”
That’s right. It was a “big, fat NOTHING burger!“
In testimony on Tuesday afternoon, FBI Special Agent Scott Hellman also said the data revealing the alleged covert communications channel between Trump and Russia that Sussmann brought to the FBI turned out to be untrue, and said he did not agree with the narrative.
Hellman testified that whoever drafted the narrative describing the DNS data was “5150,” and clarified on the stand that meant he believed the individual who came to the conclusions “was suffering from some mental disability.”
Mook’s testimony revealing Clinton approved the plan to share the Trump-Alfa Bank allegations with the media comes after Fox News first reported that the CIA, dating back to July 2016, had information of Clinton’s “approval of a plan” to tie Trump to Russia “as a means of distracting the public from her use of a private email server.”
Fox News obtained declassified notes from then-CIA Director John Brennan after briefing then-President Obama on July 28, 2016, memorializing Clinton’s purported “proposal from one of her foreign policy advisers to vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by the Russian security service.”
From there, we know what happened. Hillary lost, but the FBI let her slide on yet another treasonous act. She was never prosecuted for her email server, or for any other crime she’s committed. Whether we’re talking twelve-year-old rape victims, mysterious dead bodies, of Ben Ghazi. Clinton continues to get away with murder, literally.
But, like I said, John Durham will be the answer conservatives need. Good things come to those who wait.
