“The FBI leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal…”
By Devlin Barrett, Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima, Sari Horwitz; Washington Post:
The special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election is interviewing senior intelligence officials as part of a widening probe that now includes an examination of whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice, officials said.
The move by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to investigate Trump’s conduct marks a major turning point in the nearly year-old FBI investigation, which until recently focused on Russian meddling during the presidential campaign and on whether there was any coordination between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. Investigators have also been looking for any evidence of possible financial crimes among Trump associates, officials said.
Trump had received private assurances from then-FBI Director James B. Comey starting in January that he was not personally under investigation. Officials say that changed shortly after Comey’s firing.
Five people briefed on the requests, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, said that Daniel Coats, the current director of national intelligence, Mike Rogers, head of the National Security Agency, and Rogers’s recently departed deputy, Richard Ledgett, agreed to be interviewed by Mueller’s investigators as early as this week. The investigation has been cloaked in secrecy, and it is unclear how many others have been questioned by the FBI.
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Speakers, Leakers, and Truth-Seekers: Comey Comes to the Mic
By Stephen Owsinski; OpsLens:
The highly anticipated testimony flowing from James Comey’s mouth to US Senate ears is finally here. Eagerly waiting to hear his side of things regarding whether President Donald Trump in any way compelled Comey to back-off so-called Russian entanglements may be anticlimactic. Innuendo and speculation have been unrelenting, raising the bar of intrigue to astronomical heights.
As usual, the Left salivate over their narrative, albeit false and without a granule of tangible proof of any wrongdoing. Speaking of salivation, leakers and subversives continue to be in the crosshairs of the presidency. Reality Winner wreaks of treason and is the latest in a group of traitors outed by federal intelligence authorities.
I came across a Political Insider report that claims “wave after wave of leaks seemed to show that Comey had felt uncomfortable with [President] Trump and thought he had tried to interfere in the ongoing investigation of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.” What unnerves me most is the assertion that “associates” of Comey made privy to no one else but “journalists” a memo authored by Comey implying obstruction of justice charges against Pres. Trump.
OpsLens Senior Contributor invested the time and duly authored a piece underlining the unprofessional behavior, derailed decorum, and fiery implications during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing yesterday. Democrat members pitched slight-of-hand curveballs at American intelligence agency directors who are self-respecting enough to let certain Dems know they were minor-league pitchers throwing only balls, no strikes, to major-league team players.
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