By John Ubaldi–

Once Robert Mueller’s Special Council’s issued his report to Attorney General William Barr then summarized its conclusion that President Trump, his campaign, or any American did not conspire or coordinate any activities with the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election, despite multiple offers from Russian-affiliated individuals to assist the Trump campaign.

Since around July of 2016 when counter-intelligence investigations began looking into whether Trump colluded or was working on behalf of Russia, the Mueller special counsel investigation found no evidence, or issued any additional indictments, but this begs the question what evidence or probable cause precipitated the beginning of this investigation?

We know that Russia had tried to influence the 2016 presidential election, but Russia has always tried to interfere in our elections, even the Obama administration received multiple warnings from national security officials about Russian efforts.

Obama Ridicules any Suggestion that Russia Could Interfere in Election

A month prior to the election, during a press conference President Obama laughed off this mere suggestion, “There is no serious person out there who would suggest that you could even rig America’s elections, in part because they are so decentralized. There is no evidence that that has happened in the past, or that there are instances that that could happen this time,” the president said to the future president in October 2016.

The first question what role did the Obama administration play in the Russian collusion investigation?

This question needs to be asked;

  • Before the election Obama dismissed such assurances, but once Trump won the presidency he took a 180 degree turn, why such a turnaround?
  • Did Hillary Clinton and her campaign to include the Democratic National Committee receive any assistance from a foreign power or foreign entities?

We now know that the Clinton campaign and the DNC paid Fusion GPS and former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele to compile opposition research on Donald Trump that was obtained from Russian sources with its content never being verified.

  • Was there coordination by the Clinton campaign, the DNC and the Obama administration?
  • What was the level of coordination between Fusion GPs and the DOJ and FBI? We have learned through documents showing that the former associate deputy attorney general Bruce Ohr was the conduit between the company and the DOJ& FBI, but also had connections with Fusion GPS through his wife Nellie Ohr who worked for the company on the Russian aspect of the opposition research project.

 

DOJ Allegedly tells FBI not to Indict Clinton

Additional information had been revealed through sworn testimony that former FBI lawyer Lisa Page testified the FBI was ordered by the Obama Justice Department not to indict Hillary Clinton for her handling of classified material.  Even former FBI general counsel James Baker gave his own account under oath that he had wanted to indict Clinton but changed his mind at the very end of the investigation as high level officials were convincing him not to charge Clinton.

  • Who were these officials?
  • Was it Attorney General Loretta Lynch or any of her deputy attorney generals placing pressure on the FBI?
  • Was the Obama administration involved in any way?

Was the FBI Complicit in False Russian Collusion Narrative?

As one looks back on how this Russian narrative began in the first place you have to start with the leadership of the FBI, when the Director James Comey stated during testimony that he did not know the origin of the infamous Russian dossier and this mentioned that this document was not the sole basis for obtaining a FISA warrant to which was used to conduct surveillance on members of the Trump campaign.

Released memos that were written by former FBI director James Comey show that he had briefed then President Obama and incoming President-elect Donald Trump about the Russian dossier, which gave the cover from which to release it to the media.  Various memos’ show Comey specifically mentioning the dossier was the “news hook” CNN desperately needed enabling the media to report on even though the allegations were never substantiated or verified.

Russian Dossier Used to Gain FISA Warrant

The dossier was then used by the FBI and the DOJ to submit an application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court signed by Comey, former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in order to gain warrants to conduct surveillance on Trump campaign officials.

Since knowledge of the surveillance of Trump campaign officials were told by DOJ & FBI and other officials have always stated that other evidence was used and the dossier played only a minor part.  In December 2017, under oath and in a closed door meeting before the House Intelligence Committee McCabe testified that without the dossier we would never have been able to get the FISA surveillance warrant.

  • With Mueller reporting that they could find no evidence that Trump or anyone else had colluded with Russia, what was the additional evidence that was included or were the DOJ and the FBI not telling the truth all along?

DOJ & FBI Failed to Inform FISA Court about Origins of Dossier

We now know that the DOJ & FBI failed to disclose the origin of the dossier or who funded it, as this was never disclosed to the FISA Court judges as they approved the warrant application.  Four different times the DOJ & FBI never informed the FISA court about the origins of the dossier, nor did the FISA court judges ask any questions, they just accepted the word of the DOJ & FBI.

The serious constitutional flaw in the FISA court process is that the judges accepted on face value the word of both the DOJ & FBI without ever asking even the basic of questions which is constitutionally required in every other federal, state and local criminal court in order to obtain a surveillance warrant.

  • Why wasn’t this done here, and why no investigation in this abuse of constitutional powers?

In an interview conduct on “60 Minutes” in February McCabe told CBS’s Scott Pelley immediately after the firing of Comey by Trump which made McCabe the acting director was concerned that the president would make the Russian investigation go away.

“I was speaking to the man who had just run for the presidency and won the election for the presidency, and who might have done so with the aid of the government of Russia, our most formidable adversary on the world stage,” McCabe said. “And that was something that troubled me greatly.”

With this McCabe opened a opened a counterintelligence investigation into President Donald Trump over his ties to Russia, and informed congressional leaders which has been disputed, but with Mueller finding no evidence of Russian collusion by the president, his campaign or anyone else what evidence did McCabe have or was he instituting the “insurance policy” that was spoken by Lisa Page and Peter Strzok in his office?

What Role Did Intelligence Leadership Play in Russian Collusion Narrative

An additional element with constitutional implications is what role did U.S. intelligence agencies play in the Russian dossier? Former FBI Director James Comey admitted under oath that former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper asked him to brief President-elect Trump on the dossier. CNN later reported the meeting. It’s alleged that the Obama administration and the intelligence agencies played a role in leaking the meeting.

What role did former CIA Director Joh Brennan play with regard to the dossier? Before Mueller concluded with his investigation Brennan believed and stated more indictments would be forthcoming and even in August of last year he openly believed Trump had colluded with Russia and was working on its behalf against the United States.

  • Was Brennan utilizing his security clearances for partisan purposes?

Former CIA Director John Brennan who already admitted to lying to congress twice, first by the CIA hacking the computers of Democratic staffers on the Senate intelligence committee and secondly on the collateral damage resulting from U.S. drone strikes against suspect terrorists.

The real controversy regarding Brennan revolves around the Russian dossier which was opposition research complied by Fusion GPS and former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele.  Again, we have records that this document was paid for by the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

In May 2017 Brennan testified before Congress that he had no knowledge of its contents before the election, but he has been alleged to be the one that briefed Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) which prompted Reid to pressure the FBI to continue its counter-intelligence investigation of Trump and his campaign.

At the end of last month Senator Rand Paul, (R-Ky) stated that former CIA director John Brennan, along with former National Intelligence director James Clapper and former FBI director James Comey circulated the Russian dossier as way to damage or bring down the presidency of Donald Trump.

“My source tells me that the intelligence community, Obama’s intelligence community Brennan, Clapper, Comey, they were frustrated because they had this Russian dossier but nobody believed it was real… they couldn’t get anything out of it.”

We now know that Comey and then CIA Director John Brennan circled the dossier throughout the various U.S. intelligence agencies giving it the credibility it needed as released memo’s written by former FBI director James Comey showing he had briefed then President Obama and incoming President-elect Donald Trump about the Russian dossier.

Unmasking of Americans by Obama Administration

The dossier was allegedly used by officials in the Obama administration, such as Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes and U.N. Ambassador Samantha Powers who unmasked over 260 Americans in her last year in office to uncover associates of Donald Trump.  The uncovering of the names was then leaked to the media.

  • In a closed door meeting before the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee Powers stated that all the unmasking done in her name was not directed by her, but if she did not request them, then who did?
  • Why has no one looked into this?

A question that has never been asked is why did Obama in the weeks before he left office change the rules that would allow the National Security Agency to share its vast intelligence information with the other 16 agencies that make up the U.S. intelligence community?   Doing this led to many Americans having their names and information released to the press.

Serious constitutional questions have been raised and after two years we still do not have an exact account of how the Russian collusion investigation began, but we know of numerous alleged serious constitutional irregularities perpetrated by the DOJ, the FBI, U.S. intelligence leadership, and possibly the Obama administration.

Was this the “insurance policy” talked about by the DOJ and FBI?  How far and deep does this go?  The nation needs answers otherwise we are no different then Russia!