The Deep State

Originally posted by Left Brain

Comey pushed for a special counsel so that there would be an appearance of no conflict of interest.  Like I said before.....it doesn't appear that the guy is very smart.  Hell, he's been so busy covering his tracks and blowing smoke that he forgot how dumb he is. LOL

Originally posted by Rogillio Yes, he pushed for a special counsel for Trump but not for Clinton. How is that for bias? Heard last night that the initial Clinton email investigation was being run at one of the FBI field offices.....and Comey pulled the investigation into DC. Of course. That way 'they' (the deep state) could control the investigation and make sure they got the 'right' outcome.

Originally posted by Left Brain

They were absolutely positive Clinton would win.....and like any good govt. employee, they were making sure they took care of their future boss.  When she didn't win,  and he was subsequently on the outs with his new boss, Comey did all he could to save his resume and legacy.......too many i's to dot and t's to cross at that point.  This has been a long time coming....and it's just getting rolling.

Originally posted by Rogillio I have a much more cynical, tin-hate theory. Here is my lil bedtime story.... Obama/Clinton/Rice/Brenan/Clapper/Lynch/Comey started the Russian/Trump collusion narrative in order to actively say votes away from Trump by making it look like he was in bed with the evil Russians! The FBI and intel community (Brennan and Clapper) worked up a sting operation for the Trump campaign. They used one of their Russian operatives to try to get the Trump campaign to pay $2M for dirt on Clinton from the Russians. They used another FBI operative to lure Papdopolis in a meeting in London. The FBI and Intel guys knew the Russians were meddling in the election (as they have always done) so all they needed to do is tie Trump to the meddling. Should be easy enough to tie an international billionaire businessman to Russia in some way. Sooner or later they were bound to find activities that looked like a Trump/Russian conspiracy. They used existing FBI investigations of Manaford to surveil/spy/wiretap his calls. Susan Rice used her office to unmask everyone she could in hopes of finding someone talking on the Trump team talking to a Russian. She wrote a email to herself telling herself that Obama said the Clinton email investigation was to be "by the book". Who sends themselves an email like that? The FBI use the Clinton/Steele dossier as a excuse to get a FISA warrant on Carter Page. Listen in on everyone's calls. Aha, we got Flynn talking to a Russia! Gotcha!! Found Sessions didn't mention meeting with Russians as part of his senatorial duties that he did not disclose. Aha! Need him out of the way. Obvious C of I. He is pressured to recuse himself in the interest of a fair investigation. He is naïve enough to do it. Clapper used Comey to set up Trump in order to get the Steele dossier into the headlines. They found the Trump Tower meeting and spun that as a smoking gun. Simultaneously they worked to exonerate Clinton. When Trump won it was a total "oh sh*t!" moment!

Originally posted by Rogillio



I have a much more cynical, tin-hate theory. Here is my lil bedtime story....

Obama/Clinton/Rice/Brenan/Clapper/Lynch/Comey started the Russian/Trump collusion narrative in order to actively say votes away from Trump by making it look like he was in bed with the evil Russians! The FBI and intel community (Brennan and Clapper) worked up a sting operation for the Trump campaign. They used one of their Russian operatives to try to get the Trump campaign to pay $2M for dirt on Clinton from the Russians. They used another FBI operative to lure Papdopolis in a meeting in London. The FBI and Intel guys knew the Russians were meddling in the election (as they have always done) so all they needed to do is tie Trump to the meddling. Should be easy enough to tie an international billionaire businessman to Russia in some way. Sooner or later they were bound to find activities that looked like a Trump/Russian conspiracy. They used existing FBI investigations of Manaford to surveil/spy/wiretap his calls. Susan Rice used her office to unmask everyone she could in hopes of finding someone talking on the Trump team talking to a Russian. She wrote a email to herself telling herself that Obama said the Clinton email investigation was to be "by the book". Who sends themselves an email like that? The FBI use the Clinton/Steele dossier as a excuse to get a FISA warrant on Carter Page. Listen in on everyone's calls. Aha, we got Flynn talking to a Russia! Gotcha!! Found Sessions didn't mention meeting with Russians as part of his senatorial duties that he did not disclose. Aha! Need him out of the way. Obvious C of I. He is pressured to recuse himself in the interest of a fair investigation. He is naïve enough to do it. Clapper used Comey to set up Trump in order to get the Steele dossier into the headlines. They found the Trump Tower meeting and spun that as a smoking gun. Simultaneously they worked to exonerate Clinton.

When Trump won it was a total "oh sh*t!" moment! Now what? The only defense was good offense. So they double-down! Obfuscating. Leaks. It was now a full blown CYA operation. If/when it came out that the deep state was working to frame Trump heads would roll and people would go to prison. Comey was on thin ice. He was scared and knew his days were numbered. So he started to take 'contemporaneous note' to make himself look like an innocent victim. Comey writes a book exonerating himself! [great line from Raising Arizona: We released ourselves on our own recognizance.) But time was running out. Soon he would be fired and all the dirty laundry would fall out of the washing machine before they ever put their quarters in the slots. So plan B......take it out of the hands of the FBI director. Leak information about Trump trying to obstruct justice by him questioning the BS investigation of Flynn so there would be a special counsel appointed.

Who to appoint to head the SC? If the FBI wants to protect the FBI who better the lead the investigation than a former head of the deep state FBI?! Mueller! If Mueller started to uncover some of the misdeeds of the FBI he would steer clear of that in order to not scuttle the good name of the FBI. As the former head of the FBI he would understand the it is the FBI that is necessary to preserve the Republic at all cost even if you have to bury good people to do it. There is a higher loyalty than the truth, the republic must be preserved and only the FBI can do it. Who to assign to the Mueller team to lead the investigation? The one man at the FBI besides Comey that knew where all the bones were buried, Strozk! All was going swimmingly...until it was discovered that Strozk had been thinking with his little head instead of this big head! He'd been boinking Lisa Page and left a unfortunate trail of breadcrumbs. Another "Of sh*t" moment for the deep state.

But then Congress started to dig....and dig...and they dug up bones that still had rotting flesh on them and it really started to stink! And the more they dug the more bones they found. It was like an architectural find and each piece of brick, each fragment of pottery, was documented. By themselves the pieces were meaningless.....just a little piece of pottery. But the more the dug the more pieces the found and soon they started to realized they has not just found an ancient campsite there was an entire village buried!

So now what? They have to run out the clock. Like and every other coach know, time management is key to success. Right now they were winning. They had managed to keep the offense out of the end zone and the clock was running. All they need to do is run out the clock! But the republican offense was relentless! They kept pressing and were moving the ball. The crowd had slowly turned to their side slightly. If November gets here the new owners will fire Nick Saban!