Devin Nunes looks ready to dismantle deep state

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American Thinker
Monica Showalter
July 8, 2018

Is Devin Nunes out to dismantle Deep State?

Sure looks that way, based on the torrent of referrals he has made to seek testimony from a combined total of 42 Obama minions, all of whose names came up in a series of three letters sent to fellow House chairmen outlining the names of those that Nunes's House Intelligence Committee wants to get some answers from. The topic, of course, is how the Obama administration got its tainted FISA warrant to spy on Trump campaign officials, in the heat of a presidential campaign, without telling Trump. Were they were spying, and spying for political purposes in a way that just happened to benefit themselves? So many characters to ask about this! The letters can be viewed here, here and here.

More... https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/07/devin_nunes_looks_ready_to_dismantle_deep_state.html

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The names of the 42, from the respective letters dated July 1, July 2, and July 5, are reproduced below:


   

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Nunes calls for House probe of 42 Obama-era anti-Trump activists
Washington Times, Jul 7, 2018, Rowan Scarborough

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They include FBI agent Peter Strzok, who kick-started the Trump-Russian probe in July 2016. He told his lover, former FBI lawyer Lisa Page (who is also on the list) that he planned to “stop” Mr. Trump.  House Judiciary and Oversight investigators have already interviewed Mr. Strzok in private. They subpoenaed him to testify in public in July, but his lawyer says he may ignore it.

Also on the list is former Justice associate Attorney General Bruce Ohr. He served as a conduit for anti-Trump material from Fusion GPS, the investigative firm that hired dossier writer Steele. His wife, Nellie Ohr, worked for Fusion. It has not been disclosed what exactly Mr. Ohr provided to the FBI or to whom.

Mr. Ohr told the FBI that Mr. Steele was “desperate” to destroy the Trump candidacy. The ex-spy’s weapon: the dossier’s allegations of collusion between Trump and Russia. None of these charges has been proven publicly to date.

A second Nunes letter, dated July 2, focuses on 10 State Department officials. Jonathan Winer, an aide to then-Secretary of State John Kerry, brought together Mr. Steele with Hillary Clinton operatives who had supposed dirt on Mr. Trump.

Victoria Nuland, a former assistant secretary of State, gave the go-ahead for an FBI agent in Italy to travel to Great Britain in July 2016 to hear Mr. Steele’s charges.

The most recent letter, dated July 5, pertains to 15 outside operatives, such as Glenn Simpson, a co-founder of Fusion GPS who worked with spotty success to get Mr. Steele’s allegation into the news media before election day.

Hillary Clinton loyalists Sidney Blumenthal and Cody Shearer, whose anti-Trump work found its way to Mr. Steele via Mr. Winer, made the list too.

Also listed is Daniel Jones, a former top aide to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

He founded his own investigative firm, Penn Quarter Group, and then hired Fusion GPS and Mr. Steele to continue investigating Mr. Trump post-election, he told the FBI. Mr. Jones said wealthy donors had given him $50 million.  He met with the FBI last year. Whether he is providing the FBI with anti-Trump material is unclear.

The FBI made a commitment to Mr. Steele’s work. It decided to pay him $50,000 to keep investigating Mr. Trump, but then fired him after he went to the news media about his investigation.  Why the FBI put so much trust in Mr. Steele’s dossier has not been disclosed, though they say he did previous reliable investigations. Justice and FBI officials refused to discuss him in open testimony.

Also listed in the July 5 letter is Robby Mook, Mrs. Clinton’s campaign manager and now a CNN analyst.

One investigative avenue is how did the Clinton campaign use the material it bought from Mr. Steele, who relied on Kremlin sources yet to be revealed.

In late July 2016, Mr. Mook was one of the first Clinton people, if not the first, to finger Moscow as the hacker of Democratic computers to help candidate Trump. The U.S. intelligence community came to the same conclusion the following month.

Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the top Democrat on Mr. Nunes‘ committee, has fought the Republican’s inquiry into Obama officials, including finding out who paid for the dossier and how it was used.


More:  https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/7/devin-nunes-wants-wide-house-probe-42-obama-era-an/

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This is one slow moving train but it does seem to be moving. Hope it's not derailed in the coming elections.

[Right_in_Virginia]

This is one slow moving train but it does seem to be moving. Hope it's not derailed in the coming elections.

Or more deep state slander.

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Nunes calls for House probe of 42 Obama-era anti-Trump activists
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/7/devin-nunes-wants-wide-house-probe-42-obama-era-an/

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Nunes calls for House probe of 42 Obama-era anti-Trump activists
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/7/devin-nunes-wants-wide-house-probe-42-obama-era-an/

"Also listed is Daniel Jones, a former top aide to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

He founded his own investigative firm, Penn Quarter Group, and then hired Fusion GPS and Mr. Steele to continue investigating Mr. Trump post-election, he told the FBI. Mr. Jones said wealthy donors had given him $50 million."


$50 million to do what?

[Sanguine]

Pretty amazing stuff.  Nunes is seriously rocking the boat.