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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => Topic started by: mystery-ak on September 25, 2020, 06:21:02 pm
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FBI agent: Never was evidence of Russia collusion but Mueller team had 'get Trump' goal
Agent says Flynn case should have been shut down but FBI kept it open without legal grounds.
By John Solomon
Updated: September 25, 2020 - 1:37pm
An FBI agent who played a lead role investigating Michael Flynn told the Justice Department there was never evidence of wrongdoing by the retired general or Russian collusion by President Trump, but the probe was kept open by Special Counsel Robert Mueller because his team had a "get Trump" goal, according to an explosive interview released Friday.
Agent William Barnett's interview with Justice Department prosecutors earlier this month provided a bombshell claim that both FBI superiors under agency Director James Comey and Mueller's team exhibited bias in their pursuit of Trump that upended the normal investigative decisions, tactics and commitment to pursue evidence neutrally.
The interview emerged just one day after the Justice Department released text messages showing FBI analysts bought liability insurance in January 2017 because they feared they could be sued for misconduct committed during the Russia probe.
"BARNETT thought that the TRUMP campaign may have been aware the Russians were attempting to impact the election but that was far different from the TRUMP campaign and the Russians having a deal and/or working together quid pro quo,†the report of his Sept. 17 interview reads.
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