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An attempted coup: The deeper story of the Obama administration use of intelligence services against the Donald Trump campaign

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Earlier today, I received links to an 8-part series of recordings of a round-table discussion, made four days ago, hosted by John Batchelor, with (as his guests) a former federal prosecutor, and two Congressman, discussing the Russia-gate affair. This discussion was held on March 23rd, just before the release of Attorney General Barr’s letter summarizing the Mueller investigation.
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The discussion is the most complete recap of the Russia-gate events from 2016-2018. It is an invaluable discussion of the events from the perspective of Congressmen who had access to much of the information of what was going on behind the scenes, as well as commentary by McCarthy who has extensive background with the Justice Department.

Very much worth the time to carefully listen to all of the parts. I post these links so that they will be conveniently available to anyone who is interested in going deeper. H/T to my colleague Ken (Mookie) Pitts.

The participants were:

  • Andrew C. McCarthy, former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, now a columnist for National Review
    (Mr. McCarthy led the 1995 terrorism prosecution against Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman and eleven others. The defendants were convicted of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.)
  • Thad McCotter, former Congressman, MI – 11th district, co-host
  • Devin Nunes, serving Congressman, CA – 22nd district, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, currently the ranking member

Part 1 of 8 (length = 9:49) Spring of 2016, Winter of 2017: Unmasking revealed by Cong. Nunes

Part 2 of 8 (length = 10:08) Obama Admin misuse of the Intelligence Agencies; Cong. Nunes Memo

Part 3 of 8 (length = 13:30) The Clinton-DNC Dossier that Christopher Steele was hired to write (or perhaps simply to sign?)

Part 4 of 8 (length = 8:07) The FISA application, the Obama counter-intelligence investigation, and the “principles” meeting

Part 5 of 8 (length = 7:05) Did Putin secretly call Trump to convince him to fire Comey? Collusion? Conspiracy?

Part 6 of 8 (length = 12:23) McCabe, Rosenstein, and the appointment of Mueller

Part 7 of 8 (length = 13.25) Obstruction of Justice? The “scope” memo / recusal?

Part 8 of 8 (length = 7:14) Justice Dept regs and the Mueller report / accountability for the abuse of powers?