VDH on Pious Hypocrisy

[Badger52]

Originally Posted by tonyz

Yet Mueller's team went down every blind alley relating to its investigation -- except where Obama-era officials were likely culpable for relevant unethical or illegal behavior.

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants were integral to Mueller's investigations. But there is no mention of how the FISA court was deceived by not being told that the chief evidence used to obtain the warrants was an unverified dossier paid for in part by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

Some of the collusion narrative Muller examined was based on FBI informants' unverified stories. Yet strangely, the Mueller team did not investigate whether it was legal in the first place for the FBI, possibly with CIA help, to use informants to spy on a presidential campaign.

Former FBI Director James Comey figures into the Mueller report. But there is no curiosity about whether he broke the law in leaking what may well have been four classified memos of private presidential conversations to the press for the purpose of forcing an appointment of a special counsel.

The Christopher Steele dossier likewise makes an appearance in the Mueller report. But for a team investigating the alleged collusion of foreigners in a U.S. election, there is silence about the salient fact that Steele, a foreign national, enlisted other foreign nationals to dig up dirt on Trump to weaken his election chances -- with part of the funding for this research provided by the Clinton campaign and the DNC.

What bothers many Americans about the collusion hoax is the accompanying sanctimony of the so-called investigators. The Mueller team could have helped itself had it just noted that much of the evidence it looked at was a product of Obama-era officials' unethical or illegal behavior.

Comey wrote a memoir, "A Higher Loyalty." Its eponymous themes are Comey's own ethics and principles. But Comey may well have misled the FISA court and possibly lied under oath to a House committee. He was not candid with federal investigators and leaked confidential and classified government memos.

Former CIA Director John Brennan is a paid analyst for MSNBC who often railed about Trump's "treason" and predicted his indictment. Yet Brennan himself has lied under oath to Congress on two occasions. He likely misled Congress about his role in trafficking in the Steele dossiers. And Brennan's CIA may well have helped the FBI use informants abroad to entrap Trump campaign aides in efforts to find dirt on Trump.

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is a CNN analyst who often predicted that a supposedly treasonous Trump would be indicted. Clapper, too, has lied to Congress under oath. He once denied and then admitted to leaking confidential documents.

The above is the reason my sports bet is on the House (via Pelosi's hammer) deciding not to press for impeachment ultimately and "move on and let the nation heal."

If they did, all the above quoted would get laid on the table as evidence in the Senate, and I'm pretty sure they do not want to play THAT tape to the end. Unless they go "damn the torpedoed 2020 campaign, full retard ahead!"

[tonyz]

Originally Posted by Badger52

The above is the reason my sports bet is on the House (via Pelosi's hammer) deciding not to press for impeachment ultimately and "move on and let the nation heal."

If they did, all the above quoted would get laid on the table as evidence in the Senate, and I'm pretty sure they do not want to play THAT tape to the end. Unless they go "damn the torpedoed 2020 campaign, full retard ahead!"

The truth would likely be much, much, more damaging to Dems than any kompromat !

However...Pelosi, Harris, Booker, Biden, Swalwell, Gillibrand, Beto and Bernie et al are always capable of going full retard.