Between Flynn's pleading on December 1 and Contreras' recusal on December 7, 2017 reports of gross malfeasance within the Dept. of Justice and FBI "went from a snowball to an avalanche". Peter Strzok was demoted, Lisa Page was removed, Bruce Ohr was twice demoted, Ohr's wife Nellie worked on the bogus ''Clinton-Steele dossier''; FBI Chief legal counsel James Baker was demoted; evidence of FBI Dep. Dir. Andy McCabe’s involvement in a small group conspiracy and was placed on terminal leave; FBI chief press officer Mike Kortan was outed among the conspirators and quit; McCabe’s Chief of Staff James Rybicki was outed and quit; and Judge Contreras was removed from the sentencing phase after Flynn's guilty plea for allegedly lying to Strzok in an FBI interview. | Between Flynn's pleading on December 1 and Contreras' recusal on December 7, 2017 reports of gross malfeasance within the Dept. of Justice and FBI "went from a snowball to an avalanche". Peter Strzok was demoted, Lisa Page was removed, Bruce Ohr was twice demoted, Ohr's wife Nellie worked on the bogus ''Clinton-Steele dossier''; FBI Chief legal counsel James Baker was demoted; evidence of FBI Dep. Dir. Andy McCabe’s involvement in a small group conspiracy and was placed on terminal leave; FBI chief press officer Mike Kortan was outed among the conspirators and quit; McCabe’s Chief of Staff James Rybicki was outed and quit; and Judge Contreras was removed from the sentencing phase after Flynn's guilty plea for allegedly lying to Strzok in an FBI interview. |