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The information the FBI collected, and the material [[Christopher Steele]] and [[FusionGPS]] manufactured, were used to create the [[fake news]] [[Trump-Russia conspiracy theory]], and to manipulate the FISA court into granting a FISA warrant - what [[Peter Strzok]] called “the insurance policy” against Trump's election. When [[James Comey]] reopened the Clinton investigation ten days before the election in October 2016, and Hillary's lead in the polls started to drop, the "insurance policy" became operational: officially sanctioned leaks alleging collusion between Trump and Russia were rampant.<ref>https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/veteran-spy-gave-fbi-info-alleging-russian-operation-cultivate-donald-trump/</ref>

The information the FBI collected, and the material [[Christopher Steele]] and [[FusionGPS]] manufactured, were used to create the [[fake news]] [[Trump-Russia conspiracy theory]], and to manipulate the FISA court into granting a FISA warrant - what [[Peter Strzok]] called “the insurance policy” against Trump's election. When [[James Comey]] reopened the Clinton investigation ten days before the election in October 2016, and Hillary's lead in the polls started to drop, the "insurance policy" became operational: officially sanctioned leaks alleging collusion between Trump and Russia were rampant.<ref>https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/veteran-spy-gave-fbi-info-alleging-russian-operation-cultivate-donald-trump/</ref>

James Comey asked for a private meeting in January to brief Trump on [[Hillary Clinton]]'s fictionalized opposition research. Comey  only briefed Trump only on the sexual allegations and presented it as a supposed US intelligence product. Comey did not utter a word about [[Carter Page]], [[Michael Flynn]], [[Paul Manafort]], and [[Michael Cohen]] targeted as "agents of a foreign power" under the [[FISA]] Act.  

James Comey asked for a private meeting in January to brief Trump on [[Hillary Clinton]]'s fictionalized opposition research. Comey  only briefed Trump on the sexual allegations and presented it as a supposed US intelligence product. Comey did not utter a word about [[Carter Page]], [[Michael Flynn]], [[Paul Manafort]], and [[Michael Cohen]] targeted as "agents of a foreign power" under the [[FISA]] Act.  

According to Comey, he acted on the instructions of [[John Brennan]] and [[James Clapper]].<ref>"the leaders of the intelligence community agreed he needed to be told about because we knew it and thought it was about to become public." http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1804/19/cg.01.html</ref> Clapper dutifully leaked the fact that Trump had been briefed on allegations that he consorted with prostitutes in a Moscow hotel in 2013 to [[Jake Tapper]] of [[CNN]].<ref>https://saraacarter.com/former-dni-james-clapper-allegedly-leaked-to-cnn-investigation-revealed/</ref> CNN reported the made-up news from the supposed "intelligence report" and linked to it's full contents on BuzzFeed, claiming it was some sort of official document in the hands of the US [[intelligence community]] that the [[Obama administration]] was acting on.

According to Comey, he acted on the instructions of [[John Brennan]] and [[James Clapper]].<ref>"the leaders of the intelligence community agreed he needed to be told about because we knew it and thought it was about to become public." http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1804/19/cg.01.html</ref> Clapper dutifully leaked the fact that Trump had been briefed on allegations that he consorted with prostitutes in a Moscow hotel in 2013 to [[Jake Tapper]] of [[CNN]].<ref>https://saraacarter.com/former-dni-james-clapper-allegedly-leaked-to-cnn-investigation-revealed/</ref> CNN reported the made-up news from the supposed "intelligence report" and linked to it's full contents on BuzzFeed, claiming it was some sort of official document in the hands of the US [[intelligence community]] that the [[Obama administration]] was acting on.