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*'''11 May.''' '''Sen. Grassley calls on FBI to end ‘wild speculation’ surrounding Trump; insinuations that the President is the target of a probe are nothing more than “unsubstantiated statements” from political opposition and media.''' Grassley said in context that the intelligence community stated one of '''the Russians’ primary objective is to undermine the American public’s faith in our democratic institutions and leadership. With the goal of scoring political points, Democratic allegations and wild rhetoric have given Vladimir Putin exactly what Putin wanted.'''<ref>https://www.peoplespunditdaily.com/news/politics/2017/05/11/chuck-grassley-calls-fbi-end-wild-speculation-surrounding-trump/</ref>

*'''11 May.''' '''Sen. Grassley calls on FBI to end ‘wild speculation’ surrounding Trump; insinuations that the President is the target of a probe are nothing more than “unsubstantiated statements” from political opposition and media.''' Grassley said in context that the intelligence community stated one of '''the Russians’ primary objective is to undermine the American public’s faith in our democratic institutions and leadership. With the goal of scoring political points, Democratic allegations and wild rhetoric have given Vladimir Putin exactly what Putin wanted.'''<ref>https://www.peoplespunditdaily.com/news/politics/2017/05/11/chuck-grassley-calls-fbi-end-wild-speculation-surrounding-trump/</ref>

*'''Comey leaks to ''NYT''. What began as a counterintelligence investigation in July 2016, [[Jimmy the Weasel]] hopes to transform into a criminal investigation about obstruction of justice over his martyrdom by leaking to the ''New York Times'' through FBI contractor Daniel Richman.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/us/politics/trump-comey-firing.html?_r=0</ref> As a criminal investigation, it could potentially be a conflict of interest with a new Trump appointee charged with investigating the president. Jimmy the Weasel hoped to spark a Special Counsel as revenge for his firing.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/News/world/americas/us-politics/trump-testimony-trump-tapes-tweets-memo-leak-comments-senate-hearing-latest-updates-a7779661.html

*'''Comey leaks to ''NYT'''''. What began as a counterintelligence investigation in July 2016, [[Jimmy the Weasel]] hopes to transform into a criminal investigation about obstruction of justice over his martyrdom by leaking to the ''New York Times'' through FBI contractor Daniel Richman.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/us/politics/trump-comey-firing.html?_r=0</ref> As a criminal investigation, it could potentially be a conflict of interest with a new Trump appointee charged with investigating the president. Jimmy the Weasel hoped to spark a Special Counsel as revenge for his firing.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/News/world/americas/us-politics/trump-testimony-trump-tapes-tweets-memo-leak-comments-senate-hearing-latest-updates-a7779661.html

  </ref> Left unanswered is the question of whether a Special Counsel retains FISA authority after beginning a criminal investigation and taking over a counterintelligence investigation.

  </ref> Left unanswered is the question of whether a Special Counsel retains FISA authority after beginning a criminal investigation and taking over a counterintelligence investigation.

[[File:Adam-waldman-1.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Ranking Democrat Sen. Mark Warner of the Senate Intelligence Committee scuttles Oleg Deripaska's willingness to testify. Deripaska was contacted by the FBI in September 2016 and asked to participate in the FBI's Trump-Russia collusion hoax.]]

[[File:Adam-waldman-1.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Ranking Democrat Sen. Mark Warner of the Senate Intelligence Committee scuttles Oleg Deripaska's willingness to testify. Deripaska was contacted by the FBI in September 2016 and asked to participate in the FBI's Trump-Russia collusion hoax.]]