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Email exchanges from 2009 to 2011 exist in which Hillary Clinton [[Chief of staff]] [[Cheryl Mills]] and Deputy CoS [[Huma Abedin]] both directly discussed or were involved in discussing [[Hillary Clinton]]’s private email server. Both denied knowledge of it to FBI investigator Peter Strzok. Neither were prosecuted for lying to the FBI despite the FBI being in possession of emails with condemning evidence they lied.

Email exchanges from 2009 to 2011 exist in which Hillary Clinton [[Chief of staff]] [[Cheryl Mills]] and Deputy CoS [[Huma Abedin]] both directly discussed or were involved in discussing [[Hillary Clinton]]’s private email server. Both denied knowledge of it to FBI investigator Peter Strzok. Neither were prosecuted for lying to the FBI despite the FBI being in possession of emails with condemning evidence they lied.

[[File:Screen-Shot-2017-12-04-at-3.58.58-PM-620x152.png|right|450px|thumb|Huma Abedin lied to FBI investigator Peter Strzok.]]

[[File:Screen-Shot-2017-12-04-at-3.58.58-PM-620x152.png|right|450px|thumb|Huma Abedin lied to FBI investigator Peter Strzok.]]

Strzok interviewed [[Huma Abedin]] on April 5, 2016. Abedin lied to the FBI and was not prosecuted. Strzok reported, "Abedin did not know that Clinton had a private server until about a year and a half ago when it became public knowledge.”<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/04/clinton-aides-went-unpunished-after-making-false-statements-to-anti-trump-fbi-supervisor/</ref> In fact Abedin and Cheryl Mills were involved in an Aug. 30, 2011 email exchange in the FBI's possession in which [[State Department]] official Stephen Mull mentioned that Clinton’s “email server is down.” In another email exchange on Jan. 9, 2011 Abedin was told that Clinton’s server had been malfunctioning because “someone was trying to hack us.” “Had to shut down the server,” wrote Clinton [[IT]] Specialist Justin Cooper, who told the FBI in his interviews that he discussed Clinton’s server with Abedin in 2009, when it was being set up.  

Strzok interviewed [[Huma Abedin]] on April 5, 2016. Abedin lied to the FBI and was not prosecuted. Strzok reported, "Abedin did not know that Clinton had a private server until about a year and a half ago when it became public knowledge.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/12/04/clinton-aides-went-unpunished-after-making-false-statements-to-anti-trump-fbi-supervisor/</ref> In fact Abedin and Cheryl Mills were involved in an Aug. 30, 2011 email exchange in the FBI's possession in which [[State Department]] official Stephen Mull mentioned that Clinton’s “email server is down.” In another email exchange on Jan. 9, 2011 Abedin was told that Clinton’s server had been malfunctioning because “someone was trying to hack us.” “Had to shut down the server,” wrote Clinton [[IT]] Specialist Justin Cooper, who told the FBI in his interviews that he discussed Clinton’s server with Abedin in 2009, when it was being set up.  

[[File:Screen-Shot-2017-12-05-at-5.45.33-AM-620x143.png|right|450px|thumb|Cheryl Mills lied to FBI investigator Peter Strzok.]]

[[File:Screen-Shot-2017-12-05-at-5.45.33-AM-620x143.png|right|450px|thumb|Cheryl Mills lied to FBI investigator Peter Strzok.]]

Strzok interviewed [[Cheryl Mills]] on April 9, 2016. Mills was granted immunity, nevertheless Mills lied to Strzok anyway and was not prosecuted. “Mills did not learn Clinton was using a private server until after Clinton’s [Department of State] tenure...Mills stated she was not even sure she knew what a server was at the time," Strzok reported. Mills asked about it in a Feb. 27, 2010 email to Abedin and an aide to [[Bill Clinton]] who helped set up the Clinton Chappaqua server. “Ur funny. We are on the same server,” Cooper replied.

Strzok interviewed [[Cheryl Mills]] on April 9, 2016. Mills was granted immunity, nevertheless Mills lied to Strzok anyway and was not prosecuted. “Mills did not learn Clinton was using a private server until after Clinton’s [Department of State] tenure...Mills stated she was not even sure she knew what a server was at the time," Strzok reported. Mills asked about it in a Feb. 27, 2010 email to Abedin and an aide to [[Bill Clinton]] who helped set up the Clinton Chappaqua server. “Ur funny. We are on the same server,” Cooper replied.

The next day [[President Obama]] intervened in the ongoing [[criminal]] investigation when he publicly declared that Hillary Clinton showed “carelessness” in using a private e-mail server to handle classified information.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/10/obama-says-hillary-clinton-emails-did-not-endanger/ </ref><ref><small>"in April, 2016, President Obama gave an interview in which he seemed to have foreknowledge that Hillary Clinton would be exonerated for her “carelessness” and did not “intentionally” mishandle classified emails, words that Comey would use just a few months later...In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Mr. Obama seemed to prejudge the outcome of the ongoing inquiry into Mrs. Clinton’s email scandal, and he disputed the notion that any of the emails contained classified information of true importance. "She would never intentionally put America in any kind of jeopardy,” he said. “What I also know is that there’s classified and then there’s classified. There’s stuff that is really top secret top secret, and then there’s stuff that is being presented to the president, the secretary of state, you may not want going out over the wire.”…<br>...we now see how Obama’s pledge that politics would not taint the investigation was a bald-faced lie. This confidence in her exoneration was shared by Mrs. Clinton, who also seemed to have foreknowledge that the fix was in: The FBI is investigating the matter, and while Mrs. Clinton has virtually promised she will not be indicted, the scandal still hangs over her presidential ambitions...“That is not going to happen,” she told NBC News when asked if she would be indicted. “There is not even the remotest chance that it’s going to happen.”<br>''[[National Review]]'' Contributing Editor Andrew McCarthy has long argued that Obama was the ringleader in obstructing justice in the Hillary email investigation: "From the first, these columns have argued that the whitewash of the Hillary Clinton-emails caper was President Barack Obama’s call -- not the FBI’s, and not the [[Justice Department]]’s… The decision was inevitable. Obama, using a pseudonymous email account, had repeatedly communicated with Secretary Clinton over her private, non-secure email account....If Clinton had been charged, Obama’s culpable involvement would have been patent. In any prosecution of Clinton, the Clinton -- Obama emails would have been in the spotlight. For the prosecution, they would be more proof of willful (or, if you prefer, grossly negligent) mishandling of intelligence. More significantly, for Clinton’s defense, they would show that Obama was complicit in Clinton’s conduct yet faced no criminal charges."<br>...a draft dated June 30, 2016 (i.e., five days before Comey delivered the final version), contained a passage expressly referring to a troublesome email exchange between Clinton and Obama. (I note that the FBI’s report of its eventual interview of Clinton contains a cryptic reference to a July 1, 2012, email that Clinton sent from Russia to Obama’s email address. See report, page 2.) The passage in the June 30 draft stated: ''We also assess that Secretary Clinton’s use of a personal email domain was both known by a large number of people and readily apparent. She also used her personal email extensively while outside the United States, including from the territory of sophisticated adversaries. That use included an email exchange with the President while Secretary Clinton was on the territory of such an adversary. [Emphasis added.] Given that combination of factors, we assess it is possible that hostile actors gained access to Secretary Clinton’s personal email account.''<br>On the same day, according to a Strzok–Page text, a revised draft of Comey’s remarks was circulated by his chief of staff, [[Jim Rybicki]]. It replaced “the President” with “another senior government official.” So not only were edits made to Comey’s draft memo to hide Hillary’s guilt but also Obama’s involvement.<br>From the Strzok-Page text messages we know that Loretta Lynch knew Hillary would not be prosecuted. That meeting on the tarmac was to tell Bill Clinton the fix was in, a fix whose impetus came from the [[White House]] and an occupant concerned with both his legacy being erased by a President Trump but also by his involvement in covering up Hillary’s crimes....<br>This is [[Watergate]] on steroids. Not only do we have one party colluding with government agencies to keep its candidate from being prosecuted for her [[crime]]s and preventing the election of the other party’s candidate, but we also have a sitting and corrupt President using the powers of his office to subvert an election and hand-pick his successor.<br></small>[http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/01/obama__leader_of_the_deep_state_coup.html#.WnCBy6djFw9.facebook]</ref> Strzok texted [[Lisa Page]], his cohort and an FBI lawyer that he was “increasingly profoundly bothered by [ [[FBI General Counsel James Baker]] ] call and the lack of ANY heads up. Deeply. It was wrong given what I had already been asked to do...I’m not sure if I want to be part of this.” Lisa Page responded, “You are part of this and that’s not going to change. But I think you have every right to be angry and frustrated about being left out of the loop on your investigation, especially when you’re going to be left holding the bag. . . . Big big case, big big problems.” Sen. [[Chuck Grassley]] noted 17 witnesses, including Clinton herself, were interviewed after the decision not to prosecute Clinton was made.<ref>May 4, 2016 Lisa Page and Strzok discuss Trump sealing the GOP nomination:

The next day [[President Obama]] intervened in the ongoing [[criminal]] investigation when he publicly declared that Hillary Clinton showed “carelessness” in using a private e-mail server to handle classified information.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/10/obama-says-hillary-clinton-emails-did-not-endanger/ </ref><ref><small>"in April, 2016, President Obama gave an interview in which he seemed to have foreknowledge that Hillary Clinton would be exonerated for her “carelessness” and did not “intentionally” mishandle classified emails, words that Comey would use just a few months later...In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Mr. Obama seemed to prejudge the outcome of the ongoing inquiry into Mrs. Clinton’s email scandal, and he disputed the notion that any of the emails contained classified information of true importance. "She would never intentionally put America in any kind of jeopardy,” he said. “What I also know is that there’s classified and then there’s classified. There’s stuff that is really top secret top secret, and then there’s stuff that is being presented to the president, the secretary of state, you may not want going out over the wire.”…<br>...we now see how Obama’s pledge that politics would not taint the investigation was a bald-faced lie. This confidence in her exoneration was shared by Mrs. Clinton, who also seemed to have foreknowledge that the fix was in: The FBI is investigating the matter, and while Mrs. Clinton has virtually promised she will not be indicted, the scandal still hangs over her presidential ambitions...“That is not going to happen,” she told NBC News when asked if she would be indicted. “There is not even the remotest chance that it’s going to happen.”<br>''[[National Review]]'' Contributing Editor Andrew McCarthy has long argued that Obama was the ringleader in obstructing justice in the Hillary email investigation: "From the first, these columns have argued that the whitewash of the Hillary Clinton-emails caper was President Barack Obama’s call -- not the FBI’s, and not the [[Justice Department]]’s… The decision was inevitable. Obama, using a pseudonymous email account, had repeatedly communicated with Secretary Clinton over her private, non-secure email account....If Clinton had been charged, Obama’s culpable involvement would have been patent. In any prosecution of Clinton, the Clinton -- Obama emails would have been in the spotlight. For the prosecution, they would be more proof of willful (or, if you prefer, grossly negligent) mishandling of intelligence. More significantly, for Clinton’s defense, they would show that Obama was complicit in Clinton’s conduct yet faced no criminal charges."<br>...a draft dated June 30, 2016 (i.e., five days before Comey delivered the final version), contained a passage expressly referring to a troublesome email exchange between Clinton and Obama. (I note that the FBI’s report of its eventual interview of Clinton contains a cryptic reference to a July 1, 2012, email that Clinton sent from Russia to Obama’s email address. See report, page 2.) The passage in the June 30 draft stated: ''We also assess that Secretary Clinton’s use of a personal email domain was both known by a large number of people and readily apparent. She also used her personal email extensively while outside the United States, including from the territory of sophisticated adversaries. That use included an email exchange with the President while Secretary Clinton was on the territory of such an adversary. [Emphasis added.] Given that combination of factors, we assess it is possible that hostile actors gained access to Secretary Clinton’s personal email account.''<br>On the same day, according to a Strzok–Page text, a revised draft of Comey’s remarks was circulated by his chief of staff, [[Jim Rybicki]]. It replaced “the President” with “another senior government official.” So not only were edits made to Comey’s draft memo to hide Hillary’s guilt but also Obama’s involvement.<br>From the Strzok-Page text messages we know that Loretta Lynch knew Hillary would not be prosecuted. That meeting on the tarmac was to tell Bill Clinton the fix was in, a fix whose impetus came from the [[White House]] and an occupant concerned with both his legacy being erased by a President Trump but also by his involvement in covering up Hillary’s crimes....<br>This is [[Watergate]] on steroids. Not only do we have one party colluding with government agencies to keep its candidate from being prosecuted for her [[crime]]s and preventing the election of the other party’s candidate, but we also have a sitting and corrupt President using the powers of his office to subvert an election and hand-pick his successor.<br></small>[https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/01/obama__leader_of_the_deep_state_coup.html#.WnCBy6djFw9.facebook]</ref> Strzok texted [[Lisa Page]], his cohort and an FBI lawyer that he was “increasingly profoundly bothered by [ [[FBI General Counsel James Baker]] ] call and the lack of ANY heads up. Deeply. It was wrong given what I had already been asked to do...I’m not sure if I want to be part of this.” Lisa Page responded, “You are part of this and that’s not going to change. But I think you have every right to be angry and frustrated about being left out of the loop on your investigation, especially when you’re going to be left holding the bag. . . . Big big case, big big problems.” Sen. [[Chuck Grassley]] noted 17 witnesses, including Clinton herself, were interviewed after the decision not to prosecute Clinton was made.<ref>May 4, 2016 Lisa Page and Strzok discuss Trump sealing the GOP nomination:

{{Quotebox|Page – And holy sh*t [[Ted Cruz|Cruz]] just dropped out of the race. It’s going to be a Clinton Trump race. Unbelievable.<br>Strzok – What?!?!??<br>Page – You heard that right my friend<br>Strzok – I saw Trump won, figured it would be a bit<br>Strzok - Now the pressure really starts to finish MYE [Mid Year Exam - codename for the Clinton investigation] ….<br>Page - It sure does. We need to talk about follow up call tomorrow. We still never have.}} http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/21/fbi-agents-felt-pressure-wrap-up-clinton-email-probe-trump/</ref>

{{Quotebox|Page – And holy sh*t [[Ted Cruz|Cruz]] just dropped out of the race. It’s going to be a Clinton Trump race. Unbelievable.<br>Strzok – What?!?!??<br>Page – You heard that right my friend<br>Strzok – I saw Trump won, figured it would be a bit<br>Strzok - Now the pressure really starts to finish MYE [Mid Year Exam - codename for the Clinton investigation] ….<br>Page - It sure does. We need to talk about follow up call tomorrow. We still never have.}} https://dailycaller.com/2018/01/21/fbi-agents-felt-pressure-wrap-up-clinton-email-probe-trump/</ref>

FBI Director [[James Comey]] met with President Obama in the [[White House]] on May 26, 2016;<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/katica-2.jpg</ref> by afternoon Comey's revised draft memo exonerating Clinton was circulating among FBI leadership, General Counsel James Baker,  [[Andrew McCabe]], Bill Briestap, Strzok, James Rybicki, [[Johnathan Moffa]], Trisha Anderson, David Bowdich and several others.<ref>[https://vault.fbi.gov/drafts-of-director-comeys-july-5-2016-statement-regarding-email-server-investigation/Drafts%20of%20Director%20Comeys%20July%205%2C%202016%20Statement%20Regarding%20Email%20Server%20Investigation%20Part%2001%20of%2001/view]</ref><ref>http://thegatewaypundit.com/2017/12/386625/</ref> Strzok changed the language of the draft memo from "grossly negligent" to "extremely careless." Gross negligence in handling classified information is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

FBI Director [[James Comey]] met with President Obama in the [[White House]] on May 26, 2016;<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/katica-2.jpg</ref> by afternoon Comey's revised draft memo exonerating Clinton was circulating among FBI leadership, General Counsel James Baker,  [[Andrew McCabe]], Bill Briestap, Strzok, James Rybicki, [[Johnathan Moffa]], Trisha Anderson, David Bowdich and several others.<ref>[https://vault.fbi.gov/drafts-of-director-comeys-july-5-2016-statement-regarding-email-server-investigation/Drafts%20of%20Director%20Comeys%20July%205%2C%202016%20Statement%20Regarding%20Email%20Server%20Investigation%20Part%2001%20of%2001/view]</ref><ref>http://thegatewaypundit.com/2017/12/386625/</ref> Strzok changed the language of the draft memo from "grossly negligent" to "extremely careless." Gross negligence in handling classified information is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

[[CIA]] Director [[John Brennan]] formed a Joint Counter-Intelligence Task Force. Strzok acted as FBI liaison with Brennan.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/03/mueller-aide-fired-for-anti-trump-texts-now-facing-review-for-role-in-clinton-email-probe.html </ref> Brennan himself selected the CIA and FBI analysts who worked on the joint ''Intelligence Community Assessment'' (ICA), and they included Peter Strzok. "Strzok was the intermediary between Brennan and Comey, and he was one of the authors of the ICA.<ref>[https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/05/14/2_colleagues_contradict_brennan_on_use_of_dossier.html] </ref>

[[CIA]] Director [[John Brennan]] formed a Joint Counter-Intelligence Task Force. Strzok acted as FBI liaison with Brennan.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/03/mueller-aide-fired-for-anti-trump-texts-now-facing-review-for-role-in-clinton-email-probe.html </ref> Brennan himself selected the CIA and FBI analysts who worked on the joint ''Intelligence Community Assessment'' (ICA), and they included Peter Strzok. "Strzok was the intermediary between Brennan and Comey, and he was one of the authors of the ICA.<ref>[https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/05/14/2_colleagues_contradict_brennan_on_use_of_dossier.html] </ref>

Lisa Page and Strzok discussed circumventing federal records laws to hide their nefarious activity. <ref>April 2, 2016 Lisa Page text to Strzok: "So look, you say we text on that phone when we talk about Hillary because it can’t be traced, you were just venting, bc you feel bad that you’re gone so much but that can’t be helped right now."<br>August 30, 2016: Page - Have a meeting with [James Turgal of the FBI's [[IT]] branch] about getting iphone in a day or so<br>Strzok - Oh hot damn. . . We get around our security/monitoring issues?<br>Page - No, he’s proposing that we just stop following them.  Apparently the requirement to capture texts came from [Office of Management and Budget], but we’re the only org (I’m told) who is following that rule.  His point is, if no one else is doing it why should we. . .  I’m told – thought I have seen – that there is an IG report that says everyone is failing.  But one has changed anything, so why not just join in the failure.<br>http://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/371853-new-fbi-messages-reveal-agents-searching-for-way-to-evade-record</ref> The FBI began an investigation into Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort's associations. This investigation led to the wiretapping of at least three Trump associates, Paul Manafort, Carter Page, and Roger Stone.<ref>''NYT'', 1/19/17</ref>

Lisa Page and Strzok discussed circumventing federal records laws to hide their nefarious activity. <ref>April 2, 2016 Lisa Page text to Strzok: "So look, you say we text on that phone when we talk about Hillary because it can’t be traced, you were just venting, bc you feel bad that you’re gone so much but that can’t be helped right now."<br>August 30, 2016: Page - Have a meeting with [James Turgal of the FBI's [[IT]] branch] about getting iphone in a day or so<br>Strzok - Oh hot damn. . . We get around our security/monitoring issues?<br>Page - No, he’s proposing that we just stop following them.  Apparently the requirement to capture texts came from [Office of Management and Budget], but we’re the only org (I’m told) who is following that rule.  His point is, if no one else is doing it why should we. . .  I’m told – thought I have seen – that there is an IG report that says everyone is failing.  But one has changed anything, so why not just join in the failure.<br>https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/371853-new-fbi-messages-reveal-agents-searching-for-way-to-evade-record</ref> The FBI began an investigation into Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort's associations. This investigation led to the wiretapping of at least three Trump associates, Paul Manafort, Carter Page, and Roger Stone.<ref>''NYT'', 1/19/17</ref>

In June Strzok had direct contact with Christopher Steele and received a preliminary draft of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/lifting-the-steele-curtain-1510274070</ref> According to Clinton campaign manager [[Robby Mook]], the preliminary draft was also given to the DNC and Clinton campaign at that time. Strzok, Bruce Ohr and Lisa Page applied for a [[FISA]] warrant to surveil the Trump campaign. The initial warrant application was denied.<ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443768/obama-fisa-trump-wiretap-may-have-been-sought</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/5CSZKmssG2o</ref>

In June Strzok had direct contact with Christopher Steele and received a preliminary draft of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/lifting-the-steele-curtain-1510274070</ref> According to Clinton campaign manager [[Robby Mook]], the preliminary draft was also given to the DNC and Clinton campaign at that time. Strzok, Bruce Ohr and Lisa Page applied for a [[FISA]] warrant to surveil the Trump campaign. The initial warrant application was denied.<ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443768/obama-fisa-trump-wiretap-may-have-been-sought</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/5CSZKmssG2o</ref>

Within a week after signing the documents to begin the Trump-Russia investigation, Strzok traveled to [[London]] to interview "a key witness". Strzok and Lisa Page debated what would be shared with DOJ prosecutors while the investigation is ongoing: {{quotebox|Strzok - I think we need to consider the lines of what we disclose to DOJ. For example, the last stipulation notes we will not disclose.}} Lisa Page sent Strzok a text, {{Quotebox|Page – Jesus. You should read this. And Trump should go f himself. Moment in Convention Glare Shakes Up Khans American Life http://nyti.ms/2aHulE0<br>Strzok – God that’s a great article. Thanks for sharing. And F TRUMP.<br>Page – And maybe you’re meant to stay where you are because you’re meant to protect the country from that menace. To that end comma, read this:<br>Page – Trump Enablers Will Finally Have to Take A Stand http://nyti.ms/2aFakry<br>Strzok – Thanks. It’s absolutely true that we’re both very fortunate. And of course I’ll try and approach it that way. I just know it will be tough at times. I can protect our country at many levels, not sure if that helps }}

Within a week after signing the documents to begin the Trump-Russia investigation, Strzok traveled to [[London]] to interview "a key witness". Strzok and Lisa Page debated what would be shared with DOJ prosecutors while the investigation is ongoing: {{quotebox|Strzok - I think we need to consider the lines of what we disclose to DOJ. For example, the last stipulation notes we will not disclose.}} Lisa Page sent Strzok a text, {{Quotebox|Page – Jesus. You should read this. And Trump should go f himself. Moment in Convention Glare Shakes Up Khans American Life http://nyti.ms/2aHulE0<br>Strzok – God that’s a great article. Thanks for sharing. And F TRUMP.<br>Page – And maybe you’re meant to stay where you are because you’re meant to protect the country from that menace. To that end comma, read this:<br>Page – Trump Enablers Will Finally Have to Take A Stand http://nyti.ms/2aFakry<br>Strzok – Thanks. It’s absolutely true that we’re both very fortunate. And of course I’ll try and approach it that way. I just know it will be tough at times. I can protect our country at many levels, not sure if that helps }}

On October 28, 2016, ten days before the election, James Comey reopened the Clinton  email investigation. 600,000 classified [[State Department]] emails were found on [[Anthony Weiner]]'s computer. Attn. Gen. Loretta Lynch opposed notifying Congress, but aides persuade her firing Comey for doing so would put Lynch in the midst of a firestorm.<ref>http://thehill.com/homenews/news/330050-nyt-lynch-didnt-want-comey-to-notify-congress-on-clinton-emails</ref> Comey's hand was forced by New York Police Department (NYPD) investigators who seized [[Weinergate|Weiner's laptop]] and turned it over to the FBI late in the game. Comey's surprise letter to Congress threw Clinton's lead in the polls into a tailspin. The "insurance policy" became operational: government 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> Ironically, the ''[[New York Times]]'' at the same time ran a story and headline that said, ''Investigating Donald Trump, F.B.I. Sees No Clear Link To Russia:'' {{Quotebox|For much of the summer, the F.B.I. pursued a widening investigation into a Russian role in the American presidential campaign. Agents scrutinized advisers close to Donald J. Trump, looked for financial connections with Russian financial figures, searched for those involved in hacking the computers of Democrats, and even chased a lead – which they ultimately came to doubt – about a possible secret channel of email communication from the Trump Organization to a Russian bank.<br><br>Law enforcement officials say that none of the investigations so far have found any conclusive or direct link between Mr. Trump and the Russian government...<br><br>'''Hillary Clinton’s supporters, angry over what they regard as a lack of scrutiny of Mr. Trump by law enforcement officials, pushed for these investigations.'''<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/us/politics/fbi-russia-election-donald-trump.html</ref>}}  

On October 28, 2016, ten days before the election, James Comey reopened the Clinton  email investigation. 600,000 classified [[State Department]] emails were found on [[Anthony Weiner]]'s computer. Attn. Gen. Loretta Lynch opposed notifying Congress, but aides persuade her firing Comey for doing so would put Lynch in the midst of a firestorm.<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/news/330050-nyt-lynch-didnt-want-comey-to-notify-congress-on-clinton-emails</ref> Comey's hand was forced by New York Police Department (NYPD) investigators who seized [[Weinergate|Weiner's laptop]] and turned it over to the FBI late in the game. Comey's surprise letter to Congress threw Clinton's lead in the polls into a tailspin. The "insurance policy" became operational: government 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> Ironically, the ''[[New York Times]]'' at the same time ran a story and headline that said, ''Investigating Donald Trump, F.B.I. Sees No Clear Link To Russia:'' {{Quotebox|For much of the summer, the F.B.I. pursued a widening investigation into a Russian role in the American presidential campaign. Agents scrutinized advisers close to Donald J. Trump, looked for financial connections with Russian financial figures, searched for those involved in hacking the computers of Democrats, and even chased a lead – which they ultimately came to doubt – about a possible secret channel of email communication from the Trump Organization to a Russian bank.<br><br>Law enforcement officials say that none of the investigations so far have found any conclusive or direct link between Mr. Trump and the Russian government...<br><br>'''Hillary Clinton’s supporters, angry over what they regard as a lack of scrutiny of Mr. Trump by law enforcement officials, pushed for these investigations.'''<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/us/politics/fbi-russia-election-donald-trump.html</ref>}}  

[[File:Clinton-Tweet-300x406.jpg|right|350px|thumb|"Computer scientists" is a code word for government surveillors. How did Hillary get information gathered by a FISA warrant issued two weeks earlier, clearly used here for domestic political purposes?<ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/10/was_a_server_registered_to_the_trump_organization_communicating_with_russia.html]</ref><ref>Check out @HillaryClinton's Tweet: https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/793250312119263233?s=09</ref><ref>https://me.me/i/pay-close-attention-the-server-in-trump-tower-with-alleged-10790639</ref> Ironically, the ''New York Times'' reported the FBI gave Trump a clean bill of health the same day.]] Lisa Page wrote to Strzok, “The [''New York Times''] probability numbers are dropping every day. I’m scared for our organization,” referring to the ''Times'' forecast which gave Hillary Clinton a 93% chance of winning on October 25, before dropping to an 85% change as of November 3. <!--''International Business Times'' reports child victim of Anthoney Weiner writes to Dir. Comey accusing Comey of outing her identity to reporters and victimizing her again.<ref>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/weiner-sexting-victim-pens-angry-letter-fbi-director-comey-1589724</ref>--> When Trump won on election day Strzok texted Lisa Page, "f*****g terrifying." Lisa Page responded, “OMG THIS IS F****** TERRIFYING.” Strzok responds, “Omg, I am so depressed.” [[Facebook]] CEO & founder [[Mark Zuckerberg]] called the Clinton campaign & [[Deep State]] theory that Russian [[fake news]] influenced the election "a pretty crazy idea."<ref>http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/10/technology/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-fake-news/index.html</ref><ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/11/501743684/zuckerberg-denies-fake-news-on-facebook-had-impact-on-the-election</ref>

[[File:Clinton-Tweet-300x406.jpg|right|350px|thumb|"Computer scientists" is a code word for government surveillors. How did Hillary get information gathered by a FISA warrant issued two weeks earlier, clearly used here for domestic political purposes?<ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/10/was_a_server_registered_to_the_trump_organization_communicating_with_russia.html]</ref><ref>Check out @HillaryClinton's Tweet: https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/793250312119263233?s=09</ref><ref>https://me.me/i/pay-close-attention-the-server-in-trump-tower-with-alleged-10790639</ref> Ironically, the ''New York Times'' reported the FBI gave Trump a clean bill of health the same day.]] Lisa Page wrote to Strzok, “The [''New York Times''] probability numbers are dropping every day. I’m scared for our organization,” referring to the ''Times'' forecast which gave Hillary Clinton a 93% chance of winning on October 25, before dropping to an 85% change as of November 3. <!--''International Business Times'' reports child victim of Anthoney Weiner writes to Dir. Comey accusing Comey of outing her identity to reporters and victimizing her again.<ref>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/weiner-sexting-victim-pens-angry-letter-fbi-director-comey-1589724</ref>--> When Trump won on election day Strzok texted Lisa Page, "f*****g terrifying." Lisa Page responded, “OMG THIS IS F****** TERRIFYING.” Strzok responds, “Omg, I am so depressed.” [[Facebook]] CEO & founder [[Mark Zuckerberg]] called the Clinton campaign & [[Deep State]] theory that Russian [[fake news]] influenced the election "a pretty crazy idea."<ref>https://money.cnn.com/2016/11/10/technology/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-fake-news/index.html</ref><ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/11/501743684/zuckerberg-denies-fake-news-on-facebook-had-impact-on-the-election</ref>

===Soft coup===

===Soft coup===

On Tuesday January 10, 2017, CNN stated President-elect Trump was briefed on the ''Clinton-Steele dossier''.  An hour later Buzzfeed published the dossier. The next day, Wednesday January 11, Trump said he was not briefed on the dossier. [[NBC]] confirmed Trump wasn’t briefed. [[Fox News]] confirmed Trump wasn’t briefed. Later that night Wednesday January 11, DNI James Clapper issued a press statement noting that he had just now briefed President-elect Trump on the dossier moments before. Clapper's press release stated, “The [[IC]] has not made any judgment that the information in this document is reliable," yet Clapper's intelligence community used that same dossier with no other evidence to obtain a FISA warrant for direct surveillance of the Trump campaign three months earlier. The fact the "evidence" originated as a political smear campaign from the Clinton campaign and Democratic party was never told to the FISA court.

On Tuesday January 10, 2017, CNN stated President-elect Trump was briefed on the ''Clinton-Steele dossier''.  An hour later Buzzfeed published the dossier. The next day, Wednesday January 11, Trump said he was not briefed on the dossier. [[NBC]] confirmed Trump wasn’t briefed. [[Fox News]] confirmed Trump wasn’t briefed. Later that night Wednesday January 11, DNI James Clapper issued a press statement noting that he had just now briefed President-elect Trump on the dossier moments before. Clapper's press release stated, “The [[IC]] has not made any judgment that the information in this document is reliable," yet Clapper's intelligence community used that same dossier with no other evidence to obtain a FISA warrant for direct surveillance of the Trump campaign three months earlier. The fact the "evidence" originated as a political smear campaign from the Clinton campaign and Democratic party was never told to the FISA court.

On January 24, 2017 Strzok interviewed National Security Advisor Mike Flynn at the White House.<ref>https://www.hannity.com/content/2017-12-04-exclusive-fbi-supervisor-booted-from-mueller-probe-interviewed-mike-flynn/</ref> In March Dir. Comey testified to a closed session of the House Intelligence Committee that, while Flynn may have had some honest failures of recollection during his FBI interview, Strzok who questioned him concluded that he did not lie.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-flynn-information-1512172863</ref><ref>http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/16/politics/fbi-not-expected-to-pursue-charges-against-flynn/index.html</ref> FBI Dep. Dir. Andy McCabe altered Strzok's interview notes (302s) with Flynn and destroyed evidence.<ref>http://investmentwatchblog.com/mccabe-altered-his-302-of-the-flynn-interview-and-deleted-all-history-of-revisions/</ref> Special Counsel Robert Mueller used the tainted evidence to blackmail Flynn into offering a guilty plea for lying to Strzok, along with threats to prosecute Flynn's son. Strzok's friend, Judge Rudy Contreras was removed from the case days after accepting Flynn's guilty plea, and a new judge is now reviewing the evidence.

On January 24, 2017 Strzok interviewed National Security Advisor Mike Flynn at the White House.<ref>https://www.hannity.com/content/2017-12-04-exclusive-fbi-supervisor-booted-from-mueller-probe-interviewed-mike-flynn/</ref> In March Dir. Comey testified to a closed session of the House Intelligence Committee that, while Flynn may have had some honest failures of recollection during his FBI interview, Strzok who questioned him concluded that he did not lie.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-flynn-information-1512172863</ref><ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/16/politics/fbi-not-expected-to-pursue-charges-against-flynn/index.html</ref> FBI Dep. Dir. Andy McCabe altered Strzok's interview notes (302s) with Flynn and destroyed evidence.<ref>http://investmentwatchblog.com/mccabe-altered-his-302-of-the-flynn-interview-and-deleted-all-history-of-revisions/</ref> Special Counsel Robert Mueller used the tainted evidence to blackmail Flynn into offering a guilty plea for lying to Strzok, along with threats to prosecute Flynn's son. Strzok's friend, Judge Rudy Contreras was removed from the case days after accepting Flynn's guilty plea, and a new judge is now reviewing the evidence.

Strzok discussed with Lisa Page joining the Mueller team. Strzok wrote: {{Quotebox|“For me, and this case, I personally have a sense of unfinished business. I unleashed it with MYE [Mid Year Exam, the FBI codename for the Clinton investigation]. Now I need to fix it and finish it."<br>"an investigation leading to impeachment?”<br>“You and I both know the odds are nothing. If I thought it was likely, I’d be there no question. I hesitate in part because of my gut sense and concern that there’s no big there there.”<ref>

Strzok discussed with Lisa Page joining the Mueller team. Strzok wrote: {{Quotebox|“For me, and this case, I personally have a sense of unfinished business. I unleashed it with MYE [Mid Year Exam, the FBI codename for the Clinton investigation]. Now I need to fix it and finish it."<br>"an investigation leading to impeachment?”<br>“You and I both know the odds are nothing. If I thought it was likely, I’d be there no question. I hesitate in part because of my gut sense and concern that there’s no big there there.”<ref>