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*None of this surveillance was related to [[Russia]] or any investigation of Russian activities or of the Trump team.
*None of this surveillance was related to [[Russia]] or any investigation of Russian activities or of the Trump team.
"This is illegal domestic political [[espionage]] on a scale never before imagined. It is, however, totally consistent with the Obama Administration’s weaponizing of the [[IRS]], as well as other unlawful manipulations of government programs to fund the operations of political allies and non-governmental organizations," such as [[ACORN]], Farrell concludes.<ref>https://youtu.be/CHzIw27Jn70</ref>
"This is illegal domestic political [[espionage]] on a scale never before imagined. It is, however, totally consistent with the Obama Administration’s weaponizing of the [[IRS]], as well as other unlawful manipulations of government programs to fund the operations of political allies and non-governmental organizations," such as [[ACORN]], Farrell concludes.<ref>https://youtu.be/CHzIw27Jn70</ref>
Accessing the NSA database is the largest violation of basic constitutional protections against illegal search and seizure in American history. The surveillance of the [[2016]] Trump campaign, involves illegally using of the government’s most powerful tools of national intelligence and law enforcement against an opposition political party. These crimes directly attacked two pillars of constitutional democracy: (1) elections should be free and fair, not corrupted by the party in power, and (2) law enforcement and intelligence should never be used as partisan instruments.
The scandal also attacked yet another pillar of constitutional democracy: the peaceful transfer of power to a new administration. Handing government authority to the opposition party is a hallmark of stable democracy. Much as the [[Obama administration]] hated to see [[Hillary Clinton]] lose, it was obliged to transfer power seamlessly to Donald Trump. On the surface it did so. Beneath the surface, it erected every obstacle it could.<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/05/27/what_the_obamagate_scandals_mean_and_why_they_matter.html</ref>
==FISA abuse==
==FISA abuse==