Downer's reliability as a source is further tainted by his securing $25 million from the [[Clinton Foundation]] while Foreign Minister.<ref>https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/alexander-downer-dragged-further-into-trump-russia-probe/news-story/ceadb8c9446fd496a8d8dfdb033fdf08 </ref> The information [[James Comey]] and [[Peter Strzok]] used to initiate a counterintelligence investigation and secure [[FISA]] warrants - labeling members of the Trump campaign as "agents of a foreign power" - did not come from allied intelligence agencies as [[John Brennan]] claimed. It came by a circuitous and illegal route that violated American law and was used to strip American citizens of their [[Constitutional]] protections. | Downer's reliability as a source is further tainted by his securing $25 million from the [[Clinton Foundation]] while Foreign Minister.<ref>https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/alexander-downer-dragged-further-into-trump-russia-probe/news-story/ceadb8c9446fd496a8d8dfdb033fdf08 </ref> The information [[James Comey]] and [[Peter Strzok]] used to initiate a counterintelligence investigation and secure [[FISA]] warrants - labeling members of the Trump campaign as "agents of a foreign power" - did not come from allied intelligence agencies as [[John Brennan]] claimed. It came by a circuitous and illegal route that violated American law and was used to strip American citizens of their [[Constitutional]] protections. |