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==Department of Justice==

==Department of Justice==

[[File:Yates-email-weissmann-pic.jpg|right|300px|thumb|E-mail from Clinton donor Andrew Weissman to anti-Trump resistance leader Sally Yates who refused carry out Presidential Executive Orders. Weissman is now a lead prosecutor in the [[Mueller investigation]], and Yates was referred for criminal investigation in the FISA abuse scandal.]]

[[File:Yates-email-weissmann-pic.jpg|right|300px|thumb|E-mail from Clinton donor Andrew Weissmann to anti-Trump resistance leader Sally Yates who refused carry out Presidential Executive Orders. Weissmann is now a lead prosecutor in the [[Mueller investigation]], and Yates was referred for criminal investigation in the FISA abuse scandal.]]

===Loretta Lynch===

===Loretta Lynch===

In late June, after former Pres. [[Bill Clinton]]'s meeting with Attn. Gen. [[Loretta Lynch]] on the airport tarmac in [[Phoenix]], the Justice Dept. sought [[FISA]] warrants to eavesdrop on Michael T. Flynn, [[Paul Manafort]], Carter Page and [[George Papadopoulos]] (earlier reports listed Donald Trump, Carter Page, Paul Manafort and Boris Epshteyn). The FISA court denied the initial request.<ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443768/obama-fisa-trump-wiretap-may-have-been-sought</ref> It is improbable that the [[Attorney General]] would act on her own against a presidential nominee of another party without consulting [[President Obama]].<ref>https://youtu.be/5CSZKmssG2o</ref> Simultaneously FBI agent [[Peter 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>

In late June, after former Pres. [[Bill Clinton]]'s meeting with Attn. Gen. [[Loretta Lynch]] on the airport tarmac in [[Phoenix]], the Justice Dept. sought [[FISA]] warrants to eavesdrop on Michael T. Flynn, [[Paul Manafort]], Carter Page and [[George Papadopoulos]] (earlier reports listed Donald Trump, Carter Page, Paul Manafort and Boris Epshteyn). The FISA court denied the initial request.<ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443768/obama-fisa-trump-wiretap-may-have-been-sought</ref> It is improbable that the [[Attorney General]] would act on her own against a presidential nominee of another party without consulting [[President Obama]].<ref>https://youtu.be/5CSZKmssG2o</ref> Simultaneously FBI agent [[Peter 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>