| | [[File:Peter-strzok-and-lisa-page.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Peter Strzok (left) and Lisa Page (right), low level conspirators in the Obama administration's use of the [[US intelligence community]] against domestic political opponents to influence the outcome of the [[2016 presidential election]], and later remove President Trump. Many Progressive ideologues are at war with the idea of citizen democracy and view themselves as an enlightened elite anointed to make decisions for the ignorant unwashed masses.]] | | [[File:Peter-strzok-and-lisa-page.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Peter Strzok (left) and Lisa Page (right), low level conspirators in the Obama administration's use of the [[US intelligence community]] against domestic political opponents to influence the outcome of the [[2016 presidential election]], and later remove President Trump. Many Progressive ideologues are at war with the idea of citizen democracy and view themselves as an enlightened elite anointed to make decisions for the ignorant unwashed masses.]] |
| − | The '''FBI scandal''' began as a series of abuses within the [[Obama administration]]. Fox News' Greg Jarrett describes it as "partisans within the FBI and the Justice Department, driven by personal animus and a sense of political righteousness, surreptitiously conspired to subvert electoral democracy itself in our country."<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/12/15/gregg-jarrett-did-fbi-and-justice-department-plot-to-clear-hillary-clinton-bring-down-trump.html </ref> FBI Director James Comey, FBI Asst. Director Andrew McCabe, FBI Chief Legal Counsel James Baker, FBI Counterintelligence Head Bill Priestap, and FBI Counterintelligence Agent Peter Strzok were all involved. Additionally Attorneys General [[Eric Holder]], [[Loretta Lynch]], Deputy Attns. Gen. Sally Yates, Bruce Ohr, DOJ National Security Division head John P Carlin, and FBI/DOJ lawyer Lisa Page are also implicated. | + | The '''FBI scandal''' began as a series of abuses within the [[Obama administration]]. Fox News' Greg Jarrett describes it as "partisans within the FBI and the Justice Department, driven by personal animus and a sense of political righteousness, surreptitiously conspired to subvert electoral democracy itself in our country."<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/12/15/gregg-jarrett-did-fbi-and-justice-department-plot-to-clear-hillary-clinton-bring-down-trump.html </ref> FBI Director James Comey, FBI Asst. Director Andrew McCabe, FBI Chief Legal Counsel James Baker, FBI Counterintelligence Head Bill Priestap, and FBI Deputy Director of Counterintelligence Peter Strzok were all involved. Additionally Attorneys General [[Eric Holder]], [[Loretta Lynch]], Deputy Attns. Gen. Sally Yates, Bruce Ohr, DOJ National Security Division head John P Carlin, and FBI/DOJ lawyer Lisa Page are also implicated. |