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[[Paul Manafort]], and close an investigation into [[Hunter Biden]]. The Obama FBI reopened an investigation into Manafort at the same time which it previously had closed in 2014 finding no evidence of wrongdoing.<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/storage/120919-examination.pdf FISA Abuse Report], p. 66 fn 185, pp. 291, 391-392, 398 and fn 521.</ref> John Solomon reported,
[[Paul Manafort]], and close an investigation into [[Hunter Biden]]. The Obama FBI reopened an investigation into Manafort at the same time which it previously had closed in 2014 finding no evidence of wrongdoing.<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/storage/120919-examination.pdf FISA Abuse Report], p. 66 fn 185, pp. 291, 391-392, 398 and fn 521.</ref> John Solomon reported,
{{Quotebox|''The January 2016 gathering, confirmed by multiple participants and contemporaneous memos, brought some of Ukraine’s top corruption prosecutors and investigators face to face with members of former President Obama’s National Security Council (NSC), FBI, State Department and Department of Justice (DOJ)....Ukrainian participants said it didn’t take long — during the meetings and afterward — to realize the Americans’ objectives included two politically hot investigations: one that touched Vice President Joe Biden’s family and one that involved a lobbying [Manafort's] firm linked closely to then-candidate Trump.''<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/440730-how-the-obama-white-house-engaged-ukraine-to-give-russia-collusion</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R86awAp4uIw</ref>}}
{{Quotebox|''The January 2016 gathering, confirmed by multiple participants and contemporaneous memos, brought some of Ukraine’s top corruption prosecutors and investigators face to face with members of former President Obama’s National Security Council (NSC), FBI, State Department and Department of Justice (DOJ)....Ukrainian participants said it didn’t take long — during the meetings and afterward — to realize the Americans’ objectives included two politically hot investigations: one that touched Vice President Joe Biden’s family and one that involved a lobbying [Manafort's] firm linked closely to then-candidate Trump.''<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/440730-how-the-obama-white-house-engaged-ukraine-to-give-russia-collusion</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R86awAp4uIw</ref>}}
At a White House National Security Council meeting called by [[National Security Advisor]] [[Michael Flynn]] in February 2017, Ciaramella was overheard discussing a plot to [[subversion|subvert]] President Trump's [[foreign policy]] and remove him from office with [[Sean Misko]], who left the White House to join Schiff's impeachment inquiry in 2019.<ref>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2020/01/22/whistleblower_was_overheard_in_17_discussing_with_ally_how_to_remove_trump_121701.html</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvvgjxcBuWY</ref>
When Special Counsel [[Robert Mueller]] failed to deliver any impeachable charges against President Trump in 2019, Ciaramella delivered a [[whistleblower]] complaint to Sen. [[Richard Burr]] of the [[Senate Intelligence Committee]] and Adam Schiff, marked "urgent concern" alleging collusion between President Trump and [[President Zelensky]] of Ukraine.<ref>https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20190812_-_whistleblower_complaint_unclass.pdf</ref> The [[Intelligence community]] Inspector General (ISIG) and Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) determined the complaint was not of "urgent concern" and [[DNI]] James McGuire acted properly.<ref>https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6429710-OLC-Opinion-Trump-Ukraine-Call.html</ref> The Dept. of Justice Office of Legal Counsel strongly rebuked ICIG [[Michael Atkinson]]’s original granting whistleblower status based on [[hearsay]]. interpretation of his responsibility with the complaint. In the OLC opinion, they point out that Atkinson’s internal justification for accepting the whistleblower complaint was poor legal judgement.
When Special Counsel [[Robert Mueller]] failed to deliver any impeachable charges against President Trump in 2019, Ciaramella delivered a [[whistleblower]] complaint to Sen. [[Richard Burr]] of the [[Senate Intelligence Committee]] and Adam Schiff, marked "urgent concern" alleging collusion between President Trump and [[President Zelensky]] of Ukraine.<ref>https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20190812_-_whistleblower_complaint_unclass.pdf</ref> The [[Intelligence community]] Inspector General (ISIG) and Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) determined the complaint was not of "urgent concern" and [[DNI]] James McGuire acted properly.<ref>https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6429710-OLC-Opinion-Trump-Ukraine-Call.html</ref> The Dept. of Justice Office of Legal Counsel strongly rebuked ICIG [[Michael Atkinson]]’s original granting whistleblower status based on [[hearsay]]. interpretation of his responsibility with the complaint. In the OLC opinion, they point out that Atkinson’s internal justification for accepting the whistleblower complaint was poor legal judgement.