| | The coven of [[witchhunt]]ers consists of [[Aaron Zelinsky]], [[Robert Mueller]], [[Zainab Ahmad]], [[Andrew Weissmann]], [[Aaron Zebley]], [[Jeannie Rhee]], [[Rush Atkinson]], [[Ryan Dickey]], [[Michael Dreeben]], [[Greg Andres]], [[Andrew Goldstein]], [[Kyle Freeny]], [[Brandon Van Grack]], [[Elizabeth Prelogar]], [[James Quarles]], [[Adam Jed]] and media [[leak]] strategist [[Peter Carr]]. | | The coven of [[witchhunt]]ers consists of [[Aaron Zelinsky]], [[Robert Mueller]], [[Zainab Ahmad]], [[Andrew Weissmann]], [[Aaron Zebley]], [[Jeannie Rhee]], [[Rush Atkinson]], [[Ryan Dickey]], [[Michael Dreeben]], [[Greg Andres]], [[Andrew Goldstein]], [[Kyle Freeny]], [[Brandon Van Grack]], [[Elizabeth Prelogar]], [[James Quarles]], [[Adam Jed]] and media [[leak]] strategist [[Peter Carr]]. |
| − | In mid 2017 [[Lisa Page]], [[Peter Strzok]], [[Kevin Clinesmith]] and one other unknown person were fired from the team for extreme [[bias]]. | + | In mid 2017 [[Lisa Page]], [[Peter Strzok]], [[Kevin Clinesmith]] and one other unknown person were fired from the team for extreme [[bias]]. Clinnesmith faced disciplinary action and criminal prosecution for forging documents in the Carter Page FISA warrant application, the basis of the Mueller investigation. |
| | + | According to ''[[USA Today]]'', "[[Obama]] blew it big time" in regards to Russian efforts to meddle in the [[2016 presidential election]]. Mueller's final report flatly states that [[Russia]] began interfering in American democracy in 2014.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/18/mueller-report-collusion-trump-russian-election-interference-democrats-takeaways-column/3505946002/</ref> Over the next couple of years, the effort blossomed into an attempt to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. The [[Obama administration]] knew this and did nothing. [[National Security Advisor]] [[Susan Rice]] told her staff to "stand down" and "knock it off" against the Russians.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/stand-obama-team-blew-response-russian-meddling-100024634.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=tw</ref><ref>https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/03/why-the-hell-are-we-standing-down/</ref> Obama was singularly focused on the nuclear deal with Iran. Obama wanted [[Vladimir Putin]] in the deal, and to stand up to him on election interference would have, in Obama's estimation, upset that negotiation.<ref>https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/19/opinions/mueller-report-obama-jennings/index.html?no-st=1555716010</ref> |
| | + | Of the eight cases or incidents of alleged Trump Campaign interaction with the Russians investigated by the Mueller team, the proposals to interact with the Russian Government or with Putin originated with FBI informants, MI-6 assets or people paid by Fusion GPS, and not Trump or his people.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2019/05/07/how-us-and-foreign-intelligence-agencies-interfered-in-a-us-election/</ref> |