The FBI Admits Using Multiple ‘Confidential Human Sources’ To Spy On The Trump Campaign

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In an FBI filing on Friday, submitted by David M. Hardy, the head of the FBI’s Record/Information Dissemination Section (RIDS), in response to a FOIA request, the FBI admitted to using multiple confidential human sources (CHSs) to spy on the Trump Campaign. You may be thinking that we already know this. We do. The significance of this filing is that the FBI is acknowledging this information publicly for the first time.

The filing also states that, in addition to Christopher Steele, the author of the unverified dossier, and Stefan Halper, the London professor who targeted and met with Trump associates, that other sources were used. The document, however, failed to provide any new names.

The FBI also disclosed that they paid their sources for information. According to the filing, “the FBI protected specific information about payments to CHSs on two pages of each FISA application.” If this information was revealed, it might “suggest the relative volume of information provided by a particular CHS. That disclosure could potentially tip the source’s targets off and allow them to take countermeasures, destroy or fabricate evidence, or otherwise act in a way to thwart the FBI’s activities.”

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It was said “Halper received over $1 million in contracts from the Pentagon during the Obama years, however nearly half of that coincided with the 2016 US election.” If I recall correctly, Halper was paid approximately $430,000 for his “work” with the Trump campaign.

Interestingly, Halper was found to have a significant connection to Alexander Downer, the Australian diplomat with whom George Papadoupolos met in a London bar in May 2016. Over drinks, Papadopoulos told Downer that the Russians had dirt on Hillary Clinton. When the FBI received this information, they immediately opened their counterintelligence investigation into Trump’s possible collusion with the Russians otherwise known as Operation Crossfire Hurricane. The next day, former FBI official Peter Strzok and several other FBI agents flew to London to meet with Downer.

Halper and Downer are both connected to:

UK-based Haklyut & Co., an opposition research and intelligence firm similar to Fusion GPS – founded by three former British intelligence operatives in 1995, to provide the kind of otherwise inaccessible research for which select governments and Fortune 500 corporations pay huge sums

Downer – a good friend of the Clintons, has been on their advisory board or a decade, while Halper is connected to Hakluyt through Director of U.S. Operations, Jonathan Clarke, with whom he has co-authored two books.

Downer is not the only Clinton fan in Hakluyt. Federal contribution records show several of the firm’s U.S. representatives made large contributions to two of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign organizations.”

Once again, this is another path that leads us right back to Hillary Clinton. Every aspect of this story leads to either Hillary or her campaign. We know all of this, but the investigation has been protracted because almost every witness called to testify refuses to provide answers.

Recently, Glenn Simpson, founder of Fusion GPS, invoked his rights under the Fifth Amendment. Simpson’s company was hired by the law firm Perkins Coie, which represented the Clinton campaign, to provide opposition research. He even “invoked his First Amendment right to freedom of speech and freedom of association.”

On Friday, Nellie Ohr, wife of Bruce Ohr, once the #4 man at the DOJ, refused to answer questions by invoking the spousal privilege. Nellie Ohr was hired by Simpson to create the dossier that was used as the basis for the application for a FISA warrant to spy on Trump advisor Carter Page. Once the FBI terminated Christopher Steele for leaking information about the dossier to the press, Nellie Ohr enlisted her husband to act as a liaison to provide the FBI with new information from Steele. Ohr has been demoted twice by the DOJ as a result of his involvement with the dossier. Neither he, nor his wife, have been forthcoming.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has been uncooperative as well. He has avoided several requests for his testimony recently, but is expected to appear this Wednesday before a closed hearing of Congress.

So far, only former FBI lawyer Lisa Page who admitted that the FBI had insufficient information to initiate an investigation against Trump in July 2016 and James Baker, the former top FBI lawyer, who testified that Rod Rosenstein was not joking when he suggested wearing a wire to obtain evidence for invoking the 25th amendment against Trump. He also detailed “how the Russia probe was handled in an “abnormal fashion” reflecting “political bias.””

Ultimately, no matter which party wins control of the House, the details of the deep state’s efforts to frame President Trump for colluding with the Russian government to win the election will be revealed. At this point, too much information is already known for this investigation to be abandoned. Sooner or later, the whole puzzle will be solved. The Democrats are just trying to make sure that it’s later.

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bannedquran20
bannedquran20
5 years ago

Hey democratic party (commies) and traitors of the Republic, to be continued…

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

Off topic!
Growing Invasion Force Overwhelms Mexican Authorities –
Approximately 10,000 Now Traveling through Mexico to U.S. Southern Border….
Posted on October 21, 2018 by sundance

Despite media claims to the contrary, election Mexican officials previously PROMISED TO ALLOW the INVASION of Central American migrants. There is a history here.

The heavily financed horde of Central American migrants has overwhelmed the token resistance from Mexican military and advanced north toward the Southern U.S. border. As described by the Associated Press today: “growing army of migrants resumes march toward US.” This is a well financed, well organized, left-wing political operation strategically timed to reach the U.S. border and coincide with the 2018 mid-term election.

Estimates as to the number of economic migrants varies between 7,000 to 10,000 and the numbers are growing fast as they are now facilitated by, and joined by, ideological comrades within Mexico. The ‘invasion force’ is now more than two-miles long. The group claims to be fleeing violence in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, yet the group has deployed violence against Mexican officials who are vastly outnumbered.

“… it appears there is a disconnect between what actions U.S. officials think is happening – and the actual advancement on the ground. Those marching toward the U.S. are no longer finding any resistance.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/10/21/growing-invasion-force-overwhelms-mexican-authorities-approximately-10000-now-traveling-through-mexico-to-u-s-southern-border/
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sodacrackers2
sodacrackers2
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Paid migrants.

Public_Citizen
Public_Citizen
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

This is an invading army.
The fact that they have stone age weapons is irrelevant.
Posse Comitatus does not apply to this sort of situation. It was written to deal with normal day to day operations, not when there is a known [hostile, and we know this because of actions demonstrated and statements made by the members of this force] invading force making its way towards our borders with the announced intention of invading the USA.
Therefore, it is time to move sufficient Military Forces to the border to repel or destroy this Invasion Force, backed up by whatever air forces the on ground commanders feel that they need to effectively seal our Southern Border.
In addition, all Foreign Aid and all Private Funds [remitances] going to Mexico and the Central American Countrys where these invaders are originating need to be suspended and impounded for the duration plus 90 days.
The Foreign Aid money needs to be used to defray the costs of these operations. If there is any money left over it can go to the ongoing efforts to strengthen our Southern Border so that these sorts of actions in the future are no longer necessary.

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago

So……where does this put Mueller and his go-nowhere “investigation?” Seems the air is being let out of his sails on a daily basis, and yet, he’s still allowed to search for clues about Trump and Russia and whatever else he can come up with. Trump should give this guy a deadline. He’s got sixty days to come up with something, and if he doesn’t, he should be held personally responsible for the gargantuan waste this has brought on the American taxpayer.

sodacrackers2
sodacrackers2
5 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

Mueller more than likely has two different reports to give depending on who wins in the election.

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago
Reply to  sodacrackers2

Good point.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
5 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

Agreed. What puzzles me is how much stock is being put into the statements made by Papadopoulos. After all, he said all that crap when he was half drunk, so who knows the validity of it?

It reminds me of that old saying about how gullible Americans will believe every word coming from the town drunk, provided what he says is delivered with a British accent.

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
5 years ago

Friday doc dump … good grief.

Time for an October surprise … arrest these a-holes for treason. And charge them for using our money for their campaign activities.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
5 years ago

According to their book, “Shattered”, a sort of post mortem on the Hillary campaign, authors Allen and Parmes state that the “Russian collusion” fantasy excuse for losing was not dreamed up until 24 hours after the election had been called.

“Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.” — Luke 12:2-3

sodacrackers2
sodacrackers2
5 years ago

Thank you for that reminder of who is in charge. God is good all the time!

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
5 years ago

Many of our illegal government agencies (practically all are not constitutional) have been taken over by the left. No wonder they created so much illegal government agencies to get in your FACE. To harass and bother you to no end.

This phony agency, if it was doing it’s phony job, would have arrested the waycist Moslem Negro and sodomite as soon as he filed papers to run for office!

But here they spy on a perfectly legal white man to be in office every which way to get him out. This is sedition and treason by a very governmental agency! WTF???

Have we lost our MINDS???

I think we have something WORSE that a mucky swamp to drain. I think we are dealing with a NEST OF SNAKES, a CAVERN OF RATS! The murky HIDEOUT OF UGHLEE LEFTIST.

Oh, reminds me – Happy Halloween. 😉

27633171
27633171
5 years ago

Yet, we’ve not seen a single indictment and not a single trial of the criminals running the DOJ and the FBI. If there were as much evidence publicly available for an ordinary citizen for spitting on the sidewalk, they would have already been taken to the guillotine and beheaded. Now keep on telling us there’s equal justice under the law and that justice is blind. I guess they think we are all blind too, or more likely they simply don’t give a damn.

Rob Porter
Rob Porter
5 years ago

The most pitiful part to the this sordid story of treachery and intrigue is that the ruling party, the Republican, evidently are too inept and weak to stop Democrat efforts to undermine the president and hijack the Administration. Witnesses to Hillary Clinton’s criminal activity get murdered, but no one blows her away or strings her her up – in an apparent suicide! Rogue members of the DOJ and FBI get demoted, but not fired and charged for their activities. What a mess! Assurance that the guilty will be punished are utterly hollow, wishful thinking. For all their lies and treachery Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice, Barack Obama, James Comey, etc. still walk free and thumb their noses at Donald Trump. Banana republic USA, the Russians must be dying of laughter.

Rocinante44
Rocinante44
5 years ago
Reply to  Rob Porter

the other more plausible explanation is that the repub party is in on it…don’t forget, they hate trump as much as the dems, if not more. DC is a domestic enemy, and we should treat them as such

Rocinante44
Rocinante44
5 years ago

still don’t understand the donald’s laissez-faire attitude toward the criminal cabal that was the clinton-obola presidencies and still is most of the DC bureaucracy. to heal from the 24-year long national rape, and to prevent this kind of evil from our government again, tens of thousands of government employees need to be charged, tried, convicted, and have their lives and those of their families destroyed, and soon. otherwise, our republic is finished, and we are no different than the soviet union was

GRA
GRA
5 years ago

These TURDS should be forced to reveal the names of their sources. They should also be fired and/or jailed as this is unlawful activity even for an LEO agency including the FBI.

jerrys
jerrys
5 years ago

The invasion is under the drumbeat of that unwiped ass obama. Sitting in his Washington war room and using all of the islamic plants he put in all the agencies at the beginning of his office he sowing hate and confusion across America to facilitate the islamic introduction of sharia and the enslavement of America.

CharlieSeattle
CharlieSeattle
5 years ago

…and yet, no one is arrested.

spudmans1
spudmans1
5 years ago

It is very disheartening when what we thought since we were young that these were the “good guys” are in fact actually the “bad guys”. Thank God for President Trump!

1984  George Orwellesque
1984 George Orwellesque
5 years ago

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