New transcripts reveal
Loretta Lynch uninformed as
FBI targeted Trump's campaign
Washington Times,
by
Rowan Scarborough
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
5/11/2020 2:33:51 PM
Newly released documents show FBI agents operated on autopilot in 2016 and 2017 while targeting President Trump and his campaign with little or no Justice Department guidance for such a momentous investigation. Loretta E. Lynch, President Obama’s attorney general, said she never knew the FBI was placing wiretaps on a Trump campaign volunteer or using the dossier claims of former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele to put the entire Trump world under suspicion. Mr. Steele was handled by Fusion GPS and paid with funds from the Democratic Party and the Hillary Clinton campaign.
“I don’t have a recollection of briefings on Fusion GPS or Mr. Steele,”
Reply 1 - Posted by:
john56 5/11/2020 2:45:07 PM (No. 408039)
Sounds like Sally Yates ran the scam at DOJ. Anyway, Loretta did her job at the airport in Phoenix.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
dwa 5/11/2020 2:46:59 PM (No. 408041)
Maybe that is because it was being directed directly from the WH
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Nimby 5/11/2020 2:48:59 PM (No. 408044)
Don't recall does NOT mean "uninformed".
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Clinger 5/11/2020 2:50:19 PM (No. 408046)
So little time so many headlines to fix:
"New Transcripts reveal that Loretta Lynch claimed she was uninformed as
FBI targeted Trump's campaign"
Transcripts of her denial don't quite fit with he impression left by the headline. You may real that she also only chatted with Billy Blue dress about grand kids and golf on the tarmac. Not exactly an icon of credibility. But who knows she may not have been trusted to be in the know on something of this magnitude.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
hershey 5/11/2020 2:51:57 PM (No. 408048)
The old 'I don't recall' gambit....since the goings on was as such a high level, I DOUBT that she DIDN"T put her stamp of approval on it from the beginning...liars lie then 'disremember', don't recall, don't know, what difference does it make...
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FTA:
“Did [FBI Director James B. Comey] seek permission from you to do the formal opening of the counterintelligence investigation?” Rep. Adam B. Schiff, California Democrat, asked the former attorney general.
“No, and he ordinarily would not have had to do that,” Ms. Lynch answered. “lt would not have come to the attorney general for that.”
So, she really didn't have any control or understanding of what the people under her were doing day-after-day, it seems.
If this is the case, what did she actually do, or know, during her tenure then?
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Lynch is uninformed, period. She was hired because of her race and sex. Being informed had nothing to do with it. Nothing.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
bad-hair 5/11/2020 3:28:33 PM (No. 408081)
So we can be certain that the Attorney General of the United States didn't know what the FBI was doing …
because in a transcript …
She clearly states that she didn't know what the FBI was doing.
Well the, I guess that settles it once and for all.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 5/11/2020 3:35:52 PM (No. 408091)
C'mon, y'all!
Y'all know I'm just an affirmative action appointee. Y'all don't expect me to know stuff - - do ya?
Know the law? Heck - - I don't even know about birfin' babies!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
cor-vet 5/11/2020 4:41:32 PM (No. 408133)
From her reported lack of knowledge and not in on the decision making, it would appear that Lynch was one of the non-essentials!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
EQKimball 5/11/2020 4:43:02 PM (No. 408135)
"It would be interesting if the Trump campaign were involved somehow with the Russians, John. There are rumors, you know. But if you investigate, I don't want to be told about it."
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
MickTurn 5/11/2020 4:48:41 PM (No. 408140)
Why tell her, Obummer Had COMPLETE control...
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
davew 5/11/2020 6:01:33 PM (No. 408181)
Obviously, General Lynch is a student of Sgt. Schultz.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Cardsfan 5/11/2020 6:14:43 PM (No. 408189)
What Attorney General wouldn’t remember being to about an investigation into the President? If you were told you would certainly remember it - if not just say “no, I was never told”..
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
lakerman1 5/11/2020 6:16:10 PM (No. 408190)
There is a term of art in C.C. called 'plausible deniability.' It applies here.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 5/11/2020 7:35:15 PM (No. 408231)
Pretty sure Heinrich Himmler said the same thing about the Final Solution. Come on man! The AG had no clue the FBI thought Trump was Putin's stooge? Really? Really!
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If you believe their lies, everyone was really stupid and acted impulsively for eight long years. Loretta was a friend of Red Eric and wife.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Trigger2 5/12/2020 4:11:44 AM (No. 408431)
I don't believe a word of this. She's corrupt as the rest of the demonrats. Never forget the choregraphed 'accidental' plane meeting on some airport.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
LaVallette 5/12/2020 6:18:19 AM (No. 408464)
"I do not recall" does NOT mean, "It did not happen". But it is nice legal stratagem to avoid the charge of perjury if some evidence to the contrary shows up later.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Gruntmedic 5/12/2020 6:41:09 AM (No. 408476)
That was for her to have plausible deniability.
She knew it was going on.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Jebediah 5/12/2020 7:13:54 AM (No. 408494)
They didn't used to call Comey (behnid his back) the Cardinal for nothing! Although it sounds like he also had blessings from on high.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 5/12/2020 7:19:56 AM (No. 408500)
And I believe one word out of Loretta Lynch because? She was too stupid?
I want to hear her say it. "I was too stupid to know what was going on right under my nose"
Nope. Still not buying it.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Strike3 5/12/2020 7:30:39 AM (No. 408513)
Why the face-to-face with Billy Jeff on the tarmac? They could have discussed the grandkids over the phone, except they knew that NSA was listening to everybody. Maybe she just wanted to offer personal congratulations on Sir Edmund's upcoming victory.
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Captain Bligh's ship was taken from him by force but Bligh was still put on trial for it.
If you're the captain, then everything that happens after you set sail is your responsibility.
If Lynch knew, she's guilty. If she didn't know she's still guilty since she was in charge.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 5/12/2020 9:13:05 AM (No. 408631)
Obama is the Magic Mulatto, and Lynch is his Magic Mushroom... kept in the dark and fed only sh*t.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
ajaxliquor 5/12/2020 10:28:00 AM (No. 408729)
(FWIW, I’m not real keen on the author’s last name. Just sayin).
Lynch was a PC appointee. Her skin color and gender were her contribution to public service. Enough said. Money and meals. That’s all.
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