The FBI “spy program” that disgraced former FBI Director James Comey is defending, and what was used to spy on the Trump campaign, is not so “happy and awesome” as Comey or Obama’s other Deep State cronies say.
The FBI “spy program” has a long and …
The FBI “spy program” that disgraced former FBI Director James Comey is defending, and what was used to spy on the Trump campaign, is not so “happy and awesome” as Comey or Obama’s other Deep State cronies say.
The FBI “spy program” has a long and sorted past of protecting killers and jailing innocent people.
This is the same program that Obama’s former spy chief James Clapper said President Trump should be “happy” about.
From The Federalist
Following reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) used at least one spy to secretly surveil members of the Trump campaign, fired former FBI director James Comey lashed out at critics of his agency’s activities during the 2016 election.
While Comey’s record on truth-telling is decidedly mixed, he is correct that facts matter and that the FBI’s use of informants is governed by strict guidelines. How and why many of those guidelines came to be are important facts that the American public deserves to know as it considers revelations that the FBI used wiretaps and spies to surveil Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, his transition, and perhaps even his presidential administration.
From Fox News
“We need to know why did it begin, who authorized it and what role did Barack Obama have. Did he know the FBI had informants there? I’ll guarantee you the answer is yes. No FBI would put informants in another presidential campaign without permission from the White House, including the president,” he said on “Outnumbered.”
He said the FBI counterintelligence probe “spiraled out of control” after the Obama administration chose not to warn Trump about possible infiltration by Russia.
President Trump has insisted that the FBI placed a “spy” in his campaign, calling it the “one of the biggest political scandals in U.S. history.”
FBI and Justice Department officials briefed bipartisan group of lawmakers known as the “Gang of 8” Thursday on classified documents related to the special counsel’s Russia investigation, after ..
