Two Republican Senators sent a letter to the Department of Justice back in June, asking where the heck Special Counsel John Durham is and what he’s doing. The DOJ finally responded to that request for information this past week. The DOJ confirmed that John Durham exists and that he’s doing something. That’s it. Most transparent administration ever!
While we’re still not getting any information about the Trump-Russia hoax from the DOJ, a government watchdog has uncovered something interesting: More than 50 FBI officials went out of their way in 2016 to leak damaging information about candidate Donald Trump to the media.
Only certain authorized employees of the FBI are allowed to ever talk to the media, in tightly controlled situations. During my 12 years at ABC News affiliates, the only FBI employee I could ever talk to was the agent who was the regional Public Information Officer (PIO) for my area. No other FBI employees would dare talk to a reporter in those pre-Trump days. If we needed information from the FBI about a bank robbery or any other case they were working on, we had to get a quote or a soundbite from the PIO.
This is because there are strict rules against talking to reporters. The FBI didn’t want to compromise ongoing investigations, and they would have cracked down on any agent who leaked information to the press. But as with everything when it pertains to the Deep State and Donald Trump, it’s different this time!
The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) revealed last week that 56 non-authorized FBI agents and employees were talking to reporters in 2016. The OIG was trying to (supposedly) uncover the source of FBI leaks to the press. The reason they caught these 56 agents was because they used their government-issued cell phones to talk to reporters.
The OIG admits that this only accounts for cell-phone contacts. There may have been even more agents leaking anti-Trump information to the media, but they were smart enough to meet the reporters in person or used their personal cell phones to call them.
Oh, and three FBI agents were caught actually taking bribes from reporters in order to provide them scoops about candidate Donald Trump in 2016. One unidentified senior FBI official in the OIG report accepted sports tickets from a reporter in exchange for a story. Another FBI official was caught accepted a $225 ticket to a fancy media-sponsored dinner. A third unidentified official accepted “items of value” from several reporters in exchange for stories about Trump.
The OIG report states:
“The misconduct by these three senior officials, and the substantial media contacts identified by the OIG involving numerous other FBI employees, evidenced a cultural attitude at the FBI that was far too permissive of unauthorized media contacts in 2016.”
I don’t know about you, but I sure would like some more transparency about this. What are the names of the three unidentified “senior FBI officials” who took incredibly cheap bribes from reporters? Were any of them named Comey or McCabe, by any chance?
The most intense leaking to reporters from the FBI happened in March and April of 2016. That was the point where Donald Trump had run away with virtually every GOP primary and was the clear frontrunner in the race. 52 FBI agents called reporters and spoke with them during that period.
The next period of intense leaking was right before the 2016 election. 33 FBI agents called reporters in October of 2016 on their government-issued cell phones to leak information about candidate Donald Trump.
Here’s the link to the full OIG report if you want to read it for yourself.
It’s clear to everyone by now that the FBI is no longer a “law enforcement” agency. The actions of these FBI agents and officials when James Comey was in charge are beyond the pale. They were acting as Hillary Clinton campaign operatives, rather than as law enforcement officials. And current FBI Director Christopher Wray has done nothing about it.
No one has been disciplined for breaking FBI policy, blatantly leaking information directly to reporters, taking bribes or anything else. One FBI lawyer got probation for falsifying evidence in a FISA warrant against Carter Page.
Is John Durham really out there somewhere? He’s supposedly been investigating the origins of the Russia hoax for two-and-a-half years now. I’m not holding my breath.
Not only should the democrats be charged with treason, all of their little pet acronyms should be disbanded, starting with the irs and fbi.
Seems to be a standoff! People are waiting for God and God is waiting for people! If we won’t do anything to stop and punish the evil and turn to God then we are complicit in allowing it, and have turned from Gods word! our foundation! People will treat you as you allow them too! From the election to the death shot and all the other acts against God is what you get because you allow it!
You’re exactly right. We need to repent, turn away from the sins we blatantly indulge in and beg God to intervene on our behalf. Ask Him to return to this country that is His and He created. Prayer back in schools, In God We Trust on every piece of currency and in every Federal Building. We need Godly men and women in our government.
Oh BTW, I just read about the Father and Son who were arrested in Hawaii for false vaccine passports. Both tested negative but they may be sentences a year in prison and 5,000 dollar fine. But yet these criminal of the FBI get not discipline? They are still on their jobs? No arrests, no jail time? Compare the two grievances of the Father and Son to these despicable criminals.
That’s exactly right The constitution plainly states the country is to be led by men of good moral character/— not homosexual senators or those that have affairs for 12 years with Chinese spies — or has a son connected to Drugs, pornography. taking money from 2 communist countries and a child with his brother s widow and a very questionable VP who definitely got her promotions in bed
Jail.kick out of the FBI . in jail. For life.
Are the 50 plus FBI leakers still employed and if so WHY??? They should be fired and jailed. As for the 3 known bribery agents, why aren’t they in jail??? If any normal people did anything like this we would be in jail inside of an hour, but these traitors are still employed with pensions and well paid positions?? I smell a rat!!!! I believe the alphabet city all of them should lose their pensions and all be fired, they are all bad and all traitors!
If they broke the law ,they should be fired, if lawer disbarred peremently fined heavy then Jailed in a maximum security prison no less than an 10 years and when released, not allowed to work in journalism or as a journalist!
Treason. Prison. Fire Wrey, yrs too late. But I’m sure Wrey is just the sort Biden would want to keep. Wrey needs to be charged, too, for allowing them to remain. Apparently he continues to do treasonous things himself, such as FBI involvement on 1/6, participating in aggression and trying to incite violence. Treason. How about the 1/6 ANTIFA Captain they arrested in SLC, and his video admitting ANTIFA involvement and his second video that he sent around to ANTIFA all over US to meet in DC, how to dress with Trump looking accessories and pick up riot gear there. And being aggressive and trying to incite violence from Trump supporters. The videos were on news when he was arrested but disappeared after. He was subsequently released, as all Soros/Obama ANTIFA always are…no charges ever, no lead back to trace to Soros/Obama, or covered up if found.
Because 0bama weaponized some 8 or 10 government agencies… we don’t have any honest law enforcement left in D.C. Basically, the entire leadership of the FBI & DOJ are corrupt & that includes Wray. Not even Barr was brave enough although I’m sure he knew what had been going on. The FBI & DOJ are Democratic Marxists’ minions, just like the LameStream media and now that SCOTUS has proved to be impotent… I guess WE the PEOPLE are royally screwed. Welcome to Venezuela.
Very well Put. Any Red Blooded Average American That Might Do These Things, Would Be In Prison For 30 Years.
WHERE IN HELL IS JOHN DURHAM AT ?
He is taking a prolonged vacation in Bora-Bora
Nothing will ever happen to any of them UNTIL PRESIDENT Donald J Trump IS PUT BACK WHERE HE Should ALREADY BE; IN OUR WHITE HOUSE WITH REPUBLICANS BACK IN CHARGE. WITH GODS GRACE IT’S Going TO HAPPEN. Thanh YOU AND GOD PLEASE BLESS AMERICA ONCE AGAIN!!!!
God Bless And Help America.
C. Wray and ALL these treasonous people need to be held accountable! Russia collusion, Ukrainian call w/trump, fake Dossier, and all the other Fake drummed up frame jobs and lies! These are not agents and they are not for American or Americans. They have become one of the biggest threats to Americans way of life. GUT IT and start over. It has been compromised
Is there anything the current crew of more than 35,000 fbi employees actually work on ? Wray and his underlings are a disgrace. Durham has been a total con, and the previous festering sores that ran the fbi should have been jailed and most certainly lost any semblance of a pension. FBI members of the pre obama years should be outraged and vocal about what’s become of that agency.
Bottom line is I see no reason to have an FBI. They don’t appear to be working on anything, accomplishing anything and are certainly no longer a respected organization.
Obama Corrupted Every Law Enforcement Within The United States Government. And Now, Biden and Harris Are Taking A Wrecking Ball To America.
Well anyone working for the FBI or the DOJ, especially the upper echelon, should know the laws and rules!!! Now what happened to that LIAR McCabe should happen to all the rest of them starting with that chump Wray if you remember McCabe was fired I believe one day before he was eligible for his pension, so for all the years he put in at the FBI was for nothing!! Wray is the perfect man running the FBI for the DICtator OL’ SLEEPY CREEPY THIEVIN’ CRYIN’ LYIN’ HIDIN’ Biden because he’s just like Cardinal Comey, and that joke Mueller that ran the FBI before him!!! As far as I’m concerned they are all part of the Deep State that is operating under Obama!! If you notice how many puppets that the lead puppet DICtator OL’ SLEEPY CREEPY THIEVIN’ CRYIN’ LYIN’ HIDIN’ Biden brought back in from the Obama-Biden administration and how much they claimed they were going to be the most transparent administration that was nothing but bullshit and it’s the same thing now with this Biden-Obama-Harris administration all smoke and mirrors!!! NO TRUTH and NO TRANSPARENCY!! Just more lies and more backroom and backdoor deals for the BIDEN CRIME FAMILY
I don’t understand how these people still have their jobs. If I did something like that to my supervisor, I would be fired so fast, it would make my head swim. Anytime you are hired to do a certain job, a certain way, and you don’t do it that way, why would you not be fired? How do they expect to get the job done when there is no accountability for not doing the job. That is crazy. If they are still employed, they are not being paid to do a job, but being paid not to do the job. No wonder the country has a $28 trillion debt and going up every minute.
According to one report, the Russians favored Trump over Clinton in the ’16 election. One wonders why since it is abundantly clear that the Democrat party shares more ideology with Marx than with Jefferson.
they need to be fired –retirement and any other benefits removed and then place in a prison for many many years– those so called important people are just as rotten and the current administration is today — and just wondering how much did they get paid to become a traitor —
Seems to be a standoff! People are waiting for God and God is waiting for people! If we won’t do anything to stop and punish the evil and turn to God then we are complicit in allowing it, and have turned from Gods word! our foundation! People will treat you as you allow them too! From the election to the death shot and all the other acts against God is what you get because you allow it!
Mc Cabe’s wife received $400,000 for her campaign from Hillary ally, Gov. McAuliffe, and Hillary’s emails were not investigated. Her emails to Obama and other top level national security officials led to the deaths in Benghazi.
The FBI overlooked the Orlando massacre, the Lakeland Florida massacre, the Chattanooga killer, the Las Vegas massacre, even though all these perpetrators were on the FBI radar. They were too busy spying on the Trump campaign and associates.
The whole department is crooked under Wray. He needs to be gone.
Well, joe’s son is still running around free. He lied on his app to get a gun.
1 count) he lied on the app to get the gun
2 count) he prob still has the gun (which is for mils of others considered a federal crime)
3 count) was selling ‘paintings for millions’ and doing drug parties with them, buying and selling drugs (and not just a joint now and then)
but if he can do these things and everyone knows about it and he gets no jail time for two federal crimes, why would they convict these fbi people?
Can we all see a pattern here?
And ‘Yeah me” you are spot on!
Yes!! It is called “Deep State Shenanigans!” We need to perform an enema on the US Government! Big time!!! I hope and pray all the corruption will soon come to light and many will be forcibly prosecuted by the military…..we are paying them to fight our enemies, domestic and foreign. We certainly need this done…..and soon, before the Deep State executes all of us!
All the above comments bemoan the corrupted government officials and the failure of exposure and punishment for obvious crimes. This is what got a rich businessman to run for office and win. His goal: clean up the deep swamp of corruption, near treasonous acts and the infusion of many years of toadies,destructioners, traitors installed in high places. He got too close to the truths and had to go at any price. Rigged elections, okay, outright lies,okay. America needs Trump! But elections in our country now cost tons of money. Don’t be like I once was, short of money trying to live on Social Security, I rationalized some other person with more money than I will donate. But it doesn’t work that way, so now I give $5 or $10 when I can. How about you? Do you pass the buck and say, let someone else do it? The $10 dollars you squeeze out of your budget might be just the amount needed to help pay for a tv ad that incites someone to vote conservative. So give today whatever you can, it is sorely needed.
when will any of this be prosecuted? There is so much corruption in the 3 letter
organizations–I say get rid of them all and the treasonous cronies!! Where is Durham?
and Horowitz? Bill Barr was a traitor to Trump! I am so sick of what’s happening to this
country–I don’t even recognize it—we need civil disobedience now! There should be millions
marching in Washington!!
He has had plenty of time to get the act together…FIRE Durham!! We are paying the tab for him doing nothing? Nope!! The tax payers say “NO MORE!” We are sick and tired of nobody going to bat for us…heck…it’s simple. It’s called “doing your job!!” We expect nothing less than that!
Put them all in jail. They would want their PRIVACY on things. WHY DID THE FBI NOT RELEASE INFO ON HUNTER BIDEN`S ILLEGAL ACTIONS? WHAT ARE THEY DOING ABOUT HIM FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, HOLDING SECRETS ABOUT HIS ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES. HE STILL STAYS IN TROUBLE. TRUMP HAS BEEN HONEST AND OPEN ALL THIS TIME. THEY KEEP TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING ON HIM. ARREST THE BIDEN FAMILY FOR ALL THEIR ILLEGAL DOINGS!
Anyone who works for the Government Has to be careful they don’t disclose information, if they do then internet inspectors are required to research it, then the employees is called in and drilled about it, if found guilty, they might get reprimanded or escorted out the door or jailed! Inspectors love to find you quilts! Why hasn’t internal inspection covering this, the proof is there’s?
FBI agents are held in a higher standard, inspectors love to catch misdoings on agents! It a feather in they’re ass! They’re like thee Gestapo! Usually the complaint is directed to they’re manager , the manager Must report all complaint to internal inspectors?investigation start without the agent even knowledge! They are like bugs on a wall!
Treason, Death by a firing squad, NOW
And if nothing happens to them who gives a flying f-ck ? So sick of all the crap that’s reported and nothing is done about. Sure not the AMERICA I grew up in and fought for. I’d RATHER BE DEAD THAN RED !