Thee RANT

August 7, 2020
It looks as if this fall's hit show will be called 'Obamagate'
By Andrea Widburg

On Tuesday night, Trump announced that U.S. attorney John Durham had uncovered "breathtaking" evidence about the "corrupt" Russia hoax.  That might just have been Trump puffing, except for the fact that the Trump campaign also released a new video hinting that the Democrats, from Obama on down, are going to be in trouble.

In April 2019, Attorney General William Barr assigned to John Durham, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, the task of investigating operation "Crossfire Hurricane," also known as the Russian hoax.  In October 2019, word broke that the investigation had become a criminal probe.

All of this was exciting.  Political watchers expected to learn about indictments "any day now."  Except "any day" hasn't arrived.  Don Surber, one of the most astute political writers around, has reluctantly concluded that the whole Durham investigation is for show because the D.C. Swamp will always circle the wagons:

The Washington Examiner reported, "U.S. Attorney John Durham will soon interview former CIA Director John Brennan, another sign that the investigation of the Trump-Russia investigators is ready to wrap up by the end of the summer."
Notice the story did not say which summer.
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But what I really get is that there is an election on November 3rd and Durham and company have every reason to delay the case until the outcome of the election.
And I get that an indictment will need the approval of the majority of a grand jury in DC, the epicenter of TDS.
This looks more like investigation theater than holding anyone accountable for the FBI spying on Obama's political opponents.
This case is being slow walked.

Don is so often correct that I hesitate to contradict him.  (By the way, if you're not checking out Don's blog every day, you're missing some of the best political analysis in America.)  However, maybe because I'm a cockeyed optimist who desperately needs to believe that things are heading in a better direction, I think the Trump administration is telegraphing something big for this fall.

Keep in mind that Donald Trump ran a hugely successful reality show.  He understands the importance of a narrative arc for any successful broadcast.
If Durham's report had broken six months ago, it would have been old news by the summer.  Worse, the media would have explained away almost everything and deep-sixed what they couldn't explain.  Various criminal cases would be grinding their way through the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, with motions and cross-motions.  By October or November, the story would be stagnant and stale.

Instead, the Trump administration is putting out what would be, in the world of television, previews of coming attractions for the fall season.  The first "promo" was Trump's surprise statement to Lou Dobbs on Tuesday night.  Trump used advertising words and phrases that have strong emotional impact, such as "breathtaking," "horrible," "beyond what anybody thought even possible," and "corrupt":

#BREAKING

Sounds like Durham is done! Trump has seen the goods!

BREATHTAKING! pic.twitter.com/eNOuqzQWHH
— 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿 (@theconservador) August 4, 2020

I'd watch that television show.  Wouldn't you?
Then, on Wednesday, Trump himself released the second "promo" for a new reality show.  We could call it William Barr and John Durham star in "Obamagate — the Indictments."

The campaign video, in simple terms, tells the American television audience the broad outlines of a corrupt scheme to overthrow a presidency.  Put it together with President Trump's "DRAIN THE SWAMP!" statement, and you're looking at the hit show of September, the one that everyone's been waiting for:

DRAIN THE SWAMP! pic.twitter.com/68M4sN7LLD
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 5, 2020

As I said, I could be reading way too much into this.  Still, the one-two punch of Trump's statement to Dobbs, immediately followed by a video ending with the word "Obamagate," strongly reminds me of a television station teasing what it knows is going to be the fall season's hit show.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/20 ... agate.html

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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Aug 5
DRAIN THE SWAMP!

twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1291117659086561280

LibwithaClue wrote: ↑

Aug 07, 2020

I'd watch that television show.  Wouldn't you?

Depends. Would it include public hangings for the convicted criminals?

The Democrats are in full pucker mode right now. Very telling how not one leak from the Durham team.

Barr so far is the real deal for Trump....the others just deep staters

I wonder which one of the deep state will :

1. Rush to spill their guts and make a deal ?
2. Flee the country ?
3. Meet an untimely death by accident or COVID or some other mysterious circumstances ?
4. Blow their brains out ?
5. Go to prison ?

Could this be the famous October surprise ?

Just yesterday, the MS-MBS reported that, John Brennan has been told by USA Durham, that he is not a subject of the Durham investigation. IF that is true? If the US Attorney General's Office does not at least have John Brennan, as their Main Subject. As their main source for all of the Tampered Intelligence that became the very basis of the Russia Collusion fabrication. Then just who in da fuck are these guys investigating?

The entire Coup de'tat, was initiated by CIA and by FBLie's National Security Division. Every Informant used (Halper, Mifsud, etc) were internationally known, historic  sources for both CIA and the FBLie.

The parties, involved. The suspects involved in every single Predicate Act necessary for a RICO prosecution. ALL, get their orders, their intelligence and their Sources (Informants) from CIA and British MI5.  So how is it possible, that John fuckin Brennan is not thee main suspect? Are we to believe that all of this was done, without CIA? Bullshyte! Are we to believe, CIA was involved, but John Brennan was not a party, get da fuck outta here, NO ONE would believe that!

So, as we've spoken about for five years now!

The powers that be are running out the clock! Once again, these lying, thieving scumbags must make it to Election day, or possibly 60 DAYS prior to the Election Day. But FWIW, if something doesn't pop, this week, IMO, we're all fuckeded again and the socialists will take over power!


Either way, Let's roll, I'm ready !

Ex-Colleagues See Durham Dropping Bombshells Before Labor Day
By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations
August 06, 2020

By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations
August 6, 2020
While much speculation inside the Beltway says U.S. Attorney John Durham will punt the results of his so-called Spygate investigation past the election to avoid charges of political interference, sources who have worked with Durham on past public corruption cases doubt he'll bend to political pressure — and they expect him to drop bombshells before Labor Day.

AG William Barr was asked, "Under oath, do you commit to not releasing any report by Mr. Durham before the November election?” His reply: "No.'
(Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP)

Durham’s boss, Attorney General Bill Barr, also pushed back on the notion his hand-picked investigator would defer action. Under Democratic questioning on Capitol Hill last week, he refused to rule out a pre-election release.
"Under oath, do you commit to not releasing any report by Mr. Durham before the November election?” Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-Fla.) asked Barr, citing longstanding Justice Department policy not to announce new developments in politically sensitive cases before an election.
“No,” the attorney general curtly replied.

Justice Department policy prohibits prosecutors from taking overt steps in politically charged cases typically within 60 days of an election. Accordingly, Durham would have to make a move by the Friday before Labor Day, or Sept. 4.

Sidebar: A Brief History of the '60-Day Rule Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations

A low-profile prosecutor, Durham has kept a tight lid on his investigation into the origins of the specious Russiagate investigation of Donald Trump and his 2016 campaign, leading to rampant speculation about who he might prosecute and whether he would take action ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election. 

Former Vice President Joe Biden: Durham's probe involves officials in  two administrations, including Trump's presumptive Democratic opponent.
(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

That could well be of historic consequence, since his probe involves both the Trump administration and high-level officials in the previous administration, including Trump's presumptive Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. Recently declassified FBI notes show Biden offered input into the investigation of Trump adviser Michael Flynn in early January 2017. Another declassified document reveals that Biden was among those who requested Flynn’s identity be “unmasked” in foreign intelligence intercepts around that same time.
If Durham announces criminal indictments or plea agreements involving former officials operating under the Obama-Biden administration, or releases a report documenting widespread corruption, independent voters could sour on Biden and sympathize with Trump.  On the other hand, kicking the ball past the election could dispirit Trump’s base.
“I would find it hard to believe that he punts under any circumstances,” said former assistant FBI director Chris Swecker, who knows Durham personally and has worked with the hard-nosed prosecutor on prior investigations. 
He pointed out that Durham would risk throwing away 16 months of investigative work if he delayed action beyond the election.

Chris Swecker, ex-assistant FBI director: “No question that if Biden is elected, everything Durham has done at that point will be canceled out.”
Miller & Martin

“There’s no question that if Biden is elected, everything Durham has done at that point will be canceled out,” Swecker explained, adding that Biden would replace Barr and possibly even Durham. But by putting indictments and reports "into the public arena” before the election, Durham would put a Biden administration in the position of either taking further action or closing down his probe.
“It would make it very difficult for Biden’s appointees to undo his charges or bury the results of his probe,” he said. “John knows this and I fully expect he will take action before the election.”
Swecker, who’s also a former prosecutor, anticipates Durham will deliver criminal charges, a written report or some combination of the two around the first week in September, if not sooner. “He must get his work done and out to the public by Labor Day,” he said. "That way he avoids any accusations that he was trying to impact the election.”

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RetPDDet:
But once again, how can any Prosecutor conduct any form of a legitimate criminal investigation. One that searches through the origins and the criminal acts, directly associated with the Russia Collusion HOAX. Then admit publicly that CIA Director John Brennan is not a subject of that investigation? The entire course of action taken, beginning with the DNC, actions taken by Datcunt and by Obama's entire Executive Branch. Everything, from covering up the Theft of Documents from  HQ-DNC, and YES the murder of Seth Rich. Through the formulation and publication of the Chris Steele collection of hearsay statements, The Steele Dossier. To the framing of Roger Stone, of Paul Manafort, of Carter Page, George Popadopolus and Lieutenant General Mike Flynn. Every criminal act involved in these, well thought out acts of sedition against a duly elected U.S. President. Have their very beginnings inside the Secret Society, the Cabal of John Brennan, Loretta Lynch and Jim Comey's  Federal Agents, Informants and Attorneys....aka: The Spygate actors...