FBI Offered Bribe to Bring Down Trump
Power Line,
by
John Hinderaker
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
10/13/2022 12:06:24 AM
Scott wrote earlier today about the first day’s testimony in the trial of Igor Danchenko. I want to elaborate on the most significant point that emerged from the testimony of FBI supervisory intelligence analyst Brian Auten: the FBI offered Christopher Steele $1 million if he could come up with evidence to support the wild allegations in his “dossier” on Donald Trump. This at a time when the FBI knew that, to date, Steele had nothing.
TechnoFog has a summary and partial transcript of Auten’s testimony, which is worth quoting at length:
Auten was asked about the FBI’s efforts to corroborate the Steele allegations
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Northcross 10/13/2022 12:10:42 AM (No. 1303029)
Any response from the Republicans in Congress? Press conferences? Subpoenas? Anything? I guess not.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
stablemoney 10/13/2022 12:37:10 AM (No. 1303045)
I agree the FBI should be retired from service. Also, the Patriot Act that was passed after 911 has to be retired. It has not been used against terrorists. It has been used against us.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Rich323 10/13/2022 12:38:17 AM (No. 1303047)
Conspiracy by multiple government agencies and persons (FISA Court, FBI Comey Strzok, Page, CIA Clapper Brennan, DOJ Barr, democrat party, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama) to bring down a sitting President. All aware it was based on lies. What is this called?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
JonR 10/13/2022 2:07:16 AM (No. 1303073)
The credibility of “justice” in this country has been relegated to third-world status! The FBI in particular has been shown to be a partisan tool/enforcement agency for the democrat party! Moreover, it is dangerous to We, the People and absolutely cannot be trusted!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Rinktum 10/13/2022 5:43:11 AM (No. 1303113)
Good article with one exception. Every FBI agent should not be retired. If they had anything and I mean anything to do with this entire witch hunt, they should be prosecuted. Furthermore, those agents who have stood by and said nothing in order to protect themselves and their pensions should be stripped of those benefits because they swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and in their selfishness, refused to come forward to do so. They should not be rewarded. This agency of such treasonous betrayal must be held accountable. The only way that is accomplished is by unrelenting prosecution, punishment, and the complete abolishment from top to bottom of the agency and its physical building. The FBI must go down in the annals of history as a corrupt, destructive force for evil in direct violation to the rule of law and Constitution. Justice demands it and the American people expect nothing less.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 10/13/2022 6:29:37 AM (No. 1303134)
I agree with the author's conclusion:
"Until now, I have thought that the FBI could be reformed. But this is too much. The rot goes too deep, and the FBI’s violation of the public trust is too comprehensive. The bureau should be shut down, the J. Edgar Hoover building should be razed to the ground, every FBI employee should be retired, and a brand new federal law enforcement agency, with new personnel and with far stronger controls to prevent meddling in domestic politics, should be established."
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
rikkitikki 10/13/2022 8:08:32 AM (No. 1303199)
FBI = Federal Bureau of Instigation
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Periwinkel 10/13/2022 8:10:20 AM (No. 1303202)
#5 is right...except the Senate and its members are afflicted with the same malaise. We have two Senators, Grassley and Johnson, who squall and lament and promise all kinds of retribution for all the miscreants; however to this day nothing has happened. I fear nothing will ever be done. I doubt even President Trump has the strength to bring down the Swamp led by Mitch McConnell, Chuck Shumer and the ditzy, brazen Nancy Pelosi.
Disagree? Please post.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Strike3 10/13/2022 8:33:57 AM (No. 1303222)
The three main three-letter alphabet intel agencies could be shut down today and I don't believe we would see any negative impact. Over the last ten years they have done nothing except damage to America, harassed and removed the best president we have ever had and have assassinated a couple of terrorists that Obama once supported. I have more respect for the Mossad.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
walcb 10/13/2022 8:55:35 AM (No. 1303243)
Yes, shut it down AND arrest many for treason.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Red Ghost 10/13/2022 9:13:01 AM (No. 1303267)
FBI agents that were involved in this corrupt Stasi like operation MUST be prosecuted and treated in the most harsh terms. And agents who stood by in order to protect their careers and pensions, likewise must be prosecuted and treated in the most harsh terms. Examples must be made of every miscreant in the Bureau and I say this with incredible angst and sadness. In order to ensure integrity and trust in our federal law enforcement and ensure that any agency that replaces the FBI is staffed and administered to the highest professional and anti-corruption standards, these people should be treated, on let's just say, like the J-6 misdemeanants.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
DVC 10/13/2022 9:30:53 AM (No. 1303306)
The FBI/KGB is a criminal political operation with badges and subpoenas.
Erase the FBI.
There is no possible 'reform'.
Just end it entirely, sell off the buildings and forget the concept. Inter-state law enforcement cooperation will do fine without these criminal thugs.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
bighambone 10/13/2022 9:52:31 AM (No. 1303333)
When Steele did not go out to grab the one million dollar reward that the FBI offered him, that alone is a big red flag that Steele and his so-called dossier we’re bogus. Following that, the information from the dossier should never have been presented to Federal Judges as evidence of suspected Trump complicity with the Russians.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 10/13/2022 10:03:25 AM (No. 1303346)
Yeah, I have heard and seen enough. Close down this agency.
Pubbies, your position on this matter? Turtle and Kevin, what is being discussed in your caucuses? {crickets}
We're still waiting.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
rikkitikki 10/13/2022 10:17:11 AM (No. 1303356)
A textbook case of Treason.
The perps should all be hanged...and then demoted, fired, and stripped of all pensions, benefits, etc.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Zigrid 10/13/2022 10:37:27 AM (No. 1303376)
Not a surprise...since king obama was in charge and he wanted President Trump taken out of the running....obama is an evil devil and has done all he can to bring America to it's knees....he served two terms illegally because his birth certificate states absolutely he was born in Kenya and was NOT qualified to run for president...hence his school records and personal health records sealed from view...and now he and Susan rice bring the world to nuclear war...with the help of a propped up biden who can't function...
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Highvoltage 10/13/2022 10:39:16 AM (No. 1303378)
Fifty CIA signed on to the Hunter Biden laptop being Russian disinformation right before the election. Therefore that agency has proven to be corrupt as well. But no one is paying a price.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
mc squared 10/13/2022 11:42:11 AM (No. 1303442)
Don't forget this 'Three Letter Agent' HRC.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
HotPatty 10/13/2022 12:41:39 PM (No. 1303498)
Centered in D.C., the FBI has become a clone of a German organization from the 1930's. It will be difficult to purge those of that same mindset and method of operation. They lie .... even in sworn testimony before Congress....with no fear of being charged with perjury.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
red1066 10/13/2022 12:56:08 PM (No. 1303521)
I'm going to assume that since most Republicans have been silent on the FBI/DOJ crap, they just assume since they are in the minority, there is no use in complaining about the abuse of power by both agencies. Either that, or they're just happy it's not them and it involves just Trump. I do think that the idea of not just defunding these agencies and going after the top 25% of the leadership, but an attempt to eliminate them all together, and forming something new with full management under the control of the Congress, Senate, and the Supreme Court. Plus, looking into the NSA as well. It's become apparent that none of these agencies have done a very good job of preventing China from gaining access to top secret materials.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec 10/13/2022 3:49:05 PM (No. 1303656)
@#20 - No no no no no!! Commission a new (FBI) type agency and put Congress in charge? Absolutely not. That would never work. There are 535 members of Congress and having that many people all running around like chicks with no heads wanting to make law enforcement decisions is a recipe for disaster. Just the idea of it is scarier than the current version of the FBI.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
bobn.t 10/13/2022 9:12:06 PM (No. 1303934)
Jail or prison.
Never gonna happen.
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