'Spygate': Trump Unveils New Nickname For Russia Probe

Originally published on May 25, 2018
In 'Spygate': Trump Unveils New Nickname For Russia Probe' we tallk about spygate or #spygate, the fact that the FBI sent spies into Trumps campaign. Trump gloated about the FBI getting caught on Twitter and James Comey fired back on Twitter.

"President Trump claimed on Tuesday night that a "spy" was embedded in his presidential campaign as a means of aiding Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential race.

"If the person placed very early into my campaign wasn't a SPY put there by the previous Administration for political purposes, how come such a seemingly massive amount of money was paid for services rendered - many times higher than normal," he tweeted Tuesday night.

"Follow the money! The spy was there early in the campaign and yet never reported Collusion with Russia, because there was no Collusion. He was only there to spy for political reasons and to help Crooked Hillary win - just like they did to Bernie Sanders, who got duped!"
Trump said earlier at the White House on Tuesday that it would be "illegal" and a "disgrace" if the FBI had spies embedded in his campaign. He has repeatedly alleged, without evidence, that the FBI sought to spy on his campaign for political reasons.

“A lot of people are saying they had spies in my campaign. If they had spies in my campaign, that would be a disgrace to this country," Trump said. "It would be very illegal, aside from everything else."

“I hope they weren't," Trump added, because "that would be unprecedented in the history of our country.”
The comments follow the president's demand this past weekend that the Department of Justice launch a probe into whether the FBI used improper surveillance to infiltrate his campaign during the 2016 election.

That tweet came after a New York Times report that an FBI informant had met with three of Trump's campaign advisers to look into possible ties with Russia.

The Department of Justice, in turn, asked its inspector general to look into the claims. On Monday, the department agreed to expand an already existing probe into alleged Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuses to include the latest probe.

The FBI and Justice Department are set to meet with lawmakers to review highly classified information related to the Russia investigation as a means of appeasing the president and his allies."
-from The Hill

"Former FBI Director James Comey won't allow President Trump's gloating from this morning to go unanswered.

In a tweet that appears to be a direct response to Trump, Comey attempted to justify the FBI's use of a spy - or what Comey describes as a "Confidential Human Source" - to keep tabs on the Trump campaign. According to Comey, human sources are "tightly regulated and essential to protecting the country".

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Of course, Comey argues that the FBI was totally justified in using a human asset to spy on the Trump campaign, as it would any other target (though he completely ignores the notion that, if the spy didn't find evidence of collusion, then what is Mueller investigating?). In an attempt to shame Trump's backers, Comey declared that "attacks on the FBI and lying about work will do lasting damage to our country."

"How will Republicans explain this to their grandchildren?" he asked.

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Facts matter. The FBI’s use of Confidential Human Sources (the actual term) is tightly regulated and essential to protecting the country. Attacks on the FBI and lying about its work will do lasting damage to our country. How will Republicans explain this to their grandchildren?

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Comey added that it was a "dangerous time when our country is led by those who will lie about anything, backed by those who will believe anything, based on information from media sources that will say anything."

He then urged Americans to "break out of that bubble and seek truth."

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Dangerous time when our country is led by those who will lie about anything, backed by those who will believe anything, based on information from media sources that will say anything. Americans must break out of that bubble and seek truth.

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Emails recently released by Sen. Ron Johnson provided new insight into how Comey briefed the president (and how certain information fell into the hands of CNN), and seemed to suggest at least some coordination between media organizations publishing anti-Trump exclusives and Comey, who recently published a book where he questioned Trump's ethical fitness for his office." -From Zero Hedge