by CHRIS ENLOE
Statements Hillary Clinton made just one week before the 2016 presidential election resurfaced over the weekend after a damning new report from special counsel John Durham.
After a news report alleged in October 2016 that a server in Trump Tower was communicating with the Kremlin-linked Alfa Bank, the Clinton campaign seized on the moment and claimed it was proof that then-candidate Donald Trump was colluding with Russia.
“This could be the most direct link yet between Donald Trump and Moscow,” said Jake Sullivan, the current national security adviser, who at the time worked as Clinton’s senior policy adviser, in a statement after the story broke.
“This secret hotline may be the key to unlocking the mystery of Trump’s ties to Russia. It certainly seems the Trump Organization felt it had something to hide, given that it apparently took steps to conceal the link when it was discovered by journalists,” Sullivan added. “This line of communication may help explain Trump’s bizarre adoration of Vladimir Putin and endorsement of so many pro-Kremlin positions throughout this campaign.”
Computer scientists have apparently uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank. pic.twitter.com/8f8n9xMzUU
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 1, 2016
In a second social media blast, Clinton’s campaign claimed Trump “has a secret server” that was “set up to communicate privately with a Putin-tied Russian bank,” the server was shut down when discovered, but a new one was later created under a new name with the same purpose as the first one.
It's time for Trump to answer serious questions about his ties to Russia. https://t.co/D8oSmyVAR4 pic.twitter.com/07dRyEmPjX
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 31, 2016
The “smoking gun” story broke on Oct. 31, 2016. That is important because it came three days after then-FBI Director James Comey informed Congress the FBI was investigating new information related to the Clinton email scandal. Thus, Clinton’s campaign seized on the story to distract from its own problems.
The allegations, of course, were completely false.
What is this important now?
According to an explosive new filing by Durham, who is investigating the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, lawyers connected to the Clinton campaign reportedly paid a technology company to penetrate servers in Trump Tower to fabricate a “narrative” linking Trump’s campaign to Russia.
The filing was first reported by Fox News.
In a motion filed on Feb. 11, Durham revealed that Michael Sussmann — a lawyer who advised the Clinton campaign who has been charged with lying to the FBI — brought allegations to the FBI about a connection between Trump and Alfa Bank.
Sussmann, according to Durham, “assembled and conveyed the allegations to the FBI on behalf of at least two specific clients, including a technology executive (Tech Executive 1) at a U.S.-based internet company (Internet Company 1) and the Clinton campaign.”
Durham alleged that Sussmann worked with the tech executive, a law firm retained on behalf of the Clinton campaign, and other cyber researchers in July 2016 to prepare the information that Sussmann eventually turned over to the FBI.
Hillary has a secret server?
Just say Trump has a secret server.
How can anyone believe this lunacy.
The lunacy is how did you know about these servers?
Hillary had a domain name for her communications it was not a .gov
I wonder where Hillary got the idea to accuse Trump of having a secret, illicit server? Oh… yeah.
Nevermind.
All of you should give greggie a break. His world is falling apart and he just writes the first garbage that he sees. Look at his reliable news source falling apart (CNN), His idols are going before the grand jury. It looks like Obama is also involved in the Clinton scam that was supported by Biden. (He was in the room when the Russian scam was hatched by Obama). Even the lefty news sources are discussing Biden’s failures. greggie is already taking drugs, so having his world fall apart could be critical!
Horse hockey. Analyzing data to determine interaction between Trump’s server and Alpha Bank wouldn’t require anyone “to penetrate servers in Trump Tower” or Alpha Bank servers, either one. The information about such traffic would exist externally on internet servers linking the two, just as cell phone call information doesn’t exist exclusively on cell phones themselves.
So? Guess they were spying for ANYTHING they could use to concoct dirt on Trump.
Who is teaching you people to think this way?
“You would not HAVE to penetrate the servers to get that info, THEREFORE they didn’t penetrate the servers” says the Leftist cult member after it’s proven these people penetrated the servers.
WHY they broke the law doesn’t suddenly make like they DIDN’T break the law.
Just stop.
Break that horse-hockey stick off in your ass and shut up.
Trashing his opponents was Trump’s entire campaign strategy, start to finish. What’s he whining about?
He’s like a playground bully, crying after the girl he was tormenting smacked him squarely on the nose.
A bit of a nebulous comment in the wake of being utterly destroyed by my point, son. They broke the law and spied on a sitting president. Eat it.
Biden and Clinton trashed Trump during the elections…as in they, and EVERY F*CKING PERSON WHO EVER RAN FOR OFFICE “trashes” their opponent by telling you why you should vote for them and not for the other person.
Trump pointed out how each is incompetent and unfit. That’s why it hurt you so much.
The point is that they DIDN’T break the law–which is why Durham hasn’t charged them with doing so.
This occurred BEFORE Trump was president, and DIDN’T involve any intrusion into his server.
The only charges that have come of Durham’s investigation are for making false statements to the FBI.
Meanwhile, yet ANOTHER poll: Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Don’t Want Trump to Run in 2024
Refer to question #47.
2/3rd of Democrats. How many Democrats want Hillary investigated?
It would appear given the ultra radical left nature of this gang of morons, the poll most likely is weighted heavily on leftists…
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A poll for CNN revealed that 51% of Democrats and Democrat-leaners don’t want Biden to run again in 2024.
CNN almost never says a bad word about Democrats. The poll showing 51% of Democrats don’t like Biden means the actual number is probably closer to 71%.
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By what measure did they not break any laws?
What specific laws were broken?
No one is saying, because nothing more has been established than false statements made to the FBI.
“Spying on Trump” doesn’t seem to have actually involved any illegal act.
Spying without a warrant is illegal. REAL illegal.
“Spying without a warrant.” You should let Durham know the statute number.
You might want to review those charges again. We’ll give you one more chance to be less stupid.
You insist the Mueller “investigation” incriminated Trump on everything imaginable, yet no charges ever came from it and Mueller himself declared no crimes were found and no obstruction committed. You seem to repel truth like the positive side of a magnet repels the positive side of another magnet.
Which charges are you referring to? I’ll gladly take a look, if you can find them.
YET. Sussman is singing like a canary. And he is as dirty as Wiseman. So there’s that.
And what about the fact that a very substantial poll shows that Biden is underwater in 46 of 50 states where only Hawaii, Massachusetts, Vermont and Maryland support him. Not to mention you fail to report on your favorite channel’s (CNN) recent poll showd only 45% of Democrats want Biden to run again. That’s compared to the 49% of Republicans that want Trump to run again.
But once again, being the lying POS you are, you don’t mention the CNN poll.
I don’t believe the last episode of the John Durham Show is going to effectively reduce viewership for the final episodes of the Donald Trump/January 6 Investigation. But Trump’s propagandists can go ahead and try. They’ll likely fire everything at Biden and the Democratic Party but the kitchen sink. There’s all that evidence in Rudy’s bedroom…
Being viewed as complicit can really be a problem—particularly if voters realize you’ve been pitching absolutely nothing in the way of solutions to all of the problems they’re seriously worried about.
Your bunch of idiots better get a move on racking up all their false documents proclaiming 1/6 to be an “insurrection” all the while they ignore the Burn, Loot and Murder/Antifa crimes and the killing of good people like David Dorn. Your party is over starting in January 2023 and you know it. That is why there is such desperation in all your posts now.
You’re about to lose your job as a useful idiot because you’re not doing what you’re supposed to be doing.
Are you this upset all the time, or only when you think about politics?
Awww Greggie we are not upset it seems you are the one twisting in the wind.
Nothing from your TV talking heads or left wing internet sites.
Whereas there are those on the alternative side who put this together years ago the little pieces of espionage and spying finding nothing and lying are all being confirmed.
As the article you posted explained the whole thing was made up from pings on a server that did not belong to Trump but was located in a suite at Trump Tower. Go back and read the article and see how thin, really non existent the evidence was for a multimillion dollar investigation paid for by tax dollars. All we want to do is find out how and why, who is responsible for all the lies and corruption.
Seems Durham might pull all that out and air the filthy laundry with receipts.That has been his task.
What you’re wrong about is the “finding nothing” part. Which is the reason I have no problem with the “espionage and spying parts”, which Durham hasn’t even claimed were illegal. There have been no such charges.
Trump wasn’t engaging in bank or tax fraud—until somebody looked. Now there’s a Grand Jury, which can only be assembled once you’ve got evidence to present. The same deal with January 6. There would be no evidence—unless somebody was empowered to look for it.
Since the question involves a possible plot to overturn a lawful election and retain an un-reelected president—and it sure as hell looks that way to a great many objective observers—it’s a BFD.
Simple question: Did Trump try to overthrow the workings of our Constitution or not? It deserves a full investigation and an evidence-based answer. The GOP has attempted to prevent that. This will be their third such effort.
Trump could shoot a man on Fifth Avenue, and some voters wouldn’t care. But I’m betting a majority still have the sense to do so.
You see you dont seem to have a problem with spying on both the campaign and White House. A duly elected President.
Then you rant about unproven shit that happened after the event, assuming the spying ever stopped.
You are insane.
Simple question why did they need to fabricate the Russian hoax? They began with fake “collusion” which is not a crime.
Espionage is a crime. Espionage dealing with of the leader of the free world, the gravity of that seems to escape your grasp.
Trump could shoot a man on Fifth Avenue, and some voters wouldn’t care. But I’m betting a majority still have the sense to do so.
Has he been convicted of this as it seems somewhere in your stubby brain-stem he has, along with many other imaginary crimes.
Trump also tried to prove voter fraud in 2016 the states would not cooperate, cause the cheating wasnt massive enough to get Crooked into the White House.
Damn she had the fireworks and everything…
I’m not sure you’ve figured this out yet, but law enforcement doesn’t usually have the time and resources to investigate LEGAL activity. What part of violating national security and the 4th Amendment are you having the most trouble with?
Not. That was Democrats. Trump upheld the Constitution.
What soy boy greg fails to comprehend is President Trump was working well within the Constitution. The Constitution provides for challenges to the electoral vote.
soy boy greg is unable to acknowledge that because it destroys the left’s narrative
Nobody cares about January 6th. Only a majority of Democrats. Republicans and independents care about inflation, illegal immigration, crime and COVID, all idiot Biden failures. Your false flags, January 6th and climate change, are losers.
The J6 group of 9 angry democrats is in place to obstruct what the democrats did to steal the 2020 election and to prevent it’s resolution in the House of Representatives
The “J6” movement is a Democrat insurrection, and should be treated as such.
The 9 angry democrats should received the mark elias prohibition of holding elected office as a consequence of being deemed an insurrectionistbb
And the hits just keep coming
New Docs Reveal Tech Firm Used by Hillary to Illegally Spy on Trump’s Internet Activity Was Also on Biden’s Campaign Payroll in 2020
MUST SEE: President Trump Releases New Video – “Justice Is Coming for Hillary”
Idiot Biden has some ‘splainin’ to do.
Trump attacked opponents with their own failings. Your people have to MAKE UP issues to attack Trump with. Truth vs falsehood. There IS a difference.
I’m fully expecting Hillary talking points:
Yikes! Joe Biden’s Approval Number Drops to Just 35% with 95% of the Media Solidly Behind Him
biden is done. His dwindling support is in its way to single digits.
FJB
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