Let's take Trump on his word for one second ... let's say McGonigal was actually investigating him [View all]

[Hugh_Lebowski]

Last edited Tue Jan 24, 2023, 12:55 PM - Edit history (2)

as he's claiming. Okay, I know it's a ludicrous idea, but just for a second.

In that particular worldview, riddle me this ... John Durham was appointed by Trump's people to 'investigate the investigators', right?

But somehow John Durham (at least it would seem) utterly failed to catch this 'investigator' of Trump/Russia, despite red flags like numerous large (but under the reporting limit) cash deposits, and travelling with someone linked to Russia.

Why is that, you think?

Edit: Another question I have is this: Christopher Steele testified he eventually forwarded his infamous dossier to John McCain because he felt like the FBI (who he initially sent it to) were 'sitting on it'. Was it the NYC field office he initially sent it to? Does he have reason to think McGonigle himself had anything to do with the inaction he perceived?

Edit 2: Ah, yes, I thought I'd read this in the past ...

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dossier-stalle-ny-field-office-weeks-after-launch-russia-probe

The Christopher Steele “dossier,” which contains salacious claims about President Trump and his ties to Russia, was reportedly stuck in a FBI field office in New York for several weeks in July 2016, during the same time period that officials in Washington, D.C. had already begun looking into Trump campaign associates’ ties to Russia, ABC News reported.

The documents were sent to the “wrong person,” ABC’s sources said, and the documents sat untouched in the field office for weeks, as counterintelligence officials in D.C. began looking into former Trump campaign associate Carter Page and chairman Paul Manafort.

Uh-huh. I bet they were sent to 'the wrong person' indeed.

Edit 3: Another 'interesting' link ...

(Reuters) - A search warrant application unsealed on Wednesday revealed closer links than previously known between President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort and a Russian oligarch with close ties to the Kremlin.

And what do you know, it's Deripaska. And then, of course, Trump pardoned Manafort. Color me shocked

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort/manafort-had-10-million-loan-from-russian-oligarch-court-filing-idUSKBN1JN2YF