[Breitbart] Former Obama State Department official Jonathan Winer, in an attempt to come clean and shape the narrative before being exposed, confirmed that he passed on a dossier from Clinton operatives to the author of the infamous Trump dossier.
In an op-ed in the Washington Post on Thursday titled "Devin Nunes is investigating me. Here’s the truth," Winer publicly confirmed reports that he had passed on a report he received from Clinton operatives to dossier author Christopher Steele in the fall of 2016, right before the election.
He also confirmed that those Clinton operatives were aware of the dossier effort ‐ making Hillary Clinton’s denials of knowing about the dossier even less credible than they were already.
Winer purported to tell "the real story" in his piece, in which he claimed his actions were taken because he was "so alarmed" by Russia’s role in the 2016 election.
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“I am in no position to judge the accuracy of the information generated by Steele or Shearer. But I was alarmed at Russia’s role in the 2016 election, and so were U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials,” he wrote.
"In no position to judge the accuracy"... but I disseminated the information anyway.
Nice cover story Mr. Winer. What took you so long to write it and get it to the WAPO ?
So facts or lack thereof be damned. The Oprah school of government...
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Duh feelz in duh fields...
To liberals' deliberative squeals,
Mudwrestlers in faces and heels,
Producers of need-p0rn
Who serve up the seed corn,
Pay birdbrains to dibble for meals.
[FoxNews] A White House speechwriter, David Sorensen, is resigning amid domestic abuse allegations, Fox News has confirmed.
Sorensen's exit comes two days after another administration official, Staff Secretary Rob Porter, departed amid allegations by two ex-wives that he physically abused them.
"Before we were contacted by the media, we learned last night that there were allegations," said Raj Shah, principal deputy secretary. "We immediately confronted the staffer, he denied the allegations and he resigned today."
Sorensen, a well-known GOP operative in Maine, worked as a senior adviser to Gov. Paul LePage, according to a May 2017 article in The Portland Press Herald.
According to the White House, his position did not require a security clearance and his background check was ongoing.
The Washington Post, which first reported news of Sorensen's exit, said a former wife claimed he had been viollent and emotionally abusive during their two and a half years of marriage. The paper said he had vehemently denied the allegations, saying he was the victim of domestic violence in the marriage.
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Statistically some percentage of the guys you know slap their wives, cheat on taxes, kick their dog and so on. Statistically most of them don't work at the White House...
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To quote Maurice in Blood Simple: "You get a lot of assholes in here, Marty..."
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a former wife claimed he had been violent and emotionally abusive during their two and a half years of marriage
Cuz we all know ex-wives are paragons of honesty and ethics
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All battered wives have one thing in common: They JUST DONT LISTEN!!!
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
02/10/2018 13:04 Comments ||
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That's right Archie.
Most houses have two doors.
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Just saying: My future-ex was at her cousin's house with his wife and her own sister putting makeup on her to photograph like she'd been beat. He called me, I called my Attorney, and my Atty called them to let them know he knew what they were doing and the penalties for falsifying evidence.... Nothing was produced. But, if he hadn't called me....I'd have been screwed, no matter what. I have no sympathy for beaters and abusers of EITHER sex, and yes, it happens both ways. Guys don't wanna admit their SO hit/beat them
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[NYTimes] Rachel L. Brand, the No. 3 official at the Justice Department, plans to step down after nine months on the job as the country’s top law enforcement agency has been under attack by President Trump, according to two people briefed on her decision.
Ms. Brand’s profile had risen in part because she is next in the line of succession behind the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, who is overseeing the special counsel’s inquiry into Russian influence in the 2016 election. Mr. Trump, who has called the investigation a witch hunt, has considered firing Mr. Rosenstein.
Ms. Brand, who became the associate attorney general in May, will become the global governance director at Walmart, the company’s top legal position, according to people briefed on her move. She has held politically appointed positions in the past three presidential administrations.
That makes good odds she loathes the current president...
Ms. Brand now oversees a wide swath of the Justice Department, including the civil division, the civil rights division and the antitrust division. She helped lead the department’s effort to extend a law that authorizes the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance program.
That does give an idea what we should think about her.
Ms. Brand’s assistant, Currie Gunn, has also left the department. Ms. Gunn could not be reached for comment.
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rus·ti·cate [ˈrəstəˌkāt] VERB
(BRITISH) suspend (a student) from a university as a punishment (used chiefly at Oxford and Cambridge).
In earlier years when a Court Official annoyed the monarch they were temporarily exiled 'in disgrace' to their country estates away from the halls of power.
In this case? A conniving courtier running for the border fleeing the wrath of the new sovereign.
Robert Higdon will most likely replace Brand. The Swamp is being drained of Obama/Hillary acolytes. Perhaps the "Rule of Law" will return and replace criminality and the cult of personality.
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Apparently, there is the DOJ line of succession which legal experts speak of. I did not know this. Trump does unexpected things, it wouldn't seem like he would be handicapped by such notions. See the Gateway Pundit for this discussion. Somewhere in the decision-making is Sessions.
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Apparently, there is the DOJ line of succession which legal experts speak of.
Maybe that's what's wrong with DoJ. Is it gonna be a "constitutional crisis" if Trump ignores it so he can appoint some honest people?
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Is said line of succession spelled out in the Constitution. If not, its just so much shinola.
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It's good that they're getting rid of these people, but at this rate, half the political appointees will still be Obama holdovers when Trump is running for re-election.
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