Russiagate Picking Up Steam Again

Make that 18. Margot Cleveland, Da Fed spots how The Inspector General Missed Yet Another Lie From The FBI. Didn't connect two passages where Steele admitted his sources sucked, and yet cited his sources in the FISA. It could be an oversight. Ace summarizes:

So Steele represented first that his super-sources were ones he had developed while at the MI-6, and would presumably have been vetted by MI-6 -- adding a veneer of credibility.

And the FBI and DOJ represented to the FISA court that these sources had been developed while Steele was at MI-6.

But now it turns out Steele lied, he had developed these bullshit sources as a private freelancer working for Russian oligarchs, and the DOJ and FBI lied along with him, and the Inspector General apparently wants to bury it.

Julie Kelly, AmGreat, Washington Post vs. the Steele Dossier. Both are full of lies, and for the same reason. News Thud, Steele Tesifies McCain Aide Shared Dossier With Buzzfeed, Was “Flabbergasted” When It Was Published. He was a bitter old man at the end. It's sad. Meanwhile Sharyl Attkisson's list continues to grow, Astonishing: Sharyl Attkisson chronicles 109 negative media Trump stories that turned out to be false. Not that astonishing.

Margot proposes a New Year's resolution that nobody will adopt, A New Year’s Resolution For The Left And Never Trump: Apologize To Devin Nunes. I guess just being right will have to be its own reward. By way of the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 01.03.20, Adam Mill thinks one of the perps, James Comey Should Be Arrested, by 57 armed agents, coming by land, sea and air, with dogs. Good news from Lifezette, Obama Holdovers Are Finally Getting Booted from Trump White House. It's about damn time. He should have shit canned them all when he came in. But as Front Page Mag Lloyd Billingsley note, they consider themselves America’s Nobility?

It's good to be the king child of a Democrat politician, from WaFreeBee, Hunter Biden’s Blood Mine - Chinese company in which Hunter Biden invested may profit from brutal crackdown at African mine. At AmThink, Brian Tomlinson writes of An Elephant in the Room on Biden and Burisma? Were they really doing Putin's business? From Da Caller Rudy Prepared To Testify About ‘Vast’ Corruption Of Democrats And Ukraine At Trump Trial. Do Democrats really want new witnesses to testify? Witness that Republicans vet?

Allah Pundit at Hot Air notes Two New Polls: Solid Majorities Support Calling New Witnesses At Trump’s Impeachment Trial. Democrats want to call prosecution witness they didn't have time for at the House shampeachment hearings, and Republicans want to hear from exculpatory witness who were denied time at the House. John Sexton at Hot Air, McConnell On Impeachment: ‘Their Turn Is Over’

“Their turn is over. They’ve done enough damage. It’s the Senate’s turn now to render sober judgment,” McConnell, R-Ky., said on the Senate floor.
. . .
McConnell called Pelosi’s effort to “hand-design” the proceedings in the Senate a “non-starter” and a “fantasy.”

Breitbart,  Dem Rep. Doggett: I’d ‘Support’ Pelosi Never Sending Articles if Senate Won’t Allow Witnesses. The job's not done until you turn the paperwork in. From DaWire, Senator Josh Hawley Introducing Measure To Dismiss Democrats’ Articles Of Impeachment. You can dismiss a case if the prosecution fails to show up to present it. “My proposal will take form of motion to update Senate impeachment rules to account for this unprecedented attempt to obstruct Senate trial. Stay tuned.”

Don't hold that football, Charlie Brown, from Politico, Why Democrats say they might not vote to convict Trump

Senate Democrats are expected to almost unanimously declare President Donald Trump guilty at the end of his impeachment trial. But senators across the party’s spectrum insist they haven't made up their mind.

It’s a bid to entice a handful of Senate Republicans to join their push for new documents and witnesses involved in the president’s Ukraine scandal, particularly those who have expressed dismay with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s vow to coordinate closely with the White House.

Hypocrisy in the Senate? I'm shocked, shocked. Matt Vespa at Town Hall, Liberal Law Professor Noted Something Odd About Schumer's Trump Impeachment Speech

Schumer's statement today is curious since he not only opposed any witnesses in the Clinton trial but also supported a summary vote without a trial. He is insisting on "following precedent" that he opposed creating. He also ran on the pledge to vote to acquit before any trial.

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) January 3, 2020

Sundance at CTH, DC Circuit Appeals Panel Hear Oral Arguments from House Lawsuit for Mueller Evidence and McGahn Testimony… and Speaker Pelosi Threatens Possibility of Armed Conflict Against U.S. Department of Justice… a jest in passing.

Paul Bedard at WaEx, Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi join effort to take President Trump down in 2020. I thought they were founding members. Also, Impeachment poll: Clinton’s offenses worse than Trump’s since nobody can figure out what crimes Trump committed other that winning an election Democrats thought they had stolen fair and square.

 and from Sundance, 2020 Resistance – Dem Operatives Open New Leak Clearing House…

The primary goal is to gain the Mueller material; by design the impeachment process is a means toward that end. Impeachment is not the end; impeachment is the means to an end. Impeachment is the legal standing to exploit the Mueller material.

It is the year-long contention of CTH that Team Nadler (HJC) already has the Mueller material. The Mueller material is opposition research. The Mueller team was/is designed, and specifically constructed, to deliver that opposition research to the resistance group now represented inside the House by the aforementioned dozens of contracted lawyers.

It is our further contention to the Mueller material was collected with the intention to deliver this material to the House crews: Team Schiff (HPSCI) and Team Nadler (HJC).

Meaning, and it is important that everyone understand this: the Mueller investigation used their massively expanded scope authority (2017 and 2018), and purposefully went into a bunch of irrelevant sideline issues (unrelated to Trump-Russia) because they were using their legal authority to assemble massive files of political research material – to leave for discovery and use in 2020.

Remember, dozens of Democrat operatives behind Nadler have all of that Mueller collected material already. The HJC lawsuit is an attempt to gain legal authority to exploit it. However, if they don’t get the legal authority, meaning they lose the lawsuits, they will use it anyway – through a system of leaks to their resistance allies in the media.
Which brings us to the new phase….

♦ Understanding this ongoing process is the key to understanding a new “Leak Clearing House” created with this intent in mind. The clearing house is JustSecurity.Org
The “Just Security” group is similar to the “Lawfare” group. Their purpose is to receive and then distribute leaked material. They will be leaking material from Mueller, via the House teams, as well as material from current insider operations from the resistance.

The Just Security group will leak material which will then be picked up by specific Democrat politicians and used as evidence to attack and undermine President Trump.

Oh just shut up, you're not helping, Impeached, Imprisoned Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Slams Democrats on Impeachment (Breitbart).

I&I, Will Dems Impeach Trump For Killing Soleimani, Too?  Why not? From Allah Pundit, Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Let’s Face It, Trump Hit Soleimani To Distract From Impeachment

I’ll bet Democrats and the media are privately breathing a sigh of relief. Trump just gave them something new to focus on, so they don’t have to talk about weak impeachment articles for a while.

— Sahk Pupette (@alyssasaridvaj) January 3, 2020

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