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Friday, August 17, 2018

Ohr Should NOT Have A Security Clearance

Trump Wants To Take Away DOJ

Official's Clearance

08/17/2018
Source: TTN
by: TTN Staff

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Trump Wants To Take Away DOJ Official's Clearance

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President Trump has announced that he is seriously considering stripping
demoted DOJ official Bruce Ohr of his security clearance. Ohr's wife worked
for Fusion GPS, the firm behind the Trump dossier, and was hired to go after
Trump.

According to Town Hall:

Speaking to reporters on the way to Marine One at the White House Friday

morning, President Trump said he is prepared to strip demoted DOJ official

Bruce Ohr of his security clearance.

"Bruce Ohr is a disgrace. I will be taking it away very quickly," Trump said,

adding his wife also made him a disgrace.

Ohr used his position as associate deputy attorney general at the Obama

Justice Department to go after Donald Trump's run for the White House. His

wife, Nellie Ohr, worked at Fusion GPS and was hired specifically to go after

Trump. Fusion GPS is the research firm that produced the unverified dossier

compiled by British spy Christopher Steele and was used by the FBI to spy

on the Trump campaign.

Ohr was demoted last year when his connection to Fusion GPS and the

dossier was revealed.

Trump also announced that he has no regrets on stripping former CIA
director John Brennan of his security clearance. Clarifying that he had
little to no respect for Brennan.

Read more at http://trumptrainnews.com/articles/trump-wants-to-take-away-doj-official-s-clearance#o1as7fDD6yHx3rhm.99

The Corrupt FBI And Justice Leadership Illustrates Why They Will Not Cooperate With Congressional Subponeas

Comey BOMBSHELL slams Mueller investigation (they’re afraid!)

AUGUST 17, 2018

by Stephen Dietrich, Associate Publisher

Newly discovered notes regarding ex-British spy Christopher Steele, the foreign operative behind the debunked dossier on then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, have opened up another round of serious questions about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.

For years, Trump has called the special counsel investigation a partisan “witch hunt” — and when the president fired former FBI Director James Comey, new information has revealed

Steele allegedly said this to former Department of Justice official Bruce Ohr, once the fourth highest ranking member of the DOJ under former President Barack Obama, who recorded the conversation in his personal notes.

Investigative journalist Sara Carter first revealed that Ohr was Steele’s point-of-contact within the DOJ after he was dropped as an FBI source for leaking information to the mainstream media.

“In one of Ohr’s handwritten notes listed as ‘Law enforcement Sensitive’ from May 10, 2017, he writes ‘Call with Chris,’ referencing Steele. He notes that Steele is ‘very concerned about Comey’s firing, afraid they will be exposed.’ This call occurred months after FBI Director James Comey testified before the House Intelligence Committee and revealed for the first time that the FBI had an open counterintelligence investigation into President Donald Trump’s campaign and alleged collusion with Russia,” Carter reported on her blog.

That wasn’t the only panicked message Steele reportedly sent Ohr about their work during the election.

According to Carter, Steele was also reportedly very concerned over a letter sent from the Senate Judiciary Committee that demanded Comey reveal details about his work with Steele during the 2016 presidential campaign during a scheduled appearance before congressional investigators.

Steele reportedly texted Ohr on Mar. 18, 2017: ““Hi! Just wondering if you had any news? Obviously, we’re a bit apprehensive given scheduled appearance at Congress on Monday. Hoping that important firewalls will hold. Many thanks.”

“Sorry, no new news. I believe my earlier information is still accurate. I will let you know immediately if there is any change,” Ohr replied. What “earlier information” Ohr is referring to remains a mystery, but the exchange has certainly raised eyebrows.

According to Carter, the text messages have insiders asking, “What did Steele mean by important firewalls before Comey testimony? And what did Ohr mean by earlier information he provided?”

“Ohr had a conflict of interest during the presidential campaign and transition, congressional investigators say, because his wife Nellie worked for Fusion GPS. Steele, an ex-British spy, was a key source cited by the FBI and Department of Justice to obtain a FISA [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] warrant to monitor [Trump aide Carter Page],” Fox News reported Friday.

Ohr was demoted twice by the Department of Justice for failing to disclose his wife’s role in Fusion GPS — the firm behind the debunked Steele dossier — as a conflict of interest in the ongoing investigation. Fusion GPS was being paid by Russian interests for a different project at the time.

The House Judiciary Committee is expected to question Ohr on Aug. 28 in a closed-door deposition.

— Stephen Dietrich is the Associate Publisher of The Horn News

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

The Question Is--Can The Reputaton Of The FBI Be Rebuilt After The Devastating Corruption At The Top?

Editorial: FBI must purge its ranks

Herald Staff Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 14: The FBI seal is attached to a podium prior to Director is Christopher A. Wray speakin at a news conference at FBI Headquarters, on June 14, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

The news that the FBI fired Peter Strzok broke yesterday, and with that we can begin to see big-picture truth take shape about the bureau’s role in the Hillary Clinton investigation as well as the Russia investigation.

It does not look good for the leadership at the FBI. 2016 did not bring out the best in them.

Director James Comey was fired, as was Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, and now Strzok, an FBI senior counterintelligence agent, has been terminated after being demoted earlier. He was a lead investigator on the probe into Clinton’s email server in 2016 before moving on to Mueller’s team.

Add to that Lisa Page, who was also on the Mueller team, and who was demoted before resigning earlier this year, and Bruce Ohr, who was stripped of his title as associate deputy attorney general.

Page had been texting anti-Trump messages back and forth with Strzok, and Ohr had been in contact with the authors of the Steele dossier shortly after the election.

FBI chief lawyer James Baker also stepped down amid allegations that he’d been involved in leaking classified information about the Steele dossier.

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FBI agents need to keep their politics and biases out of their day-to-day behavior and certainly away from their workflow. The infractions that have continually come to light since the election of Donald Trump have served to degrade the public’s trust in the nation’s leading law enforcement agency and may have seriously impeded the duly elected president of the United States in performing his duties as described in the Constitution.

We can begin rebuilding the credibility of the FBI as soon as those who’ve acted deleteriously have been removed.