The Illustrated Spygate Scandal - Part XIII
The first political coup in American history
See Part I to start at the beginning.
October 12, 2016
The FBI's discovery of 650,000 emails on Weiner's laptop, including thousands forwarded from Huma Abedin's Clinton email system, represented a new evidence cache that could expose the entire corruption scandal.
"There are more emails here than in our entire Clinton investigation," Peter Strzok told Andrew McCabe and Lisa Page.
"How many of them are classified?" McCabe asked, his concern focused on potential exposure rather than prosecution.
"We're not sure," Strzok replied. "No one’s looked."
The emails represented Huma Abedin's insurance policy—evidence of Clinton's crimes that could protect her if she was abandoned by the operation. The Weiner laptop discovery had created an existential crisis for the entire corruption operation, with hundreds of thousands of emails threatening to expose not just the Clinton Foundation pay-to-play crimes but the FBI's continuous coverup of those crimes.
October 13, 2016
The Wall Street Journal's revelation that Andrew McCabe's wife had received $700,000 from Clinton associate Terry McAuliffe sent shockwaves through an FBI already reeling from internal revolt. McCabe's frantic damage control operation revealed the desperation of officials whose corruption was being exposed in real time.
McCabe called an emergency meeting. His hands shook as he addressed his senior staff. "We need talking points. Now."
"Sir, how do we explain away three-quarters of a million dollars?" his deputy asked, the number hanging in the air like a death sentence.
"We don't explain it away," McCabe snapped. "We reframe it. My wife's campaign was independent. I recused myself from Foundation matters."
But everyone in the room knew the truth. McCabe had overseen Clinton email investigations while his wife took Clinton money. The corruption was so blatant it defied explanation.
The FBI's credibility was hemorrhaging. Each revelation made the next lie harder to sustain.
October 13, 2016 (Same Day)
Comey's chief-of-staff was in full crisis management mode, desperately trying to counter Paul Sperry's devastating New York Post article about veteran agents in revolt. The FBI Director's reputation was crumbling as fast as his institution's.
"The agents are talking to reporters," Comey's chief-of-staff warned during their emergency meeting. "They're saying the Clinton investigation was a whitewash."
Comey's jaw tightened. "Then we need different agents saying different things."
"Sir, these are thirty-year veterans. Their credibility—"
"Their credibility is what I say it is," Comey cut him off, his voice cold as winter steel.
But the internal rebellion was spreading like wildfire. Agents who had spent decades building cases were watching their leadership destroy everything they'd worked for. The whistle-blowing wasn't going to stop. It was going to accelerate.
October 14, 2016
The promotion of Peter Strzok's wife Melissa Hodgman to deputy director of the SEC's Enforcement Division wasn't a coincidence. It appeared to be a reward. A payoff. Insurance that Strzok would stay loyal to the operation even as it crumbled around him.
"Congratulations on Melissa's promotion," Andrew McCabe texted Strzok.
"Timing is everything," Strzok replied, understanding exactly what the promotion meant.
The SEC position gave Hodgman power over financial investigations that could threaten Clinton Foundation donors and political operatives. Her promotion was strategic placement disguised as career advancement.
Strzok now had skin in the game beyond just his FBI career. His wife's future depended on the operation's success. The corruption had metastasized into their personal lives, making retreat impossible.
October 15, 2016
The FBI's meeting with Christopher Steele represented the moment American law enforcement officially became a customer of foreign intelligence fabrication. They weren't just accepting manufactured evidence—they were paying for it.
"How much more intelligence can you provide?" the FBI agents asked Steele during their clandestine meeting.
"How much are you willing to pay?" Steele replied, his MI-6 training evident in his transactional approach.
"Whatever it takes to support our FISA applications."
The FBI was purchasing evidence to justify surveillance they had already decided to conduct. They weren't investigating crimes—they were manufacturing justifications for political persecution.
Steele smiled. The Americans were so desperate they'd pay anything for intelligence that supported their predetermined conclusions. It was the easiest money he'd ever made.
October 15, 2016 (Same Day)
Multiple Intelligence Community assessments concluded that Russia had no intent or ability to influence the election and no preference for the unknown Trump. The assessments were immediately classified and buried.
"Sir, this contradicts everything we've been saying," an intelligence analyst told his supervisor as he reviewed the assessment.
"Then it never happened," came the reply. "Burn it."
"We can't burn intelligence assessments—"
"Watch me."
The authentic intelligence that debunked the entire Russian collusion narrative was being censored while fabricated intelligence was promoted. The intelligence community was at war with its own findings.
Truth had become the enemy. Facts were obstacles to be eliminated.
October 19, 2016
Hillary Clinton's accusation during the presidential debate that Trump was Putin's "puppet" was the public culmination of the intelligence operation she had commissioned. She was promoting allegations her own campaign had manufactured through foreign intelligence operatives.
"No puppet. No puppet. You're the puppet," Trump fired back, not knowing how literally accurate his response was.
Clinton smiled with the confidence of someone who knew the fix was in. Intelligence agencies, law enforcement, and media were all coordinated in support of her narrative. The surveillance state was her insurance policy.
But Trump's counterpunch landed harder than expected. The audience sensed something authentic in his indignation, something that contrasted sharply with Clinton's calculated delivery.
The puppet master was being exposed by her own strings.
October 21, 2016
NSA Director Mike Rogers' shutdown of the FISA-702 "About Query" surveillance represented the moment someone with actual authority finally said "enough." Rogers had discovered the systematic abuse of government surveillance tools by Democrat political operatives and was taking action to stop it.
"Sir, if we shut down About Query, Perkins Coie will go nuts," a subordinate warned Rogers, referring to the Democrats’ law firm that had illicit access to the FISA tools.
"Good," Rogers replied, his military bearing evident in his decisive action. "That's the point."
"But Comey won't appreciate—"
"Then Comey can go to hell. I took an oath to the Constitution, not to political operatives."
Rogers' action was a direct shot across the bow of the surveillance state. Someone with access to the evidence was finally willing to act on it.
The corruption had met its first real resistance.
October 21, 2016 (Same Day)
The DOJ and FBI's filing of their first FISA Title I surveillance request for Carter Page using the "salacious and unverified" DNC-funded dossier was the successful weaponization of foreign fabrication against American citizens. The court system had been completely deceived.
"The foreign intelligence looks credible," a FISA judge noted as he reviewed the application.
What the judge didn't know was that the "foreign intelligence" was American opposition research laundered through British intelligence specifically to deceive the court about its partisan origins.
The application was a masterpiece of deception. Every source was misrepresented. Every fact was manipulated. Every legal standard was corrupted.
American citizens were now under surveillance based on evidence their political opponents had literally purchased from foreign intelligence operatives.
October 24, 2016
Benjamin Wittes' blog post titled "What if Trump wins? We need an insurance policy" wasn't coincidental. Wittes was James Comey's close friend and frequent leak recipient. The blog post was operational messaging disguised as punditry.
"This is perfect," Comey told his staff as they reviewed Wittes' article. "It gives us the public justification we need."
The blog post represented the public face of the FBI's private insurance policy discussions. Media allies were providing intellectual cover for intelligence operations against American democracy.
Wittes wasn't a journalist offering analysis. He was an operative providing propaganda support for the Obama administration.
October 24, 2016 (Same Day)
NSA Director Rogers' verbal notification to the FISA Court about illegal surveillance of U.S. persons was a constitutional earthquake. Someone with access to the evidence was finally telling federal judges they'd been completely deceived.
"Sir, Rogers is briefing the FISA Court about the DNC’s surveillance activities," an FBI official warned his supervisor.
"Can we stop him?"
"No. He's NSA Director. He has the evidence."
"Then we're fucked."
Rogers' briefing exposed years of blatant constitutional violations conducted under the cover of national security. The FISA Court judges were learning they'd been accomplices in the largest surveillance abuse in American history.
October 24, 2016 (Later)
CBS's revelation about McCabe's wife receiving $700,000 from Clinton associate Terry McAuliffe confirmed what investigators had suspected: the FBI's corruption was financial as well as political. Money had changed hands.
"How do we spin seven hundred thousand dollars?" McCabe asked his media relations team, desperation evident in his voice.
"We can't," came the honest reply. "That's too much money to explain away."
The financial corruption was so blatant it defied damage control. McCabe's wife had taken Clinton money while McCabe oversaw Clinton investigations. The appearance of corruption was actually corruption.
October 24, 2016 (Same Evening)
The Wall Street Journal's Devlin Barrett, using leaks from McCabe himself, published a counter-narrative claiming Comey made the Clinton decision independently. McCabe was using the media to deflect attention from his own corruption.
"McCabe is playing the press like a violin," an FBI agent observed as he read Barrett's article.
"He's also exposing operational details," his partner replied. "This could backfire."
McCabe's media manipulation revealed the sophisticated press operations supporting the corruption. FBI officials weren't just breaking the law—they were orchestrating media coverage of their lawbreaking.
October 26, 2016
NSA Director Rogers' written notification to the FISA Court about surveillance abuse was the smoking gun that proved serial constitutional violations. Rogers was creating an official record of a political surveillance regime run by the Obama White House and the DNC.
"Rogers' letter changes everything," a DOJ official told his colleague as they reviewed the notification.
"How so?"
"Because now there's an official record. We can't pretend this didn't happen anymore."
Rogers' documentation meant the abuse could no longer be hidden or denied. Federal judges had been officially notified that they'd been lied to.
October 27, 2016
The confrontation in Comey's staff meeting was explosive. The NYPD and veteran agents were demanding answers about why McCabe and Strzok were sitting on the Huma Abedin/Weiner email disclosure that could change the election.
"Why haven't we disclosed the Weiner laptop?" a senior agent demanded during the heated meeting.
McCabe shifted uncomfortably. "We're still processing—"
"Bullshit," the agent cut him off. "You've had this for a month. There are 650,000 emails and you've looked at none of them."
Strzok tried to intervene. "The emails require careful review—"
"The emails require immediate disclosure," another agent fired back. "NYPD said they are going to release the details if we don’t.”
The room erupted in voices. Career agents were finally confronting their corrupt leadership directly. The internal rebellion had reached the breaking point.
Comey realized his control was slipping. The laptop disclosure was inevitable. The only question was whether the FBI would reveal it voluntarily or have it forced out by whistleblowers.
The corruption operation was hemorrhaging credibility as multiple fronts collapsed simultaneously. Rogers' documentation of surveillance abuse, the exposure of McCabe's financial corruption, and the internal FBI revolt over the Weiner laptop created a perfect storm that threatened to expose the entire conspiracy.
The 2016 election was only eleven days away, and the corruption network that had seemed invincible just weeks earlier was now fighting for survival.
A dramatization of real events. Based upon The Timeline of Treason. Part I below.
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