The Illustrated Spygate Scandal - Part XXXVI
The first political coup in American history
See Part I to start at the beginning.
August 27, 2018: FBI Leaked Stories, Then Used Them to Spy
The Daily Caller reported that FBI Agent Jonathan Moffa testified that the Obama-era FBI had deliberately leaked information to media outlets, then used the resulting articles as evidence to obtain FISA warrants to spy on Americans.
This confirmed the circular reporting scheme critics had long alleged: the FBI would leak information (often from the unverified Steele dossier) to sympathetic journalists, then cite the journalists’ articles as independent corroboration of the same information to seek surveillance warrants.
It was evidence laundering. It was criminal.
Moffa’s testimony provided under-oath confirmation of what had been suspected: the FISA process had been corrupted. The FBI had lied to the court, not just about the reliability of sources, but about the very nature of the evidence.
The scheme represented a fundamental fraud upon the FISA court. Maybe some of the judges were in on it. Judges were approving surveillance warrants that were 100% false.
August 28, 2018: Bruce Ohr’s Closed-Door Testimony
Behind closed doors in a secure room in the Rayburn House Office Building, Justice Department official Bruce Ohr sat down to answer questions from congressional investigators.
For months, Ohr had been a figure of intense speculation. His wife Nellie had worked for Fusion GPS. He had met repeatedly with Christopher Steele. He had served as a back-channel between the fired FBI informant and the Bureau even after Steele had been terminated for leaking to the press.
Now, under oath, Ohr would have to explain himself.
