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The Illustrated Spygate Scandal - Part XVII

The first political coup in American history

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Sep 25, 2025
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See Part I to start at the beginning.

January 4, 2017

Strzok’s order to keep CROSSFIRE RAZOR open revealed the criminal intent behind Flynn’s targeting. They would use surveillance of his official duties to manufacture process crimes.

“Don’t close RAZOR,” Strzok commanded the field office.

“Sir, there’s no evidence of wrongdoing,” the supervisor replied.

“These Kislyak calls are a problem,” Strzok explained, “we’re keeping RAZOR open.”

Flynn’s crime wasn’t collaboration with Russia. His crime was knowledge of surveillance operations that could expose the entire conspiracy if he became National Security Advisor.


January 4, 2017

The DNC’s claim that FBI never requested their servers was the first crack in the Russian hacking narrative. No forensic analysis meant no evidence. Just conclusions without investigation.

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