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The Illustrated Spygate Scandal - Part XXIV

The first political coup in American history

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Oct 09, 2025
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See Part I to start at the beginning.

September 24, 2017

DNI head James Clapper’s repeated denial of FISA warrant knowledge was sustained perjury.

“I knew of no FISA warrant ever approved of Trump and his associates,” Clapper repeated, his denial contradicting documented evidence of his involvement in surveillance operations.

Clapper’s perjury wasn’t memory failure. They were lies designed to deflect attention from the ongoing coup.


October 18, 2017

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Two Fusion GPS officials took the Fifth when House investigators started asking tough questions. Smart move when you’re neck-deep in criminal conspiracy.

The silence spoke volumes. These guys had orchestrated the biggest political dirty trick in American history, and now they were clamming up to avoid prosecution.

“We invoke our Fifth Amendment rights,” they announced.

House investigators knew what the silence meant. Fusion GPS had been running a criminal enterprise disguised as opposition research, coordinating with federal agencies to manufacture evidence against political opponents.

The Fifth Amendment wasn’t protecting research. It was hiding some very bad things.


October 18, 2017 (Same Day)

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Samantha Power’s testimony that someone else performed illegal unmaskings using her credentials was the “dog ate my homework” defense for rampant surveillance abuse.

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