The Illustrated Spygate Scandal - Part X
The first political coup in American history
See Part I to start at the beginning.
The Story So Far (Part I through Part IX):
By August 2016, the American intelligence apparatus had completed its transformation into a political warfare machine, with foreign intelligence operatives, domestic surveillance agencies, and media organizations all coordinating to elect Hillary Clinton. CIA Director John Brennan personally briefed President Obama on fabricated intelligence from Christopher Steele's dossier—manufactured by Hillary Clinton's campaign through Fusion GPS—while simultaneously warning the Russians that their communications had been intercepted.
FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page openly declared their intention to "stop" Trump's presidency through their investigative powers, while Attorney General Loretta Lynch coordinated with the subjects of investigation and her DOJ colleague Bruce Ohr served as a liaison between his Fusion GPS-employed wife and foreign intelligence operative Christopher Steele.
The "Crossfire Hurricane" investigation, led by the same agents who had protected Clinton from prosecution despite overwhelming evidence of espionage-level security breaches, was poised to nuke Donald Trump’s presidential ambitions once and for all.
August 10, 2016
Bernie Sanders' purchase of a $575,000 lakeside home just weeks after the DNC hack exposed sabotage of his campaign raised questions that would never be officially investigated. The timing was suspicious: a senator whose campaign had been nuked out of orbit by party leadership suddenly had the resources for a luxury vacation home.
"Kinda wild how Bernie went from fighting the establishment to buying lakefront property." a Sanders campaign volunteer observed as news of the purchase spread.
The home purchase smelled like hush money, a reward for Sanders' cooperation in endorsing the very candidate whose campaign had sabotaged his own.
August 12, 2016
Andrew McCabe's claim that Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Matthew Axelrod had ordered him to shut down the Clinton Foundation investigation would later prove to be either perjury or proof that even Clinton Foundation corruption was being protected at the highest levels of the DOJ.
"So we're not allowed to investigate the Foundation either?" an FBI agent asked McCabe during a team meeting.
"Those are the orders," McCabe replied, though everyone understood that his wife's $700,000 campaign donation from Clinton associate Terry McAuliffe might have played a role in the decision.
The shutdown order meant that Clinton's email crimes, Clinton Foundation corruption, and Clinton campaign coordination with foreign intelligence were all being simultaneously protected by different levels of the same Justice Department all claiming to be conducting independent investigations.
August 15, 2016
The "insurance policy" text exchange between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page was the smoking gun that proved the FBI's surveillance operation was designed as political insurance against Trump's potential victory.
"I want to believe the path you threw out for consideration in Andy [McCabe’s]'s office—that there's no way he gets elected—but I'm afraid we can't take that risk," Page texted Strzok.
"It's like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you're 40," Strzok replied, referring to their operations as protection against Trump's election.
Hillary would be President. Period.
August 16, 2016
The FBI's letter to Congress defending their decision not to prosecute Clinton despite "extreme carelessness" with classified information was Orwellian doublespeak designed to obscure the fact that "gross negligence" and "extreme carelessness" were legally identical standards. Agent Peter Strzok had redefined criminal law to protect future president Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The FBI's semantic games couldn't hide the fact that they had applied different legal standards to Clinton than they would apply to any other American citizen. Justice had been replaced by political protection. The FBI had an election to win.
August 16, 2016 (Same Day)
Rick Gates' interview with investigators represented the FBI's continued targeting of Trump associates for process crimes while ignoring substantive Clinton Foundation corruption. Gates was questioned about 2012 business deals that had nothing to do with Russian collusion but everything to do with creating leverage for cooperation.
"This isn't about Russian interference," Gates told his lawyer after the FBI interview. "They're just looking for anything they can use against us."
The interview strategy revealed the FBI's true purpose: manufacturing crimes against Trump associates while protecting Clinton associates from prosecution for obvious violations. The investigation was prosecutorial harassment designed to pressure cooperation in the broader political operation.
August 17, 2016
NBC's Ken Dilanian's report about Michael Flynn clashing with intelligence officials during briefings was intelligence community retaliation against the former DIA director who understood their capabilities and corruption. Flynn's expertise made him dangerous to officials conducting illegal surveillance operations.
"Flynn knows how this stuff really works," a CIA official told his colleague as they reviewed Dilanian's story. "He could expose everything."
The media attack on Flynn wasn't journalism—it was intelligence laundering designed to discredit the Trump advisor most capable of reforming the surveillance state. Dilanian would soon be referred to as “Fusion Ken” for echoing Fusion GPS talking points paid for by the Clinton campaign.
August 19, 2016
Paul Manafort's resignation from the Trump campaign wasn't voluntary—it was the result of coordinated intelligence and media pressure designed to remove Trump advisors who might have foreign policy expertise or international business experience that could challenge the surveillance state's narratives.
"They're targeting anyone with international experience," Trump told his remaining advisors as Manafort departed.
The forced resignation was part of a broader pattern: intelligence agencies were using opposition research and media pressure to reshape Trump's campaign team, removing experienced advisors and isolating Trump from experts who might recognize and resist illegal political sabotage.
August 21, 2016
Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook's series of charges that Trump was a "puppet for the Kremlin" represented the public deployment of intelligence narratives that that they had helped write.
The puppet allegations weren't based on intelligence—they were fables manufactured by the Clinton campaign through foreign operatives and then promoted as if they were independent discoveries. The campaign was laundering its own opposition research through media reporting.
August 27, 2016
Senator Leader Harry Reid's letter to James Comey revealed the coordination between CIA Director Brennan and Congressional Democrats. Reid was demanding FBI action based on intelligence he had received from Brennan.
"How does Reid know these specific details about Carter Page?" an FBI official asked his supervisor.
"Because Brennan told him," came the reply. "Career advice: don’t ask questions."
Reid's letter created a circular process: CIA manufactured intelligence, briefed it to Democrats, who then demanded FBI investigation, which would cite Democratic pressure as justification for surveillance operations based on… CIA-manufactured intelligence.
August 28, 2016
The publication of new Anthony Weiner sexting photos, this time with his infant son visible in the bed, would soon lead to the discovery of a new tranche of Hillary Clinton’s classified emails.
Weiner’s wife — Hillary’s consigliere Huma Abedin — had auto-forwarded all Clinton emails to the Weiner laptop.
September 2, 2016
Lisa Page's text to Peter Strzok that Obama "wants to know everything we're doing" confirmed direct presidential involvement in FBI operations against Trump's campaign. The highest levels of the Obama administration were coordinating with FBI officials conducting political surveillance.
September 2, 2016 (Another Meeting)
Stefan Halper's offer of $3,000 to George Papadopoulos for a policy paper and free travel to London was the kind of obvious intelligence recruitment that made experienced security professionals suspicious. The offer was designed to create evidence of foreign contact and potential financial incentive.
"Why is this professor offering me money and free travel?" Papadopoulos wondered as he considered Halper's proposal.
"Because he's not a professor," his instincts should have told him, though Papadopoulos lacked the intelligence background to recognize a recruitment attempt.
Halper's offers weren't academic opportunities—they were intelligence operations designed to compromise Trump associates and create the evidence that would justify surveillance operations against the entire campaign.
September 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton's public accusation that Russia was interfering with U.S. elections represented the moment when manufactured intelligence became Democrat campaign messaging.
"Are we really going to accuse Russia of election interference based on intelligence we manufactured?" a State Department official asked his colleague. The only reply was a deep grumble.
Clinton’s fictional accusations had the potential to trigger an international incident.
The insurance policy was now fully operational, with President Obama personally coordinating FBI surveillance operations while CIA operatives routinely targeted Trump associates.
The investigation wasn't about Russian interference—it was about American interference in American elections, conducted by intelligence agencies that had abandoned their constitutional duties in favor of partisan political warfare. Crossfire Hurricane was the codename for the first domestic coup attempt in U.S. history.
A dramatization of real events. Based upon The Timeline of Treason. Part I below.
What a great series! Was so hoping someone would put together a not heavy timeline story for those who weren't following along it was a lot to take in day by day as many of us did in the deep weeds.
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