The Illustrated Spygate Scandal - Part XXXIII
The first political coup in American history
See Part I to start at the beginning.
May 12, 2018: Grassley Demands Flynn Documents
Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to the DOJ and FBI demanding all documentation related to the Michael Flynn investigation.
This would necessarily include the original and modified versions of the Form 302 documenting Flynn’s January 24, 2017 interview with FBI agents Peter Strzok and Joe Pientka.
Grassley had been raising questions about the Flynn case for months. Why was he interviewed without a lawyer? Why wasn’t he warned it was a criminal interview? Why did FBI officials tell him not to have White House Counsel present?
And most importantly: why had the Form 302 been edited multiple times after the interview?
The letter put the DOJ on notice: Congress was investigating whether Flynn had been set up. Whether the FBI had illegally altered evidence.
The DOJ would stonewall Grassley’s request for months. When the full story emerged, it would confirm everything Grassley suspected: the interview was a perjury trap, the 302 had been altered, and FBI leadership had targeted Flynn to prevent discovery of the coup.
May 14, 2018: The Deripaska Connection — Mueller’s Russian Oligarch Problem
John Solomon of The Hill published a bombshell report revealing that Robert Mueller had a serious conflict of interest problem involving a Russian oligarch named Oleg Deripaska.
According to Solomon’s reporting, Deripaska — a wealthy aluminum magnate with close ties to Vladimir Putin — had been recruited by the FBI years earlier to help locate a missing American in Iran. The oligarch had assisted the bureau, and FBI agents, including Andrew McCabe, had traveled to meet with him.
But there was more. In September 2016, just as the Trump-Russia investigation was getting underway, FBI agents approached Deripaska again. This time they wanted him to provide evidence that would corroborate the collusion narrative — specifically, that Paul Manafort was coordinating with Russia to interfere in the election.
Deripaska refused. He told the FBI he had no such information. In fact, he indicated the allegations were false.
