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The Illustrated Spygate Scandal - Part XX

The first political coup in American history

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Oct 01, 2025
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See Part I to start at the beginning.

March 20, 2017 (Later)

Clapper and Comey’s systematic denials of surveillance while conducting surveillance revealed the extent of the coup.

“No abuse of FISA occurred,” Clapper told media organizations, knowing his statement contradicted documented evidence.

“No wiretapping occurred,” Comey added, his denial using technical language to hide ongoing surveillance.

Flynn’s destruction was the proof of concept. The surveillance state could eliminate any threat to their institutional control. The insurance policy was accelerating.


March 22, 2017

House Intelligence Chairman Nunes’s discovery of illegal surveillance and unmasking was the moment Congressional oversight finally penetrated the surveillance state’s operational security. His findings threatened to expose the entire operation.

Nunes sat in the secure reading room, reviewing intelligence reports that revealed rampant surveillance of Trump transition officials. The scope of the operation was breathtaking—dozens of Americans monitored, unmasked, distributed through intelligence channels.

“This is illegal surveillance. Bigtime,” Nunes told his staff after completing his review.

“How illegal?” his deputy asked.

“100 percent illegal,” Nunes replied, understanding that constitutional protections had been completely abandoned.

“We need to brief the President immediately,” Nunes declared.


March 22, 2017 (Same Day)

Nunes’s demand that CIA, FBI, and NSA disclose the nature of unlawful surveillance was the first direct congressional challenge to intelligence community criminal operations.

“I want full disclosure of surveillance operations targeting American citizens,” Nunes told intelligence officials during their emergency briefing.

“Sir, that information is classified,” FBI representatives replied.

“Classification doesn’t protect criminal activity,” Nunes shot back.

“We’ll need time to review,” CIA officials stalled, understanding that disclosure would expose the coup.

“You have 48 hours,” Nunes declared, his ultimatum marking the beginning of open warfare between oversight and intelligence operations.

The agencies wouldn’t comply. They couldn’t comply without exposing their transformation from law enforcement into political weapons.


March 27, 2017

Evelyn Farkas’s MSNBC admission that the Obama administration spied on Trump to find Russian “collusion” ties was accidental honesty that exposed the political nature of surveillance operations.

“We knew there wasn’t much time,” Farkas told MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski, her words revealing the synchronized nature of intelligence coordination.

“Time for what?” Brzezinski asked.

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“To get as much intelligence as possible before the Trump administration took over,” Farkas replied, confessing to political surveillance designed to create evidence against political opponents.

On the seventh floor, jaws dropped as they watched Farkas accidentally reveal their operation in real-time.

“Did she just confess to everything?” an FBI agent asked his supervisor.

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