The Federalist – Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents tasked by fired former Director James Comey to take down Donald Trump during and after the 2016 election were so concerned about the agencyâs potentially illegal behavior that they purchased liability insurance to protect themselves less than two weeks before Trump was inaugurated president, previously hidden FBI text messages show. The explosive new communications and internal FBI notes were disclosed in federal court filings today from Sidney Powell, the attorney who heads Michael Flynnâs legal defense team.
â[W]e all went and purchased professional liability insurance,â one agent texted on Jan. 10, 2017, the same day CNN leaked details that then-President-elect Trump had been briefed by Comey about the bogus Christopher Steele dossier. That briefing of Trump was used as a pretext to legitimize the debunked dossier, which was funded by the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign and compiled by a foreign intelligence officer who was working for a sanctioned Russian oligarch.
âHoly crap,â an agent responded. âAll the analysts too?â
âYep,â the first agent said. âAll the folks at the Agency as well.â
â[C]an I ask who are the most likely litigators?â an agent responded. â[A]s far as potentially suing yâall[?]â
â[H]aha, who knowsâŚ.I think [t]he concern when we got it was that there was a big leak at DOJ and the NYT among others was going to do a piece,â the first agent said.
While the names of the agents responsible for the texts are redacted, the legal filing from Powell, quoting communications from the Department of Justice (DOJ), states that the latest document production included handwritten notes and texts from Peter Strzok, Andrew McCabe, Lisa Page, and FBI analysts who worked on the FBIâs investigation of Flynn.
Agents also said they were worried about how a new attorney general might view the actions taken against Trump during the investigation. Shortly after then-Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) was confirmed to be Trumpâs new attorney general, congressional Democrats, media, and Obama holdovers within DOJ immediately moved to force Sessions to recuse himself from overseeing the departmentâs investigations against Trump.
â[T]he new AG might have some questionsâŚ.then yada yada yadaâŚwe all get screwed,â one agent wrote.
The FBI agents also discussed how the investigationâs leadership was consumed with conspiracy theories rather than evidence.
âIâm tellying [sic] man, if this thing ever gets FOIAâd, there are going to be some tough questions asked,â one agent wrote. â[A]nd a great deal of those will be related to Brian having a scope way outside the boundaries of logic[.]â
Several texts show that the order to close the criminal investigation against Flynn came as early as Nov. 8, 2016, the same day as the 2016 presidential election. It was later re-opened in early January of 2017.
âWe have some loose ends to tie up, and we all need to meet to discuss what to do with each case (he said shut down Razor),â one agent texted, referring to Crossfire Razor, the FBIâs internal code name for the investigation of Flynn.
â[S]o glad theyâre closing Razor,â an agent responded.
The new disclosures made by DOJ also show that the FBI used so-called national security letters (NSLs) to spy on Flynnâs finances. Unlike traditional subpoenas, which require judicial review and approval before authorities can seize an innocent personâs property and information, NSLs are never independently reviewed by courts. One of the agents noted in a text message that the NSLs were just being used as a pretext by FBI leadership to buy time to find dirt on Flynn after the first investigation of him yielded no derogatory information.
The explosive new text messages also show agents believed the investigation was being run by FBI officials who were in the tank for Hillary Clinton.
â[D]oing all this election research â I think some of these guys want a [C]linton presidency,â one agent wrote on Aug. 11, shortly after the FBI opened the Crossfire Hurricane investigation against Trump.
In one series of texts sent the same day as the infamous Jan. 5 Oval Office meeting between Obama, Biden, Comey, Sally Yates, and Susan Rice, one agent admits that âTrump was rightâ when he tweeted that the FBI was delaying his briefings as incoming president so they could cook up evidence against him. As The Federalist first reported last May, that Jan. 5 meeting was the key to understanding the entire anti-Trump operation run out of Obamaâs FBI.
âThe âIntelligenceâ briefing on so-called âRussian hackingâ was delayed until Friday, perhaps more time needed to build a case,â Trump tweeted on January 3. âVery strange!â
âSo razor is going to stay open???â an agent wrote on Jan. 5.
â[Y]ep,â another FBI agent responded. â[C]rimes report being drafted.â
âF,â the first agent wrote back.
â[W]hatâs the word on how [Obamaâs] briefing went?â one agent asked, referring to the Jan. 5 meeting.
âDont know but people here are scrambling for info to support certain things and its a mad house,â an FBI agent responded.
â[J]esus,â an agent wrote back. â[T]rump was right. [S]till not put togetherâŚ.why do we do this to ourselves. [W]hat is wrong with these people[?]?
Jack Posobiec is reporting that President Trump read from the Federalist article aloud to thousands of supporters at his Jacksonville, FL rally tonight.
Trump is now reading from the Federalist FBI article at the rally
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