thegatewaypundit--2020-05-14--Niall McCrae and David Kurten: EU Numbers Show Correlation Between Flu Vaccine and Coronavirus Death

Niall McCrae and David Kurten: EU Numbers Show Correlation Between Flu Vaccine and Coronavirus Deaths

The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic shows startling variation , some countries having rates of less than ten per million , while western Europe and the USA are in the hundreds .
Among the likely reasons are ecological ( high population density and urbanisation ) , demographic ( ageing and multicultural societies ) and clinical ( obesity and chronic disease such as diabetes mellitus ) .
Also , there are significant differences in diagnostic practice and recording .
However , a factor that hasn ’ t been considered is the flu vaccine , which is widely administered to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , although not necessarily causal , is readily apparent .
The medical establishment tends to cast any critic of vaccination as an extremist , but we are not ‘ anti-vaxxers ’ .
We present our case tentatively , and leave it to readers to decide whether this is a reasonable line of enquiry .
Influenza is a contagion that strikes every winter , with symptoms of headache , fever , chill , sore throat , muscle aches , fatigue , nasal congestion and cough .
Severe cases lead to pneumonia , a common @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The first vaccine against influenza was produced by Ernest Williams Goodpasture at Vanderbilt University in 1931 , and vaccination became widely available after the Second World War .
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Flu vaccination had its first major contest with the Asian flu pandemic of 1957-1958 , which killed two million worldwide .
Although the vaccine failed to protect , the high mortality was attributed to insufficient coverage : the pharmaceutical industry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1960 routine flu vaccination was recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control .
Since then , pandemics have been regularly exploited by the pro-vaccine lobby , which has a hold on the medical establishment , to demand wider use of the flu shot .
A challenge for flu vaccine producers is the volatility of the virus , which mutates rapidly .
A new vaccine is needed every autumn , based on guessing which strains will emerge .
In practice , the preventive performance is poor .
A review in 2014 by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evidence-based medicine , revealed that the vaccines reduced incidence of influenza by a mere 6 % .
Tom Jefferson , one of the authors , has described evidence for flu vaccination as ‘ rubbish ’ .
Jefferson was also involved in a controversy over Tamiflu .
This drug was stockpiled by governments , after a Cochrane review showing that it reduced complications of influenza .
When it transpired that most of the studies were sponsored by the manufacturer , Jefferson sought the original data but Roche refused .
A subsequent Cochrane review did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much public money was wasted on a highly profitable but ineffectual treatment .
Needing to be seen to do something , governments are not helped by guidance that should be scientifically objective but is prone to commercial influence .
With heavy marketing and medical hubris , uptake of the flu jab increased , particularly in the vulnerable elderly population .
In 2009 , health ministers across the EU agreed to a target of vaccinating 75 % of older people against influenza .
However , ten years later , no country had achieved this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Recent developments in flu vaccines may be relevant .
In October 2019 the UK was the first country in Europe to introduce Flucelvax Tetra , which was touted as 36 % more effective .
Until then , flu vaccines were always produced in hens ’ eggs , which are a good incubator for the virus .
For the UK alone , around 50 million eggs were needed for the annual vaccine supply .
The new vaccine , however , is created in vats of cells from dogs ’ kidneys , which are more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Covid-19 is a coronavirus , thus not covered by flu vaccines .
It has been suggested , though , that the flu jab may lower immunity to other upper respiratory tract infections .
In the BMJ , paediatrician Alan Cunningham wrote : – Compare flu vaccine frequency in older people with Covid-19 mortality , using figures from Vaccines Today EU and Worldometer ( 13 May 2020 ) : Among countries omitted in the EU data was Belgium , which has the highest Covid-19 mortality rate in the world , at 763 per @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people were not available on the official Belgian statistics website , flu vaccination coverage of the overall population is relatively high .
Overall , a clear difference is apparent between east and west Europe , both in vaccine uptake and Covid-19 deaths .
This may be merely coincidental , but it warrants investigation .
Outside Europe , the pattern does not hold so clearly , but there may be good reasons for the exceptions .
Globally the highest uptake of the flu vaccine by seniors in 2018-2019 was in South Korea , at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ UK ) was the USA with 68 % , and fourth was New Zealand with 67 % .
Neither New Zealand nor South Korea fit the hypothesis , these countries having a mortality of merely 4 and 5 per million respectively .
South Korea , Hong Kong , Taiwan and South Korea managed Covid-19 extremely well , despite their large populations and proximity to the source in China .
Their efficient use of tracking and tracing was perhaps facilitated by cultural as well as technological advantages .
New Zealand ’ s low mortality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rapid barring of entry to foreigners ( Iceland was able to achieve similar containment ) .
In continental Europe , as in North America , the virus quickly became endemic .
Lockdown was like shutting the stable door after the horse had bolted .
Despite some contrary cases , it is interesting that the countries with highest death rates ( Belgium , Spain , Italy , UK , France , Netherlands , Sweden , Ireland and USA ) had all vaccinated at least half of their elderly population against flu .
Denmark and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flu vaccine , have considerably lower Covid-19 mortality .
These patterns override interventions to curtail Covid-19 : Sweden and Ireland have similar mortality but the former remained open for business while the other imposed strict lockdown .
A simple test shows a statistically significant correlation of 0.7 ( the maximum is 1 ) .
Of course , correlation is not causation , and the disproportionately high Covid-19 death tolls could be explained by other factors .
However , the variation is likely to be multifactorial , and the flu vaccine should be considered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Vaccines may cause new resistant strains of viruses to develop , through natural selection .
As reported in BMC Medicine by Alehouse and Scarpino , whooping cough outbreaks have infected vaccinated as well as unvaccinated people .
Mandating of the chickenpox vaccine in the USA appears to have weakened the immunity gained from the naturally-acquired disease ; a review by Goldman and King in Vaccine journal showed increasing incidence of shingles .
Studies ( e.g .
Skowronski et al , 2010 ) indicated that people receiving the flu vaccine in one year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strain in the following year .
A Pentagon study of military personnel by Greg Wolff showed an odds ratio for coronaviruses of 1.36 in a group vaccinated against influenza compared with an unvaccinated group .
Similar findings were reported in studies of flu vaccines in children in the USA , Hong Kong and Australia .
More research is needed on the risk of coronavirus in older people .
However , vaccines have become sacred cows and an unholy alliance between Big Pharma , regulators and the medical orthodoxy is inclined to dismiss the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
An ideal means to assess the putative flu vaccine / Covid-19 relationship is the health records of the National Health Service , which covers the whole British population .
A major study of NHS records by Ben Goldacre and colleagues showed clear demographic risk factors in Covid-19 mortality .
Perhaps his team could also measure whether vaccinated older people had a higher or lower risk of dying from the coronavirus : they have the data .
In 2018 leading medical scientist Peter Gøtzsche was fired by the Cochrane Collaboration after he exposed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for human papilloma virus , which understated adverse effects .
Just as we should be wary of anti-vaccine fundamentalists , Gøtzsche warns that ‘ we can not trust our drug regulators , which allow far too many dangerous drugs on to the market and are very slow to take them off again when the evidence for their lethal effects accumulates ’ .
Gøtzsche was accused of endangering millions of women by deterring vaccine uptake .
In a similarly denouncing tone , British health secretary Matt Hancock stated : – These words do not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Science is rarely ‘ settled ’ ( the same westernization of language is used by climate change alarmists ) , certainly not in an area as complex as immunology .
Consider the modelling by Neil Ferguson at Imperial College , which predicted that Sweden would have over 40 thousand deaths by the beginning of May , if it continued to refrain from a lockdown : the actual figure was fewer than three thousand .
The true scientific attitude is scepticism , and that is how group-think and assumptions are challenged .
It is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are exposed .
Co-author NM recently had publication of a commentary on Covid-19 refused because it didn ’ t concord with WHO guidelines , yet the WHO is hardly a pillar of truth , having failed to warn the world of the severity of Covid-19 in concert with the Chinese Communist Party .
We should not allow institutions to thwart valid enquiry , however financially or politically powerful they may be .

Niall McCrae and David Kurten
The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic shows startling variation, some countries having rates of less than ten per million, while western Europe and the USA are in the hundreds. Among the likely reasons are ecological (high population density and urbanisation), demographic (ageing and multicultural societies) and clinical (obesity and chronic disease such as diabetes mellitus). Also, there are significant differences in diagnostic practice and recording.
However, a factor that hasn’t been considered is the flu vaccine, which is widely administered to the elderly. Some correlation with Covid-19 mortality, although not necessarily causal, is readily apparent. The medical establishment tends to cast any critic of vaccination as an extremist, but we are not ‘anti-vaxxers’. We present our case tentatively, and leave it to readers to decide whether this is a reasonable line of enquiry.
Influenza is a contagion that strikes every winter, with symptoms of headache, fever, chill, sore throat, muscle aches, fatigue, nasal congestion and cough. Severe cases lead to pneumonia, a common cause of death in the elderly. The first vaccine against influenza was produced by Ernest Williams Goodpasture at Vanderbilt University in 1931, and vaccination became widely available after the Second World War.
Flu vaccination had its first major contest with the Asian flu pandemic of 1957-1958, which killed two million worldwide. Although the vaccine failed to protect, the high mortality was attributed to insufficient coverage: the pharmaceutical industry thus turned defeat into victory. In 1960 routine flu vaccination was recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control. Since then, pandemics have been regularly exploited by the pro-vaccine lobby, which has a hold on the medical establishment, to demand wider use of the flu shot.
A challenge for flu vaccine producers is the volatility of the virus, which mutates rapidly. A new vaccine is needed every autumn, based on guessing which strains will emerge. In practice, the preventive performance is poor. A review in 2014 by the Cochrane Collaboration, an international body for evidence-based medicine, revealed that the vaccines reduced incidence of influenza by a mere 6%. Tom Jefferson, one of the authors, has described evidence for flu vaccination as ‘rubbish’.
Jefferson was also involved in a controversy over Tamiflu. This drug was stockpiled by governments, after a Cochrane review showing that it reduced complications of influenza. When it transpired that most of the studies were sponsored by the manufacturer, Jefferson sought the original data but Roche refused. A subsequent Cochrane review did not replicate the impressive findings, and much public money was wasted on a highly profitable but ineffectual treatment. Needing to be seen to do something, governments are not helped by guidance that should be scientifically objective but is prone to commercial influence.
With heavy marketing and medical hubris, uptake of the flu jab increased, particularly in the vulnerable elderly population. In 2009, health ministers across the EU agreed to a target of vaccinating 75% of older people against influenza. However, ten years later, no country had achieved this, the average being 44.3%.
Recent developments in flu vaccines may be relevant. In October 2019 the UK was the first country in Europe to introduce Flucelvax Tetra, which was touted as 36% more effective. Until then, flu vaccines were always produced in hens’ eggs, which are a good incubator for the virus. For the UK alone, around 50 million eggs were needed for the annual vaccine supply. The new vaccine, however, is created in vats of cells from dogs’ kidneys, which are more similar to ours than those of chickens.
Covid-19 is a coronavirus, thus not covered by flu vaccines. It has been suggested, though, that the flu jab may lower immunity to other upper respiratory tract infections. In the BMJ, paediatrician Alan Cunningham wrote: –
Such an observation may seem counter-intuitive, but it is possible that influenza vaccines alter our immune systems non-specifically to increase susceptibility to other infections; this has been observed with DTP and other vaccines.”
Compare flu vaccine frequency in older people with Covid-19 mortality, using figures from Vaccines Today EU and Worldometer (13 May 2020):
Among countries omitted in the EU data was Belgium, which has the highest Covid-19 mortality rate in the world, at 763 per million. While specific data for older people were not available on the official Belgian statistics website, flu vaccination coverage of the overall population is relatively high. Overall, a clear difference is apparent between east and west Europe, both in vaccine uptake and Covid-19 deaths. This may be merely coincidental, but it warrants investigation.
Outside Europe, the pattern does not hold so clearly, but there may be good reasons for the exceptions. Globally the highest uptake of the flu vaccine by seniors in 2018-2019 was in South Korea, at 83%. Third (after the UK) was the USA with 68%, and fourth was New Zealand with 67%. Neither New Zealand nor South Korea fit the hypothesis, these countries having a mortality of merely 4 and 5 per million respectively. South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea managed Covid-19 extremely well, despite their large populations and proximity to the source in China. Their efficient use of tracking and tracing was perhaps facilitated by cultural as well as technological advantages.
New Zealand’s low mortality is due to its geographical isolation and rapid barring of entry to foreigners (Iceland was able to achieve similar containment). In continental Europe, as in North America, the virus quickly became endemic. Lockdown was like shutting the stable door after the horse had bolted.
Despite some contrary cases, it is interesting that the countries with highest death rates (Belgium, Spain, Italy, UK, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Ireland and USA) had all vaccinated at least half of their elderly population against flu. Denmark and Germany, with lower use of the flu vaccine, have considerably lower Covid-19 mortality. These patterns override interventions to curtail Covid-19: Sweden and Ireland have similar mortality but the former remained open for business while the other imposed strict lockdown.
A simple test shows a statistically significant correlation of 0.7 (the maximum is 1). Of course, correlation is not causation, and the disproportionately high Covid-19 death tolls could be explained by other factors. However, the variation is likely to be multifactorial, and the flu vaccine should be considered in broader post-mortem investigation of this pandemic.
Vaccines may cause new resistant strains of viruses to develop, through natural selection. As reported in BMC Medicine by Alehouse and Scarpino, whooping cough outbreaks have infected vaccinated as well as unvaccinated people. Mandating of the chickenpox vaccine in the USA appears to have weakened the immunity gained from the naturally-acquired disease; a review by Goldman and King in Vaccine journal showed increasing incidence of shingles. Studies (e.g. Skowronski et al, 2010) indicated that people receiving the flu vaccine in one year were more likely to contract the H1N1 strain in the following year.
A Pentagon study of military personnel by Greg Wolff showed an odds ratio for coronaviruses of 1.36 in a group vaccinated against influenza compared with an unvaccinated group. Similar findings were reported in studies of flu vaccines in children in the USA, Hong Kong and Australia. More research is needed on the risk of coronavirus in older people. However, vaccines have become sacred cows and an unholy alliance between Big Pharma, regulators and the medical orthodoxy is inclined to dismiss the question rather than help to answer it.
An ideal means to assess the putative flu vaccine / Covid-19 relationship is the health records of the National Health Service, which covers the whole British population. A major study of NHS records by Ben Goldacre and colleagues showed clear demographic risk factors in Covid-19 mortality. Perhaps his team could also measure whether vaccinated older people had a higher or lower risk of dying from the coronavirus: they have the data.
In 2018 leading medical scientist Peter Gøtzsche was fired by the Cochrane Collaboration after he exposed bias in a review of the vaccine for human papilloma virus, which understated adverse effects. Just as we should be wary of anti-vaccine fundamentalists, Gøtzsche warns that ‘we cannot trust our drug regulators, which allow far too many dangerous drugs on to the market and are very slow to take them off again when the evidence for their lethal effects accumulates’.
Gøtzsche was accused of endangering millions of women by deterring vaccine uptake. In a similarly denouncing tone, British health secretary Matt Hancock stated: –
Those who campaign against vaccination are campaigning against science. The science is settled…Those who have promoted the anti-vaccination myth are morally reprehensible, deeply irresponsible and have blood on their hands.”
These words do not represent a scientific attitude at all. Science is rarely ‘settled’ (the same westernization of language is used by climate change alarmists), certainly not in an area as complex as immunology. Consider the modelling by Neil Ferguson at Imperial College, which predicted that Sweden would have over 40 thousand deaths by the beginning of May, if it continued to refrain from a lockdown: the actual figure was fewer than three thousand.
The true scientific attitude is scepticism, and that is how group-think and assumptions are challenged. It is also how medical scandals such as thalidomide are exposed. Co-author NM recently had publication of a commentary on Covid-19 refused because it didn’t concord with WHO guidelines, yet the WHO is hardly a pillar of truth, having failed to warn the world of the severity of Covid-19 in concert with the Chinese Communist Party. We should not allow institutions to thwart valid enquiry, however financially or politically powerful they may be.


thegatewaypundit--2020-05-14--BREAKING: FBI Seizes Senator Burr’s Phone in Connection with Federal Investigation Into His Stock Tr

BREAKING: FBI Seizes Senator Burr’s Phone in Connection with Federal Investigation Into His Stock Trades

The FBI seized Senator Richard Burr ’ s ( R-NC ) phone Wednesday evening in connection with the federal probe into his stock trades .
Federal agents seized a cellphone belonging to a prominent Republican senator on Wednesday night as part of the Justice Department ’ s investigation into controversial stock trades he made as the novel coronavirus first struck the U.S. , a law enforcement official said .
Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina , the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee , turned over his phone to agents after they served a search warrant on the lawmaker at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the official said , speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a law enforcement action .
To obtain a search warrant , federal agents and prosecutors must persuade a judge they have probable cause to believe a crime has been committed .
The law enforcement official said the Justice Department is examining Burr ’ s communications with his broker .
Burr dumped as much as $ 1.72 million in hotel stocks before the Coronavirus panic hit the US while reassuring the public about Coronavirus preparedness .
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This was also at the same time Burr was receiving daily briefings on the Coronavirus health threat .
Privately Burr sounded the alarm and compared Coronavirus to the 1918 “ Spanish Flu ” that nearly wiped out 10 % of the world ’ s population at the time — including 675,000 Americans by some estimates .
“ There ’ s one thing that I can tell you about this : It is much more aggressive in its transmission than anything that we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he said , according to a secret recording obtained by NPR .
“ It is probably more akin to the 1918 pandemic.
” Burr previously said he got his information from public news reports .
“ I relied solely on public news reports to guide my decisions regarding the sale of stocks on February 13 , ” Burr said .
“ Specifically , I closely followed CNBC ’ s daily health and science reporting out of its Asia bureaus at the time .
”

Richard Burr
The FBI seized Senator Richard Burr’s (R-NC) phone Wednesday evening in connection with the federal probe into his stock trades.
The LA Times reported
Federal agents seized a cellphone belonging to a prominent Republican senator on Wednesday night as part of the Justice Department’s investigation into controversial stock trades he made as the novel coronavirus first struck the U.S., a law enforcement official said. Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, turned over his phone to agents after they served a search warrant on the lawmaker at his residence in the Washington area, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a law enforcement action. To obtain a search warrant, federal agents and prosecutors must persuade a judge they have probable cause to believe a crime has been committed. The law enforcement official said the Justice Department is examining Burr’s communications with his broker.
Burr dumped as much as $1.72 million in hotel stocks before the Coronavirus panic hit the US while reassuring the public about Coronavirus preparedness.
This was also at the same time Burr was receiving daily briefings on the Coronavirus health threat.
Privately Burr sounded the alarm and compared Coronavirus to the 1918 “Spanish Flu” that nearly wiped out 10% of the world’s population at the time — including 675,000 Americans by some estimates.
“There’s one thing that I can tell you about this: It is much more aggressive in its transmission than anything that we have seen in recent history,” he said, according to a secret recording obtained by NPR. “It is probably more akin to the 1918 pandemic.”
Publicly, however, Burr downplayed the virus.
Burr previously said he got his information from public news reports.
“I relied solely on public news reports to guide my decisions regarding the sale of stocks on February 13,” Burr said. “Specifically, I closely followed CNBC’s daily health and science reporting out of its Asia bureaus at the time.”


thegatewaypundit--2020-05-14--Democrat Law Professor Turley Speaks Out Against Judge Sullivan’s Decision to Bring in Retired Judge

Democrat Law Professor Turley Speaks Out Against Judge Sullivan’s Decision to Bring in Retired Judge, Float Perjury Charge Against Flynn

Judge Emmet Sullivan appointed a retired Clinton Judge to fight back against Trump ’ s DOJ , US Attorney General William Barr and General Flynn .
The Justice Department dropped its case against General Mike Flynn last Thursday after bombshell documents released proved he was framed by Comey ’ s FBI .
But Judge Sullivan on Tuesday extended the case by soliciting amicus briefs to allow for public comment on Flynn ’ s criminal case .
On Wednesday , Judge Sullivan took his unethical behavior to a whole other level .
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Judge Sullivan today appointed retired Clinton judge John Gleeson to argue against the government ’ s motion to dismiss the charge against Flynn and to look at whether Flynn could be held in criminal contempt for perjury .
Recall , Democrat law professor Jonathan Turley on Friday schooled Barack Obama on his ‘ leaked ’ complaints against the DOJ ’ s decision to drop the charges against Flynn and legal precedent .
In the “ call ” which appears totally set up , Obama @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and claimed Flynn was hit with a perjury charge ( he wasn ’ t ) — Flynn previously plead guilty to making a false statement to the feds .
Curiously , Judge Sullivan all of a sudden wants to hit Flynn with a perjury charge .
Is this just a coincidence ?
Jonathan Turley came out against Judge Sullivan ’ s dirty political move on Wednesday evening .
“ Consider the implications for many cases where defendants seek to withdraw pleas due to prosecutorial abuse .
It would create a threat of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defendants , ” Turley said .
“ These extraordinary moves by the court are increasingly discomforting .
This is a single charge where significant jail time was neither warranted nor expected , ” he said .
The Court appears too invested in the punishment of the defendant .

Judge Emmet Sullivan
Judge Emmet Sullivan appointed a retired Clinton Judge to fight back against Trump’s DOJ, US Attorney General William Barr and General Flynn.
The Justice Department dropped its case against General Mike Flynn last Thursday after bombshell documents released proved he was framed by Comey’s FBI.
But Judge Sullivan on Tuesday extended the case by soliciting amicus briefs to allow for public comment on Flynn’s criminal case.
On Wednesday, Judge Sullivan took his unethical behavior to a whole other level.
Judge Sullivan today appointed retired Clinton judge John Gleeson to argue against the government’s motion to dismiss the charge against Flynn and to look at whether Flynn could be held in criminal contempt for perjury.
Recall, Democrat law professor Jonathan Turley on Friday schooled Barack Obama on his ‘leaked’ complaints against the DOJ’s decision to drop the charges against Flynn and legal precedent.
In the “call” which appears totally set up, Obama is concerned about the rule of law and claimed Flynn was hit with a perjury charge (he wasn’t) — Flynn previously plead guilty to making a false statement to the feds.
Curiously, Judge Sullivan all of a sudden wants to hit Flynn with a perjury charge.
Is this just a coincidence?
Jonathan Turley came out against Judge Sullivan’s dirty political move on Wednesday evening.
“Consider the implications for many cases where defendants seek to withdraw pleas due to prosecutorial abuse. It would create a threat of a judicial charge even when prosecutors agree with defendants,” Turley said.
…but considering a new charge based on Flynn's effort to withdraw his plea. Consider the implications for many cases where defendants seek to withdraw pleas due to prosecutorial abuse. It would create a threat of a judicial charge even when prosecutors agree with defendants. — Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) May 14, 2020
“These extraordinary moves by the court are increasingly discomforting. This is a single charge where significant jail time was neither warranted nor expected,” he said.
…These extraordinary moves by the court are increasingly discomforting. This is a single charge where significant jail time was neither warranted nor expected. The Court's effort to import arguments and explore new charges could be raised on appeal given the prior record… — Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) May 14, 2020
The Court appears too invested in the punishment of the defendant.


thegatewaypundit--2020-05-14--UPDATE: Crooked Judge Sullivan Appoints Anti-Trump Judge John Gleeson to Decide Flynn Case After He

UPDATE: Crooked Judge Sullivan Appoints Anti-Trump Judge John Gleeson to Decide Flynn Case After He Pens Anti-Flynn WaPo OpEd — 2 Days Ago!

The Barr Justice Department dropped its case against General Mike Flynn last Thursday after bombshell documents were released that proved he was framed by Comey ’ s FBI .
This was a major win for justice in America after General Flynn was targeted and destroyed by the Obama deep state for daring to speak out against the former failed president .
But on Tuesday the Clinton-appointed Judge Emmet Sullivan made a dirty , political move to delay justice for General Mike Flynn .
Judge Sullivan extended the case by soliciting amicus briefs to allow for public comment on Flynn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : List of Obama Operatives Who Unmasked General Mike Flynn Revealed ...
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Judge Sullivan today appointed retired Clinton appointee judge John Gleeson to argue against the government ’ s motion to dismiss the charge against Flynn !
This is unheard of !
First the attorneys for the Mueller team withheld Brady evidence from General Flynn for over a year and now this crooked judge won ’ t acquit !
Also Sullivan asked the retired judge to look at whether Flynn could be held @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This is exactly what Obama said — even though Flynn DID NOT commit perjury !
Earlier this week — On May 11 , 2020 , John Gleeson penned a Washington post article titled , “ The Flynn case isn ’ t over until the judge says it ’ s over “ .
AGAIN— This was published in the Washington Post — ON MONDAY !
This is from Gleeson ’ s opinion piece — He is OPENLY a Trump and Flynn hater !
Fortunately , the court has many tools to vindicate the public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prosecutor to explain why he stepped off the case , as another federal judge recently did when the Trump administration attempted to replace a trial team litigating the politicization of the census .
It can appoint an independent attorney to act as a “ friend of the court , ” ensuring a full , adversarial inquiry , as the judge in the Flynn case has done in other situations where the department abdicated its prosecutorial role .
If necessary , the court can hold hearings to resolve factual discrepancies .
And the court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one thing it has thus far refused to show — the actual evidence underlying the prosecution .
To help Flynn , the department has made public documents it jealously guards in almost every other case , including confidential memos and internal deliberations .
But it has balked at disclosing the transcripts of the very conversations with the Russian ambassador that Flynn admitted he lied about when the FBI interviewed him .
And this is the retired judge Sullivan appointed to look over the Flynn case ?
What the hell is this ?

The Barr Justice Department dropped its case against General Mike Flynn last Thursday after bombshell documents were released that proved he was framed by Comey’s FBI.
This was a major win for justice in America after General Flynn was targeted and destroyed by the Obama deep state for daring to speak out against the former failed president.
But on Tuesday the Clinton-appointed Judge Emmet Sullivan made a dirty, political move to delay justice for General Mike Flynn.
Judge Sullivan extended the case by soliciting amicus briefs to allow for public comment on Flynn’s criminal case.
Judge Sullivan today appointed retired Clinton appointee judge John Gleeson to argue against the government’s motion to dismiss the charge against Flynn!
This is unheard of!
First the attorneys for the Mueller team withheld Brady evidence from General Flynn for over a year and now this crooked judge won’t acquit!
Also Sullivan asked the retired judge to look at whether Flynn could be held in criminal contempt for perjury.
**** This is exactly what Obama said — even though Flynn DID NOT commit perjury!
Earlier this week — On May 11, 2020, John Gleeson penned a Washington post article titled, “The Flynn case isn’t over until the judge says it’s over“.
AGAIN— This was published in the Washington Post — ON MONDAY!
This is from Gleeson’s opinion piece — He is OPENLY a Trump and Flynn hater!
Fortunately, the court has many tools to vindicate the public interest. It can require the career prosecutor to explain why he stepped off the case, as another federal judge recently did when the Trump administration attempted to replace a trial team litigating the politicization of the census. It can appoint an independent attorney to act as a “friend of the court,” ensuring a full, adversarial inquiry, as the judge in the Flynn case has done in other situations where the department abdicated its prosecutorial role. If necessary, the court can hold hearings to resolve factual discrepancies. And the court could compel the department to reveal the one thing it has thus far refused to show — the actual evidence underlying the prosecution. To help Flynn, the department has made public documents it jealously guards in almost every other case, including confidential memos and internal deliberations. But it has balked at disclosing the transcripts of the very conversations with the Russian ambassador that Flynn admitted he lied about when the FBI interviewed him.
And this is the retired judge Sullivan appointed to look over the Flynn case?
What the hell is this?
These Democrats are complete crooks!


thegatewaypundit--2020-05-15--Northwestern University Hosting ‘Masturbation for Manifestation’, Burlesque workshop, and Drag Makeu

Northwestern University Hosting ‘Masturbation for Manifestation’, Burlesque workshop, and Drag Makeup Tutorial Events

Northwestern University is facing backlash for hosting a series of controversial virtual events for their “ online sex week.
” Events include topics such as “ Masturbation for Manifestation , ” a burlesque workshop and a drag makeup tutorial .
The student-led “ Sex Week ” began on Monday and will run through May 15 .
It is described by the organizers as “ a series of events put on by NU College Feminists over the course of a week that is designed to increase awareness of issues related to sexuality and sexual health .
Sex Weeks exist at colleges @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2007 .
For this year ’ s Sex Week , we made a special effort to highlight those with non-normative sex lives .
We hope you have fun and learn a lot !
!
” College Fix reports that the “ Masturbation for Manifestation ” event is hosted by an affiliate with the Chicago-based sex KiKi community , described as a movement that advances sex-positive erotic arts , culture and education .
TRENDING : John Brennan Goes Berserk After His Role in Unmasking General Mike Flynn Revealed “ At the moment of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to manifest and when you start to see yourself have whatever it is that you want , ” the “ KiKi community ” website states .
A website for “ Sex Week ” says that “ interactive keynote focuses on our relationship with masturbation .
Masturbation is a catalyst for radical self-love .
Masturbation as a ritual , healing modality , and a self-actualizing practice enabling us to take back our power through sex-positive means !
Spiritually anchored , it transmutes sexual energy into unwavering life force ( manifestation ) !
”

Northwestern University is facing backlash for hosting a series of controversial virtual events for their “online sex week.”
Events include topics such as “Masturbation for Manifestation,” a burlesque workshop and a drag makeup tutorial.
The student-led “Sex Week” began on Monday and will run through May 15. It is described by the organizers as “a series of events put on by NU College Feminists over the course of a week that is designed to increase awareness of issues related to sexuality and sexual health. Sex Weeks exist at colleges across the nation; ours was founded in 2007. For this year’s Sex Week, we made a special effort to highlight those with non-normative sex lives. We hope you have fun and learn a lot!!”
College Fix reports that the “Masturbation for Manifestation” event is hosted by an affiliate with the Chicago-based sex KiKi community, described as a movement that advances sex-positive erotic arts, culture and education.
“At the moment of orgasm that’s when you start to manifest and when you start to see yourself have whatever it is that you want,” the “KiKi community” website states.
A website for “Sex Week” says that “interactive keynote focuses on our relationship with masturbation. Masturbation is a catalyst for radical self-love. Masturbation as a ritual, healing modality, and a self-actualizing practice enabling us to take back our power through sex-positive means! Spiritually anchored, it transmutes sexual energy into unwavering life force (manifestation)!”
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thegatewaypundit--2020-05-14--“I Don’t Think That’s a Good Idea” – Lindsey Graham Wilts Like a Daisy, Says He Won’t Call in Barack

“I Don’t Think That’s a Good Idea” – Lindsey Graham Wilts Like a Daisy, Says He Won’t Call in Barack Obama to Testify (VIDEO)

On Thursday President Trump called on Barack Obama to be questioned under oath before Congress for his role in “ @ @ @ @ @ scandal in the history of the USA , by FAR !
” President Trump also @ @ @ @ @ to quit talking and do his job as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee .
@ @ @ @ @ a daisy .
The outspoken senator told reporters today he would not call in Obama @ @ @ @ @ Judiciary Committee .
Lindsey added , “ I don ’ t think that ’ s @ @ @ @ @ : John Brennan Goes Berserk After His Role in Unmasking General Mike Flynn Revealed Instead @ @ @ @ @ in former Obama figures to testify sometime in June .
We ’ ll see .

On Thursday President Trump called on Barack Obama to be questioned under oath before Congress for his role in “the biggest political crime and scandal in the history of the USA, by FAR!”
President Trump also called on Senator Lindsey Graham to quit talking and do his job as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
If I were a Senator or Congressman, the first person I would call to testify about the biggest political crime and scandal in the history of the USA, by FAR, is former President Obama. He knew EVERYTHING. Do it @LindseyGrahamSC, just do it. No more Mr. Nice Guy. No more talk! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 14, 2020
But Lindsey Graham wilted like a daisy.
The outspoken senator told reporters today he would not call in Obama to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Lindsey added, “I don’t think that’s a good idea.”
Instead Lindsey said he would call in former Obama figures to testify sometime in June.
We’ll see.


thegatewaypundit--2020-05-14--WATCH: Brave Seattle Police Officer FIRED After Posting This Anti-Lockdown Rant Video!

Seattle police officer Greg Anderson was fired after he posted a video in which he ranted about police officers being forced to infringe upon citizens ’ Constitutional rights by enforcing coronavirus stay-at-home orders .
“ We don ’ t get to violate people ’ s constitutional rights because somebody in our chain of command tells us otherwise , ” said officer Anderson in the video .
“ I ’ m not sure anymore because every time I turn on the television , every time I turn – I look to the Internet , I ’ m seeing people arrested or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ traveling on the roadways , for going surfing , opening their businesses , going to the park with their families , or doing nails out of their out of their own house , using their own house as a place of business and having undercover agents go there and arrest them and charge them with , with what ?
With a crime ?
I don ’ t know what crime people are committing by doing nails in their own house .
But we ’ re seeing this more and more and more .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ourselves as officers and thinking , ‘ Is what I ’ m doing right ?
’ ” he added .
Anderson slammed politicians who are using the COVID pandemic as an excuse to punish citizens who dare to conduct business and attend religious gatherings .
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We don ’ t get to violate people ’ s Constitutional rights because somebody in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That ’ s not how this country works.
” Anderson then read from the Declaration of Independence , “ We have the right to life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness .
That to secure these rights , governments are instituted among men , deriving their power from the consent of the governed , meaning their , our power , and any government officials power is derived from the people.
” Anderson called out new disturbing procedures that require police officers to ask citizens for “ papers ” that prove @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ 4th Amendment violations , illegal traffic stops to check for papers .
What are you , the Gestapo ?
Is this 1930s Nazi Germany ?
You don ’ t get to stop people unless you have reasonable suspicion or probable cause that they have committed a crime , ” Anderson said .
“ And I know people that are have personally been stopped saying we want to see papers showing that you ’ re ‘ essential.
’ That is not how our job works.
” Anderson warned that lockdown arrests will lead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officers nationwide .
“ What really has been pissing me off lately is the fact that these officers that are going out here and enforcing these tyrannical orders , what they ’ re doing is they ’ re making my job and my safety or they ’ re putting my job and my safety at risk , because what they ’ re doing is you ’ re widening the gap between public trust and law enforcement officers .
And and what that ’ s going to do is it ’ s going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s happened to law enforcement in the last 10 years , less and less public trust.
” “ I ’ m afraid that these actions are going to wake a sleeping giant , i.e .
the American people .
They are going to be put in a position where they won ’ t have their rights trampled anymore and us law enforcement officers won ’ t .
We ’ ll have our ability to enforce the law stripped from us in about 10 minutes , ” Anderson lambasted .
Anderson criticized police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in order to follow orders and keep their jobs .
“ You know , you don ’ t get to just say , ‘ Well , I ’ m doing this because I was told to do so or I ’ m following orders or I need to keep this job.
’ Guess what ?
I need to keep this job more than anybody .
I have three young children .
I have two houses .
Like , I have the same sob story that the rest of you guys have .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , no matter what they are , don ’ t allow me to trample on people ’ s rights.
” Anderson continued , “ Listen , you need to stand up for what ’ s right .
You need it .
If you ’ re if you ’ re part of a department or an agency that is asking people – or asking their officers or their deputies to impose on people ’ s rights and infringe on their freedoms , you need to step up and say , no , that ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not what I signed up for and that ’ s going against my oath…No matter what situation you ’ re put in , if you look inside yourself and ask yourself one question , ‘ am I doing the right thing ?
’ ” In a follow-up video , Anderson thanked everyone who shared his first video and told viewers that he was threatened for refusing to delete his original video .
“ I get another phone call from my command and they said , ‘ Hey , hey , Greg , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It ’ s time to pull the plug on this thing.
’ And I said , yeah , that doesn ’ t really make sense to me .
I think maybe we should embrace this message and we should share this with other officers .
And he said , ‘ Listen , you know , it ’ s not up to me .
I have been directed to tell you to take the video down .
And I need to know if you ’ re gon na take the video down.
’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t take the video down.
” Anderson continued , “ I got a call .
They said , ‘ Listen , the video needs to be taken down right now and you need to accept a letter of reprimand or we ’ re gon na take a very different approach to this if you say no again.
’ Well , I ’ d already put myself on that hill and I had to – I ’ m had to be willing to die on that hill .
They said they determined the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that if I wouldn ’ t take it down , that allegations would be made against me and so on and so on.
” “ So I told them , no , I ’ m not going to take it down .
You do what you need to do .
But the principle of it is rooted in truth and it was a positive message that was received by millions and millions of people .
If you want me to take it down , I have to I have to respectfully refuse…So when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enforcing the law and I see people exercising Constitutional rights , it doesn ’ t matter if there ’ s different executive orders , requests from mayors , request from governors…To me , the Constitution supersedes that .
And I ’ m going to stand with the people.
” Anderson was placed on administrative leave , which included pending termination as ordered by “ higher-ups ” in his Seattle police agency .
“ Well , unfortunately , you know , higher-ups in all agencies there ’ s a political game being played , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leave status pending termination .
I was told by both the agency and the [ police ] union that I was asked to take it down and I refused .
So , that ’ s refusing a direct order .
It ’ s an insubordination charge and it will result in me ultimately being let go from the agency.
” A GoFundMe page on behalf of Anderson has raised over $ 200,000 to help him transition to a new career .
“ I came to terms long ago that my convictions , my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to my life .
And even though it ’ s 15 years later and I ’ m a police officer in Seattle , Washington , that truth still remains for me .
So , I don ’ t have an option to back down or feel sorry for myself or give in and say , you know what , I got kids and I think I ’ m just gon na take the letter .
No .
If they want to do me like this for standing up for liberty , they can @ @ @ @

Seattle police officer Greg Anderson was fired after he posted a video in which he ranted about police officers being forced to infringe upon citizens’ Constitutional rights by enforcing coronavirus stay-at-home orders.
“We don’t get to violate people’s constitutional rights because somebody in our chain of command tells us otherwise,” said officer Anderson in the video.
“I’m not sure anymore because every time I turn on the television, every time I turn – I look to the Internet, I’m seeing people arrested or cited for going to church, for traveling on the roadways, for going surfing, opening their businesses, going to the park with their families, or doing nails out of their out of their own house, using their own house as a place of business and having undercover agents go there and arrest them and charge them with, with what? With a crime? I don’t know what crime people are committing by doing nails in their own house. But we’re seeing this more and more and more. And we need to start looking at ourselves as officers and thinking, ‘Is what I’m doing right?’” he added.
Anderson slammed politicians who are using the COVID pandemic as an excuse to punish citizens who dare to conduct business and attend religious gatherings.
“I don’t care if it’s your Sergeant or your Chief of Police. We don’t get to violate people’s Constitutional rights because somebody in our chain of command tells us otherwise. That’s not how this country works.”
Anderson then read from the Declaration of Independence, “We have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their power from the consent of the governed, meaning their, our power, and any government officials power is derived from the people.”
Anderson called out new disturbing procedures that require police officers to ask citizens for “papers” that prove that they are “essential”.
“4th Amendment violations, illegal traffic stops to check for papers. What are you, the Gestapo? Is this 1930s Nazi Germany? You don’t get to stop people unless you have reasonable suspicion or probable cause that they have committed a crime,” Anderson said. “And I know people that are have personally been stopped saying we want to see papers showing that you’re ‘essential.’ That is not how our job works.”
Anderson warned that lockdown arrests will lead to a widespread distrust of law enforcement officers nationwide.
“What really has been pissing me off lately is the fact that these officers that are going out here and enforcing these tyrannical orders, what they’re doing is they’re making my job and my safety or they’re putting my job and my safety at risk, because what they’re doing is you’re widening the gap between public trust and law enforcement officers. And and what that’s going to do is it’s going to I mean, look at look what’s happened to law enforcement in the last 10 years, less and less public trust.”
“I’m afraid that these actions are going to wake a sleeping giant, i.e. the American people. They are going to be put in a position where they won’t have their rights trampled anymore and us law enforcement officers won’t. We’ll have our ability to enforce the law stripped from us in about 10 minutes,” Anderson lambasted.
Anderson criticized police officers who continue to make lockdown arrests in order to follow orders and keep their jobs.
“You know, you don’t get to just say, ‘Well, I’m doing this because I was told to do so or I’m following orders or I need to keep this job.’ Guess what? I need to keep this job more than anybody. I have three young children. I have two houses. Like, I have the same sob story that the rest of you guys have. But my personal choices and my living arrangements, no matter what they are, don’t allow me to trample on people’s rights.”
Anderson continued, “Listen, you need to stand up for what’s right. You need it. If you’re if you’re part of a department or an agency that is asking people – or asking their officers or their deputies to impose on people’s rights and infringe on their freedoms, you need to step up and say, no, that’s not me. That’s not what I signed up for and that’s going against my oath…No matter what situation you’re put in, if you look inside yourself and ask yourself one question, ‘am I doing the right thing?’”
In a follow-up video, Anderson thanked everyone who shared his first video and told viewers that he was threatened for refusing to delete his original video.
“I get another phone call from my command and they said, ‘Hey, hey, Greg, the video’s up to 400,000 views. It’s time to pull the plug on this thing.’ And I said, yeah, that doesn’t really make sense to me. I think maybe we should embrace this message and we should share this with other officers. And he said, ‘Listen, you know, it’s not up to me. I have been directed to tell you to take the video down. And I need to know if you’re gonna take the video down.’ And I said No, I can’t take the video down.”
Anderson continued, “I got a call. They said, ‘Listen, the video needs to be taken down right now and you need to accept a letter of reprimand or we’re gonna take a very different approach to this if you say no again.’ Well, I’d already put myself on that hill and I had to – I’m had to be willing to die on that hill. They said they determined the video was a violation of policy and that if I wouldn’t take it down, that allegations would be made against me and so on and so on.”
“So I told them, no, I’m not going to take it down. You do what you need to do. But the principle of it is rooted in truth and it was a positive message that was received by millions and millions of people. If you want me to take it down, I have to I have to respectfully refuse…So when I look at how I feel comfortable enforcing the law and I see people exercising Constitutional rights, it doesn’t matter if there’s different executive orders, requests from mayors, request from governors…To me, the Constitution supersedes that. And I’m going to stand with the people.”
Anderson was placed on administrative leave, which included pending termination as ordered by “higher-ups” in his Seattle police agency.
“Well, unfortunately, you know, higher-ups in all agencies there’s a political game being played, and now I am on an administrative leave status pending termination. I was told by both the agency and the [police] union that I was asked to take it down and I refused. So, that’s refusing a direct order. It’s an insubordination charge and it will result in me ultimately being let go from the agency.”
A GoFundMe page on behalf of Anderson has raised over $200,000 to help him transition to a new career.
“I came to terms long ago that my convictions, my beliefs may cost me everything up and to my life. And even though it’s 15 years later and I’m a police officer in Seattle, Washington, that truth still remains for me. So, I don’t have an option to back down or feel sorry for myself or give in and say, you know what, I got kids and I think I’m just gonna take the letter. No. If they want to do me like this for standing up for liberty, they can do that.”
WATCH officer Anderson’s video here:


thegatewaypundit--2020-05-14--Transcripts: Clinton Campaign Officials Podesta and Sullivan Secretly Joined Forces with Fusion GPS

Transcripts: Clinton Campaign Officials Podesta and Sullivan Secretly Joined Forces with Fusion GPS After Election — to Re-Push Anti-Trump Dossier

Top officials with the Hillary Clinton campaign re-engaged with the opposition researchers behind the Steele dossier just three weeks after Donald Trump ’ s inauguration , newly declassified congressional witness transcripts reveal , indicating her campaign ’ s participation in an ongoing and well-funded effort to undermine the president by casting him as a tool of the Kremlin .
Clinton ’ s campaign chair John Podesta testified that he met on Feb. 10 , 2017 , with Daniel Jones , a former aide to California Sen. Dianne Feinstein , and Glenn Simpson and his partner Peter Fritsch of Fusion GPS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s senior foreign policy adviser Jake Sullivan revealed he also participated in the meeting .
The Clinton campaign had funneled money through a law firm , Perkins Coie , to pay Fusion to compile the now-discredited dossier which was a prime driver of the Trump-Russia conspiracy theories – and FBI investigations — that have shadowed his administration .
“ They were interested in trying to raise money to continue their efforts to investigate the Russian interference in the campaign , ” Podesta told the House Intelligence Committee in December 2017 .
The transcripts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were among the dozens of Russiagate interviews that had been withheld from the public for more than two years before being released last week .
TRENDING : John Brennan Goes Berserk After His Role in Unmasking General Mike Flynn Revealed Podesta said he agreed to help the trio open doors to big Democratic fund-raisers and sit down for press interviews and documentaries regarding any “ new developments ” uncovered by dossier author and former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele .
Sullivan accompanied Podesta to the meeting , which he said lasted about an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ building in Washington .
“ Was the conversation about the then-dossier ?
” a House panel staffer asked Sullivan , who had previously worked in the Obama administration as Vice President Joe Biden ’ s national security adviser .
“ I mean not specifically about the dossier , ” Sullivan replied .
“ lt was sort of about the effort that they had put in to finding out ties between Trump and Russia and what their belief was based on the accumulation on that.
” Sullivan testified behind closed doors in a separate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s testimony .
Neither man was asked whether their efforts were known by Clinton , who has publicly suggested that Russia has compromising information .
Podesta ’ s testimony did confirm earlier reporting by RealClearInvestigations that Clinton knew her campaign was paying opposition researchers to examine Trump ’ s ties to Russia .
Just 10 days before the February 2017 meeting , Jones had incorporated a nonprofit called The Democracy Integrity Project ( known internally as TDIP ) after huddling with Simpson .
The goal of their ongoing project is to “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , while digging up new dirt on Trump and feeding it to media outlets , congressional investigators and the FBI to derail his presidency .
The work of such opposition research outfits has become a mainstay of Washington journalism .
In their book , “ Crime in Progress , ” Simpson and Fritsch detail their access to top journalists at The New York Times and other influential publications .
Mimicking the Clinton campaign , TDIP hired Fusion GPS and Steele to conduct the new opposition research , paying them millions of dollars .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ at a time when the Clinton campaign had not yet closed its books ; the campaign was still open .
In 2017 alone , TDIP raised more than $ 7 million with his help .
The well-funded project ’ s work – which dwarfs the original work done for the Clinton campaign , both in budget and scope — has been largely shrouded in mystery .
But a months-long examination by RealClearInvestigations , drawn from documents and more than a dozen interviews , found that the organization is running an elaborate media-influence operation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Russia “ collusion ” theory , as well as pushing stories about Trump in the national media that attempt to tie the president or his associates to the Kremlin .
For instance , TDIP was behind stories keeping alive the dossier ’ s discredited claim that Trump lawyer Michael Cohen had met during the 2016 campaign with Kremlin officials in Prague , a rumor that has now been thoroughly debunked by inspector general and special counsel reports .
The group also feeds information to FBI and congressional investigators , and then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leads .
The tactic adds credibility to TDIP ’ s pitches , luring big media outlets to bite on stories .
It mirrors the strategy federal authorities themselves deployed to secure FISA warrants to spy on the Trump campaign : citing published news reports of investigative details their informants had leaked to the media to bolster their wiretap requests .
Until recently , TDIP emailed a newsletter to influential Democrats and prominent Beltway journalists under the heading “ TDIP Research ” – which summarized the latest “ collusion ” news , and offered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fresh stories regarding Trump ’ s alleged ties to Moscow .
The bulletin is now being distributed by an affiliated nonprofit , Advance Democracy Inc. , which lists the same mailing address as TDIP .
Recipients of the TDIP bulletins have included journalists at the New York Times and Washington Post and investigative reporters at BuzzFeed , ProPublica and McClatchy , as well as news producers at CNN and MSNBC , according to the project ’ s email distribution list .
Democratic aides on Capitol Hill have also subscribed to the newsletter .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ FBI and congressional investigators .
In fact , a month after meeting with Podesta and Sullivan , Jones hired a team of computer scientists to analyze web traffic between the Alfa Bank and Trump Organization servers , and shared the findings with his former colleagues at the FBI ( Jones joined the FBI as an analyst after working in a national service program launched by the Clinton administration ) .
This was a second attempt at convincing the FBI there was a nefarious backchannel between the Russia-based bank and Trump .
An attorney @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Clinton campaign had already provided former FBI General Counsel James Baker with a thumb drive outlining the tip during the 2016 campaign .
That same month , March 2017 , agents nonetheless visited the offices of the Pennsylvania company that housed the Trump server .
But their second investigation proved to be another dead end .
The sinister communications Jones claimed were flowing between the Trump server and Alfa Bank were found to be innocuous marketing emails .
In other words , spam .
Jones also hired as a project partner the Austin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to identify fake social media accounts allegedly controlled by Russia to support Republicans and Trump policies ahead of the 2018 congressional elections .
But New Knowledge was busted doing the same thing – creating fake Facebook profiles of conservative voters to draw divisions among the GOP to throw chaos into a Senate race in Alabama .
It ’ s not clear if Podesta or Sullivan were aware of this “ false flag ” operation .
Jones has also regularly communicated with investigators for Sen. Mark Warner , the ranking Democrat on the Senate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump-Russia conspiracy theories .
Last month the Republican-led panel affirmed American intelligence officials ’ finding that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election .
The panel is preparing to release a separate bipartisan report examining claims Trump and his campaign colluded with Russia .
It is said to exonerate Trump .
During the 2016 campaign , Jones had worked for Democratic lobbyist Tom Daschle , who endorsed Clinton and was close to Podesta .
Merging forces with Jones and Simpson fit a plan hatched by Podesta right after Clinton ’ s surprise defeat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hours of her concession speech , [ Podesta and campaign manager Robby Mook ] assembled her communications team at the Brooklyn headquarters to engineer the case that the election wasn ’ t entirely on the up-and-up , ” Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes report in their book , “ Shattered : Inside Hillary Clinton ’ s Doomed Campaign.
” “ For a couple of hours , with Shake Shack containers littering the room , they went over the script they would pitch to the press and the public , ” wrote Allen , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Parnes , who reports for The Hill .
“ Already , Russian hacking was the centerpiece of the argument.
” The plan , according to the book , was to push journalists to cover how “ Russian hacking was the major unreported story of the campaign , ” and it clearly succeeded .
After the election , coverage of the Russian “ collusion ” story was relentless , and it helped pressure investigations and hearings on Capitol Hill and even the naming of a special counsel .
TDIP ’ s dossier reboot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A month after TDIP was formed in 2017 , former Clinton campaign communications director Jennifer Palmieri summed up the post-election strategy in a Washington Post column comparing “ Russiagate ” to Watergate and encouraging the press and other Democrats to “ turn the Russia story against Trump.
” “ If we make plain that what Russia has done is nothing less than an attack on our republic , the public will be with us .
And the more we talk about it , the more they ’ ll be with us , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voters are now concerned about the Russia story and overwhelmingly support an independent investigation.
” Though the Trump/Russia conspiracy theory was officially debunked by Special Counsel Robert Mueller ’ s report in March 2019 , it has tied up the Trump presidency .
A separate report released late last year by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz also debunked many of the theories propagated by the dossier , while uncovering misconduct by the FBI in using the dossier to obtain warrants to electronically eavesdrop on a Trump campaign adviser .
Podesta ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provides evidence that the Clinton team and other Democrats never stopped campaigning against Trump .
Hillary Clinton didn ’ t just pay for the Russian-sourced opposition research on candidate Trump before the election ; her top aides helped bankroll continuing efforts to cast the now sitting president as a Russian agent .
This RealClearInvestigations article was republished by The Gateway Pundit with permission .
Paul Sperry is the former D.C. bureau chief for Investor ’ s Business Daily , Hoover Institution media fellow , author of several books , including bestseller INFILTRATION

By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations:
Top officials with the Hillary Clinton campaign re-engaged with the opposition researchers behind the Steele dossier just three weeks after Donald Trump’s inauguration, newly declassified congressional witness transcripts reveal, indicating her campaign’s participation in an ongoing and well-funded effort to undermine the president by casting him as a tool of the Kremlin.
Clinton’s campaign chair John Podesta testified that he met on Feb. 10, 2017, with Daniel Jones, a former aide to California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, and Glenn Simpson and his partner Peter Fritsch of Fusion GPS. In separate testimony, Clinton’s senior foreign policy adviser Jake Sullivan revealed he also participated in the meeting. The Clinton campaign had funneled money through a law firm, Perkins Coie, to pay Fusion to compile the now-discredited dossier which was a prime driver of the Trump-Russia conspiracy theories – and FBI investigations — that have shadowed his administration.
“They were interested in trying to raise money to continue their efforts to investigate the Russian interference in the campaign,” Podesta told the House Intelligence Committee in December 2017. The transcripts of his and Sullivan’s testimony were among the dozens of Russiagate interviews that had been withheld from the public for more than two years before being released last week.
Podesta said he agreed to help the trio open doors to big Democratic fund-raisers and sit down for press interviews and documentaries regarding any “new developments” uncovered by dossier author and former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele. Sullivan accompanied Podesta to the meeting, which he said lasted about an hour and was held in an office building in Washington.
“Was the conversation about the then-dossier?” a House panel staffer asked Sullivan, who had previously worked in the Obama administration as Vice President Joe Biden’s national security adviser.
“I mean not specifically about the dossier,” Sullivan replied. “lt was sort of about the effort that they had put in to finding out ties between Trump and Russia and what their belief was based on the accumulation on that.”
Sullivan testified behind closed doors in a separate hearing held about two weeks after Podesta’s testimony.
Neither man was asked whether their efforts were known by Clinton, who has publicly suggested that Russia has compromising information. Podesta’s testimony did confirm earlier reporting by RealClearInvestigations that Clinton knew her campaign was paying opposition researchers to examine Trump’s ties to Russia.
Just 10 days before the February 2017 meeting, Jones had incorporated a nonprofit called The Democracy Integrity Project (known internally as TDIP) after huddling with Simpson. The goal of their ongoing project is to “prove” the allegations in the dossier, while digging up new dirt on Trump and feeding it to media outlets, congressional investigators and the FBI to derail his presidency.
The work of such opposition research outfits has become a mainstay of Washington journalism. In their book, “Crime in Progress,” Simpson and Fritsch detail their access to top journalists at The New York Times and other influential publications.
Mimicking the Clinton campaign, TDIP hired Fusion GPS and Steele to conduct the new opposition research, paying them millions of dollars. Podesta steered his repurposed partners to donors at a time when the Clinton campaign had not yet closed its books; the campaign was still open. In 2017 alone, TDIP raised more than $7 million with his help.
The well-funded project’s work – which dwarfs the original work done for the Clinton campaign, both in budget and scope — has been largely shrouded in mystery. But a months-long examination by RealClearInvestigations, drawn from documents and more than a dozen interviews, found that the organization is running an elaborate media-influence operation that includes driving and shaping daily coverage of the Russia “collusion” theory, as well as pushing stories about Trump in the national media that attempt to tie the president or his associates to the Kremlin. For instance, TDIP was behind stories keeping alive the dossier’s discredited claim that Trump lawyer Michael Cohen had met during the 2016 campaign with Kremlin officials in Prague, a rumor that has now been thoroughly debunked by inspector general and special counsel reports.
The group also feeds information to FBI and congressional investigators, and then tells reporters that authorities are investigating those leads. The tactic adds credibility to TDIP’s pitches, luring big media outlets to bite on stories. It mirrors the strategy federal authorities themselves deployed to secure FISA warrants to spy on the Trump campaign: citing published news reports of investigative details their informants had leaked to the media to bolster their wiretap requests.
Until recently, TDIP emailed a newsletter to influential Democrats and prominent Beltway journalists under the heading “TDIP Research” – which summarized the latest “collusion” news, and offered “points of interest” to inspire fresh stories regarding Trump’s alleged ties to Moscow. The bulletin is now being distributed by an affiliated nonprofit, Advance Democracy Inc., which lists the same mailing address as TDIP.
Recipients of the TDIP bulletins have included journalists at the New York Times and Washington Post and investigative reporters at BuzzFeed, ProPublica and McClatchy, as well as news producers at CNN and MSNBC, according to the project’s email distribution list. Democratic aides on Capitol Hill have also subscribed to the newsletter.
TDIP has also pitched leads to the FBI and congressional investigators. In fact, a month after meeting with Podesta and Sullivan, Jones hired a team of computer scientists to analyze web traffic between the Alfa Bank and Trump Organization servers, and shared the findings with his former colleagues at the FBI (Jones joined the FBI as an analyst after working in a national service program launched by the Clinton administration). This was a second attempt at convincing the FBI there was a nefarious backchannel between the Russia-based bank and Trump. An attorney for the law firm that represented the Clinton campaign had already provided former FBI General Counsel James Baker with a thumb drive outlining the tip during the 2016 campaign.
That same month, March 2017, agents nonetheless visited the offices of the Pennsylvania company that housed the Trump server. But their second investigation proved to be another dead end. The sinister communications Jones claimed were flowing between the Trump server and Alfa Bank were found to be innocuous marketing emails. In other words, spam.
Jones also hired as a project partner the Austin, Texas-based cyber research firm New Knowledge to identify fake social media accounts allegedly controlled by Russia to support Republicans and Trump policies ahead of the 2018 congressional elections. But New Knowledge was busted doing the same thing – creating fake Facebook profiles of conservative voters to draw divisions among the GOP to throw chaos into a Senate race in Alabama. It’s not clear if Podesta or Sullivan were aware of this “false flag” operation.
Jones has also regularly communicated with investigators for Sen. Mark Warner, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, hoping to spread more Trump-Russia conspiracy theories. Last month the Republican-led panel affirmed American intelligence officials’ finding that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election. The panel is preparing to release a separate bipartisan report examining claims Trump and his campaign colluded with Russia. It is said to exonerate Trump.
During the 2016 campaign, Jones had worked for Democratic lobbyist Tom Daschle, who endorsed Clinton and was close to Podesta. Merging forces with Jones and Simpson fit a plan hatched by Podesta right after Clinton’s surprise defeat in November 2016.
“Within 24 hours of her concession speech, [Podesta and campaign manager Robby Mook] assembled her communications team at the Brooklyn headquarters to engineer the case that the election wasn’t entirely on the up-and-up,” Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes report in their book, “Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign.”
“For a couple of hours, with Shake Shack containers littering the room, they went over the script they would pitch to the press and the public,” wrote Allen, who works for NBC News Digital, and Parnes, who reports for The Hill. “Already, Russian hacking was the centerpiece of the argument.”
The plan, according to the book, was to push journalists to cover how “Russian hacking was the major unreported story of the campaign,” and it clearly succeeded. After the election, coverage of the Russian “collusion” story was relentless, and it helped pressure investigations and hearings on Capitol Hill and even the naming of a special counsel. TDIP’s dossier reboot put the influence operation into overdrive.
A month after TDIP was formed in 2017, former Clinton campaign communications director Jennifer Palmieri summed up the post-election strategy in a Washington Post column comparing “Russiagate” to Watergate and encouraging the press and other Democrats to “turn the Russia story against Trump.”
“If we make plain that what Russia has done is nothing less than an attack on our republic, the public will be with us. And the more we talk about it, the more they’ll be with us,” she advised. “Polls show that voters are now concerned about the Russia story and overwhelmingly support an independent investigation.”
Though the Trump/Russia conspiracy theory was officially debunked by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report in March 2019, it has tied up the Trump presidency. A separate report released late last year by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz also debunked many of the theories propagated by the dossier, while uncovering misconduct by the FBI in using the dossier to obtain warrants to electronically eavesdrop on a Trump campaign adviser.
Podesta’s and Sullivan’s recently released testimony provides evidence that the Clinton team and other Democrats never stopped campaigning against Trump. Hillary Clinton didn’t just pay for the Russian-sourced opposition research on candidate Trump before the election; her top aides helped bankroll continuing efforts to cast the now sitting president as a Russian agent.
BREAKING: Top Clinton Campaign Officials Podesta and Sullivan Secretly Joined Forces With Fusion GPS After The Election — To Re-Push Anti-Trump Dossierhttps://t.co/l1k2pw1bmT — Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) May 14, 2020
This RealClearInvestigations article was republished by The Gateway Pundit with permission.
Paul Sperry is the former D.C. bureau chief for Investor’s Business Daily, Hoover Institution media fellow, author of several books, including bestseller INFILTRATION


thegatewaypundit--2020-05-14--Biden Can’t Remember Who Briefs Him Every Morning in Virtual Town Hall Marred by Glitches, Audio Pro

Biden Can’t Remember Who Briefs Him Every Morning in Virtual Town Hall Marred by Glitches, Audio Problems (VIDEO)

What is wrong with old Joe ?
77-year-old Biden held a virtual round table to discuss the Coronavirus from his @ @ @ @ @ usual , his virtual town hall was marred by glitches and audio problems .
Biden @ @ @ @ @ briefs him every morning .
TRENDING : John Brennan Goes Berserk After His Role in @ @ @ @ @ “ Um , and uh , and I ’ m not , and I , @ @ @ @ @ have a uh , like all of you but every day I get between an @ @ @ @ @ a half brief with um , uh , the former head of , our former @ @ @ @ @ with docs across the country , ” said Biden .

What is wrong with old Joe?
77-year-old Biden held a virtual round table to discuss the Coronavirus from his basement on Thursday.
As usual, his virtual town hall was marred by glitches and audio problems.
Biden also struggled to remember who briefs him every morning.
He’s not playing with a full deck.
“Um, and uh, and I’m not, and I, I have a, I have a uh, like all of you but every day I get between an hour and an hour and a half brief with um, uh, the former head of, our former surgeon general, anyway, with docs across the country,” said Biden.
Got that?
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thegatewaypundit--2020-05-14--PLAY BALL! Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to “Reopen Major Sports”

As Florida has begun moving towards the second phase of removing restrictions on citizens and business owners , Govenor Ron DeSantis announced yesterday that the Sunshine State will allow major sports teams to resume practice and play as long as guidelines are followed .
“ All professional sports are welcome here for practicing and for playing , ” DeSantis said at a news conference Wednesday in Tallahassee .
“ What I would tell commissioners of leagues is , if you have a team in an area where they just won ’ t let them operate , we ’ ll find @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state of Florida.
” ESPN noted that Florida was the second state to make this move , following Arizona Governor Doug Ducey similar decision .
We reported last week that DeSantis was allowing salons and barbershops to reopen .
DeSantis has been praised for being sensible and safe with an aggressive approach to returning to normal in Florida.All the while , Democrats have finally said what most have thought about their intentions to continue the lockdown past the 2020 elections in an effort to stymie President Trump ’ s election chances .
Florida @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ phase two ” plans include the reopening of bars , restaurants , gyms , and even schools .
TRENDING : John Brennan Goes Berserk After His Role in Unmasking General Mike Flynn Revealed

As Florida has begun moving towards the second phase of removing restrictions on citizens and business owners, Govenor Ron DeSantis announced yesterday that the Sunshine State will allow major sports teams to resume practice and play as long as guidelines are followed.
“All professional sports are welcome here for practicing and for playing,” DeSantis said at a news conference Wednesday in Tallahassee. “What I would tell commissioners of leagues is, if you have a team in an area where they just won’t let them operate, we’ll find a place for you here in the state of Florida.”
ESPN noted that Florida was the second state to make this move, following Arizona Governor Doug Ducey similar decision. We reported last week that DeSantis was allowing salons and barbershops to reopen. DeSantis has been praised for being sensible and safe with an aggressive approach to returning to normal in Florida.All the while, Democrats have finally said what most have thought about their intentions to continue the lockdown past the 2020 elections in an effort to stymie President Trump’s election chances.
Florida politics is also reporting that DeSantis’ “phase two” plans include the reopening of bars, restaurants, gyms, and even schools.


thegatewaypundit--2020-05-14--WATCH: General Flynn’s Attorney Provides Evidence That Then-President Obama Conspired With FBI To Se

WATCH: General Flynn’s Attorney Provides Evidence That Then-President Obama Conspired With FBI To Set-Up Flynn

Former Congressman Jason Chaffetz , who led the house oversight committee , slammed Obama and Biden for directly colluding with the FBI to ambush Trump ’ s administration .
“ It is directly Barack Obama and Joe Biden talking to the FBI Director who then does things that we have never , ever seen before in the FBI in ambushing this White House .
And I got to tell you , what bugs me as much as anything , Ed , is they did not give the incoming president the courtesy and the respect of giving him a defensive briefing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that .
That is fundamentally and totally wrong and shame on Barack Obama for doing that , ” said Congressman Jason Chaffetz .
Flynn ’ s lead attorney Sidney Powell slammed ex-President Obama and his federal agents for conspiring against General Flynn to push for an investigation .
“ These agents specifically schemed and planned with each other how to not tip [ Flynn ] off , that he was even the person being investigated .
In fact , according to Comey ’ s testimony , that ’ s attached to the exhibits @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they just simply said , you know , we ’ d like to send a couple of agents by to talk to you .
And of course , General Flynn said , sure .
And he saw them as allies .
They encouraged him to stay that way , ” Powell told Fox News .
TRENDING : John Brennan Goes Berserk After His Role in Unmasking General Mike Flynn Revealed “ They deliberately did not tell him about 1001 because they didn ’ t want to trigger the slightest suspicion in his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should be concerned about anything .
So they kept him relaxed and unguarded deliberately as part of their effort to set him up and frame him .
We do have the agent ’ s raw notes , but we do not have the original 302 .
And we now know from additional text messages produced that there were substantial alterations to the 302s .
We have some of those changes between February 10th and 11th and those are attached as exhibits to one of our briefs , ” added Powell .
Rep. Devin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s original interview 302 report on General Michael Flynn is nowhere to be found .
When Nunez was asked where the 302 report was by Fox News host Maria Bartiromo , the Congressman replied , “ Well , the 302 is still missing , Maria .
So so here ’ s what we know .
This report , when it was taken down , after that report was was transcribed , we had people at the highest level , the FBI come and brief us .
Plus , we have we have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same information that the FBI agents essentially said , look , there ’ s nothing to see here .
Flynn wasn ’ t lying .
And that ’ s what we were told on the record .
So we knew this at the beginning of 2017.
” “ So you can imagine my astonishment when it began to leak out in the press that General Flynn was being busted for lying to the FBI .
But here ’ s the problem .
the original report that was that was used to brief the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ missing .
It ’ s gone .
Poof .
It ’ s out of out .
We can ’ t find it.
” “ Now , look , I think the bigger issue is the conspiracy .
Who was doing the spying ?
OK , let ’ s just call that spying .
Who orchestrated all of this well before July 30th of 2016 , that ’ s a key – that ’ s a key date to remember .
Who continued the spying ?
Who decided it was OK to run all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
These are all questions that we have outstanding for John Durham .
The good news is I think for this week is , is that the fruits of our investigation that the media covered up and is still covering up to this day , they ’ re not getting past the long arm of the law , ” Congressman Nunes continued .
Ex-President Obama lashed out in a leaked audio recording at Attorney General Barr ’ s decision to drop the General Flynn case saying that the “ basic understanding of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ That ’ s the kind of stuff where you begin to get worried that basic , not just institutional norms , but our basic understanding of rule of law is is [ stammers ] is is a risk , ” Obama can be heard saying on the leaked call .
Vice President Mike Pence expressed support for Flynn to return to the administration .
“ I believe a decision by the Justice Department lays bare what was – what was clearly prosecutorial abuse .
And for my part , I ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ again .
”

Former Congressman Jason Chaffetz, who led the house oversight committee, slammed Obama and Biden for directly colluding with the FBI to ambush Trump’s administration.
“It is directly Barack Obama and Joe Biden talking to the FBI Director who then does things that we have never, ever seen before in the FBI in ambushing this White House. And I got to tell you, what bugs me as much as anything, Ed, is they did not give the incoming president the courtesy and the respect of giving him a defensive briefing one on one. They totally bypassed that. That is fundamentally and totally wrong and shame on Barack Obama for doing that,” said Congressman Jason Chaffetz.
Flynn’s lead attorney Sidney Powell slammed ex-President Obama and his federal agents for conspiring against General Flynn to push for an investigation.
“These agents specifically schemed and planned with each other how to not tip [Flynn] off, that he was even the person being investigated. In fact, according to Comey’s testimony, that’s attached to the exhibits they filed in the motion to dismiss, they just simply said, you know, we’d like to send a couple of agents by to talk to you. And of course, General Flynn said, sure. And he saw them as allies. They encouraged him to stay that way,” Powell told Fox News.
“They deliberately did not tell him about 1001 because they didn’t want to trigger the slightest suspicion in his mind that he was being investigated or should be concerned about anything. So they kept him relaxed and unguarded deliberately as part of their effort to set him up and frame him. We do have the agent’s raw notes, but we do not have the original 302. And we now know from additional text messages produced that there were substantial alterations to the 302s. We have some of those changes between February 10th and 11th and those are attached as exhibits to one of our briefs,” added Powell.
Rep. Devin Nunes has revealed that the FBI’’s original interview 302 report on General Michael Flynn is nowhere to be found.
When Nunez was asked where the 302 report was by Fox News host Maria Bartiromo, the Congressman replied, “Well, the 302 is still missing, Maria. So so here’s what we know. This report, when it was taken down, after that report was was transcribed, we had people at the highest level, the FBI come and brief us. Plus, we have we have other sources that also gave us the same information that the FBI agents essentially said, look, there’s nothing to see here. Flynn wasn’t lying. And that’s what we were told on the record. So we knew this at the beginning of 2017.”
“So you can imagine my astonishment when it began to leak out in the press that General Flynn was being busted for lying to the FBI. But here’s the problem. the original report that was that was used to brief the United States Congress. That report is missing. It’s gone. Poof. It’s out of out. We can’t find it.”
“Now, look, I think the bigger issue is the conspiracy. Who was doing the spying? OK, let’s just call that spying. Who orchestrated all of this well before July 30th of 2016, that’s a key – that’s a key date to remember. Who continued the spying? Who decided it was OK to run all these people into George Papadopoulos and others? These are all questions that we have outstanding for John Durham. The good news is I think for this week is, is that the fruits of our investigation that the media covered up and is still covering up to this day, they’re not getting past the long arm of the law,” Congressman Nunes continued.
Ex-President Obama lashed out in a leaked audio recording at Attorney General Barr’s decision to drop the General Flynn case saying that the “basic understanding of the rule of law is at risk”.
“That’s the kind of stuff where you begin to get worried that basic, not just institutional norms, but our basic understanding of rule of law is is [stammers] is is a risk,” Obama can be heard saying on the leaked call.
Vice President Mike Pence expressed support for Flynn to return to the administration.
“I believe a decision by the Justice Department lays bare what was – what was clearly prosecutorial abuse. And for my part, I’d be happy to see Michael Flynn again.”
WATCH:


thegatewaypundit--2020-05-14--Judge Sullivan Directs General Flynn’s Fired Lawyers to Reappear in His Case

General Mike Flynn ’ s fired lawyers at COVINGTON & BURLING filed court papers on Thursday to reappear in Flynn ’ s case .
Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered Flynn ’ s former legal team to reappear as an interested party and they complied by filing a notice of appearance .
The federal judge overseeing Michael Flynn ’ s criminal prosecution has directed the legal team that Flynn fired to reappear as an interested party in the controversial proceeding .
On Thursday , that former legal team complied by filing a notice of appearance .
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ordered the clerk of the court to “ add Covington & Burling LLP ( ‘ Covington ’ ) as an interested party in this matter and directed counsel for Covington to file a notice of appearance on behalf of Covington as an interested party.
” TRENDING : John Brennan Goes Berserk After His Role in Unmasking General Mike Flynn Revealed On April 25 , 2020 , The Gateway Pundit reported on former Obama Attorney General Eric Holder ’ s role at Covington and Burling as his law firm was representing General Michael Flynn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had numerous conflicts of interest related to their biggest case ever , representing General Michael Flynn in his unjust indictment by the Mueller gang .
Flynn ’ s attorneys at the firm withheld evidence from their client .
They asked for dirt on President Trump .
They hired individuals that were involved in the criminal Spygate scandal .
After spending millions of dollars in legal fees , and after untold negative stories in the fake news media , General Flynn obtained new lawyers .
Flynn ’ s new lead counsel Sidney Powell fought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of documents Covington & Burling were hiding from Flynn and the Court .
The hidden Brady material was finally released and General Flynn ’ s case was dropped by the DOJ after handwritten notes revealed the FBI framed Flynn .
In addition to this madness , Judge Sullivan appointed retired Clinton appointee judge John Gleeson to argue against the government ’ s motion to dismiss the charge against Flynn !
Sullivan also asked the retired judge to look at whether Flynn could be held in criminal contempt for perjury .
Now Covington & @ @ @ @ @ @ @ case on Sullivan ’ s order !

General Mike Flynn
General Mike Flynn’s fired lawyers at COVINGTON & BURLING filed court papers on Thursday to reappear in Flynn’s case.
Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered Flynn’s former legal team to reappear as an interested party and they complied by filing a notice of appearance.
Via Law & Crime:
The federal judge overseeing Michael Flynn’s criminal prosecution has directed the legal team that Flynn fired to reappear as an interested party in the controversial proceeding. On Thursday, that former legal team complied by filing a notice of appearance. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan of the District of Columbia on Thursday ordered the clerk of the court to “add Covington & Burling LLP (‘Covington’) as an interested party in this matter and directed counsel for Covington to file a notice of appearance on behalf of Covington as an interested party.”
On April 25, 2020, The Gateway Pundit reported on former Obama Attorney General Eric Holder’s role at Covington and Burling as his law firm was representing General Michael Flynn from corrupt deep state operatives.
Covington had numerous conflicts of interest related to their biggest case ever, representing General Michael Flynn in his unjust indictment by the Mueller gang. Flynn’s attorneys at the firm withheld evidence from their client. They asked for dirt on President Trump. They hired individuals that were involved in the criminal Spygate scandal.
After spending millions of dollars in legal fees, and after untold negative stories in the fake news media, General Flynn obtained new lawyers.
Flynn’s new lead counsel Sidney Powell fought to get her hands on the thousands of documents Covington & Burling were hiding from Flynn and the Court.
The hidden Brady material was finally released and General Flynn’s case was dropped by the DOJ after handwritten notes revealed the FBI framed Flynn.
In addition to this madness, Judge Sullivan appointed retired Clinton appointee judge John Gleeson to argue against the government’s motion to dismiss the charge against Flynn!
Sullivan also asked the retired judge to look at whether Flynn could be held in criminal contempt for perjury.
Now Covington & Burling are reappearing in Flynn’s case on Sullivan’s order!


thegatewaypundit--2020-05-14--WATCH: Clapper’s Video Connection Goes Dead After CNN Asks Him About Flynn Unmasking, Felony Leaks t

WATCH: Clapper’s Video Connection Goes Dead After CNN Asks Him About Flynn Unmasking, Felony Leaks to Media

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper appeared on CNN to discuss the unmasking requests made against General Mike Flynn .
CBS News reporter Catherine Herridge on Wednesday obtained the list of Obama operatives who unmasked General Flynn and released it to the public .
Names included former VP Joe Biden , former CIA Director John Brennan , Samantha Power , former DNI chief James Clapper , former FBI Director James Comey and others .
The bigger part of the unmasking scandal is the felony leak of Flynn ’ s classified transcripts to the Washington Post .
TRENDING : John @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Unmasking General Mike Flynn Revealed We know a “ senior US government official ” committed a felony by leaking General Mike Flynn ’ s calls to WaPo .
Clapper ’ s video connection went dead after CNN asked him about the illegal Flynn leak to the media .
Once Clapper came back , he was asked whether he leaked Flynn ’ s call to the media .
It was previously believed someone , perhaps the Pentagon ’ s Director of the Office of Net Assessment James Baker may have leaked Flynn ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ WaPo reporter David Ignatius .
Flynn ’ s leaked calls were published by WaPo ’ s David Ignatius on January 12 , 2017 which led to Flynn being fired as National Security Advisor in February of 2017 .
However , the leak came directly from “ sources [ who ] saw a transcript and described it to [ Entous ] .
” Clapper denies being the leaker , but this wouldn ’ t be the first time he lied !

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper appeared on CNN to discuss the unmasking requests made against General Mike Flynn.
CBS News reporter Catherine Herridge on Wednesday obtained the list of Obama operatives who unmasked General Flynn and released it to the public.
Names included former VP Joe Biden, former CIA Director John Brennan, Samantha Power, former DNI chief James Clapper, former FBI Director James Comey and others.
The bigger part of the unmasking scandal is the felony leak of Flynn’s classified transcripts to the Washington Post.
We know a “senior US government official” committed a felony by leaking General Mike Flynn’s calls to WaPo.
Clapper’s video connection went dead after CNN asked him about the illegal Flynn leak to the media.
WATCH:
Watch: Clapper just conceded on CNN that “No, I did not” find evidence of Trump-Russia collusion. Then, after being asked about leaking to the press, his video connection went dead… pic.twitter.com/Ab13DVFVQa — TV News HQ (@TVNewsHQ) May 14, 2020
Once Clapper came back, he was asked whether he leaked Flynn’s call to the media.
Clapper looked spooked and denied he leaked Flynn’s call.
WATCH:
Once Clapper was back, he was asked whether he leaked the Flynn call to David Ignatius. He says: “No, I did not.” pic.twitter.com/mAww8wsp9U — TV News HQ (@TVNewsHQ) May 14, 2020
It was previously believed someone, perhaps the Pentagon’s Director of the Office of Net Assessment James Baker may have leaked Flynn’s calls with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak to WaPo reporter David Ignatius.
Flynn’s leaked calls were published by WaPo’s David Ignatius on January 12, 2017 which led to Flynn being fired as National Security Advisor in February of 2017.
However, the leak came directly from “sources [who] saw a transcript and described it to [Entous].”
Clapper denies being the leaker, but this wouldn’t be the first time he lied!