…in troubled waters:
Mueller’s professed lack of knowledge during recent congressional testimony regarding Fusion GPS was inexplicable since, as former deputy assistant attorney general Bruce Ohr’s closed-door testimony before Congress shows, Weissmann had full knowledge of the fake nature of the Steele dossier that was a major predicate of the Russian witch-hunt that became the Mueller probe. Weissmann knew there was collusion with the Russians, and that it was between the DNC, the Clinton campaign, British agent Christopher Steele, Fusion GPS, the DoJ, the FBI and, yes, Russian sources interested in upending the Trump presidency.
Bruce Ohr, the number four official at the Justice Department as U.S. Deputy Associate Attorney General and the highest-ranking nonappointee, with an office a couple of doors down from Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, kept Weissmann “in the loop” about the fake dossier and its journeys through the deep-state swamp, along with a myriad of other co-conspirators in a web of conspiracy and deceit so vast that Watergate trivia question Carl Bernstein may be right in a way he did not intend when he suggested this whole matter may be bigger than Watergate. It seems only the DoJ janitor was not involved.
If Horowitz finally releases his report next month, it may be a very interesting month.
Weissmann knew there was collusion with the Russians, and that it was between the DNC, the Clinton campaign, British agent Christopher Steele, Fusion GPS, the DoJ, the FBI and, yes, Russian sources interested in upending the Trump presidency.
This was known from the beginning and available knowledge to many even outside the investigation. This fact coupled with the fact the Mueller’s team never investigated the providence of all this is the most aggravating part of the past 2 years. Not surprising or shocking, it was just aggravating. If you really care about foreign influence on US elections; then it shouldn’t just be Russia, but Britain too and it should be collusion with any campaign. But people didn’t care, which showed it was all a partisan witch hunt against Trump.
Also notice what nation is not ever mentioned… China. Raise your hands if you believe China has no interest at all in influencing US elections that they wouldn’t look to collude with candidates.
Personally, I think trying to stop it all is a fools errand. However, I support shining a light on it.
The appartchiks will quickly move to move on from this issue, after all: “… What difference at this point does it make? “
Oddly, that’s why they passed the law making it illegal for Special Prosecutor to release information not related to an actual indictment.