{"id":401628,"date":"2019-03-28T08:36:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T07:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/with-mueller-done-is-it-time-to-investigate-the-fbi-debate-rt-usa-news\/"},"modified":"2019-03-28T08:36:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T07:36:10","slug":"with-mueller-done-is-it-time-to-investigate-the-fbi-debate-rt-usa-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/with-mueller-done-is-it-time-to-investigate-the-fbi-debate-rt-usa-news\/","title":{"rendered":"With Mueller done, is it time to investigate the FBI? (DEBATE) \u2014 RT USA News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With the Mueller report finished and President Trump cleared of colluding with Russia, the spotlight is now on the FBI leadership that opened the investigation. RT\u2019s Crosstalk guests think the agency has a lot to answer for.<\/p>\n

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After a two year media circus, Special Counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s final report cleared President Trump of colluding with Russia to rig the 2016 election, a conclusion that Trump says brings him \u201ccomplete and total exoneration.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

However, constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz<\/strong> argued that Mueller should have never been appointed in the first place. \u201cIt was a mistake to appoint a special counsel because there was no evidence of a crime,\u201d<\/em><\/strong> Dershowitz said. Rather, he argued, Mueller\u2019s appointment by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was a knee-jerk reaction to the firing of former FBI Director James Comey.<\/p>\n

Mueller\u2019s probe was launched just over a week after Comey was unceremoniously fired in May 2017. Before then, the FBI had been conducting its own investigation into the supposed collusion. That investigation, Dershowitz continued, was based on lies.<\/p>\n


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A dossier of salacious gossip \u2013 gathered by former British spy Christopher Steele on behalf of the Clinton campaign \u2013 was presented to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court as evidence to authorize the wiretapping of Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, even though Comey later admitted he knew the dossier was unverifiable.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the FISA court was defrauded,\u201d<\/em> the lawyer told RT. \u201cYou can show information to the FISA court which isn\u2019t particularly compelling, as long as you tell the court what the source is, and alert it to the\u2026 conflicts of interest. You cannot provide material to the court, claiming it\u2019s credible, when you yourself know that it lacks credibility.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Troublingly, former National Security Agency leader William Binney<\/strong> added,<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a really major problem with this whole episode of \u2018Russiagate,\u2019 and it has to do with the use of intelligence agencies against political parties.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is something Nixon was guilty of, and he was impeached. These are the felonies that are occurring at this level.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Among Republicans, talk of investigating the FBI and Department of Justice has risen above a chatter in recent days. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) told reporters on Monday that he will investigate the FBI\u2019s alleged FISA abuse and subsequent investigation, an investigation that Trump called \u201can illegal takedown that failed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat makes no sense to me is that all of the abuse by the Department of Justice and the FBI \u2013 the unprofessional conduct, the shady behavior \u2013 nobody seems to think that\u2019s much important. Well that\u2019s going to change, I hope,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) gave Graham his blessing on Tuesday, saying the issue of whether the FBI conspired to hinder Trump\u2019s election is \u201ca legitimate question.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re headed that way,\u201d<\/em>presidential historian Doug Wead<\/strong> noted.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s just too much curiosity and momentum now carrying this. People are going to want to know. [An investigation is] where we\u2019re headed and it\u2019s going to be very interesting.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n