rooster59 Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Trump suggests FBI may have infiltrated his campaign By John Walcott U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he delivers remarks during the Prison Reform Summit at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 18, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday escalated his attacks on the Justice Department, suggesting that the FBI may have planted or recruited an informant in his 2016 presidential campaign. Trump stopped short of accusing the FBI of spying on his campaign, instead citing unnamed reports that at least one FBI representative was "implanted" for political purposes into his campaign. "If true - all time biggest political scandal!" Trump said in a tweet. Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, now one of Trump's personal attorneys, almost immediately undercut Trump's speculation about an informant. "I don't know for sure, nor does the president, if there really was one," he told CNN. "For a long time we've been told there was some kind of infiltration," Giuliani said. "At one time, the president thought it was a wiretap." Neither Trump nor Giuliani provided any evidence of government infiltration into Trump's presidential campaign. With Special Counsel Robert Mueller investigating possible collusion between Trump's election campaign team and Russia, Trump and some of his allies have alleged that elements inside the Justice Department are seeking to undermine his administration. Trump has denied any collusion with Russia and repeatedly called Mueller's investigation a "witch hunt." Russia has denied meddling in the U.S. presidential election. Glenn Simpson, who heads a consulting firm in Washington and hired former British spy Christopher Steele to investigate Trump's dealings with Russia prior to the campaign, testified last August to the Senate Judiciary Committee that some of what he collected was "human source intelligence." Simpson, however, did not tell the committee anything that could substantiate suggestions that U.S. authorities might have inserted an informant into the Trump campaign. The FBI declined to comment on Friday. CNN reported that U.S. officials said, "The confidential intelligence source was not planted inside the campaign to provide information to investigators." The New York Times https://nyti.ms/2Isi6JX, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that the FBI sent an informant to talk to two Trump campaign advisers, Carter Page and George Papadopoulos, after the agency received evidence that the two men had suspicious contacts linked to Russia during the campaign. It said the informant was an American academic who teaches in Britain. Papadopoulos pleaded guilty last fall to lying to FBI agents about his contacts with Russia. The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment about The New York Times report. Page and Papadopoulos did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Some Republicans are demanding classified documents related to the alleged informant. The Justice Department has refused to provide them. The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Mark Warner, warned members of Congress against publicly outing FBI sources. "It would be at best irresponsible, and at worst potentially illegal, for members of Congress to use their positions to learn the identity of an FBI source for the purpose of undermining the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in our election," Warner said in a statement. FBI Director Christopher Wray, a Trump appointee, on Wednesday cited the need to protect people who cooperate with law enforcement or intelligence officials.Trump's allies also charge that Mueller has exceeded the bounds of his authority by investigating the financial dealings of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. Mueller so far remains undeterred by attempts to discredit the investigation or distract attention from it, according to one source familiar with the probe. His office has negotiated a plea agreement with Manafort's former son-in-law, Jeffrey Yohai, that requires him to cooperate with other probes, Reuters reported on Thursday. -- © Copyright Reuters 2018-05-19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boon Mee Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 From recent reports, there appears that two moles were in DJT's campaign 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Egads! http://www.paywallnews.com/life/Opinion-|-Now-we-know-what-Trump-will-say-when-we-learn-what-he’s-hiding.r19HTypAG.html Quote WASHINGTON POSTNow we know what Trump will say when we learn what he’s hiding It has been said many times: For a man protesting his innocence, Trump sure does act guilty. And that, more than anything, creates the air of mystery shrouding this topic. But at least we now know what he’s likely to say if and when we learn what he is hiding. Feds set me up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becker Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 59 minutes ago, Boon Mee said: From recent reports, there appears that two moles were in DJT's campaign You do realize that it's the FBI's job to investigate shady characters? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post malibukid Posted May 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2018 more paranoia from the Donald. anything to distract the investigation. i was in the States last week and America is pathetic. sold everything i had left. $12,000 in storage fees. but i saw the writing on the wall 10 years ago. Americans are not proactive like the Europeans. and they deserve what they get in this monster. good luck 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 And yet the FBI felt inclined to announce one week before the election that they were re-investigating Hillary's emails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55Jay Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Don's been watching Good Fellas again.... I don't normally give the government high marks on creative initiative, but the FBI and a few other alphabet soup agencies, can be rather resourceful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenwind Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 3 hours ago, rooster59 said: Trump has denied any collusion with Russia and repeatedly called Mueller's investigation a "witch hunt." Russia has denied meddling in the U.S. presidential election. So, Trump and Russia both deny stuff. Who believes either Trump or Russia, about anything, given their longtime histories of lying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attrayant Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, Boon Mee said: From recent reports, there appears that two moles were in DJT's campaign And now, would you believe, there seem to be as many as three- possibly four undercover operatives who were involved! Edited May 19, 2018 by attrayant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolboy Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Boon Mee said: From recent reports, there appears that two moles were in DJT's campaign Reports from where? The fillings inside somebody's teeth? Edited May 19, 2018 by bristolboy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stevenl Posted May 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2018 1 hour ago, attrayant said: And now, would you believe, there seem to be as many as three- possibly four undercover operatives who were involved! One of them has been identified by his initials only, DJT. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Donald if you didn’t do anything wrong then shut up you will be vindicated but I suspect you are a dirty little buffoon you act like some sleazy criminal trying to beat the system 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farcanell Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 7 hours ago, 55Jay said: Don's been watching Good Fellas again.... Pity it wasn’t “madam secretary” or “designated survivor”.... maybe he would have learned something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riclag Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 (edited) My countries counter intel and intel agencies have been such clean,respectful and professional career minded officials over the years. Dem Senator Chuck Schumer said,There is six ways to Sunday that they can come after you..So the IG report is coming out with a damaging review of how the top officials in the FBI and DOJ performed for the last 3 years. "Schumer's 'Six Ways To Sunday' Threat Against President Trump" http://allnewspipeline.com/Six_Ways_To_Sunday_Deep_State_Drops.php Edited May 19, 2018 by riclag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Somtamnication Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 If they did infiltrate this campaign, good on them. What a swamp this is! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 21 hours ago, Boon Mee said: From recent reports, there appears that two moles were in DJT's campaign And rightfully so, as they were all sorts of criminal things going on, here is one: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-jr-and-other-aides-met-with-gulf-emissary-offering-help-to-win-election/ar-AAxwa4x?ocid=spartandhp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVENKEEL Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 19 hours ago, malibukid said: more paranoia from the Donald. anything to distract the investigation. i was in the States last week and America is pathetic. sold everything i had left. $12,000 in storage fees. but i saw the writing on the wall 10 years ago. Americans are not proactive like the Europeans. and they deserve what they get in this monster. good luck bye-bye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riclag Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 8 hours ago, FritsSikkink said: And rightfully so, as they were all sorts of criminal things going on, here is one: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-jr-and-other-aides-met-with-gulf-emissary-offering-help-to-win-election/ar-AAxwa4x?ocid=spartandhp So its ok to have FBI moles working in a campaign opponents staff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attrayant Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 8 minutes ago, riclag said: So its ok to have FBI moles working in a campaign opponents staff The term "mole" implies illicit spying or other acts that are subversive to the group in which they're implanted. That's not why the FBI had an agent or agents implanted. Furthermore, you said "working in a campaign opponent's staff". Who were the "campaign opponents" of the FBI? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riclag Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, attrayant said: The term "mole" implies illicit spying or other acts that are subversive to the group in which they're implanted. That's not why the FBI had an agent or agents implanted. Furthermore, you said "working in a campaign opponent's staff". Who were the "campaign opponents" of the FBI? Don't know you will have to ask the poster I was commenting to.,they said it was rightful to have this because of criminal actsPost#17 Edited May 20, 2018 by riclag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attrayant Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 1 minute ago, riclag said: Don't know you will have to ask the poster I was commenting to.,they said it was rightful to have this because of criminal acts You're the one who referred to the Trump team as the FBI's "campaign opponents", not the person you responded to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Has it not dawned on him that maybe they have infiltrated Putins office... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 1 hour ago, riclag said: So its ok to have FBI moles working in a campaign opponents staff Did you bother to read what they have done, taking money and help from foreign nations during the campaign. That is called treason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 11 hours ago, riclag said: Don't know you will have to ask the poster I was commenting to.,they said it was rightful to have this because of criminal actsPost#17 No, they have to ask you because you made the statement there were moles. I only said IF there were it would be ok because there was treason going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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