Newly revealed FBI texts say Obama wanted to 'know everything' about Russian meddling
Fox @JakeBGibson reports: In September 2016, FBI's Page texted Strzok on prepping Comey to brief Obama: 'potus wants to know everything we're doing.' http://ow.ly/j3dk30ifP9a
NEW: Page wrote to Strzok on Sept. 2, 2016 about prepping Comey because "potus wants to know everything we're doing." Senate investigators told Fox News this text raises questions about Obama's personal involvement in the Clinton email investigation. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/07/fbi-lovers-latest-text-messages-obama-wants-to-know-everything.html …
Newly revealed text messages between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page include an exchange about preparing talking points for then-FBI Director James Comey to give to President Obama, who wanted “to know everything we’re doing." - This is big!
So why is it an issue that Obama “wants to know everything we’re doing” & had Comey brief him on Russia probe? Because Obama had said, “I do not talk to FBI directors about pending investigations...I guarantee it.” That quote is here—> https://news.grabien.com/story-president-obama-i-guarantee-politics-wont-taint-clinton-e-ma …
Sept. 2: FBI texts “POTUS wants to know everything we’re doing.” Sept. 5: Obama meets with Putin - later says he told Russian president to “cut it out” on hacking election stuff http://www.breitbart.com/obama/2016/12/16/obama-i-told-the-russians-to-stop-it-and-cut-it-out-after-hacks/ …
Fact-Check from WSJ: Text messages from 2016 show preparation to brief Obama about Russia’s election interference, according to associates of the FBI employees involved, not, as a Republican senator suggested, meddling by Obama in the Clinton email probe. https://www.wsj.com/articles/texts-from-2016-show-fbi-employees-preparing-obama-briefing-on-russia-1518036629 …
The president requested information from the FBI instead of Fox News. Bombshell! https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/961270833569202176 …
10:55 AM: Sean Hannity tweets bombshell. 11:00 AM: President receives his daily intelligence brief. 11:08 AM: Fox News airs segment about FBI text messages. 11:10 AM: President tweets «NEW FBI TEXTS ARE BOMBSHELLS!».
1. If you are watching Fox News this morning or reading any right-wing website you may have heard about a new BOMBSHELL report that exposes serious misconduct by BARACK OBAMA. Well, I looked into it, and it is a complete fraud. https://goo.gl/C5gVEC pic.twitter.com/ebuJsooSAM
2. The report is based on these texts. Fox News and Senator Ron Johnson says they are proof that Obama wanted a briefing on the Clinton email scandal, raising SERIOUS QUESTIONS That is false. http://goo.gl/C5gVEC pic.twitter.com/ZPq1iSYPZ6
3. It's not complicated to explain why this is wrong. The Clinton email investigation was closed by Comey in July. Same texts show the FBI didn't even become aware of the emails on Weiner's laptop until Sept 28. These texts are from Sept 2. http://goo.gl/C5gVEC
4. There is no way Obama would be requesting a briefing on a CLOSED investigation. So what was this about. Almost certainly the ongoing counterintelligence investigation into Russia and election interference. http://goo.gl/C5gVEC
5. And oh, BTW, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the President being briefed about a counterintelligence investigation. It's part of his job. A few days later, he confronted Putin about election interference in China. http://goo.gl/C5gVEC
So Obama said he wants to be kept informed of the status of the FBI’s investigation into HRC’s email drama. Trump demanded loyalty oaths from the people investigating his campaign, and tried to get Comey to back off Flynn. But it’s the former that’s the scandal.
Text messages between the two FBI agents removed from the Mueller investigation show they thought Donald Trump was an “idiot” and a “loathsome human” during the campaign. https://twitter.com/i/moments/940776804218007553 …