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Was this a set up

Tam

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put out Thursday evening

Reince Priebus is accused of asking FBI Director James Comey to say reports linking Trump to Russia were not true
New report claims the request was first made by Chief of Staff Reince Priebus
It alleges Priebus spoke to FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe at a meeting
The report was based off claims that came from a official inside the White House
Official was not able to disclose the matter publicly and remained anonymous
By Dailymail.com Reporter
PUBLISHED: 04:23 GMT, 24 February 2017 | UPDATED: 04:24 GMT, 24 February 2017

The White House recently unsuccessfully asked the FBI to publicly discredit allegations that Donald Trump's campaign was in touch with Russian intelligence throughout the election.
A new report published by CNN alleges FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus were the first to speak about smacking down the claims.
The network claims an agency official said McCabe's chat with Priebus took place: 'on the sidelines of a separate White House meeting the day after the stories were published.'
The official who spoke to CNN for the report said Priebus got in contact with McCabe, as well as Director James Comey, later on. At that moment, he allegedly asked if the FBI could at least speak to reporters about the allegations - even if they would not go on the record.

What better way to root out White House Official/anonymous source/leaker than to feed a few stories and see which story hits the news media?
 

Tam

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This was reported wrong by CNN SHOCKING I SAY SHOCKING.

Priebus WAS CONTACTED BY McCabe not the other way around. McCabe asked to speak to Priebus for 5 minutes at a WH meeting and he pulled him aside and told him that the NYT reports of the FBI having recording tying Trumps Admin to Russia were way overblown and Priebus simply asked if the FBI could make a statement McCade said he would check on it. The FBI then briefed the Congress on the overblown NYT story. After the briefing a Congressman came out and reported to media he did not see where there was an evidence to back up NYT story. Later Priebus called McCabe to see what FBI could do and he said the FBI can't comment. Priebus then asked Comey if he (Priebus) could announced the story was BS and Comey gave him the go ahead. The White House only contacted the FBI to see if they could say something and if not would it be OK for the WH to say something about it. After getting the go ahead from Comey, Priebus went on FOX and said the NYT story was BS. NO big story here just more FAKE NEWS from the Liberal Bias News wanting to destroy Trump.

Now their story is Priebus should have never contacted the FBI they are to be totally independent.

My question is why did McCabe the guy who's wife was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations from a Hillary supporter pull Priebus aside at a WH meeting and tell him about the story if the FBI and WH are to be independent of each other. The WH said only three people knew about the conversations, so did McCabe set Priebus up and then leaked it to Media to get Priebus in trouble so he would have to exit like Flynn had to?
 

Tam

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Another side to this story McCade brought the issue up to Priebus in a face to face pull aside conversation and told Priebus to give him some time to check out what the FBI could say about the issue to media and asked him to call him.

McCabe had to know the phone call would be recorded when Priebus called to ask him what the FBI could do about the story. If Priebus called Comey to get the OK to speak about it to the media himself, that call would also be recorded. So now the FBI have Priebus on two phone calls asking about the NYT story that McCabe first brought to Priebus in a non recorded conversation. Without the transcripts nobody knows for sure what Priebus actually asked about, just rumours of two phone calls from Priebus to FBI. Was he pushing the FBI to go to media or clarifying what he could say without stepping on FBI toes? The Liberal media picked the pushing story and ran with it as it would do more damage.

This is how the Left got rid of Flynn they leaked they had phone recording of him talking to a Russian. BUT without transcripts nobody knows want he was talking about. It was his job to talk to them but the media did not care about that part of the story The rumors of the recording set the media afire to get rid of Flynn. I doubt even if Flynn had not told VP Pence he had not talk to the Russians the left would not have believed he was not a paid Russian spy looking to destroy the US.

The transcripts of calls should be private and kept that way so the rumours will be out there floating around seeding doubt and that is all the left needs to destroy Trump's Admin before his dismantles Obama's legacy. The Dems are behind this, Comey and McCabe were both tainted in the Hillary email case so I don't understand why they have not been relieved of their duties. :?
 

Faster horses

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That is shocking. So much corruption--twists and turns.
Expect the worst and hope for the best.
Sad. Sickening. Like a Soap Opera, only it is real life.

Now that the liberal media has reported it wrong, it will never be straightened out. The best that can happen is for Trump to tell exactly what happened. I swear, these guys have to wise up to what is happening to them.
 

Tam

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The problem is the lying leftwing media are making crap up and saying they have sources so their readers believe the crap. By the time Trump and Priebus reads it the seed of doubt is out there, damage is done. The media knows the FBI can't say anything as long there is an on going investigation so it comes back to Trump's White House battling the lying media. I'm not saying Trump doesn't misspeak, like the Dems use to say when Obama was not telling the truth, on issues but the media is to hold him to account for it not make up crap to make him look worse than the liar they spend all the credibility on trying to get elected. They have no intentions of holding him accountable like the news is supposed to, NO they are out to destroy him at any cost because he dared to beat their queen of corruption.
 

Steve

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This has been a leftist tactic for some time, destroy by innuendo.

The free press died some time back, now we are seeing the (shadow) goverment exposed for what it really is..

I am no one to support a conspiracy theory, and normally work hard to expose the innuendo and distorted thinking it takes to believe them..

Most have long known the upper levels of bureaucrats will do most anything to promote their own agenda and protect their own jobs.. The EPA is the most blaring example of this, followed closely by the state department. I had feared the homeland security while needed in theory, would grow to be one large overbearing agency.. and now it looks like it has.

Trump's team is right, it is well past time to dismantle the federal governments entrenched bureaucrats and bureaucracies.
 

Steve

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McCabe had to know the phone call would be recorded when Priebus called to ask him what the FBI could do about the story. If Priebus called Comey to get the OK to speak about it to the media himself, that call would also be recorded. So now the FBI have Priebus on two phone calls asking about the NYT story that McCabe first brought to Priebus in a non recorded conversation. Without the transcripts nobody knows for sure what Priebus actually asked about, just rumours of two phone calls from Priebus to FBI.

It sure appears to be another set-up.. the bureaucrats know the trump team is not a bunch of seasoned political hack so they play on that. Maybe trump should take that large stack of resignation letters and accept them all.
 

Tam

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After Comey laid out a strong case on the Hillary Email scandal then announced there would be no indictment I thought his fate was sealed in this Admin. But I guess lying and corruption by the Director of the FBI is not a reason to relieve him of his duties. He is corrupt and it was proven by Trey Gowdy in a Congressional hearing when he made Comey admit Hillary lied and destroyed evidence but yet he did not indict her. Anyone else that had done what Hillary did would be in prison yet Comey did nothing to her. It is one of my favourite Trey Gowdy you tube videos as Comey's face when he had to admit she was lying and destroying evidence was priceless. GUILT was written all over his face. Just for the optics of a non-corrupt FBI Comey and McCabe should both resign.

Trump was upset when this Priebus story hit the news and tweeted about the FBI couldn't find a leak within the FBI. I ask you why would they even look? McCabe contacted the White House which they say was a red line that he should not have crossed. Comey had to have known he did it, so did he send him to set up Priebus? It sure looks like it, if not why hasn't McCabe been fired for crossing that line.? Everyone were yelling Priebus should be fired when the story was Priebus was the first to contacted the FBI.

Trump says Priebus spends most of his time knocking down false stories and both the big stories have been sourced in part through the FBI, that say they can't/won't comment to clear up the false story they are a part of. So if they want to get anything done Trump and Sessions need to clean house starting with the FBI.
 

Tam

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More about the seed of doubt of Fake News.

Not so long ago Buzz Feed ran the story about a very sick file the FBI had (thanks to John McCain) about Trump and CNN reported about it making sure everyone went to Buzz Feed web site to read it in full. The story was knocked down as FAKE but if anyone believes that story did not do what it was intended to do which was damage Trump's reputation all they need to do is go to twitter and read the sick comments from leftard loons that are still bringing it up like it was never proven fake. These stories no matter the evidence to knock them down will never go away as some sick person out there is going to believe and keep them alive.
 

Faster horses

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http://hotair.com/archives/2017/02/24/trump-rips-fbi-for-not-stopping-leakers-after-cnn-accuses-priebus-of-contacting-bureau-about-russia-story/
 
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