The real story is that the footsteps are coming up behind these guys who organized the spying into Donald Trump’s campaign. As I keep telling you, the logic here that the Democrats are trying to sell is that it was great that this army of unelected, faceless bureaucrats — these shadow men tapped Donald Trump’s phones, they wiretapped Trump Tower, they infiltrated his campaign, they investigated him, they sent spies after him — They did everything they could and then leaked to the press this bogus story about Russian collusion, all of which was disproved — this is what they did — and that was great, that was terrific, that was excellent.
But the fact that on a phone call, Donald Trump said, Oh and while you’re at it, you know, you should investigate Joe Biden. That’s impeachable? That is nonsense, and now John Durham — and remember, John Durham is a guy who is universally respected. And this is the thing, they’ve been trying forever to tar Bill Barr, the attorney general. But he appointed this guy, and this is a guy who goes after the government, right.
John Durham was part of the investigation into Whitey Bulger. Remember him? He was the mobster who ran parts of Boston and he tricked, he conned the FBI into colluding with him so that he was protected, so he could go around murdering people, and the FBI covered up for him because they thought he was a source, but he was a source who never gave them anything. It was John Durham who went in after him.
Eric Holder appointed John Durham to investigate the CIA’s interrogation programs and whether they broke any laws and whether they were torturers. So this is a guy who is respected by both parties. They got nothing. He has just turned this reportedly into a criminal investigation — his investigation into Obamagate has apparently become a criminal investigation. That is the story that should be the headline every day. All this Ukraine stuff, this trivial stuff, what they’re leaking with Adam Schiff is leaking out of his secret little star chamber in the cellar of the capital is not big news. It is people — political manipulation that they are colluding with — the press is colluding with the political manipulation.
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