If jail time is too harsh, Obama’s apparatchiks must at least join Asslings Anonymous to recover from public virtue-signaling and partisan spying. After reading the sworn House testimony and NSA “unmasking” logs that were released by Richard Grenell (DNI), John Durham (DOJ) should put Obama’s lieutenants under oath and ask, “Did you leak Flynn’s name to the press?” Even better, Senate Republicans should put Obama under oath to get the truth
The real hoax of the last 20 years is Barack Obama’s character, which is at least as flawed as Donald Trump’s – maybe more. He belittled conservative Christians and rural gun owners, hired the grifter Hillary Clinton, flip-flopped on Bowles-Simpson, and promised that we could keep our doctors and health plans under Obamacare. It’s possible he gave the order to spy on Trump and certain he knew about it.
If Putin had a friend in Washington, it was Obama. His secretary of state (Clinton) gave Russia the suck-up Reset Button (March 2009), and he dropped Bush’s plans for a missile defense shield in Europe (September 2009). In 2012, he was recorded asking Russia for more “space [until] after the election [when he had] more flexibility,” and mocking Republican Mitt Romney, “the Cold War’s been over 20 years.”
By 2016, Obama had complete control of the DNC and deep state. The DNC screwed Bernie Sanders, paid for Russian dirt on Trump, and refused the FBI access to “hacked” servers. In Ukraine, Biden meddled with law enforcement and Clinton bought dirt on Paul Manafort. And, after his agencies spied on the Trump campaign, Obama blamed Putin of election meddling. Out of power, his lieutenants told the public Trump had colluded with Russia, but admitted to “no evidence” under oath.
It’s understandable that Obama would give tacit approval to hurt Trump’s election chances. How much “drain the swamp” and reversing his legacy could he take? Read Obama’s words: Trump was “uniquely unqualified” and “helping do ISIL’s work” and “doesn’t know basic facts” and “not somebody I want in the Oval Office” and “insecure enough that he pumps himself up by putting other people down” and “[unable] to handle the nuclear codes.” Fighting words beg the question: did he do more than talk?
Sally Yates (acting AG) testified Obama knew about the Flynn-Kislyak recording prior to January 5, 2017. That’s also the day he was briefed on the Steele Dossier and the “pee tape” (his words) by Clapper, Comey, Brennan and Rogers. Obama KNEW and, by January 12, ordered the NSA to share surveillance across sixteen other federal agencies; all but ordering Trump surveillance to leak (it did). In the digital era, a Watergate burglary is so old-school.
The strategy was simple: (1) turn political opponents into make-believe Russian assets, (2) spy on them semi-legally, and (3) have senior officials leak intelligence to the press. Almost a perfect crime: Russian collusion forced Michael Flynn to resign and Jeff Sessions to recuse himself – and Dems could call the purge “patriotism” (a most Republican quality). However, like most sinister plans, this one had three problems.
First, Donald Trump’s no Ivy League cherry, and he fought back. Second, Adam Schiff made too many false claims (“seen more than circumstantial evidence”). Third, the DNC replaced Bernie Sanders (again) with a walking time bomb. Bottom line: the anti-Obama haymakers delight Trump voters, Schiff ‘s lies alienate independent voters, and Joe Biden is no better than a draw against Trump in a character debate.
If Obama doesn’t smell trouble, he’s crazy. Attorney General Barr is crystal clear in his public opinion of the Obama era. Director Grenell is crystal clear in his public opinion of Adam Schiff. Senate Republicans are crystal clear in their public opinion of the insurance policy. They smell a rat and want testimony under oath: what did Obama know and do? After three years of Resistance hell, the truth must out.
In closing, I implore you to share and forward this article to your Republican friends – get out the vote!