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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,950 posts)
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 03:46 PM Nov 2020

Secret intelligence exists that 'would cast Trump in very negative light', warns ex-FBI chief

Former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe has warned that classified intelligence from bureau’s investigation into President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign ties to Russia could contain information that would “risk casting the president in a very negative light”.

Mr McCabe has been at the centre of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, in which a Republican-controlled panel is reviewing the FBI’s recision to initiate the investigation.

He testified before the panel on Tuesday and told lawmakers that officials had a “duty” to carry out the investigation due to the information they had collected. Mr McCabe personally approved the decision to investigate Mr Trump for possible obstruction of justice.

In an interview with CNN on Friday night, Mr McCabe was asked what the risks were if more information from the Russia investigation was to be declassified.

https://news.yahoo.com/secret-intelligence-exists-cast-trump-144320428.html

Why do you think Billy Barr surpressed the Meuller report?

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Secret intelligence exists that 'would cast Trump in very negative light', warns ex-FBI chief (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP
Would the word TREASON be a hint? dhol82 Nov 2020 #1
Or something equivalent. triron Nov 2020 #4
How about "We have a foreign agent in the White House"? wnylib Nov 2020 #32
Well, that's hard to do, huh? Newest Reality Nov 2020 #2
NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO LEAK IT Skittles Nov 2020 #3
No kidding Blue Owl Nov 2020 #7
Great choice of words since "pee tape" is the first thing that comes to mind. Vinca Nov 2020 #16
Now would be a good time to use it for leverage to crowbar Trump out of the White House. Klaralven Nov 2020 #29
How and when will we know what this is? NameAlreadyTaken Nov 2020 #5
Only if trump gets it declassified. Which may or may not happen between now and Jan 20. BComplex Nov 2020 #9
The problem is i'm sure a LOT of senate RETHUGS bluestarone Nov 2020 #6
Because they're tangled up in the shit up to their eyeballs... MerryBlooms Nov 2020 #12
THIS, i have No doubt!! bluestarone Nov 2020 #13
The debts come due and the republicans make good... MerryBlooms Nov 2020 #14
Some big-time cleaning going on the archived info. NCjack Nov 2020 #8
While all of the open intelligence .. ananda Nov 2020 #10
We already know he's a Russian asset, rapist, white supremacist who has tandem5 Nov 2020 #11
The word these news reports keep leaving out is "unflattering." Silver Gaia Nov 2020 #15
I only see "risk casting the president in a very negative light". triron Nov 2020 #18
Did you see the full interview live or on video? Silver Gaia Nov 2020 #19
That's fine. I still think the same way as my last post suggests. triron Nov 2020 #23
Not a problem. Silver Gaia Nov 2020 #35
Ohhhhh... do tell... Politicub Nov 2020 #17
Biden can declassify moat of the Mueller Report on January 21. Lonestarblue Nov 2020 #20
Well, there's a surprise.................. Sherman A1 Nov 2020 #21
Any and Everything that this monster Upthevibe Nov 2020 #22
Does anyone else remember Elijah Cummings and what he said EllieBC Nov 2020 #24
Ahhh, yet one more report of secret information. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #25
This nation needs a strong example that cheating won't work. If there's evidence that that campaign Karadeniz Nov 2020 #26
That sounds like a warning. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #27
Rod Rosenstein suppressed it, even before Barr was on the scene. Sogo Nov 2020 #28
He's committed treason and the GOP doesn't care BlueNProud Nov 2020 #30
The shredders are working overtime in the DOJ, FBI, and ORAL OFFICE. NT SayItLoud Nov 2020 #31
There has been some speculation that his installation of sycophants Enoki33 Nov 2020 #33
Cough it up, already. Actually, should have been done a long long time ago. jeffreyi Nov 2020 #34
We already know that. tavernier Nov 2020 #36

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
2. Well, that's hard to do, huh?
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 03:49 PM
Nov 2020

Negative light so negative that it's black?

Gosh, I think we have only seen the more superficial horrors. It's like a shit iceberg and that's just the tip.

Blue Owl

(50,355 posts)
7. No kidding
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 03:53 PM
Nov 2020

That fat piece of shit needs to be incarcerated and the sooner, the better.

FUCK DONALD TRUMP.

BComplex

(8,049 posts)
9. Only if trump gets it declassified. Which may or may not happen between now and Jan 20.
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 03:58 PM
Nov 2020

I'd sure love to know what it is.

I hope Biden reinstates Andy McCabe long enough for him to finish out his sprint to retirement. I believe he was hours away from eligibility for retirement when trump fired him out of spite.

MerryBlooms

(11,768 posts)
12. Because they're tangled up in the shit up to their eyeballs...
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 03:59 PM
Nov 2020

Heavily financed through two guys who plead guilty- Parnas and Fruman, and that's the tip of the iceberg in regards to the republican party accepting money from organized crime.

MerryBlooms

(11,768 posts)
14. The debts come due and the republicans make good...
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 04:10 PM
Nov 2020

Voting records don't lie. Jail would be great, but yeah, not going to happen. It's up to us to change minds, and it's going to be a tough slog. However, with Biden's national plan on C-19 helping ALL states and not a choice few, I think that will make our jobs a little easier.

tandem5

(2,072 posts)
11. We already know he's a Russian asset, rapist, white supremacist who has
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 03:59 PM
Nov 2020

killed thousands through intentional malice so after a certain threshold (which he's already crossed) there isn't any additional information that would further a negative assessment. The jury has come back: He's evil.

Silver Gaia

(4,544 posts)
15. The word these news reports keep leaving out is "unflattering."
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 04:42 PM
Nov 2020

I saw the full interview. McCabe says whatever this is would be "unflattering" to Trump. That does not sound like something as serious as treason or pedophilia to me. It sounds more like the pee tape is real.

triron

(21,999 posts)
18. I only see "risk casting the president in a very negative light".
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 05:06 PM
Nov 2020

What do you expect McCabe to say with Trump still in power with his DOJ cronies?

Silver Gaia

(4,544 posts)
19. Did you see the full interview live or on video?
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 05:12 PM
Nov 2020

That's where you will find this word. McCabe chose his words carefully.

Silver Gaia

(4,544 posts)
35. Not a problem.
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 08:07 PM
Nov 2020

Whatever it is, Trump wants it hidden (whether he realizes it or not), and McCabe seems to think it needs to stay that way to protect sources and methods.

Lonestarblue

(9,981 posts)
20. Biden can declassify moat of the Mueller Report on January 21.
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 06:05 PM
Nov 2020

I’m not sure whether full grand jury testimony can be declassified or anything that might reveal FBI undercover agents. I sure hope Biden is not shy about digging into anything and everything Trump has done.

EllieBC

(3,014 posts)
24. Does anyone else remember Elijah Cummings and what he said
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 06:17 PM
Nov 2020

said before the inauguration??? Something like, “If people knew” and he looked visibly shaken. Something has been wrong this whole 4 years and they are keeping a lid on it. Out with it!

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,852 posts)
25. Ahhh, yet one more report of secret information.
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 06:18 PM
Nov 2020

Just release it, otherwise it's not real.

I am totally sick and tired of bullshit hints like this.

Karadeniz

(22,513 posts)
26. This nation needs a strong example that cheating won't work. If there's evidence that that campaign
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 06:21 PM
Nov 2020

Broke the law to win, the campaign was illegal. His election is undeserved. His presidency is invalid. Everything he did as president is illegal. Just ask the illegal acting official whose DACA decision was just declared illegal. Illegal can't produce legal.

Sogo

(4,986 posts)
28. Rod Rosenstein suppressed it, even before Barr was on the scene.
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 06:31 PM
Nov 2020

Rosenstein told them not to investigate Trump's financials.

BlueNProud

(1,048 posts)
30. He's committed treason and the GOP doesn't care
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 06:34 PM
Nov 2020

there's literally nothing he could do that would make them care about his mis behavior

Enoki33

(1,587 posts)
33. There has been some speculation that his installation of sycophants
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 08:01 PM
Nov 2020

at the Pentagon could be attempts to seek out and destroy damning documents that show the depth of his betrayal to the country he took an oath to protect. According to Malcolm Nance the Pentagon is so vast it is almost impossible to do so before Jan. 20th. Personally l think it highly likely that CI has a black file somewhere that keeps both tRump and Putin awake at nights.

tavernier

(12,383 posts)
36. We already know that.
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 08:12 PM
Nov 2020

But he’s not alone, so they have all taken the pledge.

Well, they haven’t let the Mormons in on the pledge so they are dazed and confused and wandering in the wilderness of D.C., but the rest have no other recourse.

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