Explosive New FBI Texts Detail Internal Furor Over Handling Of ‘Crossfire Hurricane’ Investigation

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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents tasked by fired former Director James Comey to take down Donald Trump during and after the 2016 election were so concerned about the agency’s potentially illegal behavior that they purchased liability insurance to protect themselves less than two weeks before Trump was inaugurated president, previously hidden FBI text messages show.

The explosive new communications and internal FBI notes were disclosed in federal court filings today from Sidney Powell, the attorney who heads Michael Flynn’s legal defense team.

“[W]e all went and purchased professional liability insurance,” one agent texted on Jan. 10, 2017, the same day CNN leaked details that then-President-elect Trump had been briefed by Comey about the bogus Christopher Steele dossier.

That briefing of Trump was used as a pretext to legitimize the debunked dossier, which was funded by the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign and compiled by a foreign intelligence officer who was working for a sanctioned Russian oligarch.

The primary sub-source that former British spy Christopher Steele used to compile his anti-Trump dossier in 2016 was the subject of an FBI counterintelligence investigation a decade ago, according to details authorized for release by U.S. Attorney John Durham, who is investigating the origins of the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe.

FBI analysts involved in the investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn expressed serious concerns about the agency’s conduct on the case, with one employee describing the case as a “nightmare,” according to federal court filings released by Flynn’s legal team Wednesday.

The documents detailed conversations between FBI employees in the early days of its probe into improper dealings between Flynn and Russia. In an Aug. 2016 exchange obtained by the Justice Department, an FBI analyst said that some agents “want a Clinton presidency” rather than a “wild card like Trump.”

As the investigation progressed, some FBI analysts questioned the agency’s use of national security letters (NSL)– a type of subpoena that doesn’t require a judge’s approval – to investigate Flynn’s finances. On Dec. 5, 2016, analysts noted the use of an NSL was not a “logical investigative step,” with one analyst describing the directive as a “nightmare.”

FBI employees also discussed a Jan. 5, 2017 briefing attended by then-President Barack Obama, key members of his administration and then-FBI Director James Comey. Asked how the briefing went, one analyst said “people here are scrambling for info to support certain things and it’s a mad house.”

In one text, an FBI employee said “Trump was right” and the agency’s findings were “still not put together.” On Jan. 3, 2017, Trump suggested on Twitter that the briefing on “Russian hacking” had been delayed in order to build a case.

The whole thing is pretty ugly…we shall see how things pan out,” one FBI employee wrote.

Source:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flynn-court-docs-fbi-employee-texts

Source:
https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/24/trump-was-right-explosive-new-fbi-texts-detail-internal-furor-over-handling-of-crossfire-hurricane-investigation/

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/fbi-and-cia-analysts-working-trump-probe-took-out-professional-liability-insurance-after-2016-election-text-messages-show_3513650.html