A tale of DOJ corruption
Imagine living in a country where the federal government decides whether you're exonerated from criminal wrongdoing or hauled off in handcuffs based on how you vote.
Welcome to the
U.S. Justice Department, a politicized agency that has become a weaponized arm of the Democratic National Committee.
First it was corrupt agents at the IRS who abused its authority during the Obama years, targeting conservative groups. Now we're witnessing corruption at the highest echelons of the FBI and DOJ, where highranking officials have become transparently politicized, causing corrosive distrust in our justice system.
This week, we saw the release of hundreds of text messages between Peter Strzok, a top FBI counterintelligence agent who was a key figure in the Hillary Clinton email investigation, and his alleged mistress, Lisa Page, another FBI hack with acute political leanings. The texts provide further evidence that the FBI's investigation into Clinton's rogue servers while she was secretary of state was a sham led by former FBI Director James Comey and Strzok, who hated Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and their supporters.
But perhaps even more alarming is the fact that the texts suggest there was plotting to interfere in a major U.S. presidential election by our own Department of Justice.
On Aug. 15, 2016, Strzok wrote to Page, "I want to believe the path you threw out for consideration in (FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe's) office — that there's no way (Trump) gets elected — but I'm afraid we can't take that risk." He added: "It's like an insurance policy."
Insurance for what exactly? FBI agents can have political opinions, but taking out antiTrump "insurance" suggests conspiratorial action plotted to derail Trump's political ascent. In another exchange, Page said, "Maybe you're meant to stay where you are because you're meant to protect the country from that menace." Strzok thanked her and said, "Of course I'll try and approach it that way."
In other texts exchanged during the 2016 presidential campaign, the two FBI agents displayed political bias on steroids. Strzok called Trump a "loathsome human being," a "f—-ing idiot" and other hateful things. In one text, Page told Strzok, "I can not believe Donald Trump is likely to be an actual, serious candidate for president."
If you think that's biased — jeopardizing the integrity of a federal investigation into matters of national security — how about this?
During the 2016 Republican National Convention, Strzok texted, "Oooh, TURN IT ON, TURN IT ON!!! THE D——-BAGS ARE ABOUT TO COME OUT," referring to the Trump family walking to the stage. When critiquing Melania Trump's RNC speech, Page said: "God, it's just a two-bit organization. I do so hope his disorganization comes to bite him hard in November."
Hardly evidence of the impartiality one would expect from DOJ officials instrumental in deciding who gets cleared of criminal charges and who gets arrested — decisions that Strzok made when watering down language Comey used when describing Clinton's actions in the email probe, thereby clearing her of legal malfeasance.
Then there's this August 2015 missive: "I just saw my first Bernie Sanders bumper sticker. Made me want to key the car," Page wrote. Strzok replied: "He's an idiot like Trump. Figure they cancel each other out." This has led voters to question whether Strzok deliberately shielded Clinton from an indictment over her mishandling of top-secret information to blunt Sanders' chances of becoming the
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