Pro-Trump FBI texts discovered; conspiracy theories debunked by IG report

[Lion Heart 15,041]

The Justice Department's inspector general, Michael Horowitz, uncovered a series of text messages between two FBI agents expressing support for President Donald Trump right after the 2016 US election.

In his report, published Monday, on the origins of the FBI's Russia investigation, Horowitz detailed texts between a handling agent and a co-handling agent on November 9, 2016, rejoicing over Trump's victory the previous day.

"Trump!" the handling agent said.

"Hahaha. S--- just got real," the co-handling agent replied.

"Yes it did," the handling agent said.

The co-handling agent responded: "I saw a lot of scared MFers on ... [my way to work] this morning. Start looking for new jobs fellas. Haha."

Horowitz's report, which was highly anticipated by both Democrats and Republicans, debunked many of Trump's conspiracy theories about anti-Trump bias among top brass at the FBI and the Justice Department.

The report said:

The FBI had an "authorized purpose" to launch the Russia investigation.

The bureau's use of confidential informants complied with the rules.

There is no "documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or improper motivation influenced the decisions to open the four individual investigations" into the Trump campaign aides George Papadopoulos and Carter Page, the former national security adviser Michael Flynn, and the former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

There is no "documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or improper motivation influenced the FBI's decision to seek FISA authority on Carter Page."

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Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions directed Horowitz to launch an internal investigation into the origins of the Russia probe after Trump and his allies accused the FBI of acting improperly when it sought a warrant to surveil Page before and after the election. The president also alleged that the FBI "spied" on his campaign in what he dubbed "Spygate."

https://www.businessinsider.com/doj-watchdog-pro-trump-text-messages-fbi-agents-2019-12?utm_source=reddit.com

[derpmonster 22,412]

But this doesn't fit in with the right wing martyrdom worldview of Trump. They'll ignore it.

[FATCAT 60,888]

3 hours ago, derpmonster said:

But this doesn't fit in with the right wing martyrdom worldview of Trump. They'll ignore it.

Not only will they ignore it, they'll distort it & claim it helps Trump. They're completely devoid of reality, and the Russians have made sure of that.

[Gagaloo911 12,959]

Evidence found to the contrary of what Republicans and Trump apologists claim? How shocking. 

They'll scream fake news and any little thing to distract from the facts and truth.