145. US v. Internet Research Agency et al., 1:18-cr-00032-DLF, Indictment, filed February 16, 2018.
146. Dele Quentin Wilbur and Aruna Viswanatha, “Russians Charged with Interfering in U.S. Election,” Wall Street Journal, February 16, 2018.
147. US v. Internet Research Agency et al., 1:18-cr-00032-DLF, Indictment.
148. Michael Crowley and Louis Nelson, “Mueller: Russians Entered U.S. to Plot Election Meddling,” Politico, February 16, 2018.
149. Scott Johnson, “Notes on the Indictment,” Power Line, February 17, 2018.
150. US v. Internet Research Agency et al., 1:18-cr-00032-DLF, 18.
151. Shelby Holliday and Rob Barry, “Russian Operation Targeted U.S. Business Owners,” Wall Street Journal, December 20, 2018.
152. Crowley and Nelson, “Mueller: Russians Entered U.S. to Plot Election Meddling.”
153. Ibid.
154. Sean Illing, “Did the Media Botch the Russia Story? A Conversation with Matt Taibbi,” Vox, April 1, 2019.
155. Ryan Saavedra, “CNN Doxes Elderly Trump Supporter, Harrasses Her, Accuses Her of Working for Russian Trolls,” The Daily Wire, February 2, 2018.
156. Ibid.
157. Aruna Viswanatha, “Lawyer for Russian Firm Hits Back at Mueller’s Probe,” Wall Street Journal, May 16, 2018.
158. Tim Ryan, “Mueller Asks Court to Push Back Arraignment of Russian Business,” Courthouse News Service, May 4, 2018.
159. Scott Johnson, “Mueller Indicts a Ham Sandwich,” Power Line, May 12, 2018.
160. Ibid.
161. Ibid.
162. Viswanatha, “Lawyer for Russian Firm Hits Back at Mueller’s Probe.”
163. Aruna Viswanatha, “Lawyer for Russian Firm Says Mueller Is Prosecuting a ‘Made-Up Crime,’ ” Wall Street Journal, October 15, 2018.
164. Jake Gibson, “Mueller Team Wants to Withhold 3.2 Million ‘Sensitive’ Docs from Indicted Russian Company,” Fox News, March 7, 2019.
165. US v. Concord Management and Consulting LLC, CR 1:18-cr-00032-2-DLF, Defendant Concord Management and Consulting LLC’s Opposition to Government’s Motion for Leave to File an Ex Parte, in Camera, Classified Addendum to Its Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Disclose Discovery Pursuant to Protective Order, filed December 27, 2018.
166. Andrew C. McCarthy, “Mueller’s Tough Week in Court,” National Review, May 7, 2018.
167. Aruna Viswanatha, Sadie Gurman, and Del Quentin Wilber, “Mueller Probe Indicts 12 Russians in Hacking of DNC and Clinton Campaign,” Wall Street Journal, July 14, 2018.
168. Peter Nicholas and Vivian Salama, “Russian Agents’ Indictment Raises Stakes Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit,” Wall Street Journal, July 13, 2018.
169. Andrew C. McCarthy, “Why Isn’t Julian Assange Charged with ‘Collusion with Russia’?,” Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2019.
170. Ibid.
Afterword: The Reckoning
1. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, “Report on Russian Active Measures,” March 22, 2018, https://www.scribd.com/document/377590825/HPSCI-Final-Report-on-Russian-Active-Measures-Redacted-Release#. See also excerpt at https://esmemes.com/i/u-the-committees-investigation-also-reviewed-the-opening-in-summer-56920110520a4899b7ad497bfd5a89f7. See also Paul Wood, “Trump ‘Compromising’ Claims: How and Why Did We Get Here?,” BBC News, January 12, 2017; George Neumayr, “Crossfire Hurricane: Category Five Political Espionage,” The American Spectator, May 18, 2018; George Neumayr, “John Brennan’s Plot to Infiltrate the Trump Campaign,” The American Spectator, May 22, 2018.
2. In the High Court of Justice Queen’s Bench Division, Gubarev v. Orbis, “Defendants’ Response to Claimants’ Request for Further Information Pursuant to CPR Part 18,” https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3892131/Trump-Dossier-Suit.pdf, 7.
3. John Solomon, “FBI’s Spreadsheet Puts A Stake Through The Heart Of Steele’s Dossier,” The Hill, July 16, 2019.
4. John Solomon, “FISA Shocker: DOJ Official Warned Steele Dossier Was Connected to Clinton, Might Be Biased,” The Hill, January 16, 2019; Gregg Re and Catherine Herridge, “State Department Official Cited Steele in Emails with Ohr After Flagging Credibility Issues to FBI, Docs Reveal,” Fox News, May 15, 2019.
5. United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, “Verified Application,” In re Carter W. Page, a U.S. Person, October 2016, https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4614708/Carter-Page-FISA-Application.pdf, 15, footnote 8.
6. Jeff Carlson, “Exclusive: Transcripts of Former Top FBI Lawyer Detail Pervasive Abnormalities in Trump Probe,” The Epoch Times, January 18, 2019 (updated March 8, 2019); Brian Cates, “Why FBI Special Agent Joseph Pientka Is the DOJ’s Invisible Man,” The Epoch Times, January 23, 2019 (updated February 6, 2019).
7. Brooke Singman, “FISA Memo: Steele Fired as an FBI Source for Breaking ‘Cardinal Rule’—Leaking to the Media,” Fox News, February 2, 2018; Cates, “Why FBI Special Agent Joseph Pietnka Is the DOJ’s Invisible Man.”
8. Gregg Jarrett, “The Scheme from Bruce Ohr and Comey’s Confederates to Clear Clinton, Damage Trump,” Fox News, August 28, 2018; Paul Sperry, “Days After Comey Firing, McCabe’s Team Re-engaged Fired Dossier Author,” RealClearPolitics, January 15, 2019.
9. Judicial Watch, “FBI 302 Interviews With Bruce Ohr On Spygate Released To Judicial Watch,” August 8, 2019, available at https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-fbi-302-interviews-with-bruce-ohr-on-spygate-released-to-judicial-watch/; Gregg Re and Catherine Herridge, “FBI Kept Using Steele Dossier For FISA Applications Despite Documenting Ex-Spy’s Bias, Documents Show,” Fox News, August 9, 2019; See FBI documents entitled “Ohr 302s FOIA Release 080819,” available at https://www.scribd.com/document/421250005/Ohr-302s-FOIA-Release-080819.
10. Charles Creitz, “Graham: New Bruce Ohr Docs Show FISA Warrant Against Ex-Trump Campaign Aide A ‘Fraud,’” Fox News, August 8, 2019.
11. Mollie Hemingway, “Comey’s Memos Indicate Dossier Briefing of Trump Was a Setup,” The Federalist, April 20, 2018; Andrew C. McCarthy, “The Steele Dossier and the ‘Verified Application’ That Wasn’t,” National Review, May 18, 2019.
12. Andrew C. McCarthy, “Behind The Obama Administration’s Shady Plan To Spy On The Trump Campaign,” New York Post, April 15, 2019.
13. United States Code, 18 U.S.C. § 798, “Disclosure of Classified Information.”
14. United States Code, 18 U.S.C. § 953, “Private Correspondence with Foreign Governments” (the Logan Act).
15. U.S. v. Michael T. Flynn, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Crim. No. 17-232 (EGS), Government’s Reply to Defendant’s Memorandum in Aid of Sentencing, Attachment B, filed December 18, 2018, https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5628473/12-14-17-Mueller-Reply-Flynn-Sentencing.pdf, 4–5.
16. Politico Staff, “Full Text: James Comey Testimony on Trump and Russia,” Politico, June 8, 2017.
17. Adam Goldman and Michael S. Schmidt, “Rod Rosenstein Suggested Secretly Recording Trump and Discussed 25th Amendment,” New York Times, September 21, 2018.
18. Jonathan Turley, “Mueller Must Testify Publicly to Answer Three Critical Questions,” The Hill, June 1, 2019.
19. Testimony of Attorney General William Barr, Senate Judiciary Committee, May 1, 2019; Jan Crawford, “William Barr Interview: Read the Full Transcript,” CBS News, May 31, 2019.
20. William P. Barr, Attorney General, letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, March 24, 2019, https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5779688/AG-March-24-2019-Letter-to-House-and-Senate.pdf.
21. Robert S. Mueller, The Mueller Report: The Final Report of the Special Counsel into Donald Trump, Russia, and Collusion as Issued by the Department of Justice (New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2019).
22. Ben Riley-Smith, “Ex–British Spy Christopher Steele ‘Interviewed by Russia Election Investigators for Two Days,’ ” The Telegraph, February 7, 2018; Jerry Dunleavy, “DOJ Inspector
General Interviewed Ex-Spy Steele,” Washington Examiner, July 9, 2019; Chuck Ross, “Report: Christopher Steele Will Not Cooperate with U.S. Attorney’s Investigation,” Daily Caller, May 28, 2019.
23. The Mueller Report, 107.
24. Caitlin Yilek, “Mueller Responds to Trump Allegation He Had Disputed Golf Club Fees,” Washington Examiner, April 18, 2019.
25. Gregg Jarrett, “Mueller’s Team Knew ‘Dossier’ Kicking Off Trump Investigation Was Biased and Defective,” Fox News, January 17, 2019.
26. Author’s interview with Rudy Giuliani, lawyer for President Trump, July 10, 2019; Gregg Jarrett, “Cohen Guilty Plea Does Absolutely Nothing to Show Wrongdoing by Trump,” Fox News, November 29, 2019.
27. The Mueller Report, 39.
28. Letter from Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III to Attorney General William P. Barr, March 27, 2019, available at https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=5984399-Mueller-Letter-to-Barr.
29. “Read Robert Mueller’s Full Remarks On The Conclusion Of His Russia Investigation,” CBS News, May 29, 2019, available at https://www.cbsnews.com/news/read-robert-muellers-full-remarks-on-the-conclusion-of-russia-investigation-today-2019-05-29/.
30. “Full Transcript: Mueller Testimony Before House Judiciary, Intelligence Committees,” NBC News, July 24, 2019, see questioning by Rep. Martha Roby, available at https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/full-transcript-robert-mueller-house-committee-testimony-n1033216.
31. Ibid., questioning by Rep. John Ratcliffe.
32. Ibid.
33. Ibid., questioning by Rep. Louie Gohmert.
34. Ibid., questioning by Rep. Steve Chabot.
35. Editorial, “Beyond Mueller’s ‘Purview,’ ” The Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2019; Kimberley A. Strassel, “What Mueller Was Trying To Hide,” The Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2019.
36. Adam Mill, “How Long Has Robert Mueller Been Like This?,” The Federalist, July 25, 2019 (Adam Mill is a pen name for a Kansas City, Missouri lawyer).
37. “Read Mueller’s Full Remarks,” see questioning by Rep. Adam Schiff.
38. Sam Dorman, “ ‘Optics’ Of Mueller Hearings Were A ‘Disaster’ For Democrats, NBC’s Chuck Todd Admits,” Fox News, July 24, 2019; Katie Pavlich, “Democrats And Media Admit: Mueller’s Testimony Was A Total Disaster,” Townhall, July 24, 2019.
39. Fox News Staff, “Ken Starr Says Mueller Did A ‘Grave Disservice To Our Country,’ Did Not Ensure Staff Was ‘Fair And Balanced,’” Fox News, July 24, 2019.
40. Jan Crawford, “William Barr Interview: Read the Full Transcript.”
41. Adam Goldman, Charlie Savage, and Michael S. Schmidt, “Barr Assigns U.S. Attorney in Connecticut to Review Origins of Russia Inquiry,” New York Times, May 13, 2019; Brooke Singman and Jake Gibson, “U.S. Attorney John Durham Has Been Reviewing Origins of Russia Probe ‘for Weeks’: Source,” Fox News, Mary 14, 2019.
42. “William Barr’s Testimony Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and related Agencies,” CNN, April 10, 2019.
43. Catherine Herridge and Cyd Upson, “Reluctant Witnesses in FISA Abuse Probe Agree to Talk to DOJ Inspector General,” Fox News, July 5, 2019.
44. Mark Hosenball, “Trump ‘Dossier’ Author Grilled by Justice Department Watchdogs: Sources,” Reuters, July 9, 2019.
45. Tim Hains, “Rep. Jim Jordan: Comey Said 245 Times ‘Don’t Remember, Don’t Recall, Don’t Know,’ ” RealClearPolitics, December 9, 2018; James Freeman, “The Unbelievable James Comey,” Wall Street Journal, December 10, 2018.
46. Michael C. Bender and Rebecca Ballhaus, “Trump Gives Barr Authority to Declassify Information About Russia Probe’s Origins,” Wall Street Journal, May 23, 2019; Devlin Barrett, Carol D. Leonnig, and Colby Itkowitz, “Trump Gives Barr Power to Declassify Intelligence Related to Russia Probe,” Washington Post, May 23, 2019.
About the Author
GREGG JARRETT is the New York Times bestselling author of The Russia Hoax. He is a legal and political analyst for Fox News and was an anchor at the network for fifteen years. Before joining Fox News, he was an anchor and correspondent for MSNBC and an anchor for Court TV. He is a former trial attorney and lives in Connecticut.
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