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The Plot Against the President

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by Lee Smith


  187: Mueller’s tactics: “The False Evidence Against Scooter Libby,” by Peter Berkowitz, Wall Street Journal, April 6, 2015.

  188: Rosenstein had announced: “Rod Rosenstein to leave DOJ in mid-March,” David Mark and Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner. February 18, 2019.

  189: Mueller… TV appearance: “Special Counsel Robert Mueller Statement on Russia Investigation,” C-Span. May 29, 2019

  190: Schiff conducted a public hearing: “2 Former FBI Officials Appear At Latest Hearing On Russian Political Interference,” Mary Louis Kelly. NPR, June 12, 2019. Andrew McCarthy also appeared at the invitation of the HPSCI minority.

  191: I’m coming to clean up the mess. “Nunes sues Twitter, some users, seeks over $250M alleging anti-conservative ‘shadow bans,’ smears,” Gregg Re and Catherine Herridge. Fox News. March 18, 2019. Nunes files $150M lawsuit against McClatchy, alleging conspiracy to derail Clinton, Russia probes,” Gregg Re. Fox News. April 8, 2019.

  192: Steven Biss: Biss also represented Svetlana Lokhova in her May 23, 2019 defamation suit filed against Stefan Halper, Dow Jones & Co (owner of Wall Street Journal; New York Times; Washington Post; and NBC.

  193: Cleta Mitchell: “Bruce Ohr Revealed Political Operatives Got The FBI To Investigate The NRA, by Margot Cleveland, The Federalist, March 14, 2019. Cleveland’s prescient articles illuminated many of the legal issues underlying the anti-Trump operation.

  194: Davidson followed up: “Senators Ask for an Investigation into Trump Dealings in Azerbaijan,” Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, March 30, 2017.

  195: Dean Baquet: “The New York Times Unites vs. Twitter,” by Ashley Feinberg, Slate, August 15, 2019. “From Russian Collusion Hoaxing to White Supremacy Hysteria,” Julie Kelly, American Greatness, August 8, 2019. I’m indebted to Kelly’s sharp reporting—and even sharper criticism of the hypocrisies of Left and Never Trump Republican media.

  196: eight criminal referrals: “Nunes to send eight criminal referrals to DOJ concerning leaks, conspiracy amid Russia probe,” Gregg Re. Fox News. April 7, 2019.

 

 

 


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