Mueller Was in a Lot of Trouble Before, and the Roger Stone Arrest Could Be His Undoing

THE MUELLER PROBE AND THE ROGER STONE ARREST HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON. His name is Donald Trump and he is going to be the last man standing in this mess. • • • WILL THE MUELLER PROBE END SOON? I have serious doubts that it will. But, Western Journal Conservative Tribune reported on Wednesday that : "We’re finally getting some real collusion news that may alter the direction of Robert Mueller’s investigation, or hobble it altogether. Former top FBI lawyer James Baker, the subject of a criminal investigation surrounding his alleged leaks to the media, revealed to lawmakers in October that he had a personal hand in the warrant the FBI received for surveillance of Trump campaign aide Carter Page under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.The former FBI lawyer himself admitted it was an unusual move. The transcripts of the interactions between congressional investigators and Baker have yet to be released to the public, but Fox News reported it was able to verify some of the details. Baker reveals he didn’t want to get involved in the FISA process too close to the end, because once the warrant is ready for the FBI director’s certification, it’s tough to make changes. 'So I wanted to see it when it was gelled enough but before it went through the process and before it went to the director,' Baker said. 'I wanted to see it and I wanted to read it because I knew it was sensitive.' When pressed by lawmakers about his decision to get involved in the process -- an 'abnormal or unusual step,' as the questioner put it -- Baker simply said, 'I wanted to make sure that we were filing something that would adhere to the law and stand up over time. The answer makes it sound routine, but clearly it wasn’t." • Western Journal says that there’s another explanation Baker owes to the American people : "According to TheHill contributor John Solomon, there were two separate occasions when Baker helped a Hillary Clinton lawyer and a journalist get politically charged information to the FBI investigative team. At one point, Solomon writes, Baker took information about Trump and Russia to the investigators from Michael Sussmann, a lawyer for the Democratic Party and the Clinton campaign. At another, according to Solomon, Baker moved an updated version of the infamously incorrect Christopher Steele Dossier into the Russian team’s hands. The original of this Dossier is the same one former FBI Director James Comey confirmed was never verified, according to TheHill. Despite that, the author was used as 'source #1' in the Carter Page wiretap. 'At the time Baker got the copy of the Dossier, Steele already had been terminated by the FBI as a confidential human source in the Russia probe for violating bureau rules, lying about his contacts with the news media before the election,' Solomon wrote. 'So, at a time when the FBI was supposed to have severed its ties with Steele, Baker essentially functioned as a document courier. FBI memos I reviewed confirmed the version that Baker got from Corn was different from the one the FBI had from Steele before his termination.' " • President Trump tweeted about this news : "Former FBI top lawyer James Baker just admitted involvement in FISA Warrant and further admitted there were IRREGULARITIES in the way the Russia probe was handled. They relied heavily on the unverified Trump “Dossier” paid for by the DNC & Clinton Campaign, & funded through a....big Crooked Hillary law firm, represented by her lawyer Michael Sussmann (do you believe this?) who worked Baker hard & gave him Oppo Research for 'a Russia probe.' This meeting, now exposed, is the subject of Senate inquiries and much more. An Unconstitutional Hoax. @FoxNews" • Western Journal states that : "The journalist who provided the Steele documents to Baker, David Corn, isn’t exactly what we would consider an impartial reporter, either. Take a look at some of his Trump coverage : 'How Republicans Normalized Donald Trump’s Racism' – Mother Jones, Jan. 12, 2018. 'We Already Know That Trump Betrayed America' — Mother Jones, July/August Issue, 2018. 'What We Still Don’t Know About Donald Trump' — Mother Jones, Nov. 4, 2016. It appears as though Corn already has made up his mind about Donald Trump, which makes Baker’s acceptance of his materials even more suspicious. • Western Journal thinks this latest storm to rock Robert Mueller’s investigation may be the last : "Americans can only take so much. With the anti-Trump texts from Lisa Page and Peter Strzok, the Christopher Steele debacle, the questions surrounding FISA warrants, and the new revelations about James Baker, the Mueller investigation may soon be looking at the straw that will break its back." • If you don't think that Baker providing unverified documents from the Hillary campaign and Christopher Steele to the FBI is enough to bring down the Mueller probe -- will ANYTHING do that -- what about this? Newsmax reported Wednesday that : "A Russian Twitter account published documents from one of the cases special counsel Robert Mueller has filed in an effort to spread disinformation, according to a new report. CNN said Wednesday that the Twitter handle @HackingRedstone, which has since been suspended by the social media network, posted documents pertaining to Mueller's criminal case against Concord Management and Consulting in October. The sensitive material had been shared with attorneys but had not been made public. Mueller's prosecutors said the documents were not stolen in a hack, but rather someone with access handed them off for public dissemination. The Department of Justice filed a court document Wednesday about the matter." According to Wednesday's court filing, the FBI concluded that a computer in Russia was responsible for uploading the case documents. Here is the message that appeared on the Twitter account @HackingRedstone on Oct. 22, 2018: "We've got access to the Special Counsel Mueller's probe database as we hacked Russian server with info from the Russian troll case Concord LLC v. Mueller. You can view all the files Mueller had about the IRA and Russian collusion. Enjoy the reading!" The tweet linked to a file sharing website where the documents could be viewed, according to the court filing. YES, we have yet another instance of "leaking" -- in this case by "someone with access" to the documents -- to Russia. Is this a situation in which Mueller and his thugish lawyers were actually helping Russia by providing its own case file so that the Russian defendants could prepare their defense perfectly?? • • • THE ROGER STONE ARREST STILL MAKING WAVES. Despite all the conservative media handclapping about the troubles in the Mueller staff, I don't think anything will stop Mueller's effort to destroy President trump. Why?? Because Mueller is a creature of and is fully backed by the Deep State, the radical Progressive Democrat Party, and the ProgDem media. They have tied President Trump's hands by threatening impeachment if he so much as suggests that Mueller ought to be fired -- even though that is exactly what ought to happen. BUT, it is possible that the Roger Stone arrest fiasco could bring down Mueller. • The Daily Bell -- a very libertarian online website -- published an article on Wednesday titled "Whatever Mueller Finds, Gag-Orders and No-Knock Raids Should Appall EVERYONE." Joe Jarvis, who wrote the article, says : "I am appalled by the blasé reaction of the news and public to no-knock raids and gag-orders. Longtime Trump friend Roger Stone was arrested in an early morning FBI raid on his home last week. He was charged with lying to Congress and obstructing the Mueller investigation into Russian collusion with the Trump campaign. Helicopters, SWAT gear, and automatic rifles–dozens of agents descended on Stone’s home before the sun came up. To arrest a man suspected of perjury and obstruction, completely non-violent crimes. A man who was not a flight risk. A man they had no reason to believe would resist, flee, or destroy evidence. I saw one reporter mention offhand that the extreme response might have been to send a message to Stone, who has been one of the most vocal supporters of Trump throughout this whole Mueller-Russia investigation. To send a message. Law enforcement kicked in doors, aimed rifles, and brought out the helicopters to send a message. To intimidate a political opponent. To tell him to shut the hell up. I don’t care if you are the most rabid left-wing liberal, a staunch thin-blue-line conservative, or anywhere in between. This is the type of thing that should raise red flags to everyone who cares one iota about personal freedom or an impartial justice system. It is a police state tactic, pure and simple....A banana republic sends thugs to intimidate political opponents, and outspoken critics. And the suppression of free speech continues into the courtroom. A gag-order is when a judge forbids those involved in a case from discussing it in public. Stone now faces the same judge that issued gag-orders silencing other Trump allies caught in the probe. The judge was appointed by Obama. The federal judge in Stone’s case, Amy Berman Jackson, has already hushed a coterie of others caught in special counsel Robert Mueller’s dragnet, including Paul Manafort, Rick Gates and their attorneys. They were quieted after one of the lawyers told reporters that Mueller’s case was 'ridiculous.' Gag-orders are so obviously anti-free-speech that it’s clear the First Amendment has failed to protect our natural right to say what we want. So they have no rights to express themselves, simply because they have been charged with a crime?" • The Daily Bell says : "No-knock raids aren’t exactly in the spirit of the Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure either. You are supposed to be presented with a warrant, detailing what exactly will be searched and seized....No-knock raids became mainstream after the start of the drug war. The excuse was that evidence might be destroyed if the police announced themselves....Same with SWAT raids in general. SWAT teams were introduced to be used only in dire hostage situations...Big surprise, now SWAT raids occur tens of thousands of times every year across the country. They happen for small scale non-violent victimless drug crimes. But they also happen for no reason at all...Families have been raided for discarded loose tea leaves, mistaken for marijuana, after buying lamps to grow hydroponic tomatoes. People have lost their lives for not knowing it was the police breaking in to their home. When they tried to defend themselves from the home- invasion, they were shot to death by police. Often, police find nothing in these raids. Roger Stone just happens to be more high profile then these other poor victims of the police state." • As The Daily Bell noted, "the sad truth is that most people don’t think past, 'I hate Trump. I love everything bad that happens to everyone in his orbit'....If it’s not happening to them, they don’t care. And when it does happen to them, it’s too late to care." • It is interesting that only libertarians, conservative online outlets and Fox News are concerned about this issue -- it should be the lead item on every news telecast in America. It won't be because the money-guys who own the mainstream media are ProgDem supporters who love Hillary and ProgDems and donate megabucks to them and their destroy-Trump causes. They also love Mueller and de facto hate America. BUT, Politico reported Wednesday that Roger Stone has an attorney working for him who specializes in the First Amendment. AND, if Washington, DC, District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson ultimately decides to issue the order despite Stone's lawyers' arguments, Stone has two friends who will speak for him in public about his case even if he is "gagged." Roger Stone told Politico in May 2018 : "The most dangerous thing is to go silent. When you're silent, people assume you're guilty of something." • So, keep talking, Roger, keep talking !!! • • • DEAR READERS, voices in Congress are rising to question the Roger Stone arrest tactics. Newsmax reports : "The Republican chairman of the US Senate judiciary panel on Wednesday requested a briefing from the FBI on the arrest of Roger Stone, a longtime associate of President Donald Trump, in an inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. Senator Lindsey Graham said he was concerned about the number of agents involved, tactics employed and the timing of Stone's arrest on Friday in Florida. Graham asked for the briefing to take place no later than February 5." • Forget the ProgDem media smear in using the phrase "longtime associate of President Trump" barb -- Senator Graham is investigating an appalling over-use and mis-use of SWAT Team tactics in an arrest that should have been handled by asking Roger Stone to be at a courthouse at an appointed time and date. It is inconceivable that the tactic used is not in violation of FBI rules of procedure. • Senator Graham wrote to FBI Director Christopher Wray : "Although I am sure these tactics would be standard procedure for the arrest of a violent offender, I have questions regarding their necessity in this case." The ranking Republican on the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, Representative Doug Collins, expressed similar concerns in a letter to Wray. Collins asked Wray for answers by February 13 to a series of questions, including whether Wray was aware of what Collins called the FBI's "immense show of force" during the raid. Collins wrote : "Given the nature of the charges in Stone's indictment, many believe the FBI used an excessive amount of force during his arrest." • Some law enforcement experts said in the aftermath that when a person has not agreed to give themselves up to authorities voluntarily, such procedures were standard. BUT, there is absolutely no indication that this was the case with Roger Stone, and anyone who has ever met or dealt with Roger Stone knows that he would comply with any FBI or DOJ order to appear. • President Trump, in an interview with the Daily Caller on Wednesday, said Roger Stone's arrest was a "very, very disappointing scene" and he would "think about" asking the FBI to review its policies. The President told Daily Caller : "When you have 29 people and you have armored vehicles, and you had all of the other -- you know, many people know Roger, and Roger is not a person that they would have to worry about from that standpoint." • This overreach has its origins in the Mueller team -- and Robert Mueller is responsible for their acts. He knew, or should have know, what was going to occur at 6 AM last Friday at Roger Stone's home in Ft. Lauderdale. If -- IF -- Robert Mueller cares at all about the law he is, as a lawyer, sworn to uphold, he should be in front of a TV camera apologizing to America and to Roger Stone for the police tactic his office used last Friday. But, that will not happen because Mueller, like the Deep State and Progressive Democrats he serves, seemingly does not care about the law. He cares only about delivering a report to his keepers that will give them something to use to impeach President Trump. If that means trampling on US law and the Constitution, so be it -- that is apparently, as we review their tactics, their modus operandi. • AND, so I ask again -- and every American ought to be asking the same question and demanding answers until we get them -- Is America now a police state? "Silencing" people who oppose the regime's agenda is what a police state is all about. Ask the freedom fighters in Syria. Ask the national assembly leaders in Venezuela. Ask the Cuban democrats languishing in prison hellholes in Cuba. Ask the Canadian citizen sentenced to death in China. And, now, because of a terrifyingly swift SWAT team sweep by the FBI to arrest a Mueller target, ask Roger Stone.