Burnt Offerings
Bluelight Crew
I don't see the evidence behind the FBI as pro-Clinton* when literally the most consequential action on the part of the agency during 2016 hurt Clinton's campaign. I remember that moment in 2016 well, it came about towards the end as the race tightened, in the aftermath of some of the incidents which had shook Trump's campaign early in the season & without a doubt benefited Trump and his campaign, which is evident by his own public statements during that time period. Whether or not they backtracked later doesn't matter so much, because at that point it had already been portrayed as, the head of the FBI has found something so serious and so consequential over the course of this investigation into Hillary Clinton that he's circumventing protocol to let everyone know about it, and they're re-opening the investigation. That's how it was being reported in the media during that time.
Also during 2016, you had the Carter Page FISA stuff etc. But that stuff wasn't in the public consciousness at that time, and the Russia story didn't really take flight until around early 2017, with the Steel Dossier/pee tape etc. allegations from Buzzfeed
*I mean, of course they're pro-Clinton in the sense that Clinton is in the ruling class and, like all law enforcement agencies, they ultimately serve the interests of people with economic and political power. Which is why you can see all kind of shady domestic history of the FBI including in Pine Ridge during the American Indian Movement, the Civil Rights movement, and a variety of other examples. I actually see the allegations re: FISA to be quite serious, they're quite serious allegations violations of the rights of an American citizen (Page). But Trump and some of his supporters claim that, beyond that general framework of the FBI serving primarily the wealthy and powerful, there's a pro-Clinton and anti-Trump partisan faction that's used their public office to conspire against him, and I haven't seen much significant evidence for that. The main FBI story of 2016 was the Clinton email investigation,..as far as 2016 scandals go, the Access Hollywood tape was like a heart attack but the Clinton email (and DNC hack) story was like a slow, degenerative cancer, and the capstone to it all in 2016 was the unsolicited message by Comey.
Also during 2016, you had the Carter Page FISA stuff etc. But that stuff wasn't in the public consciousness at that time, and the Russia story didn't really take flight until around early 2017, with the Steel Dossier/pee tape etc. allegations from Buzzfeed
*I mean, of course they're pro-Clinton in the sense that Clinton is in the ruling class and, like all law enforcement agencies, they ultimately serve the interests of people with economic and political power. Which is why you can see all kind of shady domestic history of the FBI including in Pine Ridge during the American Indian Movement, the Civil Rights movement, and a variety of other examples. I actually see the allegations re: FISA to be quite serious, they're quite serious allegations violations of the rights of an American citizen (Page). But Trump and some of his supporters claim that, beyond that general framework of the FBI serving primarily the wealthy and powerful, there's a pro-Clinton and anti-Trump partisan faction that's used their public office to conspire against him, and I haven't seen much significant evidence for that. The main FBI story of 2016 was the Clinton email investigation,..as far as 2016 scandals go, the Access Hollywood tape was like a heart attack but the Clinton email (and DNC hack) story was like a slow, degenerative cancer, and the capstone to it all in 2016 was the unsolicited message by Comey.
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