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"FBI destroys GOP smear
campaign against deputy director Trump blames for everything
Republicans tried to
scapegoat FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe in order to protect
Trump. The FBI just smacked down that total nonsense.
Republicans have spent
weeks trying to portray FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe as biased,
in what appears to be an attempt to undermine the credibility of a
key figure in the ongoing Russia investigation
This targeting may be part
of why he decided to retire in March.
But the FBI tweeted
out documented proof that the smear campaign against McCabe is
wholly baseless.
The document linked in the
tweet addresses the central accusations made by Donald Trump: As
McCabe’s wife ran for state senate in Virginia with a $700,000
contribution from Hillary Clinton ally Gov. Terry McAuliffe, McCabe
was allegedly overseeing the investigation into Clinton’s emails.
But as the FBI form notes,
“The timeline misstates when McCabe was promoted to Associate
Deputy Director and makes invalid associations between the events.”
McCabe was not in charge of the email investigation during his wife’s
political run, and thus there was no conflict. … “
You can read more here
A copy of the Ethical Guidance & Recusal can be found here
( The Tweet referenced in the story can be found here )
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* ( Personal favored and most informative follows are shared here with the understanding that readers will always apply their own critical thinking to any information provided anywhere by anyone. #StrongerTogether does not share sources of information lightly but -- no one is perfect! -- so always #DistrustAndVerify I am using a star rating that is strictly based on my situational experience with the work of the media personality specifically in relation to issues of interest to me. )
The Democratic Party Website
Also
C-SPAN (a good place for speeches & hearings direct source (s))
→ Fact checking organizations courtesy of the Society of Professional Journalists
in alphabetical order...
→ Some of my favorite, most informative
follows on Twitter include:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ US Intelligence | Author | Navy Senior Chief | NBC/MSNBC
⭐⭐⭐ Federal Government Operations | Vanity Fair | Newsweek | MSNBC Contributor | Author
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Voting Rights/Voter Suppression | Author | Mother Jones
→ Some of the most credible media -- at the moment:
📰📰📰 Mother Jones
📰📰📰 The Washington Post
📰📰📰 The New York Times
💻💻💻 News And Guts on Facebook
→ Some of the most credible Talking Heads -- at the moment -- and their Twitter handles:
📺📺📺 Rachel Maddow on MSNBC
📺📺📺 The Beat With Ari on MSNBC
( ⬆⬆⬆ Wallace is new to the job but for right now
her work on Trump GOP has been credible, IMO)
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In honor of women leading the American Resistance ~
" ... Susan, a Quaker, came from a background where girls were valued and educated just as Quaker boys were, but Susan began to see the real world when she became a teacher and was routinely paid about one-quarter of the salary she would have received if she had been a man.
Elizabeth was from a well-to-do family where boys were favored. Elizabeth married and began having children ... At that time, women had little opportunity to control whether or not they became pregnant, and it frequently happened that just as Elizabeth was about to attend a new round of meetings or take on a new push for voting rights, she would find herself pregnant and more or less homebound again. Despite this, Elizabeth attended everything she could and when she was needed at home, she served their team effort by writing speeches that Susan could use at conventions or on the road. ... "
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