Effort to spread discredited Russia collusion theory welcomed by McCain Senate panel, memos show

Armed Services panel secretly fought court battle this summer to quash subpoena seeking records of contacts with ex-FBI official Daniel Jones and liberal-funded The Democracy Integrity Project nonprofit.

The efforts to disseminate a now-discredited theory that the Trump campaign had secret computer communications with the Kremlin extended beyond the FBI, CIA, and State Department to the U.S. Senate.

Under the late Sen. John McCain, the Armed Services Committee engaged a former FBI official and his progressive-funded nonprofit to produce a report on the matter, according to court records obtained by Just the News.

The Senate committee, now under Democrats' control, successfully waged a secret federal court battle this summer to quash a subpoena that would have forced one of its staffers, Thomas Kirk McConnell, to turn over documents and testify about his dealings with former FBI analyst Dan Jones and his nonprofit, The Democracy Integrity Project, the records show.

A spokesman for George Soros confirms the progressive megadonor was one of the financial backers of The Democracy Integrity Project. Tax records show the group raised more than $7 million in donations in 2017 and hired Fusion GPS — the same firm that produced the debunked Steele dossier for Hillary Clinton's campaign — to pursue allegations of foreign interference in elections.

The episode, recounted in hundreds of pages of federal and D.C. Superior court records, provides extraordinary insight into how current and former government officials in multiple branches of government were able to sustain a Russia collusion theory on artificial life support for years after the FBI first dispelled it.

The legal skirmish with the Senate also provides new context to allegations filed last week by Special Counsel John Durham, who indicted a former DOJ lawyer named Michael Sussmann for lying to the FBI during his efforts to peddle the same debunked story about the Trump campaign, a computer server at the Alfa Bank in Moscow and the Kremlin. Sussmann was being paid by Hillary Clinton's campaign when he pitched the allegations to the bureau, court records show. He has pleaded not guilty.

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The FBI, the Russia collusion probe Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and now Durham have all concluded the Alfa Bank allegations had no merit. "It's not true," Mueller testified in 2019.

Nonetheless, the court documents show, Jones continues to stake his reputation on the theory, insisting there was and is good reason to believe it. His lawyers argued in a recent court filing that Alfa Bank should not be allowed to release documents publicly chronicling Jones' dealings with the Senate, including the complete 600-plus page report he filed in October 2018 with the committee and his contacts with a Democratic staffer on the committee.

https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/effort-spread-discredited-russia-collusion-theory

Report: Biden Admin to Mandate COVID Vaccine for Millions of Government Contractors

The Biden administration on Friday afternoon will announce a new coronavirus vaccine mandate, telling millions of federal contractors that they must receive an inoculation by December 8th, according to documents reviewed by Reuters.

The news outlet also said the administration will draw up clauses for would-be government contracts requiring the vaccine.

The report comes after Biden ordered widespread vaccination mandates on September 9th, demanding that private businesses mandate the jab for employees.

“This is not about freedom or personal choice,” Biden stated during his White House speech at the time. “It’s about protecting yourself and those around you.”

“We’ve been patient, but our patience is wearing thin,” he added scoldingly. “Many of us are frustrated with the 80 million Americans who are not vaccinated.”

As Breitbart News reported: “The plan released by the White House noted the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) would develop a rule requiring all private companies with 100 or more employees to make sure their employees were fully vaccinated or produce weekly negative test results.”

As of Friday, 24 states have threatened legal action against Biden’s vaccine mandates if his administration opts to move forward with the plan.

“Mr. President, your vaccination mandate represents not only a threat to individual liberty, but a public health disaster that will displace vulnerable workers and exacerbate a nationwide hospital staffing crisis, with severe consequences for all Americans,” the 24 Republican state attorneys generals wrote in a letter to the president.

GOP governors such as Texas’ Greg Abbott have slammed the vaccine mandate as an “assault on private businesses.” Additionally, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has labeled the move a “stunning violation of personal freedom and abuse of the federal government’s power.”

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/09/24/report-biden-admin-to-mandate-covid-vaccine-for-millions-of-government-contractors/

Anthony Fauci Warns of a ‘Dark, Bad Winter’ if More Don’t Get Vaccinated

Dr. Anthony Fauci warned this week that the U.S. could be in for a “dark, bad winter” if more people do not get vaccinated — an eerily similar sentiment he held last year. At the time, he said he was looking forward to Christmas in 2021.

“You know, if we don’t get people vaccinated who need to be vaccinated, and we get that conflating with an influenza season, we could have a dark, bad winter,” the White House medical adviser said during an appearance on The Takeout podcast, although he previewed a potential way out.

“We could also avoid a dark, bad winter if we get people vaccinated to a very high degree over the next several weeks to a month or two,” Fauci added.

Last November, Fauci held a similar position, warning of a bleak winter and explaining that he planned to forgo his traditional holiday plans because of fears of the virus.

“For my own family, I’m saying we had a really great Thanksgiving and Christmas last year. We’re looking forward to a really great Thanksgiving and Christmas in 2021,” he told USA Today at the time.

Then, President Biden in January warned of a “dark winter” of coronavirus spikes and fatalities.

“We didn’t get into this mess overnight and it’s going to take months for us to turn things around,” he said at the time.

But now, vaccines have been available for months, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 55 percent of the U.S. population is considered fully vaccinated.

But instead of focusing solely on vaccine rollout, the Biden administration is now cutting off the ample supply of lifesaving monoclonal antibody treatments to southeastern states, such as Florida and Alabama, because of concerns of “equitable distribution.”

“There’s going to be a huge disruption and patients are going to suffer as a result of this. And so we’re going to work like hell to make sure we can overcome the obstacles that HHS and the Biden administration are putting on us,” Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) vowed.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/09/24/anthony-fauci-warns-dark-bad-winter-if-more-dont-get-vaccinated/

HUGE RALLY Forms Outside Arizona Senate Hearing — AZ Patriots Come Out in Force as Audit Exposes Massive Fraud in 2020 Election

God Bless America!

Via TGP’s Jordan Conradson who is in attendance at the Arizona Senate Hearing this afternoon.

The Arizona Senate Audit Hearing is taking place this afternoon in Phoenix, Arizona.

American Patriots have formed a massive rally outside the Arizona Capitol to celebrate this historic event.

For hours, patriots have been rallying in celebration of the Arizona audit results which will be made public today.

Attendees of the rally are live streaming the Senate hearing outside on the Capitol lawn.

This audit was attacked by the fake news

These are not the complete findings and the full report is now moments away from being released.

You can watch the live hearing here on The Gateway Pundit

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/09/az-audit-rally-outside-az-capitol-senate-hearing-beginning/

Patrick Byrne Releases Wording from Executive Summary: “Based on the Audit the Results of the 2020 Election in Arizona Should Never Have Been Certified”

Patrick Byrnes held a quick pre-release presser on a conference call before the results of the Arizona audit were released. He claimed to have a more recent draft of the report summarizing the results of the audit.

In the call, Byrnes reported that the Executive Summary of the report shows that around 57,000 issues were identified in Arizona that are included in the report. The result of these issues lead to this line being included in the Executive Summary which states “Based on the audit the results of the 2020 election in Arizona should never have been certified”

Byrnes stated that RINO Republicans put pressure not to include some data in the report.

Ultimately, this shows massive fraud.

Canvassing shows 300,000 ballot issues.

“This is proven. These are felonies and people have to be indicted.”

Any RINOs who didn’t stand with election integrity should be voted out (is the opponent).

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/09/patrick-byrnes-releases-report-executive-summary-based-audit-results-2020-election-arizona-never-certified/

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Michael Burry Subpoeaned By SEC Over GameStop Investigation

Michael Burry will always be remembered for being more than a year early to the greatest 'meme stonk' trade of all time: way back in 2019, Burry laid out a long-term bull case for GameStop and said Scion, his hedge fund, had purchased a long position in GME.

Years later, after selling at least some of his GME position in the quarter before January's infamous "GameStopped" incident, many have wondered whether Burry made another "killing" on his GME position. Burry and Scion have become among the most vocal critics of not just meme stocks, but also Cathie Wood, Tesla and the entire 'momo' establishment. Instead, Burry shouted from the mountaintops (metaphorically speaking) that he believes we're in the midst of the greatest bubble of all time by two orders of magnitud. This might have something to do with what we're about to tell you next.

Minutes ago, Burry, who has been increasingly vocal on Twitter again in recent days after a brief silence (which he hinted was inspired by an SEC 'knock at the door'), tweeted a partial copy of a subpoena he had received regarding "In the Matter of GameStop Corp". The brief text shared showed Scion, Burry's longtime asset-management shop, had been subpoenaed for relevant documents (though it's not exactly clear what that means).

He couldn't help express his irritation: "with all that's going on in the world," he mused in the tweet.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/michael-burry-subpoeaned-sec-over-gamestop-investigation