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James Comey instructed the FBI to infiltrate 2016 Trump campaign with 'honeypots': whistleblower
The investigation "had no predicated foundation."
James Comey instructed the FBI to infiltrate 2016 Trump campaign with 'honeypots': whistleblower
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Hannah Nightingale
Washington DC
Oct 29, 2024 2 minute read
A protected whistleblower disclosure sent to the House Judiciary Committee has revealed that the FBI began targeting Donald Trump in June of 2015, shortly after he announced his presidential run, in an off-the-books investigation ordered by then-FBI Director James Comey.
The disclosure, reviewed by the Washington Times, stated that two undercover FBI agents were directed to act as "honeypots" and infiltrated the high levels of Trump’s 2016 campaign. The undercover agents traveled with Trump and his campaign staff.
The agent "personally knew" that Comey had ordered the investigation against Trump and that Comey had "personally directed it." The operation did not appear to target a specific crime, the Times reported, but rather was what agents described as a fishing expedition to find incriminating evidence on Trump.
The disclosure stated that the investigation "had no predicated foundation, so Mr. Comey personally directed the investigation without creating an official case file in Sentinel or any other FBI system."
Involved in helping Comey execute the probe were Deputy Director Dave Bowdich and assistant director in charge of the Washington field office Paul Abbate, the disclosure said.
Targeted by the "honeypot" undercover agents was Trump campaign advisor George Papadopoulos, the whistleblower said. Papadopoulis pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI in October 2017 and was pardoned by Trump in 2020.
The whistleblower said that the secret investigation was closed after a newspaper obtained a photo of one of the agents and was ready to publish it. The FBI’s press office told the paper that the photo was of an informant, not an agent, and that the informant would be killed if the photo was published, the whistleblower said.
The employee also said that one of the agents agreed to be transferred to the CIA so she could not be a witness, and another employee was given a promotion. "The FBI employee personally observed one or more employees in the FBI being directed to never discuss the operation with anyone ever again, which includes talking with other people involved in the operation," the disclosure stated.
A House Judiciary Committee spokesman said the committee "plans to took into" the allegations they received from the whistleblower. Former FBI Assistant Director Chris Swecker told the outlet that if the report is true, it is a "booming, egregious violation" of rules for the attorney general and FBI.
"It’s an unpredicated infiltration of a presidential campaign which is sensitive,” he told The Times. “It’s sensitive to the point where it would have to have been approved by the [attorney general] and … would have to be predicated. And in this case, I’m not hearing any predication. It would have to be on the books anyway, regardless."
https://thepostmillennial.com/james-comey-instructed-the-fbi-to-infiltrate-2016-trump-campaign-with-honeypots-whistleblower
>James Comey instructed the FBI to infiltrate 2016 Trump campaign with 'honeypots': whistleblower
Whistleblower: James Comey had FBI ‘honey pot’ spies infiltrate Trump’s 2016 campaign
Alleged off-the-books investigation predated FBI's Russia collusion probe
By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times - Tuesday, October 29, 2024
The House Judiciary Committee is examining a whistleblower report that the FBI targeted Donald Trump soon after he announced his presidential campaign in June 2015, an off-the-books operation ordered by FBI Director James B. Comey that predated the Crossfire Hurricane operation.
An FBI agent involved in the probe revealed theoff-the-books criminal investigation on Tuesday in a protected disclosure sent to the committee.
The whistleblower disclosure said two female FBI undercover agents infiltrated Mr. Trump’s 2016 campaign at high levels and were directed to act as “honeypots” while traveling with Mr. Trump and his campaign staff on the trail.
According to the disclosure, which The Washington Times reviewed, the investigationdiffered from the later Crossfire Hurricane counterintelligence operation targeting Russian collusion. It said the early off-the-books probe was a criminal investigation targeting Mr. Trump and his 2016 presidential campaign staff.
The agent “personally knew” that Mr. Comey ordered an FBI investigation against Mr. Trump and that Mr. Comey “personally directed it,” according to the disclosure.
The off-the-books investigation did not appear to target a specific crime but wasmore of what agents would describe as a fishing expeditionto find something incriminating about Mr. Trump.
The Times reached out to the FBI and Mr. Comey for comment.
A House Judiciary Committee spokesman said the committee received the whistleblower allegations and “plans to look into them.”
The whistleblower said the undercover operation was hidden from Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz,who investigated misconduct in the bureau’s probe of the Trump campaign.
The whistleblower disclosure also said the secret investigation may indicate institutional bias against Mr. Trump, though “it does not appear that any information about this investigation was turned over to Trump’s criminal defense counsels.”
Former FBI Assistant Director Chris Swecker said the report, if true, is a “booming, egregious violation” of the rules governing the attorney general and the FBI.
“It’s an unpredicated infiltration of a presidential campaign which is sensitive,” he told The Times. “It’s sensitive to the point where it would have to have been approved by the [attorney general] and … would have to be predicated. And in this case, I’m not hearing any predication. It would have to be on the books anyway, regardless.”
Mr. Trump launched his first presidential campaign on June 16, 2015, at Trump Tower in New York City, about a year before the FBI opened the Crossfire Hurricane, a counterintelligence investigation into whether members of the Trump campaign coordinated, knowingly or unknowingly, with the Russian government’s efforts to meddle in the 2016 presidential election.
>Whistleblower: James Comey had FBI ‘honey pot’ spies infiltrate Trump’s 2016 campaign
The FBI investigation and a Justice Department special counsel probe did not find evidence of Trump-Russia collusion.
The earlier off-the-books investigation, according to the disclosure, “had no predicated foundation, so Mr. Comey personally directed the investigation without creating an official case file in Sentinel or any other FBI system.”
The disclosure notes that the FBI has multiple methods of concealing highly sensitive investigations, so Mr. Comey did not have a “legitimate reason” to avoid creating a case file in the FBI’s system.
Mr. Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 until May 2017, when President Trump fired him.
The disclosure saidDeputy Director Dave Bowdich and Paul Abbate, assistant director in charge of the Washington field office, were also involved in helping Mr. Comey execute the secret probe.
The undercover “honeypot” agentstargeted Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos, according to the whistleblower.
Mr. Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to the felony charge of making false statements to the FBI in October 2017 about his contacts related to U.S.-Russia relations.
Mr. Trump pardoned him in 2020, two years after he served 12 days in federal prison and was placed on a one-year supervised release.
Justice Department documents declassified in April 2020 revealed that FBI agent Curtis Heide was the handler for a confidential human source who recorded Mr. Papadopoulos.
In the recordings, Mr. Papadopoulos adamantly denied that the Trump campaign was involved in hacking the Democratic National Committee’s emails in 2016.
He rebuffed claims that the Trump campaign was working with Russia.
Mr. Papadopoulos’ denials were withheld from the FBI’s warrant application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, according to documents released by Attorney General William P. Barr.
In a December 2019 report, Mr. Horowitz listed the failure to include Mr. Papadopoulos’ denials as two of 17 “significant inaccuracies and omissions” in the FBI’s application for court permission to spy on Trump campaign figure Carter Page.
The FBI whistleblower said the off-the-books investigation was closed because a newspaper obtained a photograph of one of the undercover agents and was about to publish it.
The FBI press office, according to the agent’s disclosure, misled the newspaper by claiming the photograph was of an FBI informant, not an undercover agent. The FBI said the informant would be killed if the photograph was published.
Additionally, the FBI employee alleged that one of the undercover agents agreed to be transferred to the CIA so she would not be available as a potential witness, and another bureau employee involved in the operation was rewarded for her activities with a promotion and now is a high-level FBI executive.
“The FBI employee personally observed one or more employees in the FBI being directed to never discuss the operation with anyone ever again, which included talking with other people involved in the operation,” the disclosure states.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/oct/29/whistleblower-james-comey-fbi-honey-pot-spies-infi/
>What was the 'honey-pot' operation?
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>James Comey instructed the FBI to infiltrate 2016 Trump campaign with 'honeypots': whistleblower
Eight Years Later – FBI Whistleblower Surfaces to Tell Congress the FBI Was Instructed by James Comey to use Two Female FBI Agents to Infiltrate TrumpCampaign
October 29, 2024 | Sundance | 376 Comments
One of the issues highlighting internal political corruption of the FBI was always the absence of “whistleblowers” amid the rank-and-vile. Indeed, there were a total of more than 40 FBI agents assigned to the Trump-Russia investigation; they all knew there was never any basis for the investigation itself. They said nothing.
Well, apparently today, the Washington Times is reporting that an FBI whistleblower has recently come to congress to inform them that back in 2015 and 2016 then FBI Director James Comey triggered an off-the-books assignment for the FBI to infiltrate the Trump campaign.
As the story is told, in 2015 Director Comey told the FBI to send two female undercover informants into the Trump campaign to conduct surveillance and dig up information for use against him.
Let me cut to the chase. We already knew all of this, even without FBI whistleblower confirmation.Six years ago, we wrote about it exhaustively.
The Washington Times doesn’t give details, but we can.The two women were FBI Agent Azra Turk, and FBI Counterintelligence operative Maria Butina.
FBI Agent Azra Turk (fake name) was given the FBI cover story of being a research assistant to Stefan Halper. Ms Turk, described now as a “honey pot” was tasked against George Papadopoulos [target name Crossfire Typoon]. I tracked her down; I know her real name; she’s not that good looking.
Stefan Halper is a long time CIA/FBI operative. In 2015 Halper agreed to become a confidential human source (CHS) or spy for the FBI, and record contacts with several members of the Trump campaign in order to frame the Russian collusion narrative. FBI Agent Azra Turk joined with Halper in the operation against both Carter Page and George Papadopoulos.
♦ Agent Halper worked as an assistant to three Chiefs of Staff – Alexander Haig (until September 21, 1974), then Donald Rumsfeld (from September 21, 1974 to November 20, 1975), and then Dick Cheney (from November 20, 1975 to January 20, 1977). (link)
♦Agent Halper worked as a legislative assistant to Senator William Roth of Delaware holding this position from 1977 to 1979. Because Halper was working with Senator Roth, he also became a Special Counsel to the United States Congress’ Joint Economic Committee. (link)
♦In 1979, agent Halper left both positions to become the National Director for Policy Development for George H. W. Bush’s Presidential campaign. (link) Halper then became the National Director of Policy Coordination on the Reagan / Bush Presidential campaign. (link)
♦ On November 4, 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected to become the President of the United States. From 1981 to 1984, agent Halper worked as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State. (link) As such, Halper served under three different Secretaries of State – Alexander Haig (from January 22, 1981 to July 5, 1982), Walter J. Stoessel, Jr. (from July 5, 1982 to July 16, 1982) and George P. Shultz (from July 16, 1982 to 1984).
♦After this, agent Halper became a Senior Advisor to the Department of Defense, and a Senior Advisor to the Department of Justice, positions lasting from 1984 to 2001. (link)
♦Agent Halper’s former father-in-law was Ray Cline, who was the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. (link) As Chairman of Palmer National Bank, Agent Halper made loans to customs who then used it to channel the money to a Swiss bank account controlled by Colonel Oliver North, who then used the same bank account to provide military assistance to the contras. (link)
>The two women were FBI Agent Azra Turk, and FBI Counterintelligence operative Maria Butina.
♦Along with Agent Halper, several Central Intelligence Agency related people were on the H. W. Bush campaign, including Ray Cline, Sam Wilson, Howard Aaron, Henry Knoche, Robert Gambino, Bruce Rounds, Jon Thomas, Jack Coackley and Richard Stillwell. All working with agent Halper. (link)
♦Agent Halper was on the Board of Directors at the National Intelligence Study Center, alongside his father-in-law and CIA Director Ray Cline, in 1983. (link) Agent Halper and his team of Central Intelligence Agency people during the Reagan / Bush ticket actually collected inside information on the Carter Administration’s foreign policy – with Halper in charge. (link)
Five days before the 2016 election FBI intelligence agent provocateur Stefan Halper gave an interview to Sputnik News where he outlined his agenda; in hindsight the aggregate agenda of the Obama administration: “I believe [Hillary] Clinton would be best for US-UK relations and for relations with the European Union. Clinton is well-known, deeply experienced and predictable. US-UK relations will remain steady regardless of the winner although Clinton will be less disruptive over time.” ~ Stefan Halper
The second female enlisted was a Russian woman, a counterintelligence operative, named Maria Butina.
As a Russian national with specific Russian interests that are not in alignment with U.S. national interests, Maria Butina was defined by the U.S. intelligence community as an ‘agent of a foreign power’.
Her status meant unrestricted monitoring by the U.S. intelligence community was entirely legal. However, because of this ‘foreign agent’ status Ms. Butina was also a valuable 2016 FISA virus to infect anyone the U.S. intelligence apparatus would wish to target domestically for surveillance.
“Political Espionage” – During the 2016 election season, Butina’s useful purpose appeared to be the reason the FBI in Washington DC enlisted Patrick Byrne as a handler, giving Butina specific instructions and introductions to Republican presidential candidates.
Once those candidates were contacted the FBI’s background surveillance transferred to the republican politicians, including persons in/around the Trump orbit. Mr. Byrne stated several times that FBI Agent Peter Strzok, and persons working on his behalf, was the FBI official directing the engagements.
Byrne claims he was asked to participate in an FBI intelligence operation and to introduce, and/or facilitate the introduction of, Ms. Butina to the campaigns of Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump.
In December of 2015 Mr. Byrne said he became suspicious of the FBI motives because he warned FBI officials of the potential that his efforts, his reputation and those who trust him, may result in Butina gaining entry into campaign confidences. The FBI agents told Mr. Byrne that was exactly the intent.
People high up in the FBI wanted Ms. Butina to gain deep access into the Trump campaign. Mr. Byrne became suspicious of a corrupt political motive, but didn’t say anything at the time.
In/around Feb or March 2016 Byrne was told to focus Ms. Butina’s attention to the campaign of Donald Trump and to diminish any attention toward Rubio or Cruz.
Later in June & July (2016), FBI agents requested Mr. Byrne to focus on developing a closer romantic relationship with Ms. Butina and to use his influence to target her to closer proximity with the Trump family and Trump campaign.
It was within these June and July 2016 engagements where FBI agents were apologetic about the requests and specifically mentioned their instructions were coming from three principal FBI officials Byrne described as “X, Y and Z”. Later Byrne identified FBI Director James Comey as “Z”. Mr. Byrne said the specific instructions were coming to the agents from Special Agent Peter Strzok as he relayed the requests of those above him [X, Y and Z (Comey)].
The FBI threw a bag over Butina in 2018, “arrested” her, then deported her back to Russia so the story about how she was used would never be discovered.
I’m not sure why an FBI whistleblower would surface recently to tell this story about the FBI setup. We have known about it for a long time, but knowing how the silo operations in DC operate to keep themselves protected, perhaps it’s only with the probability of Donald Trump winning the election that some agents deep inside the FBI have found courage to come forward. I doubt it, but hey… who knows.
Regardless of current stuff, that’s the full and undiscussed background on the Washington Times exclusive.
>Eight Years Later – FBI Whistleblower Surfaces to Tell Congress the FBI Was Instructed by James Comey to use Two Female FBI Agents to Infiltrate TrumpCampaign
[ This Went No Where – Silo Cover ]
You can clearly see how corrupt the Deep State really is.
Why now? Who knows. Maybe Obama is no longer protected.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/10/29/eight-years-later-fbi-whistleblower-surfaces-to-tell-congress-the-fbi-was-instructed-by-james-comey-to-use-two-female-fbi-agents-to-infiltrate-trump-campaign/
Azra Turk
September 2, 2016 – The FBI sends a possible honeypot posing as Stefan Halper’s research assistant, to spy on Trump campaign aide, George Papadopoulos
Sep 13, 2016 – George Papadopolous has dinner with Stefan Halper and his research assistant Azra Turk at the Connaught Hotel in London
April 2017 – April 2019: The Fourth Branch of U.S. government targets Julian Assange for kidnapping or assassination
August 24, 2018 – Deputy assistant director Jonathan Moffa’s testimony about Confidential Human Sources (CHS)
May 2, 2019 – Big puzzle pieces connecting the CIA, FBI, and 2016 political surveillance is merging
May 2, 2019 – NYT admits Obama admin deployed multiple spies against Trump campaign In 2016
May 19, 2019 – Trey Gowdy says he has seen exculpatory transcripts of FBI spies engaged with Papadopoulos
April 9, 2020 – The exculpatory Papadopoulos transcript, including FBI surveillance wire, is declassified and released
August 18, 2020 – Why John Brennan, Peter Strzok and DOJ needed Julian Assange arrested – and why UK officials obliged
May 15, 2023 – Why the Durham Report Matters – Part Three: Durham Did Not Touch the Julian Assange and DNC Hack Claim, More Silos
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>Azra Turk
Butina
December 2015 – Patrick Byrne participates in a FBI sting to set Hillary Clinton up with accepting a foreign bribe
April 2017 – April 2019: The Fourth Branch of U.S. government targets Julian Assange for kidnapping or assassination
April 5th & 30th, 2019 – Overstock CEO, Patrick Byrne, delivers emails and text messages to the DOJ, regarding origins of Russia investigation and FBI operation into Clinton
August 23, 2019 – Details behind Patrick Byrne’s allegations of FBI/DOJ “political espionage”
August 18, 2020 – Why John Brennan, Peter Strzok and DOJ needed Julian Assange arrested – and why UK officials obliged
May 15, 2023 – Why the Durham Report Matters – Part Three: Durham Did Not Touch the Julian Assange and DNC Hack Claim, More Silos