Anonymous ID: 3b5d84 Dec. 20, 2025, 10:08 a.m. No.24006719   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6722 >>6824 >>6941 >>7169 >>7312 >>7386

Canada #86

Timeline: The Sabotage Of The Clinton Foundation InvestigationPart One

Authored by Techno Fog via The Reactionary Friday, Dec 19, 2025

 

This week, Senator Chuck Grassley released Department of Justice and FBI records that provide a new look on how FBI and DOJ leadership sabotaged the investigation into the Clinton Foundation.

 

These records, which include internal emails, summaries of high-level meetings and calls, and intelligence from confidential human sources, reveal the Clinton Foundation investigation was sabotaged from the start.

 

During the Obama Administration, both DOJ and FBI leadership were openly hostile to the investigation. US Attorneys declined to cooperate, denying requests for subpoenas or other investigative support. And during the first Trump Administration, actors within the FBI and DOJ obstructed and delayed the development of the investigation by not approving the release of FBI materials and slowing the release of witness interviews to investigators. A frustrating tale of corruption and incompetence.

 

Relying on these new documents, as well as other public source materials and Special Counsel John Durham’s report, here is the comprehensive timeline of the Clinton Foundation investigation, as well as other parts of the overall Clinton corruption investigation that are relevant. It is an infuriating tale of corruption and incompetence from the highest levels of government which ultimately protected the Clinton’s schemes to trade on their political influence for millions of dollars.

 

Let’s get into it.

 

2010: Predication to investigate the Clinton Foundation is established. A call between Sant Singh Chatwal and foreign donors about giving to Hillary Clinton is monitored by the FBI. Chatwal is a wealthy NYC magnate and longtime friend of the Clintons. He served on the Clinton Foundation board and was a Clinton Foundation donor, as well as a Democratic fundraiser.

 

2014: “Beginning in late 2014, before Clinton formally declared her presidential candidacy, the FBI learned from a well-placed CHS that a foreign government was planning to send an individual to contribute to Clinton’s anticipated presidential campaign, as a way to gain influence with Clinton should she win the presidency.”

 

An FBI field office sought FISA coverage of the foreign person who would contribute to Hillary’s campaign. They sought expedited approval of the FISA application from FBI headquarters, who let the application linger “for approximately four months” because FBI headquarters was “scared with the big name Clinton involved”, as she may be the next President.

 

The FISA was approved on the condition that Clinton and her campaign be given a defensive briefing. The logic behind the defensive briefing was that “the investigation might interfere with a presumed future presidential campaign.” In other words, they didn’t want to spoil Hillary’s chances.

 

2015: Through a CHS, the FBI learns of another foreign government seeking to influence the Hillary Clinton campaign. The foreign government’s plan is to set up a meeting with Clinton to propose campaign contributions in exchange for the protection of the foreign government’s interests should Clinton become president.

 

The FBI learns that this CHS – a foreign national – made a $2,700 campaign contribution through another party, in violation of federal law. The FBI further learned through the CHS that the Clinton campaign was “aware” of the contribution and “okay” with it. Yet the FBI does not document the illegal contribution in its records and the handling agent instructed the CHS to “stay away from all events relating to Clinton’s campaign.”

 

2015: The FBI’s Washington Field Office takes notice of corruption by the Clinton Foundation, which was thoroughly documented by Peter Schweizer’s “Clinton Cash.” They hold a meeting with the DOJ to discuss the potential for an investigation.

Anonymous ID: 3b5d84 Dec. 20, 2025, 10:09 a.m. No.24006722   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6725 >>6824 >>6941 >>7169 >>7312 >>7386

>>24006719 (me)

 

Canada #86

Timeline: The Sabotage Of The Clinton Foundation InvestigationPart Two

 

January 2016: The New York FBI field office and the Washington FBI Field Office open preliminary investigations into the Clinton Foundation. The Little Rock Field Office opens a full field investigation.

 

The Little Rock and New York FBI field office investigations “included predication based on source reporting that identified foreign governments that had made, or offered to make, contributions to the Foundation in exchange for favorable or preferential treatment from Clinton.”

 

January 2016: FBI leadership told the field offices to “not take any investigative steps until the matter was discussed with DOJ.”

 

January 22, 2016: The FBI New York field office submits case opening regarding Clinton Foundation and Clinton/Giustra Enterprise Partnership.

 

January 27, 2016: FBI little Rock requests full investigation regarding the Clinton Foundation and Giustra Enterprise Partnership; Uranium One; Frank Giustra; and Ian Telfer.

 

January 29, 2016: The FBI Washington Field Office makes a request to Main Justice to open a preliminary investigation on the Clinton Foundation. The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Public Integrity Section (PIN) and the DOJ “support the initiation of a preliminary investigation.”

 

February 1, 2016: Andrew McCabe is appointed FBI Deputy Director.

 

February 2016:

 

The Washington Field Office briefs the DOJ, who “indicated they would not be supportive of an FBI investigation.” Records indicate that the DOJ implied the investigation was only “based on open source reporting and fishing through a book,” though the truth was that the FBI had Suspicious Activity Reporting and their own investigative work at the time.

 

The DOJ’s reaction to the briefing was “hostile.”

 

The three FBI field offices – New York, Washington DC, and Little Rock – are informed that investigative steps would require approval of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. They are further instructed “not to open or recruit any new confidential human sources, and no additional overt investigative steps were authorized.”

 

Discussing the Clinton Foundation investigation, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates tells the Eastern District of Arkansas to “shut it down.”

 

February 17, 2016: McCabe was informed of a New York confidential human source who had possible information on the Clinton Foundation. McCabe directed that “no overt investigative steps” be taken on the Clinton Foundation investigation without his approval.

 

February 22, 2016: Deputy Director McCabe chairs an FBI headquarters meeting to discuss the Clinton Foundation investigations. McCabe initially directed the field offices to close their cases, but agreed to reconsider after the offices voiced their objections. McCabe was visibly “annoyed” and “negative” and “angry” at the meeting, asking “why are we even doing this?” McCabe then instructed that his approval was required for any overt steps.

 

February 24, 2016: Lisa Page and Peter Strzok exchange these emails regarding the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email server while she was Secretary of State:

 

Page: One more thing: [Clinton] may be our next president. The last thing you need [is] going in there loaded for bear. You think she’s going to remember or care that it was more doj than fbi?

 

Strzok: Agreed . . .

Anonymous ID: 3b5d84 Dec. 20, 2025, 10:09 a.m. No.24006725   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6824 >>6941 >>7169 >>7312 >>7386

>>24006722 (me)

 

Canada #86

Timeline: The Sabotage Of The Clinton Foundation InvestigationPart Three

 

March 2016: The Eastern District of New York is given permission by the DOJ to meet with a cooperating witness “to review transcripts of the recording between the cooperating witness and an individual associated with the Clinton Foundation.”

 

May 2016: The New York field office receives a call from FBI headquarters on behalf of Director Comey, instructing them to “cease and desist” from the Clinton Foundation investigation.

 

June 7, 2016: Hillary Clinton clinches the Democratic presidential nomination.

 

July 2016: Deputy Director McCabe tells the Eastern District of Arkansas to “shut it down.” A collateral investigation into the Clinton Foundation is “walled off” at the instructions of McCabe.

 

July 20, 2016: FBI emails document FBI leadership’s instructions to hold off on the Clinton Foundation investigation:

 

“Don’t subpoena additional records related to the Foundation, the Clintons…”

 

“Don’t conduct any interviews related to the Foundation or the Clintons.”

 

“We don’t want to create any impression we are investigating the Clinton Foundation or the Clintons”

 

August 1, 2016: The FBI makes the decision to consolidate the Clinton Foundation investigation into the New York Field Office due to its existing confidential human source and because “the majority of Clinton Foundation operations were based out of New York City.” At this time, the “FBI NYO was advised no overt investigation action was to take place unless authorized by Deputy Director McCabe.”

 

August 2016: The Eastern District of New York informs the FBI New York Field Office that it “would not support the investigation.” The New York Field Office reaches out to the Southern District of New York, which states “more than likely the decision will be not to proceed.” At this time, New York FBI agents had requested subpoenas for financial documents from several financial institutions.

 

August 25, 2016: FBI New York conducts interviews (number unknown) for a corruption probe related to Haiti. The subjects included Anthony Rodham (Hillary’s brother), Cheryl Mills (high level Hillary advisor), and the Clinton Foundation.

 

September 1, 2016: McCabe informs the Eastern District of New York (to whom the financial subpoenas had been requested) that there be “no overt action” on the Clinton Foundation investigation.

 

October 23, 2016: The Wall Street Journal breaks a story concerning donations from Terry McCauliffe-affiliated political action committees to the Virginia state senate campaign of Andrew McCabe’s wife.

 

October 25, 2016: There is a top-level FBI discussion which included McCabe where it is agreed that no subpoenas will be issued concerning the Clinton Foundation until after the election.

 

October 28, 2016: Director Comey informs Congress that the FBI discovered additional Clinton-related emails in the Weiner investigation. Also in the fall of 2016, FBI headquarters will refuse to allow Clinton Foundation investigators to review these emails or coordinate with the Midyear Investigation (the Hillary Clinton email investigation).

 

November 1, 2016: McCabe sends an email recusing himself from the Clinton Foundation investigation.

 

November 8, 2016: Donald Trump is elected President.

 

More:

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/timeline-sabotage-clinton-foundation-investigation

Anonymous ID: 3b5d84 Dec. 20, 2025, 12:47 p.m. No.24007201   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>24007187

 

Who Invented the Ballpoint?

 

László Bíró patented what is considered the first ballpoint pen in 1938, though he had been developing it for almost a decade beforehand with his brother György.

 

Born to a Jewish family in Hungary, Laszlo was a newspaper man and journalist by trade, while György was a dentist. 

 

Frustrated with the writing tools of their day, Laszlo and György invented a special ink made with a paste instead of water that made the ballpoint possible.

 

But while Bíró is considered the original inventor, another man laid the foundation for the modern ballpoint pen.

 

When Was the Ballpoint Pen Invented?

John J. Loud obtained what is technically the first patent for a ballpoint pen, US #392,046, on 30th October 1888.

 

A leather tanner, Harvard-educated lawyer, and inventor, Loud was born on November 2, 1844. While tanning leather, he often needed to mark a point to cut. A pencil would be too faint and using a fountain pen made this process quite messy. In frustration Loud wracked his brain for an alternative.

 

He designed a writing tool that had a small rotating metal ball clutched in a socket. 

 

Think of a roll-on bottle. A large ball sits inside a cylinder, clutched against the end by a socket that allows it to spin freely.

 

This mechanism allowed the ball to cycle ink from the reservoir inside the pen to the surface as the ball spun around in its socket.

 

Loud described the writing instrument as follows:

 

“My invention consists of an improved reservoir or fountain pen, especially useful, among other purposes, for marking on rough surfaces such as wood, coarse wrapping-paper, and other articles where an ordinary pen could not be used.”

 

More:

https://www.dayspringpens.com/blogs/the-jotted-line/who-invented-the-ballpoint-pen-history  

Anonymous ID: 3b5d84 Dec. 20, 2025, 1:12 p.m. No.24007273   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>24007239

and this from yesterday, Caracas gonna be mad

 

==Venezuela Vows To Defend 'Homeland At Any Cost' - Orders Naval Escorts Of Tankers

Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com Friday, Dec 19, 2025

 

Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez has said Venezuela would defend the "homeland at any cost" in response to President Trump’s declaration that he’s imposing a blockade on all "sanctioned" tankers entering and leaving Venezuelan ports.

 

"We say to the US government and its president that we are not intimidated by their crude and arrogant threats," Padrino Lopez said on Wednesday. "The dignity of this homeland is neither negotiable nor cowed by absolutely anyone."

 

Padrino Lopen also told state TV that the blockade violates the UN Charter. "For this reason, these actions amount to an open act of aggression, and we are declaring this to the entire world," he said.

 

The New York Times reported that, in the wake of Trump’s threat, which he issued on Tuesday night, the Venezuelan Navy began escorting tankers leaving Venezuelan ports, meaning that if the US attempts to seize another tanker that has a naval escort, it could lead to a direct clash between the US and Venezuelan militaries.

 

According to a report from The Associated Press, about 30 tankers under US sanctions were navigating near Venezuela as of Wednesday, and sanctioned vessels carried about 18% of Venezuela’s international shipments this year.

 

Also on Wednesday, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez issued a statement rejecting President Trump’s claims to Venezuela’s oil and land.

 

"Venezuela, in the full exercise of the International Law that protects us, our Constitution, and the laws of the Republic, reaffirms its sovereignty over all its natural resources, as well as the right to free navigation and free trade in the Caribbean Sea and the oceans of the world," she said.

 

Venezuela has ordered its navy to escort oil tankers leaving port & has lately aired footage of its military 'readiness' along the coast…

 

"His true intention, which has been denounced by Venezuela and the people of the United States in massive demonstrations, has always been to seize the country’s oil, land, and minerals through gigantic campaigns of lies and manipulation," Rodriguez added.

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/venezuela-vows-defend-homeland-any-cost-orders-naval-escorts-tankers