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President Donald Trump and his supporters were targeted by four consecutive FBI code-named counterintelligence investigations over the last decade that secretly subjected hundreds of innocent Americans to privacy-invading tactics and essentially treated the man twice elected president as a national security threat for most of the first nine years of his political career, according to interviews and documents reviewed by Just the News.
FBI Director Kash Patel has personally led the effort to review the operations code-namedCrossfire Hurricane, Round River, Plasmic Echo and Arctic Frostthat stretched from summer 2016 to January 2025, uncovering evidence of a far-reaching dragnet that in some cases may have been predicated on false, misleading or uncorroborated justifications, officials said.
Many of the investigative files were hidden from view, even from most FBI agents, because they were marked "prohibited access" and controlled carefully by FBI leadership.
Patel's search has been aided by whistleblowers inside his agency, a handful of senior bureau executives close to the director and some members of Congress, particularly Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/trump-targeted-four-consecutive-fbi-counterintel-probes-ensnaring
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>operations code-namedCrossfire Hurricane, Round River, Plasmic Echo and Arctic Frost
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Crossfire Hurricane was an FBI investigation that began on July 31, 2016. It was focused on links between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia. The investigation aimed to determine whether individuals associated with the campaign were coordinating, wittingly or unwittingly, with Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Initially, Trump himself was not under investigation until May 2017, following his firing of FBI Director James Comey, which raised suspicions of obstruction of justice.
Key Aspects: The investigation eventually led to Robert Mueller being appointed as a special counsel.
It involved several high-profile individuals connected to Trump and resulted in numerous discussions surrounding foreign electoral interference and associated legal controversies.
Two of the four FISA warrants related to this investigation were later declared invalid by the Department of Justice.
Arctic Frost is a more recent FBI investigation that started in April 2022. It is focused on alleged criminal activities related to the "false electors scheme" following the 2020 presidential election. There have been allegations from whistleblowers that the operation devolved into illegal surveillance of numerous Republican lawmakers and entities.
Key Findings:
The FBI reportedly issued 197 subpoenas targeting over 400 individuals and businesses related to the Republican Party, leading critics to label it a political enemies list.
The investigation drew significant scrutiny, with claims that it involved unauthorized data collection on cellphones, banking records, and communications of key Republican figures, including Senator Ted Cruz and Senator Chuck Grassley.
Round River and Plasmic Echo
Overview: Currently, there is limited public information available on operations specifically named Round River and Plasmic Echo. These terms may require further specific context or could relate to internal or classified operations not widely known or disclosed.
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>Round River and Plasmic Echo
Another operation, reportedly calledPlasmic Echo, examined issues related to classified documents after Trump left office. This inquiry culminated in the FBI’s high-profile search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in August 2022 after the Justice Department approved a warrant for the recovery of government records.
Meanwhile, a lesser-known probe known asRound Riverallegedly explored claims surrounding foreign influence and information tied to allegations about the Biden family’s business dealings overseas. Much of the material connected to that investigation remains classified, though congressional investigators have requested additional records.
https://dailyclout.io/the-fbis-decade-long-investigation-of-trump/