Investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson took a step away from all the hyped reporting on the Robert Mueller report to note an “important point” that many have been missing.
The “Full Measure” host believes there is a “bigger overarching theme” that is not being discussed by Democrats and the mainstream media which reveals the deeper issues with the intelligence agencies in the Federal Government.
In a series of tweets Thursday, Attkisson pointed out that, besides the “political bias” that Mueller’s investigation and final report have revealed, the apparent fear of exposure by an incoming non-politician like President Donald Trump drove the various players to go to extremes to cover up what had been likely going on for a while.
Based on my info, we may be missing an important point in all this. People keep pointing to “political bias” in the 2016 capers. I’m not discounting that, but there’s a bigger overarching theme, I think. Important intel officials also did not want @realDonaldTrump because..(cont)
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) April 19, 2019
…@realDonaldTrump and his admin stood to expose alleged longstanding criminal wrongdoing within intel agencies. Not just what happened in 2015-2016. Some officials were/are desperately fighting for their lives/freedom. #GovtSpyingOnJournalists etc. #WoodsProceduresViolations
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) April 19, 2019
Attkisson’s point sparked discussion on social media where many admitted they had been wondering about the same thing as well.
I always thought that. The collective silence of all the upper echelon of IC leadership was because they all know/have something on someone else.
— Matt McCarthy (@MattMcC06033825) April 19, 2019
I’ve wondered about this alot. The post 9/11 years seem to be rife with very dubious activities. Dana Priest wrote a article for the Washington Post about the exploding intelligence area within the government.
— Joanne Dunne (@jedunne) April 19, 2019
That was my thought as well, they didn’t want Trump, they being the Dems, some GOP and some media types because he wasn’t one of them and he would expose them. Intel has dirt on them all.
— Just Joe (@Stanleyj) April 19, 2019
Some argued that it all came down to the players involved looking out for their jobs and their pensions, while many acknowledged that this was probably only the “tip of the iceberg.”
Fighting for their jobs/pensions not lives/freedom.
— Robert R (@GolfLuvRR) April 19, 2019
Nailed it, Sharyl! That has always been the question.. what exactly did the Obama administration do, that they were SO desperate to get rid of @realDonaldTrump after the election?! Tip of the iceberg.
— Debra Buenik (@DebraBuenik) April 19, 2019
The Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist has long sounded the alarm on the deeper issues and was not at all surprised to hear of reports that the Obama administration had spied President Trump before he was elected. The former CBS reporter had her own personal experience to back her views.
Attkisson filed a federal lawsuit against the Obama Justice Department and then-Attorney General Eric Holder in 2015 for hacking into her personal computer, notably after she wrote pieces critical of then-president Obama.
In a report last year, Attkisson called out former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, Former CIA Director John Brennan and former CIA Acting Director Michael Morell as she slammed the media leaks from Obama holdovers inside the FBI, DOJ and CIA.
Sharyl Attkisson’s takes fiery shots at relationship between ‘Deep State’ actors and their media minions https://t.co/Dit1hAruhy pic.twitter.com/pU7BFbLyJX
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) May 29, 2018
Following Attorney General William Barr’s press conference Thursday, Trump’s 2020 campaign manager, Brad Parscale, said “the tables have turned, and it’s time to investigate the liars who instigated this sham investigation into President Trump, motivated by political retribution and based on no evidence whatsoever.”
Our statement from @parscale on the #MuellerReport –
“The Obama-era DOJ and FBI must answer for their misdeeds and the scam that they perpetrated against the American people. Justice will be served.”@TeamTrump pic.twitter.com/DgRSt2d7BV
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) April 18, 2019
“There is simply no denying that ‘spying did occur’ on the Trump campaign during the 2016 election, as Attorney General Barr himself noted in testimony before Congress,” he added.
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