Within minutes of the 434-page report's release Monday, the generic media headline was that it "Debunks" the idea that the FBI was guilty of political bias against Mr. Trump, as well as conservative "Conspiracy theories" that there was a deep-state effort to get Mr. Trump.
Before considering what the report says, let us ask: What exactly would describe what was going on in this country's political life during the more than two years from Mr. Trump's inauguration through completion of the Mueller investigation? Hard to believe, but Donald Trump himself didn't create the long Russia collusion narrative, notwithstanding his obeisances to Vladimir Putin during and after the presidential campaign.
Whatever the Horowitz review of four FBI Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act applications and its Crossfire Hurricane investigation did or did not "Debunk," the report is mind-boggling, shocking and damning.
Everyone who purports to have an opinion about what has been going on in the U.S. the past 3½ years should at least read the report's detailed executive summary and draw their own conclusions.
The report notes that besides the seven significant errors in the first October 2016 application, the three renewals in 2017 had "10 additional significant errors," including this: "That Steele's reporting was going to Clinton's presidential campaign and others, Simpson was paying Steele to discuss his reporting with the media, and Steele was 'desperate that Donald Trump not get elected and was passionate about him not being U.S. president.'".
As it did with the Mueller report, the media is abandoning the actual content to push the public's attention toward Attorney General William Barr's "Disagreements" with Mr. Horowitz.
The Horowitz report contains at least 19 references to the status quo's threat to "Constitutionally protected activity," notably the "First Amendment."
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-horowitz-actually-debunked-11576107645?mod=hp_opin_pos_3
Before considering what the report says, let us ask: What exactly would describe what was going on in this country's political life during the more than two years from Mr. Trump's inauguration through completion of the Mueller investigation? Hard to believe, but Donald Trump himself didn't create the long Russia collusion narrative, notwithstanding his obeisances to Vladimir Putin during and after the presidential campaign.
Whatever the Horowitz review of four FBI Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act applications and its Crossfire Hurricane investigation did or did not "Debunk," the report is mind-boggling, shocking and damning.
Everyone who purports to have an opinion about what has been going on in the U.S. the past 3½ years should at least read the report's detailed executive summary and draw their own conclusions.
The report notes that besides the seven significant errors in the first October 2016 application, the three renewals in 2017 had "10 additional significant errors," including this: "That Steele's reporting was going to Clinton's presidential campaign and others, Simpson was paying Steele to discuss his reporting with the media, and Steele was 'desperate that Donald Trump not get elected and was passionate about him not being U.S. president.'".
As it did with the Mueller report, the media is abandoning the actual content to push the public's attention toward Attorney General William Barr's "Disagreements" with Mr. Horowitz.
The Horowitz report contains at least 19 references to the status quo's threat to "Constitutionally protected activity," notably the "First Amendment."
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-horowitz-actually-debunked-11576107645?mod=hp_opin_pos_3
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