Five Months BEFORE the FBI opened a criminal probe in May 2017 targeting President Trump as a potential Russian asset after he fired Jim Comey. It is a phony excuse if ever there was one. They were engaged in Beria-style prosecutions: show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.
FBI investigators already KNEW by January 2017 there were “serious questions about the reliability of the Steele (dossier) reporting.” This is according to DOJ watchdog Michael Horowitz.
The flawed Steele dossier underpinned the Russia collusion allegations. The newly declassified 2017 FBI record at the White House also stands out because it cites “multiple open source reports” as justification.
One of the most concerning elements of the FBI Russia collusion probes was “circular reporting.”
Here’s how it works: FBI officials (or their proxies) would leak information to a reporter, who would then publish the leak. The same FBI officials would then cite the resulting media story to justify further investigative actions. The actions included surveillance warrants for a former Trump campaign aide.
Internal DOJ investigations would conclude that Comey was fired for a number of reasons, including his mishandling of the Clinton case, which violated “long-standing department practice and protocol.”
All of the Russia collusion attacks came from Hillary Clinton’s comments and political dirt from a Russian national.
TIMING MATTERS: Five Months BEFORE the FBI opened a criminal probe in May 2017 targeting @POTUS as a potential Russian asset after he fired @Comey
FBI investigators already KNEW by January 2017 there were "serious questions about the reliability of the Steele (dossier)… pic.twitter.com/DU0fLEcWhl
— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) August 5, 2026
