The RussiaGate Witch-Hunt – The Deep State’s ‘Insurance Policy’

By David Stockman, December 19, 2017
http://original.antiwar.com/David_Stockman/2017/12/18/russiagate-witch-hunt-deep-states-insurance-policy/

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There was a sinister plot to meddle in the 2016 election, after all. But it was not orchestrated from the Kremlin; it was an entirely homegrown affair conducted from the inner sanctums – the White House, DOJ, the Hoover Building and Langley – of the Imperial City.  Likewise, the perpetrators didn’t speak Russian or write in the Cyrillic script. In fact, they were lifetime beltway insiders occupying the highest positions of power in the US government.

So the real meaning of the Strzok/Gates text messages is straightforward. There was a conspiracy to prevent Trump’s election, and then after the shocking results of November 8, this campaign morphed into an intensified effort to discredit the winner.