Scott Horton: Russiagate, Trump, The Clinton Campaign, FBI/CIA & The Media
- Truth Over Comfort
- May 21
- 8 min read
In todays show, I spoke to Scott Horton about the mainstream Russiagate official story/conspiracy theory, of Trump being a Russian agent and Russia election collusion. We discuss the official narrative, the real story, Hilary Clintons campaign funding for the Steele dossier, the FBI/CIA role, the Mueller report, the Durham investigation findings, how it affected Trumps first admin and more.
Bio
Scott Horton is director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, California and podcasts the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He’s the author of the 2021 book Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism, the 2017 book, Fool’s Errand:Time to End the War in Afghanistan and editor of the 2019 book The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019 and the 2022 book Hotter Than the Sun: Time to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Horton is currently at work on the forthcoming book Provoked: How America Started the New Cold War With Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine. He’s conducted more than 5,900 interviews since 2003.
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“For example, during the course of their time on Crossfire Hurricane, neither Supervisory Special Agent-3 nor Special Agent-1, an investigator working for Supervisory Special Agent-3, knew that Page had previously served as a source for another government agency. 524 When Special Agent- I eventually learned this information, he stated that he "felt like a fool." 525 Special Agent-1 also recalled that Supervisory Special Agent-3 would often rhetorically ask his investigators, "what are we even doing here." Moreover, based on their review of the case file and the lack of evidence obtained from the FISA surveillance, neither Supervisory Special Agent-3 nor his investigators believed that Page was a threat to national security or a witting agent of the Russian government. Special Agent-1 and another agent working for Supervisory Special Agent-3, ("Supervisory Special Agent-2") shared Supervisory Special Agent-3's conclusion that Page was not a witting agent of
the Russian government. 528 Special Agent-I went as far to say that the surveillance on Page was a "dry hole." 529 Nonetheless, Special Agent-I "assumed" that "somebody above them" possessed important information - unknown to the investigators - that guided the Crossfire Hurricane decision-making. 530 When Supervisory Special Agent-3 informed DAD Boone of his team's assessment, he was largely ignored and directed to continue the FISA renewal process.” Special Counsel John Durham, “Report on Matters Related to Intelligence Activities and Investigations Arising Out of the 2016 Presidential Campaigns,” US Department of Justice, May 12, 2023 Page 104-105
“As more fully described in Chapter Five, based upon the information known to the FBI in October 2016, the first application contained the following seven significant inaccuracies and omissions:
1. Omitted information the FBI had obtained from another U.S. government agency (CIA) detailing its prior relationship with Page, including that Page had been approved as an "operational contact" for the other agency from 2008 to 2013, and that Page had provided information to the other agency concerning his prior contacts with certain Russian intelligence officers, one of which overlapped with facts asserted in the FISA application” Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, et al., “Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation,” US Department of Justice Oversight and Review Division, December 2019 Page VIII
“Nevertheless, in the months following the first FISA application, information
became known to the Crossfire Hurricane team that provided greater clarity about
the political origins and connections of Steele's reporting. As described in Chapter
Nine, by no later than November 21, 2016, Ohr had advised FBI officials that
Steele's reporting had been given to the Hillary Clinton campaign (among other
entities) and that Steele was "desperate" that Trump not be elected. SSA 1 and the
Supervisory Intel Analyst told us, and email communications reflect, that by no
later than January 11, 2017, SSA 1 and the Supervisory Intel Analyst understood
that Fusion GPS had been hired by the DNC and another unidentified entity to
research candidate Trump's ties to Russia. Finally, handwritten notes and other
documentation reflect that in February and March 2017 it was broadly known
among FBI officials working on and supervising the investigation, and shared with
senior NSD and ODAG officials, that Simpson (who hired Steele) was himself hired
first by a candidate during the Republican primaries and then later by someone related to the Democratic party” Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, et al., “Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation,” US Department of Justice Oversight and Review Division, December 2019 Page 259-260
“In late July 2016, U.S. intelligence agencies obtained insight into Russian intelligence
analysis alleging that U.S Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had approved a
campaign plan to stir up a scandal against U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump by
tying him to Putin and the Russians' hacking of the Democratic National Committee. The IC does not know the accuracy of this allegation or the extent to which the Russian intelligence analysis may reflect exaggeration or fabrication.
• According to his handwritten notes, CIA Director Brennan subsequently briefed
President Obama and other senior national security officials on the intelligence, including
the "alleged approval by Hillary Clinton on July 26, 2016 of a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisors to vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by Russian security services.”
On 07 September 2016, U.S. intelligence officials forwarded an investigative referral to
FBI Director James Corney and Deputy Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Peter
Strzok regarding "U.S. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's approval of a plan concerning U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump and Russian hackers hampering U.S. elections as a means of distracting the public from her use of a private mail server."
The Clinton Plan intelligence was relevant to the Office's investigation for two reasons.
First, the Clinton Plan intelligence itself and on its face arguably suggested that private
actors affiliated with the Clinton campaign were seeking in 2016 to promote a false or exaggerated narrative to the public and to U.S. government agencies about Trump's possible ties to Russia. Given the significant quantity of materials the FBI and other government agencies did in fact receive during the 2016 presidential election season and afterwards that originated with and/or were funded by the Clinton campaign or affiliated persons (i.e., the Steele Dossier reports, the Alfa Bank allegations, and the Yotaphone allegations), the Clinton Plan intelligence prompted the Office to consider (i) whether there was in fact a plan by the Clinton campaign to tie Trump to Russia in order to "stir[] up a scandal" in advance of the 2016 presidential election, and (ii) if such a plan existed, whether an aspect or component of that plan was to intentionally provide knowingly false and/or misleading information to the FBI or other agencies in furtherance of such a plan.
Second, the Clinton Plan intelligence was also highly relevant to the Office's review and investigation because it was part of the mosaic of information that became known to certain U.S. officials at or before the time they made critical decisions in the Crossfire Hurricane case and in related law enforcement and intelligence efforts. Because these officials relied, at least in part, on materials provided or funded by the Clinton campaign and/or the DNC when seeking FISA warrants against a U.S. citizen (i.e., the Steele Dossier reports) and taking other investigative steps, the Clinton Plan intelligence had potential bearing on the reliability and credibility of those materials. Put another way, this intelligence-taken at face value-was arguably highly relevant and exculpatory because it could be read in fuller context, and in combination \vith other facts, to suggest that materials such as the Steele Dossier reports and the Alfa Bank allegations (discussed below and in greater detail in Section IV.E. l) were part of a political effort to smear a political opponent and to use the resources of the federal government's law enforcement and intelligence agencies in support of a political objective. The Office therefore examined whether, and precisely when, U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials became aware of the Clinton Plan intelligence; whether they vetted and analyzed the intelligence to understand its potential significance; and whether those officials, in turn, incorporated the intelligence into their decision-making regarding the investigation of individuals who were part of the Trump campaign and had possible ties to Russian election interference efforts.” Special Counsel John Durham, “Report on Matters Related to Intelligence Activities and Investigations Arising Out of the 2016 Presidential Campaigns,” US Department of Justice, May 12, 2023 Page 81-82
"As noted above, in September 2017, Mueller Supervisory Special Agent-I participated in the two-day interview of Christopher Steele in which Steele admitted that Dolan "had drinks" with Danchenko and was responsible for at least one allegation in the Steele Reports" Special Counsel John Durham, “Report on Matters Related to Intelligence Activities and Investigations Arising Out of the 2016 Presidential Campaigns,” US Department of Justice, May 12, 2023 Page 168
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