Smirnov scandal: Experts call for investigations, warn GOP of possible conspiracy charges
By: David Badash, The New Civil Rights (Raw Story - Celebrating Years of Independent Journalism)
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Legal and national security experts including former prosecutors are calling for the U.S. Dept. of Justice and the U.S. Senate to conduct investigations into the Alexander Smirnov scandal to determine how a trusted FBI informant was able to allegedly plant false Kremlin propaganda attacking Joe Biden and Hunter Biden into the Republican House of Representatives in an effort to take down the President of the United States.
Other legal experts are warning House Republicans if they continue to assert what Special Counsel David Weiss stated in a court document are false claims, including that Joe Biden and Hunter Biden each took $5 million bribes, they could be subject to conspiracy charges.
The top three Republicans being mentioned are House Oversight Committee Chair Jim Comer, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley.
The U.S. Dept. of Justice "must investigate whether and when Grassley, Comer or Jordan knew that Smirnov was spreading Russian disinformation," declared U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), a former Assistant U.S. Attorney who prosecuted mobsters and Russian organized crime. "But now that it's public, Comer and Jordan clearly will be conspiring with Putin to interfere in the election if they continue with this bogus impeachment."
"The Comer/Jordan impeachment sham appears to have been a Russian intelligence operation from the start," says Goldman, who also served as a lead counsel during the first House impeachment and Senate trial of Donald Trump. "The only remaining question is whether Rs were witting or unwitting agents of Putin in their desperate quest to get Trump reelected. Will the GOP continue to work for Putin?"
MSNBC/NBC News legal analyst Glenn Kirschner, a former federal prosecutor for three decades, on Wednesday night warned Republicans.
"I think the big question now is, what will the Republican members of Congress do now that they know that these are lies that they have been peddling as ably-assisted by Fox News? Will they continue to peddle those lies?" he told MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell, "I heard Congressman Daniel Goldman on this network earlier this evening, saying something that I am in agreement with. He said that if members of Congress now continue to peddle knowing lies that are a product of Russian propaganda and disinformation, they should be criminally investigated for being part and parcel of a conspiracy to defraud the United States and to interfere in our elections."
Meanwhile, Tristan Snell, the former New York State prosecutor who led the successful investigation and $25 million prosecution of Donald Trump's "Trump University," is calling for the U.S. Senate to start an investigation.
"The Senate should open an immediate investigation into the Alexander Smirnov scandal — with public hearings. Bring Smirnov in to testify. And then bring Jim Jordan, James Comer, and Elise Stefanik in right behind him. This is a national security breach of the HIGHEST order."
Snell is also calling for subpoenas to be issued for Republicans Jim Jordan, Ron Johnson, Jim Comer, Elise Stefanik, and Chuck Grassley.
"And subpoena their government emails, private emails, texts, and phone records pertaining to Alexander Smirnov in any way," he adds. "DOJ must MOVE -- IMMEDIATELY."
On Tuesday Snell had said: "Alexander Smirnov is just the tip of a much larger and dirtier iceberg — of Putin's continued attempts to overthrow America from within. We must DEMAND that DOJ and the intelligence agencies follow this investigation wherever it leads. Go all in with a full investigation. NOW."
National security expert Denver Riggleman, the former Republican U.S. Congressman who later worked as an advisor to the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, is also calling for a investigation.
"There should be an investigation into all sources and data used in the Hunter Biden 'laptop and data' Oversight committee hearings," he wrote on X. "This should also include link/relationship maps to all 'source' meetings between GOP congressional representatives and confirmed or assumed foreign assets. The report on sourcing and provenance should be made available to the public."
Watch Congressman Goldman's remarks to CNN below or at this link.
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the three stooges should be investigated by the United states Senate for collusion with Russia
"He said that if members of Congress now continue to peddle knowing lies that are a product of Russian propaganda and disinformation, they should be criminally investigated for being part and parcel of a conspiracy to defraud the United States and to interfere in our elections."
Right on schedule and entirely foreseen, the Russian collusion, conspiracy, disinformation, and propaganda hoax rises again. Haven't the lefties forgotten their own illegal actions that led to the Trump-Putin scandal? And they're trying to take this same bullshit before the people yet again. And have the gall to accuse the Republicans of election interference?? Too funny!
Do some in depth investigation about this matter and get back with us.
she cut her teeth at fox news
The Pee Wee Herman comeback lives on.
Officials who repeat the lies now being revealed run the risk of being charged as co-conspirators.
Trump “Jonestown” is buzzing with the “fake news” allegations.
"to determine how a [long time] trusted FBI informant was able to allegedly plant false Kremlin propaganda attacking Joe Biden and Hunter Biden"
The truth is that as the evidence against the corrupt extended Biden family continues to grow, the FBI threw its long time trusted informant under the business when something that might be damaging to the Biden regime is uncovered.
Got any proof of that Mac?
It's been amazing to see how many left wingers struggle to understand the meaning of the word "collusion"
Under this standard, pretty much every democrat in Congress and people like Christopher Steele are going to jail.
It’s beyond collusion; it’s conspiracy. And there’s the consciousness of guilt manifested by Comer taking down the impeachment bullshit from the website.
The point is the same,
anifested by Comer taking down the impeachment bullshit from the website
I don't know what this means.
Look up “consciousness of guilt” if you can’t understand the significance of suddenly making misinformation intended all along to be a MAGA SELLING POINT TO IMPEACH BIDEN … DISAPPEAR … because it’s now incriminating as the implication as a GOP/RUSSIAN CONSPIRACY TO OVERTHROW a POTUS.
Steele's documents played a significant role in initially highlighting the general friendliness between Trump and the Putin administration, the veracity of specific allegations is highly variable. Some have been publicly confirmed, others are plausible but not specifically confirmed, and some are dubious in retrospect but not strictly disproven.
making misinformation intended all along to be a MAGA SELLING POINT TO IMPEACH BIDEN … DISAPPEAR …
so you believe the honest thing to do is leave false information up to mislead people? They aren’t democrats, they aren’t going to do that.
Steele's documents played a significant role in initially highlighting the general friendliness bet
the fake but true defense? Smirnov can use the exact same defense you just did.
After the Russian collusion hoax; two faux impeachments; the Jan 6th committee; and multiple indictments against Trump- Democrats and leftists can STFU about conspiracies and election interference.
The difference being that Steele presented factual information, Smirnov.... Not so much.
Claiming that publicly in 2024. Not a good look.
Steele dossier was a complete fabrication and contained no facts.
There you go accepting Russian disinformation from a Russian agent that lied to the FBI. He even admitted it and was still let off by a leftist judge and jury. The FBI offered Steele 1 million dollars to confirm the Steele Dossier and he couldn't do it.
Russian disinformation is only accepted by the FBI/DOJ/Leftists if it can be used against Republicans- especially Trump.
nothing moves justice and truth forward to the glimmering light on the horizon like some guy who is afraid that otherwise he's gonna wind up in the big house.
we can't let David Weiss save himself of course we need a special prosecutor from the Department of Justice in on this tomorrow and we need a Senate investigation
Senate Judiciary would probably be right to go to, somebody wake up chairman Durbin and tell him we need the Senate Judiciary Committee to subpoena the hunter Biden special counsel David Weiss and this guy smirnov,and Jordan and Grassley and Hannity and Trump, because this isn't just false info, this isn't just one guy lying to the FBI ,this is the Russian federal assembly and Vladimir Putin organizing the attempted impeachment of the president of the United states, in an election year , via the Republican Party.
we need a couple of dozen of these Republicans to die in prison because of this, because this is treason, not adjectival treason ,not figurative treason,look up the statute, and the point is and my hunch is based on the fact that clearly I am not the first person to recognize all of this
this idiot Smirnov clearly realizes it this sucker David Weiss realizes it and do not be fooled - even some of the Russian Republicans now realize it .
Countdown with Keith Olbermann: I THINK THE FBI 'BIDEN INFORMANT' SMIRNOV IS FLIPPING - 2.22.24 on Apple Podcasts
Raw story and olblermann running with a crazy conspiracy. Scraping the bottom of the barrel here
One that Comer and Jordan bought hook, line and sinker.
You should try reading the story again.
Ok, they knew it was BS but went with it anyway... Better?
I agree. Raw story and olbermann know its bs and ran with it for clicks.
Quit being obtuse.
Lol. Read your own posts. You started by claiming comer and Jordan fell for the conspiracy pushed by raw story and olbermann. Can’t get more obtuse than that,
Um, they did. OR! They knew it was BS and went with it anyway... Which is it, Sean?
Again, You started by claiming comer and Jordan fell for the conspiracy pushed by raw story and olbermann.
Nothing will ever come of this new awesome conspiracy theory.
David Weiss isn't legally allowed to be a Special Prosecutor- Garland knows the law but chose to break it anyways. How better to reward Weiss for working against US taxpayers and for the Brandon crime family.
Just Democrats being Democrats.
Don't remember Democrats being all that upset when the Steele Dossier was abused to get wire taps against Trump campaign. Russian disinformation paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign- and fed to the FBI and DOJ by her surrogates.
So why isn't everyone involved in the faux Russian collusion hoax and investigation rotting away in prison?
Grassley is 90 years old and thinks Smirnov is a vodka. Jordan is a wiz at investigations, just look at the ones he's conducted, and good old Comer, well back to the farm with that boy cuz he could fuck up a one-car funeral.