‘The greatest political hoax in history’ now targeted by grand jury investigation

It’s “the greatest political hoax in history” and now it’s being targeted by a grand jury investigation.

It is constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley who has identified the ongoing review of the Democrats’ scheming against Donald Trump during his first campaign for the White House as such.

Turley, whose expertise on the Constitution has at times guided actions by Congress, has written about a grand jury investigation now going on into the conspiracy by Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, James Clapper, Jim Comey and many others to try to destroy Trump and his campaign.

He pointed out that Democrats already now are promising “impeachments and investigations” should they again regain the majority in Congress.

So, he said, “It would be useful for the public to have a full understanding of what actually occurred last time. It is time for the public to learn whether top Obama officials and the media pulled off the greatest political hoax in history.”

Turley cited the recent confirmation that onetime FBI chief James Comey now has been subpoenaed in Florida by a grand jury investigating the Democrats’ “Russia collusion” claims at the time.

“Yes, there was a Russian collusion conspiracy, but not the one that the media relentlessly pushed during the first Trump term,” Turley said.

He said the “real Russia conspiracy” at the time was the Democrats’ “creation of a false narrative to kneecap the first Trump administration.”

He explained:

At issue is what could be the greatest political hit job in history. Of course, the growing evidence of this conspiracy continues to be buried by one of its key components: the media. Nevertheless, the “truth will out,” and it appears to be coming out in Florida.

Headed by Jason A. Reding Quiñones, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, the investigation is building on information uncovered by House and Senate committees that was long buried by the Biden administration. That evidence appears to show a knowing effort to manufacture a Russian conspiracy hoax at the urging of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.

He cited the extent of the media participation in the scheming, including Pulitzer Prizes “won” by the Washington Post and New York Times for promoting the “Russian conspiracy hoax.”

The real prize-worthy story, he said, “was staring the media in the face the whole time: a conspiracy to create a false conspiracy narrative to elect Clinton and later to derail the Trump administration.”

The scheme worked like this, he said:

During the election, the Clinton campaign repeatedly lied to the media about its funding of the Steele dossier. When journalists discovered after the election that the Clinton campaign had hidden payments for the Steele dossier as ‘legal fees’ among the $5.6 million paid to Perkins Coie, they were reportedly stonewalled.

New York Times reporter Ken Vogel said at the time that Clinton Campaign General Counsel Marc Elias had denied involvement in the anti-Trump dossier. When Vogel tried to report the story, he said, Elias ‘pushed back vigorously, saying ‘You (or your sources) are wrong.” Times reporter Maggie Haberman later wrote that ‘Folks involved in funding this lied about it, and with sanctimony, for a year.’

The key period was shortly before the 2016 election. We now know that the campaign and its surrogates shopped the conspiracy to their contacts in the Justice Department and in the media. They found eager allies.

Then FBI agent Peter Strzok texted FBI lawyer Lisa Page to assure her “that there’s no way [Trump] gets elected,” adding that they “can’t take that risk.” He added that they had it all in hand because “It’s like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you’re 40,” Turley explained.

That included the briefing of Obama by CIA chief John Brennan on Clinton’s alleged “plan” to tie Trump to Russia.

The grand jury now is believed to be reviewing Brennan’s actions, as his statements, under oath, to Congress, appear to not have been true.

Comey, likewise, is expected to be reviewed, as he’s already been subpoenaed and his testimony may include whether Brennan lied to Congress.

Turley explained in July 2016, Brennan briefed Obama on Clinton’s plan to try to link Trump to Russia.

A years-long investigation into allegations against Trump, run by the late Robert Mueller, found no evidence of wrongdoing.

Eventually, a long list of Dems, James Clapper, Brennan, Susan Rice, John Kerry, Loretta Lynch, Andrew McCabe, and others met to “inject the debunked theory directly into the media.”

Turley pointed out, however, “None of this will get anyone a Pulitzer, because the politics is wrong.”