the mike flynn investigation. this is what s in the inspector general report. quote, the initial cross fire hurricane, the russia investigation, was to determine which individuals associated with the trump campaign may have been in a position to received the alleged offer of assistance from russia. after conducting open source and database inquiries, intelligence analysts on the cross fire hurricane team identified three individuals, carter paige, paul manafort, and michael flynn associated with the trump campaign with either ties to russia or a history of travel to russia. on august 10th, 2016, the team opened separate counterintelligence requests under code names assigned by the fbi. six days later on august 16th, a counterintelligence case was opened on flynn under another code name assigned by the fbi. each case was designated as a sensitive investigative matter
flynn investigation. this is what s in the inspector general report on flynn. quote, the initial investigative objective of cross fire hurricane, the russia investigation, was to determine which individuals associated with the trump campaign may have been in a position to have received the alleged offer of assistance from russia. after conducting preliminary open source and fbi database inquiries intelligence analysts on the cross fire hurricane team identified three individuals, carter page, paul manafort and michael flynn associated with the trump campaign with either ties to russia or a history of travel to russia. on august 10th, 2016, the team opened separate counter intelligence cases on page, manafort, and george papadopoulos, under code famous assigned by the fbi. six days later on august 16th, a counter intelligence case was opened on flynn under another code name assigned by the fbi. each case was designated as a sensitive investigative matter
he quickly documented his reactions for investigation purposes and his first memo which he considered highly sensitive comey said he had to secure fbi laptop waiting for him in his fbi vehicle and that when he got into the vehicle he was handed the laptop and began typing as the vehicle moved. the judgment was the informatio sought to be treated like information in a counterintelligence investigation. the ranking republican on the commission said the actions wer premeditated. the evidence we have is that he wasn t going to brief the president just to get them up t speed he was acting as if he wa an agent working for the crossfire hurricane team. so that is clear evidence that he was involved in this war before he has tried to pretend that he was a step or two away from what happen. earlier this year in investigation revealed a simila episode were sbi agent and fbi lawyer lisa paige texted about using a routine transition
claims he documented his reaction for investigative purposes in the first memo comey considered sensitive saying he had a secure laptop waiting for him in his fbi vehicle and when he got in the vehicle he was handed the laptop. the judgment was the information should be treated like fisa derived information or in a counterintelligence investigation. on fox the ranking republican on the house intelligence committee said comey s actions were premeditated. comey was not going to get up to speed, he was acting as if he was an agent rocking working for the crossfire hurricane team. clear evidence he was involved in this, before he tried to pretend he is a step or 2 away from what happened. reporter: earlier this year a fox news investigation revealed a similar episode where lisa
so specifically, the house intelligence committee of republicans have referred to the department of justice criminal referrals based on conspiracy. now, with that said, looking at this, what do we now know today? a very important piece of evidence that i think was lost on a lot of people. james comey came and briefed the conference in early july of 2017. he then went to brief the president-elect trump. the inspector general found that he was acting as parts of the investigation. so comey himself was involved in the investigation followed up with a cross fire hurricane team that was running the investigation of the president and his team. they actually determine the classification of this. so very important pieces of evidence that would build into the conspiracy complaints that we have sent to the department of justice. jason: i think devin nunes makes a very good points. of course, the damning findings fall on deaf ears of the democrats who continue to stoke