There are two sets of documents that outline a very specific picture. Robert Muellerâs lead FBI Agent David Archey made sworn declarations to the court, without knowledge of FBI âwhistleblowerâ information provided to DOJ Inspector General, Michael Horowitz.
There is a distinct conflict within the IG report on James Comey (and memos) [Available Here] and the David Archey declarations [Available Here]. However, beyond the conflict thereâs an even more alarming picture of how Robert Mueller was deployed, when all the information is overlaid in a timeline. A very clear picture emerges; very clear.
In June 2017 CNN (and other media) filed a FOIA suit to gain the Comey memos. As the lawsuit progressed through a lengthy battle -where the Mueller team did not want to turn over those memos- Muellerâs lead FBI agent, David Archey, made sworn declarations to the court. Those statements became known as the âArchey Declarationsâ. Inside those declarations agent Archey provided a specific outline of the FBI and the memos.
Note the date â Agent Archey states the âinvestigative teamâ came into full possession of the Comey memos: â on or by May 12th, 2017,ââŚ
[Page #3 of Exhibit A â Archey Declarations]
The âinvestigative teamâ would be Andrew McCabe, Bill Priestap, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, and then James Baker as lead counsel for the group. The âDirectorâs staffâ would be James Rybicki, who is identified by Archey as having âmaintainedâ possession of the memos.
So this âsmall groupâ, particularly James Rybicki, is the center of the team. This team is also confirmed by the IG Horowitz report. This team had the memos on May 12th, 2017.
Now we move into the aspect where the motives and ideology become clear when we look at the IG custodial record of the memos, as outlined by the Supervisory Special Agent in charge of Comeyâs documents within the IG report, compared to the Archey declarations.
The FBI Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) in charge of Comeyâs document retrieval is the âwhistleblowerâ who eventually went to the IG. Iâll explain why and how below; and to make understanding easier we shall use âSSA Whistleblowerâ to describe him.
On May 10th, the Comey memos were not in Comeyâs office [per IG report]. At the time of the search and review of Comeyâs office there were no hard copies found by SSA Whistleblower.
Now, keep in mind â by May 12th â James Rybicki had all the Comey memos in his possession, per Mueller team FBI Agent David Archey.
On May 12th, SSA Whistleblower went to James Comeyâs house along with James Rybicki and Deputy FBI Director David Bowditch.
During this May 12th visit James Comey never told SSA Whistleblower he had the memos in his personal safe. James Rybicki was also present for this retrieval visit and also never told SSA Whistleblower that he was holding the memos in his FBI HQ office.
On May 15th, three days later, James Rybicki then tells SSA Whistleblower he knows the location of the Comey memos; and Rybicki informs SSA Whistleblower he has additional relevant material.
From the IG Report: â Rybicki told the SSA that he did not tell anyone about the Memos during the May 10 inventory because he understood that process to only include Comeyâs office.â Very sketchy.
At this point SSA Whistleblower had to suspect something sketchy was happening. Keep in mind the following day May 16th, 2017, Comey sent memo content to his friend Daniel Richman with instructions to leak to the New York Times. [Article published 5:00pm 5/16/17]
If Rybicki didnât inform SSA Whistleblower on May 15 about the Comey memos, then SSA Whistleblower would have found out from leaked media reports the next day May 16.
If Rybicki didnât tell SSA Whistleblower about the memos on May 15, then it would have looked like the âsmall groupâ was hiding and leaking the memos. An intellectually honest review of the timing, and considering Rybicki had indeed been hiding the memos, leads to the conclusion Rybicki knew the NYT leak was coming; Rybicki was coordinating with James Comey; and Rybicki/Comey were trying to avoid team scrutiny. [Further evidence of this surfaces in the Mueller contact timeline.]
By May 16th, 2017, SSA Whistleblower, had to see the sketchy nature of how this was unfolding. As a result this scenario from the IG report now makes sense:
If we overlay the FBI âsmall groupâ contact with Robert Mueller an even more clear picture emerges.
âCrossfire Hurricaneâ â During 2016, after the November election and throughout the transition period and into 2017, the FBI had a counterintelligence investigation ongoing against Donald Trump. FBI Director James Comeyâs memos were part of this time-period as the FBI small group was gathering evidence. Then Comey was firedâŚ.
Tuesday May 9th â James Comey was fired at approximately 5:00pm EST. Later we discover Rod Rosenstein first contacted Robert Mueller about the special counsel appointment less than 15 hours after James Comey was fired.
Wednesday May 10th â From congressional testimony we know DAG Rod Rosenstein called Robert Mueller to discuss the special counsel appointment on Wednesday May 10th, 2017, at 7:45am. [See Biggs questions to Mueller at 2:26 of video]
According to his own admissions (NBC and CBS), Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe immediately began a criminal âobstructionâ investigation. Wednesday May 10th ; and he immediately enlisted Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
A few hours after the Rosenstein-Mueller phone call James Comeyâs office was being searched by the SSA Whistleblower per the IG report on Comeyâs memos.
Thursday May 11th â Andrew McCabe testified to congress. With the Comey firing fresh in the headlines. McCabe testified there had been no effort to impede the FBI investigation.
Also on Thursday May 11th, 2017 , The New York Times printed an article, based on information seemingly leaked by James Comey, about a dinner conversation between the President and the FBI Director. The âLoyaltyâ article [link]. The IG report shows: â [Daniel] Richman confirmed to the OIG that he was one of the sources for the May 11 article, although he said he was not the source of the information in the article about the Trump Tower briefing â.
Friday May 12th â Andrew McCabe met with DAG Rod Rosenstein to discuss the the ongoing issues with the investigation and firing. Referencing the criminal âobstructionâ case McCabe had opened just two days before. According to McCabe:
⌠â[Rosenstein] asked for my thoughts about whether we needed a special counsel to oversee the Russia case. I said I thought it would help the investigationâs credibility. Later that day, I went to see Rosenstein again. This is the gist of what I said: I feel strongly that the investigation would be best served by having a special counsel.â (link)
According to Andy Biggs questioning of Mueller, on this same day, May 12th, evidence shows Robert Mueller met âin personâ with Rod Rosenstein. This is the same day when SSA Whistleblower went to James Comeyâs house to retrieve FBI material and both Rybicki and Comey never informed the agent about the memos:
May 12th, is the date noted by David Archey when FBI investigators had assembled all of the Comey memos as evidence. However, no-one in the FBI outside the âsmall groupâ knows about them.
On Saturday May 13th, 2017 , another meeting between Rod Rosenstein and Robert Mueller, this time with AG Jeff Sessions also involved. [Per Andy Biggs]
Sunday May 14th â Comey transmitted copies of Memos 2, 4, and 6, and a partially redacted copy of Memo 7 to Patrick Fitzgerald, who was one of Comeyâs personal attorneys. Fitzgerald received the email and PDF attachment from Comey at 2:27 p.m. on May 14, 2017, per the IG report.
Monday May 15th , McCabe states he and Rosenstein conferred again about the Special Counsel approach. McCabe: âI brought the matter up with him again after the weekend.â
On this same day was when James Rybicki called SSA Whistleblower to notify him of Comeyâs memos. The memos were âstoredâ in a â reception area â, and in locked drawers in James Rybickiâs office.
Tuesday May 16th â Per the IG report: âOn the morning of May 16, Comey took digital photographs of both pages of Memo 4 with his personal cell phone. Comey then sent both photographs, via text message, to Richmanâ
On this same day Rod Rosenstein takes Robert Mueller to the White House for a meeting in the oval office between President Trump, VP Pence, Robert Mueller and Rod Rosenstein. While they were meeting in the oval office, the following story was published by the New York Times (based on Comey memo leaks to Richman):
Also during the approximate time of this Oval Office meeting, Peter Strzok texts with Lisa Page about information relayed to him by Tashina Guahar (main justice) on behalf of Rod Rosenstein (who is at the White House).
Later that night, after the Oval Office meeting â According to the Mueller report, additional events on Tuesday May 16th, 2017 :
Interesting that Tashina Gauhar was taking notes presumably involved in the 5/16/17 meeting between, Lisa Page , Rod Rosenstein , and Andrew McCabe.
This meeting at Main Justice appears to be happening in the evening (âlater that nightâ) after the visit to the White House with Robert Mueller. This meeting appears to be Lisa Page, Rod Rosenstein and Andrew McCabe; along with Tashina Gauhar taking notes.
Why is the Tuesday May 16th, 2017 , date of additional importance?
Wednesday May 17th, 2017: Rod Rosenstein and Andrew McCabe go to brief the congressional âGang-of-Eightâ: Paul Ryan, Nancy Pelosi, Devin Nunes, Adam Schiff, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, Richard Burr and Mark Warner.
⌠[âŚ] âOn the afternoon of May 17 , Rosenstein and I sat at the end of a long conference table in a secure room in the basement of the Capitol. We were there to brief the so-called Gang of Eightâthe majority and minority leaders of the House and Senate and the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees. Rosenstein had, I knew, made a decision to appoint a special counsel in the Russia case.â
[âŚ] âAfter reminding the committee of how the investigation began, I told them of additional steps we had taken. Then Rod took over and announced that he had appointed a special counsel to pursue the Russia investigation, and that the special counsel was Robert Mueller.â (link)
Immediately following this May 17, 2017, Go8 briefing, Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein notified the public of the special counsel appointment.
What is clear from a review of all the related and released information is the FBI small group (McCabe, Page, Strzok, Rybicki, Baker) were hiding the ongoing FBI investigation from other FBI officials (including the SSA Whistleblower), inside the department after Comey was fired.
McCabe launched a âcriminal investigationâ (obstruction) May 10th, and Rosenstein was in immediate contact with Robert Mueller about being a special counsel after conversations with the FBI small group. The small group were then releasing information to their media allies, and hiding the releases from FBI agents outside the small group; until they no longer needed to do so (May 15).
On May 15th, it appears the SSA was finally notified of the Comey memos because the small group already knew Robert Mueller was going to be appointed.
Comey, his lawyers and Lawfare allies, together with the small group, coordinated to leak and publish the NYT article (May 16th) the day Mueller was interviewing President Trump in the oval office. They knew Mueller was going to be appointed the following day, May 17th. The NYT leak was cover and ammunition for Rod Rosenstein to fulfill his role.
This is the Special Counsel as the insurance policy deployed.
Everything was a set up by the small group; exclusively executed by the small group; kept hidden from other FBI agents and officials; and Muellerâs visit with President Trump was part of that investigative effort .
This overall conspiracy/plan is why the SSA turned to the Inspector General and requested Whistleblower protection. This is also why IG Horowitz was motivated to carve out the Comey memos in his report. KEY POINT â OIG Michael Horowitz has outlined the Special Counsel appointment as fraudulently predicated.
HOLY CRAP!
