Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, has declassified documents that raise even more questions about the FBI and the Trump-Russia Collusion Delusion. The main questions are: Who is Joe Pientka? What does he know about Crossfire Hurricane? Why is FBI Director Christopher Wray hiding him? What did Barack Obama know and when did he direct this to begin?

Trying to unravel this Gordian Knot is difficult for those of us who have been paying attention. Trying to explain this to the folks with Trump Derangement Syndrome will break their puny brains.

It helps to remember that the FBI was “given” the Steele Trump Dossier late July, 2016.

The new declassified documents are a total of seven pages. The documents were approved by Kevin Clinesmith and Peter Strozk. Joe Pientka is listed as the contact and drafter of the report. The alleged reason for the Trump Tower meeting was a counterintelligence and security briefing for the newly minted 2016 Republican Presidential Candidate, Donald Trump on August 17, 2016. Along with Trump, Michael Flynn, Chris Christie, Ed Gistaro from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and John Mulligan, whose title is redacted.

According to the notes made by Joe Pientka, his initial brief lasted thirteen minutes. The meeting began at 15:55 (3:55 for civilians) and ended at 17:51 (5:51) because Trump had to catch a plane. Most of the meeting is taken up by discussing methods of intelligence collection and how the Trump team should avoid being hacked by anyone listening. That’s all very interesting because the ones listening were the FBI. You can read the full report here.

Joe Pientka gives the hint that he is looking for Russia collusion with the Trump team in the following section of the report:

During the ODNI briefs, writer actively listened for topics or questions regarding the Russian Federation. During Mulligan’s brief, he stated that the U.S. is the world’s leader in counterterrorism. Trump then asked, “Russia, too?” Trump interjected with a question: “Joe, are the Russians bad” Because they have more numbers are they worse than the Chinese?” “Writer responded by saying both countries are bad,” Pientka wrote.

Trump also asked which country, Russia or China, was worse when it came to violations of nuclear testing bans. According to Pientka, the briefer responded: “They are both bad, but Russia is worse.”

“Trump and Christie turned toward each other and Christie commented, ‘I’m shocked,’” Pientka wrote.

“Actively listened?” What is that? From Fox News:

A newly declassified document obtained by Fox News reveals that the FBI agent who delivered the defensive briefing on election interference to the Trump campaign in August 2016 “actively listened” for certain topics – using it as a “cover” to monitor then-candidate Donald Trump and Michael Flynn, a source familiar with the document said.

According to the documents, the “full” investigation was initiated July 31, 2016. The briefing was August 17, 2016. And, it had been on August 15, 2016 that Peter Strzok wrote to his mistress Lisa Page that they had an “insurance policy” to stop Donald Trump from becoming President.

Tonight on the Sean Hannity program, Representative Jim Jordan, Fox News’ Legal Analyst Greg Jarrett, and journalist Sara Carter discussed the declassified document and Joe Pientka.

Jordan is right. The FBI told the Trump team that Russia might spy on them, but left out the part where Trump’s own country was spying on him. And, it was Joe Pientka along with Peter Strzok who went to the White House after the Inauguration to entrap General Michael Flynn.

From Fox News again:

A senior administration official told Fox News Thursday that the newly-declassifed document “shows the same cast of virulent characters that spearheaded the Russia hoax, set Trump up from jump.”

“Clinesmith, the FISA forger and his trusted sidekick, Strzok, attempted to make good on their promise to prevent Trump from winning,” the official told Fox News. “A scam briefing from a scam crew of miscreants at the FBI.”

FBI Director Christopher Wray moved Joe Pientka from D.C. to San Francisco, and since then Pientka has been scrubbed the site:

FBI Agent Joe Pientka – who lied the FISA Court and later interviewed Flynn – was promoted and moved to the SF area AFTER the FBI learned of serious problems in his FISA application.

The SF FBI Field Office has scrubbed him from their site.

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Like I said, this thing is a Gordian Knot. Unraveling the knot, by design, is difficult. The clues are all there. Now, we need the answers. Who and where is Joe Pientka? What does he know about Crossfire Hurricane? What did Obama know? Why won’t Christopher Wray produce Joe Pientka?

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