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Part 101, some of Russian meddling, and related, material from F6 big ones. These from
Tuesday, 01/09/18, headed, [no, umm, 'presidential' Weakly Address on December 23, 2017]
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=137559001

Fifth and sixth mention

Mueller probe: Trump allies malign FBI, but Dems resist

AM Joy
12/23/17
Donald Trump and some Republicans continue to criticize James Comey, the FBI, and its leaders, but it will not stop
Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Joy Reid and her panel[, including Malcolm Nance,] discuss. Duration: 18:16
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/mueller-probe-trump-allies-malign-comey-fbi-1123170883741 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXFJ-0eaGZE [with comments] [a must-watch]

WOW, watch Jen Kerns of the Washington Examiner flounder in this one

Uranium One: distraction from Trump and Mueller probe?

AM Joy
12/23/17
Calls for aspects of the Uranium One investigation to be investigated emerge despite
the story being thoroughly debunked. Joy Reid and her panel discuss. Duration: 10:33
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/uranium-one-distraction-from-trump-and-mueller-probe-1123184195734 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3FkwI7j30A [with comments]

Go home, Jen. Spend time on some of the other diversionary scandals so far.

- Rice unmasking!
- Uranium One!
- Steele dossier funded by Democrats!
- texts between Strzok and Page!
- it's a coup!
- an FBI assassination plot!
- undeniable, corrupting bias of Mueller's team!

In anti-Mueller eyes all more important than Mueller's investigation.

From "stashed December 23, 2017:"

F.B.I. Director Wants to Move Forward, but the President Is Making His Job Harder
WASHINGTON — When President Trump tapped Christopher A. Wray to be his next F.B.I. director, it signaled a clear break from the tenure of James B. Comey, whom Mr. Trump had grown to distrust and eventually fired.
It seemed Mr. Trump would let his handpicked F.B.I. director do his work unimpeded, giving Mr. Wray some breathing room. “I know that he will again serve his country as a fierce guardian of the law and model of integrity,” the president said in June.
But nearly five months since Mr. Wray started the job, Mr. Trump has not made Mr. Wray’s life easier as he seeks to restore the public’s confidence in the country’s premier law enforcement agency — one that the president says is in “Tatters.”
Mr. Trump’s verbal assaults have put Mr. Wray and his leadership team in a difficult position. Mr. Wray is trying to move past his predecessor’s era and make sure there is not a whiff of politics at the F.B.I. He has promised the F.B.I.’s work would be based on the “facts, the law and the impartial pursuit of justice — period.”
Yet Mr. Trump and his allies in Congress are making that task much harder.
Current and former F.B.I. officials say Mr. Trump’s criticisms, and those of normally supportive Republican members of Congress, have damaged morale in some quarters of the bureau. Senior agents have expressed fear that if their names appear in the news media, they will be singled out for attack by politicians.
[...]
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/22/us/politics/fbi-director-president-trump.html

'Anyone can be attacked for partisan gain': Comey issues rare statement in defense of top FBI lawyer
Former FBI director James Comey publicly defended James Baker, a top lawyer at the FBI who was recently reassigned to a different role under FBI director Christopher Wray.
Comey said it was sad that "we are now at a point" when "anyone can be attacked for partisan gain."
It was the first time Comey weighed in on the FBI's activities since his testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee in June, one month after he was fired.
Though it's normal practice for a new FBI director to bring in their own general counsel, some observers questioned the timing of Baker's reassignment, which comes as Republicans are pressuring the bureau to get rid of officials perceived as biased against President Donald Trump.
http://www.businessinsider.com/james-comey-defends-james-baker-fbi-trump-russia-2017-12
.. more: https://news.google.com/news/story/djg92UALEvwhFkMMh4v1mGASsI2iM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

Trump Escalates His Attacks Against FBI Officials
The president singled out FBI attorney James Baker and Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe in a series of tweets.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/trump-escalates-his-attacks-against-fbi-officials/549164/

Andrew McCabe, F.B.I.’s Embattled Deputy, Is Expected to Retire
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/23/us/politics/mccabe-fbi-trump-russia.html
.. more: https://news.google.com/news/story/d2nzmGEzo3YutBMHQ1VwYkdClrLiM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en