The speaker, who appears to be a member of a committee or a hearing, is discussing the FBI's handling of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation. They question the FBI's actions, including opening the investigation without speaking to the people who provided the information, without a significant review of its own intelligence database, without interviewing essential witnesses, and without using any of the standard analytical tools typically employed in evaluating intelligence.
The speaker also raises concerns about the FBI's apparent confirmation bias, suggesting that the agency may have been motivated to find Donald Trump guilty above all else. They question why the FBI would ignore exculpatory evidence, refuse to interview key witnesses, and favor one suspect over another.
The speaker also mentions a case where the FBI hired a known Russian spy, Dan Cinco, to pay him over two hundred thousand dollars. They note that Cinco was also a source of false information and was seen hanging out with Charles Dolan, a friend of the Clintons and another source for the false dossier.
The speaker concludes by expressing their disappointment with some of their colleagues who have made disparaging remarks about the report. They express appreciation for the gentleman who yielded his time to the chairman and yield the balance of their time to the chairman.
1. The FBI opened Crossfire Hurricane without speaking to the people who provided the information.
2. Crossfire Hurricane was opened on a Sunday, three days after reviewing the information.
3. The FBI opened Crossfire Hurricane without any significant review of its own intelligence database.
4. The FBI opened Crossfire Hurricane without interviewing the essential Witnesses.
5. The FBI opened Crossfire Hurricane without using any of the standard analytical tools typically employed in evaluating intelligence.
6. The FBI did not consider the possibility that it was the target.
7. There appear to be people in the FBI who are central to opening the investigation that had rather strong views concerning then candidate Trump.
8. The FBI did not see a confirmation bias in the case of Hillary Clinton.
9. There was a special motivation to find Donald Trump in his campaign guilty above anyone else.
10. If either the FBI or someone on their team willfully ignored exculpatory evidence, refused to interview key Witnesses, favored one suspect over another, or did any or all of the things that the FBI did during Crossfire Hurricane, there should be repercussions.
11. The FBI paid over two hundred thousand dollars to Dan Cinco, who was investigated by the FBI for Espionage.
12. Dan Cinco was living in DC when the FBI opened the investigation.
13. The FBI hired Dan Cinco, who was a source of false information, and paid him over two hundred thousand dollars.
14. Dan Cinco was hanging out with Charles Dolan, who was a buddy of the Clintons and also a source for the false dossier.
15. Charles Dolan met with Dan Cinco on a park bench in Arlington on New Year's Day.
16. The FBI said they would not talk to Charles Dolan.
17. The FBI paid a guy who was a Russian spy who was the source of the dossier, and the other source of the dossier was Charles Dolan.
18. The FBI did not want to interview Charles Dolan.
19. The FBI was running operations and Investigations out of headquarters instead of assigning a U.S attorney a job.