Former FBI Agent Peter Strzok, who served as an FBI counterintelligence officer and the deputy of the FBI counterintelligence division, joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss Russian interference in the 2020 election and why he views Trump as a national security threat, as well as AG William Barr's comments criticizing DOJ prosecutors. Aired on 9/17/2020.
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Peter Strzok: I Believe That The President Is Compromised By The Russians | Andrea Mitchell | MSNBC
Of course he is.
The question is, is it money, criminally incriminating or just embarrassing stuff?
Possibly all of the above.
Money for sure.
They promised him a Trump Tower in Russia probably 😡
Tweatles is a russian bot. They are plentiful lately, russian and chineze
You do realize that CNN and MSNBC are trying to get the HARRIS Administration elected, right??
You do realize that the Russia Collusion narrative was PROVEN FALSE!
Trump isn’t the only person compromised by the Russians.
I believe Republicans on Capitol Hill came to an agreement with Russia, that if it funneled money into their campaigns, and launched a disinformation campaign on the American people, that would help them stay in power, then in return, Republicans would lift the crippling economic sanctions that President Obama placed on Russia. There are simply too many connections between Republicans and Russians for it to be a coincidence. And I don’t believe in coincidences.
IN 2018, eight republican lawmakers celebrated the 4th of July in Moscow: Senator Richard C. Shelby of Alabama, who led the delegation, along with Senators Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, John Neely Kennedy of Louisiana, Steve Daines of Montana, North Dakota’s John Hoeven, Jerry Moran of Kansas, South Dakota’s John Thune, and Rep. Kay Granger of the 12th District of Texas. The dubious reason they gave for the trip was “engagement.” It’s the same tired excuse Sen Rand Paul routinely provides to justify his own shadowy meetings with our enemies.
The group met with a number of key Russians, including foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and former Russian ambassador to the US Sergei Kislyak—the two jackals who 14 months earlier were photographed by the Russian press yukking it up with Trump in the Oval Office, the day after Trump fired Comey for daring to do his job of investigating Russian interference in our elections. To this day, we have no way of knowing what was discussed during their visit to Moscow, as the media was barred from the closed-door meetings, much to the delight of the “gloating” Russians.
Sen Ron Johnson has been the most outspoken when defending Trump. So much so that during an interview on Meet the Press in October 2019, he announced that he doesn’t trust the FBI or the CIA—a clear admission that he does however trust the GRU and his Russian comrades. Today, the eight republicans that came back from Russia, show all the signs of a Russian GRU sleeper cell. It would explain why they’re all regurgitating Russian GRU propaganda to the American people.
Hunter Biden’s Boses ran to Russia because they are Russians .
Do you really believe 1000’s of FAKE RUSSIAN Ads and stories on FACEBOOK and TWITTER platforms will change ANYBODY’s mind?? You are living in a FANTASY! Don’t you know that the BIGGER influence is the FAKE NEWS generated by the MSM, who are HAMMERING Trump and Pushing Biden DAILY on NATIONWIDE TV and RADIO and INTERNET, whose platforms are 1000 times larger!! So basically, you’re saying that a handful of RUSSIANS will be SUCCESSFUL and give the election to Our Man Trump – and 1000’s of TV, MOVIE and SPORTS personalities SCREAMING and LAUGHING for YEARS about Trump LOSING will NOT be SUCCESSFUL!!! DO YOU HAVE A BRAIN?? When are YOU going to FACE the FACT that WE AMERICANS voted for Our Champion and Chief in 2016 and put him in the WHITE HOUSE and we will vote him in again in 2020, Russia has nothing to do with it! GET OVER IT!!
@Emsley Wyatt I was referring to Lisa Page the corrupt FBI lawyer that was cheating on her husband with fellow FBI agent Peter strozk who were illegally spying on the Trump campaign and got caught..
I do not know if this is true, but it would certainly explain alot about this president, his administration, and barr himself. Do hope the TRUTH comes out for America, before it’s to late. The division that perpetrates from this president is more than questionable.
@The Truth
“You democrats”
Most of them, like the original poster, aren’t even Americans.
Trump lacks a lot of things, but criminal friends isn’t one of them.
For sure not associated with the criminals.
@wiremantw Freedom & Liberty Forever 👍👍👍👍👍you are spot on.
@Todd Toure let’s not talk about Biden, Pelosi, Penguin Nadler, Pencil Neck, Obama, Hillary and husband, Cuomo etc etc etc.
These are the criminals/corrupt.
Those who don’t know what’s happening is Biden and the democrats including you morons.
Those who make things happen is President Trump.
The truth hurts.
Trump2020 landslide.
I still believe Russia (big financial friend of the King & his Family) will enter the USA (with the help of the King & his Court) before the 2020 Election & Stop it – promote the King from President to Dictator over the entire USA – even more of a big surprise than COVID-19. The King wants more than just on term in office – I believe he wants a lot of office terms with extreme power & wealth (from the 30 billionaires & wealthy Republicans, etc. who Did support him & the Family). You can be quite sure they will be Stopped from leaving the USA). The Democratic Party still does not get it & dreams he will be gone like all the rest & Uncle Joe will be the new President but the King has support from other countries that probably go back to the wealthy Father in New York – who knows how many military bases were built by him (contractors from other countries like say Israel, etc.) in Russia? When Russia does take over most of Congress – many of the important Republicans will be put in jail right away like say the Postmaster General, AG, top official in the Department of Health & Human Services, individual Republican State people etc. Do you think for one minute Russia will support these people? They might do the same thing to them what they did to the USA. If Russia does enter the USA – I believe there will first be a complete & total power blackout of the USA including all communication (internet, radio, TV, hacking of many online bank accounts, etc.) through connections with this corrupt Republican Party & take it from there with COVID-19 running wild just what will happen to the USA after that before the 2020 Election – This is the best time for all this to happen & not after the King gets reelected by say a fixed illegal Post Office sorting mail machine, etc. because there is more of a chance the King & the Family will be bumped off by others like VP Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, etc. doing it (they should have jumped ship already from this corrupt Republican Party) at the right time like what happened to JFK & his brother in the past. COVID-19 was a big surprise to the USA with the help of the King. But Russia entering will be even a bigger surprise to the USA & the world if this does happen. For sure there will be no investigation on how this all happened by the King’s own private AG, etc.
You do realize that CNN and MSNBC are trying to get the HARRIS Administration elected, right??
Trump is a threat to all healthy humanity!
You do realize that CNN and MSNBC are trying to get the HARRIS Administration elected, right??
You do realize that the Russia Collusion narrative was PROVEN FALSE!
@Terry Lazar 🤣🤣🤣🤣 you will acknowledge him as your PRESIDENT again very very soon
Obama , Biden and Hillary bombing innocent women and children in nations not even at war with the USA was not harmful to them none were killed ?
Hunter Biden’s Boses ran to Russia because they are Russians .
I believe Trump and the entire GOP is compromised by Russia.
@Nancy M Ross says The communist
@Robert Hawksley lol
You do realize that CNN and MSNBC are trying to get the HARRIS Administration elected, right??
You do realize that the Russia Collusion narrative was PROVEN FALSE!
I believe all demon crats are blind puppets in the hands of satan. You are ALL FOOLS!! PRESIDENT TRUMP 2020 AND BEYOND. M.A.G.A.
GOP Sens. Ron Johnson and Marsha Blackburn, AKA Moscow Marsha, are tied to Russian money and Trump conspiracy theories. Going back to her 2007 meeting with Russian diplomat Igor Matveev, Marsha Blackburn has a more than decade-long history of meeting with Russian nationals on Tennessee soil.
At least a dozen Republican congressional campaigns used materials stolen from Democrats by Russian hackers during the 2016 election. Several other Republican campaigns received millions in contributions from an oligarch with close ties to Putin.
It’s becoming abundantly clear, that Trump and republicans are now owned by Russians. They receive their funding from Russians, and then they receive their marching orders from Russians. That’s how it works whenever you’ve been completely bought and paid for, and fully compromised..
Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of Rudy, received a $1 million payment from Russia and tried to hide it from investigators, prosecutors have now stated. Trump denies knowing Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, even though they have attended events at his properties, and they have posed in multiple photos with Trump.
Parnas, who was charged with illegally funneling foreign cash to Republican politicians, including a pro-Trump super PAC, received $1 million from a mysterious account in Russia in September, which he conveniently forgot disclose to the government.
Lev Parnas paid Rudy $500,000. The mysterious payment from Russia should not be a surprise considering that all roads lead to Putin and Russia when it comes to Trump.
Prosecutors say Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman donated larger sums of money to Republicans in an effort to enlist them in their effort to oust then-Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, who testified that she was recalled after a smear campaign by Rudy. Along with their work with Rudy, Parnas and Fruman are accused of meeting at Trump’s Washington hotel to discuss a Ukraine gas deal linked to Yovanovitch’s removal.
Parnas was throwing Russian money at Republicans like beads at Mardi Gras to any republican that was willing to expose themselves to him. A handful of Republican campaign committees received nearly $500,000 from Parnas and Fruman..
Prosecutors say that they “conspired to circumvent the federal laws against foreign influence by engaging in a scheme to funnel foreign money to candidates for federal and state office so that the defendants could buy potential influence with candidates, campaigns and the candidates’ governments.”
In 2018, Parnas and Fruman donated directly to Texas GOP Rep. Pete Sessions. Fruman also gave to SC. GOP Rep. Joe Wilson and to a joint fundraising committee tied to Florida Gov. Rick Scott in his successful bid for Senate. Both Sessions and Wilson have acknowledged meeting with both men.
Fruman and Parnas also gave to other joint fundraising committees, which drew more GOP lawmakers. FEC records show that 22 other Republicans who were lawmakers at the time received contributions from Fruman, who misspelled his last name as “Furman” in filings in “a further effort to hide the source of the funds and to evade federal reporting requirements,” according to the indictment..
Tom Petty I’ve been wondering that and waiting for some response from them since 2016! If we can figure it out as private citizens with no access to secret stuff for gods sakes why are they silent?
David J Man this gets more interesting day by day. Netflix must be chomping at the bit to get production rights
You do realize that CNN and MSNBC are trying to get the HARRIS Administration elected, right??
MJB For Trump Could get interesting for 45 with the passing of RBG. Will the senate wait or rush for a confirmation?
@DMC POPO Not sure! However, she was a LEFT leaning member of the court, so almost anyone would be an improvement to keep our Constitution in tact. We need Constitutional conservatives on the court!
Bill Barr is not your average AG. He’s a mob lawyer.
He learned from the best-bill Clinton
@Mike McConnell Do you really believe 1000’s of FAKE RUSSIAN Ads and stories on FACEBOOK and TWITTER platforms will change ANYBODY’s mind?? You are living in a FANTASY! Don’t you know that the BIGGER influence is the FAKE NEWS generated by the MSM, who are HAMMERING Trump and Pushing Biden DAILY on NATIONWIDE TV and RADIO and INTERNET, whose platforms are 1000 times larger!! So basically, you’re saying that a handful of RUSSIANS will be SUCCESSFUL and give the election to Our Man Trump – and 1000’s of TV, MOVIE and SPORTS personalities SCREAMING and LAUGHING for YEARS about Trump LOSING will NOT be SUCCESSFUL!!! DO YOU HAVE A BRAIN?? When are YOU going to FACE the FACT that WE AMERICANS voted for Our Champion and Chief in 2016 and put him in the WHITE HOUSE and we will vote him in again in 2020, Russia has nothing to do with it! GET OVER IT!!
@Mike McConnell I was just kidding. I would never do anything like that. But it was so good to read how nice you were. Reaffirms my faith in mankind. Peace
Yes indeed he is. Blatantly glaring what it is
@MJB For Trump testy aren’t we?
Let me start with the fact that I have been following trump for 40years. I’ve seen how much of an a..hole he is. I personally know people he has screwed because he didn’t want to pay them for their services or goods. Over 300 businesses in Atlantic city sued him and won but after years in court, the judge got tired of his bull and trump then decided to file for bankruptcy so they only got paid pennies on the dollar and he walked away with 60 million dollars. Listen to Mary Trump. That’s him to a T.
I could go on and on about what I know but let me get to your response.
I’ve heard many trump supporters who solely base their info from Facebook or Twitter. One was so dumb that he wanted to get to the bottom of why Obama wasn’t in the oval office doing something about 9/11 when it happened. There is an amazing amount of stupidity in the United States. There is also an amazing amount of bigotry in the US. 2 weeks ago I saw a bumper sticker on a car that said “I love that I’m white”. Right next to that was a trump 2020 sticker. Inflaming people isn’t to hard and these people don’t want to hear the truth. Unfortunately one of my brothers is such a person. He refuses to see proof of what I say. He’s not dumb but I know Twitter and Facebook are two sources he uses for his arguments. If you think about how it’s done, it seems to people like it’s coming from credible sources. You need to fact check everything. I don’t care who says it, I check for myself. I tried to point my brother towards .Gov sites but he won’t do it. What he gets from his sites and Facebook etc. is all he cares about. There are plenty of websites that the Russians are running. I heard an interview about a writer didn’t know he was writing for one of them. He knew of some of the writers that were supposed to be writing for this supposed US site till he saw the name of another writer he knew personally. So he called him. He knew nothing about it. They made it all up.
You need to smarten up. You’re getting duped.
He’s been a Russian asset all along. I don’t believe Putin has anything incriminating against him.
He wants to be just like Putin. But he’s too stupid.
Love to see how ignorant and desperate you people are…Trump will absolutely annihilate your Walking Corpse
I still think there might be a pee pee tape, which isn’t incriminating, but it’s a pee pee tape.
Once Putin is finished with Trumpf,Orange agent will become sick from a nerve
source that is uranium based.Vote blue and early. Vote Biden.
Can you prove your beliefs? Or can you explain why you have those beliefs?
@Jurgen Pinkpank how do you know?
At the very least Trump is led by Putin, at the worst most of the GOP is…
You do realize that CNN and MSNBC are trying to get the HARRIS Administration elected, right??
You do realize that the Russia Collusion narrative was PROVEN FALSE!
its the worst.
@MJB For Trump you keep saying that, but your only defense is screaming like a child…
@Some Person EXCUSE ME!! Check out why I support Trump and why Trump is GOOD for AMERICA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5mVWfUjim4? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFANfCD-0Ys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEyltSKu6aQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui7Y9Z5HvOM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w1Ca5xwSIQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0djSbczl81s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFWqIIHY63k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaihuiT24Vg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZTuJHda2os https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFWqIIHY63k Here’s how racist Trump is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONcMiNch_RE BLM is being PROPPED UP by the FAKE NEWS MEDIA with LIES, because they believe in this Marxist, Anti-American Movement!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJb4xEPhiVQ
Autocrats use a countries laws to arrest people to silence dissenting opinion like Billy Barr is threatening.
@Michael Neal “Momma says, stupid is as stupid does” – Gump.
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You do realize that CNN and MSNBC are trying to get the HARRIS Administration elected, right??
You do realize that the Russia Collusion narrative was PROVEN FALSE!
@MJB For Trump no actually the Russian collusion thing was proven completely true. Please do try to keep up.
Compromised…. Trump and Putin are practically married!
@orecoast 1961 Agreed, but he certainly priming his moronic base for evil should he lose
Can you explain why?
@Chris Zerkel why does ancestry has to do with anything?
@orecoast 1961 .. who’s dead, lol
@De Z Dead???
A real American president would deal with Putin in a way that sends a message. WTF???
He is not a president. He is Putin’s puppet.
Like Obama did on that open mic?
@Johnny one No. Like Reagan did with Muammar Gadaffi. Maybe Trump just doesn’t have the time. He too busy trying to catch those cannibal pedophiles. Right?
And what message do you want sent? More war? War with a country that would end all civilization on earth? You’re a filthy warmonger and it’s people like you who are responsible for the bloodshed and violence in the world and in this country.
@Johnny one Thank you for your contribution, comrade.
William Barr should be stripped of his right to practice law. He is TOTALLY CORRUPTED AND A THREAT TO THE DEMOCRACY OF OUR COUNTRY.
@Thomas Thompson “Flout” is not the word you were searching your brain for. You meant “ignore” didn’t you?
He should be stripped of his right to practice freedom. He’s a traitor.
I don’t know where he got his law degree…. he needs to go give it back! 😳
@Super Tramp , I Agree. !!!
Thomas Thompson He will be under the “ bus “ soon! Just like his Flipping!
Master!!! 👍🏻🏴🇬🇧🇨🇦🤞
I bet you this Bill Barr and Donald Trump has plan to take U.S. like ” Dictator”
I said that from day one after he was elected
Since all the generals despise him, fat chance of it ever happening.
Paul Ford Hope you are right!! 👍🏻🇨🇦
If that fool wins in November it will hand Amerikkka over to Putin/Russia no later than 2023.
I bet you are right👍👍👍👍
They’ve done nothing but deny, deflect and ignore. Wow
Bill Clinton Tactics 101
This is not a presidency. We’re occupied by a crime family. So many laws broken, with no consequence. I doubt there will be an election. I’ve doubted it for over three years.
tRumPutin does everything he can to remove anyone who’s not loyal to him, a very vindictive sociopath.
IT’S A LOT MORE COMPLICATED THEM THAT Russians ARE LOOKING FOR MUCH MORE AND MR TRUMP DOESN’T CARE ABOUT ARE COUNTRY. HES ONLY CARE. WHAT IS CONVENIENT FOR HIMSELF
TRUMP HAS RUSSIAN WIVES AND RUSSIAN CHILDREN and RUSSIAN MONEY…….YEP…. HE IS A RUSSIAN
Trump and Barr are gaslighting the American people.
How? And what secrets are we selling the Russians? You guys are too dumb. Maybe President Trump outted a few Cabal rings of terror.
Nomore Illegals please trump is not selling secrets, he’s giving them to his fuckbuddy putin.
@Nomore Illegals please American banks would no longer deal with trump because of his criminality. So he went to Russia. They own him. If President Obama had done that your head would spin…
We are living in scary times when our president is being controlled by another government.
Do you actually believe this nonsense?
@dave matthews UNFORTUNATELY IS COMPLETELY TRUE. WE ARE IN A BIG TROUBLE RIGHT NOW I HOPE WE CAN ESCAPE FROM Russia HANDS.YOU BETTER WAKE-UP. UNFORTUNATELY IS HAPPENING!!!!
dave matthews How do YOU explain his constant adulation of Putin & refusal time take action against him?
Doesn’t the DOJ have an “Independent Inspector General”??? Hello… Is anybody there? Hello??? Is anybody home…..😳