FBI Analyst Admits to Illegally Spying on Conspiracy Theorist/Critic and Offering Those Emails to the Press, to Protect Mueller

Trust the Deep State.

A former analyst for the FBI admitted Tuesday to copying the private emails of a conservative conspiracy theorist and sharing them with his superiors while his wife offered them to the press.

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Tolson's wife, Sarah Gilbert Fox, worked for Burkman from October 2017 to early summer 2018 and had access to his email, according to a statement of facts. Tolson learned in October that Burkman, who gained prominence for conspiracy theories about the death of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, was planning a news conference claiming that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III committed sexual assault. The woman never appeared, and Mueller asked the FBI to examine claims that she was offered money to fabricate the accusation. Burkman has denied offering anyone money for testimony.

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On Nov. 1, 2018, Tolson emailed an FBI official to request a meeting on an "urgent" matter, according to the statement of facts. They met later that day, and Tolson handed over an envelope containing the emails, which he believed might be "illegal."

A culture of corruption.

I had been assured that these institutions so inculcated the virtues of integrity and honesty that crimes like this could never happen, and to even suggest they could would be maligning tens of thousands of straight-shooters and Almost Treason.

posted by Ace of Spades at 07:07 PM

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