President Trump somewhat famously (MSNBC) referred to the "oranges" of the FBI's investigation of the 2016 presidential election, which morphed into the Special Counsel or "Mueller" investigation. These oranges are gambling casino slot machine symbols. The proverbial "one-armed bandit."



It's easy to make the connection, and perfectly understandable that the President preferred to innovate with "oranges" instead of the more conventional "origins" in that context. He was Thinking Outside of the Box. The box of oranges. Because he's been, among other things, a gambling casino magnate. It's also possible that there's a connection with one of the nation's "hush-hush" intel (intelligence) agencies, and a classified briefing that came to his desk in the Oval Office with Top Secret information from Agent Orange.

But that's neither here nor there. What we do know, according to a new report in Politico, is that Christopher Steele was "grilled" to the tune (or temperature?) of 16 hours as part of a DOJ IG-led investigation into the aforementioned "oranges."

quote Christopher Steele, the former British spy behind the infamous “dossier” on President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia, was interviewed for 16 hours in June by the Justice Department’s internal watchdog, according to two people familiar with the matter. The interview is part of an ongoing investigation that the Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, has been conducting for the past year. Specifically, Horowitz has been examining the FBI’s efforts to surveil a one-time Trump campaign adviser based in part on information from Steele, an ex-British MI6 agent who had worked with the bureau as a confidential source since 2010.

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"Trump dossier author Steele gets 16-hour DOJ grilling"

quote The interview was contentious at first, according to two people familiar with the matter, but investigators ultimately found his testimony credible and even surprising.

Natasha Bertrand for Politico; June 9, 2019.
https://www.politico.com/st...-dossier-doj-1403318

[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 07-10-2019).]

You say Origins, and I say Oranges
You say Mule'r and I say Mull'er
Origins, Oranges, Mule'r, Mull'er,
Let's call the whole thing off


I think the President would kind of dig that performance. A "rinsel-tune." Fortunately (for all), I have not the energy or focus to work on completing this "opus."

"Wider is Better"... but it's not a revival of this old and mostly forgotten tag line from the very "late" Pontiac division of General Motors.

It's Attorney General William Barr and that little ol' investigation into the "oranges" of the FBI probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, that eventually morphed into the Mueller Investigation after President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey.

The investigation, according to an NBC News report, is now "wider."

"AG Barr expands mysterious review into origin of Russia investigation"
Ken Dilanian, Julia Ainsley and Tom Winter, for NBC News; October 19, 2019.
https://www.nbcnews.com/pol...vestigation-n1068971

There's some video.

There is a lot of speculation....

quote Originally posted by olejoedad: There is a lot of speculation....

EVERYTHING that Democrats accuse you of, they are GUILTY. There’s your answer. You’e welcome.

As the IG and the AG have been very close-lipped about their investigations, and virtually no leaking from associates has been taking place, nearly everything in the media is speculation.

quote Originally posted by olejoedad: As the IG and the AG have been very close-lipped about their investigations, and virtually no leaking from associates has been taking place, nearly everything in the media is speculation.

When you have leaks, you have a compromised process. When you have NO leaks, you have an investigation being conducted properly.