Rand Paul Calls for Investigation of Obama Officials Colluding Against Trump : 'Worse than Watergate!'
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Thursday called for an investigation about “high ranking Obama government officials” who might have worked together to stop  the election of President Trump .
“Time to investigate high ranking Obama government officials who might have colluded to prevent  the election of @realDonaldTrump ! This could be WORSE than Watergate!”
Time to investigate high ranking Obama government officials who might have colluded to prevent  the election of @realDonaldTrump ! This could be WORSE than Watergate! — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 21  2017
Paul’s call adds a high-profile voice to the chorus of Republicans who are calling for a special counsel to investigate whether Obama officials tried to stop Trump’s election  in the face of mounting evidence.
So far  congressional investigators have found out that the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee paid for  the Trump dossier   through their law firm Perkins Coie. Clinton campaign and DNC officials have denied knowing about it. Perkins Coie initially denied funding  the dossier   before they were forced to admit  it  after the House intelligence committee subpoenaed for financial records.
 The dossier  was then given to the FBI in the summer  when  the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign  began  and when  it  applied for a surveillance warrant to spy on  Trump  campaign adviser Carter Page. Congressional investigators are finding out whether the dossier — an unconfirmed piece of anti-Trump opposition research — was used as evidence to launch  the investigation  and get a spy warrant.
Around that same time  senior FBI official Peter Strzok — who played a major role on the Clinton email investigation  watered down language that exonerated her from wrongdoing  and signed off on the FBI’s initial Russia probe — discussed in deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe’s office the possibility of Trump’s election. “I’m afraid we can’t take that risk ” he had texted another FBI official with whom he was having an extramarital affair. He was later assigned to Robert Mueller’s special counsel  but was removed in July over those and hundreds of other anti-Trump texts.
As Republicans in Congress have learned these revelations  Democrats have tried to bring attention to Robert Mueller’s special counsel  arguing that Republicans and  President Trump  are trying to shut it down  despite  him  recently saying  he  had no intention of doing so.
Recently  the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee  Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)  argued that there is already proof in “plain sight” that  the Trump campaign  colluded  and the special counsel had to continue  in order to prove  it  beyond a reasonable doubt.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Thursday called for an investigation about “high ranking Obama government officials” who might have worked together to stop  the election of [TGT] .
“Time to investigate high ranking Obama government officials who might have colluded to prevent  the election of [TGT] ! This could be WORSE than Watergate!”
Time to investigate high ranking Obama government officials who might have colluded to prevent  the election of [TGT] ! This could be WORSE than Watergate! — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 21  2017
Paul’s call adds a high-profile voice to the chorus of Republicans who are calling for a special counsel to investigate whether Obama officials tried to stop Trump’s election  in the face of mounting evidence.
So far  congressional investigators have found out that the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee paid for  [TGT]through their law firm Perkins Coie. Clinton campaign and DNC officials have denied knowing about it. Perkins Coie initially denied funding  [TGT]before they were forced to admit  [TGT]  after the House intelligence committee subpoenaed for financial records.
 [TGT]was then given to the FBI in the summer  when  the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign  began  and when  [TGT]  applied for a surveillance warrant to spy on  Trump  campaign adviser Carter Page. Congressional investigators are finding out whether [TGT] — an unconfirmed piece of anti-Trump opposition research — was used as evidence to launch  the investigation  and get a spy warrant.
Around that same time  senior FBI official Peter Strzok — who played a major role on the Clinton email investigation  watered down language that exonerated her from wrongdoing  and signed off on the FBI’s initial Russia probe — discussed in deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe’s office the possibility of Trump’s election. “I’m afraid we can’t take that risk ” he had texted another FBI official with whom he was having an extramarital affair. He was later assigned to Robert Mueller’s special counsel  but was removed in July over those and hundreds of other anti-Trump texts.
As Republicans in Congress have learned these revelations  Democrats have tried to bring attention to Robert Mueller’s special counsel  arguing that Republicans and  President Trump  are trying to shut it down  despite  him  recently saying  he  had no intention of doing so.
Recently  the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee  Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)  argued that there is already proof in “plain sight” that  the Trump campaign  colluded  and the special counsel had to continue  in order to prove  it  beyond a reasonable doubt.