John Fund: Will the media ask questions about an FBI cover-up or become complicit in it?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/03/donald-trump-russia-steve-bannon-michael-wolff
Trump Tower meeting with Russians 'treasonous', Bannon says in explosive book
Former White House strategist quoted in Fire and Fury, by Michael Wolff, as saying: ‘They’re going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV’
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/30/politics/george-papadopoulos-russia-investigation-white-house-donald-trump/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/30/us/politics/how-fbi-russia-investigation-began-george-papadopoulos.html?smid=tw-share&mtrref=t.co
NYT: Papadopoulos told Australian diplomat Russia had dirt on Clinton
George Papadopoulos told an Australian diplomat that Russia had "political dirt" on Hillary Clinton in May of last year, a conversation that might have played a role in the FBI's decision to open an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, according to a report published Saturday.
Regardless of my speculations Steele used Russian sources to compile his dossier. He then went to the FBI late in 2016 with his OP research that was funded and giving to the DNC. That is a campaign rules violation yet FBI retained Steele until he was outed as the source. Again Steele went to DOJ official Bruce Ohr whose wife worked for Fusion during the campaign - that doesn't look good for the DOJ either.
For the FBI there are the texts messages from Strzok - that makes it rather clear there were anti-Trump discussion going on within the FBI that included Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe. This is not good for the FBI.
If the gist is that Trump colluded with Russia is it then not possible that domestic political influence is attempting to derail the Trump campaign/election?
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/politics/comey-loretta-lynch-clinton-tarmac-meeting/index.html
Comey concerned over Lynch-Clinton meeting
Last year's now-infamous airport tarmac meeting between then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton was a crucial moment for FBI Director James Comey, he said Wednesday, marking the moment he decided that the Department of Justice was not capable of an independent investigation into Hillary Clinton.