Former Rep. Mike Rogers, who is reportedly being considered as Donald Trump's nominee to head the FBI if Chris Wray is fired, is accused of spreading Russiagate and overseeing FISA. has a history of supporting.
Mr. Rogers, the former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, is reportedly the leading candidate to replace Mr. Wray as FBI director. He served as a Michigan Republican until January 2015, when he turned to media work and hosted events. CNN program It is called “Declassification,'' which focuses on American intelligence issues. Since leaving Congress, he has befriended the intelligence community and worked with various groups that perpetuated the Russiagate scandal against President Trump.
Rogers ran for the Senate in 2024, but lost by a narrow margin to Democrat Elissa Slotkin. While attending a celebration for President-elect Donald Trump, campaign rally Despite having the former president's support, Mr. Rogers was not necessarily an ardent supporter. He was also an advisor to a group promoting Russian election interference theories. (Related: President Trump reportedly final FBI nominee, marking key battle between deep state and loyalists)
In the midst of Russiagate in 2017; German Marshall Fund (GMF) launched “Alliance to Secure Democracy” (ASD) aims to address allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
According to GMF, ASD was spearheaded by Hillary Clinton's former foreign policy adviser Laura Rosenberger during the 2016 presidential campaign. ASD has established an advisory board that includes neocon and no Trumper Bill Kristol and Jake Sullivan, Joe Biden's future national security adviser. Rogers was one of the advisors who worked directly with them.
. @MikeBenzCyber The collapse of the FBI director race and the true identity of Mike Rogers pic.twitter.com/mqdk7taEGx
— Bannons WarRoom (@Bannons_WarRoom) November 19, 2024
GMF is funded by various left-wing groups, including George Soros' Open Society Foundations, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Brookings Institution, and Google. ASD's major donors in 2023 are: William + Flora Hewlett Foundation; Klarman Family Foundation; of sandler foundation and Bernard and Ann Spitzer Charitable Trust. Influence Watch described all of these foundations as large donors to either “center-left” or “center-left nonprofits.”
ASD advised by Rogers launched of hamilton 68 dashboard — now hamilton 2.0 — Specifically, 600 Twitter accounts “associated with online Russian influence activities” to “track Russian influence activities.” This project became the basis for many projects news coverage Contains articles about suspected Russian influence washington postlater published a correction.
Matt Taibbi called the project a “scam” in a Twitter file report. (Related: 'A singular subversive': Matt Gaetz was 'not hired by the FBI', disgraced FBI official claims)
“Hamilton 68 never made the list public, claiming that 'the Russians would just keep quiet'.” [the accounts] Down,” Taibbi wrote. “All the reporters and TV personalities making claims about 'Russian bots' had no idea what they were representing.”
11. Hamilton 68 did not publish the list, claiming that “the Russians would just keep quiet.” [the accounts] under. “All the reporters and TV personalities making claims about “Russian bots” had no idea what they were representing. pic.twitter.com/q89kuDPIIH
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 27, 2023
“I think we just need to call this out as bullshit,” the former tweeter said. executive According to an email obtained by Taibbi, Yoel Roth said of the dashboard in 2017:
“Many legitimate right-leaning accounts are falsely accusing them of being Russian bots,” Ross said. said By email in 2018.
In ASD's own words, “not all accounts are directly controlled by Russia.” Taibi noticed That is except for some Russia today “It was mostly filled with ordinary Americans, Canadians, and British people,'' one account says.
“It was a scam” Taibi concluded.
Mike Rogers, a former congressman and President Trump's aspiring FBI director, was a co-founder of the deep state Never Trump group.
The Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD), founded in 2017, has become a central figure in efforts to link President Donald Trump and his supporters to Russian interference. pic.twitter.com/E4ZXmMRXAf
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) November 19, 2024
Hamilton 68 helped fuel the Russian interference narrative, and it was a project of a group advised by Rogers. The website does not currently list him as: member.
Mr. Rogers has met with the Trump transition team about the possibility of a post as director of Foxx. reported. The newspaper reported that he was interviewed in 2017 after James Comey was fired.
“President-elect Trump is building another great administration to help the American people and make America great again,” said Chris Gustafson, press secretary for Mike Rogers. Chris Gustafson said in a statement to the Caller. “At this time, I will not be commenting on the next president's decision.”
Caller asked about Rogers' views on Russian interference in the 2016 election, whether Russian interference should be a key focus for the intelligence community and what he plans to do as FBI director.
The caller also asked whether Rogers believed former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper should still hold security clearance, but those questions were not answered.
Clapper signed a 2020 letter alleging the Hunter Biden laptop incident had the hallmarks of a “Russian intelligence operation,” but leaked the Steele dossier to CNN, according to a House Intelligence Committee report. He is said to have lied about doing so.
Mr. Rogers worked with Mr. Clapper at Harvard University and previously praised his “professionalism.”
“[Clapper] “He came in and brought a level of professionalism to the DNI,” Rogers said in a 2017 speech. “He brought a level of professionalism to the job that I think we'll never see disappear. It finally got rid of the wrinkles I had.” panel At the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics.
Although Mr. Rogers does not appear to have been directly involved in Hamilton 68, he has previously claimed that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. (Related: Justice Department launches investigation into Russian collusion allegations to combat foreign election influence)
“Our intelligence community has concluded that Russians interfered in the 2016 election,” he tweeted in 2017. “We should expect them to try to intervene again. This is a clear and present danger to our democracy.”
Our intelligence community has concluded that Russians interfered in the 2016 election. We have to hope they try the same thing again. It is a clear and present danger to our democracy.
— Mike Rogers (@MikeRogersForMI) November 12, 2017
He also co-authored an op-ed for the Washington Post on Russian cyber operations with former acting CIA director Michael Morell. of article He cited an ASD project that tracks Russian influence on social media.
“But to understand the breadth of Russia's activities, consider the messages spread by Kremlin-oriented accounts on Twitter, which cybersecurity and disinformation experts track as part of the German Marshall Fund. Please. Alliance for Securing Democracy” The article says:
Robert Mueller's investigation found no evidence to support claims that the Trump campaign “colluded with the Russians.” Notably, the FBI, the agency that Mr. Rogers may soon lead, played a central role in the Russian interference investigation.
The FBI relied on documents from Christopher Steele, a former member of British intelligence agency MI6. The Steele dossier accused former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page and others of colluding with the Kremlin to influence the 2016 election.
Wrong. Russia:
launched a sustained and increasingly aggressive cyber attack against us;
2016 election interference
Annexation of Crimea
shot down a commercial airliner
Support Assad in Syria
Invading Allied Georgia
Adversary killed in LondonShould I continue? https://t.co/vUm0rtHNSr
— Mike Rogers (@MikeRogersForMI) July 16, 2018
Rogers deplored the politicization of the investigation, without saying that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.
“The biggest shock to me in this whole thing was the total public denial that the Russians were trying to influence the election,” Rogers said during the panel discussion. “When you look at the entire history of Russian intelligence operations, including all the way back to Latin America, it's shocking to me why we should be surprised.” (Related: Russian media banned for “foreign meddling activities”)
But it's Harvard! Otaku scholar!
Yes, the Belfer Center is run by a former Army intelligence officer who was a gatekeeper to the Secretary of Defense.
Oh, and his unit was named the top intelligence unit for the entire U.S. military. By the CIA.https://t.co/qoml1taZGQ pic.twitter.com/G7xOWrWSfW
— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) December 22, 2022
Rogers has previously said the Patriot Act is needed. reform and Section 702 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) regulations have been “abused to spy on family members and political opponents.”
“Now you're looking at them. One analyst said we're going to go after Catholics because they could be in danger,” Rogers said in an interview. mentioned in. interview In response to the leak of an FBI memo targeting Catholics. “I can't think of anything more anti-American.”
But his record on civil liberties has come under scrutiny. he I voted I support the Patriot Act of 2001. extend It was 2011, and I voted Extends the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 into 2012.
My opponent in the Republican primary, Mike Rogers, is one of the chief opponents of American freedom. No lawmaker has done more to promote the surveillance state and attack the rights of its citizens. Hear his own words. ⬇️ https://t.co/VZADhzEIPl pic.twitter.com/PetYEuVz2f
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) July 4, 2024
Rogers also member of the Aspen Cybersecurity Institute. The Aspen Institute is a left-wing think tank. event “Anti-racist” activist Ibram X. Kendi. Furthermore, Rogers member He is a professor at the National Security Institute at George Mason University. chairman Member of the MITER Board of Directors. (Related: Biden administration reinstates Russian election interference bogeyman in time for November)
MITER is a military intelligence group that has received millions of dollars in funding from the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) within the past 12 months. According to Spending to the United States.
MITER is part of the Vaccine Credentials Initiative (VCI). vaccine passport It was called the SMART Health Card during the COVID-19 pandemic. Technology companies such as Microsoft, Oracle, and Amazon Web Services also participated.
Still, Mr. Rogers' candidacy for FBI director is clearly strengthened by the support of establishment-aligned Republican senators — Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn calls Mr. Rogers “a great guy.” I called it.
“I'm a big Mike Rogers fan and if there was an opening, I would choose him,” said Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins.
