Thread by @TheLastRefuge2

1) Want to pull a thread?....

Want to see the scale of DC corruption?...

Start with this question:

Why did Andrew Weissman release the Carter Page FISA application in July of 2018?

2) At the apex of the special counsel cover-up operation, Andrew Weissman released the Carter Page FISA application, using the ridiculous justification of a FOIA request.

foxnews.com/politics/doj-r…

3) No one asked "why"?

Everyone was so intoxicated by the first ever release of a TSCI FISA, they never paused to ask the question.

However, the answer reveals just how brutally corrupt the special counsel cover up operation was.

4) The FISA application was released, because it was the central focus of the James Wolfe criminal indictment.

Senate Intel Committee Security Director James Wolfe was busted leaking material from SSCI SCIF. Wolfe leaked the FISA application to journalist Ali Watkins.

5) The Wolfe leak of the FISA application was a very serious problem for both the special counsel and the SSCI.

So, before the DC US Attorney could put those charges into the official court record, Weissman found out and publicly released it.

6) Thereby the special counsel proactively undermined any criminal charge that would be levied against Mr. Wolfe, and subsequently, importantly, protected the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

7) Why did the Special Counsel need to protect James Wolfe from the consequences of his leaking the Carter Page FISA application?

8) Because James Wolfe was told to leak the Top Secret Classified FISA application by Senate Committee Vice-Chairman, Senator Mark Warner.

9) Why did Senator Mark Warner originally tell James Wolfe to leak the Carter Page FISA application to Ali Watkins?

10) ANSWER: Because SSCI Vice-Chairman Warner was trying desperately to get enough pressure in DC to appoint a special counsel.

The leak took place on March 17, 2017, amid the DC furor to get a Trump-Russia special counsel at all costs.

11) The special counsel was appointed, in part, due to the public pressure created by the open admission of an internal FBI investigation of President Trump, which *importantly* at the time of the leak (3/17/17), was still being denied.

12) It wasn't until (conveniently & not coincidentally) three days later on March 20, 2017, when FBI Director James Comey admitted before congress that yes, President Trump was actually under an open FBI investigation.

13) Fast forward to late 2017, early 2018, and the Wolfe FISA leak is now part of a criminal investigation and criminal indictment (unsealed June 7, 2018)

justice.gov/usao-dc/press-…

14) As soon as the Wolfe indictment was unsealed, the special counsel jumped into action to remove the most explosive element, the FISA leak, from any potential courtroom.

15) The fear was Wolfe wasn't about to go to prison for leaking a document he was told to leak.

The ramifications were tremendous for everyone, including the special counsel.

The revelation of a coordinated multi-branch effort to target Trump would crush the Weissman agenda.

16) Wolfe's lawyers knew how to leverage the fear within DC to get the best outcome for their client.

wsj.com/articles/forme…

17) Cunning Weissman knew by publicly releasing the FISA application, using the goofy and easily dismissible justification of a FOIA request, he could remove that element from the criminal case.

Which is exactly what happened. 👇👇

18) With that charge removed, the corrupt politicians within the Senate Intel Commitee, who were part of the Trump targeting operation, then used their power to protect the guy they used to conduct their leak operation.

19) The defense lawyers then leveraged the power of the SSCI co-conspirators to the benefit of their client.

20) And that my friends, is the reason why the top secret classified Carter Page FISA application was publicly released in July of 2018.

Now do you see how corrupt and enmeshed the special counsel operation really was?

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