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Kimberley Strassel @KimStrassel
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1) On this document fight, it is pretty simple. Democrats don't get to unilaterally release documents under executive privilege. We have rules and laws. You don't get to break them just because you "don't like" Donald Trump or his nominee.
2) If they choose to move ahead anyway, they should be held fully accountable, under both Senate rules, and the law
3) Wouldn't it be lovely if the Democrats now so concerned about "hidden" and "concealed" documents showed 1/4 as much interest in the docs that DOJ/FBI won't release about its Trump-Russia investigation.
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3) Magnitsky Act has been exceptionally painful for bad actors in the Putin regime, since it targets individuals. It is exceptionally hated in Putin circles, and one response has been to destroy the reputations of those who brought it to light...
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1) Those in the media who are exonerating the FBI by claiming it had no duty to warn Flynn about lying are (deliberately?) missing the point. Legal scholars note that the real question was whether Flynn understood the interview was taking place in an investigatory context.
2) Why does this matter? Because government officials talk to each other all the time, not as part of investigations. As the McCabe memo from that day itself makes clear, the initial part of his conversation with Flynn was about a training exercise.
3) So the FBI had a responsibility to explain to Flynn that he was being interviewed as part of an investigation into his actions. That McCabe suggested he didn't need a lawyer and that the agents chose not to give him all the facts so he would stay "relaxed" is the opposite.
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1) The information contained in the Flynn defense filing about FBI behavior is pretty concerning, and I encourage folks to read it themselves: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5526…
2) Remember, at this time, the FBI's investigation was still secret. Flynn did nothing wrong in contacting the ambassador, and had no reason to believe himself in legal jeopardy. Meanwhile, this was a man with 33 years of exceptional military service.
3) A paratrooper, Army Ranger, intelligence officer, three-star-general, and then National Security Adviser. That's a resume that earns you benefit of doubt. FBI had the transcripts of the ambassador conversation and could have just noted that and asked him about it.
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