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DOJ Releases Flynn FBI Interview Report (FD-302) by Joe Pientka and Peter Strzok... theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/06/06/doj… via @thelastrefuge2

Prosecutor Brandon Van Grack filed a cover letter attempting to explain the reason for the Flynn interview on January 24th, 2017, and a delay in the official filing of the interview notes (FD-302) on February 15th, 2017, and then another edit on May 31st, 2017.

To explain the FBI delay, Van Grack claimed the FD-302 report “inadvertently” had a header saying “DRAFT DOCUMENT/DELIBERATIVE MATERIAL”

What the special counsel appeared to be obfuscating was a process of deliberation within the investigative unit, headed by FBI Dep Dir Andrew McCabe, surrounding the specific wording of the 302 report on the Flynn interview. Likely how best to word FBI notes for maximum damage.

In late 2018 Prosecutor Brandon Van Grack was attempting to hide the length of the small group deliberations within the FBI. In hindsight it seems he did not want the court to know Andrew McCabe was involved in shaping how the Flynn-302 was written.

However, we know there was a deliberative process in place, seemingly all about how to best position the narrative, because we can see the deliberations in text messages between Lisa Page and Peter Strzok.

The text message conversation is dated February 14th, 2017.

The Michael Flynn FD-302 was officially entered into the record on February 15th, 2017, per the report.

The interview took place on January 24th, 2017. The FD-302 was drafted on January 24th, and then later edited, shaped, and ultimately approved by McCabe on February 14th, then entered into the official record on February 15th.

It was a deliberative document from the outset. Thanks to the Strzok/Page text messages we know the 2018 cover letter from the Special Counsel is misleading. The Feb 15th, 2017, date was the day after McCabe approved it (three weeks after the FBI interview).