Thread by @moscow_project

The House Judiciary Committee's first hearing on the (redacted) Mueller report is starting now. Watch it live here: c-span.org/video/?461399-…

https://twitter.com/HouseJudiciary/status/1138140641727254528

.@RepJerryNadler starts off by highlighting the many secret contacts between the Trump campaign and Kremlin-linked operatives. Here's our full list of all 272 contacts, including 38 meetings:
themoscowproject.org/explainers/tru…

@RepJerryNadler "We were attacked by a foreign adversary. The Trump campaign took full advantage of that attack as it took place."
-.@RepJerryNadler
Here's our breakdown of how they did so:
themoscowproject.org/explainers/a-c…

@RepJerryNadler Doug Collins claims House Democrats aren't prioritizing election security.
One problem: They've passed bills to secure our elections. It's the Senate Republicans who are refusing to pass them. thehill.com/homenews/senat…

@RepJerryNadler .@JohnWDean begins by arguing that the Mueller report, like the Watergate "Road Map," should be considered an impeachment referral.
We agree. Read our analysis here: themoscowproject.org/dispatch/muell…

@RepJerryNadler @JohnWDean .@JohnWDean highlights how Trump, like Nixon, has dangled pardons for potential key witnesses, something even Bill Barr has acknowledged could constitute obstruction of justice: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/ba…

@RepJerryNadler @JohnWDean .@JoyceWhiteVance: "If I was assessing that evidence as to a person other than a sitting president ... the facts in that report would be sufficient to prove all of the elements necessary to charge multiple counts of obstruction of justice."
Read more here:
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@RepJerryNadler @JohnWDean @JoyceWhiteVance .@JoyceWhiteVance sums it up: "If you or I had committed this conduct, we would have been charged by now."

As John Malcolm claims that Trump didn't have a "nefarious purpose" in obstructing the Russia investigation, a reminder: Trump pressured Comey to stop investigating Mike Flynn, then said *on television* that he fired Comey to stop the Russia investigation.
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Barbara McQuade: "The obstruction described in the report posed a risk to national security because it was designed to prevent investigators from learning about an attack on our country by a foreign adversary"—an attack Trump still hasn't condemned.
theatlantic.com/international/…

.@RepDougCollins cites Bill Barr's claim that Mueller didn't rely on the OLC memo in his decision not to charge Trump. If the report wasn't clear enough, Mueller himself told us at his press conference that Barr's claim was blatantly false.
washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…

Reminder: Mueller did, in fact, find collusion. Here are just a few examples:
themoscowproject.org/dispatch/yes-m…

"This conduct to me seems to have all the elements prosecutors would need to have to successfully charge obstruction of justice."
-@JoyceWhiteVance on Trump's efforts to get Mueller removed form the investigation

.@replouiegohmert uses a long Watergate wind-up to bring up president's new favorite conspiracy theory, Spygate—never mind that it's been repeatedly debunked, including by officials in the Trump administration. thinkprogress.org/fox-news-donal…

.@Jim_Jordan brings up Michael Cohen's lies to Congress, notably failing to mention that those lies were specifically meant to protect Trump.
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@Jim_Jordan .@Jim_Jordan demands an investigation into "unwarranted" surveillance on Trump's team, which didn't happen. There was, however, warranted surveillance of a former aide Russian spies once tried to recruit, who openly bragged about advising the Kremlin.

https://twitter.com/moscow_project/status/1135954758865498112

@Jim_Jordan .@RepTedDeutch notes that Trump asked Don McGahn, in his capacity as White House Counsel, to create a false official record designed to dispute reports about his efforts to fire Mueller. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/0…

@Jim_Jordan @RepTedDeutch Every time one of Trump's accomplices talks about the president's supposed cooperation, remember: Trump and his lawyers spent *two years* avoiding letting him testify before Mueller.

@Jim_Jordan @RepTedDeutch .@RepMcClintock repeats the blatantly false idea that the Russia investigation was based on the Steele Dossier, something Mueller debunks in literally the third paragraph of his report.
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@Jim_Jordan @RepTedDeutch @RepMcClintock "That, I think, deserves our attention: That the president, in order to save himself, was willing to forego any investigation into what Russia had done to this country."
-@JoyceWhiteVance

"He wanted Robert Mueller not to examine why and how Russia interfered in our election. That was a threat to our national security, and it is a failure of his duty as president of the United States."
-@BarbMcQuade

.@JoyceWhiteVance runs down the various ways people in Trump's circle obstructed the investigation, including lying, destroying records, and refusing to cooperate with investigators—something the White House continues to encourage witnesses to do. washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…

@JoyceWhiteVance .@JoyceWhiteVance on Trump's efforts to limit Mueller to investigating future interference:
"We essentially have a president saying, 'Maybe I've robbed banks in the past, but I don't want you to look at that. I just want you to investigate whether I rob any banks in the future.'"

@JoyceWhiteVance "There is abundant evidence of collusion in this record."
-@JoyceWhiteVance
We agree. Here are some of the highlights: themoscowproject.org/dispatch/yes-m…