Thread by @HoarseWisperer

Reading between the lines of the comments by House Dems who have read the whistleblower complaint:

The WB didn’t register alarm over an incident witnessed. They offered a fact pattern of a conspiracy and provided a de facto roadmap for investigating it.

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Now, who has the chops to craft that kind of presentation?

Someone with experience in the DOJ, a prosecutor’s office, or law enforcement maybe.

We can rule out law enforcement (eg the FBI) probably.

That leaves someone with time in the DOJ as the most likely answer IMHO.

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How would they have access to White House call detail though?

Coulda been there, been told, or had access through an investigation where they were relevant.

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All of which brings me back to my earlier comment today:

William Barr shuttered an array of ongoing investigations inside the DOJ after he closed down Mueler’s office.

One of those investigations may not have gone to the grave so easily though.

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I mean, if you were working on an investigation and found it suddenly shuttered for illegitimate reasons by the head of the DOJ, where would you go?

The only place left is Congress.

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If memory serves, the Eastern District of New York has handled a number of cases involving Ukrainian criminal activity.

A member of Mueller’s team came from and returned to EDNY, if I recall correctly.

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I dunno. Just speculating but it would seem safe to assume the author has some gravitas, understands the terrain around Justice matters, and was more than a low-level person in the room.

I’m guessing this whistleblower went to Congress as much to go around Barr as to nail Trump.