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Julie Kelly
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While Michael Atkinson gets the Robert Mueller treatment in the media, journos are overlooking the IC IGs ties to key figures in Obama DOJ involved with the Trump-Russia collusion hoax and Flynn set-up. My piece here: amgreatness.com/2019/09/30/ins…
From July 2016 until November 2017, Atkinson was the senior counsel for John Carlin then Mary McCord. Both headed the National Security Division which played a crucial role in the Trump-Russia collusion probe. Carlin was getting updates from McCabe in summer of 2016...
Carlin’s shop oversees the DOJ FISA process so helped facilitate the FISA warrant on Carter Page.

Did Atkinson, as Carlin’s top lawyer, know about the collusion probe and/or the Page FISA?

amgreatness.com/2019/09/30/ins…
Atkinson then worked for Mary McCord after Carlin resigned. McCord accompanied Sally Yates to meet White House counsel Don McGahn in Jan 2017 to warn that Flynn might have violated Logan Act (Lol) and could be “blackmailed” by the Russians.

Did Atkinson know about the briefing?
Both Carlin and McCord have offered effusive praise for Atkinson in the media.

Also why did Atkinson notify House Intelligence and not Senate Intelligence, the committee that confirmed him?

amgreatness.com/2019/09/30/ins…
Schiff tweeted about the central accusation in the “whistleblower” claim on August 28, just 2 weeks after the report was filed. Did Schiff have it before the DNI even had a chance to review?

Lots of questions
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Julie Kelly
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Oh look Andy McCabe commending IC IG Michael Atkinson—

Not a shock since McCabe routinely briefed Atkinson’s boss in the Obama DOJ, John Carlin, about the Trump-Russia collusion probe as I wrote here:

amgreatness.com/2019/09/30/ins…
I wonder if Atkinson, since he was still a senior counsel in the DOJ when McCabe was FBI acting director and opened up a criminal obstruction of justice case against a sitting US president, knew what was going on?

Lots of questions:

amgreatness.com/2019/09/30/ins…
As @DanProft pointed out this morning, it’s possible Atkinson accepted the job with the intention of acting in a fair, nonpartisan way.

But his handling of the “whistleblower” complaint, particularly his letters to Schiff instead of Senate Intelligence, warrants skepticism.
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Julie Kelly
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So now would be a good time to see the original IC IG form completed by the “whistleblower” with name redacted. Everyone now preening how the “whistleblower” form wasn’t changed (it was) or that the “whistleblower” checked off “first-hand” knowledge box hasn’t seen the evidence.
I’m going to help my Twitter friends make sense of IC IG news release since I see that the intellectually lazy NeverTrumpers already are lying about it.

After much obfuscation (which NeverTrump fell for—again) the IC IG ADMITS the forms were changed. In fact, the office says...
“The ICIG...has developed three new forms. The new forms do not require whistleblowers to possess first-hand knowledge in order to file a complaint or information with respect to an urgent concern.”

Here’s the kicker, folks:
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Julie Kelly
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Michael Atkinson, IC IG who claimed an error-riddled report from a complainant with no first-hand info, was of “urgent concern” should never have been appointed by Trump.

As senior counsel in Obama DOJ in 2016-17, he worked directly with two officials... amgreatness.com/2019/09/30/ins…
involved in DOJ investigation into Trump campaign. John Carlin, Atkinson’s boss at DOJ NSD, facilitated the FISA on Carter Page, received regular updates from McCabe on collusion case.

Atkinson went to work for Carlin THE SAME MONTH Comey officially opened Crossfire Hurricane.
“In Sept 2016, Carlin moderated an NSD event that featured Comey, former AG Loretta Lynch, former CIA Director John Brennan and White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough. Carlin abruptly resigned shortly thereafter amid controversy related to his handling of FISA material.”
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