THREAD: @charlie_savage needs some hand holding...
First paragraph: Two specific claims confirmed by IG report: Illegal FISA order (see today's FISA order) and "troubling breakdown of legal process." See whole darn IG report. 1/
First paragraph: Two specific claims confirmed by IG report: Illegal FISA order (see today's FISA order) and "troubling breakdown of legal process." See whole darn IG report. 1/
@charlie_savage 2/ Next three paragraphs. First 2 par. merely statements of facts, but third includes two more points @DevinNunes made that IG AND FISA confirmed: 1) that FISA court's dependent on government's production of all material and relevant facts; and 2) that includes favorable info.
@charlie_savage @DevinNunes 3/ continuation of paragraph adds another point Nunes got right as IG confirmed: DOJ/FBI had FOUR times to get the applications right, but didn't.
@charlie_savage @DevinNunes 4/ Moving on to the next section, several more facts Nunes nailed as confirmed by IG: 1) Dossier formed an essential part of application; 2) DOJ/FBI didn't disclose role of DNC/Clinton in funding Steele; 3) FBI had authorized paying Steele for same info.
@charlie_savage @DevinNunes 5/ And continuing: More Nunes' truthtelling as confirmed by IG: 1) FISA application cited extensively Yahoo news article; 2) it didn't corroborate b/c came fro Steele; 3) FISA incorrectly said Steele didn't provide to Yahoo News; 4) Steele admitted he did.
@charlie_savage @DevinNunes 6/ Yup, more truthtelling: Steele did lie re not disclosing b/c notes show he told State. And yup, breached cardinal rule of not breaching confidentiality--a point IG noted he should have been admonished on at start.
@charlie_savage @DevinNunes 7/ My goodness, this is getting boring. @charlie_savage could have just read the darn things, it's only what 6 pages? Oh, that's right, he'd have had to have read the ~470ish IG to knew what really went down. But anyway, yes, yes, yes, all true and confirmed by IG.
@charlie_savage @DevinNunes 8/ Yup. "Infancy." Yup, "minimally corroborated." Yup, relied on past "credible" reporting, and ignored and concealed motivations. ALL in IG report.
@charlie_savage @DevinNunes 9/ And yes, this is all true. Now the only thing the IG didn't find, the Nunes implied was a political motive. The IG also didn't find no political motive--just no documentary or testimony proof of a political motive.
@charlie_savage @DevinNunes 10/10 Given the reality of what @DevinNunes specifically stated and what IG concluded, I can only assume that @charlie_savage read the wrong House report. END thefederalist.com/2019/12/16/ig-…
@charlie_savage @DevinNunes Post-Twit: Until I read this, I had no idea @charlie_savage was @nytimes national security & legal reporter. This is darn right pathetic that the "newspaper of record's" head honcho loses to a stay-at-home mom.
