Thread by @ProfMJCleveland

THREAD: @ChuckGrassley and @RonJohnsonWI issued a letter to AG Barr today, asking him to declassify 4 footnotes. hsgac.senate.gov/media/majority… H/T @seanmdav 1

@ChuckGrassley @RonJohnsonWI @seanmdav The letter notes that the footnotes contradict key statements of the report. 2/

@ChuckGrassley @RonJohnsonWI @seanmdav While we don't know the specific footnotes yet, what struck me was that in my piece today @FDRLST I highlighted how the footnotes "told a different story." 3/ thefederalist.com/2020/01/28/ig-…

@ChuckGrassley @RonJohnsonWI @seanmdav @FDRLST 4/ Here's the first contradiction.

@ChuckGrassley @RonJohnsonWI @seanmdav @FDRLST 5/ The footnotes also buried the extent of the spying on Trump.

@ChuckGrassley @RonJohnsonWI @seanmdav @FDRLST 6/ And the extent of spying buried in the footnotes, included spying by Comey on Trump.

@ChuckGrassley @RonJohnsonWI @seanmdav @FDRLST 7/ FOUND IT. I knew there was another contradiction that the footnotes revealed. I summarized it here in my piece today.

@ChuckGrassley @RonJohnsonWI @seanmdav @FDRLST 8/ Here's how Horowitz presented it in the text.

@ChuckGrassley @RonJohnsonWI @seanmdav @FDRLST 9/ And here's the texture the footnote added:

@ChuckGrassley @RonJohnsonWI @seanmdav @FDRLST 10/ In short, then, in scouring the IG report, 4 footnotes stuck out to me as adding significant detail and contradicting the thrust of the text, and having highlighted those in today's piece, Grassley's letter today about 4 more redacted footnotes hit hard.

@ChuckGrassley @RonJohnsonWI @seanmdav @FDRLST 11/11 Given what was in the unredacted footnotes, Grassley's claim that the 4 redacted ones are contradictory to the text and significant for the public to understand the operation, is 100% on target. END