🧵 Last night I received a disclosure from a new FBI whistleblower regarding the J6 pipe bomb case.
This is the third disclosure I’ve received from current and former employees of the government regarding the pipe bomb case in recent weeks.
🧵 These brave moral people could lose their jobs and wreck their careers, but they care deeply for our country.
So at the risk of editorializing, I will summarize what I learned from this newest disclosure in order not to disclose the identity of this whistleblower.
🧵 The community where the suspect was arrested is populated with several employees of the FBI, Secret Service, and police. Many of them have observed the suspect on walks over the years.
.@SpeakerJohnson is making false claims about my discharge petition that seeks to force a House vote on full release of the Epstein files. Let's set the record straight with this thread...🧵
Claim: “The Massie and the Khanna discharge petition does not have adequate protections [for victims].”
Verdict: FALSE - Section 1(A) of Permitted Withholdings provides explicit protections for victims.
Claim: “In the way it was drafted, they cite they don’t want [CSAM] uncovered, but they cite the wrong provision of the federal code…”
Verdict: FALSE - the bill correctly identifies the primary, controlling federal statutes governing CSAM (18 USC § 2256, 18 USC § 2252-2252(A)).
$300 mil Syria & Iraq military
$118 mil overseas disasters
$15 mil AIDS in Africa
$500 mil Israel
$350 mil Kuwait
$1.27 bil foreign security
$500 mil Taiwan
$500 mil Jordan
$267 mil reimburse countries
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This isn’t 🇺🇸 first. I voted against this, because it won’t Make America Great Again; it will bankrupt us.
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Thank you @RepMTG and @RepTimBurchett for also voting against this misappropriation of military funds.
First graph shows the deficit impact of BBB passing vs a baseline of doing nothing. The BBB adds $500 billion to the deficit each year for the next three years and never lowers the deficit, compared to letting 2017 TCJA (tax cuts) expire.
Second graph: “But wait, we will get some additional tax revenue due to a booming economy that booms every year for ten years! Include that in the graph.”
Ok, this one just adds $400 billion to the deficit every year for the next three years. Two elections from now, it looks OK!
Third graph: “Wait, we should have known 2017 tax cuts would be made permanent in 2025, so don’t count their cost! Um, but do count tips, overtime, and seniors tax cuts toward deficit and say they expire in 3 years!”
This gimmickry still adds billions to deficit for next 3 yrs.
🧵Key Takeaways: The January 6 pipe bombs played a role in diverting resources and facilitating the breach of the Capitol.
🧵Our report details, “[d]espite the threat the pipe bombs posed to Congress and the public…federal law enforcement has refused to provide substantive updates to Congress about the status of the investigation.”