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- IG says that in 2016 the Feds already had evidence that suggested there was no collusion.
- In early August 2017, AFTER Mueller has already raided Manafort (and likely saw there evidence of other fraud), RR authorized Mueller
- @RodRosenstein authorized Mueller to chase Flynn on Logan Act, on lying despite interview agents saying Flynn didn’t seem to lie, and for Flynn’s lobbying for Turkey.
- RR authorized Mueller to investigate if @GeorgePapa19 is an unregistered agent for Israel.
- In the end, Flynn
- Papado also pled for “lying” giving Mueller another “Russia” plea.
1) Applying the rarely used Logan
2) on an incoming NatSec Advisor doing transition work
3) that the Feds knew what it was because they listened to the calls, yet
4) tried tripping him up in an interview, and
5) pursued it despite agents saying there was no lie!
1) let 50 senior Obama officials to stay on? I predicted a day before inauguration that it will be a disaster.
2) to hire @jeffsessions and @RodRosenstein?
3) to dump NSA @GenFlynn which only emboldened Obama’s IC and fueled the Russia claim?
- How often does DOJ place special counsels on specific people (each for diff things) rather than on incidents?