1/ John Gleeson, Judge Sullivan's hand-picked amicus in the Flynn case, filed his brief today. Gleeson bases his justification of the Flynn investigation on Papadopoulos' statement to Downer. Let's compare Gleeson's version with the version the FBI attributes to Downer.
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2/ Here's Gleeson's version:
"[Papadopoulos] divulged that Russia contacted the campaign"
"[Papadopoulos] divulged that Russia contacted the campaign"
3/ Here's the version which the FBI attributes to Downer in the EC that opened the investigation:
"[Papadopoulos] suggested the Trump team had received some kind of suggestion from Russia"
"[Papadopoulos] suggested the Trump team had received some kind of suggestion from Russia"
4/ Leaving aside that the FBI's version does not match Downer's own statements and that it might've been embellished somewhere along the way, the absolute minimum you'd expect from a court appointed amicus is to stick to the FBI's version. Tells you a lot that Gleeson didn't.
