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This should frighten you.

One of most effective questioning of Trump you’ve ever seen (by @jonathanvswan on #AxiosOnHBO)

Trump has NO GOOD response for NEVER raising Russian bounties/arming Taliban with Putin.

Plus: Russia may still be doing it.

2. Trump’s former Special Presidential Envoy @brett_mcgurk said in this article:

Trump’s failure to raise with Putin “makes whatever Pompeo may have said irrelevant, as the Russians dismiss anything Americans officials say if not backed from the top.”

justsecurity.org/71279/trump-pu…
3. Military sounded alarm on Russia arming Taliban

3/23/17: Gen Scaparrotti, NATO Commander, before Senate
3/29/17: Gen Votel, Commander, CENTCOM before House
4/24/17: SecDef Mattis and Gen Nicholson, presser
9/28/17: Mattis with Afghan Pres., presser
3/23/18: Gen Nicholson, BBC
4. Why did US military stop raising it publicly?

Dunno, but...

7/5/18: Trump: "They’re going, President Putin is KGB and this and that.’ You know what? Putin’s fine. He’s fine”
7/16/18: Trump sides with Putin over US IC at Helsinki

9/18: Nicholson departs
12/18: Mattis resigns
5. Former Deputy Assistant Defense Sec. @mikercarpenter explained: the reason Russia would feel emboldened to do bounties is because Trump didn't press Putin on arms program.

We now know Trump chose not to breathe a word to Putin about either. Not a word.
justsecurity.org/71213/why-is-t…
6. Recall another signal Trump sent Putin over this time.

Trump was not just silent.

Trump pushed CIA to set up program to give the Kremlin ... US intelligence on counterterrorism.

This from CIA Senior Operations Officer @douglaslondon5 (served until end of 2018)👇
7. Timeline, which I hadn't noted before:

Early 2019: #RussianBounty in President's Daily Brief (before February 2020 PDB, per Associated Press).

March 2019: Bolton briefs Trump on bounties.

Trump pressure on CIA to share intel with Russia continues into 2019, at least.
8. Associated Press on early 2019 PDB (by @JimLaPorta):

apnews.com/425e43fa0ffdd6…

Other reports that Russia bounty intel reached White House in early 2019:

@ZcohenCNN:

cnn.com/2020/06/30/pol…

Post's @karendeyoung1 @shaneharris @nakashimae @karoun:

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
9. On dates of CIA intelligence sharing with Russia (my interview with @Mpolymer):

justsecurity.org/71279/trump-pu…
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<thread> Bill Barr's double standards:

Inspector General Report on Russia probe's political bias:
absence of evidence, is not evidence of absence! Probe was biased!

Mueller Report on collusion/conspiracy: lack of evidence, is evidence of total absence. No collusion/conspiracy!
2. Bill Barr's double standards:

White Supremacist direct violent threats in Michigan including against Governor: I'm unfamiliar, and it's up to state law enforcement

BLM peaceful protests (including Seattle zone): I've studied it closely, it's "outrageous"! Send in the FEDS!
3. Bill Barr's double standards:

President's friends and associates' criminal cases: Elevate them to the level of the Attorney General of the United States; give enormously/illegally favorable treatment.

Not President's friends and associates: Regular zealous criminal process.
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1. I’ve been waiting for this

@RepJoeNeguse asks great question:

“Under the penalty of perjury do you testify” that your statement on April 18 presser that White House “fully cooperated” with Mueller was true?

Barr: Yes and I was talking only about “documents.”

FALSE....
2. Here's exactly what Barr said—and he knows it—in prepared remarks at April 18 press conference:

In no way was Barr's statement of "fully cooperated" limited to documents. He referenced White House officials directed to "TESTIFY freely and asserting no privilege claims."
3. When Barr made the statement at a press conference it was false—but not illegal.

When Barr affirmed the statement to Congress today under penalty of perjury it was false—and a crime.

How false was it?

Here's WaPo Fact Checker @rizzoTK's analysis:

washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
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<thread>

Sec. of State Tillerson told Trump no, and said it would be ILLEGAL interference in an ongoing investigation.

@AmbJohnBolton called it an obstruction of justice.

New #Halkbank Timeline from me and @DaniSchulkin.

Just in time for #BarrHearing

justsecurity.org/71694/trump-ba…
2. At its heart, the prosecution of the Turkish bank Halkbank involves a multibillion-dollar criminal scheme to evade U.S. sanctions against #Iran.

According to great reporting by several news outlets, Trump directed Barr to try to stop prosecution of the bank and its associates
3.

09/21/16: Erdoğan asks @JoeBiden to get case dropped and fire @PreetBharara
09/21/16: Erdoğan's wife tries with @DrBiden
12/15/16: Erdoğan tries with @BarackObama
1/3/17: Erdoğan tries with Obama

The answer is no.

Erdoğan tries with Trump, and Barr kicks into action.
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