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Senate Intelligence Committee #SSCI report undercuts #RonJohnson investigation.

Broadly, it shows how Russian agents spread disinformation re Ukraine interference in 2016 election, which Johnson-Grassley have lapped up and relied on.

One specific example stands out…
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Bipartisan Senate Intelligence report highlights Russian intelligence officer behind scenes of a Financial Times article alleging Ukraine interference.

Johnson-Grassley letter to Barr specifically relied on that Financial Times article.

Report (left)👇and letter (right)👇
3. For more on Johnson and Grassley's receiving and using Russian disinformation, @AshaRangappa_ (former FBI counterintelligence agent) and I recently wrote:

"How Sen. Ron Johnson’s Investigation Became an Enabler of Russian Disinformation: Part I"
justsecurity.org/71947/how-sen-…
4. A smaller point, but Johnson and Grassley's letter misquotes Financial Times article.

Senators write that @Leshchenkos said the words in the quoted language. That's wrong. The Financial Times reporter said those words. They were not Leshchenko's words or attributed to him.
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Significant moment in #Clinesmith hearing.

Judge: Do you agree when you added Carter was "not a source" "you knew such a statement was not in fact true"?

Clinesmith: "At the time I BELIEVED THAT THE INFORMATION I WAS PROVIDING IN THE EMAIL WAS ACCURATE ..."
2. Clinesmith in full:

"At the time I BELIEVED THAT THE INFORMATION I WAS PROVIDING IN THE EMAIL WAS ACCURATE but I am agreeing that the information I inserted into the email was not originally there and that I inserted that information."
3. Upshot: It furthers the point that the the offense, and facts to which just Clinesmith agreed, are NOT about his knowingly and falsely saying Page was not a CIA source, and that Page was one.

Durham's case is oddly reduced down to Clinesmith altering the email document.
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@JonathanTurley has a seriously flawed blog post trying to criticize @AWeissmann_ and me.

Turley badly misrepresents what we said, what Justice Dept charged, and more…

This is a pattern for Turley (see final tweet in this thread for that pattern)…
2. On left:

Turley falsely claims op-ed calls on DOJ lawyers "to undermine" Durham investigation

On right:

Our op-ed: DOJ lawyers should refuse IMPROPER requests if VIOLATE oath to Constitution and policy on actions that interfere in election; plus Durham CAN indict after 11/3
3. On left:

Turley: FBI lawyer charged for falsely stating Carter Page was not a CIA source to court, when Page was a source.

On right:

The charge: Knowingly altering a document to FBI supervisor by adding words (charge never mentions Page's status or whether lawyer knew it).
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