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I just published with @AshaRangappa_:

"Manafort’s Reward"

Senator #RonJohnson's staff started work with Russian disinformation operative even BEFORE Trump's call with Ukraine President.

It worked in accord with Manafort's and Giuliani's plan.

justsecurity.org/72148/manafort…
2. Johnson told WaPo (@eliseviebeck @DDaltonBennett): “no recollection of the president mentioning Rudy Giuliani” at May 23 Oval Office meeting.

Others in meeting who testified Trump said to work or talk with Giuliani:

Sondland
Taylor
Volker
Morrison

Johnson somehow forgot.
3. We write: "Giuliani, picked up the torch on the Ukraine election interference idea ... Over months Giuliani “'consulted several times with Manafort through the federal prisoner’s lawyer.'"

Quoting scoop by @jdawsey1 @thamburger @PaulSonne @PostRoz

washingtonpost.com/world/national…
4.
May 2019: Giuliani meets for 5 hours with conduit for Russian disinfo (Telizhenko) on Ukraine conspiracy theory

By early July 2019: Johnson's staff meets with Telizhenko for 5 hours on same topic

reporting by Post's @eliseviebeck @DDaltonBennett and Buzzfeed's @broderick
5. Buzzfeed's @broderick report (discussing details of "Telizhenko said he was interviewed for five hours"):

buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanha…

Washington Post's @eliseviebeck @DDaltonBennett report:

washingtonpost.com/politics/sen-j…
6 While we find problems in @kenvogel's 01/17 report, we note "right-wing circles and some Republican Senators…invoking the article to support wider claims not actually found in Vogel’s piece."

citing @PolitiFact's @dpfunke @JonZGreenberg @loujacobson
politifact.com/article/2019/d…
7. Also let's recall that the Mueller Report includes many instances of Giuliani's personal involvement in apparently dangling a pardon for Manafort to remain silent.

justsecurity.org/64023/all-the-…
8. Finally, Manafort may hold the keys to the kingdom on information about Trump-Russia.

One nugget: Senator @RonWyden wrote that unredacted version of Senate intel report includes “indications of Manafort's own connections to [the hack and leak] operations.”

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#Pompeo ought to consult his attorney before speaking at the #RepublicanNationalConvention

@POGOBlog obtained internal @StateDept memorandum spelling out #HatchAct and dept policies.

Look how crystal clear the legal memo is.👇

@schwellenbach's analysis: pogo.org/investigation/…
2. Multiple lawyers like this👇signing off on Pompeo's speaking at RNC is not an indication of lawfulness. It's more an indication he recognizes the need to get legal cover.

Question to ask: Which lawyers actually signed off? The political appointees?
3. Link to the full Department of State legal memo of December 3, 2019, which states in bold print for emphasis:

"Senate confirmed Presidential appointees may not even attend a political party convention or convention-related event"

foreignaffairs.house.gov/_cache/files/e…
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With #WeBuildtheWall Indictment:

We Build the Wall, advisory board member, Kris Kobach, 01/19:

"I talked with the president, and the 'We Build the Wall Effort' came up. The president said ‘the project has my blessing, and you can tell the media that.’"

nytimes.com/2019/01/25/us/…
addendum-1: Kobach became We Build the Wall General Counsel

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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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