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19 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
NEW: Donald Trump has shown disinterest in — if not outright disdain for — his intel agencies since he took office.

Joe Biden’s team is already contemplating how to repair the relationship — and who to appoint — if they win. w/ @NatashaBertrand

politico.com/news/2020/10/1…
The CIA got an early dose of Trump’s disinterest in 2017, when Trump interrupted a highly classified briefing at his NJ club to ask for a malted milkshake. A memorable anecdote, courtesy of @NatashaBertrand

politico.com/news/2020/10/1…
Several House intel Democrats told us they’d encourage a potential Biden administration recruit agents and senior officials who quit under Trump.

One name they all had in common: Sue Gordon, the former deputy DNI. They’d like to see her return. politico.com/news/2020/10/1…
Rep. Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, told us any officials who aided Trump’s politicization of intel should be identified and, at minimum, warned.

“It's probably not the right career for them,” she said.

politico.com/news/2020/10/1…

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14 Oct
The 'smoking gun' email in the NY Post story — even if it is authentic, given the massive red flags — doesn't actually say what the story says it does.

Also, recall: nytimes.com/2020/01/13/us/…
Again, stipulating that the suspect email is real, there's literally nothing in it that says Joe Biden met with a Burisma adviser.

"The opportunity to meet," may just as easily have meant Hunter promised a meeting in the future that may never have occurred.
Lastly, if such a meeting occurred, it should be pretty easy to pinpoint with accuracy when and where, which would seem an important part of reporting a story like this before blasting out the innuendo — especially given the suspect actors involved.
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8 Oct
NEW: PELOSI and Rep. RASKIN plan to introduce legislation tomorrow to establish a commission under the 25th Amendment charged with evaluating the president's mental/physical capacity.
RASKIN has already filed very similar legislation. It creates a congressional body (which is actually contemplated in the 25th amendment itself) made up of doctors, psychiatrists and former executive branch officials to make judgments if a president's health is failing.
Here is that Raskin bill, which tomorrow's 25th amendment announcement will be based on: congress.gov/bill/115th-con…
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8 Oct
NEW: The FBI has unsealed details of an alleged plot by militia members to kidnap Gov. WHITMER — the conspirators had staked out her vacation home, obtained explosives and other equipment, preparing to execute it before the electon.

static.politico.com/e5/1d/aa6277a2…
The FBI first began tracking the militia involved in early 2020, but the plot came together by June. Confidential sources recorded conversations among the participants and gave the FBI access to their communications

static.politico.com/e5/1d/aa6277a2…
The alleged conspirators staked out Whitmer's vacation home on Aug 29 and in mid-Sept.

They planned to grab her — if not kill her outright — in October and hold a "trial" for "treason."

The allegations, supported by extensive evidence, are harrowing. static.politico.com/e5/1d/aa6277a2…
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7 Oct
NEW: DOJ acknowledged today it "inadvertently" altered Peter Strzok's notes about a Jan. 5, 2017 Oval Office meeting re: Flynn.

Still unexplained: DOJ didn't just err by attaching dates to the notes but by dating them incorrectly. It's the 3rd time DOJ/Flynn mislabeled them.
There's no dispute the meeting occurred on Jan. 5, yet DOJ and Flynn team keep leaving open the possibility it happened earlier.

This erroneous timeframe, though, lined up with an attack Trump deployed against Biden at the first presidential debate.
At the debate, Trump referenced Strzok's notes, accusing Biden of initiating "the idea for the Logan Act against General Flynn."

But the FBI began discussing the Logan Act in relation to Flynn on Jan. 4. So Trump's timeline doesn't match up with the Oval Office meeting.
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3 Oct
Turmp's doctor repeatedly declines to say whether Trump required supplemental oxygen prior to today.
He also won't say what Trump's fever was. Says he'd "rather not" provide specifics.
Dr. Conley also won't get into Trump's testing history or when his last negative test was.
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30 Sep
COMEY sworn in for his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning. Image
GRAHAM keeps misstating Carter Page's relationship with the CIA. He was an "operational contact" which is different than a "source" or someone being "tasked" by the CIA.

Comey keeps pointing this out.
Here is the explicit distinction, as explained in the Horowitz report. Being an operaitonal contact "does not allow for operational use of a U.S. person or tasking of that person." justice.gov/storage/120919… Image
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