@ai_jared I tried using a timeline to suggest what probably happened after the Mid-Term elections. I forgot to include Trump's decision to not declassify Trump-Russia-Wikileaks documents just before the Mid-Term election of 2018. I think that ties in with the other events.
@ai_jared September 21, 2018--Trump reverses decision to declassify Trump-Russia-Wikileaks documents.
November 7, 2018---Democrats win House majority in mid-term elections.
November 8, 2018---Trump fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions
November 7, 2018---Democrats win House majority in mid-term elections.
November 8, 2018---Trump fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions
@ai_jared December 7, 2018--Trump nominates William Barr to replace Jeff Sessions as Attorney General.
January 4, 2019---Mueller granted six months extension on Trump-Russia-Wikileaks grand jury.
February 14, 2019--Barr confirmed by Senate as Attorney General.
January 4, 2019---Mueller granted six months extension on Trump-Russia-Wikileaks grand jury.
February 14, 2019--Barr confirmed by Senate as Attorney General.
@ai_jared February 20, 2019---CNN reports that Barr is claiming we can expect Mueller Report in about one week. Barr is shutting Mueller operation down. Refer to January report above about 6-month grand jury extension.
@ai_jared March 22, 2019--Mueller Report delivered to Attorney General Barr.
April 5, 2019---Announcement that Julian Assange to be expelled from Ecuador's London embassy.
April 12, 2019--Assange apprehended by UK authorities.
April 5, 2019---Announcement that Julian Assange to be expelled from Ecuador's London embassy.
April 12, 2019--Assange apprehended by UK authorities.
@ai_jared The Trump-Russia-Wikileaks narrative was mostly about the apprehension of Julian Assange. In order to eventually try and incarcerate Assange, he had to be stripped of legal standing in the US as a journalist. The publication of the DNC emails made it easy to brand...
@ai_jared ...Assange as both Russian asset and the operator of Wikileaks as a "hostile intelligence service" who can now be tried for espionage.
@ai_jared I am convinced this use of the DNC emails, particularly to sever Assange support from US left, was the primary reason why the difference in initial reporting of the alleged Russian hack of the DNC in the Washington Post changed so radically after June 14, 2016 publishing...
@ai_jared ...of the exclusive front page story about the alleged hack. The story did not describe any DNC emails as having been stolen by Russian hackers. Only 2 files of opposition research about Trump were stolen in the June 14, 2016 report. The hack was not presented as a...
@ai_jared ...serious national security breach by the media, and the lack of follow-up is at least partially attributed to the fact that the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting took place at the same time the alleged Russian hack was initially reported.
@ai_jared In regards to the original entry in the timeline about the Trump-Russia-Wikileaks documents not being declassified, it is interesting to note that William Barr has discretion over the declassification of those documents.
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