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4 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
It was only 3 wks ago that I obtained the criminal referral from ODNI that was sent to DOJ & FBI alleging Trump committed crimes related to his call with Ukraine’s president, a conversation that sparked the historic impeachment proceedings against Trump
buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonl…
Obtained via #FOIA
'the President of the United States is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election,' which 'includes, among other things, pressuring a foreign country to investigate one of the President's main domestic political rivals'
Atkinson's criminal referral said he determined "there are reasonable grounds to believe" that the whistleblower's allegations against Trump "appear credible."

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4 Jan
NEW/THREAD: A forthcoming analysis from @TRACReports says @BuzzFeedNews has filed more #FOIA lawsuits--58-- than any other media organization in the US during Trump's presidency.

Here's a look back at the secrets my colleagues & I pried loose in 2020

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We started off 2020 publishing some of the most important and highly sought-after documents from former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation: summaries of FBI interviews with key White House officials.
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14 Dec 20
NEW/THREAD: I filed a #FOIA lawsuit against ODNI CIA & DOJ for the criminal referral sent to DOJ related to the intel community whistleblower disclosures on Trump & Ukraine, which led to impeachment

I just rec'd some previously unreleased docs to add to the historical record

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The first document is a formal referral letter dated Sept 4, 2019 the ICIG sent to Stacey Moy, the FBI's deputy director for counterintelligence about alleged crimes connected to Trump's call with Ukraine pres. This letter to Moy has not been previously mentioned

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The next letter is a copy of the document preservation hold letter sent to the WH counsel. This letter was referred but a copy of it has not been previously released. @mcculloughirvin told me this letter is a big deal & shows IG taking investigative actions against the WH

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13 Dec 20
Just got docs in response to my #FOIA lawsuit against DOJ about Barr's intervention in the Stone case

This is a NO SURPRISE letter. It's what journalists send about what they intend to report. Posting this for the sanctimonious, shitty reporters who work at other media outlets
DOJ's Kerri Kupec keeping the WH updated about what she said in the record and on background about DOJ's intervention in the Stone case
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10 Dec 20
For a second, I thought I wrote this article

No, I Am Not Getting Rid of My Thousands of CDs

nytimes.com/2020/12/09/art…
Although it centers around classical music it certainly applies to my feelings about my own collection.
I mean I just can't part with it
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4 Dec 20
🚨NEW/WOW: At a hearing this morning in my/@BuzzFeedNews & CNN #FOIA lawsuit for FBI 302s from the Mueller probe, Judge Reggie Walton said Judge Sullivan could potentially find that the pardon issued to Michael Flynn is invalid because it is too broad in its language.

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Our great #FOIA attorney @mvtopic & CNN's attorney asserted at the hearing that the govt needs to reprocess and produce the Flynn 302s that were withheld now that he has been pardoned. DOJ agreed to do that and we will have it by January 15

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🚨NEW: Judge Questions Whether Trump’s Pardon of Michael Flynn Is 'Too Broad'

U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said Emmet Sullivan could find that “the wording of the pardon is too broad, in that it provides protections beyond the date of the pardon.”

law.com/nationallawjou…
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1 Dec 20
BREAKING: DOJ just turned over the last set of typewritten FBI 302s from the Mueller investigation --46 heavily redacted pages - in response to my/@BuzzFeedNews & CNN's #FOIA lawsuit. We pried loose more than 5K pages over the past 13 months #MuellerMemos
buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonl…
Now the Justice Department has to start processing and producing to us all the supporting material -- handwritten notes, memos, emails -- that accompanied the 302s. Government attorneys have already indicated there are more than 20K pages.
The Justice Department withheld this sliver of information from an FBI 302 from Mueller's probe it just turned over to me citing b7a, which is ongoing investigation.
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