Thread by @Larry_Beech

Pientka left crossfire on Jan 6 back to WFO, but was then tasked by HQ to initially seek out and talk to Danchenko.

Pientka was not the affiant on fisa renewals, thus it wasn't him clinesmith lied to.👇

Interesting Pientka indicates FFG initial referral claimed papa d said they had damaging information on not just Hillary but Obama too?

That's counter to them thinking expressly about dnc leak. If they thought it was HRC deleted emails Obama by extension of being included in them could be why Pientka said that. Kind of a slip up?

On page 26 we learn the the actual woods file to the original FISA application was "lost" and had to be reconstructed as previously reported by others.

How convenient😒

Damn the FBI...it was a fake woods file that they gave to Horowitz. What the he'll are they hiding?

What a complete $hitshow. Sounds like somma and whoever told or allowed him to do this might have committed a crime.

I'm only on page 44 and Pientkas lawyer has already directed him to "not answer that question" a dozen times.

Just wow. They took Bruce ohr, who's wife worked for fusion gps as gospel, no questions asked.

Why does the FBI still employ incompetent people like this? #pientka

Pientka is garbage. He knows 100% now that it was all bullshit, he knows exactly that everybody knew it at the time. He just can't admit or explain why without incriminating himself or others. F them all.

This helps answer the date discrepancy reporting regarding when Danchenko was identified/first approached. Based on Pientkas recollection the week after his tdy ended, it would be between Jan 6 and Jan 13, 2017.

Important context to consider all that went down in this time frame:

Jan 4/5: razor suggested to close by wfo, Logan act garbage floated, oval office meeting, woolsey abruptly leaves campaign.

Jan 6: ICA released

Jan 11th: buzzfeed releases dossier

Which in hindsight begs the question:

Was Pientka released back to WFO on Jan 6 by coincidence of TDY expiring....or was it a reaction to WFO trying to close CF Razor on the 4th/5th?

Was this more about HQ shipping back it's preferred guy to ensure the WFO played ball?

Although his cfh tour was supposedly over Jan 6 2017, they still tasked him with initial danchenko contact the next week, Flynn interview (Jan 24) and ohr handling in May.

Company man, eh?

Which brings me to an important point. This Pientka senate interview was on Aug 27, 2020.

The only FBI agent yet to offer any honest reflection was william Barnett on Sept 17, 2020. He was in the WFO.

It'll be interesting to reflect how well he and Pientka jive😉