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Ryan Goodman Profile picture
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Apr 30, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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Washington Post scoop:

FBI gave #RonJohnson defensive briefing in 2020 warning he was being targeted by Russia to spread disinformation on Biden.

What did he do?

He considered it “completely useless and unnecessary”

With his usual paranoia, he thought FBI briefing was a trick
2. And then, worse of all, Johnson continued to use his office to act as a conduit for the Russian disinformation campaign to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.

As @AshaRangappa_ and I detailed at length here.👇

justsecurity.org/71947/how-sen-…
3. Here’s the Washington Post report.

The headline is about Giuliani,
But lots of details about FBI’s warning Senator Johnson.

(scoop by @nakashimae @shaneharris @thamburger)

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
4. Ron Johnson in his own—self-incriminating—words:

“I suspected that the briefing was being given to be used at some future date for the purpose that it is now being used: to offer the biased media an opportunity to falsely accuse me of being a tool of Russia despite warnings.”
5. Worth recalling this is not a partisan issue.

Fellow Republican Senators—including Richard Burr and Marco Rubio—warned Johnson that he was using his congressional powers in a way that could aid the Kremlin’s efforts.

@AndrewDesiderio report in 2020:
politico.com/news/2020/02/2…

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1/ Image
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[1] "Requests for phone records are common in complex criminal investigations to establish timelines and provide proof of communication." Image
[2] "It has been known for years that Mr. Patel was closely scrutinized by investigators under the special counsel Jack Smith and was compelled to testify in front of a grand jury."

My add/reminder: Kash invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Image
[3] "The fact that investigators obtained some of Ms. Wiles’s phone records was made public during the inquiry into Mr. Trump’s mishandling of classified documents."

nytimes.com/2026/02/25/us/…
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Five days after Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest, federal authorities “directed” NY law enforcement authorities to “stand down” their investigations related to Epstein, new documents released by DOJ show.

Part of new Timeline on NY and Epstein. Image
2/ source

FBI’s “Stand Down” Directive to NYPD on Jeffrey Epstein Investigations, and More
A Timeline of NY Law Enforcement and Epstein Investigations

justsecurity.org/132230/fbi-sta…
3/ I also give multiple shout outs to this carefully documented piece by @JayShams and @MadelinePBerg

businessinsider.com/leon-black-eps…
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Feb 7: Bondi DOJ memo: "We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties."

Sept 16: Kash Patel testimony: "There is no credible information, none" that Epstein trafficked girls to other men. Image
2/ Plus: Norway's former PM charged with gross corruption over Epstein links

bbc.com/news/articles/…
3/ Plus France

Paris Prosecutors Open 2 Epstein-Linked Probes and Call on Victims to Come Forward
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Feb 10
PSA for magistrate judges

"An FBI search warrant affidavit ... shows that a criminal investigation into 2020 election results in Fulton County, Ga., was set off by a leading election denier in the Trump administration and relied heavily on claims ... widely debunked." Image
source

nytimes.com/2026/02/10/us/…
Affidavit "noted that if any of the alleged deficiencies in ballots 'were the result of intentional action,' ... would constitute evidence of a crime. Yet the affidavit also cites multiple instances of witnesses insisting that any discrepancies were the result of human error."
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"I don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him." Image
2/ "The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun."

Document: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2650…Image
3/

"I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground." Image
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