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@ericgarland Or it could be that Billy Barr and Durham are doing Alfa Bank’s bidding.

https://twitter.com/StringwallApp/status/1443640415966703620

@ericgarland And I think I’ve got a pretty good idea as to why that might be.

https://twitter.com/stringwallapp/status/1452898421086560259

@ericgarland Several ideas.

https://twitter.com/stringwallapp/status/1455967858274471938

@ericgarland Also, my understanding is that it’s simply NOT TRUE that that the FBI based their investigation of Carter Page or the opening of Crossfire Hurricane on the Steele dossier.

justice.gov/storage/120919…

@ericgarland the FBI opened Crossfire Hurricane on July 31, 2016, just days after its receipt of information from a Friendly Foreign Government (FFG) reporting that, in May 2016, during a meeting with the FFG, then Trump campaign foreign policy advisor George Papadopoulos "suggested…

@ericgarland …the Trump team had received some kind of suggestion from Russia that it could assist this process with the anonymous release of information during the campaign that would be damaging to Mrs. Clinton (and President Obama)."

@ericgarland The FBI Electronic Communication (EC) opening the Crossfire Hurricane investigation stated that, based on the FFG information, "this investigation
is being opened to determine whether individual(s) associated with the Trump campaign are witting of and/or coordinating activities”

@ericgarland …with the Government of Russia.

@ericgarland ➡️➡️ We did not find information in FBI or Department ECs, emails, or other documents, or through witness testimony, indicating that any information other than the FFG information was relied upon to predicate the opening of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.

@ericgarland ➡️➡️ These officials, though, did not become aware of Steele's election reporting until weeks later and we therefore determined that Steele's reports played no role in the Crossfire Hurricane opening. ⬅️⬅️

@ericgarland ➡️➡️ Based upon this analysis, the Crossfire Hurricane team opened individual cases in August 2016 on four U.S. persons- Papadopoulos, Carter Page, Paul Manafort, and Michael Flynn-all of whom were affiliated with the Trump campaign at the time the cases were opened. ⬅️⬅️

@ericgarland So if Durham is alleging that Danchenko’s contribution to the Steele dossier led to a FBI investigation into Carter Page, then Durham is lying.