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BREAKING: @Jim_Jordan spends 65 pages demanding that 51 private citizens be silenced.

When he said "weaponization," he knew what he planned.
@Jim_Jordan Among other things this "report" does is provide proof that those who signed the letter believed what they wrote--that the "laptop" had the hallmarks of a RU info operation.

Jordan has, in fact, proved the letter was TRUE. Image
@Jim_Jordan Jordan also provided proof that the former spooks took care to distinguish between info op and false -- again, proving that many claims Jordan and others have made were false.

Is Jordan so dumb he doesn't realize he has proven himself wrong? Image
@Jim_Jordan Jordan also provided proof that the former spooks took care to avoid saying true things (about Biden's effort to combat Ukrainian corruption) but that might smack of politics. Image
@Jim_Jordan Jordan also provided evidence that James Clapper made a(nother) accurate, true, edit.

AN EDIT!!!!! Can you imagine making an EDIT!?!?!?!?! Image
@Jim_Jordan Jordan also provided proof that the former spooks obtained the required PRB approval.

He's literally proving that they did nothing wrong. ImageImage
@Jim_Jordan BREAKING: Jim Jordan provided proof that John Ratcliffe used his position as DNI to make a political statement.

HE FOUND WEAPONIZATION, and it's name is John Ratcliffe. Image
@Jim_Jordan Then Jordan egregiously misrepresents a letter FBI sent to Ron Johnson--basically claiming a Glomar letter, saying they couldn't say anything, endorsed Ratcliffe's letter.

[Note, we know FBI had not assessed this yet.]

My goodness Jordan is intent on weaponizing government. Image
@Jim_Jordan Then Jordan provides proof that those who organized the letter had no intent of involving active CIA employees.

Is Jordan a DNC plant? Because he keeps proving there was nothing wrong with this letter! Image
@Jim_Jordan Then Jordan admits--ADMITS!!!--he is using his committee to investigate the legal free speech of a political campaign.

This should be the headline: That Jordan ADMITS he is misusing his committee to attack the First Amendment. Image
@Jim_Jordan Here Jordan is complaining that the spooks told reporters that they weren't sure whether the contents of the laptop were authentic or not (note, 3 years later WE STILL DON'T KNOW thta more than 20% was authentic).

Like LITERALLY bitching that the spooks included caveats. ImageImage
@Jim_Jordan Here Jordan provides evidence that the letter was not that impactful, the total opposite of what he claims. Image
@Jim_Jordan Then Jordan quotes the NYP making false claims about the letter (which is true).

And provides ZERO proof that the letter led to the "suppression" of the laptop hoax.

To this day, there has been no proof of wrongdoing obtained from the laptop. It REMAINS a shiny object Image
@Jim_Jordan Then Jordan quotes Trump making a false claim--it's the laptop from hell--and Biden making an accurate one--that a bunch of spooks said it had the hallmarks of a RU op.

Again, Trump is the one lying here, but Jordan presents it as proof of -- something. Image
@Jim_Jordan Then Jordan bitches that the former spooks pointed out how inappropriate it was for him to investigate their exercise of free speech.

He claims that Congress may investigate any former spook, which should cause concern for Ric Grenell. Image
@Jim_Jordan BREAKING: Jim Jordan asserts with no evidence that the "laptop" and all its contents were real. Image
@Jim_Jordan Anyway, I get it.

Jim Jordan has to do something to distract from the fact that Trump was found liable for sexual assault.

It'll work, too! We can spend the day IDing which reporters are ESPECIALLY stupid.

But this report is ... full of evidence that he's lying.
@Jim_Jordan It would be nice if most outlets reported this as what it is, a confession from Jordan that he is abusing his position and making false claims about the abundant proof that there was nothing wrong here. It's a shameless attack on free speech.
@Jim_Jordan Ultimately, Jordan is using his position to whine that most of the press wasn't stupid enough in 2020 to believe Drunken Rudy over 50 experts.

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As she did, guy in back was nodding over and over. Image
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