Thread by @Pimpernell13

So if I understand this correctly

The Obama DOJ got a subpeona for all the communications of the congressional team investigating the FBI for FBI abuses in Spygate

The DOJ got this subpeona by pretending they were looking for who leaked the Renteria memo’s existence, a ruse

https://twitter.com/jsnfostr/status/1716994122240708787

DOJ not only got a subpeona for their work phones and devices, but for their personal phones and in one instance, the chief investigators wife’s phone, all by pretending to look for the Renteria Memo leak

A ruse. A subterfuge to spy on investigators.

Normally when the collection under the subpeona is done, DOJ is supposed to notify the person after the fact that their electronic communications had been subpoenaed

This wasn’t done

Google notified the investigators that their devices had been subpeonaed

So investigators assigned to look into the Spygate hoax only discovered their devices had been subpeonaed and spied on by DOJ by accident, when Google told them

The investigators sent a FOIA request to DOJ, and after years, DOJ responded to the FOIA.

In the DOJ response to the FOIA, investigators found out that not only had their work devices been spied on, but their personal devices, and their family members devices

Well beyond any reasonable scope and hidden for several years. 7 years in fact

When one of the investigators called DOJ about the shocking FOIA response they received today, DOJ said it must’ve been a prank. He told them it wasn’t a prank, and they hung up on him

Anyway, that’s my understanding of todays development. Quite a few cobwebs up in there

The DOJ denied, in court, on 2 Sept 2017, that they spied on Trump on 2 Sept 2017

On 12 Sept 2017, under the ruse of a leak hunt about the Renteria Memo, the DOJ got a subpeona to spy on Spygate investigators

22 March 2017 Rep Devin Nunes says Obama admin spied on Trump

17 April 2017 American Oversight watchdog sues via FOIA for records of search warrants.

1 Sep 2017 DOJ tells court they have no records

12 Sep 2017 DOJ gets a subpeona to spy on investigators under false pretense

May 2016 FBI is told about the Renteria Memo

9 May 2017 Comey gets fired and starts leaking all kinds of crap

24 May 2017 someone, we dont know who 🙄, leaks the Renteria Memo story to WaPo in a way that’s sympathetic to Comey

It wasn’t congressional investigators who leaked

Apologies.

The FBI was told about the Renteria Memo first in March 2016, not May