"the facts reveal this new assessment was based on information that was known by those involved to be manufactured i.e. the Steele Dossier or deemed as not credible. This was politicized intelligence..."
From the Durham Report discussion of the 371 conspiracy statute:
Dasting footnote from the Durham Report on when political activity, such as opposition research, becomes criminal activity:
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Would this letter happen to include the numbers 28 and 600 anywhere on it?
Did @AGPamBondi just appoint a Special Counsel?
Because you don’t announce grand juries or send letters to prosecutors saying “hey, go do a grand jury now.”
Grand juries are secret, from beginning to end and are a product of an investigation that’s already been well in motion for a period of time.
So, this backstory of the source doesn’t make sense.
@AGPamBondi But it DOES make sense if the letter Fox News saw contains language like this:
@AGPamBondi DOJ announced the Strike Force just ten days ago.
@AGPamBondi And @DNIGabbard made the referral(s) only 15 days ago.
@AGPamBondi @DNIGabbard I know people don’t want to hear this, but...
It's far too soon for indictments.
An indictment coming out less than a month after the referral would likely be for some low level crimin’, not big time conspiracy crimin’.
@AGPamBondi @DNIGabbard I think the backstory for this Fox News report makes a lot more sense if the letter they saw names a special counsel, but there's an embargo on using that term, so they characterized it in the manner that they did.
Of course, I don't know if AG Bondi just appointed a special counsel. This could just be Fox News sensationalizing a letter that was leaked, and all the letter does is name someone to lead the strike force.
I do think a special counsel is necessary, though, and that she will appoint one before the end of the year.
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🧵Update on DOJ's efforts to unseal Epstein and Maxwell grand jury material:
Judge Berman has DENIED DOJ's motion to unseal the grand jury materials in the Epstein case.
The reasons for the denial are the same as in Maxwell—no exceptions to Rule 6e and not a "special circumstance" case.
A judge CANNOT unseal grand jury materials UNLESS an exception under Rule 6e is met OR the case can be qualified as a "special circumstance" case.
In my thread on the denial to unseal grand jury materials in Maxwell I broke down the reasons for that denial and they are largely the same in this case.
According to an HPSCI whistleblower 302, and my own sleuthing, the "system" for leaking classified information to media was "established" by Minority Staff Director Michael Bahar.
**That's if I am correct on what's under the redaction block.**
In February of 2023 I wrote an article about Durham being assigned a media leak investigation.
Thanks to recent declassified docs, we now know that investigation was called "Tropic Vortex."
My article traced several subjects: the leaks investigations, the NYT engaging in a court battle against DOJ, Renteria memo, and Special Counsel Durham's efforts to investigate the Russian memoranda.
Thanks to recently declassified pages of the Durham Report and the declassified documents the FBI just turned over to the House, we now know a lot more about these efforts.
And the future shock I mentioned in the title of the article—it's here.
@CIADirector @DNIGabbard Two days before this email exchange, as the draft ICA was going through the review process, Brennan was pressuring people in his agency.