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WOW.

This is what I've been saying with respect to FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe—that he was targeted because he's a witness against Trump—but Foreign Policy now reveals that it's part of a broader scheme Trump himself devised to obstruct justice and tamper with witnesses.
2/ Here's my thread from three days back about Trump targeting McCabe because McCabe is a corroborating witness for Comey. I'm glad Foreign Policy really dug into this and found out that in fact this was part of a Trump-developed scheme.
3/ Here's my CNN interview from a couple days ago, in which I talked with John Vause about the Sessions-Wray story being a big deal—much bigger than was thought—because it suggested McCabe had been targeted by Trump (due to being a witness against Trump).
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(THREAD) Yesterday's NBC reporting about Rod Rosenstein's impending departure from DOJ, and what it may mean for the Mueller investigation, already seems to be coming apart at the seams. In this thread I take a look at why yesterday's breaking news was neither breaking nor news.
1/ First, here's the NBC News report from Pete Williams—a talented journalist. (What he's not—as far as I know—is an attorney or an expert on the Trump-Russia probe, and, like many journalists, has been using dubious sources to get info on Mueller's work.) nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
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Per CNN reporting just now, William Barr before today told the White House that he would be bringing in his own Deputy Attorney General if confirmed, so the news that Rosenstein will step down if Barr if confirmed should not have led to *any* of the hysteria it seems like it has.
2/ Rosenstein previously said he'd serve two years—so his departure around now isn't surprising anyway, and (in fact) will make it easier for him to coordinate with Mueller as a witness rather than a supervisor. Too many people are reading way too much into his pending departure.
3/ I'll go further: Rosenstein is friendly with Barr, used to work with him, and recommended him for the Attorney General spot—all of which indicates that his comfort level with Barr taking over the Mueller probe has *nothing* to do with an assessment of when that probe will end.
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*ONE WEEK IN 2016*

July 27, 2016: Trump asks for Kremlin help
August 2, 2016: Manafort meets Deripaska agent Kilimnik in NYC
August 3, 2016: Trump Jr. meets Deripaska agent Zamel in NYC

NOTE: Deripaska calls himself "one with the State [Kremlin]."

(h/t @ZevShalev/@TheAtlantic)
@ZevShalev @TheAtlantic *ANOTHER WEEK IN 2016*

August 17, 2016: CIA tells Trump Kremlin is attacking US
August 19, 2016: Trump fires Manafort

NOTE: In January 2018, NBC reports Trump is privately telling friends Mueller can't get him *because* Manafort won't "flip" (he already knew Trump Jr. wouldn't)
@ZevShalev @TheAtlantic 3/ A reasonable conclusion: after he and Flynn left the room the CIA briefed them in on August 17, 2016, Trump realized that it was entirely possible Manafort's contacts with the Russians had been picked up by American intelligence, and he could therefore no longer work with him.
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1) This is my thread for #Qanon posts beginning the evening of January 29th, 2018.

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THREAD: How much would FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s testimony that @Comey told him about his conversations with Trump help Mueller in an obstruction case?
1/ In the story above, @mkraju of @CNN reports that McCabe told Congress that @Comey told him about his conversations with Trump shortly after they happened. That’s important because those conversations appear to be the centerpiece of Mueller’s obstruction investigation.
2/ Obstruction also appears to be Trump’s greatest legal liability at this time, given what we know publicly, although whether a sitting President can be indicted is a hotly debated legal question that no one can definitively answer.
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🚨 ALERT 🚨
Small thread, follow along

This may be a refresher for some, new to others..😉

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Who donated to the Jill McCabe campaign?🤔

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Andrew George McCabe is an American attorney who is the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

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🚨here's the link if you want to read all about him here..

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