Thread by @rgoodlaw

With Trump-Nunes narrative that deep state was out to undermine Trump campaign…

Re-upping my piece (with @RWPUSA) detailing all the steps FBI/DoJ took

—to SLOW investigation of Manafort
—not to respond to Steele
—NY Field Office biases, etc

justsecurity.org/38375/real-que…
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FBI, DOJ decided to slow walk the Manafort investigation during the election

NYT: “In August, around the same time the decision was made to keep the Manafort investigation at a LOW SIMMER”

nytimes.com/2016/11/02/us/…
(@mattapuzzo @nytmike @adamgoldmanNYT @WRashbaum reporting)
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Christopher Steele’s concerns that FBI was not taking sufficient action:

“security sources say Mr Steele became increasingly frustrated that the FBI was failing to take action on the intelligence from others as well as him”

independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
(@KimSengupta07 reporting) 3/

FBI agents in New York Office asked to open investigation into Clinton Foundation “based mostly” on info in news stories and “Clinton Cash,” a book heavily promoted by Breitbart News.

NYT in #2 and this WSJ story:
wsj.com/articles/secre… (@DevlinBarrett @cmatthews9 reporting) 4/

Nov 4, 2016: “Deep antipathy to Hillary Clinton exists within the FBI, multiple bureau sources have told the Guardian, spurring a rapid series of leaks damaging to her campaign just days before the election.”

theguardian.com/us-news/2016/n… (@attackerman reporting) 5/

There are several more examples in my @just_security article with @RWPUSA that started this thread.

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