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Dec 11, 2019 20 tweets 8 min read
Criticism of the Grassley-Graham criminal referral of Christopher Steele hasn’t aged well. Let’s do a look-back at how media and commentators received the referral in January 2018.
First, the @senjudiciary Ranking Member tried to buttress the now debunked allegations in the Steele dossier.
Sep 15, 2019 5 tweets 4 min read
.@NYTimes did not contacted Sen. Grassley’s office for this story. If they had, we would've reminded them of a few key public facts they omitted:

1. @senjudiciary staff proactively contacted Ms. Ramirez' lawyers soon after the New Yorker story broke.
nyti.ms/30g2Nbr @nytimes @senjudiciary 2. Despite 7 attempts by staff, Ms. Ramirez' lawyers declined to provide documentary evidence referenced in the article/witness accounts to support the claims. They also declined invitations for Ms. Ramirez to speak with committee investigators or to provide a written statement.