Re: Trump interview w/special counsel, perhaps all can agree it should be under same terms @TheJusticeDept gave Hillary Clinton: 1. An exoneration letter is drafted in advance. 2. Immunity is given to top Trump aides (and they’re allowed to sit in on interview). (Continued)
3. Interview isn’t recorded. 4. Lead official (Mueller) doesn’t attend. 5. #2 official’s family has received large donations from Trump political friends. 6. Prior to the interview, lead official meets privately on plane tarmac with Trump's wife (to discuss grandchildren). (Cont)
7. Main interviewer has expressed disdain for Trump’s opponents, such as discussing an “insurance plan” with higher-ups to undermine them. If the same terms aren’t offered...Was Clinton’s interview process unfair? Or is the one proposed for Trump unfair? #FairIsFair
8. As long as they believe Trump didn't intend any harm, he's let off the hook for any violations.
9. If Trump becomes a target, it should be referred to as a "matter" not an investigation.
10. Trump aides should be permitted to destroy subpoenaed or relevant public records and wipe relevant servers with a cloth or something.
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Stand by for an instructive example of how false narratives and talking points are amplified by inaccurate media coverage. I will chain the tweest as replies to this one for those who are interested. #Wray#Horowitz#NoBias
It’s more reason you cannot necessarily believe what’s reported and repeated, no matter how many are reporting and repeating it. Make up your own mind. You can see for yourself.
Here’s a link to today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. I’ll include time code notes on the subsequent tweets. c-span.org/video/?446804-…
It's convenient (for them) that Clapper, Brennan, Morell are hired at national news organizatns where they can give their spin & monitor media on matters that directly implicate them in *possible* improprieties. 1/? (cont.)
There was a time when this placement wd have been considered an ethics problem. 2/? (cont.)
A fmr. top intel official I asked about this said, "It also gives them an opportunity to correct the record and possibly influence others in the industry including editors and management..." 3/? (cont.)
Comey memos have been reviewed by several Repub members of Congress: Judiciary Comm Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Oversight and Government Reform Comm Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), and House Permanent Select Comm on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Ca.) (cont)
3-"The [Comey] memos also made clear the "cloud" President Trump wanted lifted was not the Russian interference in the 2016 election cloud, rather it was the salacious, unsubstantiated allegations related to personal conduct leveled in the dossier." (cont)
4-"The memos also show former Director Comey never wrote that he felt obstructed or threatened... he never once mentioned the most relevant fact of all, which was whether he felt obstructed in his investigation." (cont)
A growing question over appearance of conflicts of interest. Who investigates the investigators when they're implicated in some of the alleged misconduct but also remain in charge of the evidence and prosecutions? (Continued)
The senate's criminal referral of Christopher Steele in essence asks the FBI to investigate a source with whom FBI officials collaborated, and whose evidence they used in a fashion that’s under congressional investigation. (Continued)
The criminal referral was addressed to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein-- who himself signed at least one of the questionable wiretap applications using the Steele dossier. (Continued)
Yes, I think the memo (or the info it summarizes) is a big deal. What's "the bigger story" I refer to? It's not that some in the intel community allegedly conspired against Trump-- but *why*: he was the only candidate they feared would threaten the 1/5
2/5 system that has quietly been built below the radar for 10 yrs+ doing questionable things with players that have persisted from administration to administration. They feared he would expose what they've done. How's my computer intrusion lawsuit vs. govt going? Good.. it's
3/5 very tough to sue the govt but we have survived so far despite Obama & Trump @TheJusticeDept fighting us every step of the way. Fri. the judge told DOJ that the intel agencies must comply w/our subpoenas/depositions. Do I think the text messages are "lost"? I believe they