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Prof Triggernometry
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“The calls [between Flynn and Kislyak] were entirely appropriate on their face”
“The evidence shows his statements were not “material” to any viable counterintelligence investigation—or any investigation for that matter—initiated by the FBI”
“Indeed, the FBI itself had recognized that it lacked sufficient basis to sustain its initial counterintelligence investigation by seeking to close that very investigation without even an interview of Mr. Flynn”
“With its [CI] investigation no longer justifiably predicated, the communications between Flynn and Kislyak—the FBI’s sole basis for resurrecting the investigation on Jan 4—did not warrant either continuing that existing [CI] investigation or opening a new criminal investigation”
“Nor was anything said on the calls themselves to indicate an inappropriate relationship between Mr. Flynn and a foreign power.”
“Indeed, Mr. Flynn’s request that Russia avoid “escalating” tensions in response to U.S. sanctions in an effort to mollify geopolitical tensions was consistent with him advocating for, not against, the interests of the United States.”
“the FBI [7th floor] sidestepped a modest but critical protection that constrains the investigative reach of law enforcement: the predication threshold for investigating American citizens”
Someone has to pay!
My sentiments exactly.