DNI Ratcliffe has reportedly just released a binder full of documents to assist John Durham in his investigation of the origins of the phony Trump Russia collusion scandal:
NEW: Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has approved the release to DOJ/Durham's team of a large binder full of documents to assist a review of the Obama admin's handling of the Trump-Russia investigation. https://t.co/ddOBOSa97y
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) October 7, 2020
Here’s a little more:
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has approved the release to the Department of Justice of a large binder full of documents to assist a review of the Obama administration’s handling of the Trump-Russia investigation, according to a source with direct knowledge of the materials and confirmed by Ratcliffe.
The source said Ratcliffe has been working on this batch of documents for a number of weeks.
The article is longer, but that’s the beefy part. This comes as Obama’s former CIA Director, John Brennan, is accusing Ratcliffe of selectively releasing documents to push a political agenda.
I’m honestly surprised this hasn’t happened sooner, but I say that with hardly any knowledge of how the release of intelligence works. I would have just assumed that Durham could have gotten whatever he wanted without all of this release process.
There were also some developments in the Flynn case. It isn’t much we didn’t already know, but you can read through them below:
DOJ produces new Flynn evidence – 1/25/17 Notes FBI OGC lawyer notes.
Logan Act: "no reasonable prosecutor" would proceed.
Flynn call w/ Kislyak similar to "other transition teams"
"First time to use [Logan Act]"
Thread. pic.twitter.com/72wsa7R1wX
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) October 7, 2020
TOP FBI lawyer James Baker:
"How do you assess § 1001 (false statements) when you wouldn't prosecute the underlying crime?"
Big concession that this wasn't about the broader Crossfile Hurricane investigation. pic.twitter.com/VpCGnsRJHC
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) October 7, 2020
Assessment of whether Flynn is in a "covert relationship w/ Russia":
"No, probably not based on facts to date and interview."
Will be necessary to compare this to the Flynn NSLs handled by Clinesmith. Possible predication issues. (See pic) pic.twitter.com/s9jTu7DdRb
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) October 7, 2020
Here we see the dubious Russia "blackmail" theory emerge. Notable that there was no discussion of materiality.
Also – concession that "we left [Flynn] in position to not correct record b/c we didn't confront him"
Full doc:https://t.co/V93ggPveWQ pic.twitter.com/XIFyJsgQx3
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) October 7, 2020