(THREAD) 1) Investigate Trump-Russia. Determine if anyone broke the law. 2) Investigate the FBI. Determine if anyone has a political belief Fox News wouldn't like. Crime vs. Thoughtcrime.
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The current attempt to discredit the Mueller investigation--which is reaching a fever-pitch on FOX and other pro-Trump media--involves private text messages sent by FBI agent Peter Strzok. For example, "God, Trump is a loathsome human being." 2/x
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The most incriminating-seeming text Strzok privately sent sayings "there’s no way he gets elected—but I’m afraid we can’t take that risk." According to critics, this is evidence of a conspiracy at the FBI to help Hillary Clinton defeat Trump. 3/x
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The FBI publicly drew attention to its investigation into Hillary's emails shortly before the election, while keeping quiet about its investigation into Trump's ties to Russia. If that was a conspiracy to help Hillary win, it was awfully confused. 4/x
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Stewart Baker, a lawyer who served as Assistant Secretary for Policy in the Department of Homeland Security under George W. Bush, provides a good explanation of why Strzok’s "insurance policy" text is not at all evidence of a conspiracy here: 5/xhttps://www.lawfareblog.com/peter-strzoks-insurance-policy …
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It turns out Strzok also texted that Bernie Sanders is "an idiot" and “I’m worried about what happens if HRC is elected.” And, it bears repeating, these are private text messages. Privately sharing an opinion isn't a crime. Thankfully. 6/x
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Replying to @NGrossman81
"Privately sharing an opinion isn't a crime. " Yet.
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Thankfully.
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