1) Of course she was... That part was obvious.https://twitter.com/GillianHTurner/status/1263154635214372864 …
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5) In this context doofus Clapper -with his FBI cuts in hand- just infected the White House with direct knowledge of an ongoing FBI investigation of the incoming administration. In that briefing Clapper removed their carefully assembled plausible deniability.pic.twitter.com/LFuD2L1Dcc
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6) Worse... if anyone should later question FBI Director Comey about it, Comey would say (honestly) he knew Obama was briefed on it because he provided a paper trail. WH counsel Ruemmler would have immediately identified the White House exposure.
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7) That sets up the need for Obama and Rice to organize the pull-aside meeting the following day January 5th. White House needs to put the issue on Comey. Hence Obama telling Comey "by the book" but don't tell me anything.pic.twitter.com/peIyCTQ6Kh
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8) The problem at that point (post meeting) was the risk of it being Obama's word -vs- James Comey. Comey had records, a paper trail, for his escape; the White House did not. It's a he said/he said risk.
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9) So WH Attorney Kathryn Ruemmler tells Susan Rice to create an extemporaneous record of the conversation, in case things go sideways later on. Rice writes the 'memo to file' with objectives for content provided by Ruemmler. /ENDpic.twitter.com/S7F6hHJEO6
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Addendum: The framework and purpose of the Rice 'memo to file' was obvious in the 2018 Rice/Ruemmler response to the Senate.pic.twitter.com/2IQxIyFwuK
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Neil Eggleston was WHC at the time, though. Ruemmler was the prior WHC until 2014. Ruemmler was probably in the loop, though. She, as you know, now represents Susan Rice.
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