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    1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel May 29
      Replying to @art_bax

      asking questions?

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    2. A Wreck of a Poet‏ @art_bax May 29
      Replying to @emptywheel

      So is it fair to say the FBI sent an undercover informant to ask Trump campaign members some questions under false pretenses?

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    3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel May 29
      Replying to @art_bax

      We don't know yet. Also don't know if it was one or two campaign members. Would you have preferred FBI to have started w/Pap's call records, which it took them >6 more months to do?

      2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    4. gringx‏ @NormieDeGuerre May 29
      Replying to @emptywheel @art_bax

      How could they have started w/ Pap's call records when Halper contacted Page before (afawk) anyone had heard about Pap? You again avoid addressing what credible basis there was for the FBI to start investigating a presidential campaign months away from the election.

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    5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel May 29
      Replying to @NormieDeGuerre @art_bax

      FFS. Page was interviewed by FBI in March 2016. He's separate, and prior to, the campaign. Learn some basic details, please.

      2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    6. A Wreck of a Poet‏ @art_bax May 29
      Replying to @emptywheel @NormieDeGuerre

      If it's separate from the campaign then there should be no problem giving all the details to the president.

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    7. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel May 29
      Replying to @art_bax @NormieDeGuerre

      What if Halper investigated London-based Russians who were paying Trump?

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    8. A Wreck of a Poet‏ @art_bax May 29
      Replying to @emptywheel @NormieDeGuerre

      Then the investigation would seem to be campaign related.

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    9. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel May 29
      Replying to @art_bax @NormieDeGuerre

      You're saying the scope of Trump's "campaign" is illegal payoffs?

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    10. A Wreck of a Poet‏ @art_bax May 29
      Replying to @emptywheel @NormieDeGuerre

      No, I'm just answering your hypothetical question.

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      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel May 29
      Replying to @art_bax @NormieDeGuerre

      But your answer only works if YOU BELIEVE illegal payments from foreigners counts within the scope of the campaign (and of privileged political US activity).

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        2. A Wreck of a Poet‏ @art_bax May 29
          Replying to @emptywheel @NormieDeGuerre

          You said the investigation was separate from the campaign. I'm taking you at your word on that.

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        3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel May 29
          Replying to @art_bax @NormieDeGuerre

          I'm describing what I think is a very plausible investigative role for Halper that 1) would be totally outside any imaginable definition of "campaign" but 2) would be especially dangerous, for many reasons, to tell Trump about.

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        4. A Wreck of a Poet‏ @art_bax May 29
          Replying to @emptywheel @NormieDeGuerre

          Why would it be dangerous for Trump to know that Russians were paying him if 1. it has nothing to do with his campaign, and 2. is strictly a counterintelligence (i.e. not criminal) investigation?

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