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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Feb 12

    You have to be fucking stupid to claim not to know why FBI/DOJ/Mueller later came to believe Flynn lied. They now know *why* he lied.http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-comey-told-congress-fbi-agents-didnt-think-michael-flynn-lied/article/2648896 …

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      2. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Feb 12

        My golly that thug @SallyQYates "sent" the FBI to conduct an interview. Cmon @ByronYork, you know how FBI works.pic.twitter.com/02uMXFmavD

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Feb 12

        Congress was in the dark bc FBI wouldn't brief Congress before Exec, but couldn't brief Exec bc you NSA is who you brief. As I note here: https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/02/12/graham-and-grassley-are-seeing-christopher-steeles-ghost-where-mike-flynn-lurks/ …pic.twitter.com/xwDmpAgqM4

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      4. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Feb 12

        Anyone besides me remember that Comey was fired for USURPING DOJ's authority to decide whether ot charge Hillary? I mean "effectively gave"?!?!?!?!pic.twitter.com/6u9Nc4PcNP

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      5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Feb 12

        I didn't make that "usurp" bit up. Here's Rod Rosenstein's letter justifying the whole thing. https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3711116/White-House-Fires-James-Comey.pdf … But Byron would have you believe that Lynch gave Comey the authority to usurp her power. Dumb.pic.twitter.com/kDQ9WGY125

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      6. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Feb 12

        Anyway, when I said the other day Byron was worth reading it's NOT bc he engages in good faith reporting (like I argue @ChuckRossDC does) but bc the huge holes in his arguments are such tells about where the game goes next.

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      2. Majestic12‏ @T3hmaj3stic12 Feb 12
        Replying to @emptywheel

        It’s Byron York. The stupid is baked in.

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      3. James Phipps‏ @JamesPhipps Feb 12
        Replying to @T3hmaj3stic12 @complete_idiot @emptywheel

        Can you imagine the rage he feels towards Tucker Carlson? Dude totally stole his bit.

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      2. Gus Hall ™️  ❌‏ @valak4trump Feb 12
        Replying to @emptywheel

        He didn’t lie...Strzok and the mystery crooked cop with him falsified the 302. This is gonna be painful for you if you don’t start paying attention. Wanna wager on the outcome?

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      3. Be Best‏ @DjRodgers1231 Feb 12
        Replying to @valak4trump

        i feel so sorry for you. You really need to stop watching Infowars and Hannity

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      1. Raymonde 🚶‍♂️ 🏕️‏ @Ray_Phenicie Feb 12
        Replying to @emptywheel

        So it boils down to conflicts of interest everywhere in the Trump administration which leaves a whole passel of people surrounding the Oval Office open to outside influence-such as needing shush motives-blackmail in short.

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      1. Niche Nietzsche  ✴‏ @Xipher_404 Feb 12
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I peeked at that article earlier....smells of sweat, panic, with a slight stench of urine.

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      1. David j‏ @David_Jorgonson Feb 12
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Why did Flynn lie? Still seems like a dumb mistake by a crackpot to me.

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      1. James DeSarno‏ @j_desarno Feb 12
        Replying to @emptywheel

        This reads as planted after the fact framing of narrative. Consistent with the Priebus led framing of McCabe telling him the Russia investigation was B.S. which did not happen but Priebus made sure was in print.

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      1. Steve Martinez-Partida‏ @smartinez411 Feb 12
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Loves ya Marcy! Keep giving ‘em hell!

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      1. leave it to beavis‏ @GoodTipLeaver Feb 12
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Byron gonna Byron

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      2. Crypto Schrödinger's Cat‏ @Neuros12 Feb 12
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Sorry I'm dumb. "why" did he lie? didn't know intention was revealed? thanks... Usually disdain/try to keep clear of pol. twtr. but appreciate your inquisitiveness.

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      4. Crypto Schrödinger's Cat‏ @Neuros12 Feb 12
        Replying to @LindaCo03364065 @emptywheel

        lul which ones! can u be more specific for my small brain

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