If you want FBI to continue to use false statements charges to build conspiracy cases (AKA, Papadopoulos and Flynn), then you have to accept criminal referral for McCabe. https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/04/19/the-mccabe-referral-is-unsurprising-and-probably-justified/ …
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And while I'm selective about when I'm comfortable w/FBI's reliance on false statements charges, it is necessary for a guy who sent people to cages for it to be subject to same standard.
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Replying to @emptywheel
It’s not the same standard empty wheel- it is based on direct and intentional omissions by Flynn, McCabe is based on a difference in statements btn Comey and McCabe , there is wiggle room there. I otherwise agree.
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Bullshit. There are 4 charges in the report. Just one--by far the weakest--involves Comey.
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