2. I think this material was likely obtained under Stored Communications Act. As far as I can see FBI was not obligated to make a disclosure. The July 2017 WAPO article was a red flag. No surprise to me they sought the meta data records.
3. Why are they posting this now? My first thought is that they are about to drop a major indictment on the espionage surrounding the Trump 2016 campaign and they are simply giving the @washingtonpost a heads up. A courtesy.
4. Remember, Giuliani was also leaking FISA related matters in 2016. I& #39;m comforted by the fact that they appear to be moving forward on these leaks. And in my quick read of the June and July WAPO reports I noticed something interesting. The person
5. who was running this in the Obama Whitehouse is somebody who might be in a position to do something about the espionage? Lisa Monaco. Merrick Garland& #39;s deputy
6. I went back to my material on the meeting with Kislyak at the Mayflower. There is a good chance that during a cocktail party, Trump agreed to accept Putin& #39;s assistance in the election in exchange for agreement to remove sanctions. Sessions should stay away from upper floors.
7. You might recall that when the Russians met with Trump& #39;s team on June 9 at Trump tower, the Russians reminded them of the other help that Russia had promised. That was just a few weeks after the Mayflower meeting.
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