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by blisseyGo 2085 days ago
Using a random twitter account's narrative to "debunk" a well established lawyer for a 35 year military general and DOJ's declassified statements is not how things work in the judicial system.

That twitter account is blatantly lying and the replies seem to be coming from an echo chamber.

For example here's a couple statements easily verifiably wrong. The twitter account says:

> Stuff that was already public (tho she didn't admit that)

This is so easily probably wrong. The interview of the FBI agent Barnett by USAO Jeff Jenson is from September 17, 2020 which was declassified yesterday. How this twitter account claims "already public"??

> Stuff that proves Peter Strzok didn't have it in for Flynn

This is also so easily provable wrong. The FBI agent Barnett (who was one of the agents specifically assigned to the Special Counsel's team) specifically says in his interview:

"“Barnett believed the prosecution of Flynn by SCO was used as a means to ‘get TRUMP,'” the report of his interview concluded."

The source of the Steele Dossier was literally a Russian agent and was investigated from 2009-2011 until he fled from the country. FBI knew about it in December 2016 as revealed yesterday.

https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/25/get-trump-fbi-whistlebl...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fbis-bad-intelligence-11601...

Clearly that twitter account is spreading misinformation for political reasons and the echo chamber members are buying it because it fits the political narrative.

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First off, Marci Wheeler is not a random Twitter account. She's an expert in legal and national security issues. She has been a prominent figure in this space for over 10 years. She's been writing about Flynn and the SCO investigation fro the very beginning.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcy_Wheeler

Second, chiding me for linking a "random" Twitter account betrays a serious lack of self-awareness on your part, given that you've sprinkled random YouTube links throughout this discussion.

Her wikipedia literally states her occupation as "Independent journalist". You would rather believe a journalist who I have clearly exposed as lying and biased with proof. Good luck.