OK ... how about Butina <-> Obama <-> Fed meetings?
Exclusive: Accused Russian agent Butina met with U.S. Treasury, Fed officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Accused Russian agent Maria Butina had wider high-level contacts in Washington than previously known, taking part in 2015 meetings between a visiting Russian official and two senior officials at the U.S. Federal Reserve and Treasury Department.
The meetings, revealed by several people familiar with the sessions and a report from a Washington think tank that arranged them, involved Stanley Fischer, Fed vice chairman at the time, and Nathan Sheets, then Treasury undersecretary for international affairs.
Butina travelled to the United States in April 2015 with Alexander Torshin, then the Russian Central Bank deputy governor, and they took part in separate meetings with Fischer and Sheets to discuss U.S.-Russian economic relations during Democratic former President Barack Obama’s administration.
Maybe this is a silly question but I’m guessing you may have a logical answer. Why is it that for months on end members of Congress have been demanding these fisa documents with no success, yet a foia request gets the job done? I understand they are redacted and all but just the fact they got a response is messing me up. Thanks