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There are 2 things in this article that I want to point out.

First who ordered and for what reason did the FBI invade the house of the whistleblower who gave info on the Clinton Foundation and Uranium One to Horowitz who then instructed that this info also be given to the House and Senate? This sounds like a Mueller/Weissman tactic - but there was no mention of anyone except the FBI. (The whole article - worth reading - is troubling and raises other questions but I wanted to focus on the who and why.)

The second thing is the person who signed the court order - federal magistrate Stephanie A. Gallagher - who was an Obama appointee. Not knowing the why, I can’t make an informed opinion on Gallagher’s court order. My first impulse when I see Obama Appointee is a negative reason. However, my focus is on the fact that this judge, appointed by Obama for the District Court but time expired before she was confirmed, was nominated by President Trump this year and got voted out of the judiciary Committee on Oct 11,2018 by a 20-1 vote. At that meeting she was one of 7 voted on favorably. I looked at the votes in favor and against and noted 2 others that were Obama appointees that got nominated by Trump. Mary S. McElroy had a similar story as I noted for Gallagher. Her vote was 19-2. Lastly, Mary M. Rowland was a federal magistrate appointed in 2012. The vote was 16-5. (Lee voted no to all 3). Question - why in the hell did Trump nominate these 3 Obama appointees 2 of which were previously nominated by Obama for the District Court?