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"So you won't say to this committee whether or not you even read the document you signed that authorized spying on people associated with the Trump campaign?" Gaetz asked. Rosenstein said he did not agree with Gaetz's characterization of what the warrant application was about. Rosenstein replied that he had not been briefed on it by any FBI officials, and then explained to Gaetz that he had been briefed on the application by a team of career DOJ attorneys. "I can tell you, sir, that the information that's public about [the warrant] doesn't match with my understanding of the one that I signed," Rosenstein said. "But I think it's appropriate to let the inspector general complete that investigation ... if the inspector general finds that I did something wrong, then I'll respect that judgment. But I think it's highly, highly unlikely, sir, given the way the process works."
This has always been circling in the back of my mind with [RR]. He had to know by mid 2017 that the FISA warrant was going to be an issue and he had to know the phony dossier was being pushed as the primary source. Why would he implicate himself as a co-conspirator and renew a warrant based on the phony dossier. There has to be more there, there and his statement that what he saw did not gee and haw with what's been made public makes me think that the "insurance policy" must be something besides the phony dossier, something that convinced [RR] to renew the FISA warrant.
[RR] said twice in his testimony that he didn't think the warrant was being properly characterized. (see above)
Still don't know if what color his hat is but by mid 2017 if he's still signing off on a FISA warrant to spy on Trump for the 3rd or 4th time that is primarily based on the phony dossier then he must be really, really dumb or he's telling the truth that the warrant is not what we think it is. If the warrant is not "to spy on people associated with the Trump campaign" then what is it?
Plausible deniability.
It’s the Chicago way.
That is all right + good ... Add the 4th FISA was out of the timing sequence - they did 2nd + 3rd right as prior was about to expire. The 4th though was premature, well before 3rd expired - which suggests it’s different ... I’m close to being back where I was a year ago thinking RR is good. I cannot explain the Barsoomian factor or many other things ... But yesterday’s inconsistencies can near only mean that RR is working with(in) process - that cannot seemingly be the case in any black hat scenario.
Important comment about RR and his hat color.