Doesn’t say Contreras was presiding of the FISA case for Carter page.
I am hoping to find out that he was the approving FISA judge. That would confirm my speculation:
- first warrant rejected in June 2016 (not Contreras)
- Strozck waited for his buddy Contreras to cycle into the court before presenting the appeal (October 2016). Because of his relation ship with Contreras, Strozck knew when Contreras would cycle in and had given Contreras a “heads-up” on the appeal.
- It was worked out that Contreras would then approve the renewals by “fiat” because he was original approving judge; all Strozck had to do was push paper and phone Contrerars.
You want a “collusion” case...there it is.