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John Haughey
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Former FBI Asst Counterintelligence Director Bill Priestap doesn’t recall taking notes of his conversation with James Baker after Baker received data, documents from Sussmann, doesn’t recall context of the notes, or specifics amid Crossfire Hurricane probe.
Under cross-examination, Priestap said he “does not recall” why internal FBI chat messages said “people on the 7th floor (leadership) are fired up” about the allegations or why agents wrote he said they had “no choice” but to open an investigation.
Prestap testified that he was unsure if the FBI opened an investigation. The only reason why he knows they did is because there was an ‘EC’ file opened
Gaynor volunteered to work the case. He spoke with SA Curtis Heide and SA Allison Sands in Chicago about the case on 9/23/16
Days later, Heide asked Raynor about where the allegations came from. Raynor asked J.P. where the info came from that initiated the case and he ended up speaking with Moffa. Moffa told him the allegation had come from Michael Sussmann who had provided it to Baker.