Hutch Starskey
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Sure. You don't know that it wasn't. It obviously met the standard four times in front of four different judges.
You're assuming that everyone involved with the application process lied and every judge and their staff is incompetent. That's just dumb.
No, not at all. I'm just assuming these judges have standards.
The FBI approaches FISA and says they have opposition research from a presidential candidate that she paid for, and they want to use it to get a FISA warrant on her opponent and various members of his campaign. They tell the judge that the information was not vetted and they are just taking his word for it. The person who created the dossier is a known Trump hater. What they are looking for is Trump's collusion with Russia even though they don't have an iota of evidence to support their investigation.
And the judge says "Sure, no problem, here's your warrant?"
If you think that's what took place, then I have a bridge I want to sell you.
No, not at all. I'm just assuming these judges have standards.
Yes, standards like failing to include any required information is grounds for rejection.
You're assuming that not a one of four judges was competent enough to catch that.
The judges only know what is presented to them, nothing more. This "footnote" is extremely suspicious. Why didn't they make the fact that this was opposition research and unverified transcending in their application?The judges only know what is presented to them, nothing more.
No. They know very well what is required for them to properly adjudicate the warrant application.
But they don't do investigative work. That's not part of their job.
They do however, review the application and it's contents. Do they not?