
Margot Cleveland
Senior Legal Correspondent at The Federalist
Senior Legal Correspondent @FDRLST, Of Counsel @NCLALegal, ~25 yrs 7thCir law clerk, former full-time univ. faculty, Catholic conservative, wife to DH/mom to DS
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2 weeks ago |
thefederalist.com | Margot Cleveland
Less than two weeks ago, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, first revealed agents had marked Crossfire Hurricane documents with a “Prohibited Access” coding in the FBI’s Sentinel case management database and that that designation rendered the material invisible to other agents — including those investigating the individuals responsible for pushing the Russia collusion hoax.
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2 weeks ago |
threadreaderapp.com | Margot Cleveland
Jun 10 🚨I began researching this deep-dive at @FDRLST soon after @SenGrassleyIA broke news of the "Prohibited Access" functionality of Sentinel. Inspector General conducted TEN audits of Sentinel & details buried in those report blow-open scandal. 1/ 3/ Some key points: Sentinel has not been audited in more than a decade AND the "prohibited access" function has never been audited. Read 12 tweets Jun 8 🚨🚨🚨Garcia's attorneys are not happy and they likely have a judge willing to play along.
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2 weeks ago |
threadreaderapp.com | Margot Cleveland
🚨Hearing in Newsom v. Trump re National Guard starts in ~15 minutes. I'll be live-posting in this 🧵. 1/ 2/ Hearing starting: Judge Preliminary Comments: Entered scheduling order directing file of briefs & appreciative of that.
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2 weeks ago |
floppingaces.net | Margot Cleveland
If the FBI used Prohibited Access coding on a widespread basis, the ramifications will be enormous. Sen. Chuck Grassley’s release last week of an FBI memorandum discussing the Bureau’s ability to render computerized records invisible to other agents raises huge constitutional and corruption concerns.
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2 weeks ago |
thefederalist.com | Margot Cleveland
Sen. Chuck Grassley’s release last week of an FBI memorandum discussing the Bureau’s ability to render computerized records invisible to other agents raises huge constitutional and corruption concerns.
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PSA: @FXRegan is MUST. FOLLOW. He's former FBI Special Agent in Charge (I confirmed his real identity & credentials). I reference in my piece below several key points he made in article @shipwreckedcrew published at his substack.

🚨I began researching this deep-dive at @FDRLST soon after @SenGrassleyIA broke news of the "Prohibited Access" functionality of Sentinel. Inspector General conducted TEN audits of Sentinel & details buried in those report blow-open scandal. 1/ https://t.co/iQawx05t9Z

https://t.co/7KMfO2mQJo

This is Musk's mea culpa. Kind a like my husband's version of Fonzie's "I was wroggggggg". I say we're all good now.

It’s outrageous how much character assassination has been directed at me, especially by me!