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Thank you for pointing to Q4153. I don't think I read it carefully before because I don't recall "gag order". There's more in Q4153 than I can understand, so I hope to go back to it again later.
The drop is helpful in many ways (e.g., FBI 7th Floor behind forcing Sessions to recuse) and helps tie some research I did on Spalding and King law firm with a question I always had about RR.
Excerpt: 4153
[FBI Floor 7] [DOJ_RR] appoint_[MUELLER]_SC
[DOJ_RR][#2][CLAS 1-99] scope_memo target FISA 1-4 [initiate immediate gag order][force comply v POTUS]
[DOJ_RR] [AF1_POTUS]
So DOJ_RR, #2 and Infilitrator were behind the scope memos and FISAs 1-4. The white hats initiated an immediate gag order. I tried finding "immediate to what action" by checking the dates of RR's three scope memos, which are
First Scope Memo: May 2017 — utlined the overview of his probe to avoid identifying targets.
Second Scope Memo: Aug. 2, 2017: Page, Manafort, PapaD, Flynn and invitation for Mueller to request additional from RR. Some Redactions
Third Scope Memo: Oct. 20, 2017, Michael Cohen, Rick Gates, Roger Stone and others
The dates of the FISA applicaitons were October 21, 2016, and three renewal applications on January 12, April 7, and June 29, 2017, according to the OIG report:
https://www.justice.gov/storage/120919-examination.pdf
I thought perhaps a discussion of said gag order might have taken place when Rosenstein flew on Air Force One with President Trump. Rod was pretending like he was being offered a promotion when he took that flight - his contemptuous glassy-eyed smile when questioned invited the viewer to think he was pleased about the flight, but after trying to destroy the President for over a year, he had no reason to think it would be a good conversation.
RR didn't fly on Air Force One with President Trump until October 8, 2018 leaving more than a year between FISA/Scope Memos and the flight. My intention in figuring out the gag order originated in the belief that it was give to Rod during the flight but it occurred four months before Barr would review his work and have access to Scope Memos, FISAs etc. It could just be that RR was given notice he was under investigation for violating the requirements of assigning a special counsel without cause, or some other effort I can't guess at.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/410359-rosenstein-to-travel-with-trump-on-air-force-one
December 7, 2018: President Trump nominates Barr
February 14, 2019: Barr is confirmed
Q2776 dated February 17, 2019 is almost painful to read. I think the paraphrasing of this conversation between Barr and Mueller indicates a formal legal proceeding in which Mueller is asked to justify his illegal activities and when asked if the dossier was a valid document upon which to base his investigation, Mueller replies, “Those facts were never taken into consideration.” I believe an attorney would like to cover themselves better than saying "I didn't think about it" if he had ANY alternative answer that would not indicate guilt.
I believe Barr would have reviewed Rosenstein's information at this time too and found his actions illegal as well. There is no mention of RR's conversation with Barr in Q2776 and that may be the result of the "immediate gag order" that Barr would likely employ after examining RR's "work".
I think the Scope memos were written in a manner meant to "found" and instill accusations that the MSM would work to permanently cement in place in the lives of the targets - possibly Trump's children. Mueller's defenders said that the intentional manner in which he worded his report WAS meant to BE the indictment. Therefore, Barr would likely use a gag order to limit the toxic waste.
March 22, 2019: Mueller ends investigation. How could he continue it after admitting to Barr that the dossier was not a legitimate basis etc.
March 24, 2019: Barr releases a four-page letter outlining the principal conclusions of the Mueller report. At the press conference, Rod Rosenstein looks nearly catatonic. I believed that the image of him standing glassy-eyed behind Barr would look more appropriate if there was a red laser spot on RR's forehead; I think RR was terrified to be forced to stand with Barr because he knew what the black hats could do to him for this perceived "betrayal," yet he was leveraged by Barr. who now had possession of facts which incriminated him. I thought "I'M DOOMED" showed in Rod's eyes.
Youtube body language expert Bodylanguage Ghost suggested that Rod was indeed dazed and in distress at that press conference, but she mentioned that at some point RR's body language suggested he associated safety with Bill Barr. Perhaps Rosenstein needed Barr to communicate internally to the DOJ the existance of a gag order or other compliance requirement so the Deep Staters would not think RR willingly betrayed them.
Late March 2019, Mueller writes letters to Barr suggesting Barr's 4 page letter did not accurately represent Mueller's report. He really did everything he could to hint without stating - and he did this AFTER he saw what the white hats had on him. Fear for his life re the black hats?
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/441881-timeline-barr-mueller-and-the-trump-probe
July, 2019 Mueller stammers out answers while testifying about his report. Both the left and the right thoroughly hated him for his testimony and some claim loss of cognitive function, or explain that Weisman was running the investigation and Mueller hadn't even read the report. But I do wonder if both Rod and Bob were under a gag order at this point. Certainly both had legal problems by then and Bob didn't want to make it worse in testimony - but he was afraid to betray the CIA and various Deep State actors/infiltrators - so Bob tried.
This brings me to the law firm King and Spalding.
The firm brags that it has a track record of starting young lawyers, getting them interested in public service, sending them off to work in the government, and bringing them back into the firm after their illustrious career in gov. I thought that whole slant was weird. I think the firm had to explain away that career trajectory. I suspect that K&S is a deep state recruiting firm for black hat lawyers. Young lawyers are recruited, the firm has a government matters wing and those who distinguish themselves there are invited into government jobs.
People like Sally Yates and Rod Rosenstein then return to K&S once they encounter legal problems. It's in K&S 's best interest to manage the legal defense of those who once worked for the firm - they don't want the reputation of being home to black hat government officials. A Tweeter noted that RR was never offered another government job (that we know of) and Rod rejoined K&S in January of 2020. So where was Rod between April 29, 2019 (his resignation) and January of 2020 when he returned to K&S? Possibly going through grand jury proceedings based on information about his actions Barr uncovered? Perhaps he returned to K&S in Jan 2020 because it would explain why he might now need to meet extensively with K&S lawyers on a daily basis if he is undergoing trial. The same for Sally Yates. Well....I can hope!
Again, ThankQ for pointing me back to content I overlooked!
I would really like to more about the gag order
You have also ended up at the law firm from where WRAY came
It’s quite an incestuous RAT nest. PANIC IN DC :)
Makin' my home here wif frens.
GREAT post!
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