THREAD. Read this piece if you already haven't. And then consider where this, and the Russia bounty scandal, fits in with the bigger picture of Trump's responses -- *especially to activities conducted by the GRU*, Russia's military intelligence service. A refresher:

THREAD. Read this piece if you already haven't. And then consider where this, and the Russia bounty scandal, fits in with the bigger picture of Trump's responses -- *especially to activities conducted by the GRU*, Russia's military intelligence service. A refresher: https://t.co/pIO9vFXIGe

— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) July 9, 2020

3. As @attackerman reported in 2017, Flynn tried to push Pentagon to cooperate with Russia, but ran into a roadblock:

Federal law bars mil-mil cooperation with Russia, and would require SecDef Mattis waiver.

No statute, however, bars CIA cooperation.https://t.co/IFzcowTGEO

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) July 8, 2020