This is the key graph in the WaPo piece. https://t.co/XAc6ploUdi

I've heard different things about the rest of the story. But I guess I was dead wrong in thinking that DOJ higher ups didn't demand a statement. pic.twitter.com/GaEYNDQbZ7

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