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Snarkoleptic

(5,997 posts) Thu Feb 1, 2018, 08:30 PM Feb 2018

Ryan: GOP memo not an 'indictment' of FBI, DOJ

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/371882-ryan-gop-memo-not-an-indictment-of-fbi-doj

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Thursday defended an unreleased House GOP memo that alleges abuses by the FBI and Justice Department, saying that it’s not an “indictment” of those government institutions.

“What this is not is an indictment on our institutions, of our justice system. This memo is not an indictment of the FBI, of the Department of Justice. It does not impugn [special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia] investigation or the deputy attorney general,” Ryan said at a retreat for GOP lawmakers in West Virginia.

“What it is is the Congress’s legitimate function of oversight to make sure the FISA process is being used correctly,” he added, referring to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. “If it wasn’t being used correctly, that needs to come to light and people need to be held accountable so this doesn’t affect our civil liberties.”

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Ryan: GOP memo not an 'indictment' of FBI, DOJ (Original Post) Snarkoleptic Feb 2018 OP

''That's not an indictment.... Qutzupalotl Feb 2018 #1

+1000 Pachamama Feb 2018 #13

RYan is a liar and received intel from Russia for the election, money too probably, he is a traitor Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #2

Zero trust for this weasel. Snarkoleptic Feb 2018 #3

Ryan is a faker. madaboutharry Feb 2018 #4

Liar. Co-conspirator. spanone Feb 2018 #5

Isnt Ryan privy to this and more? NCTraveler Feb 2018 #6

Lying Ryan Iliyah Feb 2018 #7

That kind of has the feel of back peddling Phoenix61 Feb 2018 #8

Interesting word choice.... unblock Feb 2018 #9

Walking it back?! Rothstein was the Bullseye of the fake FISA scandal! Remember yesterday?? Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #10

Technically true - It's an indictment of the GOP. nt Xipe Totec Feb 2018 #11

It's not an indictment it's a cleansing. nocalflea Feb 2018 #12

"oversight" moondust Feb 2018 #14

Ryan is full of something Gothmog Feb 2018 #15

Qutzupalotl

(14,313 posts)

1. ''That's not an indictment....

Reply to Snarkoleptic (Original post)

Thu Feb 1, 2018, 08:32 PM

Feb 2018

THIS is an indictment!” — Robert Mueller

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)

13. +1000

Reply to Qutzupalotl (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 1, 2018, 09:10 PM

Feb 2018

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)

2. RYan is a liar and received intel from Russia for the election, money too probably, he is a traitor

Reply to Snarkoleptic (Original post)

Thu Feb 1, 2018, 08:32 PM

Feb 2018

Snarkoleptic

(5,997 posts)

3. Zero trust for this weasel.

Reply to Snarkoleptic (Original post)

Thu Feb 1, 2018, 08:32 PM

Feb 2018

He'll go right down the drain with the rest.

madaboutharry

(40,212 posts)

4. Ryan is a faker.

Reply to Snarkoleptic (Original post)

Thu Feb 1, 2018, 08:33 PM

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spanone

(135,843 posts)

5. Liar. Co-conspirator.

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Thu Feb 1, 2018, 08:33 PM

Feb 2018

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

6. Isnt Ryan privy to this and more?

Reply to Snarkoleptic (Original post)

Thu Feb 1, 2018, 08:35 PM

Feb 2018

If he has had an issue why hasn’t he done more as Speaker.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

7. Lying Ryan

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Thu Feb 1, 2018, 08:36 PM

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Phoenix61

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8. That kind of has the feel of back peddling

Reply to Snarkoleptic (Original post)

Thu Feb 1, 2018, 08:38 PM

Feb 2018

Apparently, Ryan is smart enough to know that pissing off the FBI is not a good plan. It's probably an especially bad plan if you aren't squeaky clean.

unblock

(52,243 posts)

9. Interesting word choice....

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Thu Feb 1, 2018, 08:39 PM

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Fred Sanders

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10. Walking it back?! Rothstein was the Bullseye of the fake FISA scandal! Remember yesterday??

Reply to Snarkoleptic (Original post)

Thu Feb 1, 2018, 08:39 PM

Feb 2018

Ryan is covering his ass with big words The Base will not understand and will just move on. Clever boy.

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)

11. Technically true - It's an indictment of the GOP. nt

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Thu Feb 1, 2018, 08:39 PM

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nocalflea

(1,387 posts)

12. It's not an indictment it's a cleansing.

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Thu Feb 1, 2018, 08:45 PM

Feb 2018

Cleanse is his word and his meaning is clear. A good journalist would tie him to that word . Remind him that he said it. Again and again.

moondust

(19,988 posts)

14. "oversight"

Reply to Snarkoleptic (Original post)

Thu Feb 1, 2018, 09:13 PM

Feb 2018

does not include releasing classified intel to the public against the advice of the FBI. Period. Is Lyin' Ryan trying to be another Edward Snowden or Chelsea Manning? Is he feeding classified intel to Wikileaks/Russia as part of his "oversight"?

The general public may not see the harm in it or get a coherent picture because the information has undoubtedly been cherry-picked for political purposes, but some foreign adversaries may get some important pieces of their intelligence puzzles filled.

Trump moves toward releasing memo he hopes will undermine Russia probe

Gothmog

(145,291 posts)

15. Ryan is full of something

Reply to Snarkoleptic (Original post)

Thu Feb 1, 2018, 09:31 PM

Feb 2018

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