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BY MATT FORD
February 2, 2018
It would be easy to compare .. Nuness release of a .. memo on purported surveillance abuses to Geraldo Rivera opening Al Capones vault. But this would be .. unfair to Geraldo, who didnt know .. it would be empty.
... the .. document falls .. short of what .. backers claimed ... And yet .. it also confirms .. details about the investigation that undercut Trumps defenses against the accusations ...
... the memo .. elides .. key facts ... Page had well-established contacts with Russian intelligence figures long before he joined the Trump campaign ... <The> Russia investigation.. began .. before Steele contacted the FBI or the FISA application targeting Page was drafted ...
... the memo pivots to .. texts between FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page ... Trump-aligned outlets often describe their conversations as evidence of an internal FBI conspiracy against the president. But the Wall Street Journal reviewed more than 7,000 text messages between them and reported on Friday that it found "no evidence of a conspiracy against Mr. Trump" ...
https://newrepublic.com/article/146935/trump-just-shot-foot-release-nunes-memo
applegrove
(118,749 posts)Maybe he is a true believer...... naw.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)"business partner" a Russian died under mysterious circumstances. He now has a new Russian partner in a vineyard in California. Supposedly ALL his money is wrapped up in this venture, so he is fighting to make the Russians seem like really nice guys to do business with. Vlad has a knack for choosing the weakest people to control, doesn't he? I wonder why Lyin' Ryan is in full support of Nunes? Could it be their lives are on the line, for some reason? Blackmail?
Trueblue Texan
(2,437 posts)Nunes looks terrified.
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)Many others accepted Russian money.too.
Havent you noticed Mitch has been silent as a mouse on this whole issue?
Nunes is panic stricken. Has been,ever since his midnight visit to the WH was exposed.
Trump is terrified. Not just about Russia. His whole money laundering past is coming out.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)that if they swallowed a nail, they would poop out a cork screw. Criminals and traitors everyone. Let this be a lesson to teach our children and grandchildren about the vice of worshipping money above all else and at all costs.
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)The subject is serious but its good to still see we have a sense of humor.
Farmer-Rick
(10,197 posts)When it was still secret.
I'm not sure what kind of damage it does to agents and assets in the field, but as a secret hidden document with possibly exculpatory information would have been more useful to Trump if it had remained secret.
But now, it's just another overly hyped lie. What a dumb move for Trump.