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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,201 posts) Mon Feb 5, 2018, 10:31 PM Feb 2018

House Intel votes to release Dem countermemo

The House Intelligence Committee on Monday voted unanimously to release a memo drafted by Democrats to rebut a GOP-crafted document alleging surveillance abuses at the Department of Justice (DOJ).

The 10-page classified document now goes to President Trump, who has five days to block its release if he so chooses. It remains an open question whether he will.

Trump on Friday declassified the Republican document, which was drafted by staff for House Intel Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.). Trump claimed the memo “totally vindicates” him in the ongoing investigation into his campaign’s alleged links to Russia.

The central thrust of the Nunes memo is that senior DOJ officials inappropriately relied on a piece of opposition research paid for in part by Hillary Clinton to obtain a surveillance warrant on Trump campaign aide Carter Page. It claims that without the so-called Steele dossier, no surveillance warrants would have been sought.

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/372421-house-intel-votes-to-release-dem-countermemo?rnd=1517872270?userid=229233

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House Intel votes to release Dem countermemo (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2018 OP

Sadly this was a good move for them. unblock Feb 2018 #1

Oh, for sure ... since he'll joyfully take the heat of saying in a nutshell 'nope, fuck off Schiff' mr_lebowski Feb 2018 #2

That's my take gratuitous Feb 2018 #3

unblock

(52,326 posts)

1. Sadly this was a good move for them.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 10:34 PM

Feb 2018

The optics of releasing their memo while not releasing ours was terrible.

mr_lebowski

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2. Oh, for sure ... since he'll joyfully take the heat of saying in a nutshell 'nope, fuck off Schiff'

Reply to unblock (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 6, 2018, 12:44 AM

Feb 2018

And he'll do it cause he has over 80% approval among the only people he cares about, and they'll love him even more for fucking with the Democrat Party and refusing to release it ... they love seeing us futilely piss and moan about their guy, it makes 'em hard/wet.

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3. That's my take

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 6, 2018, 12:56 AM

Feb 2018

Trump declassified the Nunes memo, which made it out of committee on a split vote. The Democratic memo, which got a unanimous vote from the committee? Nah, the American people don't need to see that.

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