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As Democrats and Republicans continue brawling over the Russia probe, House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes is gearing up to release a second memo as part of his investigation into perceived bias within the FBI and Department of Justice
Nunes's much-hyped first memo, which was declassified last week, purports to show the FBI and DOJ abusing their surveillance authority by omitting "material and relevant" facts when submitting an application for a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant against Carter Page, a former adviser to President Donald Trump's campaign.
Much of the Republican document also questioned the FBI's decision to use the Steele dossier an explosive collection of memos by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele alleging collusion between Trump and Russia as a "roadmap" in the Russia investigation.
Nunes's next memo, meanwhile, will focus on alleged abuses at the Department of State and a second Trump-Russia dossier compiled by Cody Shearer, a controversial political activist with close ties to the Clinton family, according to a Republican familiar with the details.
The existence of the second dossier was reported by The Guardian last week. Shearer gave the dossier to Obama State Department official Jonathan Winer, who passed it along to Steele, according to The Atlantic. Steele gave the document to the FBI in October 2016.
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Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)He should stop digging.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Sinistrous
(4,249 posts)Is monomania disqualifying for service in the House of Representatives?
standingtall
(2,787 posts)that Nunes goes to prison.