GOP lawmaker hits Trump over Democratic memo: 'The American people deserve the opportunity to rea
Source: the hill
By Avery Anapol - 02/09/18 08:52 PM EST
Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) slammed President Trumps decision not to declassify the Democratic response to the GOP surveillance memo.
Trump on Friday said he would not declassify the memo, blocking it from publication, overriding the House Intelligence Committees vote to make it public and going against calls from top Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
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The GOP memo, which accuses FBI and Justice Department officials of surveillance abuse to target the Trump campaign, was made public last week after Trump decided to declassify it, ignoring a strong FBI recommendation not to publish it.
The House Intelligence Committee voted unanimously on Monday to make the Democrats response public, a move supported by numerous lawmakers...........................
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Now to have all the GOP reps and Senators demand the Dem memo be released.
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irisblue
(33,033 posts)vkkv
(3,384 posts)Ligyron
(7,639 posts)Now everybody wants to know what's in it! We can play up the whole "what are they afraid of?" angle.
'cause one way or the other, it's coming out anyway and if not: it will become the fodder for CT's debasing Trump.
the best thing that came out of the Nunes memo for the right was the hype that was created around #releasethememo. If it doesnt look like he's hiding something, its just a bad look politically and further enrages a dem opposition that will be strong in the fall. I cant imagine the memo is that damning and by doing this he's creating an aura of curiosity that will cause people to wonder whats in it. Long run you're right, this is good for us.
calimary
(81,500 posts)Since when does he become Mr. Bipartisan?
I guess what they say about broken clocks applies here. Even they are right twice a day.