Schiff responds to Trump calling Dem memo a bust: 'Wrong again Mr President'
Source: The Hill
BY JOHN BOWDEN - 02/24/18 07:35 PM EST
The ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee responded to President Trump on Saturday after the president called the release of the Democratic memo rebutting claims made by Republicans on the committee a "total political and legal bust."
In his response, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) told the president that his memo confirmed the FBI "acted appropriately" in its handling of the investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
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Schiff's statement comes after the president claimed in a tweet that his memo confirmed the "illegal" conduct he has alleged the FBI committed when the bureau opened its investigation into members of his campaign, such as former aide Carter Page.
"The Democrat memo response on government surveillance abuses is a total political and legal BUST. Just confirms all of the terrible things that were done. SO ILLEGAL!" Trump tweeted.
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TomCADem
(17,387 posts)...of a school mass shooting.
wishstar
(5,269 posts)Thank you Rep. Schiff
madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)Response to madaboutharry (Reply #3)
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murielm99
(30,741 posts)but couldn't he at least find a staff member to explain it to him, to tell him what the fuck is IN the memo?
joshdawg
(2,648 posts)But then trump prides himself on his ability to pick only the best people, the smartest people, etc ad nauseum.
He's a putz in full flight from reality.
riversedge
(70,238 posts)https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/24/democratic-memo-gop-fbi-trump-campaign-423446
.............The dossier, compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele, wasn't provided to the FBI's counterintelligence team until mid-September 2016, according to the memo. By then, the counterintelligence investigation into Trump's campaign was seven weeks old. "The FBI had already opened sub-inquiries into ... individuals linked to the Trump campaign," according to the findings of the committee's nine Democrats.
.............In a statement, Schiff said: The Democratic response memo released today should put to rest any concerns that the American people might have as to the conduct of the FBI, the Justice Department and the [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court]."
"Our extensive review of the initial [surveillance] application and three subsequent renewals failed to uncover any evidence of illegal, unethical, or unprofessional behavior by law enforcement and instead revealed that both the FBI and DOJ made extensive showings to justify all four requests," he said.
At the time of the memo's release, House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) was addressing CPAC, a gathering of conservative activists in Maryland. Nunes has been at the center of debate over the Republican-led memo, which Trump approved for release on Feb. 2.
From the stage, Nunes said: "Democrats are "colluding with part of the government to cover up" the FBI's alleged abuses.
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Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)advisors jumped on the offer. The rest of the story is still under wraps, but we can all easily string the timeline together.
No collusion? Definition of collusion!
djacq
(1,634 posts)lastlib
(23,238 posts)Sorry, AnusMouth, you're going down....take Nunes with you--and RussiaBacher, too.
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)What a gigantic putz, the biggest fattest putz on the planet. Tiny, tiny hands though.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)large hands, with his tiny "equipment" Small men have to "talk big" to console themselves for being deficient.
Hulk
(6,699 posts)I always knew we had some really ignorant, racist and block heads in our country; I just had no idea it was so many, and so severe.