Tag: Nunes partisan FBI memo

House GOP gives Trump leeway over whether to block Schiff memo

The following article by Manu Raju and Jeremy Herb was posted on the CNN website February 6, 2018:

CNN — House Republicans, who lobbied President Donald Trump to release a GOP memo alleging FBI misconduct, are now mum on whether the White House should let the public review the Democratic rebuttal.

Republican leaders and members of the House Intelligence Committee are saying the issue is squarely in the hands of Trump and the Justice Department about whether the Democratic memo should be released over any national security concerns. Continue reading “House GOP gives Trump leeway over whether to block Schiff memo”

Republican lawmakers distance themselves from Trump on memo

The following article by Elise Viebeck and Shane Harris was posted on the Washington Post website February 4, 2018:

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) said on Feb. 4 that the Republicans’ controversial Nunes memo won’t have an effect on the Russia investigation. (Reuters)

A fierce partisan battle over the Justice Department and its role in the Russia investigation moves into its second week Monday as Democrats try to persuade the House Intelligence Committee to release a 10-page rebuttal to a controversial Republican memo alleging surveillance abuse.

The panel’s top Democrat, Rep. Adam B. Schiff (Calif.), is expected to offer a motion to release his party’s response to the Republican document during a committee meeting scheduled for 5 p.m. Monday. It was not immediately clear whether Republicans would join Democrats in voting for the document’s release, as some members of the GOP have expressed concerns about its contents. Continue reading “Republican lawmakers distance themselves from Trump on memo”

Donald Trump said 4 things that aren’t true in a single 47-word tweet

The following article by Chris Cillizza was posted on the CNN website February 3, 2018:

(CNN) — On Saturday morning, before heading out for a round of golf, President Donald Trump tweeted this:

“This memo totally vindicates ‘Trump’ in probe. But the Russian Witch Hunt goes on and on. Their was no Collusion and there was no Obstruction (the word now used because, after one year of looking endlessly and finding NOTHING, collusion is dead). This is an American disgrace!”

The “memo” in question is the one released by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-California, that alleges that a dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele was the sole reason a FISA warrant was granted to surveil one-time Trump aide Carter Page. (Got all that?) Continue reading “Donald Trump said 4 things that aren’t true in a single 47-word tweet”