Posted on 09/16/2018 1:52:43 PM PDT by TBP
Amid a renewed push to release the full, unredacted FISA warrant applications against former Trump campaign aide Carter Page, House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) warns that Democrats and the mainstream media will be “frightened” by what Americans will see.
The Justice Department released mostly redacted versions of four FISA applications against Page in July. The unredacted portions showed the FBI heavily relied on the infamous Christopher Steele intelligence dossier, which contains unverified and salacious information about President Donald Trump. The FBI had maintained they mostly relied on intelligence separate of the dossier.
What did Nunes say? Speaking at a dinner hosted by the Center for Security Policy last Thursday, Nunes argued the complete unredacted FISA applications should be released. That’s the only way Americans will see the truth, he said.
After the Justice Department released the initial applications on July 21, Democrats and mainstream media pundits argued “the really bad stuff about the Trump campaign was buried in the redactions,” Nunes said, according to the Washington Free Beacon.
“And I said, you know what, you might be right. We should declassify the whole thing,” he said at the dinner. Unfortunately, those who claimed incriminating evidence is buried behind the redactions went “silent” after Nunes’ challenge.
“And you know why? Because I think they’re going to be frightened by what you see,” Nunes said.
Still, Nunes predicted that no matter what facts the unredacted FISA application bring to light, Democrats and the mainstream media will downplay their significant or ignore them altogether.
According to the Free Beacon, Nunes expressed hope that Trump will approve additional declassification of the FISA applications in the coming weeks. If he does, Nunes said the details contained in them will have an impact on the midterm elections.
“It’s not just going to be economic growth and running on the economy,” he said. “It’s also going to be about what the other side did to play dirty, to dirty up a campaign—but not do it through campaign tactics, but do it by corrupting the FBI and the DOJ.”
The Daily Caller News Foundation reported that the declassified FISA applications will be damning for the FBI not only because of the information contained in them, but also because of information the FBI excluded from them.
It’s time for Trumps October surprise.
If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound.
Or if all the evidence in the world comes out against the deep state and no news organization reports it, does it matter?
Rush has speculated that DJT is holding back the release as a way to leverage Mueller. If it’s gets too dirty, Trump pulls the pin. I hope that isn’t the case as we deserve to know.
Executive Order 13526 Sec 1.7 "Classification Prohibitions and Limitations. (a) In no case shall information be classified, continue to be maintained as classified, or fail to be declassified in order to: (1) conceal violations of law, inefficiency, or administrative error; (2) prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency; (3) restrain competition; or (4) prevent or delay the release of information that does not require protection in the interest of the national security." Q
Mueller won’t be going anywhere unless there is a successful result in the midterms - I.e., retain both house!
It’s time to indite Hillary and Hussein and everyone else evolved, especially the media elite. If the cities burn, and I don’t think they will, so be it. The MSM will be the ones encouraging riots, not the populace. We must have rule of law....
Nunes says Democrats are gonna be frightened.....b/c the truth is the Halfrican spied on Democrats, too.
All of the Obama insiders know the Democrats’ dirty little secrets.
Stop talking about it and just do it already!
They should be worried. We want to see the unreacted LAST FISA warrant request. That is the one that is going to expose this thing for people who just won’t face up to the facts yet.
If they don’t release it soon it will be too late to have any impact on the elections.
As the libtard progressive DEM treasonous and seditious scam continues to unravel.......
Sessions can do nothing, he recused himself.
Nail them with this as an October “SURPRISE”.
Corporate news groups are in the toilet. There are now so many outlets for news.
Then there are courts that will handle criminal cases from the fallout.
The Dems aren’t afraid. Nunes, like the rest of them, is all talk, no action. The only announcement should’ve been that the damning documents have already been released.
The sources and methods are exactly what needs to be brought out into the light.
These are executive branch documents. Nunes obviously can't release them.
They’d have to at least be worried. I know they think they can get out of every dirty crime they committed.. but this is Trump’s call... he can sick congress into action and onto them.. which I think he will... they’ve abused their position and used it against him.. he’s not one to give up on a fight.
Plus we have (in place of past weak congress), Tom Fitton, Sara Carter, Gregg on Fox, Hannity on Fox, Nunes, and a handful of other strong members in congress... they are after this like a dog on a bone... THAT worries the left... the dems.
And if seessions had not wimped out, this could have been avoided.. however it it had been avoided, look at all that would have laid there to continue as it had been.
On a side note, do you remember when Trump first began a campaign, Rush made fun of him.. laughed at him.. said he cheated in golf.. I had listened to Rush more years than I have counted.. but I tuned him out.. I could not stand to hear him make fun of the man for no reason. I thought it turned Rush into a man I had not seen or thought he was, before.
but Rush learned ... he is on the Trump band wagon now..
What derailed you, Rush? Why didn’t you see the man Trump was, before he had to prove it?
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