Posted on 06/06/2018 6:27:49 PM PDT by Magnatron
House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr, both Republicans, broke with President Donald Trump on Wednesday over allegations spies infiltrated his 2016 campaign, saying they agree with GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy that the FBI did "exactly" what it should have done over its handling of a confidential source.
The declarations by the leading Republicans are the latest indications that Trump lacks any evidence to back up his claims of a major political scandal he calls "spygate" -- since those lawmakers were among a select group briefed on the classified intelligence at issue. The only Republican briefed on the intelligence who has yet to break from Trump is Rep. Devin Nunes, the House Intelligence chairman who has demanded more documents as part of his investigation.
"I think Chairman Gowdy's initial assessment's accurate, I think, but we have some more digging to do. We're waiting for some more document requests," Ryan told reporters at a news conference on Capitol Hill. "It would have been helpful if we got this information earlier."
"I think that Trey Gowdy's description of the process was correct," Burr said
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
I've come to the conclusion that -- following the release of the IG report -- if Sessions and Rosenstein don't start the indictment process Trump has to fire them immediately. He has no support in the Senate to continue this process, and little in the House. He needs to take this up on his own and make decisions. He needs to declassify all outstanding documents, fire Sessions and Rosenstein, and leave the spots vacant if the Senate won't approve a successor. The current Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio would then step in until successors are approved, if ever. Following this, Mueller needs to be fired too.
Trump really shouldn't wait this out any longer. It's time to take decisive action. I believe that the majority of the American public will understand, and those who won't wouldn't anyway.
If only Nixon had known....
Paul Ryan and the “SENATE” intelligence commitee are not breaking with Trump. They are the enemy.
Top Republicans are swamp critters. As much the enemy as the Dems.
Top Republican always = agrees with CNN
And they saw NO documents so how would they know?
they spelled RINO’s wrong
Ryan is moving in to the private sector to make a lot of money.
He knows who butters his bread.
Good thing you’re not running agan Paul Ryan, you cowardly POS.
I am glad CNN thinks it’s ok to put spies in the oppositions campaign...
remember that in 2020
Ryan has ALWAYS been an open borders amnesty globalist. He learned it from jack kemp.
I’m sure they all want their campaigns surveilled like this. Never been done in history, FBI & CIA stre totally biased, Democrat administration - But these 3 know it was just fine. And why is Ryan still speaker?
It looks as though it is President Trump and real American civilians against the whole corrupt government....
“Trump really shouldn’t wait this out any longer. It’s time to take decisive action. I believe that the majority of the American public will understand, and those who won’t wouldn’t anyway.”
Spot on! Time has proven to Trump, that trying to work within the “system” is a road to defeat!
They want Trump to do that so they can safely impeach him. Impeachment is entirely political, and they have the MSM on thrir side. The swamp is getting nervous... they wat Trump to panic and do something stupid.
” If only Nixon had known....”
YOU know...., I was just thinking those very words, after
reading in to the article. Well, low and behold...…
There they are.....very first reply!
Good ONE!
The indictments are ready, but sealed. We are all impatient. (TILLIS is a POS, too). But I’m enjoying the signs of fear in Gowdy, etc.
“Top” in this case means open borders free labor loving types.
BULLS&*T, They were ALL IN ON IT!!
“He needs to declassify all outstanding documents, fire Sessions and Rosenstein, and leave the spots vacant if the Senate won’t approve a successor.”
I agree. I would rather have the DOJ empty than filled with corrupt Hillary and Obama apparatchiks or compromised southern-fried rat bastards like Jeff Magoo.
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