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The FBI declined the House Oversight Committee's request for the James Comey memos
Circa ^ | 5/25/17

Posted on 05/25/2017 6:53:52 PM PDT by markomalley

The FBI will not be giving House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) the information he requested regarding the former FBI director James Comey, citing the special counsel appointment of Robert Mueller as a reason. 

"In light of this development and other considerations, we are undertaking appropriate consultation to ensure all relevant interests implicated by your request are properly evaluated. We will updated this response as soon as possible," the letter states. 

(Excerpt) Read more at circa.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: comey; fbi; memo
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The Deep State in action...

1 posted on 05/25/2017 6:53:53 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Notice the way this wasn’t brought to us via WaPo, NYT, etc.

To get the Real US News you have to go to...

1. Foreign sources
2. Obscure sources
3. Individual citizens

More and more like the old USSR EVERY day..!


2 posted on 05/25/2017 6:55:41 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: markomalley

Maybe Jason Chaffetz should spend more of his time trying to figure out who killed Seth Rich.


3 posted on 05/25/2017 6:56:20 PM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: markomalley

How come the Republicans did not speak up about this?


4 posted on 05/25/2017 6:58:05 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: gaijin

McVeigh parked his truck in front of the wrong building.


5 posted on 05/25/2017 6:58:36 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: Parley Baer
And http://www.4-traders.com/WORLD-URANIUM-INDEX-USD-541713/news-twitter/Wikileaks-reveal-Mueller-gave-Uranium-to-Russia-zerohedge-865596344832020480/
6 posted on 05/25/2017 7:00:08 PM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! And please, God, bless the USA again.)
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To: markomalley

Mueller will protect Comey.


7 posted on 05/25/2017 7:01:43 PM PDT by savedbygrace
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To: markomalley

Chaffetz’s letter

https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-05-25-JEC-to-McCabe-FBI-Comey-Memoranda.pdf


8 posted on 05/25/2017 7:04:06 PM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: markomalley

Evidently the FBI and some other agency’s don’t answer to anyone.


9 posted on 05/25/2017 7:04:25 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where is your bothers ElCamino ?)
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To: markomalley

This won’t sit well with SOME congresscritters. Others, on the other hand . . . .


10 posted on 05/25/2017 7:06:14 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: markomalley

Mueller’s mandate [] includes investigating “any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump” as well as any matters that arise from the investigation or other related matters such as perjury, destruction of evidence, or obstruction of justice.

The Committee’s authority is not similarly constrained. Congress does not conduct criminal or counterintelligence investigations; rather Congress’s power of inquiry is rooted in part in its duty to oversee the Executive Branch’s faithful enforcement of the laws that Congress enacted.

In this case, the focus of the Committee’s investigation is the independence of the FBI, including conversations between the President and Corney and the process by which Corney was removed from his role as director. The records being withheld are central to those questions, even more so in light of Corney’s decision not to testify before the Committee at this time.


11 posted on 05/25/2017 7:09:33 PM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Ray76

quoting Chaffetz’s letter


12 posted on 05/25/2017 7:10:20 PM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: markomalley

From the article

Chaffetz has responded to the FBI with another letter, now specifically asking for all information related to Comey and any White House employee, including the president and vice president, and the attorney general since September 4, 2013, to be provided by June 8.


13 posted on 05/25/2017 7:11:43 PM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: markomalley
All requests for info, subpoenas, requests to appear by any other entity including the House and Senate will now be sucked up by Mueller and his investigation.
14 posted on 05/25/2017 7:16:35 PM PDT by Captain Compassion
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To: markomalley

You grab the FBI leader in charge with the U.S. Capitol police & lock his azz up until you get what you want....this congress, of course will do no such thing.


15 posted on 05/25/2017 7:16:46 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: Helicondelta

Or pushing the request to charge Hillary with perjury.


16 posted on 05/25/2017 7:17:35 PM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: Parley Baer

The obvious answer: they’re in on it.


17 posted on 05/25/2017 7:27:41 PM PDT by Edward.Fish
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To: LongWayHome

Remember the Moscow Met? They fentanyled the place?


18 posted on 05/25/2017 7:39:04 PM PDT by txhurl (Time to blow the Queen and King off the board, DJT, and by your birthday, or on it!)
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To: markomalley

Can special counsel Robert Mueller with hold evidence and documents from President Trump’s lawyer?


19 posted on 05/25/2017 7:45:02 PM PDT by Datom (Still runnin' "Against the Wind.")
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To: gaijin

Absolutely correct.

Foreign sources have their dangers too, but at least they hear more than one position.

The US MSM is pure paid propaganda.


20 posted on 05/25/2017 8:05:44 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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