Posted on 02/01/2018 7:22:11 AM PST by Sopater
Never before has there been so much talk about a memo in Washington. In a previous article, I claimed that this could be the biggest scandal in D.C. since Watergate, but the truth is that this could actually be bigger than Watergate. As you will see below, there are some that believe that this memo will implicate members of the previous administration all the way up to Barack Obama himself. In the short-term, we are likely to see a number of top government officials fired, and even Democrats are admitting that this could include Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The following comes from Reuters
The top Democrat on the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said on Wednesday a memo by the panels Republicans opens the door for the White House to fire the special counsel probing Russias alleged meddling in the U.S. election or the No. 2 official at the Justice Department.
It increases the risk of a constitutional crisis by setting the stage for subsequent actions by the White House to fire (Special Counsel Robert) Mueller or, as now seems more likely, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, Representative Adam Schiff said in an opinion piece in the Washington Post.
But if this memo is as damning as some believe that it will be, getting fired will not be the end of the story for many of these top officials.
If it is true that government surveillance powers were illegally used to target Donald Trump and his associates, and if it is true that the Obama administration, the FBI and the Clinton campaign illegally colluded in a desperate attempt to destroy Donald Trump, we should be seeing a lot of really big names go to prison.
In a previous article, I discussed how outraged many Republican members of Congress were after they initially read this memo. Since that time, we have learned that current FBI Director Christopher Wray was shocked to the core after reading the four-page FISA abuse memo, and that he immediately asked Andrew McCabe to resign the next day
Carter: What we know tonight is that FBI Director Christopher Wray went Sunday and reviewed the four-page FISA memo. The very next day, Andrew McCabe was asked to resign. Remember Sean, he was planning on resigning in March that already came out in December. This time they asked him to go right away. Youre not coming into the office. Ive heard rep[orts he didnt even come in for the morning meeting that he didnt show up.
Hannity: A source of mine told me tonight that when Wray read this, it shocked him to his core.
It is absolutely imperative that the American people be given the opportunity to see this memo.
I believe that this memo has the potential to end the investigation that has haunted the president for nearly his entire time in the White House, and I believe that this memo also has the potential to throw the Democratic Party into a complete state of disarray.
Personally, I have been very vocal about the need to release this memo, and I dont know why any of my opponents dont seem to want to speak out publicly about this. Maybe they have been and I have just not seen it yet. So if any of you know of any public statements by my opponents on this matter please let me know.
As I stated during the recent candidate debate, I am not going to shy away from the hard issues, and that definitely sets our campaign apart from the exceedingly bland campaigns of my opponents.
The good news is that it looks like this memo may be on the verge of being released. According to Zero Hedge, President Trump appeared to tell a member of Congress that he was on board with releasing the memo as he was leaving the State of the Union address
It appears President Trump has managed to set another narrative as he left the House Chamber.
As Trump shook hands up the aisle after his SOTU address, Rep. Jeff Duncan called out to Trump, asking him Lets release the memo, referring to the House Intelligence Committees FISA memo.
As the following clip shows, Trump responded instantly: Oh yeah, dont worry, 100%.
Because this memo could potentially end the Special Counsels investigation, it would definitely make sense for Trump to release it.
And because this memo could be such a disaster for Democrats, it also makes sense why they are vehemently opposing any effort to make it public.
If it was just embarrassing that would be one thing. Unfortunately, it appears that this memo is going to implicate many of the biggest names in the Democratic Party including Barack Obama. Just consider what former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino is saying
Dan Bongino: It is not a coincidence that Devin Nunes who has an entire scope of what happened went back in March to the White House facility to read very specific intel that I think will very likely be in this memo. What am I saying by this? That the information was likely breached to Barack Obama. What does that mean? That means that this information was being used by Hillary and all of this other stuff that was in this dossier and all of this spying was probably being inserted into daily briefs by Barack Obama. Why else would Nunes have to go to the White House to read it.
We shouldnt be too optimistic until we actually get to see the memo, but many are hoping that this could be the trigger that leads to a true draining of the swamp in Washington.
The rule of law should apply to everyone, and that includes our elected officials. It appears that there has been a great deal of malfeasance going on behind the scenes, and it will be a great win for the American people if we can start to expose it for all the world to see.
“No, not RINO Christie. Bring in Trey Gowdy.”
Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought I heard on the news yesterday that Gowdy isn’t running for reelection.
Hmmmm.
That depends on what the convictions were for and the political mood of the country and we all know all democrats are mincing little eunuchs so I say, unless another foreign national, enemy combatant like BHO is elected, there wont be any pardons
If Mueller had ANY integrity at all, he would declare the whole “Russian collusion” matter to be a sham, and resign. Then the “investigation” could die is deserved death, and we could move on to identifying and prosecuting all of the criminals involved. Presumably Sessions could get back to work on this stuff.
Torment them a little more ,LOL
Watergate is reduced into comparative insignificance by what's ALREADY been revealed!
There's no 'could be' about it.
Thoughts like that cross my mind and I think please don't let these guys over-hype this thing so much so that nobody cares when it's released and read. But then I remember seeing Mark Meadows right after he'd read it. He was truly shocked, his quote sticks with me. I'm paraphrasing here, " I almost wish I hadn't read the memo because I hate to think that something like this happened in this country which I love." And he meant it.
Good point.
Do you really think the deep swamp volunteered anything to their new boss to use against them? Especially Rosenstein?
I think that people are investing way too many hopes in this memo.
Regardless of what it says, the lamestream media will uniformly adopt the democrat talking point that it is just a bunch of partisan allegations by Republicans trying to take attention away from Trump’s collusion with the Russians. They will then turn back to 24 hour coverage of allegations against Trump.

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Let us pray!
Schiff... We don’t want the memo released because that would have information justifying Mueller’s firing, and that would obstruct the Russia-Russia-Russia investigation.
No, not RINO Christie. Bring in Trey Gowdy.
Gowdy may not be running again to be ready for this...
Guiliani.
Well Sessions needs to go but Larry Klayman would be a better replacement if you really want to drain the swamp. Or Trey Gowdy.
Gowdy just announced that he is not running for reelection. Maybe he’s been approached for AG or special prosecutor.
Imminent in this case could mean hundreds or thousands of years.
But the author has stuff to sell, so get prepared now!
"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead"....(from Shakespeare's "Hamlet")
From Freepers...."Rosenstein and Muellerstern are dead"....
Leni
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