Congressman Matt Gaetz Leads 65 Lawmakers in Push for Release of Intelligence Committee’s FISA Memo

received via email | Jan 19, 2018 | Congressman Matt Gaetz

[Jim Robinson]

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) today led a group of 65 lawmakers in a letter to Chairman Devin Nunes of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence urging the immediate release of the four-page FISA Memo document to the public, as well as any relevant ancillary information. In the letter, Rep. Gaetz states, “the audience of this document should not be limited to Members of Congress — the American people deserve to know the information it contains.”

Cosigners of the letter include: Congressmen Brian Babin (TX-36), Don Bacon (NE-02), Jim Banks (IN-03), Jack Bergman (MI-01), Andy Biggs (AZ-05), Rod Blum (IA-01), Dave Brat (VA-07), Larry Bucshon (IN-08), Ted Budd (NC-13), Michael Burgess (TX-26), Bradley Byrne (AL-01), Buddy Carter (GA-01), Steve Chabot (OH-01), Warren Davidson (OH-08), Rodney Davis (IL-13), Scott DesJarlais (TN-04), Jeff Duncan (SC-03), Blake Farenthold (TX-27), Thomas Garrett (VA-05), Bob Gibbs (OH-07), Louie Gohmert (TX-01), Paul A. Gosar (AZ-04), Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Brett S. Guthrie (KY-02), Andy Harris (MD-01), Jody Hice (GA-10), Trey Hollingsworth (IN-09), Richard Hudson (NC-08), Randy Hultgren (IL-14), Darrell Issa (CA-49), Bill Johnson (OH-06), Jim Jordan (OH-04), David Joyce (OH-14), Mike Kelly (PA-03), Steve King (IA-04), Raul R. Labrador (ID-01), Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Robert E. Latta (OH-05), Barry Loudermilk (GA-11), Tom McClintock (CA-04), Mark Meadows (NC-11), Luke Messer (IN-06), Alex Mooney (WV-02), Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Kristi Noem (SD-01), Ralph Norman (SD-05), Steven Palazzo (MI-04), Gary Palmer (AL-06), Scott Perry (PA-04), Ted Poe (TX-02), Jim Renacci (OH-16), Phil Roe (TN-01), Dana Rohrabacher (CA-48), Francis Rooney (FL-19), Mark Sanford (SC-01), James F. Sensenbrenner (WI-05), Lloyd Smucker (PA-16), Claudia Tenney (NY-22), Mimi Walters (CA-45), Randy Weber (TX-14), Bruce Westerman (AR-04), Roger Williams (TX-25), Ted Yoho (FL-03), and Lee Zeldin (NY-01).

The full text of the letter can be found below.

LETTER TEXT

The Honorable Devin Nunes

Chairman

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

HVC-304, The Capitol

Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Chairman Nunes:

Thank you for your hard work as Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), and for making the recent four-page memo from HPSCI available to Members of Congress. After reading the document, we were shocked and frustrated, but it has deepened our belief in the vital importance of transparency.

This important memo will be of interest to anyone who cares about America and our democratic system of government. We are writing to request the immediate release of this document to the public, as well as any relevant ancillary information. The audience of this document should not be limited to Members of Congress — the American people deserve to know the information it contains.

Thank you for your service and for your prompt attention to this request.

Sincerely,

Matt Gaetz

Member of Congress

[A Navy Vet]

"My understanding is that the white hats in the intelligence agencies (NSA & MI - no CIA) have been spoon feeding this info (and much much more)to Trump for over a year. The have seen enough and have had enough."

That is why I have repeatedly said that POTUS and Sessions are playing rope-a-dope. However, I don't believe any big deep state players are going down other than Comey. Still, this and other released or leaked intel will show how the Dims can't be trusted. So no big wins for them in November.

[Ambrosia]

We can hope! What is WASC?

[JohnBovenmyer]

WH not answering their phone today #SchumerShutdown. So use the email.

[palmer]

Ultimately, but the information is "compartmentalized" on a "need to know basis." He would have to at least know exactly what he was looking for to get the specific info.

It's much simpler than that. The committee wrote and has the memo. Nobody else has the memo.

This is why Nunes brought some of this info over to Trump after he was in office, that he had been tipped off to.

Yes and he would have only done that if it was extremely important. There is undoubtedly more by now after many more months of investigation.

[TBP]

WH not answering their phone today #SchumerShutdown. So use the email.

president@whitehouse.gov I'd keep calling (202) 456-1111.

[andmy_]

Rep. Matt Gaetz = Newt 2.0

Gaetz is brilliant. We are fortunate to have him. His is very bright. Evident in all his interviews. He’s been a sleeper in the process of hitting prime time.

He leaves leftist liberal interviewers like jake tapper ... tongue tied. Very impressed.