Posted on 01/22/2018 6:21:47 AM PST by mairdie
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RINO Republican Peter King is now advocating a memo on Deep State/Obama administration abuses NOT be released due to concerns over “national security”
Members of Congress like Peter King are right when they say the memo might very well be a threat to security – namely THEIR security as millions of outraged Americans come to realize just how corrupt and deceitful their government has become, and how that corruption was escalated ten-fold during the Obama years.
As of now, the document is being held under guard inside a secure room within the U.S. Capitol building – an odd level of security given Democrats’ claims the memo is much ado about nothing.
Meanwhile, these same Democrats continue to push the fabricated shutdown “crisis” with significant help form their media cohorts in an attempt to make the #releasethememo controversy go away as the Obama Machine is said to be coordinating these efforts personally from its office just a mile from the White House.
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I can’t correct you. My knowledge of process isn’t great enough. I hear so many variations, but we need some of our really good government lawyers on FR to state facts and legal sources.
They’re looking for a solution that works with the least damage to congress critters. That much I do believe.
Trump is the POTUS. He has the power to declassify ANYTHING.
Has a petition been sent to the President??? If so what day did it reach his desk?
Power, yes. That seems to be said often enough to believe. But whether the politics suggests it would be a good move is a different matter.
People in NY seem to view this King as “the loyal opposition,” but he’s more loyal to the Democrats than he is “the opposition.” I doubt many in NY will ever figure it out.
How in the world is releasing the memo obstruction???
That was Fred Upton.
Democrats never go to prison for something like that, only Republicans do.
Not “is”. Fear that it could be CALLED that as an excuse. Dems don’t need reality to attack.
Boy, are you right on there!
I could not possibly disagree more. Relying on the federal government to investigate and indict itself for illegal activity ignores the very essence of our constitutional form of government, which Abraham Lincoln referred to as a government “...of the people, by the people and for the people.” Do you really trust the DOJ and FBI to investigate and prosecute themselves?
1. The indictment, arrest, trial and conviction of the guilty would have to be undertaken by the DOJ and FBI - the very same department and agency that concocted this entire mess; the role of the Intelligence Community has yet to be determined, although we’re certain that ADM Rogers notified President-elect Trump of the illegal surveillance on November 17th of 2016.
2. The President’s only reliable support at this point comes from We the People - Democrats and Republicans alike - and not from Congress, with the exception of a few people like Devin Nunes, Jim Jordan, etc. Releasing the memo, which doesn’t have a damned thing to do with national security or intelligence sources and methods, will energize Trump’s base and all but force even Democrats to support further action.
3. If the memo refers only to agencies and not the specific individuals involved, it would be pretty difficult to argue that a jury is tainted.
4. Watergate is both a precedent and an apt comparison. This is one helluva lot bigger than Watergate and, according to my sources, it’s only the beginning. Congress investigated Nixon and they can investigate this - whatever it becomes and, like Watergate, they can and should release everything.
5. You’re correct about Congress’s role. However, Congress does have oversight responsibility for the federal government and when, in the course of performing that oversight, Congress discovers gross misconduct of a federal entity, it has the responsibility to refer its findings to the proper authority to take action. In this case, however, the proper authority is the very agency(ies) that are under investigation. Sure, it’s a constitutional crisis, but one we need to face head-on.
6. “And, if this memo is released, the minority staff will scream bloody murder, as we would do if the circumstances were reversed. And they would be right to do so.” Seriously? What haven’t the Democrats lied about, misrepresented and screamed about since Trump was elected? Do you really want the Republican leadership to continue to think that the Democrats will negotiate in good faith and that the media will like them?
7. I completely agree. I do think we can avert any violence by releasing the memo and all of the upcoming information that results from what’s going on right now; let the American people see what their government has done, let them bring holy hell on their elected representatives and let the chips fall where they may. Maybe then we’ll rekindle our former healthy distrust of big government.
Wow! Beautifully stated and cogently argued. Applause.
Not good. Peter King is a member of the IC. Need majority vote!!!
Call his office (202) 225-7896
Ok there are 13 pubbies and 9 traitors on the HPCI. Need 10 of 13 to vote yes.
Didn’t realize!! YES!! Call his office!! A lot!!
THANK YOU for the clarification. You just lowered my newly raised blood pressure.
Yes, we've seen the indictments claim being made many times. Some claim there are already 10,000 sealed indictments somewhere.
But, as we have seen (or haven't seen) indictments are hard to come come by. If Fast & Furious, the IRS, Benghazi, and Hillary's email have taught us, the Democrats are very adept at keeping the lid on legal jeopardy. They're all lawyers, they'll break the law, they have access to everything, and they own the media. They know how the system works, they know the weak spots of the system, and they know how to utilize all their assets.
My hope is that Trump is not stuck in the same mindset as the GOP. As a businessman, I'm sure he's had ample opportunity to figure out how to outsmart the lawyers.
The guilty won't be indicted until we have an AG, a Deputy AG or a Special Prosecutor who will indict. We don't have that now.
The release of this memo will give Trump the political capital he needs to reconfigure the DOJ, so that we do get somebody who will prosecute.
There is no other path to prosecution.
Nunes is Trump's most trusted guy in Congress. If Nunes wants the memo released, then I think Trump wants it released as well.
Peter King was the first of a few House Republican traitors back in 1998, who went on all the weekend shows, and said that Clinton should not be impeached.
That's my Congressman.
FUPK.
If the Dems don't need reality to attack, then what difference does it make? #ReleaseTheMemo, and then release the supporting documents.
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