Posted on 02/03/2018 1:00:19 PM PST by markomalley
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, and Democratic lawmakers slammed President Trump after he approved the release of a memo questioning surveillance methods by the FBI during the early stages of the Russia investigation, arguing that he gave up “his constitutional responsibility” by releasing it.
“President Trump has surrendered his constitutional responsibility as commander in chief by releasing highly classified and distorted intelligence,” Pelosi said. “By not protecting intelligence sources and methods, he just sent his friend Putin a bouquet.
"[House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin] Nunes’ partisan spin memo distorts highly classified intelligence in a cynical attempt to discredit our national intelligence and law enforcement agencies and the Special Counsel investigation,” Pelosi argued. “Releasing the memo is a desperate attempt to distract the American people from the truth about the Trump-Russia scandal.”
Pelosi reiterated her call for Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to remove Nunes as chairman of the committee and repeated the FBI's warning against releasing the memo, saying it would be an "extraordinarily reckless" action.
Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, called the memo a Republican "betrayal of the American people."
"House Republicans are now accomplices to a shocking campaign to obstruct the work of the special counsel, to undermine the credibility and legitimacy of the Justice Department and the FBI, and to bury the fact that a foreign adversary interfered with our last election," the Democratic members of the committee said.
The memo says the dossier compiled by Christopher Steele was used by the FBI as part of the initial request and all three renewal FISA applications against Carter Page, a former adviser to the Trump campaign. The FBI, however, launched its formal investigation into the Trump campaign in July 2016 due to the activities of foreign policy aide George Papadopoulos.
I wish everyone wouldn’t print every insane remark this nutcase utters. That gives it legitmacy...a subject worth of debate....
Do we have to listen to every stupid person to be “fair and balanced”....or even be “paying attention to the enemy?”
Ms Peesloosley, I must have misunderstood the news reports. I was led to believe it was the House Committee that released it, NOT Your President!
yes. She missed “put in harm’s way” and “for the children”.
I agree with you.
Plus slander is not news.
The FBI is the democratic party
“Obstruct “. - as in obstruction of justice
There was not a single mention of sources or methods in that memo. This bitch lies with impunity and the presstitutes ignore it.
Problem is, DemocRAT voters believe the garbage their “leaders” spew.
When is she going to be off the planet?
Seems people like her always live to 100...
And “first responders” as well as “those who run toward danger instead of away from it”
What did Hillary Clinton send to Putin with the hundreds of classified emails she had on her private, non-secure email server?
“In another and better world, this woman would be working as a pizza waitress in Bakersfield.”
Bakersfield is too nice...transfer her to the Stockton Pizza Hut! ;)
Crumbs Pelosi is way past her sell by date. They just haven’t removed her from the shelf yet
Hey! Bakersfield doesn’t want her. Lol
This old lady is nuts.
Protecting sources and methods = protecting Dem fraud & abuse.
The constitution is there to protect and facilitate Dem fraud and abuse. Now of course, that’s what the Framers wanted and it’s written in invisible ink in the constitution.
I’m hoping that patriots in the intelligence community are compiling evidence to charge pelosi with treason. We already know that pelosi is one of Soros’ commie toads.
Not to sound petty but, anyone noticed how badly ‘ole Nancy’s head wobbles these days? It seems all the plastic surgery in the world can’t hide senility. (Actually, I meant to sound petty.)
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