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BREAKING: MEMO RELEASED!
drudge via washington examiner ^ | Groundhog Day, 2018 | byron york

Posted on 02/02/2018 8:53:34 AM PST by DCBryan1

* Andrew McCabe confirmed that no FISA warrant would have been sought from the FISA Court without the Steele dossier information.

* The political origins of the Steele dossier were known to senior DOJ and FBI officials, but excluded from the FISA applications.

* DOJ official Bruce Ohr met with Steele beginning in the summer of 2016 and relayed to DOJ information about Steele's bias. Steele told Ohr that he, Steele, was desperate that Donald Trump not get elected president and was passionate about him not becoming president.

The FBI and Justice Department mounted a months-long effort to keep the information outlined in the memo out of the House Intelligence Committee's hands. Only the threat of contempt charges and other forms of pressure forced the FBI and Justice to give up the material.

Once Intelligence Committee leaders and staff compiled some of that information into the memo, the FBI and Justice Department, supported by Capitol Hill Democrats, mounted a ferocious campaign of opposition, saying release of the memo would endanger national security and the rule of law.

But Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes never wavered in his determination to make the information available to the public. President Trump agreed, and, as required by House rules, gave his approval for release.

Finally, the memo released today does not represent the sum total of what House investigators have learned in their review of the FBI and Justice Department Trump-Russia investigation. That means the fight over the memo could be replayed in the future when the Intelligence Committee decides to release more information

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: 115th; abignothingburger; doubleyawn; fisaabuse; fisamemo; hpsci; memo; nunes; releasethememo; yawn
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To: DCBryan1

ETA for the public release around 3:00 pm


21 posted on 02/02/2018 9:00:09 AM PST by Hotlanta Mike ("You can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: DCBryan1

The worms begin to squirm in earnest....


22 posted on 02/02/2018 9:00:12 AM PST by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...;-})
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To: DCBryan1

Having read “The Memo,” the FBI is right to have “grave concerns” - as it will shake the organization down to its core - showing Americans just how the agency was weaponized by the Obama officials/DNC/HRC to target political adversaries. #ReleaseTheMemo

Rep Jeff Duncan


23 posted on 02/02/2018 9:00:15 AM PST by NKP_Vet ("Man without God descends into madness")
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To: reasonisfaith

The DOJ actions were then criminal amd people need to meet the judge


24 posted on 02/02/2018 9:00:31 AM PST by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: DCBryan1

Nothing we don’t already know. This is for the sheeple on the left.


25 posted on 02/02/2018 9:00:45 AM PST by petercooper ("Democrats are on a collusion course with destiny in 2018." -- Bill Mitchell 5/26/17)
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To: DCBryan1

On Groundhog Day!!!!

Just right!


26 posted on 02/02/2018 9:01:23 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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To: DCBryan1

Some have said Mueller delayed sentencing Flynn because he also has FISA abuse evidence.


27 posted on 02/02/2018 9:01:24 AM PST by IamConservative (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.)
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To: Steely Tom

Get busy Rush and Bo!!!


28 posted on 02/02/2018 9:01:48 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: Mouton

29 posted on 02/02/2018 9:02:35 AM PST by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Kickass Conservative

30 posted on 02/02/2018 9:02:43 AM PST by edzo4 (Democrats playbook = promise everything, deliver nothing, blame someone else.)
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To: DCBryan1

where is the memo?


31 posted on 02/02/2018 9:03:00 AM PST by outpostinmass2
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To: DCBryan1
"Steele, was desperate that Donald Trump not get elected president and was passionate about him not becoming president."

Maybe instead of Russian interference in our election we should be concerned with British interference in our election.
32 posted on 02/02/2018 9:03:08 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: DCBryan1
The political origins of the Steele dossier were known to senior DOJ and FBI officials, but excluded from the FISA applications.

Prosecute Comey

33 posted on 02/02/2018 9:03:16 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: IamConservative
Some have said Mueller delayed sentencing Flynn because he also has FISA abuse evidence.

So... what? Mueller failed to turn over his FISA evidence to the Flynn defense team during discovery, thereby invalidating his entire prosecution case?

34 posted on 02/02/2018 9:03:17 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: DCBryan1
Will this become known as the “Groundhog Day Massacre?”
35 posted on 02/02/2018 9:03:52 AM PST by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: DCBryan1

Amazingly, the Dim plants on a number of discussion groups have suddenly fallen silent. Up until the release time, they were all posting madly.


36 posted on 02/02/2018 9:04:14 AM PST by savedbygrace
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To: sphinx

He’s gonna arrest and charge all of Congress who voted to release the memo?

The obstruction of justice originates with the folks who presented nonsense to a judge.


37 posted on 02/02/2018 9:04:22 AM PST by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: reasonisfaith
"“The political origins of the Steele dossier were known to senior DOJ and FBI officials, but excluded from the FISA applications.”"

Misprision of felony

Misprision of felony was an offence under the common law of England. It consisted of failing to report knowledge of a felony to the appropriate authorities.

38 posted on 02/02/2018 9:04:55 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: DCBryan1

Nothingburger - DNC

/s


39 posted on 02/02/2018 9:05:10 AM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: outpostinmass2

Not out yet.

These are click bait headlines.


40 posted on 02/02/2018 9:05:13 AM PST by Jonny7797
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