It’s here! The day we’ve been eagerly waiting for is here.
The controversial FISA memo has been released by the House Intelligence Committee. Crafted by the office of Rep. Devin Nunes, chairman of the Committee, the memo contains damning revelations about improper behavior by FBI officials during the 2016 presidential campaign.
President Trump hinted at what the memo would contain this morning:
The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans – something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. Rank & File are great people!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2018
The President is right, and now we have proof. Byron York details the memo here:
The House Intelligence Committee has released its controversial memo outlining alleged abuses of secret surveillance by the FBI and Justice Department in the Trump-Russia investigation. Here are some key points:
* The Steele dossier formed an essential part of the intial and all three renewal FISA applications against Carter Page.
* 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.
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We already knew many of the details going into this much-anticipated release. The Clinton campaign employed the firm Fusion GPS, which, in turn, employed the services of ex-British spy Christopher Steele to dig up compromising information on then-candidate Donald Trump. Steele did his job in spades, only because he was fed false information by individuals connected to the Russian government. This information, which detailed dalliances between the Manhattan real-estate mogul and Russian prostitutes, formed the basis of the infamous “Trump dossier,” which was shopped around Washington, D.C. during the presidential campaign but no news source accepted due to its questionable nature. That is, until Buzzfeed, a site not known for journalistic integrity, published the contents.
One organization did accept the dossier and its findings, however. The FBI apparently used the dossier as a basis to obtain a FISA warrant to spy on the Trump campaign, suspecting foreign collusion.
This is an absolute scandal. The FBI accepted flawed intelligence in order to discredit a private citizens running for president. Paired with the trove of anti-Trump text messages exchanged by FBI investigator Peter Strzok and his mistress Lisa Page, we have the makings of a conspiracy on our hands.
Now, it’s up to the President and members of Congress to hold these individuals accountable for their actions.
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UPDATE – The full memo can be read here:
House Intelligence Committee Report On FISA Abuses by The Federalist on Scribd
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The DOJU and the FBI need a purge. President Trump should send the Marines to disarm and reorganize both anti-American terrorist gangs.
The CIA should be on the target list as well oo.
So now that all of the swine have been determined in this memo and then some that are not fully implicated as of yet what will be their fate? Will the people in charge of our DOJ and FBI further muddy the waters by sitting on their hands and allowing these individuals to walk away free as a bird or will they develop a backbone and bring these treasonous characters to trial? The American people want action against these criminals. Indictments, arrests, trials, and sentencing of the guilty appropriately. This memo does not seem to show much involvement of the DNC or Hillary Clinton, the big fish that are behind and involved in so many scandals and we were led to believe that both the DNC and Hillary Clinton were also involved within this conspiracy against President Trump. They were the money backers for this false Dossier to be compiled against our now President Donald J. Trump. Hopefully this not the end of the line with this scandal that has been revealed through this memo release to the people. this is like putting a big piece of chocolate cake in front of a person with a huge sweet tooth problem and telling them not to eat it..If justice is not forth coming here on these people involved and many others yet to be determined and they are all allowed to just fade away into oblivion without justice being served against them then it will be time to completely gut both our FBI and our DOJ and get dedicated, honorable replacements that will carry out their oath of office and their duties as our ranking law office authorities to carry out the findings and justice for that blind lady holding a set of scales. If these individuals are guilty of crimes against the Country or the people no matter who they are in stature in our society they must be brought to trial for their crimes and immediately. The laws of our country apply to all citizens, there are no exceptions!! Clearly we have individuals mentioned here that should be fired from their jobs, arrested and be readied to stand trial for their scandalous activities against the President of the United States..Most all of this information has been known for some time now and no movement has been made to fire these people, no movement for indictments against them, no movement to arrest any of them. Makes one to believe that justice will never be served by our DOJ unless you are just an ordinary old Joe Blow off the street..Until the American people start seeing charges being filed against these individuals,arrests and indictments for their crimes all respect for our laws and our Judiciary dept. will be unacceptable and with no confidence in our highest law enforcement dept in the land that have double standards for the law for those that sit among them. The message will be very clear that the laws of the land are strictly for the peons not for those who sit in judgement against the peons. We have watched Hillary Clinton dance her way in and out of scandals that should of had her tucked away in some remote prison for many years to come but, she still walks freely among us with no charges filed against her, no indictments, no arrests and so far her crimes have been swept under the rug. Until she is indicted and brought to trial the voice of the people will be of no confidence, no trust and do not believe in our DOJ and FBI as honorable entities of our government..President Trump needs get people appointed to the DOJ and the FBI that can, and will, restore the faith and trust and confidence in these depts again by the people…DOJ do your job!! We the people want to start seeing indictments, arrests and trials and very soon!! This madness has gone on long enough of seeing so much evidence against some of these criminals within our government and nothing is being done about it!! Bring in Trey Gowdy to head up the DOJ and then you will see the sh-t hit the fan for all those who are guilty of crimes against the Country and the American people. Now there is a man who fully believes in our laws and the Constitution and is very very knowledgeable in how the laws should work in our country…This man is so respected by the American people and they would have full and complete confidence in him carrying out the laws of our land no matter who’s career or name is on the line..Either do your job as you were elected to do or get the hell out of the way and get somebody to the head the dept that will carry out his duties as directed within his oath of office…America is waiting for justice against these criminals within our government nothing less will be acceptable!!
As usual, I shall not hold my breath in anticipation of seeing some heads roll for this though. Look at how much the Clinton crime family has gotten away with scot free. It seems justice is only for us poor slobs, but all of those high ranking dirtbags are above the law.
Totally agree.
Wow. This is pretty damning, I’d say. There is enough evidence presented here to open a full investigation via Special Counsel. NOT anyone the Dems have a hand in picking, either. I don’t see much here concerning illegal practices by Clinton or the DNC, but plenty concerning illegal practices of certain operators in the FBI and DOJ. It’s no wonder the FBI wanted to keep this secret. The fact that the DNC is ;running scared indicated that there are deeper ties than what is indicated here.
My suggestion is that
1) the Mueller investigation be shut down and all documentation from said investigation be released to the public.
2) all operators mentioned in this document be removed from their jobs, their security clearances revoked and their passports also be revoked.
3) a full investigation with open discloser of everything that pertains to said investigation (that which doesn’t interfere with national security) be done in a press conference every week
Time to go down the rabbit hole and see where it leads.
Obama, Clinton, the Democrat party members involved, themedia for running with a foul, untrue pack of lies, this is way beyond the pale.
Not enough, I disagree. There is now clear evidence of their illegal activity.
Just wonder who will be held accountable. Just knowing this (we’ve known for a long time) isn’t enough!
Makes your want to Puke doesn’t it? I think that we as citizens have a right to expect more out of an Arm of Government that what came out in this document.
Hang ’em all. Hillary said it herself – “If I lose we’ll all hang”.
Bath House Barry – whoever the hell he really is said it himself
“Obama: The only people who don’t want to disclose the truth are people with something to hide”
Maybe now the left wing loons will understand why Barry was desperate to have all of his records sealed – doubtful – but maybe.
Sorry Guess–I didn’t see that you corrected yourself! :) Actually, you were correct as you wrote it.
I thought it was some liberal trying to diminish what you wrote by correcting your grammar.
Really? The use of “so” at the beginning of a sentence is grammatically permissible if you are using it to heighten suspense–which is what Guess Who was doing. I love it when some sanctimonious clown tries to lecture others on grammar and is wrong. Are you sure you’re not a liberal?
Correction, should have been “Also, you can’t blame McCabe…
Retired Civil Servant here. Just wanted to point out that McCabe will keep his $100,000 + (probably over $150K or more at his grade) for LIFE since he was able to stall long enough to reach full retirement age.
Also, the irony is that, if I remember correctly, this whole investigation was started by the Democrats under Obama who wanted to punish Comey for saying the investigation was going to reopen because of the E-mails on Winer’s (sp) – you can’t make this stuff up – laptop.
So you can’t blame McCabe for being stupid enough to make incriminating statements on an e-mail or text. After all, he was in very high up in the American equivalent of the KGB under the American equivalent of Stalin. NO ONE would have ever thought the statements would be made public. Keep in mind that all records of Obama will remain sealed for .. well much longer than anyone reading will be alive. By they time they are made public in what by then will the the Islamic State of North Mexico, Obama will be considered a saint and his lies proof of the superiority of the Black Muslim mind.
Rank & file FBI agents took OATH to up hold laws and fight enemies foreign & domestic & there ARE enemies to our Constitution from within FBI that rank & file agents should be standing up to… their oath was to our Constitution & not to their corrupt bosses in the FBI
This just raises more questions. Payments for the dossier need to be found out. Where did the money come from and where exactly did it go? Did Obama and his inner circle know it and when did they know it? Why are some of these guys still working at these departments? If the investigation into Trump is based on false information, what are they investigating? Has anyone made clear what a mess Hillary Clinton made?
Did I forget Strzok, Page, and possibly Crazy Joe Biden!
Hillary Clinton, Hussein Obama, Holder, Rice, Power, Valery Jarrett,
McCabe, Rosenstein,Ohr,Yates,Podesta,and, Comey need to be measured for their Orange Jumpsuits!
Hillary Clinton, Hussein Obama, Holder, Rice, Power, Valery Jarrett,
McCabe, Rosenstein,Ohr,Yates,Podesta,and, Comey need to be measured for their Orange Jumpsuits!
Could it be that the reason Trump called for Gitmo to stay open, is because he figured he’d need some place to put all the crooked swamp creatures..?
Could it be that the reason Trump called for Gitmo to stay open, is because he figured he’d need some place to put all the crooked swamp creatures..?
Obama, Mueller, Clinton, Lynch, Rosenstein, Yates, Dana Doente, Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Lisa Page, and Christopher Steele should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law so others will be dissuaded from doing anything like this again. This cannot be allowed to slide.
Action on this at once.
COVER UP same same Trump haS BEEN SWAMPED.
COVER UP same same Trump haS BEEN SWAMPED.
So when are the arrests coming? When is Muellers investigation be called null and void?
Perhaps we can invoke the death penalty and save some money and/or confiscate the assets of Obama etc. which belong to we the people since the root source of the money the government gets us from we the people. It sickens me to think what President Trump, his family and his Administration have suffered at the hands of those evil Demonrats.
Perhaps we can invoke the death penalty and save some money and/or confiscate the assets of Obama etc. which belong to we the people since the root source of the money the government gets us from we the people. It sickens me to think what President Trump, his family and his Administration have suffered at the hands of those evil Demonrats.
One word – Gitmo!
One would assume that in a Nation as wealthy as this one, that we can afford some JAIL space?
One would assume that in a Nation as wealthy as this one, that we can afford some JAIL space?
Yes we do, sir.
IN SIMPLE TERMS:
“This is an absolute scandal. The FBI accepted flawed intelligence in order to discredit a private citizens running for president.”
THE LAW AND TRUST OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAS BEEN SO GRIEVOUSLY ABUSED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND THE “COLLUSION” WITH THE FBI AND (OBAMA) JUSTICE SYSTEM, RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE ACTIONS “MUST” BE BROUGHT TO “FULL LIGHT”!
THE CONSTITUTION DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY OF THESE ACTIONS OR OUR LAWS AND THE CONSTITUTION, MEAN NOTHING!
IN SIMPLE TERMS:
“This is an absolute scandal. The FBI accepted flawed intelligence in order to discredit a private citizens running for president.”
THE LAW AND TRUST OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAS BEEN SO GRIEVOUSLY ABUSED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND THE “COLLUSION” WITH THE FBI AND (OBAMA) JUSTICE SYSTEM, RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE ACTIONS “MUST” BE BROUGHT TO “FULL LIGHT”!
THE CONSTITUTION DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY OF THESE ACTIONS OR OUR LAWS AND THE CONSTITUTION, MEAN NOTHING!
This article is a nothing sandwich, in my opinion. I guess that I’ll stay tuned for more insight.
This article is a nothing sandwich, in my opinion. I guess that I’ll stay tuned for more insight.
This article is a nothing sandwich, in my opinion. I guess that I’ll stay tuned for more insight.
Bailiff! Whack their pee-pees!”
Bailiff! Whack their pee-pees!”
Nope, not contempt of court. Treason would be better.
Nope, not contempt of court. Treason would be better.
Likely the FISA Court judge was an Obama appointee. This would be consistent with Obama the Tyrant. And it explains why the search warrant was granted in the first place.
The FISA Court needs to bring the signers of all the requests into court and explain why they shouldn’t be charger with Contempt of Court.
The FISA Court needs to bring the signers of all the requests into court and explain why they shouldn’t be charger with Contempt of Court.
You are absolutely right Mark! Rosenstein should be fired immediately & Mueller too if he does not resign himself. This entire illegal mess has gone on far too long & the people involved in both the FBI & DoJ need to be fired & prosecuted.
I wonder how the Federal judge in the FISA court feels after having been snookered and lied to, under oath, by the people in the FBI who applied for the warrant? He should demand they appear in his court and at a minimum, cite them for contempt and lying under oath to secure a phony warrant. This is much bigger than Watergate. Who’s going to prison?
I wonder how the Federal judge in the FISA court feels after having been snookered and lied to, under oath, by the people in the FBI who applied for the warrant? He should demand they appear in his court and at a minimum, cite them for contempt and lying under oath to secure a phony warrant. This is much bigger than Watergate. Who’s going to prison?
I wonder how the Federal judge in the FISA court feels after having been snookered and lied to, under oath, by the people in the FBI who applied for the warrant? He should demand they appear in his court and at a minimum, cite them for contempt and lying under oath to secure a phony warrant. This is much bigger than Watergate. Who’s going to prison?
Obama and all those involved need to have all the assets, monies and pensions they have gained from America confiscated and turned back to our nation to use for the good of America and its people such as securing our borders, hiring more people to patrol it, helping those in the military, reducing our national debt.
Right on