Well, that escalated quickly.
Last night, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee voted to release the controversial FISA memo, which reportedly contains details about spying abuses committed by the FBI against the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential race.
Now, President Trump has less than five days to decide whether or not to make the document public.
WH confirms it has received the classified memo from House Intelligence Committee about alleged improper use of surveillance by FBI/DOJ in the investigation of Russia’s meddling in the 2016 US pres election. Pres has 5 days to decide whether to declassify and make public.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) January 30, 2018
Members of the Trump Administration now have access to the FISA memo and can make a determination as to whether or not it’s permissible to allow the public to see it. But, it turns out someone not in Congress has already seen the memo.
FBI Director Christopher Wray viewed the memo on Sunday night, ahead of the House Intelligence Committee’s vote on release. And, according to Fox News host Sean Hannity, he didn’t like what he saw.
Reporter Sara Carter was on Sean Hannity’s show last night, discussing the repercussions of the memo going public. Here is part of their conversation, via Zero Hedge:
Carter: What we know tonight is that FBI Director Christopher Wray went Sunday and reviewed the four-page FISA memo. The very next day, Andrew McCabe was asked to resign. Remember Sean, he was planning on resigning in March – that already came out in December. This time they asked him to go right away. You’re not coming into the office. I’ve heard reports he didn’t even come in for the morning meeting – that he didn’t show up.
Hannity: A source of mine told me tonight that when Wray read this, it shocked him to his core.
Sara Carter: Shocked him to his core, and not only that, the Inspector General’s report – I have been told tonight by a number of sources, there’s indicators right now that McCabe may have asked FBI agents to actually change their 302’s – those are their interviews with witnesses. So basically every time an FBI agent interviews a witness, they have to go back and file a report.
Hannity: Changes? So that would be obstruction of justice?
Carter: Exactly. This is something the Inspector General is investigating. If this is true and not alleged, McCabe will be fired. I heard they are considering firing him within the next few days if this turns out to be true.
Whoa! Shocked him to the core!
And that’s not all. Carter said that McCabe’s leaving was just the beginning, and that more resignations will be coming.
You can see Carter and Hannity’s conversation here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8M52TPMxsA
Yesterday’s surprise announcement that FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was asked to step down before his planned retirement is leading many to think the FISA memo will contain some pretty damning information about the FBI and what exactly it did in digging into possible Trump-Russia connections.
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