An “allegedly” damning document outlining extensive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) abuse was reviewed by members of the House nearly two weeks ago, and the contents, according to one lawmaker, could “lead to the removal of senior officials in the FBI and Department of Justice.”
President Trump this past weekend told Jeff Sessions to release the memo, though it’ll be the House that will ultimately vote to release the document. The only Republican that’s argued against releasing the memo thus far has been Lindsey Graham, while all Democrats are unanimously opposed to it (probably because they’re afraid of what’s in it). Republicans do have a chance to utilize a certain liberal selling point here though: they have to pass the bill, so we can find out what’s in it.
Meanwhile, while no one who has read the memo can disclose its contents, Rep. Trey Gowdy has been dropping hints. According to the Federalist Papers,
In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Gowdy posed several questions to host Chris Wallace and his viewers that hinted at the allegations in the memo, which could be released by the House Intelligence Committee as early as this week. “If you think your viewers want to know whether or not the dossier was used in court proceedings, whether or not it was vetted before it was used, whether or not it’s ever been vetted — if you are interested in who paid for the dossier, if you are interested in Christopher Steele’s relationship with Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee, then, yes, you will want the memo to come out,” Gowdy told Wallace.
“Do you want to know that the Democratic National Committee paid for material that was never vetted, that was included in a court proceeding?” he asked rhetorically.
“Do you want to know whether or not the primary source in these court proceedings had a bias against one candidate? Do you want to know whether or not he said he’d do anything to keep that candidate from becoming president?”
Are we about to see a huge plot twist and learn that it was the Democrats working with the Russians the whole time?
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The House Intelligence Committee could vote on releasing the memo today. Stay tuned…
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