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Poiuyt

(18,124 posts)
Thu Feb 1, 2018, 08:45 PM Feb 2018

FBI Director To Issue Rare Public Rebuttal To Nunes Memo Once Released

FBI Director Christopher Wray will issue a rare public rebuttal to the Nunes memo when and if it is released.

In a stunning development, FBI Director Christopher Wray will issue a rebuttal to an intelligence memo soon to be approved for public distribution by the President of the United States.

https://www.themaven.net/theintellectualist/news/fbi-director-to-issue-rare-public-rebuttal-to-nunes-memo-once-released--Icr24ZEHUu5VNNzUOAebg?full=1

also:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-director-prepared-to-issue-rebuttal-if-nunes-memo-released-fran-townsend/

I love this part:

"I think we have to remember the Nunes memo is an advocacy piece. It's not a fact piece. This is Chairman Nunes' summary of what he believes the abuses are. For that reason, it's one-sided," Townsend said. Townsend, who spent 13 years at the Justice Department, said it's simply "not possible" for one partisan actor to push through a FISA warrant or to obtain one based on a single piece of evidence.

It looks like the FBI iasn't going to take this sitting down!

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FBI Director To Issue Rare Public Rebuttal To Nunes Memo Once Released (Original Post) Poiuyt Feb 2018 OP
Good, so we have a war of sorts, nunes/trump and putin vs everybody Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #1
Shitler fires Wray tomorrow? Arrests on Saturday? Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #2
don't know that but bluestarone Feb 2018 #3
I stand with the fucking FBI Cha Feb 2018 #4
I like this course of action far better than Wray resigning if the memo is released. These are Amaryllis Feb 2018 #5
Yes, we need him to protect the investigation. tableturner Feb 2018 #6
This is a Smart Move, Since Wray Is Trump's Own Recent Appointee TomCADem Feb 2018 #7
What Nunes "believes"? zentrum Feb 2018 #8

Amaryllis

(9,524 posts)
5. I like this course of action far better than Wray resigning if the memo is released. These are
Thu Feb 1, 2018, 09:10 PM
Feb 2018

unprecedented times that call for unprecedented actions. THere are a number of factors that make this different from the Sat. NIght Massacre.

TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
7. This is a Smart Move, Since Wray Is Trump's Own Recent Appointee
Thu Feb 1, 2018, 10:56 PM
Feb 2018

Trump can blame Wray, since Trump had fired Comey and replaced him with Wray. Also, if Wray just stayed silent, then Trump would continue to push and push and begin an effort to discredit him the way he has other federal officials who did not fall in line and offer loyalty to Trump.

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
8. What Nunes "believes"?
Thu Feb 1, 2018, 11:19 PM
Feb 2018

He doesn't believe this memo. It's utterly cynical, completely purposely skewed. He knows just what he's trying to do. He knows he's twisting the truth.

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