Upon Memo's Release, Nunes Claims GOPers 'Discovered Serious Violations'
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Caitlin MacNeal | February 2, 2018 12:51 pm
In a statement published as the House Intelligence Committees controversial memo was made public Friday afternoon, Chair Devin Nunes (R-CA), who orchestrated the memos creation and publication, claimed that the committee found serious violations and suggested that officials at the FBI and Justice Department exploited their positions to target President Donald Trumps campaign.
The Committee has discovered serious violations of the public trust, and the American people have a right to know when officials in crucial institutions are abusing their authority for political purposes, Nunes said in a statement. Our intelligence and law enforcement agencies exist to defend the American people, not to be exploited to target one group on behalf of another. It is my hope that the Committees actions will shine a light on this alarming series of events so we can make reforms that allow the American people to have full faith and confidence in their governing institutions.
President Donald Trump late Friday morning approved the declassification of the memo, sending it back to the House Intelligence Committee for public release. The memo, published early Friday afternoon, alleges that there was a breakdown in the Justice Departments process for obtaining a surveillance warrant for Trump campaign aide Carter Page, but the memo reveals little about its sourcing.
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Scoopster
(423 posts)olegramps
(8,200 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)"serious violations of the public trust" is not an actual thing.
Nunes should be censured for this bullshit
joshdawg
(2,648 posts)which means he can lie his ass off and no one will do anything to stop him.
republicans lie as normally as they breathe.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)The Committee has discovered serious violations of the public trust, and the American people have a right to know when officials in crucial institutions are abusing their authority for political purposes - please tell us nunes, the serious violations of public trust..please, the public is waiting...
kwassa
(23,340 posts)You don't. There is nothing here.
paleotn
(17,917 posts)If laws were broken, and their are laws around FISA, then put the fuck up or shut the fuck up.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,986 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,166 posts)make that playbook public, Devin, will ya?
GoCubsGo
(32,084 posts)he wants to become Trump's favorite son, over Uday and Qusay. He's certainly as stupid as Don, Jr. and Eric, if not more so, so maybe he stands a chance.
Javaman
(62,530 posts)Botany
(70,506 posts)money laundering
obstruction of justice
collusion with a hostile foreign power
election law violations
espionage
treason
******
BTW Trump and the GOP must know that Mueller is sitting on a big ol' pile of
"fuck you up real bad, dude" to break national security in order to try to
change the subject from Trump/Russia/GOP/NRA/Fox News.