GOP reps demand release of 'shocking' surveillance memo

[kwassa]

Source: The Hill


Speculation about the memo and what it might say exploded on social media Thursday night under the hashtag #releasethedocuments. Conservative firebrand Sean Hannity kicked off his Thursday night Fox News show with a message directly to special counsel Robert Mueller“Your witch hunt is now over,” Hannity said. “Time to close the doors.”

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) said the memo contains widespread evidence of “FISA abuse.” Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) said the report “raises serious questions about the upper echelon of the Obama DOJ and Comey FBI as it relates to the so-called collusion investigation.”


In a statement, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, called the report “a profoundly misleading set of talking points drafted by Republican staff attacking the FBI and its handling of the investigation." "Rife with factual inaccuracies and referencing highly classified materials that most Republican Intelligence Committee members were forced to acknowledge they had never read, this is meant only to give Republican House members a distorted view of the FBI," Schiff said. "This may help carry White House water, but it is a deep disservice to our law enforcement professionals."

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/369721-gop-reps-demand-release-of-shocking-surveillance-memo

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An all out attack and distraction by Devin Nunes to derail the Mueller investigation of Trump. Corruption in America at full tilt

[workinclasszero]

1. It's fake news

or it would have been be all over the real news days ago IMO.

Handjobs wet dream ain't shit.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

2. You know it... ANYTHING to distract from Russian collusion and money laundering.

[workinclasszero]

3. Yup

And the impending govt shutdown by the republicans too.

[Nitram]

7. But it works against them in the end when they can't deliver.

[Gothmog]

9. This is the latest ignorant RWNJ conspiracy theories

Link to tweet

[workinclasszero]

11. Have they worked a child sex ring into the fake news FISA story yet?

Or maybe closed Walmart's being converted into reeducation centers for deplorables?

[workinclasszero]

13. Hannity looks like hes straining to take a #2

but can't quite get it done!

All that shit is just piling up inside his lyin Putin loving ass!

[AtheistCrusader]

19. Man, nobody can do 'Self Righteous Douchbag Face' like Sean Hannity... wow.

[William Seger]

26. Totally bogus; it's just more Nunes' conspiracy BS

... which he can just go on Fox and spew at any time -- no need to "release the memo" but he thinks it sounds more convincing if he's "forced" to release an "official memo." Like he thought his little one-act play in the White House driveway would be more convincing than just going on a Sunday show and spewing nonsense.

[L. Coyote]

4. Have you seen the source document that made them all go so crazy? This is it:

[erronis]

22. Oooh, I love that October 2013 parody.

Mad has always been good at bringing out the best in the dimwits. Hannity - you are king of the shitholeheap.

[Drum]

5. Mother Russia is lending a hand: SEE ALSO

Russia-linked Twitter accounts are working overtime to help Devin Nunes and WikiLeaks

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141965891

[workinclasszero]

12. Well that explains it huh?

[still_one]

6. F**K the Hill, Just a gossip rag

[Gothmog]

10. This claim is really sad and wrong

Link to tweet

[still_one]

35. no doubt. Thanks

[Gothmog]

8. This memo is totally bogus

Link to tweet

[getagrip_already]

14. so nunes writes a memo and suddenly it is fact?

Not a chance that he maybe, was a little loose with the alternate fact shaker, now is there?

If it's a memo from the fisa court, that's different, but if it were real, and scandalous, they would have released it already.

All it takes is trump saying to do it. That's all. No review. The president is the ultimate authority on what is classified.

[Abouttime]

15. House repukes are clowns

Trump colluded, trump obstructed Justice, he’s guilty and must be removed ASAP.
The fact real patriots in the FBI, DOJ and the Obama administration were onto them proves nothing other than the crooks were easy to spot.
This will go nowhere and by Monday will not even be worth a mention in the news.
Ignore these idiots.

[-Steph-]

16. I would love to know Sean Hannity's personal stake in all of this. With the lengths he's been

willing to go to, I wouldn't be surprised if Russia has some kompromat on him too.

[maddiemom]

23. Or he's just a natural-born asshole.

He always was, but as the years go by, he just gets more and more unbearably obnoxious. He'd have probably been that way for free, but got lucky.

[keithbvadu2]

17. Release the video of coward Hannity being waterboarded as he promised.

Release the video of coward Hannity being waterboarded as he promised.

[maddiemom]

25. Exhibit A: the waterboarding that never was...

I loved that the late, acerbic Christopher Hitchens had the guts that Hannity didn't.

[randr]

18. No matter how bias any agents may have been

They still uncovered criminal behavior

[Chakaconcarne]

20. and Mueller is saying... I pity these poor fools.

[yuiyoshida]

21. This is going to BLOW up at some point and get

very ugly. Just watch. M A Y B E ...THE FBI will go after Hannity for obstruction of Justice.

[BobTheSubgenius]

24. I bet the Tilt hasn't reached 11 yet.

As soon as the handwriting on the wall is in a large enough font and small enough words, they will be grabbing and doling out to the Usual Suspects with both hands and one foot.

I remember seeing a piece lately where the operative phrase was "cashing out" - getting as much as they can for the donor class and feathering their own nests as best they can before it's too late.

[maxsolomon]

27. COUNTERNARRATIVE COUNTERNARRATIVE COUNTERNARRATIVE

its the GOP's entire strategy. always have a counternarrative you can waste time with.

[cstanleytech]

28. They are trying every trick in the book to stop the Russian investigation.

[Clarity2]

29. I believe

FISA requires a court approval. Absolutely no way its being abused. Adam Schiff was tweeting they are perpetuating a conspiracy theory. I’m sure mueller has his sights on Nunes. His behavior says a lot regarding guilt.

I stayed the hell away from twitter today. It feels so toxic with all the bots. Its getting crazy.

[riversedge]

32. I was away for several hours and logged on a while ago. It is real

scary to tell the truth. Hillary's name is really taking another beating. damn. I did not respond to any of the vile comments.

[Clarity2]

34. I try to remind myself whats the point of arguing with a bot

Even if some of them arent. Many are. They dont really have an opinion. Theyre just following a script. Makes me less triggered and I dont respond to them at all.

[pecosbob]

30. They're laying a smoke screen for for the release of the impending sealed indictments

They know more indictments are coming. The indictments will be made public, likely later this year. There will be state indictments handed down in New York and New Jersey as well as in other jurisdictions abroad. There will be calls to impeach Trump. This is to give Rethugs in Congress (any that haven't been thrown out on their ear at mid-term elections) cover when they refuse to impeach Trump (and they will, bet on it).

[riversedge]

31. So, Davin Nunes wrote this report. whow. And Hannity is spearheading the release. .....

Have it say, twitter is aglow demanding its release.



http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/369721-gop-reps-demand-release-of-shocking-surveillance-memo


...........Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) spearheaded the effort this week to allow lawmakers to view a top-secret report compiled by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.).

Scores of Republicans have since viewed the document in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility on Capitol Hill. They left expressing shock, saying the special counsel investigation into whether Trump’s campaign officials had improper contacts with Russia is based on politically motivated actions at the highest level of law enforcement.

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) called the memo “shocking.”

“I’m here to tell all of a America tonight that I’m shocked to read exactly what has taken place,” Meadows (R-N.C.) said in a speech on the House floor.

“I thought it could never happen in a country that loves freedom and democracy like this country. It is time that we become transparent with all of this, and I’m calling on our leadership to make this available so all Americans can judge for themselves.”

Meadows and his allies asked GOP leaders in the House to declassify the report as part of a short-term spending bill the House passed late Thursday night. Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said he wanted to follow House rules on the matter and deferred to Nunes and the Intelligence Committee.

Nunes could call for a vote to release the report on his panel. If a majority on the committee agrees to declassify the report, the executive branch would then need to sign-off to make it public, said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), another Freedom Caucus member.

[Eugene]

33. Right-wing demand to #ReleaseTheMemo endorsed by Russian bots, trolls

Source: NBC News

JAN 19 2018, 5:23 PM ET

Right-wing demand to #ReleaseTheMemo endorsed by Russian bots, trolls

by KEN DILANIAN and MIKE MEMOLI

WASHINGTON — The latest attempt by some Republicans in Congress to discredit the Trump-Russia investigation has been embraced by Russian bots and trolls on social media.

At issue is a classified memo written by House GOP staffers that purports to describe abuses in FBI surveillance practices, but has been denounced by Democratic lawmakers as deeply misleading.

House Republicans have described the revelations in the memo as "worse than Watergate," and are demanding its release. The story is getting major coverage by right-leaning news organizations, including Fox News, Breitbart, the Washington Examiner and the Daily Caller.

The Republican message is being amplified by Russian propagandists, according to independent experts.

Link to tweet

"#Releasethememo" is now the top trending hashtag among Russian bots and trolls on Twitter and other platforms, according to the German Marshall Fund's "Hamilton 68" website, which tracks Russian influence campaigns.

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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/right-wing-demand-releasethememo-endorsed-russian-bots-trolls-n839141

[They_Live]

36. HamandTea, Go tell it to Karl Rove and the

entire George W Bush administration.