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StrictlyRockers

(3,859 posts)
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 03:17 PM Mar 2017

FBI to brief Graham, Whitehouse on Trump warrants: Graham

Source: The hill

FBI to brief Graham, Whitehouse on Trump warrants: Graham
BY KATIE BO WILLIAMS - 03/15/17 03:01 PM EDT

The FBI has told Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) that it will brief them in response to their demand for any surveillance warrant applications for President Trump, Graham said Wednesday.

“We were informed by the FBI just a few minutes ago that they would be responding to our letter with a classified briefing to the chair and ranking member,” Graham said at the outset of a Senate hearing on Russian interference in elections worldwide.

He provided no specific date for the briefing. FBI Director James Comey is on the Hill Wednesday to brief the chairman and ranking member of the full Judiciary Committee, Sens. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).

Graham and Whitehouse, who head the subcommittee that has oversight over the FBI, last week sent a letter to Comey and acting deputy attorney general Dana Boente, asking for any warrant application or court documents tied to potential legal wiretapping of the Trump campaign, Trump or Trump Tower.
The resolution comes after Graham fired a warning shot to the FBI on Tuesday, telling reporters that the bureau was about to "screw up big time" if they didn't respond to his letter.



Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/324137-fbi-to-brief-graham-whitehouse-on-trump-warrants-graham

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FBI to brief Graham, Whitehouse on Trump warrants: Graham (Original Post) StrictlyRockers Mar 2017 OP
As Artie said gibraltar72 Mar 2017 #1
I suspect Trump was on the phone with someone they had a warrant for. Calista241 Mar 2017 #2
When it comes to pursuing truth and protecting democracy... dawn frenzy adams Mar 2017 #3
Agree iluvtennis Mar 2017 #5
I can see another misdirect coming down the tube now nolabels Mar 2017 #4
I'm not sure what to make of Comey at this point. StrictlyRockers Mar 2017 #6
Comey is a right wing asshole- he will only talk with it being "top secret" RainCaster Mar 2017 #8
They must be following the new "not Hillary Clinton" rule Mr. Sparkle Mar 2017 #7

Calista241

(5,586 posts)
2. I suspect Trump was on the phone with someone they had a warrant for.
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 03:27 PM
Mar 2017

So he wasn't the target of a wiretap order, but if his voice is on tape, it'll give him the cover he needs to get out of this disaster he put himself in.

dawn frenzy adams

(429 posts)
3. When it comes to pursuing truth and protecting democracy...
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 03:29 PM
Mar 2017

I do not trust Lindsey Graham. Neither do I trust Phony Comey.

nolabels

(13,133 posts)
4. I can see another misdirect coming down the tube now
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 03:43 PM
Mar 2017

Like is everybody clueless around (also looks like they have been cooking this one for a week or two)

StrictlyRockers

(3,859 posts)
6. I'm not sure what to make of Comey at this point.
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 04:44 PM
Mar 2017

I am still HIGHLY suspicious of him being a right-winger and anti-Clinton. !!

RainCaster

(10,951 posts)
8. Comey is a right wing asshole- he will only talk with it being "top secret"
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 12:49 AM
Mar 2017

And the answer will not be a simple yes or no.

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