Trump will declassify Nunes' so-called 'DOJ abuses' memo - if the House approves its release

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory



NOOR AL-SIBAI
23 JAN 2018 AT 17:54 ET

President Donald Trump will reportedly declassify the infamous memo written by House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) — if the House votes for its release.

CNN’s Manu Raju tweeted Tuesday that the president was considering the declassification of a four-page memo that has become a conservative talking point, spurring on the #ReleaseTheMemo campaign after Republicans took to right-wing news outlets to tease its contents.

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After Raju tweeted the scoop, Lawfare’s Susan Hennessey brought up concerns other whether the memo had been reviewed by multiple agencies and if it’s been the subject of national security scrutiny.

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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) admitted to the Huffington Post last week that the short memo is an aggregated list of data that supposedly prove “widespread abuse” at the Department of Justice. He also admitted it was written by congressional staffers.


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[Fred Sanders]

1. 100% the memo is an assorted hodge podge of RW media conspiracy theories. I would love

the memo, if not edited now, be released. It will show how low Nunez and Shitler will go and how deep they are into shocking conspiracy theories.

The memo is an embarrassment. It was only intended for The Base to speculate about and keep on the boil.

[Gothmog]

3. Secret Memo Was Actually Written by GOP Staffers

This memo was written by Nunes and his staffers https://politicalwire.com/2018/01/19/explosive-secret-memo-actually-written-gop-staffers/

“House Republicans spent the end of the workweek telling everyone who would listen that the American people must be allowed to see a top-secret four-page document that could bring an end to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference with the 2016 elections,” the HuffPost reports.

“One thing about that document: Republican staffers wrote it.”

“The document, which alleges abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act during the FBI’s quiet counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign in the final months of the 2016 election, was actually compiled by Republican staffers on the House Intelligence Committee. That committee voted along partisan lines this week to allow any member of Congress to take a peek at the document themselves. Republican members soon flocked to a secure room to read the memo written by their allies — and then ran to tell the press about it.”

[Gothmog]

2. What do you expect from Planet Stupid

Link to tweet

[keithbvadu2]

4. Neat precedent... Declassify for partisan politics with no regard for security issues.

Neat precedent... Declassify for partisan politics with no regard for security issues.

Trump tries to isolate himself from blame by putting the first onus on the republican House.

But it is his decision in the end.

[Corgigal]

5. Hail Mary

I guess someone, I guess the mastermind, thought this could work. Ya, only some fox viewers, not enough people. We can see through this silly con.

[Mr. Ected]

6. Because Nunes' credibility is beyond reproach, of course, and his work product impeccably sourced

If the Republicans wanted to pull off a humdinger of a distraction, they sure as hell shouldn't have handed the project over to Devin Nunes, the least respected Congressman in Washington, which says a lot.

[procon]

7. Nunes can't just arbitrarily say his fake memo is classified without agency involvement.

Like a publisher leaking little tibbits of a book to titillate more interest in anticipation of its release, Nunes is trying to make his super secret memo look legitimate with rubber stamp, "SECRET". He has a long history of lying and making up tall tales to cover Trump, and he's back at it again.

[They_Live]

8. Uh National Security?

...and stuff? Oh. I forgot. We're Russians now and we hate the USA. God, I hope the entire Repug party goes to Gitmo. They deserve it.

[Historic NY]

9. Who cleared civilian staffers to access classified documents?

[FakeNoose]

10. Cheeto finally realized that nobody gives a rats-ass about this ridiculous memo

Even after you release it, we still won't care.