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Thankfully it looks like Democrats are steamed enough, about this white-wash cover-up of an FBI Investigation, that some of them are vowing to do a real Investigation, at the next opportunity.
In Letter to Trump, House Democrats Promise to...
by jamess
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on Fri Oct 05, 2018 at 09:41 PM PDT
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As in “stolen from” the Senator’s staff, and “delivered to” the lying excuse of a judge, Brett Kavanaugh.
Here’s more “sunlight” from the desk of Patrick Leahy, describing the scandal, and what basically amounts to Perjury, when the lying sack...
by jamess
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on Sat Sep 08, 2018 at 09:02 AM PDT
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Despite the House Intelligence Committee voting unanimously to release the Democratic response to Rep. Devin Nunes’ sham memo, the White House announced Friday evening that Trump would not release the memo without revisions.
Reuters reported...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Fri Feb 09, 2018 at 05:13 PM PST
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Donald Trump may have declared himself vindicated by the sham Devin Nunes memo but he's still desperately searching for an exit ramp from the Russia jam he's in. On Wednesday, he went ALL-CAPS hysterical about FBI texts he declared, "BOMBSHELLS!" And...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Wed Feb 07, 2018 at 09:42 AM PST
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From CNN (by way of Huffington Post):
When confronted with a simple yes/no question from Manu Raju, Devin Nunes responded in a way that can only restore our faith in irony - intentional or otherwise.
"Did the White House have any role in the...
by kansasmagic
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on Wed Feb 07, 2018 at 07:17 AM PST
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I saw this on Lawfare, and it seems a pretty bold move by the NYT to me. I doubt the FISC is in the habit of releasing information.
New York Times requests surveillance documents released to public
It seems like they are arguing that given the...
by tampaedski
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on Tue Feb 06, 2018 at 05:12 PM PST
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The House Intelligence Committee voted unanimously Monday to release the Democratic memo written to debunk the cherrypicked GOP memo criticizing FBI and DOJ efforts to surveil former Trump campaign aide Carter Page. Now it comes down to Trump, writes...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Mon Feb 05, 2018 at 03:32 PM PST
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Donald Trump has already declared himself "totally" vindicated by the sham memo released Friday and written by his stooge, Rep. Devin Nunes, a "Great American Hero," in Trump's view.
Now that GOP lawmakers have sold everyone who...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Mon Feb 05, 2018 at 10:52 AM PST
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by brooklynpaul
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on Sun Feb 04, 2018 at 08:27 AM PST
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Long-time lurker and commentator — first time blogger. This will be quick. I just want to share a bit from a Politico story, which I haven’t seen discussed here on DKos. (If others have already posted about this, my apologies.)
As many of you...
by kansasmagic
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on Sat Feb 03, 2018 at 09:41 PM PST
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Mr. President, if you and your campaign are totally innocent of Russian collusion and obstruction of justice…...why then are you and your supporters calling for an end to an investigation that would ultimately prove that innocence?
Follow up…….
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by unioninohio04
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on Sat Feb 03, 2018 at 02:15 PM PST
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The tortured narrative laid out in the Nunes Memo makes a key claim to back up the allegation that the Steele Dossier, and only the Steele Dossier, served as the basis for the initial FISA court warrant on Carter Page:
“Deputy Director...
by Blue Tsunami
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on Fri Feb 02, 2018 at 09:41 PM PST
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It's time to stop arguing about the Trump-inspired minutia of the moment, and think about the end game: Our republic.
Donald Trump has already attacked our republic in a million ways big and ...
by Kerry Eleveld
260 comments
on Sat Feb 03, 2018 at 11:00 AM PST
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I’m sure Manson would have loved to fire Bugliosi too. 1 comments
on Fri Feb 02, 2018 at 04:50 PM PST
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Remember when Trey “Benghazi” Gowdy said he was retiring several days ago to focus on “the justice system”? Yeah, well it seems ever more clear that he doesn’t think the memo cooked up by White House stooge Devin Nunes is delivering the justice he...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Fri Feb 02, 2018 at 11:46 AM PST
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Reviews are in and this much-hyped memo that could still land us in a Constitutional crisis is a total effing "dud." But House Intelligence Chair Devin Nunes doesn't know it—he's pretty proud of his work and sent out a statement to mark the occasion of...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Fri Feb 02, 2018 at 10:30 AM PST
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House Speaker Paul Ryan has made his loyalties very clear, and his loyalty isn't to the constitution and rule of law. Now that, with his blessing, the bogus memo from Rep. Devin Nunes—the guy who has made the sole focus of his career helping Donald...
by Joan McCarter
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on Fri Feb 02, 2018 at 10:15 AM PST
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Just after Donald Trump declassified Rep. Devin Nunes’ sham memo alleging DOJ and FBI wrongdoing, he told the press, “A lot of people should be ashamed of themselves.” GOP Sen. John McCain, chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, had a different...
by Kerry Eleveld
186 comments
on Fri Feb 02, 2018 at 09:22 AM PST
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The biggest lesson to be learned from the release of the Trump–Nunes memo has nothing to do with the FBI, or the DOJ, or the FISA court. It has to do with Donald Trump. Because this is the sharpest demonstration to date that Trump’s idea of “loyalty”...
by Mark Sumner
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on Fri Feb 02, 2018 at 09:01 AM PST
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House Speaker Paul Ryan again repeated Thursday that the sham GOP memo "does not impugn the Mueller investigation or the Deputy Attorney General." The only problem for Ryan, who made the comments during a press conference at the GOP retreat in West...
by Kerry Eleveld
193 comments
on Thu Feb 01, 2018 at 12:41 PM PST
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