The Devin Nunes mission to discredit the FBI and the U.S. counterintelligence FISA warrant on possible Russian spy Carter Page hit a fever pitch today as Donald Trump and his Republican dream team declassified the “Nunes memo”, which was supposed to be a smoking gun, pointing to evidence of a conspiracy, driven by Democrats to thwart Donald Trump from becoming president. Now that the media and counterintelligence experts have gotten at look at the formerly top secret memo, how are they reacting? Let’s take a look:
Former FBI agent Clint Watts:
Republican strategist Rick Wilson:
Another Republican strategist:
CNN’s Chief National Security Correspondent:
Conservative blogger for the Washington Post:
Politico correspondent, making the apt analogy of the Geraldo-Al Capone vault discovery:
And if you haven’t had enough, I asked Twitter to send me their hot takes in GIF form and wow! The Twitterverse delivered. Enjoy!