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President Donald Trump on Saturday claimed complete vindication from a congressional memo that alleges the FBI abused its surveillance powers during the investigation into his campaign's possible Russia ties. But the memo also includes revelations that might complicate efforts by Trump and his allies to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller's inquiry.
Trump flacks are out in force to justify their ridiculous hype and release of a memo that does nothing , says nothing, reveals nothing, and is the equivalent of an empty podium during a presidential campaign. As one commentator said, it's like a bad book report.
Fbi is guilty of treason. "A murderer is less to fear". For the past 17 years I have documented high crimes committed by fbi against the American people, crimes which also threaten the security of the United States of America.
Claiming vindication and straining to derail the Russia probe, President Donald Trump declassified a top secret congressional memo Friday, and suggested it proved the investigation of his presidential campaign was fatally flawed. Democrats said the document did nothing to clear him or his campaign, and the FBI called the memo inaccurate and incomplete.
After a week of hyperpartisan madness that critics warn could shatter key D.C. institutions forever , the inescapable, once-secret spying memo wound up falling like a drop of rain into the Pacific Ocean. There was no Friday Night Massacre in which the leaders of the FBI and Justice Department were pushed out the window or jumped on their own.
In this Nov. 2, 2017, file photo, Carter Page speaks with reporters following a day of questions from the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. A new congressional memo alleging FBI surveillance abuse is being used to undermine the legitimacy of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
On Tuesday, they plan to put aside their differences and fundraise, together. That's because the money they raise will go to the primary winner no matter who it is.
WASHINGTON – Rod Rosenstein's tenure as deputy attorney general and the top Justice Department official overseeing the Russia investigation appears to be in peril after President Donald Trump refused to say Friday whether he had confidence in him. After Trump authorized release of a controversial memo on FBI surveillance practices by House Intelligence Committee Republicans, he was asked by a reporter whether he was more likely to fire Rosenstein and whether he had confidence in the 27-year-veteran of the Justice Department who oversees its day-to-day operations and special counsel Robert Mueller III's investigation.
A GOP memo declassified on Friday accused senior law enforcement officials of misleading a court in order to conduct surveillance on a former Trump campaign adviser, fueling a growing distrust between the White House and Republicans on one side and the Justice Department and FBI on the other. The four-page document, which the FBI said is inaccurate, had been the focus of weeks of partisan fights leading up to its release by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, and that acrimony intensified after its publication.
President Donald Trump and his supporters are using a congressional memo alleging FBI surveillance abuse to raise questions about the origins of a federal investigation into his campaign's ties to Russia. But the four-page document includes revelations that might complicate the effort to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing probe.
Now, the Trump administration, in which they both serve, has allowed the state to implement even more changes in the safety net program -- most notably by requiring some Medicaid recipients to work. The state, which has served as a Medicaid expansion model for Republicans, announced Friday that it will require certain Medicaid recipients to get jobs or participate in other community activities starting in 2019.
Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee countered claims made in a highly disputed memo alleging political bias within the highest ranks of the FBI. The document, assembled by Rep. Devin Nunes , asserts abuses by top officials in obtaining surveillance warrants and anti-Trump bias.
Protest group 'Fridays with Frelinghuysen' celebrated the congressman's announcement that he will retire at the end of the year and not run again. Members of NJ 11th for Change continue "Fridays with Frelinghuysen" rallies after the congressman announced he will not run for reelection in 2018.
The memo's release sent shock waves across Washington, calling into question the future of Trump's hand-picked FBI director Christopher Wray Donald Trump and his Republican allies unleashed a controversial memo accusing the FBI of bias and abuse of power on Friday, intensifying a high-stakes fight between the White House and prosecutors investigating the president's campaign team. Trump defied his own FBI director and the Justice Department to declassify the four-page Republican document, which implies malfeasance and partisanship at the very top of American law enforcement.
Efforts to rein in abuse of a drug discount program for hospitals that serve a high number of low-income patients could cost St. Charles Health System an estimated $3 million in revenue in 2018. The 340B program, created by Congress in 1992, requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to give deep discounts to safety-net hospitals and health clinics.
Chuck Todd may have had a temporary lapse where he behaved like an actual journalist for once and quit with his typical "both siderist" nonsense we typically hear from him in regard to this dud of a "Nunes memo" that was released this Friday. Sadly, that didn't stop him from allowing two of the so-called "Freedom Caucus" members to come on his show later that same day and lie and spew conspiracy theories about what the memo supposedly said and about who paid for the Steele dossier that Republicans have been desperate to use to discredit the entire Mueller investigation.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., suggested that more memos, in addition to the one released Friday that outlines alleged surveillance violations by the U.S. government, may soon be released, with the next one targeting the State Department. "Yes, this completes just the FISA abuse portion of our investigation," Nunes told Fox News host Bret Baier on Friday, referencing abuses related to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Senators voted 37-0 on Friday in ... - Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky who recently was attacked by a neighbor while working on his lawn, said he believes the anger and polarization around the country fueled the assault. "With the whole idea of the country being angry, over your yard or even the guy that shot us in the ball field There's just some people so angry," said the senator, who was on a baseball field over the summer when a gunman shot Rep. Steve Scalise, R-LA, and three others.