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Want to know what's happening first? Sign up for the Globe's breaking news alerts , delivered via Facebook messenger. President Donald Trump declassified a top secret congressional memo on Friday, claiming that it would vindicate his presidential campaign in the Russia probe.
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes speaks to the media about President Donald Trump's allegation that his campaign was the target of wiretaps on Capitol Hill in Washington March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein Longtime FBI agents - as well as other law enforcement officials - are furious with the Republican Party over the release of a memo compiled by the office of House intel head Rep. Devin Nunes that attacks an ongoing investigation into the Trump White House, saying conservatives have done irreparable damage to the agency that has always been considered a bastion of rectitude.
Justice Dept. told court of source's political influence in request to wiretap ex-Trump campaign aide, officials say The court that approved surveillance of a former campaign adviser to President Trump was aware that some of the information underpinning the warrant request was paid Why I Am Leaving the F.B.I. - One of the greatest honors of my life was walking across the stage at the F.B.I. Academy and receiving my special agent badge from the director at the time, Robert Mueller.
Justice Dept. told court of source's political influence in request to wiretap ex-Trump campaign aide, officials say The court that approved surveillance of a former campaign adviser to President Trump was aware that some of the information underpinning the warrant request was paid Why I Am Leaving the F.B.I. - One of the greatest honors of my life was walking across the stage at the F.B.I. Academy and receiving my special agent badge from the director at the time, Robert Mueller.
All this time after Watergate we have the modern version of All The President's Men, just without the break-in. You start with a political hack like Rep. Devin Nunes, who has to know he is through after his current term in Congress -but who produces a memo about supposed corruption and bias in the Justice Department that is about as well-written as a ransom note.
A central pillar of Rep. Devin Nunes' memo alleging wrongdoing by the FBI - that the government did not disclose the political bias of a source when seeking a surveillance warrant - is unfounded, several major US newspapers have reported. President Donald Trump on Friday declassified a memo spearheaded by the California Republican that alleges the FBI abused its authority in applying for a FISA warrant to conduct surveillance on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Donald Trump has claimed complete vindication from a congressional memo alleging 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 the President and his allies to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller's inquiry.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.