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The last several days have been packed with fake drama and intrigue about the "secret memo" released publicly Friday over the objections of the FBI, Democrats and many others who say releasing this kind of document simply isn't done. Let's cut the stagecraft and hype around this frankly boring memo.
Sure, many outlets are going to say "even Joe Walsh!?" but here's the deal: Joe Walsh is taking a page out of Newt takes whatever Fox is currently outraged about and blames liberals/Democrats for it. That's his "one weird trick" to getting endless bookings on cable news.
President Trump prepares to sign the Executive Order on Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty during the National Day of Prayer event at the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington D.C., on May 4, 2017. WASHINGTON -- Presidents don't win fights with the FBI.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., a close ally of President Donald Trump who has become a fierce critic of the FBI and the Justice Department, strides to a GOP conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. House Speaker Paul Ryan is defending a vote by Republicans on the House intelligence committee to release a classified memo on the Russia investigation.
The White House is in the final stages of reviewing a classified congressional memo on the Russia investigation that President Donald Trump has said he wants released.
GOP Rep. Mark Meadows is calling for the release of a classified memo on the Russia election probe, claiming there were "poor decisions made at some very senior level positions within the FBI and the DOJ." President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, in Washington.
Rising White House fear: Nunes memo is a dud - Inside the Trump administration, sources who've been briefed on the Nunes memo expect it will be underwhelming and not the "slam dunk" document it's been hyped up to be. - What we're hearing: There is much more skepticism inside the administration Sean Hannity Has Been Advising Donald Trump on the Nunes Memo, Because of Course He Has President Donald Trump is at odds with his own chief law enforcement officers over a controversial memo fueling Republican allegations of a conspiracy against the Trump presidency.
Sean Hannity Has Been Advising Donald Trump on the Nunes Memo, Because of Course He Has President Donald Trump is at odds with his own chief law enforcement officers over a controversial memo fueling Republican allegations of a conspiracy against the Trump presidency. Rising White House fear: Nunes memo is a dud - Inside the Trump administration, sources who've been briefed on the Nunes memo expect it will be underwhelming and not the "slam dunk" document it's been hyped up to be.
Most presidents have had the sense not to bully the FBI by defaming its leaders and -- ridiculously -- painting its agents as leftist political hacks. Most members of Congress have also understood how unwise it would be to pull such stunts.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., a close ally of President Donald Trump who has become a fierce critic of the FBI and the Justice Department, strides to a GOP conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. House Speaker Paul Ryan is defending a vote by Republicans on the House intelligence committee to release a classified memo on the Russia investigation.
Appearing on Fox News Thursday evening with host Martha MacCallum, the network's chief national correspondent, Ed Henry, revealed those eager to see the FISA abuse memo released may be in for even more surprises than previously thought. "Senior Republicans are pushing back on reports suggesting that this memo will not live up to the hype, telling me there are four separate explosive revelations in the memo that have not leaked out ahead of tomorrows expected release," Henry told MacCallum.
The Daily Beast reported President Donald Trump "has been in regular contact with" Fox News host Sean Hannity in recent weeks about the release of a memo drafted by Rep. Devin Nunes critical of the FBI's investigation into Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and his ties to Russia. According to The Daily Beast, Trump has spoken with Hannity regularly "over the phone" about releasing the memo.
In a harsh rebuke of Rep. Devin Nunes, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday demanding that Nunes step down from his position as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. Thursday's letter comes a day after Nunes was accused of making " material changes " to a secret memo before it was sent to the president for public release.
Donald Trump, who had the authority to prevent the meno's release, instead is likely to allow the four-page document to be made public. Photo: Reuters The White House is likely to give Congress approval to make public a secret Republican memo alleging FBI bias against President Donald Trump in its Russia probe, a White House official says, as tensions over the disputed document grip Washington.
Paul Davis Ryan Schumer: Nunes intent on undermining 'rule of law' with altered memo Schiff: Nunes gave Trump 'secretly altered' version of memo Several lawmakers have seen intelligence behind Nunes memo MORE on Thursday defended an unreleased House GOP memo that alleges abuses by the FBI and Justice Department, saying that it's not an "indictment" of those government institutions. "What this is not is an indictment on our institutions, of our justice system.
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Feb. 1, 2018, en route to a House and Senate Republican conference at the Greenbrier in West Virginia. President Trump is expected to approve Thursday morning the release of a controversial congressional memo alleging surveillance abuses by the FBI, after the White House agreed to some redactions at the bureau's request, according to senior administration officials.
Democrats are ratcheting up pressure on House Speaker Paul Ryan to intervene in the growing controversy involving House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, who quietly changed his explosive memo alleging FBI abuse without informing many of his colleagues. The top Democrat in the Senate and the House say Republicans have "decided to sow conspiracy theories" and "attack the integrity and credibility of federal law enforcement as a means" to protect President Donald Trump and undercut special counsel Robert Mueller.
President Donald Trump made it clear Tuesday night that he's decided to make public a sensitive memo that alleges bias by FBI agents in the ongoing investigation into Russian efforts to influence U.S. voters in 2016. "One-hundred percent," Trump is heard on camera after his State of the Union speech, telling a South Carolina congressman of his intent to declassify the secret document That decision would directly conflict with Trump's own Justice Department and FBI Director Christopher Wray, who have argued that it would be reckless to release the memo without a thorough review.
Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Devin Nunes has become the face of Republicans' questioning of the FBI in the Russia probe. California Rep. Devin Nunes has staked his name on questioning the FBI's Russia investigation, but his long term political future could suffer from joining Team Trump.
The FBU building in Washington, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018.A new congressional memo alleging FBI surveillance abuse is being used to undermine the legitimacy of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. But included ... .