WASHINGTON — Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, disregarding Justice Department warnings that their actions would be “extraordinarily reckless,” voted Monday evening to release a contentious secret memorandum said to accuse the department and the F.B.I. of misusing their authority to obtain a secret surveillance order on a former Trump campaign associate.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday warned lawmakers not to publicly release a memo purporting to detail surveillance abuses by the U.S. government for fear it will harm national security and ongoing investigations.
Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd, in a letter to the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), said the Republican push to release a memo they say reveals political bias at the FBI and DOJ would be "extraordinarily reckless" without a review by those agencies.
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President Trump blew up in anger after learning that a top Department of Justice (DOJ) official had warned against releasing a classified memo by Republican staffers that allegedly proves an anti-Trump bias in the DOJ and FBI, Bloomberg reported Monday.
Trump was furious when he learned that Associate Attorney General Stephen Boyd had said it would be “extraordinarily reckless” to release the classified memo.
More...Other sources told Bloomberg that Trump had also personally reprimanded Attorney General Jeff Sessions and other DOJ officials earlier in the week, telling them they needed to improve in their jobs or be remembered as the worst in history.
Democrats will regret standing with law enforcement against President Trump. That's not going to win them any votes.
Houses have always been fireproof, take my word for it.
Meanwhile it looks like the Trump administration is refusing to carry out the sanctions on Russia passed by Congress last year, saying they're not needed.. -_-
Considering sanctions are an act of war and it's in the worlds best interest that the two countries with the largest nuclear arsenals get along, I'm not seeing a problem here. When was the last time Europe paid their fucking bill?
I have tyrants in my own back yard to worry about, what Putin is doing on the other side of town is of little interest to me.
Last edited by Neveragain; 01-29-2018 at 08:07 PM. Reason: I'm pretty high right now.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. ~ Marcus Aurelius“It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“The urge to shout filthy words at the top of his voice was as strong as ever.”
― George Orwell, 1984
Sanctions are not an act of war. If we physically blockaded them, that is, but refusing to do business with them isn't.
And Trump isn't not enforcing the sanctions, he is just dragging ass on it and not doing all of the recommendations.
Last edited by Gelston; 01-29-2018 at 08:15 PM.
What am I apologizing for? Europe not paying for their own defense while they give themselves "free healthcare".
You will have to forgive me if I tire of American blood and treasure being pissed away on one European fuck up after another. Let them be Trotskys, it's what most of them want anyway.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. ~ Marcus Aurelius“It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“The urge to shout filthy words at the top of his voice was as strong as ever.”
― George Orwell, 1984