Having read “The Memo,” the FBI is right to have “grave concerns” – as it will shake the organization down to its core – showing Americans just how the agency was weaponized by the Obama officials/DNC/HRC to target political adversaries. #ReleaseTheMemo
— Rep. Jeff Duncan (@RepJeffDuncan) February 1, 2018
A big day for Bodger, in fairness.
More as we get it.
Surveillance memo could be declassified Friday (Fox News)
Meanwhile…
.@SteveKingIA on FISA memo: “It’s earth-shaking, it’s worse than Watergate and the only thing that we don’t know yet is whether does this lead all the way to a president of the United States.” #Tucker pic.twitter.com/CT03eVnPjn
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 2, 2018
Yikes.
UPDATE:
"Nunes" memo into spying on Trump campaign released: Full text https://t.co/jrkGWaAmAW #ReleasedTheMemo pic.twitter.com/6r9ajuAGNI
— Julian Assange ⌛ (@JulianAssange) February 2, 2018
BREAKING NEWS: House memo states disputed dossier was key to @FBI’s FISA warrant to surveil members of Team Trump https://t.co/5v5qfh17vS pic.twitter.com/XgD19Wboq9
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 2, 2018
The House Intelligence Committee has released the memo outlining alleged abuses of secret surveillance by the FBI and Justice Department in the Trump-Russia investigation.
Key points:
* The Steele dossier formed an essential part of the initial and all three renewal FISA applications against Carter Page.
* Andrew McCabe confirmed that no FISA warrant would have been sought from the FISA Court without the Steele dossier information.
* The political origins of the Steele dossier were known to senior DOJ and FBI officials, but excluded from the FISA applications.
* DOJ official Bruce Ohr met with Steele beginning in the summer of 2016 and relayed to DOJ information about Steele’s bias. Steele told Ohr that he, Steele, was desperate that Donald Trump not get elected president and was passionate about him not becoming president.
House Intelligence memo released: What it says (Washington Examiner)