House Oversight Committee Chairman Gowdy Says Memo Does Not Discredit Russia Investigation “In Any Way”

Republican Chairman of the Oversight Committee Trey Gowdy said he doesn’t believe that the controversial Nunes Memo discredits the ongoing investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.  Gowdy stated the importance of learning relevant facts laid out in …

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Republican Congressman Calls Those Mentioned in Memo “Traitors,” Seeks Criminal Prosecutions

Republican Congressman Paul Gosar of Arizona said the allegations outlined in the Nunes Memo released today constitute treason.  He also said that he is co-authoring a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions seeking “criminal prosecution against these traitors to our

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Republicans Release Long Awaited Memo, Raise Questions About FBI Methods in Obtaining Surveillance Warrants

House Republican members of the Intelligence Committee released the controversial Nunes Memo today, named after the committee’s chairman, and memo author, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA).  The memo highlights alleged abuses by the FBI and the DOJ in obtaining warrants …

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Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi Calls on Speaker Ryan to Remove Devin Nunes from Intelligence Committee

Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi has called on Speaker of the House Paul Ryan to remove Rep. Devin Nunes from his position as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.  Pelosi wrote a strongly-worded letter to Speaker Ryan today, requesting …

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Congressman Peter King: Changes to Nunes Memo In No Way Affect Substance, Came At FBI’s Request

Republican Congressman Peter King of New York defended changes made to the controversial Nunes Memo saying they “in no way” affect the substance of the memo.  “My understanding is this was agreed on beforehand among Republicans. There’s one small part …

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House Intelligence Ranking Member Accuses Chairman of “Secretly Altering” Memo, Calls on Him to Withdraw It from the White House

The ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee has accused the committee’s chairman of sending a memo to the White House that is significantly different than the one members have been viewing for several weeks it was learned last night.  …

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House Intelligence Transcript Shows Republicans Reject Motion to Make Democrats Memo Public, Republican Memo Shared with FBI Just Prior to Vote

The House Intelligence Committee released a fifty-one-page transcript of a meeting they held on Monday night to vote on whether to release a controversial memo alleging abuses by the FBI.

It shows that Democrats on the committee pushed to have …

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FBI Issues Strongly Worded Statement on Release of Republican Memo, Expresses “Grave Concerns”

The FBI has issued a sharply worded statement on the memo written by Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee today.  The statement reads:

“The FBI takes seriously its obligations to the FISA Court and its compliance with procedures overseen

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Increased Scrutiny Falls on Rod Rosenstein After Committee Vote to Make Memo Public

The controversial memo written up by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee reveals that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein approved an application to renew surveillance of a former Trump campaign employee shortly after he was sworn in last spring.

Rosenstein …

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