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The House Intelligence Committee is scheduled to meet today at 5:00pm and will vote on release of the House Memo.
Republicans comprise thirteen members of the Committee. Democrats have nine members.
Expect the vote to be 13-9 in favor of a release.
Following the House Intelligence vote, members will await a formal decision from President Trump who has already stated his intention to allow the Memo’s release – and may have already signed a formal release statement.Continue Reading
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes and House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte have been busy.
Very Busy.Continue Reading
Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd sent a letter to House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes yesterday.
Boyd is responsible for managing the DOJ’s relationship with Congress – which is one reason why he was the one writing the letter.
There were other reasons as well.Continue Reading
Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee gave a prepared Floor Statement on “Oversight of the Justice Department and the Need for Transparency”.
You can find the full transcript here.
He didn’t mince words. Although I urge you to watch the whole video, I have prompted it to start at the 2:52 mark when his remarks become…direct:Continue Reading
Newt Gingrich explains the magnitude of the Democrats’ loss from the “Schumer Shutdown” in his weekly newsletter.
More importantly, Newt explains the tightrope Schumer will be forced to walk in the Senate, natural opposition he will likely face from House Dems and the increasingly factional nature of the Democratic Party:Continue Reading
A letter worth reading. Carefully.
My thoughts/comments follow.Continue Reading
Yesterday it was reported that the FBI failed to preserve five months of text messages between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.
While this may be true, the Inspector General should already have these texts.Continue Reading
A fellow researcher, @ar68599812 – recently posed the following (paraphrased) question:
Why did the FBI use outside contractors in the first place when the FBI already had direct access to the raw FISA information. Why risk the use of outside contractors who would likely draw unwanted attention – especially when the Dossier wasn’t even being constructed at this point.
In reality, the Dossier may not even have been considered at this point.Continue Reading
The House Memo has now been read by at least 140 House Representatives – including one Democrat.
65 Republicans have signed a letter asking House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes to release the Memo publicly.Continue Reading
A review by House Members of a classified document is bringing things to a head in real time.
After reviewing information from the House Intelligence Committee, including a classified memo that required the use of a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), several House Members released what can only be described as troubling statements.Continue Reading