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MSM Lies – The Daily Beast, Leakers, FBI Falsehoods & Devin Nunes

January 31, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

For any who don’t think the MSM is in bed with the Left, read on.

The Daily Beast ran an article with the breathless headline, Devin Nunes Won’t Say If He Worked With White House on Anti-FBI Memo.Continue Reading

A House Intelligence Meeting, a Resignation & a Chat with Bob Goodlatte

January 29, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

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

The Unfolding of a Congressional Strategy

January 27, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes and House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte have been busy.

Very Busy.Continue Reading

A Letter From Assistant Attorney General Boyd

January 25, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

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 Grassley – #ReleaseTheReferral

January 24, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

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

A Letter from Senator Ron Johnson

January 22, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

A letter worth reading. Carefully.

My thoughts/comments follow.Continue Reading

IG Horowitz Should Have the Missing FBI Texts

January 22, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

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

Simple Questions

January 21, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

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 Memo & the Shutdown – Between a Rock & a Hard Place

January 20, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

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 Classified Explosion in the House

January 18, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

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

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Jeff Carlson is a CFA® charterholder.

He worked for 20 years as an analyst and portfolio manager in the High Yield Bond Market. He holds degrees in finance and economics.

He can be found on X (Twitter) at @themarketswork or on Substack at Truth Over News

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