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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Jun 1, 2019, 02:26 PM Jun 2019

Adam Schiff warns spy agencies of Trump 'politicization'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff on Friday warned the FBI and U.S. spy agencies that President Donald Trump is trying to "politicize" U.S. intelligence and law enforcement.

Schiff criticized Trump for giving Attorney General William Barr "sweeping" powers to declassify or downgrade the secrecy of government reporting while conducting what the Justice Department is calling a "review" of "intelligence activities" related to the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign.

In letters to agency heads, Schiff said May 23 orders from Trump telling them to help with Barr's review was "an effort by the President and the Attorney General to politicize the IC (intelligence community) and law enforcement, to deligitimize a well-founded investigation into the President, and to attack the President's political enemies."

Schiff sent his letters, which Reuters saw, to the directors of National Intelligence, the FBI, CIA and National Security Agency.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-intelligence-chief-warns-spy-agencies-of-trump-politicization/ar-AACd5M5

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Adam Schiff warns spy agencies of Trump 'politicization' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2019 OP
' letters . . . which Reuters saw . . . ' empedocles Jun 2019 #1
Will be very interesting to see any response. triron Jun 2019 #2
The House needs to call IC officials to testify about several issues. emmaverybo Jun 2019 #3

triron

(21,984 posts)
2. Will be very interesting to see any response.
Sat Jun 1, 2019, 02:30 PM
Jun 2019

If the IC doesn't keep their integrity we are doomed to dictatorship.

emmaverybo

(8,144 posts)
3. The House needs to call IC officials to testify about several issues.
Sat Jun 1, 2019, 03:07 PM
Jun 2019

1) What developments in original Trump-Russia counterintelligence investigation? What was learned originally, and then later when FBI was embedded with Mueller investigation? What is the current status of that investigation?
2) What is needed to prevent future Russian attack on our elections?


House needs to pursue the obvious Russia-Trump collusion in campaign, transition team, and within Trump’s circle. To do so, they can use the Mueller report and subpoena the various players.
They don’t need Mueller to do so. They have the document. The unredacted version and evidence waked complete what the need to pursue these connections.

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