Schiff: Trump doesn't want to release Dem memo because it 'undermines his claim of vindication'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 02/11/18 11:28 AM EST

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday said President Trump doesn’t want the public to see the “underlying facts” in the Democratic counter-memo because they would undercut his “claim of vindication” in the Russia probe.

“The president doesn’t want you to see these facts from the FISA application because it completely undermines his claim of vindication,” Schiff told CBS’s “Face the Nation,” referring to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court application used to obtain a warrant to spy on a former Trump campaign aide.

Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said he plans to work with the FBI to redact necessary information from the Democratic memo, which rebuts a document drafted by staff of the panel's Republican chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.).

The White House late last week blocked the release of the Democrats’ memo after previously allowing the Nunes memo, which alleged surveillance abuses at the Justice Department, to be made public.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/373332-schiff-trump-doesnt-want-to-release-dem-memo-because-it-undermines-his-claim

[pandr32]

1. Most Americans already know it

Sadly, it works with his base and to salve his own ego.
Schiff is still standing tall in spite of having to wade through never-ending bullshit every day. We need more just like him.

[SFnomad]

2. Time to read the memo into the Congressional Record n/t

[SWBTATTReg]

7. Amen! Or release it anyways...nothing that's sacred, especially w/ Nunes' memo released too NT

[SFnomad]

8. Simply releasing it would put that person in legal jeopardy. Reading it into

the Congressional Record is the way around that.

[FakeNoose]

3. Adam Schiff is a hero and a great leader

I wonder if he ever would have run for Congress if he'd known he'd be dealing with this stuff day after day.

[kimbutgar]

4. I see him as a future presidential candidate

He has the intelligence and gravitas to be even bigger.

[monmouth4]

5. Me too and I hope you are right. I really like him, he has it all..nt

[Dave Starsky]

6. Good Lord. This is like junior fucking high.

It's obvious to anyone but a complete, irredeemable moron what is going on here.

The Republicans in our Federal government are like the laziest, most worthless troublemakers you knew in the seventh grade. And they think they're being so clever with their little games to try to get out of trouble--games that don't fool anyone other than those just as stupid and lazy as they are.

And the press just let's this go on, like it's really a thing. Like there's really any controversy about any of this.

Impeach the motherfucker already.

[marieo1]

9. minngal

Where is Diane Feinstein?

[politicaljunkie41910]

15. Exactly. Release the F'ing memo already. Why does the Democratic Party continue to play by the

rules at their Party's peril. Nunes released his bullshit memo against the Intel Community's objections and the world didn't come to an end. The GOP has people without Security Clearances giving Security Briefings to the Dotard. The Dems need to stop playing by the rules when the other party keeps saying, "We make the Rules".

[NewJeffCT]

10. According to leading constitutional school Laurence Tribe

The Democrats don't need Trump's approval to release the memo - they just need their committee to approve the release.

can't find the link right now as I don't have access to twitter at work.

[bucolic_frolic]

11. The only problem with Rep. Schiff's response

is that 72% of Americans have no idea what 'vindication' means

We really so have to dumb it down for the masses

[Honeycombe8]

12. Of course he wouldn't release it. I'm sure (I hope) the Dem Leaders knew that beforehand.

I'm sure they did.

But for historical records, it's important the letter is a part of the record, now.

[BootinUp]

13. How come Schiff is the only Dem saying the truth? nt

[groundloop]

14. Say it..... He's AFRAID to release it. He's too SCARED to release it.

45* is a COWARD. If he was a REAL MAN he'd release the memo, but he's a SCAREDY CAT, a CHICKEN LIVER.

Democrats need to start attacking his fake toughness, that'll certainly get under his skin.