DOJ gives House Intel original document that prompted Russia investigation

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill


BY KATIE BO WILLIAMS AND OLIVIA BEAVERS - 04/11/18 06:36 PM EDT

The Justice Department has provided House lawmakers with access to a two-page document that the FBI used to initiate its original counterintelligence probe into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.

All members of the House Intelligence Committee received access to the document, a Justice Department confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday.

Committee chair Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) had requested access to the unredacted document, complaining that previous "heavily" redacted versions were not adequate to the committee's own investigation.

Nunes said Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein allowed him and House Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) to view the key document related to the FBI’s Russia probe one day after he threatened to hold FBI Director Chris Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in contempt and initiate impeachment proceedings against them if they did not comply with the request for the unredacted document.



Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/382764-doj-gives-house-intel-original-document-that-prompted-russia

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Here comes their denouncing of the intel and source, no matter what it is.

[sandensea]

5. Intel should just leak whatever they have on these miscreants (probably enough to make us all faint)

They'd be doing themselves - and the nation - a yoooge favor.

[Mr. Ected]

2. Putin probably had his copy about 30 seconds after Nunes stepped into the men's room

Trump had it read to him about a minute later.

Code Name: Fox Food

[Iliyah]

3. Nunes could be in shock

[bucolic_frolic]

4. They were practically blackmailed into releasing it

Too bad they caved.

and what does the document matter at this point? They've found crimes, obtained convictions, and the investigation is rolling along.

[Ligyron]

6. Let the lies and distortion begin.

Off to the faux alternate reality.

[GreydeeThos]

7. Brass knuckle dragging Nunes bullies his way to getting what he wants

The Republicans are acting like a click of high school thugs asking other students to 'contribute' their lunch money to the cigarette fund.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. So is that sniveling little wimp Nunez running over to Trump again?

[groundloop]

9. There's no doubt about it.

And of course he'll lie about whatever is in the document, claiming this is all nothing but a fabricated witch hunt against 45* (aka Spanky).

[CousinIT]

10. I thought the goddamned House Intel Committee had issued it's final "report" saying "nothing there"

and dissolved itself a couple weeks ago.

Nunes is a monumental worm-infested asshole. I hope he can be set out by the curb in November.

I agree w/ others in this thread. Nunes will issue a report claiming that the initiation of the investigation was uncalled for and that the document says essentially nothing.

[blueinredohio]

11. I thought he said their investigation was over

[GeorgeGist]

12. Note to The Hill ...

look up George Papadopoulos before writing another headline, motherfuckers.

[usaf-vet]

13. It is scary to think that the complexity of the internet is being....

Over seen and regulated by Congress members who can't program their own VCR. Let alone DVRs and Cloud storage. In fact I will bet there are Congress members who still think 8 track music tapes are the cat's meow.

Time for them all to go.