NEW: Sen. Ron Wyden writes Treasury Dept., NRA, requesting documents on any financial links between the group and Russian officials.
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/959459960454336513

Unbelievable. Sessions is giving credence to accusations his own Department has said aren’t true about an investigation from which he is recused and for which he has been interviewed. Crossing multiple lines here.
https://twitter.com/matthewamiller/status/959505870047588353

JEFF SESSIONS STATEMENT: - "an issue of great importance for the country” - "no Department is perfect.” - "I am determined that we will fully and fairly ascertain the truth.”
https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/959505251081613312

New: Two Democratic members of House Intel tell me McCabe did not say dossier was basis of FISA warrant, disputing central claim of #NunesMemo
https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/959499923346677762

So Treasury Department says Russia is too big to sanction?
https://twitter.com/ProPublica/status/959466201285001221

Treasury Warns of Upheaval If U.S. Adds Sanctions on Russia Debt
By Erik Wasson
and Saleha Mohsin
February 2, 2018

*Investors interpret as signal Trump won’t target Russia bonds
*Report is one of three ordered by Congress on Russia sanctions

The U.S. Treasury Department warned that Russia’s sovereign debt market is too important to sanction without risking global financial turmoil, signaling the Trump administration is wary of targeting it for penalties.

A Treasury report obtained by Bloomberg concluded that expanding sanctions to new Russian sovereign debt and derivatives could destabilize markets and spread beyond Russia to have “negative spillover effects into global financial markets and businesses.”

Investors interpreted the findings as indicating that the U.S. has taken debt market penalties off the table despite pressure from Congress for additional sanctions on Russia for its meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

“The bond market has concluded that if restrictions would harm American and European investors, sanctions won’t be implemented,” said Maxim Cherenov, head of fixed income trading at Asian Pacific Pank PJSC in Moscow. “It’s good news.”

More: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-02/treasury-warns-of-widespread-effects-of-russian-debt-sanctions

Here’s Chuck Schumer’s letter to DNI Director Coats, demanding answers on why and how the chief of Russia’s Foreign Intel Service was allowed into the U.S. to meet with top American intelligence officials despite sanctions forbidding his entry without the Trump admin’s approval.

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/959088992645013504

BREAKING: Discovered late tonight that Chairman Nunes made material changes to the memo he sent to White House – changes not approved by the Committee. White House therefore reviewing a document the Committee has not approved for release.

https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff/status/958897790469464064