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Maggiemayhem

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8. Because it is written by Republicans to discredit the FBI

Reply to democratisphere (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 31, 2018, 12:41 PM

Jan 2018

It does not have to contain factual information. If it gets out to the media, there is a certain population that will believe anything and never bother to fact check. If I were Congress, I would be more worried about what intelligence services have them personally.

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FBI Director Opposes Memo Release Because of Inaccuracies, Source Says [View all] demmiblue Jan 2018 OP

Why would the FBI director be concerned about a fake and false memos? democratisphere Jan 2018 #1

Because it is written by Republicans to discredit the FBI Maggiemayhem Jan 2018 #8

That's my thinking leftynyc Jan 2018 #10

This memo has been discredited before its even been released Abouttime Jan 2018 #2

discredited reporting, too Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2018 #12

Wray reads Sunday, then asks McCabe to clean his desk Monday ... mr_lebowski Jan 2018 #3

He could also be thinking that McCabe doesn't need the shit-storm Maeve Jan 2018 #6

Agreed. nt TwistOneUp Jan 2018 #13

It was a preemptive move to defang controversy angrychair Jan 2018 #11

Yep Wray is looking good so far grantcart Jan 2018 #15

When we lose trust among institutions SHRED Jan 2018 #4

that is indeed their goal.... dhill926 Jan 2018 #9

Exactly as TwistOneUp Jan 2018 #14

The R's all agree: yallerdawg Jan 2018 #5

This whole thing has become like a fucking "cliff hanger TV show episode" BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #7