A controversial memo that shows alleged U.S. government surveillance abuses is a “devastating blow” to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, according to Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
The memo, which was released on Friday by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, contains a number of allegations, including that the FBI and Justice Department relied on the infamous anti-Trump dossier to secure FISA surveillance warrants to spy on at least one member of the Trump team.- READ MORE
[give_form id=”79809″] [divider][/divider]On the same day the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released the Nunes memo showing the FBI relied on the salacious and unverified Trump dossier to obtain a surveillance warrant on Carter Page, a federal judge ruled to withhold the Comey memos. The memos, authored by former FBI Director James Comey, are about his nine private conversations with President-elect and President Trump.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who ruled in favor of the FBI’s request to keep the Comey memos secret, also sits on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The FISA court is the same court that approved the surveillance on Trump associates.
Boasberg refused to release the documents on the basis they were still being used by special counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation of the alleged Russian collusion with Trump associates.
The judge ruled, “the Comey Memos, at least for now, will remain in the hands of the Special Counsel and not the public.” – READ MORE
[give_form id=”79809″] [divider][/divider]Comey tweeted Friday afternoon: “That’s it? Dishonest and misleading memo wrecked the House intel committee, destroyed trust with Intelligence Community, damaged relationship with FISA court, and inexcusably exposed classified investigation of an American citizen. For what? DOJ & FBI must keep doing their jobs.”
That’s it? Dishonest and misleading memo wrecked the House intel committee, destroyed trust with Intelligence Community, damaged relationship with FISA court, and inexcusably exposed classified investigation of an American citizen. For what? DOJ & FBI must keep doing their jobs.
— James Comey (@Comey) February 2, 2018
[give_form id=”79809″]Your signature is on ALL the FISA applications, bro. You hired Steele to fabricate Intel to use as a basis to obtain the phony Warrants & NEVER DISCLOSED the source was a paid operative by the FBI. You’re cooked. https://t.co/yC9DfyxAce
— Thomas Paine (@Thomas1774Paine) February 2, 2018
James Comey keeps Tweeting like a man with an immunity deal.
Or he could be channeling his inner WWE villain.
All should appreciate the FBI speaking up. I wish more of our leaders would. But take heart: American history shows that, in the long run, weasels and liars never hold the field, so long as good people stand up. Not a lot of schools or streets named for Joe McCarthy.
— James Comey (@Comey) February 1, 2018
Whatever the genesis, he’s getting his tall ass kicked all over Twitter with his poor man’s Norman Rockwell literary shtick.
We haven’t seen this type of vicious public reviews for the FBI since the late Joan Rivers panned J. Edgar Hoover’s dress collection on E! TV’s Fashion Police.
Looking forward to the FBI speaking up during their sentencing hearings. https://t.co/jDZ79Qpufy
— Thomas Paine (@Thomas1774Paine) February 2, 2018
The place where you worked for a decade, and where all FBI agents in Washington work now, is named after J. Edgar Hoover, and a sign honoring him sits in front of that building https://t.co/6lrpAlZcCS https://t.co/n7PPea581z
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) February 1, 2018
IIRC, Joe McCarthy spun fevered conspiracy theories about Russians controlling the government. https://t.co/3AXDdOtm6V
— jon gabriel (@exjon) February 1, 2018
It’s cool how James Comey just gets to pretend he’s a great guy now. https://t.co/2WMxrBTKXc
— White Sammy Sosa (@CoryMizer) February 1, 2018
There won’t be a single street, school, or thruway named for you either. The #Comey name might only be a prosecutorial file with things like #perjury #FBICorruption #ObstructionOfJustice Just think you could share a cell with so may of your friends
— Shelly Moore (@ShellyMooreBB13) February 1, 2018
No, Mr. Comey. America needs its top law enforcement agency and the Department of Justice to cease being tools for political parties to use in the middle of key elections. It needs the FBI to go after people, no matter what their last name is, when they CLEARLY break the law.
— Justin T. Haskins (@JustinTHaskins) February 2, 2018
You mean like this weasel?! pic.twitter.com/67AS1HjMII
— Cindy Lynniska (@pinkieclc) February 2, 2018
Why the F is James Comey tweeting about how Sen Joe McCarthy is not at all respected after Comey & his FBI took McCarthyism & used it as an excuse to stage a coup? Did you forget who you are Jim?
— name redacted (@nameredacted5) February 1, 2018
I wonder if @Comey is trolling or he is diabolical: McCarthy could have only dreamt of have had in his disposal the tools @Comey deployed in his RUSSIA scare. I mean, how does exposing a McCarthy/worse than Nixon type Russia vendetta/political spying amount to being McCarthy? pic.twitter.com/uJc43V3lmt
— Yossi Gestetner (@YossiGestetner) February 1, 2018
James “Sanctimony” Comey with tonight’s Sermonette https://t.co/aeddzjKkFS
— Think That It Might (@bluntedpurpose) February 1, 2018
[contentcards url=”http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/02/02/tom-fitton-fisa-memo-release-impact-robert-mueller-russia-investigation” target=”_blank”]I wonder if they have twitter in prison? https://t.co/p0AyfA0tEs
— #ReleaseTheMemo (@Texastrue11) February 1, 2018