UPDATE: 7:51 PM EST
FISA memo was just delivered to White House.
— Thomas Paine (@Thomas1774Paine) January 30, 2018
The House Intelligence Committee has voted to release a Republican memo that supposedly details abuses and bias at the Justice Department. The committee voted down the release of a Democratic-written counter memo.
NEWS: ranking member adam schiff flanked by all house intel dems sahs committee voted to make nunes memo public. trump now has five days to explicitly say no, or it will be released.
— kelly cohen (@politiCOHEN_) January 29, 2018
schiff said GOP voted against releasing dem-written counter memo
— kelly cohen (@politiCOHEN_) January 29, 2018
The panel voted to release the four-page memo, written by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (D-CA), that reportedly describes classified information about biased decisions made by senior DOJ officials regarding surveillance of former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
President Donald Trump has five days to consider the panel’s request to release the secret document. – READ MORE
[give_form id=”79809″] [divider][/divider]Breaking: GOP have “opened an investigation of the FBI and the Department of Justice” – Rep. Adam Schiff, “we learned about that for the first time today” pic.twitter.com/mGdNNNUas1
— TheBeat w/Ari Melber (@TheBeatWithAri) January 29, 2018
House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) on Monday revealed that Republicans on the panel have opened an investigation into the FBI and Department of Justice.
“The majority has opened an investigation into the FBI and the Department of Justice,” Schiff said. – READ MORE
[divider][/divider]FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who has been attacked by President Donald Trump, stepped down Monday, multiple sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.
McCabe will remain on the FBI payroll until he is eligible to retire with full benefits in mid-March, the sources said.
One source said McCabe was exercising his retirement eligibility and characterized his decision as “stepping aside.” – READ MORE
Check back for updates.
NBC News: Multiple U.S. officials say that FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is stepping down from his post today and taking “terminal leave” meaning that he will stay on until his retirement in March (that was always his plan) so he can receive full retirement benefits.
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) January 29, 2018
[give_form id=”79809″] [divider][/divider]Andrew McCabe has stepped down effective today as deputy director of the FBI, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell @NBCNews #BREAKING
NOW on #AMR @PeteWilliamsNBC— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) January 29, 2018
A bombshell four-page “FISA memo” alleging egregious surveillance abuse by the FBI, DOJ and Obama administration, specifically names FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, former FBI Director James Comey and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, according to the Daily Beast.
The GOP-authored memo made waves last week after it was made available to the full House of Representatives for viewing. With over 60 GOP lawmakers calling for its release, Capitol Hill sources on both sides of the aisle tell The Daily Beast that it’s only a matter of time before the general public is allowed to view the document – which is likely to stoke already-inflamed tensions between GOP lawmakers and the individuals named in the leak.
The facts contained in the Republican majority-authored report are said to be “jaw-dropping and demand full transparency,” according to Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), while the top ranking Democrat on the House Intel Committee, Adam Schiff (D-CA) dismissed the memo as “profoundly misleading” talking points drafted by Republican staffers.
Several other GOP Congressmembers have weighed in. “I have read the memo,” tweeted Rep. Steve King (R-IA), adding “The sickening reality has set in. I no longer hold out hope there is an innocent explanation for the information the public has seen. I have long said it is worse than Watergate. It was #neverTrump & #alwaysHillary. #releasethememo.”
Along with the four-page memo, Congressional investigators learned from a new batch of text messages between anti-Trump FBI investigators that several individuals within the Department of Justice and the FBI may have come together in the “immediate aftermath” of the 2016 election to undermine President Trump, according to Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) who has reviewed the texts.
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