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Home Front: Politix
REWIND: Jan. 29, 2018, FBI Dir rebuts Nunes Memo on FISA abuses- Now we know Wray, too, was lying
2019-12-19
[ABCNews] Only hours after President Donald Trump was caught on a live mic saying a controversial, Republican-drafted memo about government surveillance would be released to the public, the House of Wray FBI says as participant in the coup d'état attempt has "grave concerns" about the memo's accuracy.

Two weeks ago, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-California, disclosed that his staff had drafted a memo, which many Republicans say accuses the FBI and Justice Department of abusing surveillance capabilities authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or FISA. For days, Nunes refused to share the documents with House colleagues.

In its statement Wednesday, the FBI said it "takes seriously its obligations to the FISA Court and its compliance with procedures overseen by career professionals in the Department of Justice and the FBI. We are committed to working with the appropriate oversight entities to ensure the continuing integrity of the FISA process."
Fast forward 2 years and here we are - the Nunes memo was proven to be true and factual by the IG report last week.
Posted by:Woodrow

#12  But...but...LBJ promised them 200 years of black votes for Democrats. Of course, he didn't use the term "black". I can't post the term he used.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-12-19 12:10  

#11  #9 Indeed. Trump has to get much better at lawfare. I think Bart's performance has been strong on this score.

Let's see what Durham comes up with. Maybe Dershowitz's help will make a difference.

But you're right: the Dems are like cornered rats now. The prospect of more snarling lies and dirty tricks is not to be taken lightly.
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-19 11:44  

#10  This fear, of losing their 50-year lock on the African-American vote, is also why the Dems are so determined to pursue open borders + mass non-European immigration policies.

It used to be the aggressive, cynical component of what their strategist Ruy Texeira called the path to an "Emerging Democratic Majority."

Now this open-borders ploy is morphing into a defensive maneuver. A desperate one, if Trump breaks up the Dems' Black Bloc.
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-19 11:41  

#9  Let's not get too cocky, though. The Dems have a few months left to put forth some other 'games' (with MSM help), which I'm sure they've been working on since Russiagate fell apart.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2019-12-19 11:37  

#8  BoJo smashed Labour's Red Wall in the industrial heartland.

Trump will smash the Dems' Black Bloc in Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Detroit.

The Dems are terrified. They can read the writing on the wall. As in the U.K., a political realignment's coming.
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-19 11:36  

#7  While the House Impeaches, the Senate Will Confirm 13 More Trump Judges
Posted by: Frank G   2019-12-19 11:09  

#6  Ref #5: Complicating the issues Lex has described are the realities of a RBG replacement (and possibly more) along with the continued naming of conservative federal judges. The democratic ship is sinking and they are obviously quite desperate.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-12-19 11:01  

#5  I think the absolutely insane tactics now being pursued by the Democrats is proof positive that they know Trump will win easily next November.

No incumbent loses a peacetime election with a roaring economy and <4% unemployment.

Trump has smashed the 90%-of-the-black-vote foundation that is essential for the Dems to win. The smarter Dems see that this will be a repeat of the British election, with Trump destroying the Dems in every swing state that has a large Afr-American population.

Game over.

Dems know this, which is why they've gone to such absurd lengths - aka The Shitshow - to deny it.
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-19 10:45  

#4  JohnQC Trump is already remaking the courts. He'll get 4 more years and the courts will be unrecognizable to lefties. Add to that there will be few openings left for a long time for anyone hoping to reverse the Constitutional trends being built. Hell the 9th Circuit now has a Republican majority.

All signs point towards a big pro-Trump wave in 2020 so taking over the house seems a serious possibility.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2019-12-19 10:02  

#3  I keep hearing people say Wray is O.K. but I'm skeptical. Hull-defilade describes the foot-dragging by the director.
Posted by: JohnQC   2019-12-19 09:04  

#2  Wray has been in hull-defilade since assuming the position of FBI director. Why ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-12-19 08:55  

#1  8 more years for the Trump presidency and a Conservative Congress might clean out the mess.
Posted by: JohnQC   2019-12-19 08:48  

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