FISA Memo Released: Here's What it Says
By Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge
Just before noon on Friday, the “FISA” memo compiled by House Intelligence Committee staff, led by chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), from classified documents provided by the Department of Justice, was officially declassified by Trump’s lawyer Donald Gahn – over the objections of the DOJ and the FBI – as explained in the letter below.
According to the Washington Examiner’s Byron York who had access to an early released version, a key point in the memo is that the salacious and still unproven Steele dossier formed the essential part of the initial and all three renewal applications against Carter Page, in line with what as previously leaked.
As York also explicitly highlights, “The FBI’s Andrew McCabe confirmed to the committee that no FISA warrant would have been sought from the FISA Court without the Steele dossier information.“
This, as Fox News confirms, means that absent the dossier, at least one of the surveillance warrants in the case would not have been obtained, and – by implication – the entire Mueller probe is thus on shaky legal ground.
Back to the memo, which as York adds, “the political origins of the Steele dossier were known to senior DOJ and FBI officials, but excluded from the FISA applications.”
More House Intel memo key point: The political origins of the Steele dossier were known to senior DOJ and FBI officials, but excluded from the FISA applications. http://ow.ly/QCag30iaosG
House Intel memo released: What it says
As Dow Jones confirms, DOJ officials knew Steele was being paid by democrats, and that officials at the DOJ and FBI signed one warrant, and three renewals against Carter Page.
York also notes that DOJ official Bruce Ohr was relayed information about Christopher Steele’s bias. Steele told Ohr that he, Steele, was desperate that Donald Trump not get elected president and was passionate about him not becoming president.
All else equal, sounds like a clear case of bias, and when extended, it would imply that the entire Mueller probe is base on grounds that could be overturned in court.
One has to ask why there is a crisis in US-Russia relations since Washington and Moscow have much more in common than…
To recap, here are the key points disclosed in the memo, as summarized by the Washington Exmainer which has an early unclassified version of the memo:
- The Steele dossier formed an essential part of the intial and all three renewal FISA applications against Carter Page.
- Andrew McCabe confirmed that no FISA warrant would have been sought from the FISA Court without the Steele dossier information.
- The political origins of the Steele dossier were known to senior DOJ and FBI officials, but excluded from the FISA applications.
- DOJ official Bruce Ohr met with Steele beginning in the summer of 2016 and relayed to DOJ information about Steele’s bias. Steele told Ohr that he, Steele, was desperate that Donald Trump not get elected president and was passionate about him not becoming president.
As a reminder, the FBI and Justice Department mounted a months-long effort to keep the information outlined in the memo out of the House Intelligence Committee’s hands. Only the threat of contempt charges and other forms of pressure forced the FBI and Justice to give up the material.
Once Intelligence Committee leaders and staff compiled some of that information into the memo, the FBI and Justice Department, supported by Capitol Hill Democrats, mounted a ferocious campaign of opposition, saying release of the memo would endanger national security and the rule of law.
But Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes never wavered in his determination to make the information available to the public. President Trump agreed, and, as required by House rules, gave his approval for release.
Finally, the memo released today does not represent the sum total of what House investigators have learned in their review of the FBI and Justice Department Trump-Russia investigation. That means the fight over the memo could be replayed in the future when the Intelligence Committee decides to release more information.
Moments after the announcement that the memo was declassified, Trump spoke to reporters and was asked if the memo makes it more likely that he will fire Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, to which Trump responded.
When asked if the memo makes it more likely he will fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Trump responds: “You figure that one out.”
Full memo below (pdf link):
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I am sure the sewer rats know that a lot more is going to come out as people roll and rat out others.
Hannity needs to start a #ARREST THEM NOW.
I don’t think anything will be done. They will all get off. Very said our rule of law now.
Nothing here to warrant all the Q Hullabaloo unless they already removed the juicy stuff. Look, even Comey is mocking the sheeple,
smugly letting everyone know that there is nothing to worry about for Swamp Things.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/372040-comey-bashes-release-of-nunes-memo-thats-it
I think the FBI was a viable and fine organization until Obama came along and corrupted it.
Now it will take an honest and patriotic man like Donald Trump is to set it right again.
What you should realize is that this could happen to any branch or arm of the US government when a mob of dishonest politicians run rouge and unchecked over the US government such as Obama and his minions did. Totally corrupt and evil. These people meant to destroy the USA and it’s Constitution as it was intended to be by the forefathers.
#ARREST THEM NOW.
What is amazing are those who are investigating are the ones that need to be investigated. The Democratic party paid someone to write up a document to drum up charges on their opponent. And then appointed someone ( Mueller ) to continue the facade. What the hell is wrong with these people?
Theres two versions of the memo
Yeah, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer wrote the unpublished one.
So, what did the DOJ and FBI gain from this?
The Mueller probe is fruit of the poisonous tree…..