Trump Orders FBI, CIA to "Fully Cooperate" With Barr; Grants "Full & Complete Authority to Declassify" +Great Video

By Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge

President Trump on Thursday announced that he has directed the US intelligence community to “quickly and fully cooperate with the Attorney General’s investigation into surveillance activities during the 2016 Presidential election,” adding that Attorney General William Barr has been given “complete authority to declassify information pertaining to this investigation. 

Donald J. Trump✔@realDonaldTrump

“Today, at the request and recommendation of the Attorney General of the United States, President Donald J. Trump directed the intelligence community to quickly and fully cooperate with the Attorney General’s investigation into surveillance activities….

Donald J. Trump✔@realDonaldTrump

….during the 2016 Presidential election. The Attorney General has also been delegated full and complete authority to declassify information pertaining to this investigation, in accordance with the long-established standards for handling classified information….

5:19 PM – May 23, 2019

In a third tweet, Trump added that “Today’s action will help ensure that all Americans learn the truth about the events that occurred.“ 

Donald J. Trump✔@realDonaldTrump

Replying to @realDonaldTrump

….during the 2016 Presidential election. The Attorney General has also been delegated full and complete authority to declassify information pertaining to this investigation, in accordance with the long-established standards for handling classified information….

Donald J. Trump✔@realDonaldTrump

….Today’s action will help ensure that all Americans learn the truth about the events that occurred, and the actions that were taken, during the last Presidential election and will restore confidence in our public institutions.” @PressSec

5:19 PM – May 23, 2019

Steve Herman✔@W7VOA

Memo issued by @POTUS directing intelligence agency heads to cooperate with the attorney general’s “review of intelligence activities relating to the campaigns in the 2016 Presidential election and certain related matters.”

Steve Herman✔@W7VOA

Here’s the @PressSec statement on the @POTUS memo to the intelligence agency heads. pic.twitter.com/83u2rlu25C

5:19 PM – May 23, 2019 · Washington, DC

The pending declassifications were announced on Tuesday night by The Hill‘s John Solomon and Fox News‘s Sean Hannity, whose inside sources told them of the wide swath of information about to hit. 

Among the documents slated for release, according to their sources, will be the so-called “Bucket Five” – documents which were originally presented to the Gang of Eight in 2016, which included everything the FBI and DOJ used against Trump campaign aide Carter Page – including the FISA surveillance application and its underlying exculpatory intelligence documents which the FISA court may have never seen. 

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-23/trump-orders-fbi-cia-fully-cooperate-barr-authorizes-full-and-complete-authority

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