tldr of the Memo: >Comey, McCabe, Rosenstein, Yates, and Boente all signed off on FISA applications for Carter Page (a volunteer advisor for Trump's campaign) >The Christopher Steele dossier was paid for with $160,000 by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC via Perkins Coie and Fusion GPS >None of the FISA applications or renewals mention the HRC or DNC funding the dossier, but the FBI and DOJ were both aware that they funded it >Steele leaked information to Yahoo News, but was not punished until he leaked information to Mother Jones; he was fired for the latter >Steele admitted to the FBI that he "was desperate that Donald Trump not get elected and was passionate about him not being president." These feelings were not disclosed in the FISA applications >The dossier was not corroborated before the FISA filing. Comey declared it "salacious and unverfied," but McCabe testified under oath that no surveillance would have been sought without the dossier >The FISA applications also mention collaboration between Page and Papadopoulos, despite no evidence of such a connection existing. >Strzok was in charge of investigating Papadopoulos before his text messages with his mistress caused him to be reassigned. The texts mention anti-Trump bias and also mention an "insurance" policy against Trump that was mentioned by McCabe during a meeting.
time to hang all Brits. Australia is our best friends.
Colton Ramirez
mother jones was the first news organization to directly quote the steele dossier in october 2016, prior to the election. Now we know that Steele, who was paid by the DNC, leaked it.
Luis Hall
>Holy shit... What?
Lucas Kelly
...
Chase Martin
This is proof that the FBI and DOJ were fine spying on US citizens using a document paid for by the political opposition, and they concealed this fact while making the applications for the spying.
This is one of the biggest political scandals in US history. The DOJ and FBI were literally doing the bidding of a political party and trying to hide that fact from the American people. The entire "Russian Collusion" investigation was triggered by this document.
Ayden Roberts
HAPPENING:
'Deputy Director McCabe testified before the Committee in December 2017 that no surveillance warrant would have been sought from the FISC without the Steele dossier information'.
Gabriel Butler
do you think this ends at the president? they spy on all of us and fuck with all of us. it took someone the likes of donald trump to stand up to them. none of us has any hope or chance to stand against this evil. america stopped existing in my own fucking life time.
Leo Lopez
Shills saying this is nothing are also desperately demanding that no one is questioned under oath about this memo...
Evan Sullivan
huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge
Easton Sanchez
>MFW I read the memo on the House Intelligence website.
Mason Evans
The reactionaries saying "THERE'S NOTHING IN THE MEMO, IT"S FLUFF" are coming out of the wood works.
Brody Foster
Wasn't there some unmasking scandal as well? Is that related to this?
Brayden Flores
This is a sad day in America. This is going to put lives in danger and undermine our IC.
David Gomez
Problem 1:
The Steele Dossier was used to investigate Carter Page. This started in 2016. Page was under investigation since what 2014(3)?
Problem 2:
It admits Steele is an unreliable source because he talked to the media...not because his information is bad. /u/ta111199
Problem 3:
It claims that FBI agent Strzok (the person at the center of the text-message scandal) had a clear bias in favor of Clinton, and that this bias led him to open the FBI counterintelligence operation into Page and Papadopoulos. /u/trumpimpeachedinaugust
This despite the fact that Strzok tried to reopen the Clinton email investigation a week before the 2016 election.
Problem 4:
GOP claims that the FBI was targeting Trump. But Trump and his surrogates have stated many times that Carter Page was only a low level volunteer. Why would investigating him have any correlation to Trump? /u/everyday_politic_
Problem 5:
A GOP group initially contracted out Fusion GPS who then contracted Steele. /u/beat_schrute
Evan Stewart
MEMO STATES DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL ROD ROSENSTEIN AUTHORIZED FISA WARRANTS AGAINST TRUMP
LET ME
SPELL P E L L
THIS OUT FOR YOU
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
NOT MR. ROD ROSENSTIEN
MR. ROD ROSENSTEIN BECAME DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL ROD ROSENSTEIN UNDER TRUMP'S WHITEHOUSE.
THEREFORE, DAG ROD ROSENSTIEN, WHILE WORKING UNDER THE TRUMP DOJ, AUTHORIZED SPYING ON THE MOTHERFUCKING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
AND A FISA JUDGE SIGNED OFF ON IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, the Ambassador to the fucking UN unmasked over 125 people.
This scandal is in its infancy.
Adam Cook
(((Rod))) is TOAST.
Alexander Cox
I just finished reading the memo in another thread and holy fucking shit. It's almost as if Sup Forums had redacted it itself. I love all of you so much, you fucking autists
Aaron Watson
Isn't that pretty strong evidence that the Russia investigation isn't some partisan witch hunt when Trump's own people see merit in it?
Jayden Sanders
Were those missing text messages from a week or two ago ever recovered?
Cheers cunts. Appreciate it.
Jaxson Perez
Your forgetting Bruce Ohr and his wife.
Hunter Adams
> It admits Steele is an unreliable source because he talked to the media...not because his information is bad.
Right in the memo: Comey testified in June 2017 that the dossier was "salacious and unverified".
KYS Shareblue shill. Better get your resume together for Starbucks.
Jacob Bell
tl;dr, 5 pages of republicans bitching about the one or two news outlets that they don't control
Lincoln Nguyen
Used as a reason to spy on an American was an article in Yahoo News. See image
Leo Clark
lol, this dumb leaf thinks that most news outlets in the US are Republican-friendly
Ian Morris
bump
Cameron Garcia
>A GOP group initially contracted out Fusion GPS who then contracted Steele.
I see you gleefully forgot about never Trump
Alexander Russell
Explain why its so big pls, im dumb
David Brooks
Fuck I missed it on Sup Forums. When did it come out?
Tyler Flores
Like 12 EST
John Reed
This dumb leaf needs to get ready for an influx of shitholers that Peter Pan Trudeau just invited in to rape the white genes out of his bloodline.
Dylan Harris
>“I call on the Congress to empower every Cabinet secretary with the authority to reward good workers and to remove federal employees who undermine the public trust or fail the American people.”
Luke Baker
What, the guy bragging about writing it, and saying when they bought it he knew, for sure, that they had nothing on Trump?
Maybe October 2016ish.
John Wright
You know it.
John Martinez
>quoting ledditors Fuck off
>Problem 1 Under investigation =/= being spied on >Problem 2 He openly admitted to the FBI that he hated Trump and wanted to stop him from becoming President, and the FBI still considered him a reliable source. He was not a reliable AGENT because he was leaking to the media. >Problem 3 He literally said in his texts that he did not want to piss Hillary off because she might be the President. Directly contradicts the report that he wanted to investigate Hillary. Coincidentally, this text in particular was "lost" by the FBI. HMMMMMM... >Problem 4 They used the Trump dossier to approve the FISA applications into Page. It's written in the memo clear as day. >Problem 5 And then the DNC/Clintons had Fusion GPS pay to have the dossier made
Literally all the "problems" are answered in the memo if you actually read it.
Lincoln Howard
If Trump gets rid of civil service protection, I might die of joy.
Jace Lee
This really isn't that big of a deal. If this is the best you've got, just stop trying.
Grayson Smith
Time to fire up and share the documents on Social media and fuck them up.
Liam Gutierrez
yes goyim, it's a nothing burger.
Owen Evans
Is Mother Jones complicit or just doing their job?
John Powell
tl;dr for normies what this means and why its important?
Nicholas Johnson
>>The Christopher Steele dossier was paid for with $160,000 by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC via Perkins Coie and Fusion GPS Holy shit, does this mean I could get serious money by just making shit up? Because now I feel like a schmuck for doing it for free.
Luke Gomez
Bump
Thomas Davis
Look it's another fucking lefty that has been anesthetized to holding people accountable and the rule of law.
How nice it must be to be on the left and not have to fear ever actually getting in trouble for their bullshit.
You fucking disgusting goddamn faggots need to be piled high and burned alive.
Chase Baker
Grab your popcorn. Normies publicly slaughtered show is coming. Dance in the streets!
Jaxson Mitchell
Can someone give me a quick rundown?
I've read tldr's of this memo maybe 50 times and I still don't understand wtf has happened. It's a fucking nothing burger.
Nathaniel Foster
It proves Drumpf is Putin in disguise.
Jack Collins
Think about this. Judges do not like being lied to, all these people named will be facing a Judge at sentencing.
Cameron Bennett
Good, just sleep now. Everything will be better if we just take a nap.
Jack Anderson
unless the judge is a radical activist like vaughn walker