Bloomberg: Trump Outraged Over DOJ Guidance To Not Release Nunes Memo

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President Donald Trump was reportedly furious last week when the Department of Justice released guidance against unveiling the contents of a classified memo that reportedly proves an anti-Trump bias within the FBI and the Justice Department, Bloomberg reported Monday.

Associate Attorney General Stephen Boyd told the House Intelligence Committee last week that it would be “extraordinarily reckless” to declassify and release the memo, comments that reportedly pushed Trump over the edge. The President blew up over Boyd’s letter while he was aboard Air Force One en route to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, according to four people familiar with the matter who spoke with Bloomberg. Trump was reportedly angry about the letter because he saw it as another example of the Justice Department trying to undermine him.

Bloomberg also reported that Trump told Attorney General Jeff Sessions that he needs to succeed in his job or he would be remembered as the worst attorney general in history, according to the people who spoke with Bloomberg.

On Monday evening, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee voted in favor of releasing the memo. Trump now has five days to review the document and decide whether to make it public.

The memo was crafted by Rep. Devin Nunes’ (R-CA) staff and allegedly proves Republicans’ claims of the Justice Department’s bias against Trump. 

FBI Director Chris Wray reportedly asked the House Intelligence Committee for the chance to come before them and express his concerns about releasing the classified memo.

Democrats have called the memo a “conspiracy theory” propagated by Russian bots and authored a counter memo to debunk some of the claims. That memo, however, was not approved for release Monday evening.

Read the full Bloomberg report here.

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  1. It’s ALWAYS all about HIM. Never the nation.

    Grounds, in itself, for removing him from office.

  2. Trump Outraged Over_____________________________
    Anything that doesn’t go his way.
    I’m the dictator and what I say goes.Get it?
    He really has a five year olds perception of how government works without the critical thinking skills associated with that age level.
    He is one stupid motherfucker

  3. Avatar for jtx jtx says:

    Release the damn thing, let us see what kind of BS Nun-ass has come up with.

    I am disappointed that it seems less likely to be an impeachment, but on the other hand more likely that a wave election will happen 2018 resulting in no Pence.

    Vote. It is the responsible answer.

  4. In the words of another Republican who was also often dismissed as stupid, don’t “misunderestimate” him.

    While his tweets are in headlines, his successes at implementing his agenda are largely going unreported and unnoticed.

    I am not confident that anybody is going to be able to stop him at this point. Including Mueller.

  5. Buck it up, George. Truth will prevail. It has a great advantage over lies: It’s easier to remember.

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