Warner: Nunes Memo ‘Demonstrates An Astonishing Disregard For The Truth’

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 19: Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) speaks during a press conference to introduce the 'Honest Ads Act,' on Capitol Hill, October 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. The legislation is designed to increase th... WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 19: Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) speaks during a press conference to introduce the 'Honest Ads Act,' on Capitol Hill, October 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. The legislation is designed to increase the transparency of political ads on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Shortly after congressional Republicans released the House Intelligence Committee’s controversial memo, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, blasted the document as “reckless.”

“The release of this memo by House Intelligence Committee Republicans and the White House, over the objections of the FBI and the Department of Justice, is reckless and demonstrates an astonishing disregard for the truth,” he said.

Warner said that the memo crafted by Republican staffers for House Intelligence Commitee Chair Devin Nunes (R-CA) is misleading.

“Unlike almost every House member who voted in favor of this memo’s release, I have actually read the underlying documents on which the memo was based. They simply do not support its conclusions,” he said.

He also charged that the release of the memo will make it harder for the Senate committee to continue with its Russia investigation.

“This unprecedented public disclosure of classified material during an ongoing criminal investigation is dangerous to our national security. This will make it far more difficult for the Intelligence Committees to conduct meaningful, bipartisan oversight of intelligence activities in the future. This action was also taken without regard to the damage it could do to our ability to protect Americans from threats around the globe.

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  1. Avatar for jmacaz jmacaz says:

    He also charged that the release of the memo will make it harder for the Senate committee to continue with its Russia investigation.

    Another feature of the release… this is just way too transparent

  2. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    I generally decry the steadily-accelerating loss of decorum or adult behavior in Washington, but in this case I think I’d prefer a shorter, more vulgar, more quotable statement: “It’s a load of bullshit. Nunes made it up.”.

  3. Avatar for dont dont says:

    “Astonishing disregard for the truth”, is a feature not a bug. It also describes the rethug party.

  4. Let me get this right: The FBI issued a memo 10 days before the election about the DNC candidate careless use of e-mails and at the same time withheld information about the RNC candidate collaborating with Russia thereby swinging the election to the RNC candidate but (and this is the part that really gets me) to be a supporter of the RNC candidate and not support his impeachment for collaborating with Russia you have to believe that the FBI was actually helping the DNC.

    The only question that needs to be asked to Republicans who take the above line is: are you guys really this stupid or just deplorable liars? That is what’s obviously happening is Trump and his Republican allies in Congress are waging war on independent institutions of Government with the intent to take them over and make them agents of Trump and the Republican party.

    Well I hate comparisons to Nazi Germany, this is exactly what happened in the aftermath of Hitler coming to power. Hitler and his allies waged war on German institutions including intelligence and military eventually turning those institutions from agents of the state to agents of the Nazi party.

    So this is a very dangerous situation and we need to just cut to the chase and say what is really going on before it is too late for America. Trump and with the support of Republicans including the leadership in both houses of Congress is frantic to fire Mueller ASAP before he indicts a member of Trump’s family because once a member of Trump’s family gets indicted it may be too late to save Trump himself. That is why news of Trump ordering Mueller fired back in June was just leaked, to give Mueller more time. That is in June the Republicans in Congress were not goose stepping to Trump’s tune as they are today making firing Mueller now better strategy then in June.

    The reason is that Mueller will be indicting both Trump Jr. and Son-in-Law Kurshner for collaborating with Russians and lying about it under oath several times. The only think holding up the indictments is Mueller is trying to find state charges so Trump cannot pardon son and son-in-law and it indictments of some now may hinder Muller’s real goal, indicting Trump himself. For example Jeff Session is obviously guilty for lying under oath about his meeting with Russians but indicting Sessions would force his resignation allowing Trump to appoint someone who will be able to fire Mueller something Sessions cannot do because of his collaborating with Russians and lying about it under oath.

    And that is where we are today. Trump and Republicans frantically trying to at first discredit Mueller so he can be fired and the investigation shut down because Trump is obviously guilty and before it is too late for America, we really need to say it.

  5. Avatar for edys edys says:

    Obstruction is the word you are searching for sir. OBSTRUCTION. Say it — again and again and again. Connect the dots for the idiots in this country. SPELL IT OUT:
    O-B-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-ON
    of justice
    Keep saying it or there won’t be any justice in this country to obstruct anymore.

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