In an unprecedented move, President Trump has ordered the Justice Department and FBI to publicly release a handful of former top government officials’ unredacted texts about the Russia investigation.
The affected officials include former FBI Director James Comey, former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, former senior FBI official Peter Strzok, former FBI attorney Lisa Page, and former Justice Department lawyer Bruce Ohr, according to a Monday statement from the White House.
Trump has attacked all of these individuals publicly, smearing them as part of a “deep state” effort to undermine his investigation by launching the “witch hunt” investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. The president is not supposed to directly involve himself in ongoing federal investigations.
Trump has also directed the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Justice Department to immediately declassify a number of documents related to the Russia probe, the White House announced.
The relevant documents are the FBI’s application to obtain a surveillance warrant against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, all FBI interviews prepared about the Page surveillance applications, and all interviews the FBI conducted with Ohr about the Russia investigation.
The White House claimed Trump is making these requests “for reasons of transparency.”
And he ordered the IRS to release all of Trump related tax returns in the interest of transparency to show he has no involvement with Russia. Just kidding!
The latest lash out.
File this one under “be careful what you wish for”. DOJ employees make take him literally.
The funny thing is that every time he pulls one of these stunts to make people look bad it indeed makes people look bad — him and his lackeys.
There is no OFF switch to the stable genius setting.
The White House claimed Trump is making these requests “for reasons of obstruction.”
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