House Intel votes to release FISA memo...

[One Bad Pig]

Living up to MM's nickname for you, huh?

[Mountain Man]

I don't know that it's the end of the line, but Mueller's certainly facing an uphill battle to proceed. How much of his investigation depends directly or indirectly on the dossier? It appears at least a significant chunk does.

At the very least, it gives Trump's lawyers tremendous leverage.

[demi-conservative]

I don't know that it's the end of the line, but Mueller's certainly facing an uphill battle to proceed. How much of his investigation depends directly or indirectly on the dossier? It appears at least a significant chunk does.

Dossier was already discredited, when public found out Hillary paid for it!! Now, libs pinning hope on 'Trump Jr and Russia lawyer'.

[Charles]

Living up to MM's nickname for you, huh?

I usually don't do this kind of thing but in this particular case I just could not help laughing.

[demi-conservative]

Very very strong allegations in memo against top people in FBI, also DOJ, about abuse.

Now things get interesting!

[Sparko]

It confirms things that we already knew but the democrats kept denying.

[demi-conservative]

It confirms things that we already knew but the democrats kept denying.

Now, things are in official memo by committee of House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

[Mountain Man]

I usually don't do this kind of thing but in this particular case I just could not help laughing.

I pictured it as one of those loud, nervous laughs and then looking around only to realize that nobody else is laughing.

[Mountain Man]

It confirms things that we already knew but the democrats kept denying.

It confirms things we only suspected but couldn't prove because the evidence was classified.

Now we have cold, hard proof!

[JimL]

Here it is:

Oh my word, that is it, that's what the republicans have been making a big stink about. What a joke! A great big nothing burger!

[Sparko]

Oh my word, that is it, that's what the republicans have been making a big stink about. What a joke! A great big nothing burger!

So why were the democrats and the FBI so worried about it and wanted it suppressed? They knew the contents.

[seer]

Oh my word, that is it, that's what the republicans have been making a big stink about. What a joke! A great big nothing burger!

Jim what if the Republicans did opposition research on Hillary then got a FISA warrant to spy on her and her people using false information - how would you feel?

[Cow Poke]

Oh my word, that is it, that's what the republicans have been making a big stink about. What a joke! A great big nothing burger!

Hang onto that thought while holding your mankie and sucking your thumb.

[Mountain Man]

Oh my word, that is it, that's what the republicans have been making a big stink about. What a joke! A great big nothing burger!

You've been dying to use that term, haven't you?

But here's the thing, this is the exact opposite of a nothing burger.

The short version is that the FBI and DOJ obtained warrants by knowingly using a tainted and unverified dossier from an unreliable and biased source who was paid by Hillary and the Democrats to do opposition research without making a full disclosure of these facts to the courts. Had the courts known these facts, it's unlikely the warrants would have been approved. In other words, the warrants on which the entire Russian conspiracy theory is based may very well be illegal, and any evidence gathered through those warrants is inadmissible in court.

This is big league stuff, Jimmy.

[One Bad Pig]

Oh my word, that is it, that's what the republicans have been making a big stink about. What a joke! A great big nothing burger!

Perhaps, but in that case the Democrats and FBI/DOJ made a big stink over nothing, too. I think I'll place a little more weight on their reaction than yours.