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Nunes responds
PowerLine ^ | 2/24/2018 | Devin Nunes/Scott Johnson

Posted on 02/24/2018 5:24:50 PM PST by mojito

House Intelligence Commmittee Chairman Devin Nunes was ready to go with his own response to the Democrats’ memo that I have embedded in the adjacent post. I have uploaded his point-by-point response to Scribd and embedded it below. It is a useful document. Moreover, by contrast with Adam Schiff et al., Nunes is a credible player. Consistent with my comments, he notes some of the Democrats’ rebuttals of points not made by the Republicans. In any event, here is his response.

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Nunes Rebuttal memo at the link.
1 posted on 02/24/2018 5:24:50 PM PST by mojito
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To: mojito

Full screen rebuttal.

https://www.scribd.com/document/372311451/Democrat-Memo-Charge-and-Response#fullscreen&from_embed


2 posted on 02/24/2018 5:28:12 PM PST by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: mojito
This one-pager was also put out right after the Dem memo and it's pretty succinct:


3 posted on 02/24/2018 5:29:36 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust Sessions. The Great Awakening is at hand...MAGA!)
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To: mojito

“The reason we wanted it out is because it confirms exactly what we’ve said the whole time — that the FBI used dirt paid for by the Hillary campaign and the Democrat national party and didn’t disclose it to the court,” Nunes said. “In fact, they went out of their way not to disclose it to the court.”

“This is why we wanted it out, and it’s amazing that the Democrats would actually take part in trying to cover this up,” Nunes said. “It’s about a coverup.”

“Not only that, but they’re making excuses as if it was okay to use that information to get a warrant on an American citizen,” Nunes said. “It’s flabbergasting.”

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/24/nunes-democrat-memo-drop-proves-collusion-dems-hillary-russian-not-trump-campaign/


4 posted on 02/24/2018 5:39:04 PM PST by Hotlanta Mike ("You can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: mojito

Bump


5 posted on 02/24/2018 5:40:19 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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I think it’s time to stop the pissing contest.

Let’s take it before an impartial judge and get going. Lots of dirt here. Subpoenas should be flying by now.


6 posted on 02/24/2018 5:45:28 PM PST by upchuck (Keep a sharp lookout. The best is yet to come.)
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To: mojito

Thanks for posting.

(What liars these Democrats are!)


7 posted on 02/24/2018 5:46:48 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: bigbob

Nunes clears up what the Bug-eyed Schiff tried to do by diminishing the Steele piss document’s relationship with the FISA application.


8 posted on 02/24/2018 5:47:30 PM PST by Red Steel
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“Let’s take it before an impartial judge and get going. Lots of dirt here. Subpoenas should be flying by now.”

I agree, except for the part about an ‘impartial judge’. I have almost zero trust or confidence in almost everyone in public office, and strongly believe that honest judges who follow the facts in an unbiased manner are in the minority.


9 posted on 02/24/2018 5:50:00 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: mojito

Point by point he takes them apart. Love that guy!


10 posted on 02/24/2018 5:55:33 PM PST by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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The Democrat memo fails to explain why, if evidence of Page’s past activities was so compelling, the Steele dossier was used in the FISA application at all, much less formed the “bulk” of the Page FISA application

Nunes is doing a great job, but he missed an opportunity here. Nunes is just talking about the October 2016 FISC application and why the Steele Dossier was used. But, he can also reference the July 2016 application by the FBI that was rejected. What was the "compelling evidence" that the FBI had in October that they didn't have in July? Oh yeah, they got the Steele document in mid-September.

11 posted on 02/24/2018 6:05:19 PM PST by NutsOnYew (If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.)
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I thought C. Page was an “asset” of the US IC in years not so far past.

Was C. Page still an asset during and after Trump’s winning campaign?


12 posted on 02/24/2018 6:09:55 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: bigbob

Nunes is correct. The Hellary/DNC/Steele hit job smear payment triad is completely ignored.
The Dem response is halfvast.


13 posted on 02/24/2018 6:15:15 PM PST by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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To: Paladin2

He testified against some Russians in 2015 who were ultimately convicted.


14 posted on 02/24/2018 6:17:02 PM PST by Hotlanta Mike ("You can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: mojito

and does so beautifully

well done, Nunes.


15 posted on 02/24/2018 6:17:46 PM PST by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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This whole Russian collusion thing was a “swatting “ done by the political establishment.


16 posted on 02/24/2018 6:22:58 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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Never heard of Nunes until the Russiagate fantasy started. So happy we have such an intelligent man heading the House Intel Committee.


17 posted on 02/24/2018 6:26:48 PM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Hotlanta Mike
Nunes says "the FBI had 'reasonable basis for finding Steele credible,'" however, the source of a lot of Steele's dossier is reportedly not-Steele--quite possibly Clinton associates--and no vetting was done by Steele. Thus, Steele's possible past credibility has little to do with the dossier's credibility reasonably deriving from Steele's "reflected glow."

The Dems and media have long lied to say the Steele dossier was "oppo research," as if it was a well-intentioned, scholarly stab at the truth, but that's just not so. In UK interviews, Steele disclosed that the original construct for it to be a whisper campaign document. In other words, it was salacious fiction by design and nothing like research played any part.

18 posted on 02/24/2018 6:34:02 PM PST by rx (Truth Will Out!)
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Oops, I should have Nunes relays that info about the Steele dossier's supposed credibility on the basis of Dems' claims, rather than letting it seemingly appear to be Nunes' idea.
19 posted on 02/24/2018 6:38:07 PM PST by rx (Truth Will Out!)
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To: upchuck

I think it’s time to stop the pissing contest.”

Right dueling memos is Bull Shit. It’s time to actually do something. While
Little Adam and Nunes send out notes that Evil Rat Mueller is destroying lives with selective enforcement.


20 posted on 02/24/2018 6:41:56 PM PST by gibsonguy
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