Monday, January 29, 2018

It is pure, unadulterated corruption by the Republicans. They are playing politics.

I am not going to honor something this corrupt. It is a unilateral move to create political intrigue. Go straight to hell.

The typical Republican partisanship. They don't get it. This is not a dictatorship whereby people are not allowed to think. The USA is SUPPOSED TO BE a democracy where citizens are well informed and decide what the BREVITY of the facts are.

I am not a prized bull being lead around by the nose sniffing out the next political screw up. 

January 29, 2018
By Erin Kelly

...The Republican majority (click here) voted to declassify and release its four-page memo, while all Democrats on the panel voted against it. Republicans, who hold the majority in Congress, also blocked the release of a counter memo written by Democrats, said Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the panel's senior Democrat....

...Schiff said he believes the White House will allow its release, despite objections from the Department of Justice that it contains classified information that could harm U.S. intelligence-gathering....

Dah. The memo needs to be presented to the Mueller investigation and US Justice which will provide the brevity of the documents AND information. This is nothing short of corruption for a political circus.

...Schiff said the committee's vote effectively puts the FBI and Department of Justice under investigation by the panel's GOP majority....

That is exactly correct AND the GOP majority does not have the right to prosecute. How perfect is that? So, this only amount to political bargaining. The facts are the facts and they cannot be created by some star chamber in the GOP majority.

With the retirement of FBI Deputy Director McCabe what does that say about the sovereignty of the USA. This is becoming dangerous, not just ridiculous. The Republicans are dissolving the brain trust for the sake of this politics. It is more worrisome.

Considering Russia showed up at the White House the very next day after Comey was fired, I really think Trump is taking directions from Putin. This is all a little too methodical to ignore.

January 29, 2018
Kevin Johnson and David Jackson

Washingon – FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, (click here) who has been a target of unrelenting criticism from President Trump and some Republican lawmakers, abruptly announced his resignation Monday, according to two government officials who were not authorized to comment publicly on personnel matters. 

McCabe was expected to resign in March when he was eligible for retirement. But the bureau's second-in-command submitted his resignation more than a month early, one official said, adding that his accumulated leave time would allow him to qualify for full retirement benefits. 

Prior to McCabe's announcement, the official said, FBI Director Christopher Wray raised the prospect of moving McCabe to another post within the bureau – out of the line of fire from the White House – but the deputy director ultimately decided to leave.

McCabe, who rose through the counter-terrorism and national security ranks, served as the agency's acting director this summer after Trump fired former director James Comey in May....

It is time for McConnell and Ryan to put their big boy pants on and conduct an impeachment. Trump, Jr. is right in the middle of all this mess.