Congressional Democrats Are Not Mincing Words in Responding to the Nunes Memo
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After weeks of build, the controversial Nunes memo hit the newswire this afternoon, and now top Democrats are getting their chance to respond. Oh, are they responding.
A collection of top Congressional Democrats penned a letter to President Trump warning that any “unwarranted action” he takes against FBI and Department of Justice officials using the memo as proof would be seen “as an attempt to obstruct justice in the Russia investigation.” The group also stated that the firing of Rod Rosenstein or Bob Mueller “could result in a constitutional crisis of the kind not seen since the Saturday Night Massacre.”
Top Senate and House Dems have written to Trump, warning him against using the Nunes memo as a justification for firing Rosenstein or Mueller, saying they’d view it as attempted obstruction and that it’d cause a constitutional crisis not seen since the Saturday Night Massacre. pic.twitter.com/A76lfZk6Kg
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 2, 2018
The letter decries the House Intelligence Committee’s “decision to release a partisan and misleading memo over the objections of your own Federal Bureau of Investigation Director and Department of Justice was a transparent attempt to discredit the hard-working men and women of law enforcement who are investigating Russia’s interference with our Presidential election and that nation’s ties to your campaign.”
That’s some hot political fire, but what started with the letter overflowed onto Twitter.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said the president “surrendered his constitutional responsibility as Commander-in-Chief by releasing Nunes’ unredacted, classified memo” and that his decision “is a bouquet to his friend Putin.”
.@realDonaldTrump has surrendered his constitutional responsibility as Commander-in-Chief by releasing Nunes’ unredacted, classified memo. His decision undermines our national security and is a bouquet to his friend Putin. pic.twitter.com/kdUgIrCE6l
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) February 2, 2018
Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence committee, called the memo’s release “reckless and demonstrates an astonishing disregard for the truth.” He also stated that he’s read the documents the memo is derived from and “they simply do not support its conclusions.”
The release of the #NunesMemo 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.