Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., slammed the criminal referral of Christopher Steele by Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., saying it has numerous “flaws” and “omits key facts.”
In a five-page analysis released Friday, Feinstein says the criminal referral is “not based on any allegation” that Steele, the author of the infamous Trump-Russia dossier, lied to FBI investigators about former Trump aide Carter Page, or what was included in the dossier.
“[N]either provide any evidence that any of the information in Steele’s dossier is wrong. Instead, the referral is limited to a single baseless allegation: that Steele lied about his contacts with the press,” the analysis says.
This week Grassley made public more details from the Jan. 4 unclassified criminal referral of Steele. The referral asks the Department of Justice to investigate whether Steele lied to FBI investigators about his communications with the press.
Feinstein goes on to say this:
Feinstein’s analysis concludes that the criminal referral “fails to make a case” that Steele actually lied o the FBI.
“The criminal referral contains no new information. All the information in the criminal referral was already available to the FBI and the Department of Justice,” the analysis concludes. “In fact, the referral relies on publicly available information and information that was provided to Congress from DOJ and the FBI.”
In a statement accompanying the analysis, Feinstein said the Grassley-Graham referral has goals that include “undermining the FBI and Special Counsel [Robert] Mueller’s investigation, attacking Christopher Steele and deflecting attention from collusion and obstruction of justice investigations.
“Not a single revelation in the Steele dossier has been refuted. Unfortunately, the claims in the criminal referral rely on classified information, so it’s difficult to fully repudiate them here. However, as much as possible using unclassified information, the following points lay out the flaws in the criminal referral,” she said.
Here is a link to the analysis to which Feinstein is referring.
"Not a single revelation in the Steele dossier has been refuted."
I bet that every single time that is mentioned it just pisses Donald Trump off to no end.
It really appears that the Republicans are essentially in a blind panic right now.
These tactics are so transparent and obvious that you would think they would be embarrassed to be caught using them.
It kind of makes you wonder if the Russians do not have kompromat on the entire Republican party.
"Not a single revelation in the Steele dossier has been refuted."
ReplyDeleteOh Oh, Donny, urine a lot of trouble now. There will be hell toupee.
OK, you win the Internet today with that!!!!!
Delete"It kind of makes you wonder if the Russians do not have kompromat on the entire Republican party."
ReplyDeletejust the same thing I've been wondering....how many republicans have the russians bought?
More than you can count on appendages, Don.
DeleteThey either *were* bought, or were they were hacked and the Russians do indeed have kompromat on *them* now, as well. Either way, they are now running around like desperate headless chickens as Cadet Bone Spurs tries to neuter the FBI and DOJ. C'mon, Mr. Mueller, speed it up, can ya?
DeleteOT?JERK~OFF
Delete"Congress should oppose any effort to put gay and lesbian relationships on an equal legal status with heterosexual marriage.
Congress should oppose any effort to recognize homosexuals as a “discreet and insular minority” entitled to the protection of anti-discrimination laws similar to those extended to women and ethnic minorities.
Congress should support the reauthorization of the Ryan White Care Act only after completion of an audit to ensure that federal dollars were no longer being given to organizations that celebrate and encourage the types of behaviors that facilitate the spreading of the HIV virus. Resources should be directed toward those institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior. [Emphasis mine.]"
https://slate.com/culture/2018/02/is-mike-pence-the-biggest-jerk-of-the-2018-pyeongchang-olympics.html
lol.
DeleteAnd congress says, “so?” We’re getting rich off this. The beat goes on, and the beat goes on....
ReplyDeleteRemember: desperate people are dangerous people...
ReplyDeleteDesperate heartless, soulless bastards like Trump and his ilk are extremely dangerous.
The Russians do have the scoop. And it all started when they took Edward Snowden under their wings.
ReplyDeletePutin has the scoop on all of us. The NSA does too.
It's a hard world in cyber country.
But I wonder why Donald had all the Republicans in their pockets. We know they have affairs, and homosexual tendencies. So why are they being blackmailed? Must be money more than blackmail.
They say Putin is the richest man on earth. How'd that happen? Did he create some kind of technology that made him rich? What is the secret to his riches?
Illiterate don told the Democrats to rewrite their memo to comply with his form,one problem being it was too long.
ReplyDeleteI guess the other problem besides the truth was it used university level vocabulary.
Too much for a stable genius to comprehend.
By the way it appears the republicans keep "forgetting" Russia is not the 51st state and the russians are not your constituents.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/02/the-nyts-crazy-russian-spy-story-explained-by-its-author.html
ReplyDeletehttps://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5a7f8f7ee4b08dfc9304c97f
ReplyDeleteDan Rather
Like flies on shit we must get dirty sometimes. Tracking and watching through cyber eyes eddie snowjob, assage, treason soaked shitholes and their master that are bad actors. Forcing ourselves to watch no news and tracking the deceit and spin from bad actors worldwide is mandatory to counter this shitshow. Republican friends, family, employers, employees and representatives are behaving odd. What info are they receiving and from who? How are they getting it? What corporations are involved? Who is behind it? We know most of the answers as to who and why. So Expose, Resist, Revolt, counter, correct, demand, destroy, remove. This is America, we live in a democracy, we do not have a dictator, king or queen. We are a free people with our native ancestors that preserved our freedom from suppression. We will never allow foreign interference or treason on this soil. Stand up speak up and never give up our mission.
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Delete5:58. Cynicism will be the death of us all.
DeleteDon is too corrupt and stupid to realize that this is not a celebrity apprentice shitshow. Majority of people don't watch stupid crap shows like that. Weak stupid people only exist in rushy trumpland. This is not rushy trumpland. We do not change facts, science, reality or rules. Comprendo bozo? Fake stupid so called billionaires are not good people.
ReplyDeletelol.
Delete7:00. lol somewhere else will you?
DeleteREinforces my thinking that the Russians saw fit to release what they found on the Democrats (not much), but held back the goodies on the GOPrs for individual compromise. How else to explain Grassley, Graham and Nunes, especially Nunes.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't they hammer on Coffee Boy's loose lips every time the Republicans bring up Steele?
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