And now, CNN is reporting that a Federal Judge is demanding an investigation into the possibility that the Feds are hiding documentation it has previously denied using:
Washington (CNN) A
federal judge told the Department of Justice to explain why the release
of the House Intelligence Committee's memo today shouldn't force
investigators to acknowledge the existence of more records related to
foreign surveillance.
Until
this point, the Justice Department said it couldn't confirm or deny the
existence of foreign surveillance-related records regarding Donald
Trump and his business and campaign associates. That disclosure would
hurt national security and could interfere with the ongoing special
counsel investigation into Russian collusion and the election, the FBI
has claimed.
The White
House declassified and House Republicans released a controversial memo
Friday that prompted the judge's action. The memo describes Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court actions that allowed federal authorities
to monitor former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page in
2016 and 2017.
The Freedom of
Information Act lawsuit, filed by the James Madison Project and USA
Today reporter Brad Heath in April, sought records from the FBI of FISA
applications and authorizations for surveillance of the Trump
Organization, President Donald Trump, his campaign and associated
people.
BTW, doesn't this Federal Court action confirm the legitimacy of the Nunes memo? Answer: OF COURSE it does.
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