Schiff: BREAKING: Discovered late tonight that Chairman Nunes made material changes to the memo

[MelissaB]

BREAKING: Discovered late tonight that Chairman Nunes made material changes to the memo he sent to White House – changes not approved by the Committee. White House therefore reviewing a document the Committee has not approved for release.

Link to tweet

[Laurian]

1. WTF? Nunes seems desperate.

This is crazy.

[dchill]

25. Oh, he is. Truly desperate.

He's like a fearful marionette!

[mountain grammy]

29. Wow, no kidding.

He's grasping.

[still_one]

30. I would use a different word, despicable

[lagomorph777]

79. Despicable Disposable Deplorable

Like the rest of Pres. Turd's base, Nunes is all of those things.

[Leghorn21]

41. Haw haw!! A tweeter just wrote, Nunes has gone full Nunes - guess hes a part of our

lexicon now, eh? IN A REALLY BAD WAY!!

[cstanleytech]

68. Nunes will get away with it though because Ryan will not stop him.

Why? Well one possibility is Ryan is in up to his neck in the conspiracy we are seeing unfolding.

[volstork]

85. THIS.

Ryan, mcconnell, and the entire upper echelon of the gop are lousy with kompromat. They should all go to jail.

[MelissaB]

2. From Manu Raju

Schiff levels a major charge against Nunes. In letter, Schiff asserts Nunes made additional changes to the memo after House Intel approved its release and before sending to WH. Members were “never apprised of, never had the opportunity to review, and never approved” of changes


Schiff says there were “substantive” changes to Nunes memo and there must now be a new committee vote since the version at the WH was never approved for public release

Link to tweet

[MelissaB]

18. Schiff says Nunes deliberately misled the committee

Schiff says Nunes deliberately misled the committee when he suggested the memo approved by panel would be the one sent to WH. “We will send the content over to the White House, and the President has five days to either agree with us” or not, Nunes told Himes in Monday meeting

Link to tweet

[riversedge]

74. And @speakerRyan is up to his nose in this memo-giving @DevinNunes a free rein!!

[madaboutharry]

3. You can't keep up with these criminals.

Congressman Schiff is trying so hard to save our democracy.

[MelissaB]

19. I love this man.

[Takket]

4. Holy shit. this is grounds for impeachment and expulsion from Nunes.........

changing the wording of a document after it has been voted on? That is as improper as it could possibly get. Any one of us that did this on our jobs would be fired.

[pangaia]

10. Come on. nobody is going to be impeached....

And it can get a LOT more 'improper.'

Like the police and military gunning down protesters in the streets..

[Takket]

21. I meant improper for the conduct of a congressperson

Which I thought was obvious... But straw man away if you feel the need to defend Nunes.

[pangaia]

53. What??

Straw man?
Defend Nunes?
Are you kidding me?

Of course you meant improper for the conduct of a congressperson. I knew that.

I was saying regardless of what the repubs do, they are not going to impeach themselves.


And if what Nunes just did is 'improper,' which it of course is, that ain't nothin' compared to what is about to happen.

[Gore1FL]

66. Congress can expel him or Ryan can take away his committees.

I doubt congress will expel him. Ryan will take whatever course Ryan feels is best for Ryan.

I know none of that reflects optimism on my part, but I think if they were going to reel in Nunes, they would have done it already.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

70. Ryan would probably replace him with another just as morally bad.

And, he's got lots to choose from. Ryan does not care so long as committee members have one primary goal - to maintain GOP power.

Regardless, this rampant breaking of norm, protocols, rules and laws must end somehow.

[whathehell]

78. With all due respect, you know this how?

The revelation of 'inside scoops' is always appreciated.

[green917]

43. this should be grounds for his immediate removal as comittee chair!

At the very least, he should no longer be allowed to chair such a vital committee and i would think the ethics committee would have a pretty good case for censure. On top of the fact that Rep. Schiff has already charged that chairman Nuñes never read any of the source material that the memo is based on so, if that is true (And i have no reason to doubt congressman Schiff), how was he able to make accurate changes? This should immediately put this bs to rest and ensure that the memo never sees the light of day but, sadly, we're talking about house Republicans.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

50. 2 House expulsions modern time

In 1980 Representative Michael Myers of Pennsylvania was expelled for bribes in connection with the Abscam scandal. In 2002, Representative Jim Traficant of Ohio was expelled after he was convicted on numerous counts of bribery, racketeering, and tax evasion.

From:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_from_the_United_States_Congress

I don't know if the duplicitous actions of Nunes would get 2/3 votes in the House, especially *this* House.

[spanone]

5. Good Lord, any fucking fool can see the blatant criminality going on here...

Nunes needs to go the fuck home or to jail.

[C Moon]

33. Jail.

[serbbral]

83. EXACTLY!

[Skittles]

6. Mueller really needs to find out what Nunes is trying so desperately to hide

[Freethinker65]

32. I think Mueller already knows

[green917]

45. My guess is he already does!

hence the full court press to put a stop to his investigation.

[stevil]

7. What????

I don't even know what to make of this. It's like a gish galllup of unethical behavior.

[roscoeroscoe]

48. Very good

Good way to describe this mess!

[Freethinker65]

8. Hahahahahahaha. Nunes and the WH are incredibly stupid

Unfortunately, the GOP will just rubber stamp the CYA altered memo release....or Trump will just Twitter release it for all to see regardless.

Trump bragged about getting rid of regulations, so why should he care if he and Nunez breaks another. The GOP is impotent.

[CatWoman]

22. Fucking keystone kops

[oasis]

47. "Mr. Bean Goes to Washington"

[Wednesdays]

57. No, they know exactly what they're doing

Which is even scarier.

[Enoki33]

86. Have to agree.

[Leghorn21]

9. Benjamin Wittes just included #ReleasetheDoctoredMemo in a tweet -

Shit be cray, Melissa, thanks for posting!

[MelissaB]

23. You got that right!

A fiction writer wouldn't even put this on paper. Shit be cray!

[Alpeduez21]

11. Unfortunately, Paul F'ing Ryan

is the person we need to step up and stop this criminally negligent activity. All repukes are complicit in the Russian takeover of America.

[C_U_L8R]

12. What the heck.

The Trumps are like cartoon criminals... so stupid and so corrupt.
Justice is gonna fall on them like a safe from the sky.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

51. except...

The judiciary interprets the laws. Stuff the judiciary with puppets and ignore any laws you don't like.

Control of the branch that writes the laws,
control of the branch that executes the laws,
control of the branch that interprets the laws,
control the message to the people.

[C_U_L8R]

52. Except...

They don't control the people.
GOTV while we still can!!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

55. database? list?

Is there a database of GOP abuses since, oh, McTurtle's holding a Supreme Court seat for Putin's pick?

Lordy, we might have to outfit GOTV teams with wheelbarrows to carry printouts of all the grift, crime, dirty deals and ethics violations.

[Wednesdays]

58. GOTV? You kidding?

How did that work out in 2016? Is there anything being done to keep it from happening again in 2018?

[C_U_L8R]

61. What's your solution?

[Ilsa]

13. First, take it to the damn Speaker, Ryan. Get him on record

for either letting it go through, or taking the honest path and withdrawing the memo from the WH and censuring Nunes.

[Phoenix61]

14. He is just so, so effing stupid!

It's like he has no idea what he is supposed to do. Did Nunes really think it wouldn't be noticed that he changed the document? Was he hoping to pass it off as Twitler having changed it? He makes himself look more guilty every day.

[ProudLib72]

15. Question

Which version would be released if tRump signed off on it?

[Takket]

27. The one Nunes gave him I guess

Which is bizarre because I don't know what Nunes is supposed to say when the altered memo is released world wide. We deserve to see BOTH documents now and Nunes should be impeached fur this breach of ethics. You don't change documents after a committee has voted on a final version fit release. That's basically forgery.

[ProudLib72]

36. I agree, but what I'm really interested in is Nunes' intent

Could he have wanted the WH memo to seem more damning so Donnie would sign off on it? Or was he trying to sneak false information (or information considered too highly classified for release) past the committee? Plus, I want to know if the WH had a hand in this redacting. Now THAT would be extremely interesting indeed!

[GusBob]

64. I like the way you think. This is a huge huge point

What did add to the memo and why did he add it

The why is easy.....he wanted to sneak something out of the committee

As for what he added.....I guess we shall see?

I'm guessing he threw an accusation against Obama or Clinton in the altered memo

Something political. This whole thing is political

[ismnotwasm]

16. I wonder what and why?

This is asinine

[BigmanPigman]

17. This is fucked up!

Black people are pulled over for having a broken tail light yet these fucking morons are getting away with murder. Putin WON! The government is going to be so broken all the kings horses and men will not be able to put it back together again.

[gibraltar72]

65. Justice for all.

[halobeam]

20. msnbc has this on right now

[Old Enough 2]

24. Old Enough 2

Chairman Nunes having nowhere to go except stocking fruit shelves in Walmart is apparently afraid of losing his congressional seat and therefore has turned to polishing apples for Trump. He is by every definition a sycophant of the lowest order. It appears he's sucking up in hopes of becoming a lobbyist for a right wing cause when he's voted out of office in November. Then again who would be interested in such a dumb ass.

[4nic8em]

26. Honest truth...

I fucking love Adam Schiff...American warrior for the People.

[dalton99a]

28. Kick

[dchill]

31. Does anybody else think that all of this activity...

is being dictated by Donald J Trump? It's like his DNA is all over it.

[bettyellen]

54. Yeah, or just inspired by his try anything shady attitude.

[Kablooie]

34. How the hell did this guy get to be the head of the Intelligence committee?

He seems like an out of control imbecile.

[Greywing]

38. I think he is out of his mind with fear ... n/t

[OliverQ]

40. Paul Ryan put him there.

[meadowlander]

72. He has a degree in agriculture from a polytechnic university

no experience in practicing law, serving the military or working in intelligence.

So of course in the Trump administration, he should be chair of the intelligence committee.

[Tatiana]

35. Nunes is in deep. Probably criminally liable. So, he has to protect Trump to save himself.

What a disgusting display.

Thank goodness Schiff is on top of things. Also, I wonder how the initial change was discovered. Someone inside the WH is leaking...

[bluestarone]

37. i have NO DOUBT it's a tRUMP RYAN nUNES idea

that's my thoughts anyhow!!

[OliverQ]

39. Why has Nunes not been arrested?

I don't get why these people can just do anything they want with no consequences.

[LonePirate]

42. I hope Mueller has a gold plated indictment ready to unseal on that traitor Nunes.

[yallerdawg]

44. CNN's Jeffrey Toobin, Senior Legal Analyst...

says this whole thing is simply "insanity" on the part of Nunes, Ryan, and the Republicans.

[bluestarone]

46. well if found guilty of a felony

NO MORE NUNES IN OFFICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[democratisphere]

49. Nunes has sealed his own fate.

Devin Nunes is totally nuts!

[orangecrush]

56. self implication

what a moron.

[Gothmog]

59. From my twitter feed

Link to tweet

[usaf-vet]

60. Is it possible Nunes watered down the version...

.... he put up for the committee vote. Knowing the true memo would not make it through the committee vote. AND the actual memo is the changes Schiff discovered tonight. Trump isn't the one being fooled. It's the GOP committee members that have been tricked by Nunes and Trump.

[NoMoreRepugs]

62. With 35+% of Mericans behind whatever tRump

and the Repubs do I for one am not hopeful for our future.
Not giving up, but I do think it's going to take an
anti-Vietnam type nationwide movement to change things. Not going to happen by stern words on social media platforms, there's going to have to be some blood on the streets in my opinion.

[Blue_Roses]

63. Wow.

Nunes just keeps going off the rails. Weird.

[Hassler]

67. Another Traitor

Devil Nunes: Lock. Him. Up.

[mnmoderatedem]

69. JFC

that's low even for Nunes, and that's a pretty damn low bar to begin with.

[Honeycombe8]

71. Holy crap. What can the Dems do about it? Nothing? nt

[Cha]

73. Adam Schiff is on the case!

Thank you!

[lindysalsagal]

75. Schiff's going to save the democracy. Hope he's got good security.

[wiley]

76. Both Nunes and Ryan must be tried for this crime.

This has never happened before in the history of the US. The Democrats and Republicans both had access to classified information. They both created notes. They then voted to allow for the release of the Republican cherry picked ones. They did not vote for the Democrats to be released. That means every Democrat had the opportunity to review for security purposes and factual errors what is in the Republican memo. And they strenuously objected during committee. The CIA and the DOJ already know it is riddled with lies. And Trump can further redact whatever else he wants to fit his guilty paranoid narrative.The FBI nor the DOJ has not said the Democratic 11 page memo has a single inaccuracy or manipulated fact in it. The fact that Miller and other white house staff like fellow racist, white nationalist General Kelly worked on it with Trump is a full on admission of collusion, obstruction of justice and money laundering. Speaker Ryan will go to jail with them all.

[Vinca]

77. It's crystal clear Nunes is a co-conspirator. He must be on Mueller's radar.

[TNNurse]

80. Is there any reason to believe that any version of something Nunes creates

has any validity at all?????

[Juliusseizure]

81. It's all a pretext to firing Mueller

And would the GOP majority do anything about it?

[triron]

82. knr

[Blue Owl]

84. Tell me they won't get away with this

n/t