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struggle4progress

(126,683 posts)
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 04:11 AM Feb 2018

Does memo show FBI spied on Trump campaign?

Glenn Kessler
Washington Post

... Much of the GOP memo is about the FBI obtaining a secret court order to monitor .. Carter Page ...

... March 16, 2016: In an interview with The Washington Post editorial board, Trump names Page as one of his foreign-policy advisers ...

Sept. 23: The Trump campaign denies Page was ever part of the campaign. "Mr. Page is not an adviser and has made no contribution to the campaign," campaign spokesperson Jason Miller said. "He's never been part of our campaign. Period" ...

Sept. 26: Page himself announces he is taking "a leave of absence" from the campaign, saying the reporting on his remarks has created a "distraction."

Oct. 21: Nearly a month after the Trump campaign says Page was never part of the campaign, FBI seeks and receives a FISA court order to begin surveillance on Page ...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/factcheck/ct-fact-check-gop-memo-20180203-story.html

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Does memo show FBI spied on Trump campaign? (Original Post) struggle4progress Feb 2018 OP
Fake news! Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #1
The article fails to mention that this was a renewal - an important point eom tikka Feb 2018 #2
THIS BumRushDaShow Feb 2018 #4
Page, the self- proclaimed Kremlin adviser. nocalflea Feb 2018 #3
This blows Nunes out of the water. HopeAgain Feb 2018 #5
 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
1. Fake news!
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 04:15 AM
Feb 2018

Can’t wait to see how that unctuous worm Miller handles this, if it hasn’t been pushed down his porcine gullet already

BumRushDaShow

(172,267 posts)
4. THIS
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 06:55 AM
Feb 2018

The Oct. request was nothing more than a re-up, which is required after each 90 days.

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