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Just-Released Partisan & Misleading Memo Seeks to Discredit The Russia Investigation, Deputy AG Rosenstein, and the Hard-Working Men & Women of the FBI as a Means of Protecting President Trump

Today, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan demanding the removal of House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes after it was revealed that he altered the contents of a reckless, partisan memo released to the White House after it had already been voted on by the Committee and presented to House Members.  Chairman Nunes’ action is a violation of House rules and is part of a partisan pattern to discredit the investigations into the Trump-Russia scandal.  Both the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation have warned against the release of Nunes’ memo, stating grave concerns about the accuracy of the memo and its misrepresentation of classified information.  

President Trump Claim: “All Americans deserve accountability and respect — and that is what we are giving them.  So tonight, I call on the Congress to empower every Cabinet Secretary with the authority to reward good workers — and to remove Federal employees who undermine the public trust or fail the American people.” [State of the Union, 1/30/18]

As a candidate, Donald Trump asked crowds to “believe me” every chance he could. Yet today, over a year into the Trump presidency, Americans are facing reality – the President’s word is worthless. President Trump rose to the top of the Republican… Continue

“Tonight, the House Republicans crossed from dangerous irresponsibility and disregard for our national security into the realm of cover up.  In doing so, they disregarded the warnings of the Justice Department and the FBI.

Tonight, the Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee will vote to release Chairmen Devin Nunes’ bogus memo, creating grave implications for our national security.  Just last week, that the Justice Department concluded that its release would be ‘extraordinarily reckless’ and cause irreparable ‘harm to national security and to ongoing investigations.’

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement following new reports that President Trump ordered the firing of Special Counsel Robert Mueller last June, but was stymied when White House Counsel Donald McGahn threatened to quit:

“The Administration’s anti-immigrant framework is an act of staggering cowardice which attempts to hold the DREAMers hostage to a hateful anti-immigrant scheme.  

Leader Pelosi.  Good morning everyone.  Yesterday, hundreds of thousands of women – and their friends, and men – poured into the streets to champion the values of the American people.  Hundreds of thousands of people here, hundreds of thousands of people in different cities across the country.  Tens of thousands throughout, in different venues. 

Washington, D.C. – Nancy Pelosi released this statement following a report that 3.2 million more Americans were uninsured at the end of 2017 than when President Trump took office, marking the first time that the share of uninsured Americans increased since 2008:… Continue