The news broke as a key House committee is poised to vote on whether or not to release a four-page classified memo believed to contain information on possible political bias against the President.
Within 24 hours of FBI Director Christopher Wray reviewing a classified memo that allegedly reveals system a system abuse of trust when it comes to government surveillance powers, and the potentially unlawful political use of them, FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is officially on “terminal leave” until his March retirement date.
Though there has been no official confirmation of a causal connection between the two events, the news broke as a key House committee is poised to vote on whether or not to release a four-page classified memo believed to contain information on possible political bias against the President, and perhaps related efforts that have since spilled over into the Russian influence investigation.
The Russian “dossier” has since been confirmed as the product of political opposition “research” by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele who was hired by Fusion GPS, first for President Trump’s Republican competitors and then by the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign.
It has been more specifically suggested to reveal the surveillance warrant was granted on at least one of President Trump’s campaign associates, due at least in part to the still unverified anti-Trump “dossier” though support for its release appears to fall unsurprisingly along political party lines.
According to a Fox News report, California Rep. Adam Schiff says the memo ““represents another effort to distract from the Russia probe and … seeks to selectively and misleadingly characterize classified information in an effort to protect the president at any cost.”
The Russian “dossier” has since been confirmed as the product of political opposition “research” by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele who was hired by Fusion GPS, first for President Trump’s Republican competitors and then by the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign. Fusion GPS was allegedly also working at the same time to help the Russian government fight sanctions.
