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release the memo
Feb. 10, 2018
Trump Will Not Release Democrat’s Rebuttal Memo The president is suddenly a lot more concerned about the opinions of law enforcement officials.
By Chas Danner
the national interest
Feb. 5, 2018
‘The Memo’ Follows the Republican Plan to Destroy Neutral Authority The FBI joins the media, academia, budget forecasters, scientists, and other subjects of right-wing attack.
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Feb. 2, 2018
The Backward Logic of the Nunes Memo Republicans argue any investigators who think Trump might be compromised by Russia must be biased against him.
By Jonathan Chait
6 Quick Takeaways From the Nunes Memo Even if all of the memo’s assertions are true, it would do nothing to discredit the validity of the Mueller investigation.
By Eric Levitz
the national interest
Feb. 2, 2018
Did Donald Trump Read the Memo? Could He Read It? What happens when a semiliterate president finds himself at the center of a debate about a document?
By Jonathan Chait
Trump Decided to Release the Memo Because People on TV Told Him To: Reports Cable news coverage and talks with Sean Hannity convinced him that the Nunes memo should be declassified, before he’d even read it.
By Margaret Hartmann
Dems Say Nunes Altered Memo Sent to White House, Making It an Even Bigger Sham Adam Schiff says lawmakers must vote on the “substantive” changes. Nunes says that’s a “distraction” — from his effort to undermine Mueller.
By Margaret Hartmann
russia probe
Jan. 31, 2018
Trump Overheard Saying He’ll ‘100 Percent’ Release the Nunes Memo Cameras caught Trump reassuring a GOP lawmaker at the State of the Union, hours after the White House had denied that he’d decided to make it public.
By Margaret Hartmann
House GOP Votes to #ReleaseTheMemo GOP Wrote to Discredit Russia Probe Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee decided a Democratic memo rebutting their claims should remain under wraps.
By Margaret Hartmann
russia investigation
Jan. 28, 2018
Trump Aide Confirms Trump Wants to #ReleaseTheMemo The president will undoubtedly support any effort to discredit the Russia investigation.
By Chas Danner
The GOP’s FBI Conspiracy Theory Just Got Even Dumber Looks like the FBI wasn’t corrupted by a “secret society” of Hillary Clinton supporters, after all.
By Eric Levitz
conspiracy theories
Jan. 24, 2018
Why an Unreleased 4-Page Memo From Devin Nunes Is Causing a Frenzy on the Right The memorandum, written by Nunes staff members, has the conservative media fired up. But if it’s really so explosive why isn’t it public?
By Cristian Farias