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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Tue Jan 23, 2018, 02:34 PM Jan 2018

A Republican senator just flushed his party's latest anti-FBI talking point down the drain

BRAD REED
23 JAN 2018 AT 13:29 ET

Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) on Tuesday torched his own party’s latest efforts to discredit the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Speaking with CNN’s Manu Raju, Burr said that he wasn’t very concerned about text messages sent between FBI lawyer Lisa Page and FBI Agent Peter Strzok that the bureau says have gone missing.

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Burr also pointedly did not comment about the memo prepared by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) that House Republicans have been hyping as a game changer that will reveal a widespread conspiracy within the FBI and Department of Justice to take down President Donald Trump. “You’ll have to ask Devin about his memo,” Burr said.

Strzok and Page have become lightning rods for Republicans ever since it was revealed that they referred to Trump as an “idiot” during the 2016 presidential campaign. Strzok was originally part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team, but he was removed by Mueller this past summer after the special counsel discovered that the FBI agent had disparaged Trump in text messages.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/republican-senator-just-flushed-partys-latest-anti-fbi-talking-point-drain/

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A Republican senator just flushed his party's latest anti-FBI talking point down the drain (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2018 OP

There are Very Few Americans that HAVEN'T referred to Trump as an "Idiot" Stallion Jan 2018 #1

Trumps own Sec of State called him a 'fucking moron' KelleyKramer Jan 2018 #5

If the F.B.I. can't find emails they need a warrant for Devin Mines house,vehicle and person blueinredohio Jan 2018 #2

The so-called missing texts issue is another bogus RWNJ conspiracy theory Gothmog Jan 2018 #3

They pulled this same crap during the House Impeachment DonViejo Jan 2018 #4

It's amazing that these dumbasses seem to completely miss the part where Mueller removed him Kentonio Jan 2018 #6

Stallion

(6,476 posts)

1. There are Very Few Americans that HAVEN'T referred to Trump as an "Idiot"

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Jan 23, 2018, 02:45 PM

Jan 2018

...including Republicans

KelleyKramer

(9,011 posts)

5. Trumps own Sec of State called him a 'fucking moron'

Reply to Stallion (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 23, 2018, 06:10 PM

Jan 2018

That group would include pretty much everyone who has ever met him

blueinredohio

(6,797 posts)

2. If the F.B.I. can't find emails they need a warrant for Devin Mines house,vehicle and person

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:46 PM

Jan 2018

They'll find them.

Gothmog

(145,894 posts)

3. The so-called missing texts issue is another bogus RWNJ conspiracy theory

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:57 PM

Jan 2018

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)

4. They pulled this same crap during the House Impeachment

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 23, 2018, 05:01 PM

Jan 2018

hearings into Whitewater; secret memos only 'pukes could see and read. Tom DeLay kept publicly urging them to go into an alleged "secure" area to read them

Kentonio

(4,377 posts)

6. It's amazing that these dumbasses seem to completely miss the part where Mueller removed him