Politico article on GOP secret review of Mueller investigation to try to discredit it.

[Ilsa]

This is what Adam Schiff was worried about on TRMS tonight:

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/20/house-republicans-quietly-investigate-doj-fbi-310121

House Republicans quietly investigate perceived corruption at DOJ, FBI

The group was born out of frustration over the Justice Department's refusal to explain how it used a disputed dossier.

By KYLE CHENEY and JOHN BRESNAHAN
12/20/2017 06:34 PM EST

A group of House Republicans has gathered secretly for weeks in the Capitol in an effort to build a case that senior leaders of the Justice Department and FBI improperly — and perhaps criminally — mishandled the contents of a dossier that describes alleged ties between President Donald Trump and Russia, according to four people familiar with their plans.

A subset of the Republican members of the House intelligence committee, led by Chairman Devin Nunes of California, has been quietly working parallel to the committee's high-profile inquiry into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. They haven't informed Democrats about their plans, but they have consulted with the House's general counsel.

The people familiar with Nunes' plans said the goal is to highlight what some committee Republicans see as corruption and conspiracy in the upper ranks of federal law enforcement. The group hopes to release a report early next year detailing their concerns about the DOJ and FBI, and they might seek congressional votes to declassify elements of their evidence.

That final product could ultimately be used by Republicans to discredit special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into whether any Trump aides colluded with Russia during the 2016 campaign — or possibly even to justify his dismissal, as some rank-and-file Republicans and Trump allies have demanded. (The president has said he is not currently considering firing Mueller.)

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[PdxSean]

1. Two reasons for investigating the investigation.

1) Republicans in Congress want to know if Mueller has discovered evidence of their own collusion with Russia; and
2) They want to give Trump a heads-up of what’s in the pipeline. For example, if republicans had know Mueller had the transition emails, they could have forwarned their fellow traitors before their interviews with Mueller’s team.

[2naSalit]

2. at least that....nt

[uponit7771]

3. +1, "evidence of their own collusion with Russia" likely most of the KGOP dark money is from Russia

[PdxSean]

5. Exactly!

[eleny]

4. Sounds like this is the real coup scouring & dismantling our democratic institutions