Appears there is a Gang of 8 briefing underway in the Capitol.

[kpete]

Schumer and McConnell have both headed into the Senate SCIF, as have Intel Committee heads from both chambers.

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Lovie777]

1. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........

[GenXer47]

2. please let it be that Trump sold docs to an FBI sting operation

[phylny]

9. Wow, yes.

I just want to be alive for the real life AND movie version of all of this!

[erronis]

15. That'd be good. Better is that the trump family was caught selling to a foreign power.

Jared, hello? Don Jr. - too coked. Butthead - nuff said. Little Princess - maybe, evil Melania - already known as a foreign agent.

Being caught in a sting operation is good stuff, but being monitored while exchanging love notes with someone like bone-saw mbs or tubby kim or loser pute, would be great stuff.

[MOMFUDSKI]

28. 2 billion from the saudi kid to the trump kid

is nothing to sneeze at. Hope someone can make a firm connection to the PGA/LIV bullshit. These are grifters of the highest order. Makes me sick to see my Country sold out.

[Kablooie]

45. A sting operation would be catnip to MAGA to publicize as a political trap.

Of course it wouldn't be but they'd be able to convince a lot of the country that it was.

If Trump sold info to a foreign country it would be a lot harder to explain as a political move.

[TheBlackAdder]

54. Dang. I wish I had that one on my Trump Indicted Bingo Card.

[Autumn]

3. I bet the repukes in there are having a shit fit. The wall are covered by now so

they need to get a hazmat crew in there to clean.

[moreland01]

43. I'm beginning to wonder

if some of them are not secretly hoping that the hammer comes down on trump. They know damn well that he's going to lose if he's their nominee in 2024.

[yonder]

4. Ukraine related?

[AllaN01Bear]

17. could be doc. could be a # of things as well.

[Hortensis]

37. Umhm. Or the Arab states embrace of Syria and Assad?

While we wanted to tighten sanctions on him? Plus new concern that millions of Syrian refugees will be sent back to Syria? Or China-Cuba as below?

[yonder]

47. Anyone's guess. After posting, I figured it was likely a domestic thing

but with all thats going on, who knows?

[Hortensis]

51. Right. I was hoping for domestic, but posted a "who knows?"

It's not like the world revolves around our domestic affairs.

Looking forward to Tuesday!

[yonder]

52. Same here, yes.

[allegorical oracle]

48. Could be China-related. Talk about China installing spy equipment in Cuba. nt

[honest.abe]

5. I would bet this is Trump indictment related.

[panader0]

12. Yeah. They're discussing potential problems from the Former guy cult from TFG's threats of

violence (maybe).

[honest.abe]

13. Yep, I think they are concerned what Trump and his cult crazies might do.

[2naSalit]

25. That's one of...

My top three possibilities.

[ShazzieB]

34. Definitely agree!

[Mme. Defarge]

7. Maybe the China/Cuba "situation"?

I’m old enough to remember the Cuban Missile Crisis and this makes me nervous.

[AllaN01Bear]

19. could be doc. could be a # of things as well.

i was too little to remember that , but i do remember the aftermath, the cold war and the arms race 1.0

[ShazzieB]

39. I'm not sure exactly when the Cold War started.

But I was born in 1950, and I'm pretty sure it was underway by then. I started school in 1956, and I remember reading about the Cold War in My Weekly Reader. Those were scary times. I remember Khrushchev saying "We will bury you!" and people thinking he meant it literally. I remember the space race and the U.S. going into to a panic when the Soviets got their satellite, Sputnik, into orbit.

The Cuban Missile Crisis really brought things to a head. I was in junior high at the time, and I remember sitting in school, expecting WWIII to break out any minute...and the sweet relief when it was all over and we realized we weren't actually all going to die after all. (Yet. )

[2naSalit]

26. China/Cuba?

I've been ill for a couple days and am trying to catch up... what did I miss?

[Mme. Defarge]

31. China reportedly reaches secret deal with Cuba to host spy base on island

Facility would allow Beijing to gather electronic communications from US but Cuba dismisses report as ‘unfounded’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/08/china-cuba-base-florida-spy-surveillance

[2naSalit]

36. Thank you!

[twogunsid]

27. +1

[Mme. Defarge]

33. See post #31

[Beachnutt]

8. Who is included in the 8 ?

I wouldn't trust rethugs at all.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. There are 4 republicans and four democrats in gang of 8

On the House side, it is the Speaker, the minority leader, the House intelligence Chair and the House Intelligence minority leader. On the Senate side, it is Schumer, MoscowMitch, the chair of the Senate Intelligence chair and vice-chair

[edhopper]

11. Probably related to

Ukraine

[Arazi]

29. Agree. The eco terrorism of blowing the dam means the Zaporizhzha nuclear plant will fry

Global repercussions

[enid602]

14. Two-fer

Wow. tRump and Pat Robertson both facing reckoning on the same day! That’s what you’d call a two-fer!!

[2naSalit]

30. +1

[nilram]

16. Trump? Ukraine? UFOs? Boggling at the possibilities.

But I just picked up a bottle of bubbly, so I’m prepared for the first one.

[AllaN01Bear]

21. hmm. i am speculating but aint. dont want to get too riled up, heart issues .

[Earl_from_PA]

18. They are reviewing the document

Comer subpoenaed from the FBI.

Edit to add this:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna88413

[SunSeeker]

38. Comer and Raskin already reviewed it's contents on Monday.

And it's a nothingburger.

It's a FD-1023 from 2020 about allegations against Biden. FD-1023 forms are used to collect unverified reports from the FBI's confidential human sources, but do not necessarily constitute proof of wrongdoing. Comer and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin received a briefing on the document on Monday. Raskin said in a statement that the FBI told him Trump Justice Department officials evaluated the allegations in early 2020, but shut the assessment down later that year without further action. "As Republicans’ investigation into President Biden has uncovered no evidence of wrongdoing, they continue to attempt to discredit and dismantle the FBI to help prop up Donald Trump's poll numbers," Raskin said. https://www.axios.com/2023/06/08/james-comer-christopher-wray-fbi-contempt

[Earl_from_PA]

40. And the committee members and senate leaders

Reviewed it today.

"House Republicans on Thursday doubled down on their attacks against President Joe Biden and his family after viewing a document behind closed doors that remains secret."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna88413

[SunSeeker]

42. They already new what was in it, namely nothing. This is all feigned outrage.

The Republicans are so pathetic.

[Earl_from_PA]

46. The subject of this thread

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Is the gang of 8 in the SCIF today. They were reviewing the FD-1023 document.

Raskin and Comer were 'briefed' on the document on Monday. They, with the senate leaders and the ranking committee members of both parties reviewed it today.

I made no comment on the merit of the document. Only what they were doing in the SCIF. It had nothing to do with UFOs or indictments or China.

Are you suggesting they were doing something else?

[Trailrider1951]

20. The popcorn's on me, folks

But ya gotta bring yer own beer

[AllaN01Bear]

22. what ?!?! no butter ?

[GreenWave]

23. Going after GOP congress traitors?

[GoCubsGo]

56. That's what I'm wondering, as well.

It could be that one or more of Trump's co-conspirators is a member of Congress, and/or the espionage charge is intelligence-related. They would be privy to that information.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. Several good ideas here; could also be the alien UAP/craft or the non-alien UAP/craft

Re: the whistleblower who did not see ANY of that, but apparently saw/read/heard of others talking/writing as if they might have. It's not clear what he is blowing. Nor do I have any idea as to the veracity of the root (hidden) issue.

[lindysalsagal]

32. Following

[James48]

41. Aliens have landed.

The UFO’s have finally been identified, and they want to register a complaint.

[slightlv]

44. My 2nd guess is Ukraine. My 1st guess is *rump.

I'm sorry... I'm usually not a conspiracy worrywort. But enough between the lines stuff has been happening, and with tomorrow being Friday news dump day, I'm taking out a bit of spending cash to have on hand, just in case. Better safe than sorry. My anxiety level has been ramping up over the last couple of weeks, and it hasn't been over Ukraine, tho I detest what Russia has been doing over there, especially the blowing up of the dam. I've been in tears over that... especially the loss at the zoo, and seeing everyone trying to rescue all the pets and wildlife, not to mention the stranded people.

But my gut tells me this is much closer to home than that. This is lone-wolf magats gone wild stuff I'm feeling. And although I think I'm relatively okay in this small town, I do worry about the interconnectedness of all of us with electronics. Remember, they just arrested what... 5 people... in the PNW... trying to get into a power station up there. Were others trying at the same time? How many others didn't they catch around the country? These are the type of worrywort things I'm feeling in my gut.

We've got "Republicans in disarray" in both Houses right now, but especially in the House of Rep. Whatever is going on, the "Freedom Caucus" is in it up to their elbows, and I'd bet dollars to donuts trying to do their best sleight of hand to distract.

I keep remembering the last time these guys were called into a SCIF and Diane coming out of that meeting, white as a ghost, because of what they were told about *rump. I await seeing them come out of this meeting before making up my mind. If they look as sick as they did at that last meeting... (sigh)

And yippers... I'm ready to be proved wrong, once again. And I'll eat my words. Ain't no big deal. I've been wrong before. And like someone else keeps saying around here... 28 months... but at some point, the shoe has to drop. And I have to believe this country will do the right thing or what WAS my military service all about?? I have to believe there's still some truth in democracy and law in this country. It may not be justice, because I honestly don't believe *rump will ever see the inside of a jail cell. He'll be ankle monitored and home confined, in my estimation.

Like I said, I'm usually not a conspiracy worrywort... and these are just my gut feelings. Same as yours. Ukraine IS my 2nd guess. There's a lot going on in the world right now. I don't feel it's about China and Cuba, though. I don't think China would risk a 2nd Bay of Pigs. They're not that stupid... not with their world desires. They really are a lot smarter than Russia. If there were to do something like this, I believe they'd wait for a sympatico Republican president... not one from the Democratic party that already had a history of standing up to the situation.

Anyway, JMO... YMMV... invariably!

[NowISeetheLight]

49. Could It Be

Stolen documents sold to someone that ended up in the hands of an enemy power?

[Kablooie]

50. I would expect it to be a heads up that Trump will be indicted soon.

And present a short summary of the evidence to show how strong their case is.
Hopefully the evidence would be so strong that it could be dangerous for Republicans to oppose it to protect Trump.

... or Fitzmas part 2 and they will not indict Trump because he used to be president.

[malaise]

53. This did it for me as well

I knew it was today after this

[Rebl2]

55. Guess you are right

[Kablooie]

57. I'm just glad the second part of my post wasn't right.