UPDATED: Ryan: 'May Have Been Malfeasance At FBI,' So Memo Should Be Released
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Source: Talking Points Memo
By Nicole Lafond | January 30, 2018 11:10 am
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Tuesday sided with his GOP colleagues who voted to release the reportedly anti-FBI memo Monday evening, saying the memo should be released for transparency’s sake and claiming “there maybe have been malfeasance at the FBI.”
“There may have been malfeasance at the FBI by certain individuals, so it is our job in conducting transparent oversight of the executive branch to get to the bottom of that,” Ryan told reporters during a press conference Tuesday morning. “What we want is all of this information to come out, so that transparency can reign supreme and accountability can occur.”
Ryan also warned that allegations contained in the the memo should be kept separate from the special counsel’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Ryan called Robert Mueller’s investigation “a completely separate matter” that “should be allowed to take its course.”
On Monday evening, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee voted in favor of releasing the memo. Trump now has five days to review the document and decide whether to make it public. The memo was crafted by Rep. Devin Nunes’ (R-CA) staff and allegedly proves Republicans’ claims of the Justice Department’s bias against Trump. FBI Director Chris Wray reportedly asked the House Intelligence Committee for the chance to come before them and express his concerns about releasing the classified memo.
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UPDATE:
Ryan urges Republicans to take caution with FBI memo
He also urged them not to connect the memo's findings to Robert Mueller's probe.
By KYLE CHENEY and RACHAEL BADE 01/30/2018 10:34 AM EST Updated 01/30/2018 01:56 PM EST
Speaker Paul Ryan urged Republican colleagues Tuesday to avoid overstating the findings of a classified House intelligence committee memo that alleges misconduct by FBI officials investigating Trump campaign contacts with Russia.
In a closed-door meeting with House Republicans at the Capitol, Ryan (R-Wis.) also urged lawmakers not to connect the findings of the memo with the probe being run by special counsel Robert Mueller, according to a source in the room. Ryan pleaded with members not to oversell the memo and to distinguish it from Mueller's investigation.
"This is a completely separate matter from Bob Muller’s investigation, and his investigation should be allowed to take its course," Ryan said at a news conference following the GOP meeting. He said he agreed with releasing the document.
Ryan also indicated to reporters that he saw no cause for firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees Mueller's probe. Some Trump allies have heaped criticism on Rosenstein for appointing Mueller in the first place and for not doing more to put constraints on the probe.
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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/30/ryan-urges-republicans-to-take-caution-with-fbi-memo-377038
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Pompous Paul.
"Too sexy" for the House.
