Last week, a memo prepared by Republicans on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) detailed abuses of government surveillance programs. It revealed that officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Justice Department (DOJ) used false information to obtain a FISA warrant to spy on Team Trump.
Every single Democrat voting against the release of the bombshell memo authored largely by Representative Devin Nunes, R-Calif, the Chairman of the HPSCI. A Democrat memo that aims to downplay the abuses is expected shortly, though it will not offer evidence or dispute the main charges in the GOP memo.
Every single Republican voted to release the Democratic memo.
Now, a new poll finds half of likely U.S. voters believes it is at least somewhat likely senior officials at the FBI and DOJ broke the law in an effort to prevent Donald Trump from winning the presidency. A Rasmussen Reports national phone and online survey finds 50% of voters believe that to be the case, including 32% who say it is “very likely” and 18% who say it is at least “somewhat likely.”
Only 25% of likely voters say that it is “not at all likely” top officials at the FBI and DOJ broke the law to stop President Trump’s election, while just 15% say it’s “not very likely.”
Sixty-six (66%) percent of Republicans, 40% of Democrats and 48% of voters unaffiliated with either party, agree. That also includes 56% of white voters, 40% of black voters and 60% of all other voters.
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) allows intelligence agencies to collect information on foreign targets abroad. However, it has been “routinely” abused and misused to spy on domestic targets, including President Trump, his associates and other U.S. citizens.
The memo specifically names former FBI Director James Comey, Sally Yates, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, as well as the just ousted FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Last week, Mr. McCabe was “removed” from his post at the FBI amid conflicts of interest and ongoing investigations of misconduct.
The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on February 5-6, 2018 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
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You’d think it’d be more then that if ppl paid attention!
Rod Rosenstein NEEDS TO GO! He is compromised & Bias I believe he is a SWAMP RAT ?
Why can’t we just fire them and start new ???
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@MtRushmore2016 The left who obviously are the half dont believe it because they wanted Hillary. And hate Trump
@spatterson710 Half!?