To: The United States House of Representatives
Release the House Democratic Intelligence Committee Rebuttal Memo
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On February 2, 2018 President Donald Trump approved the release of the “Nunes Memo”, a clearly partisan document authored by GOP Rep. Devin Nunes, whose sole intention was to undermine Robert Mueller and his investigation into Russia’s interference into the 2016 election and the role Donald Trump and his campaign, staff, family and associates may have played, as well as lay the groundwork to fire Rod Rosenstein so Trump can replace him with someone who will do his bidding without question and possibly fire Robert Mueller for no reason other than to obstruct justice and prevent him from inbestigating Trump . Nunes, a former member of Trump’s election team, and the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, who has already had to recuse himself from the House investigation due to his actions to aid the President in obstructing said investigation, authored the memo without reading the underlying intelligence materials. The FBI and DOJ also warned against the release of the memo due to multiple issues, including information taken out of context, deliberately incorrect and partisan info, blatant lies, as well as it containing sensitive and classified information regarding the FISA court and warrants and the process for obtaining such warrants, information they say could lead to former, current or future criminals and terrorists being able to avoid surveillance or potentially assist in their defense in criminal/legal matters. The reason the President gave for the memo’s release was “transparency”.
Now the Democrats have authored a rebuttal. The underlying intelligence was read by the author. The memo was provided to, and reviewed by, the DOJ and FBI prior to it’s intended release so they could make suggestions for redactions. Finally, the entire House Intelligence Committee, in a bipartisan move, unanimously approved its public release. Again, all members of the committee, both Democrat and Republican approved the release. But, this past Friday, President Donald Trump blocked the release of this memo. A move completely counter to his reasoning for his release of the GOP memo a week earlier...”transparency”. There is absolutely no legitimate reason this memo should not be released and the only reason Trump has blocked its release is something he does frequently; attempting to hide the TRUTH, and control the narrative with information he knows to be false. The only way to ensure the Democratic Memo, with truthful and factual information, and rebuttals to the false and misleading claims made in the Nunes Memo, is to demand a vote of the full House of Representatives, and further demand the House vote to approve the memo. This petition calls on all members of the House to do the right thing; the Patriotic thing; the American thing; and override President Trump’s blockage of the Democratic Memo and immediately release it to the public and let the truth speak for itself and let the public decide which memo contains truthfusl and factual information and which contains lies and partisan propaganda.
Now the Democrats have authored a rebuttal. The underlying intelligence was read by the author. The memo was provided to, and reviewed by, the DOJ and FBI prior to it’s intended release so they could make suggestions for redactions. Finally, the entire House Intelligence Committee, in a bipartisan move, unanimously approved its public release. Again, all members of the committee, both Democrat and Republican approved the release. But, this past Friday, President Donald Trump blocked the release of this memo. A move completely counter to his reasoning for his release of the GOP memo a week earlier...”transparency”. There is absolutely no legitimate reason this memo should not be released and the only reason Trump has blocked its release is something he does frequently; attempting to hide the TRUTH, and control the narrative with information he knows to be false. The only way to ensure the Democratic Memo, with truthful and factual information, and rebuttals to the false and misleading claims made in the Nunes Memo, is to demand a vote of the full House of Representatives, and further demand the House vote to approve the memo. This petition calls on all members of the House to do the right thing; the Patriotic thing; the American thing; and override President Trump’s blockage of the Democratic Memo and immediately release it to the public and let the truth speak for itself and let the public decide which memo contains truthfusl and factual information and which contains lies and partisan propaganda.
Why is this important?
The truth about Russia’s interference in the 2016 election needs to be known, and Robert Mueller needs to be able to continue his investigation. Donald Trump cannot be allowed to further obstruct justice and the investigation, as he has already done and continues to attempt to on a frequent basis. The public needs to know the truth and cannot only be allowed to see the clearly partisan Nunes Memo, and should be shown the Democratic rebuttal and allowed to judge the information for themselves. Furthermore, Rod Rosenstein’s position as Deputy AG (and overseer of the Mueller investigation) should not be placed in jeopardy due to partisan lies, misinformation and things taken out of context, as set forth in the Nunes Memo.