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Report: Political Bias At the Highest Levels of DOJ in Russia Collusion Investigation

<p>Republican lawmakers are demanding the release of a Top Secret report they say reveals political bias at the highest levels of the FBI and DOJ&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;I&rsquo&semi;m here to tell all of America tonight that I&rsquo&semi;m shocked to read exactly what has taken place&comma;&rdquo&semi; said North Carolina Rep&period; Mark Meadows &lpar;R&rpar;&period; &ldquo&semi;I thought it could never happen in a country that loves freedom and democracy like this country&period; It is time that we become transparent with all of this&comma; and I&rsquo&semi;m calling on our leadership to make this available so all Americans can judge for themselves&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The report was compiled by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes &lpar;R-CA&rpar;&comma; who stepped away from the committee&rsquo&semi;s investigation last year after allegations of coordination with the White House&period; The 4-page report contains evidence of FISA abuse and &ldquo&semi;raises serious questions about the upper echelon of the Obama DOJ and Comey FBI as it relates to the so-called collusion investigation&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Rep&period; Lee Zeldin &lpar;R-NY&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Edward Snowden said the report&comma; had it been released just one day earlier&comma; would have altered the results of Thursday night&rsquo&semi;s vote to reauthorize a FISA provision that allows US intel to spy on foreign targets&period; &ldquo&semi;If this memo had been known prior to the vote&comma; FISA reauth would have failed&period; These abuses must be made public&comma; and &commat;realDonaldTrump should send the bill back with a veto&comma;&rdquo&semi; tweeted Snowden on Friday&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>All members of the House were allowed to view the report after the House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines to approve a motion by Rep&period; Pete King &lpar;R-NY&rpar; on Thursday&period; &ldquo&semi;The sickening reality has set in&comma;&rdquo&semi; said King&period; &ldquo&semi;I no longer hold out hope there is an innocent explanation&hellip&semi;it is worse than Watergate&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The report could be made public with a majority vote from the Intelligence Committee&comma; as long as the White House voices no objections within five days of the vote&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Republicans say the report contains evidence that the FBI and DOJ have conspired to undermine Trump&rsquo&semi;s presidency&comma; but they are barred from discussing the details&period;&nbsp&semi; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;The revelations contained in the memo&hellip&semi;have a compelling public interest and must be declassified and released as soon as possible&comma;&rdquo&semi; said the Republican Steering Committee&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;You think about&comma; &lsquo&semi;is this happening in America or is this the KGB&quest;&rsquo&semi; That&rsquo&semi;s how alarming this is&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Rep&period; Scott Perry &lpar;R-PA&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>If released&comma; the report could shed light on&nbsp&semi;questions related to&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&bull&semi; The unmasking controversy&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&bull&semi; Roles of DOJ official Bruce Ohr and FBI agents Lisa Page and Peter Strzok<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&bull&semi; Whether the FBI used the Steele dossier to gain a politically motivated FISA warrant to spy on Trump<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;Some of the very people we have been talking about will be exposed is the key reason that all Americans need to see this memo&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Rep&period; Matt Gaetz &lpar;R-FL&rpar;&comma; adding that people could lose their jobs if the memo goes public&period; &ldquo&semi;It names names&period; It says who was involved with who&comma; how different actors and characters we heard about interacted with one another&comma; and that is a type of information that we need all Americans to see immediately&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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