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Order For Declassification Of Three Categories

Complete release below. Let's see what it says.

Statement from the Press Secretary

Issued on: September 17, 2018

"At the request of a number of committees of Congress, and for reasons of transparency, the President has directed the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Justice (including the FBI) to provide for the immediate declassification of the following materials: (1) pages 10-12 and 17-34 of the June 2017 application to the FISA court in the matter of Carter W. Page; (2) all FBI reports of interviews with Bruce G. Ohr prepared in connection with the Russia investigation; and (3) all FBI reports of interviews prepared in connection with all Carter Page FISA applications.

In addition, President Donald J. Trump has directed the Department of Justice (including the FBI) to publicly release all text messages relating to the Russia investigation, without redaction, of James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, and Bruce Ohr."

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-34/

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Lawyer for Kavanaugh accuser downplayed sexual misconduct allegations against Clinton, Franken

Lawyer for Kavanaugh accuser downplayed sexual misconduct allegations against Clinton, Franken

".....But while her client's claims have raised bipartisan concerns about Kavanaugh, Katz, a longtime Democratic donor known for representing sexual harassment accusers, also has a history of downplaying or dismissing accusations made by women against Democratic politicians -- including former President Bill Clinton and former Minnesota Sen. Al Franken.

“Paula Jones' suit is very, very, very weak,” Katz said on CNN’s “Talkback Live” in March 1998 in a discussion about Jones’ claims against Clinton, according to a show transcript. “She's alleged one incident that took place in a hotel room that, by her own testimony, lasted 10 to 12 minutes. She suffered no repercussions in the workplace.” ....

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/17/lawyer-for-kavanaugh-accuser-downplayed-sexual-misconduct-allegations-against-clinton-franken.html

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Sessions invites 24 state attorneys general to summit on social media monopolies

Sessions invites 24 state attorneys general to summit on social media monopolies

" ....Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry told PJ Media that investigating Facebook and Google on anti-trust and consumer protection issues “shouldn’t be a partisan issue.”

“I’ve got some Democratic AG friends that are concerned about the anti-trust position in the market in relation to the consumer,” Landry said. “The same fundamentals that allow Facebook or Google to control the free market and hurt consumers are the same fundamentals that allow them to suppress content.”

Landry accused social media companies of creating “a virtual fence around the free market.”

Chris Gacek, a senior fellow at the Family Research Council, said that “you probably only need five states” to get involved in pressuring the tech giants “and you can really mess these guys up.” ...

https://www.worldtribune.com/sessions-invites-24-state-attorneys-general-to-summit-on-social-media-monopolies/

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The Manafort Plea Agreement

If anyone cares to read the plea agreement the attorney writing this article has posted it on SCRIBD. 

THE MANAFORT PLEA AGREEMENT

On Friday Paul Manafort agreed to a guilty plea to resolve the pending federal charges against him in the District of Columbia (the pending charges set forth in a superseding criminal information), the charges remaining against him in the Eastern District of Virginia and to the related charge of obstruction of justice. None of it has anything ot do with the Trump presidential campaign, of course, but the agreement leaves open the possibility that Manafort might be prosecuted “for any crimes not included within th[e] agreement.” I have embedded a copy of the letter agreement below via Scribd.

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/09/the-manafort-plea-agreement.php

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House Intel Committee To Release Transcripts Of Trump-Russia Witness Interviews

Getting interesting.

HOUSE INTEL COMMITTEE TO RELEASE TRANSCRIPTS OF TRUMP-RUSSIA WITNESS INTERVIEWS

"House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes said Sunday that he plans to release transcripts of interviews with around 70 witnesses in the Trump-Russia probe within the next few weeks....."

https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/16/house-intelligence-russia-transcripts/

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WaPo Slams NYT Over Embarrassing Nikki Haley "Drape-Gate" Retraction

Can journalists not research articles before they post them???? Guess a hit piece is a hit piece.

WaPo Slams NYT Over Embarrassing Nikki Haley "Drape-Gate" Retraction

The  New York Times  on Thursday wrote an incredibly  ham-handed hit-piece  on UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, suggesting that she had spent over $52,000 on curtains at the official ambassador's residence. 

Except,  she didn't. The curtains were installed during the Obama administration, while Susan Rice stayed there at a cost of approximately $135,000 per month - over twice what Haley's rent costs, according to the Daily Caller's Kyle Becker.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-15/wapo-slams-nyt-over-embarrassing-nikki-haley-drape-gate-retraction

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