Former FBI Director Comey Loses His Mind After FISA Memo Release

James Comey, the former FBI director, went off on Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee after they released a memo alleging that the Department of Justice abused it’s surveillance programs in order to spy on Trump during the 2016 presidential election. Comey tweeted: “That’s it?”

“Dishonest and misleading memo wrecked the House intel committee, destroyed trust with Intelligence Community, damaged relationship with FISA court, and inexcusably exposed classified investigation of an American citizen. For what?” Comey tweeted Friday.

“DOJ & FBI must keep doing their jobs,” he added.

That’s it? Dishonest and misleading memo wrecked the House intel committee, destroyed trust with Intelligence Community, damaged relationship with FISA court, and inexcusably exposed classified investigation of an American citizen. For what? DOJ & FBI must keep doing their jobs.

— James Comey (@Comey) February 2, 2018

The memo was released shortly after it was approved by Donald Trump. The document was created by the House Intelligence Committee chairman  Devin Nunes and other on the Committee who alleged that the surveillance program was abused.

The memo also claims that the Steele dossier was partially funded by the Democratic National Committee, in order to obtain the right to spy on Trump aids and Trump himself.

The FBI does not make a lot of public statements, but they did surrounding the possible release of the memo, warning against it. Comey praised the FBI for “speaking up” on Thursday.

All should appreciate the FBI speaking up. I wish more of our leaders would. But take heart: American history shows that, in the long run, weasels and liars never hold the field, so long as good people stand up. Not a lot of schools or streets named for Joe McCarthy.

— James Comey (@Comey) February 1, 2018

Democrats slammed the release of the memo, and tried their best to discredit it. They even claimed that it was altered before it was brought before the president.

The Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee said House Republicans were “complicit in efforts to obstruct justice” by releasing the memo. Could they be more dramatic or wrong? This is justice, releasing information of illegal moves by government agencies to the public is one of the ways to have real transparency, the public needs to know what is going on.

The Democrats are very upset that this illegal surveillance tactic is being revealed to the public, it looks like they will have to find another way to spy on Trump.