Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has told US Senators in a briefing that Russia investigation has moved from counterintelligence into a criminal probe.
According to Emma Loop of Buzzfeed News:
@LissandraVilla Sen. Lindsay Graham said his understanding from the briefing is the investigation has gone from a counterintelligence one to a criminal one.
— Emma Loop (@LoopEmma) May 18, 2017
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@LissandraVilla Graham said as a result, "Congress' ability to conduct investigations of all things Russia has been severely limited."
— Emma Loop (@LoopEmma) May 18, 2017
@LissandraVilla He said appointment of special counsel means Congress is "pretty well knocked out of the game, and that's probably the way it should be."
— Emma Loop (@LoopEmma) May 18, 2017
@LissandraVilla "It was a counterintelligence investigation before now. It seems to me now to be considered a criminal investigation," he said.
— Emma Loop (@LoopEmma) May 18, 2017
@LissandraVilla NEW: Sen. Claire McCaskill says Rosenstein said he learned Comey was getting fired BEFORE he wrote his memo critical of Comey.
— Emma Loop (@LoopEmma) May 18, 2017
The White House excuse that Comey was fired on the recommendation of Rosenstein and Sessions was a complete lie:
Trump told Rosenstein May 8 he wanted Comey fired (before memo); Rosenstein did NOT give a reason why Trump wanted Comey fired, per sens
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 18, 2017
Before the briefing, Republican Senators argued that what they were told must be kept classified. After the briefing, Republicans are talking, and what they are saying is not good for Donald Trump. We now know that this White House is under criminal investigation, and they lied about why Comey was fired.
It is looking more and more like Donald Trump is a dead president walking.
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