Thread by @girlsreallyrule

I have read the #NunesMemo and will now break it down, point by ridiculous point. 1. 2nd pp: "Page is a US Citizen who served as a volunteer to the Trump Campaign-"Nunes states this as a fact-this directly disputes what Trump says: Page was never involved in his campaign.

2. Nunes details HOW the FISA warrant was obtained/references the direct reasons justifying it despite never having read the FISA warrant and not providing the underlying intelligence to the public to determine if this assessment is correct-we're supposed to take his word for it.

3. Steel is a respected investigator, whose claims have been proven. The FBI has funded his work as well. To claim Steele was involved does not discredit the basis of the application. But we have no way to know what the true basis was, as this was not released w/ the #NunesMemo.

4. The Memo specifically calls out 5 people involved in the FISA warrant:
Comey
McCabe
Yates
Boente
Rosenstein
These 5 people only are specifically named in the #NunesMemo-this is highly suspect considering there are so many other people of import involved, inducing FISA judges.

5. This Memo implies that the 5 named people, specifically Rosenstein, failed to "properly vet" the material involved in renewing the FISA warrant, which could form a basis for Trump justifying his termination. Again, the evidence for the FISA application has not been released.

6. The argument that Steel's encounters with the media "violated the cardinal rule of source handling" is absurd and the memo gives no cite or reference for these procedures.

7. It is implied that Deputy AG, Bruce Ohr, lacks credibility because he "worked closely" with Yates and Rosenstein. This implies some improper professional behavior by the three that is unsubstantiated. Also, Ohr WAS opposed to Trump because he had knowledge of the intel on him.

8. Nunes makes the claim that the Steele Dossier was unreliable for the FISA warrant because it was in it's "infancy," but he never read the warrant-so this is an assumption and we can't see the evidence of exactly WHAT the warrant was based on ie how much of the Steel Dossier.

9. Nunes admits that the Papdapoulos information "triggered the opening of an FBI investigation in July of 2016." It is therefore possible that the FISA warrant relied on portions of THIS investigation by the FBI itself more than or in conjunction with the Steele Dossier.

10. Finally-the #NunesMemo implies that the FISA judges would have to be complicit in orchestrating a false warrant WITH the FBI AND the DOJ. To accuse all 3 of these groups of orchestrating a conspiracy against Trump is absurd, unlikely and irresponsible.