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According to NBC News, despite the strong objections of the FBI and Justice Department, the House Intelligence Committee on Friday released the Republican-written memo, which alleges missteps by the FBI regarding surveillance of one of Trump's campaign aides during the 2016 campaign. The committee's move came after Trump approved the release of the memo without redactions.
The memo was prepared by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., who is the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. The three-and-a-half-page memo is a critique of the FBI's application for surveillance authority before the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court, which allowed the FBI to conduct secret surveillance on a Trump campaign aide, Carter Page.
The Democrats said it was "telling" that Nunes "put out this memo without bothering to read the underlying materials, and that he ordered changes to the document without informing his own committee members." They added that its release also shows a "terrible lapse" in leadership by House Speaker Paul Ryan.
GOP Sen. John McCain criticized the release of this Memo. Some other GOP Representatives and GOP Senators have also counter this relaese of the GOP Memo.
But today President Trump says the Surveillance Memo vindicates him in Russia probe.
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