Trump had no such concerns about an earlier classified memo written by Republicans, which he declassified in full on Feb. That sent the Democrats back to negotiations with the FBI, which approved a redacted version. The White House had objected to the Democratic memo’s release, citing national security concerns on Feb. President Donald Trump himself seized on this point in a tweet Saturday evening: “Dem Memo: FBI did not disclose who the clients were – the Clinton Campaign and the DNC. Republicans say that is not enough, since Clinton and the DNC were not named. ![]() The Democratic memo contends that the Justice Department disclosed “the assessed political motivation of those who hired him” and that Steele was likely hired by someone “looking for information that could be used to discredit” then-candidate Trump’s campaign. The Democratic document attempts to undercut and add context to some of the main points from the GOP memo, including the GOP assertion that the FBI obtained the surveillance warrant without disclosing that former British spy Christopher Steele’s anti-Trump research was funded by Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee. ![]() The Democratic memo’s release on Saturday was the latest development in an extraordinary back and forth between Republicans and Democrats about the credibility of not only the multiple inquiries into links between the Trump campaign and Russia, but also about the credibility of the nation’s top law enforcement agencies. Two weeks after President Donald Trump blocked the full release of a classified Democratic memo, the House intelligence committee published a redacted version of the document that aims to counter a narrative that Republicans on the committee have promoted for months – that the FBI and Justice Department conspired against Trump as they investigated his ties to Russia.
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