FBI Officials Tell Fox They Can't Find 'Inaccuracies' in Memo
Memo could be released anytime.
1.30.2018
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While Democrats and their allies in the media continue their attempts to discredit the Nunes memo on potential abuses at the FBI and Department of Justice, Fox News is reporting that two sources inside the FBI are saying there are no inaccuracies:
Two senior FBI officials have now reviewed a controversial Republican staff memo alleging abuses of government surveillance programs during the 2016 presidential campaign, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News – adding that the officials “could not point to any factual inaccuracies.”The two officials – one from the bureau’s counterintelligence division and the other from the legal division – followed up after an initial review of the memo during a rare Sunday trip to Capitol Hill by FBI Director Christopher Wray.
The House Intelligence Committee voted to release the memo on Monday night, which gives the president up to five days to consider whether to allow its release or block it. Several media reports indicate the memo could be released shortly after the State of the Union speech on Tuesday night.
Opponents of releasing the memo claim it would compromise national security, something Fox reports was on the minds of those that drafted it, saying the memo was “drafted deliberately to eliminate national security information” that could be damaging:
House Republicans have indicated the memo speaks to whether the unverified anti-Trump dossier was used to secure or extend surveillance warrants for Americans, including a Trump associate.
After initially being ignored by most mainstream media outlets, many more have picked up on the story even if only to claim it to be false or partisan in nature.
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