Committee votes to release Nunes memo about FBI abuses of FISA warrants

Washington Examiner:
The Republican-led House Intelligence Committee voted Monday to invoke a obscure congressional rule to force the release a classified memo written by Republicans that outlines what they say are abuses of federal surveillance authorities.

Ranking Member Adam Schiff, D-Calif., told reporters that the Republican majority voted Monday night to make the four-page GOP memo public, but voted against the idea of releasing a counter memo written by the Democratic minority.

The four-page memo put together by Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., allegedly details how Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein sought the renewal of a federal court-authorized surveillance warrant against former Trump campaign foreign policy advisor Carter Page.

Also reportedly named in the memo are outgoing FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and former FBI Director James Comey.

By invoking House Rules 10 — which the Congressional Research Service has said has never been invoked before — the memo can now be made public so long as President Trump does not explicitly object within the next five days. The White House has indicated Trump might support the release of the memo, but wasn't specific on Monday about how Trump would decide.
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Trump should expedite its release.  Americans deserve to know how law enforcment abused its use to spy on the Trump camapign using unsupported oppositon research paid for by the Clinton campaign.  The media also needs to reassese its reporting of the matter during the relvant time period.

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