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Saturday, February 3, 2018

News Alert: Republicans open to releasing Democrats' countermemo

 
 
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Republicans open to releasing Democrats' countermemo
Facing mounting political pressure, Republicans are signaling increasing openness to releasing a  Democratic rebuttal to a controversial GOP memo made public Friday by the House Intelligence Committee.

Republican lawmakers said Friday evening and Saturday morning that they would be willing to consider releasing a memo by intelligence committee Democrats, which is still classified after the Republicans on the committee made public a four-page document alleging abuses by the FBI and Justice Department. 

Some Republicans on the committee and Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Ohio) have signaled that they are open to making the Democratic rebuttal public.

But many have been steadfast in claiming that the Democratic memo would first need to be scoured to ensure that it does not divulge information that could endanger national security or intelligence gathering.
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