President Trump Defends Decision Not Releasing Democrats’ FISA Memo, Tells Dems To Re-Do and Send Back
By Joseph Weber, Fox News // February 10, 2018
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(FOX NEWS) – President Trump on Saturday defended his decision to send the Democrats’ memo on the Russia probe back for edits — accusing them of playing politics for submitting a document laden with “sources and methods” too sensitive to make public.
“The Democrats sent a very political and long response memo which they knew, because of sources and methods (and more), would have to be heavily redacted, whereupon they would blame the White House for lack of transparency,” Trump tweeted early Saturday morning. “Told them to re-do and send back in proper form!”
Trump’s remarks came a day after the White House notified the House Intelligence Committee that the president was “unable” to declassify the memo, citing national security concerns.
In a letter to the committee, White House counsel Don McGahn said the memo contains “numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages” and asks the committee to revise it with the help of the Justice Department.
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The Democrats sent a very political and long response memo which they knew, because of sources and methods (and more), would have to be heavily redacted, whereupon they would blame the White House for lack of transparency. Told them to re-do and send back in proper form!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2018
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