Committee Votes to Release Democratic Rebuttal to G.O.P. Russia Memo
“And I think that’s fair to let them have their say in the public arena.”
Mr. Nunes’s three-and-a-half-page memo centered on the F. B.I.’s use of material from
a former British spy, Christopher Steele, in the warrant application to spy on Mr.
Mr. Steele was researching possible connections between Russia’s election interference and Trump associates, but the memo said that the F. B.I.
“We will consider it along the same terms that we considered the Nunes memo — which is to allow for a legal review — national security
review — led by the White House Counsel’s Office,” a White House spokesman, Raj Shah, told reporters aboard Air Force One.
If Mr. Trump tries to block the Democratic memo’s release, House rules allow Democrats to
seek a closed-door vote of the full House of Representatives to override the president.
WASHINGTON — The House Intelligence Committee voted unanimously on Monday to make public
a classified Democratic memorandum rebutting Republican claims that the F. B.I.
Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, the Intelligence Committee’s top
Democrat, said the Democrats had already shared their memo with the F. B.I.
