"It is telling that Chairman Nunes put out this memo without bothering to read the underlying materials, and that he ordered changes to the document without informing his own committee members. It is a terrible lapse in leadership that Speaker Ryan failed to intervene and prevent the abuse of classified materials in this way.
"It is tragic, if all too predictable, that this President would allow the release of the memo despite FBI and DOJ’s expressions of 'grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the [Republicans’] memo’s accuracy.' But most destructive of all may be the announcement by Chairman Nunes that he has placed the FBI and DOJ under investigation, impugning and impairing the work of the dedicated professionals trying to keep our country safe."
—Adam Schiff, D-CA, Ranking Member,
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 2, 2018
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