Memo by House Intelligence Committee Democrats released as Nunes addresses CPAC
Ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., questions witnesses as chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., looks on during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing concerning Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, on Capitol Hill, on March 20, 2017. (Getty Images)
A much awaited memo drafted by Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and the other Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee was released Saturday evening just as Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., the panel’s chairman, addressed an annual gathering of conservatives.
The memo is the Democrats’ effort to respond to recent Republican efforts, led by Nunes, that have argued the Department of Justice, the FBI and the special counsel investigation led by Robert Mueller are infected with political bias against the Trump campaign and the president.
“FBI and DOJ officials did not ‘abuse’ the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) process, omit material information, or subvert this vital tool to spy on the Trump campaign,” the Democratic memo asserts.
The FBI and DOJ “would have been remiss in their duty to protect the country had they not sought a FISA warrant and repeated renewals to conduct temporary surveillance of Carter Page,” the Democrats also write, adding “DOJ met the rigor, transparency and evidentiary basis needed to meet FISA’s probable cause requirement.”
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