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<\/p>\nAdam Schiff: Sham GOP Memo Was Altered by Devin Nunes Before It Went to White House<\/b>
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A hyper-partisan, not-yet-released\u00a0Republican memo written by Rep. Devin Nunes\u00a0<\/a>which allegedly claims that the FBI and DOJ abused their power with regard to Trump campaign surveillance was altered by Nunes before he sent it to the White House, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said late on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Schiff said the document already had \u201cprofound distortions and inaccuracies\u201d before the changes were made, and called Nunes\u2019 actions \u201cdeeply troubling\u201d because the White House is now reviewing a document that was not shared with nor voted on by the entire House Intelligence Committee.<\/p>\n Schiff called on Republicans to withdraw the document it sent to the White House and called for a new vote on the memo and on another memo, written up by the Democrats on the committee. Majority Republicans have denied Democrats the opportunity to release a memo in response to the Nunes memo.<\/p>\n Tweeted Schiff: \u201cDiscovered late tonight that Chairman Nunes made material changes to the memo he sent to White House \u2013 changes not approved by the Committee. White House therefore reviewing a document the Committee has not approved for release.\u201d<\/p>\n BREAKING: Discovered late tonight that Chairman Nunes made material changes to the memo he sent to White House \u2013 changes not approved by the Committee. White House therefore reviewing a document the Committee has not approved for release. pic.twitter.com\/llhQK9L7l6<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) February 1, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n NBC News adds<\/a>:<\/p>\n Jack Langer, a spokesman for Nunes, confirmed that the memo had been edited, but he told NBC News that the changes included \u201cgrammatical fixes and two edits requested by the FBI and by the Minority themselves,\u201d referring to committee Democrats.<\/p>\n \u201cThe vote to release the memo was absolutely procedurally sound, and in accordance with House and Committee rules,\u201d Langer said. \u201cTo suggest otherwise is a bizarre distraction from the abuses detailed in the memo, which the public will hopefully soon be able to read for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n But a senior Democratic source on the Intelligence Committee disputed that account, telling NBC News that the changes weren\u2019t \u201ccosmetic.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cInstead, they try to water down some of the majority\u2019s assertions,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n In a rare public statement yesterday, the FBI disavowed the memo.<\/p>\n Said the FBI in its statement<\/a>: \u201cWith regard to the House Intelligence Committee\u2019s memorandum, the FBI was provided a limited opportunity to review this memo the day before the committee voted to release it. As expressed during our initial review, we have grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo\u2019s accuracy.\u201d<\/p>\n FBI Director Christopher Wray\u00a0has reportedly urged the White House<\/a>\u00a0not to release the memo. At his State of the Union address last night, Donald Trump was overheard telling a Republican lawmaker that\u00a0he\u2019s \u201c100 percent\u201d going to release the memo<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Adam Schiff: Sham GOP Memo Was Altered by Devin Nunes Before It Went to White House<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n