House panel clears release of Democrats’ rebuttal to GOP memo, forcing showdown with Trump

The following article by Karoun Demirjian and Devlin Barrett was posted on the Washington Post website February 5, 2018:

Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) on Feb. 5 said the House Intelligence Committee voted to release Democrats’ response to a GOP memo alleging surveillance abuses. (The Washington Post)

The House Intelligence Committee voted unanimously Monday to release a Democratic rebuttal to GOP accusations that the FBI misled a secret surveillance court. President Trump now has five days to decide whether the information will become public.

The vote means the political rancor roiling Congress is likely to continue. Each party has accused the other of misrepresenting sensitive intelligence surrounding the ongoing probe into whether any Trump associates coordinated with Russia to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. Continue reading “House panel clears release of Democrats’ rebuttal to GOP memo, forcing showdown with Trump”