Trump blocks release of Democratic memo on Russia probe

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White House says national security concerns prevent release

Thomson Reuters

Posted: Feb 09, 2018 8:16 PM ET
Last Updated: Feb 09, 2018 8:16 PM ET

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday blocked the release of a classified memo written by Congressional Democrats that rebutted a Republican document made public last week which alleged anti-Trump bias in the FBI’s Russia probe.

In a letter to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, White House counsel Don McGahn said Trump had decided against approving public release of the memo “because the memorandum contains numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages.” 

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