President Donald Trump has approved the release of a classified memo compiled by House Republicans on the intelligence committee, clearing the way for its release Friday, multiple outlets report.
SCOOP – @FoxNews IS TOLD @realDonaldTrump WILL DECLASSIFY THE FISA MEMO AND TRANSMIT BACK TO HPSCI TOMORROW MORNING FOR RELEASE
— John Roberts (@johnrobertsFox) February 1, 2018
The document allegedly contains proof that some of the top officials in the Obama-era national security establishment abused their authority to obtain surveillance warrants on members of the Trump 2016 campaign. House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes assembled the memo with fellow Intel committee members and staff based on classified information turned over by the FBI and the DOJ.
NEW: President expected this morning to approve release of controversial Nunes memo challenging origins of Russia investigation. Also: White House agreed to FBI requests for redactions. w/the great @carolleonnig and @nakashimae:https://t.co/C1zsjGzawh
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) February 1, 2018
The memo will be released with some technical redactions requested by the FBI who continue to object to the document’s release.
“As expressed during our initial review, we have grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo’s accuracy,” the bureau said in a rare public statement Wednesday.