FBI/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A secret Republican memo alleging FBI bias against President Donald Trump likely will be released on Thursday [2-1-18], a Trump administration official said, a move that would put the White House in direct confrontation with the top U.S. law enforcement agency.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a rare rebuke on Wednesday to the president and his fellow Republicans in Congress who are pushing to release the four-page document crafted by Republican members of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee… Justice Department officials have also said releasing the memo could jeopardize classified information. The administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity on Wednesday night, did not elaborate on the expected release.
The fight over the memo reflects a wider battle over Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s criminal probe into potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia to help him win the 2016 presidential election. Russia and Trump have both denied the allegations. Mueller’s investigation and the FBI probe that preceded it have hung over Trump’s year-old presidency.
Democrats say the four-page memo is misleading, based on a selective use of highly classified data and intended to discredit Mueller’s investigation.”
-Steve Holland and Warren Strobel, “Disregarding FBI, White House to release Republican memo: official,” Reuters, Feb. 1, 2018 06:42am