2016 ELECTION/DEMS/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A feud flared over the weekend between President Donald Trump and the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee over the release of a Democratic memo defending federal investigators’ handling of surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser.
Rep. Adam Schiff of California accused the White House of delaying the memo’s release until the weekend to minimize news coverage, while the president said Mr. Schiff leaks information from the committee and is a ‘bad guy.’
The back-and-forth, playing out on TV and Twitter , followed the release Saturday of a 10-page memo written by Mr. Schiff that aimed to rebut an earlier Republican memo alleging federal officials improperly relied on Democratic-funded opposition research to get a warrant to spy on the former Trump adviser, Carter Page.
Democrats had wanted the memo to be released side-by-side with the GOP memo on Feb. 2. A week later Mr. Trump, citing national-security concerns, delayed the release while committee Democrats and Federal Bureau of Investigation and Justice Department officials negotiated over redactions. That process ended late last week, clearing the way for the memo’s release on Saturday, White House officials said.”
-Peter Nicholas, “Trump, Top Democrat Make Dispute Over Memo Personal,” The Wall Street Journal online, Feb. 25, 2018 05:08pm