FOX News: Trump to declassify surveillance memo, sources say – as Pelosi seeks Nunes ouster
President Trump is expected to swiftly declassify a controversial memo on purported surveillance abuses, sources tell Fox News, even as Democrats raise objections that edits were made to the document since it was approved for release by a key committee.
Those objections fueled a new round of partisan recriminations on Thursday, with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi firing off a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan demanding the chairman of that committee, Republican Devin Nunes, be removed.
“Chairman Nunes’ deliberately dishonest actions make him unfit to serve as Chairman, and he must be immediately removed from this position,” she wrote.
But the objections don’t appear to be halting the publication plans.
The release is likely to come Friday morning, Fox News is told.
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WNU Editor: Today's media-political focus is on when will this memo be released. My money is on tomorrow, and it will dominate the media narrative for the weekend. But the report from the Inspector General for the Justice Department on all of these issues will soon be coming out .... and that is the report that all of us should be waiting for.
More News On Reports That The White House Will Declassify The Secret Memo On The FBI Tomorrow
White House 'to release' secret memo on FBI -- BBC
Trump to allow release of controversial memo: reports -- The Hill
White House works to release Republican memo amid warnings -- Reuters
Trump expected to approve release of memo following redactions requested by intelligence officials -- Washington Post
Trump seems close to letting GOP Russia memo out -- AP
