{"id":404240,"date":"2018-02-25T09:22:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T09:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=404240"},"modified":"2018-02-25T12:47:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T12:47:26","slug":"democrats-defend-russia-inquiry-memo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/democrats-defend-russia-inquiry-memo\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats defend Russia inquiry in memo"},"content":{"rendered":"
Democrats on the US House Intelligence Committee have released a memo that counters Republican claims of bias in the investigation into alleged\u00a0Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential poll.<\/p>\n
It says the FBI and justice department did not – as the Republicans allege – abuse powers to spy on Carter Page, Donald\u00a0Trump’s former campaign aide.<\/p>\n
Mr Page is suspected of being an agent of the\u00a0Russian government.<\/p>\n
Mr\u00a0Trump\u00a0dismissed the new memo as a “total political and legal bust”.<\/p>\n
He has repeatedly denied any collusion between his campaign and\u00a0Russia.<\/p>\n
The 10-page Democratic memo\u00a0was released on Saturday. Parts of the document were redacted to avoid revealing intelligence gathering sources.<\/p>\n
It calls\u00a0a Republican memo published by Republican members of the Intelligence Committee\u00a0earlier this month a “transparent effort to undermine” the FBI, the justice department and investigations into possible collusion between the\u00a0Trump\u00a0campaign and\u00a0Russia.<\/p>\n