BFF-05 Trump won’t declassify Democratic memo on Russia probe

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Trump won’t declassify Democratic memo on Russia probe

WASHINGTON, Feb 10, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – The White House said Friday that
President Donald Trump has decided not to declassify a memo written by
Democratic lawmakers regarding the Russia probe.

In a letter to the chair of the House intelligence committee, White House
counsel Don McGahn said the memo “contains numerous properly classified and
especially sensitive passages” and for this reason Trump is unable to
declassify it.

The Democrats’ memo aimed to counter a Republican-drafted one that itself
was declassified and released by the president. The Republican text alleges
anti-Trump bias in the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 US
election that brought Trump to power.

BSS/AFP/MRI/ 0826 hrs