Democrats prepared to redact memo
WASHINGTON â Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are prepared to black out parts of their memo about the FBI's Russia investigation to ensure there's no harmful spilling of secrets  then try again to get  President Donald Trump  to let it come out. A White House aide said he's confident it will be released once Democrats "clean it up."
Rep. Adam Schiff of California  senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee  said  Trump  is putting his personal interest above the country's in blocking a memo that "completely undermines his claim of vindication" in special counsel Robert Mueller's continuing investigation of the 2016  Trump  campaign's relationship with Russian interests and Russia's meddling in the election. " The president  doesn't want the public to see the underlying facts " Schiff said Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation."
The White House legislative director  Marc Short  countered that Democrats padded their memo with sensitive information  knowing  Trump  would stop  its  release  in an effort to make him look obstructionist.
 Trump  overrode strong Justice Department objections when  he  declassified a Republican memo alleging an abuse of surveillance powers in the FBI's Russia investigation. The FBI expressed "grave concerns" about the memo's accuracy and the Justice Department said in advance that its release  without proper review  would be "extraordinarily reckless."
But  Trump  has blocked the Democratic document  which tries to counter the Republican allegations of surveillance excesses.  The president  has the authority to keep such information under wraps  and exercised it only against the Democrats.
"Their goal here is to put the FBI on trial  to put Bob Mueller's investigation on trial  and  the president  is only too happy to accommodate " Schiff said.
WASHINGTON â Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are prepared to black out parts of their memo about the FBI's Russia investigation to ensure there's no harmful spilling of secrets  then try again to get   [TGT] to let it come out. A White House aide said he's confident it will be released once Democrats "clean it up."
Rep. Adam Schiff of California  senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee  said   [TGT] is putting  [TGT]  personal interest above the country's in blocking a memo that "completely undermines  [TGT]  claim of vindication" in special counsel Robert Mueller's continuing investigation of the 2016   [TGT]   campaign's relationship with Russian interests and Russia's meddling in the election. "  [TGT] doesn't want the public to see the underlying facts " Schiff said Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation."
The White House legislative director  Marc Short  countered that Democrats padded their memo with sensitive information  knowing   [TGT] would stop   [TGT]   release  in an effort to make him look obstructionist.
  [TGT] overrode strong Justice Department objections when   [TGT]   declassified a Republican memo alleging an abuse of surveillance powers in the FBI's Russia investigation. The FBI expressed "grave concerns" about the memo's accuracy and the Justice Department said in advance that its release  without proper review  would be "extraordinarily reckless."
But   [TGT] has blocked the Democratic document  which tries to counter the Republican allegations of surveillance excesses.  The president  has the authority to keep such information under wraps  and exercised it only against the Democrats.
"Their goal here is to put the FBI on trial  to put Bob Mueller's investigation on trial  and  the president  is only too happy to accommodate " Schiff said.