White House: Trump ‘stands ready’ to help Democrats release competing House Intel memo

Published February 2, 2018 7:58pm ET



White House officials are prepared to help Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee release a memo they wrote to dispute one published Friday by Republicans on the committee, press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.

“Earlier today, President Donald J. Trump declassified a memorandum from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The memorandum raises serious concerns about the integrity of decisions made at the highest levels of the Department of Justice and the FBI to use the government’s most intrusive surveillance tools against American citizens,” the White House statement said.

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