Washington braces for polarizing Nunes memo

The classified Republican memo that has become a lightning rod in the battle between Republicans and Democrats over federal surveillance tactics is poised to be released as early as Friday, a move that’s likely to start a new battle over what it says about the trustworthiness of the Justice Department and the FBI.

Thursday night, Republicans were still playing up the importance of the memo, after spending weeks hinting that it will show the government used cherry-picked information from Democrats to launch an investigation into Donald Trump’s campaign team.