Here's what you need to know about the Republican memo everyone is talking about
WASHINGTON_For weeks, it has sometimes seemed that the only thing people in Washington were talking about was a classified memo that almost no one was actually allowed to read.
Now that it's public, it's time to break down what this controversial document is all about.
Question: Where did the memo come from?
Answer: The memo was written by staff working for Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., who chairs the House Intelligence Committee and is one of President Donald Trump's closest allies in Congress. With the support of House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., Nunes spent months demanding sensitive records from the FBI and the Justice Department, including the highly classified evidence used to support a warrant
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