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    Democrat Says Memo 'Deliberately Misleading,' Trump Says It 'Totally Vindicates' Him

    Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee released his own document Saturday. It rebuts details in the memo by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., released Friday.
    by Brakkton Booker Feb 03, 2018 6 minutes
    President Trump tweeted Saturday that the recently released Nunes memo proves the Russia probe is "an American disgrace."

    Updated 8:26 p.m. ET

    House Democrats went on the offensive Saturday amidst a controversy surrounding a memo released a day earlier that argues the Justice Department and the FBI abused their surveillance authority.

    Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, released a 6-page rebuttal memo he's circulated to his colleagues and given to the media, including NPR.

    The document lays out several arguments to counter the memo by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. The Nadler release was first reported on by NBC News Saturday, hours after President Trump had heralded the Nunes memo on Twitter, saying it "totally vindicates" him and calling the ongoing Russia probe "an American disgrace."

    The Nadler document claims the Nunes memo is "deliberately misleading and deeply wrong on the law" in its central allegation of wrongdoing by the FBI and DOJ. It also says the Nunes memo "does not provide a single shred of evidence" that the information in the infamous, unverified Trump-Russia dossier was "inaccurate in any way."

    Speaking Saturday, Nadler said he was worried the president would use information in Nunes memo as a reason to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein who is overseeing the Russia probe being conducted by special counsel Robert Mueller.

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