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In a turnabout, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee are expected to vote in favor of releasing the Democratic response to the Nunes memo, which Democrats had wanted released simultaneously. President Trump again would have five days to either block the release of the Democratic memo, authorize its release but not declassify it, or declassify it and authorize its release. He could also release it himself or send it back to he House to allow them to release it if they still wanted to.
Speaker Paul Ryan supports the release of the Democratic memo as long as the same procedures as the Nunes memo went through are followed.
Will Trump allow the memo to be released?
Even though last week GOP lawmakers touted “transparency” when choosing to release the Nunes memo over the objections of the FBI and DOJ, some Republicans are putting up roadblocks to releasing the Democrats’ memo.Â
Curiously, Sarah Huckabee Sanders retweeted this odd tweet from a right wing Trump-supporting journalist.
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