Rep. Jim Himes said Tuesday he believes the Democratic memo will be released, but said he doesn’t think the White House will be as supportive of the release as they were with the Republican memo.
“I guess I would bet against the White House saying what it said with the Republican memo, which was 100 percent, it’s going out. I think we’re going to see some noise. I think we’re going to see some obstacles,” Mr. Himes, Connecticut Democrat, said on CNN.
Republicans released a memo Friday, drafted by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, California Republican, regarding the use of an unverified dossier to gather surveillance warrants on some members of Mr. Trump’s campaign team. Democrats say this allegation is based on cherry-picked information from the source documents, and their memo will provide clarification.
But Mr. Himes, also a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said the facts of who is right may not even matter anymore because the damage to the institutions within the justice system is already done.
“It served it’s purpose. Because now there’s a meaningful percentage, it’s not a huge percentage, but there’s a meaningful percentage of the American people running around saying, ’Gosh, that FBI, I’m not too sure they’re on the up and up,’ ” he said.
“It’s a terrible, terrible thing because there was a time when people stood up for facts and what was true,” Mr. Himes added.
• Sally Persons can be reached at spersons@washingtontimes.com.
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