Washington (CNN) – President Donald Trump continues to tell his associates he believes the highly controversial Republican memo alleging the FBI abused its surveillance tools could help discredit the Russia investigation, multiple sources familiar with White House discussions said.
In recent phone calls, Trump has told friends he believes the memo would expose bias within the agency’s top ranks and make it easier for him to argue the Russia investigations are prejudiced against him, according to two sources.
As the debate rages about whether the GOP memo is inaccurate and misleading — and whether it’s appropriate to reveal such classified intelligence at all — Trump appears to be more preoccupied with the political calculus. He views the memo as proof the intelligence community was unfairly targeting him and fodder for his ultimate goal of bringing an end to the Russia investigation that he has dubbed a “witch hunt,” sources said.
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JUST IN: President Trump is telling friends he thinks the highly controversial GOP memo alleging FBI abuses of the law can help discredit the Russia investigation, sources say https://t.co/TqVkrv8zdj pic.twitter.com/RHwQbf6HR7
— CNN (@CNN) February 1, 2018
New reporting has established beyond doubt: Trump hopes to use the Nunes memo to target Rod Rosenstein and hamper Mueller probe.
And so, any Republican who supports releasing the memo knows full well they are enabling that possibility.
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— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 1, 2018
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