Press Release

Sacramento, CA – Congressman Ami Bera, Vice Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement today in response to President Trump's decision to publish the House Intelligence Committee's Republican memo:

"Having read both the Republican and Democratic memos prepared by the House Intelligence Committee, the president's decision to only publish the Republican version is dangerous. The memo released today is misleading and misrepresents facts in what appears to be an attempt to undermine Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

Despite urgings from the Justice Department and others in the intelligence community not to release the memo, the president has not heeded their advice. What's more, the FBI took the unusual step to issue a statement saying they have ‘grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo's accuracy.'

Any release of classified intelligence should be reviewed by the appropriate agencies to ensure the information is accurate. All Americans should stand up to politicizing intelligence and attacks against law enforcement. I urge Congress and the president to immediately declassify and publish the corresponding Democratic memo. Americans deserve full transparency."

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