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| Trump accuses senior Democrat Adam Schiff of 'illegally leaking' memo details | Trump accuses senior Democrat Adam Schiff of 'illegally leaking' memo details |
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| Donald Trump has accused the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee of "illegally leak[ing] confidential information" in a row over a Republican memo criticising the FBI. | Donald Trump has accused the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee of "illegally leak[ing] confidential information" in a row over a Republican memo criticising the FBI. |
| The President, who agreed to the publication of the memo and said it "vindicated" his claims of unfair surveillance from the intelligence committee, also lashed out at a host of former senior intelligence chiefs. | The President, who agreed to the publication of the memo and said it "vindicated" his claims of unfair surveillance from the intelligence committee, also lashed out at a host of former senior intelligence chiefs. |
| Mr Trump tweeted: "Little Adam Schiff, who is desperate to run for higher office, is one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington, right up there with Comey, Warner, Brennan and Clapper! Adam leaves closed committee hearings to illegally leak confidential information. Must be stopped!" | |
| The tweet refers to ex-FBI director James Comey, senior Democrat Senator Mark Warner, former CIA director John Brennan and James Clapper, the former US Director of National Intelligence. | The tweet refers to ex-FBI director James Comey, senior Democrat Senator Mark Warner, former CIA director John Brennan and James Clapper, the former US Director of National Intelligence. |
| Mr Schiff and Mr Brennan were among those who criticised the release of the Republican memo which, drafted by House Intelligence Committee Devin Nunes, accuses senior FBI and Justice Department officials of using unverified information from a politically biased source when they sought a warrant under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to monitor the communications of former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page and his ties to Russia. | |
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