On Friday, it’s expected that President Trump will approve a Republican memo about the FBI. The memo supposedly reveals that the FBI abused their authority and surveillance tools, possibly affecting the Russia investigation. However, there has been disagreement over what the memo actually says. Some Republicans say that the memo argues that political bias interfered with the investigation. Others, including Paul Ryan, have denied that the memo indicts the FBI or lies about the Russia investigation. Democrats have accused the Republicans on the Intelligence Committee of making changes to the memo after it was voted on, but before Trump reviewed it. The two disagree on the extent and number of changes.
Many have voiced their displeasure at Trump’s plan to release the memo. The FBI and some of Trump’s national security officers have warned him that it lacks important context and its release could jeopardize sensitive information. Moreover, it’s believed that Trump will use the memo to accuse the FBI’s top ranks of having bias and to undermine the legitimacy of the Russia investigation.
\With the controversy of the changes to the memo, I definitely believe that the committee should restart the process. The memo could reveal incriminating information and there’s no need to rush its release, so it should be approved by as many eyes as possible. I wasn’t surprised that Trump didn’t address the Russia investigation during the State of the Union, but in my opinion, if he really wants to promote bipartisanship, then he shouldn’t be pushing the publication of a memo that supposedly reveals how political bias has tainted government investigations and agencies.
What impact do you think the release of this memo will have? In this circumstance, do you think it’s appropriate to be releasing somewhat classified intelligence information?
Many have voiced their displeasure at Trump’s plan to release the memo. The FBI and some of Trump’s national security officers have warned him that it lacks important context and its release could jeopardize sensitive information. Moreover, it’s believed that Trump will use the memo to accuse the FBI’s top ranks of having bias and to undermine the legitimacy of the Russia investigation.
\With the controversy of the changes to the memo, I definitely believe that the committee should restart the process. The memo could reveal incriminating information and there’s no need to rush its release, so it should be approved by as many eyes as possible. I wasn’t surprised that Trump didn’t address the Russia investigation during the State of the Union, but in my opinion, if he really wants to promote bipartisanship, then he shouldn’t be pushing the publication of a memo that supposedly reveals how political bias has tainted government investigations and agencies.
What impact do you think the release of this memo will have? In this circumstance, do you think it’s appropriate to be releasing somewhat classified intelligence information?
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I feel like many of us are not supporters of Trump and his actions, which is why we may not want him to allow the release of this memo for his own reasons, but the people should know the truth about what's going on with the Russian investigations, and if that truth is that Democrats are simply applying their bias into an investigation to attack Trump's presidency and popularity, then the people should know that. I know that this memo will not tell the whole truth about the investigation, but if it can take us a step further in knowing the truth, then it should be released. I definitely would not want the truth to be that Democrats are only trying to sabotage Trump by holding investigations, but whatever it may be, the American people deserve to know.
At the Intelligence Committee level, the Republicans decided to only send their memo to Trump to be declassified and released to the public. They refused to give him the Democratic memo which provides context for the Republican memo. People are wondering why the Democratic memo has not been released along with the Republican memo which would give Americans the full picture. Because of this, many Republicans on the committee have decided that they would authorize the release of the memo as long as the president agrees to declassify it. Trump's decision on whether to declassify the Democratic memo will show people whether he really cares about just himself and his image or being fair with the information that is out there.
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