Amid the storm of controversy surrounding the four-page memo recently circulated to members of the House of Representatives detailing abuses by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Court in the Trump/Russia collusion probe led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, leading Democrats are scrambling. And calling for social media censorship of the topic.
The past week has seen lots of hubbub, commentary, and more than a few “triggered” individuals regarding the memo authored under Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) that shows that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI overstepped legal boundaries to investigate ties between the Trump administration and Russia. Anyone who has paid the slightest attention to news over the last year has heard lots of talk about collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. So this memo is unsurprisingly controversial and riles up both sides of the Russian-ties accusations.
Many Republicans are demanding the short — but supposedly “Watergate-like” — document to be released to the public, saying it supports their claims that the investigations were politically motivated and crossed legal boundaries. Some of those Republicans have said the memo’s public release would cause the end of officials’ careers and that some would go to jail. Democrats have responded by accusing the GOP of a smear campaign to discredit the Mueller probe.
Last week, public outrage over the alleged abuse of government surveillance led to the rise of #ReleaseTheMemo as a trending topic on Twitter and Facebook. Started by leading Republicans, the hashtag quickly took off, encouraging those who want the memo released and embarrassing Democrats who attempted to keep even other members of the House from seeing the memo.
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