Leading congressional Democrats are looking to stall the process to release documents related to the Russia investigation, which President Donald Trump ordered declassified on Monday.
The four Democrats expressed "Profound alarm" at Trump's order to declassify the records.
Trump ordered the Justice Department and Office of the Director of National Intelligence to begin the process to declassify 21 pages from a June 2017 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act application taken out against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Trump also ordered the declassification of FBI notes from interviews used in connection with the Page FISAs as well as notes from interviews with Bruce Ohr, the Justice Department official who met numerous times with Christopher Steele, the author of the anti-Trump dossier.
A small group of House Republicans have pressed Trump to declassify and release the documents.
The Democrats argue that Trump's action is a "Brazen abuse of power" aimed at undermining the special counsel's investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian government.
In the requested briefing, Democrats want to find out what review process will be undertaken during declassification.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/09/18/democrats-trump-declassification/
The four Democrats expressed "Profound alarm" at Trump's order to declassify the records.
Trump ordered the Justice Department and Office of the Director of National Intelligence to begin the process to declassify 21 pages from a June 2017 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act application taken out against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Trump also ordered the declassification of FBI notes from interviews used in connection with the Page FISAs as well as notes from interviews with Bruce Ohr, the Justice Department official who met numerous times with Christopher Steele, the author of the anti-Trump dossier.
A small group of House Republicans have pressed Trump to declassify and release the documents.
The Democrats argue that Trump's action is a "Brazen abuse of power" aimed at undermining the special counsel's investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian government.
In the requested briefing, Democrats want to find out what review process will be undertaken during declassification.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/09/18/democrats-trump-declassification/
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