Trump Blocks Release of Democrats’ Intelligence Memo

The following article by John T. Bennett was posted on the Roll Call website February 9, 2018:

Pelosi sees a ‘desperate pattern of cover-up on the part of the president’

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Updated 6:47 a.m., Feb. 10 | Despite his commitment earlier Friday, President Donald Trump is blocking release of a Democratic House Intelligence Committee memo rebutting one from the Republican side, and senior Democrats are now accusing him of a “cover up.”

The Russia matter took an incredible new turn Friday night when Trump’s top White House lawyer informed the House Intelligence Committee that the president could not allow the Democrats’ document to be made public “because the memorandum contains numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages.” Continue reading “Trump Blocks Release of Democrats’ Intelligence Memo”