Why Did The White House Block A Release Of Democrats’ Memo? Trump’s Administration Has Called Their Reason

February 12, 2018 10:42

On Friday, Trump’s administration announced that the president would not declassify Democrats’ memorandum meant to rebut many of the claims from the FISA memo released earlier these days. As you may guess, Democrats’ reaction to the news was negative.

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Democrats respond angrily to Trump’s decision against memo release

At last week's meeting, Republicans blocked a Democratic attempt to let out their memo, which was sent to the White House with a request to be immediately released.

Trump’s administration argues that the memo released by House Intelligence Committee Chairman on Friday proves the entire saga is a "witch hunt" and an "American disgrace."

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In their turn, Democrats claim that president’s desire to block the memo is nothing but an attempt to hide Russia's effort to meddle in the 2016 election in the United States. Senate Minority leader, Chuck Schumer, announced:

If House Republicans believe that they've set the stage for this President to end this investigation, they are basically saying that in America, one man is above the law.

According to the White House, Trump’s advisers are worried the memo release would lead to significant concerns for the national security of the country, and it has nothing to do with president’s desire to dismiss the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

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Will the White House fire Rosenstein?

The White House review process also includes a letter from Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein, requesting that particular parts of the memo should not be released.

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Trump's critics believe the purpose of the memo is in a certain way designed to discredit Rosenstein, who is overseeing the Russia investigation.

According to the White House, President Trump might consider releasing their memorandum if the Democrats will edit some “especially sensitive passages” mentioned there.

Trump’s administration added they have no current plans to fire Rosenstein at the moment as no certain proofs against him were given.

People’s opinions on the matter vary:

I think the best part of 2018 is watching President Trump, Mitch McConnell, and Paul Ryan outsmart the democrats every step of the way.#ReleaseTheDemMemo

— #ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) February 10, 2018

Trump sent the #DemMemo back to the committee and asked for the audible version. I guess the royal memo reader is on vacation. #ReleaseTheDemMemo

— Steve Redmond (@sjredmond) February 10, 2018

There’s no reason to #ReleaseTheDemMemo because Adam Schiff is full of Schiff. The memo is full of trash. Why would we read something written by a leftist who was on the phone with Russian pranksters trying to get naked pictures of Trump?

The guy is a damn joke. Burn the memo.

— Mike (@mike_Zollo) February 10, 2018

Odd, isn't it, how Trump is all of a sudden concerned about "security" when so many of his "people" can’t pass security clearance after a year and he doesn't give a flying fig. #ReleaseTheDemMemo

— GypsySyx (@GypsySyx) February 10, 2018

Well @realDonaldTrump isn't it true that the reason why you won't #ReleaseTheDemMemo is because you are a coward and you know that you're trying to cover up your guilt!

— Democrat for America (@areyou0) February 10, 2018

Stupid Democrats are crying 'coverup' again because Adam Schiff purposefully included sources and methods, knowing Trump would refuse to #ReleaseTheDemMemo, so they could feign outrage over it. Evil genius political tactic @AdamSchiffCA, but we see through you.

— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) February 10, 2018

By allowing the Nunes garbage memo but blocking the release of the factual Democratic response, Republicans are making clear that they have no interest in giving Americans the full story, and want their distorted and dishonest portrayal to go unchallenged. #ReleaseTheDemMemo

— Mike Levin (@MikeLevinCA) February 10, 2018

I bet the #ReleaseTheDemMemo movement is about to be turbocharged. Won’t even require Russian bots!

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) February 10, 2018

The President opened the door for this when he approved the Nunes memo over FBI objection. Now that he has, there must be a consistent standard. You can't change the rules when it suits you. #ReleaseTheDemMemo https://t.co/mZg6tilZ28

— Doug Jones (@DougJones) February 10, 2018

The gulf between the parties is almost certain to widen even more as neither Democrats nor Republicans are going to stop this confrontation.