On the morning of February 2nd, over objections from both the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI, House Republicans released the now-infamous 4-page “Nunes Memo.” The FBI and Justice had expressed to Devin Nunes, chair of the House Intelligence Committee, their “grave objections” to the memo’s release, because of concerns for both the misinformation and the classified information the memo contained. But Trump declassified it, and with the blessing of House Republicans, Nunes proceeded.
