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Memo response on government surveillance abuses is total political and legal bust. just confirms all the terrible things that were done. so illegal. and then theres this. the dem memo, the fbi did not disclose who the clients were. the clinton campaign and the dnc and the president says wow. your response to the presidents reaction to the release of this memo. >> its a big surprise. delusional from day one. i guess thats the best way the describe it. lets recall a few other things, devin nunes t...

>> no, i would say, i mean, this is a different memo than the first one, its lengthier. its -- well, its different. and so, not leaning towards it. it will be done in a responsible way. but, again, where the first one was very clean relative to sources and methods, my initial cut is this one is a lot less clean. but at the end of it all, it will be guys like rod rosenstein, chris wray from fbi, certainly the national security attorneys at the white house, giving the president a recommendation on...

Hypocritical that you would want to release one memo unredacted. beyond politics, beyond republican versus democrat, whatever it is, do you worry were going down a dangerous road especially with the fbi and with our law enforcement agencies, where were pushing out information that that our enemies know whats up. they possibly know our sources and methods. couldnt this have been handled in a better way? especially from republicans who are rushing to get this out, when there is no deadline? >> fir...

Sources and methods, my initial cut is, this one is a lot less clean. but at the end of it all, it will be guys like rod rosenstein, chris wray from fbi, certainly the national security attorneys at the white house, giving the president a rmgs recommendation on it. >> so heres my question. before the president even got the memo and read it, he said he wanted to release it. why release the republican memo unredacted and against the urging of the fbi and doj, but not release the democratic memo in...

>> listen, congressman, ive got to get to my next guest. and listen -- it just seems, you know, as ive been sitting at home watching as much as ive been watching, it just seems hypocritical that you would want to release one memo unredacted. without anyone, you said the majority of members had ready it. a lot of people hasnt read the republican memo as well. my question is beyond politics, beyond republican versus democrat, whatever it is, do you worry were going down a dangerous road especially...

>> if he fails to show up next week, will he be held in contempt? >> that, again, is something we would have to decide on as a committee. i think that may be part of the conversation, i dont know. again, well have to have a family conversation about that down amongst the intelligence committee for sure. >> i want to move on to the dueling memos from your intelligence committee, the republican majority memo that was released last week. now there is a democratic minority memorandum thats over at t...

Which means that ford f-150s are not. (giggles) which truck would you pick? the chevy. there you go. boom. that was obvious. plus it looks cooler. no doubt about it. now they know what to get me. ainsley: another declassified document set to shake up congress and this time its the democrats turn. >> this will help inform the public of the many distortions and inaccuracies in the majority memo. were going to insist that the department of justice and the fbi report to us on what actions they think...

Can we call that treason? why not. i mean they certainly didnt seem to love our country very much. >> the nunes memo. we think this will help inform the public of the many distortionis and inaccuracies i the majority memo. we have also asked as part of our transmittal to the white house that the -- up like the process that was used with the majority memo that the department of justice and fbi be consulted, that they have the opportunity to vet any information that they may be concerned about in ...

Misleading picture of whats happened, you better release some additional information that gives context to that. why did they release the majority memo without offering the broader picture? i mean, release the majority memo if you feel thats important for the public interest, but then provide the democratic minority memo at the same time so you get a complete picture. but they staggered this thing. >> on that democratic memo, as it is -- we have been told, being scrubbed, it may be released some...

Released right away. you say that the documents we were just talking about, the evidence the fbi brushed stomach brought to justify spying out to be released to the public, whats the argument against tha? speak of argument against it would be there could be some information over the course of the application that will include sources and methods that may need to get redacted in the effort to argue against providing any of the related material that was sourced -- some might say we shouldnt be rel...