then it is our job as the legislative branch in government to conduct oversight over the executive branch if abuses were made. >> reporter: the memo poured more fuel on the already politically combustible house intelligence committee. accusing the republican chairman nunes of altering the document writing, it is clear the majority made clear changes to the version sent to the white house that committee members were never apprised of, never had the opportunity to review, and never approved. nunes a close ally of the president who served on the trump transition team admitted to editing the document, but called that a bizarre distraction insisting changes were limited to grammatical fixes and two changes remmed by the fbi and minority themselves. they are bound to keep the investigation alive. >> despite he claims innocence, no collusion, and ongoing effort by the white house and president to discredit and stop and end