union telling lawmakers he would 100% back the release of the nunes memo. he essentially went against the advice of the fbi and others who urged him not to release it because of what they called inaccuracies or depictions that were taken out of context. in other words, a feeling from the intelligence community that the nunes memo lacked certain clarifications. after it was released, the president said it vindicated him, that it proved that the idea of collusion was a witch hunt. now, when it comes to the schiff memo, the white house initially indicated that they would be inclined to release it, and then late on a friday night during the midst of this rob porter controversy, the white house put out a statement saying they had sent it back to the democrats to rework it. the president tweeting that it was a partisan document, that the democrats knew it was flawed, and further, he said that he would depend on the fbi to determine whether or not this document would be released. two very different approaches