President Donald Trump refused to divulge a secret memorandum, which refuted the conclusion, that the FBI could illegally obtain a warrant for wiretapping former advisor to Trump.
This memorandum has been prepared by Democratic lawmakers in response to a memorandum Republicans, promulgated 2 February. The document approved by the Republican, requesting that in 2016 year warrant to wiretap Carter Page,, adviser of the presidential candidate Donald Trump, The FBI did not inform the court about the dubious origin of the evidence against Page's, based on which the request is made. These clues have been collected by order of opponents Donald Trump. The document Democrats supposedly provides additional data and refuted this conclusion.
Refusing to declassify the memorandum Democrats, President Trump referred to the recommendations of the FBI and the Department of Justice. In a letter, sent to the White House the House Committee on Intelligence Affairs, states, The memorandum “It contains a number of reasonably secret and extremely delicate passages”, which can reveal the methods of intelligence gathering. The President invited the authors to revise the memorandum, expressing readiness to publish a new version.
President Trump said, The memorandum Republicans justify his skepticism about the investigation of relationships of people from his campaign headquarters with representatives of the Kremlin.
