The Democratic document attempts to undercut and add context to some of the main points from a declassified Republican memo that was released earlier this month. The Democratic memo counters that the Justice Department disclosed "the assessed political motivation of those who hired him" and that Steele was likely hired by someone "looking for information that could be used to discredit" then-candidate Trump's campaign. The Democratic memo asserts that the FBI's concerns about Page long predate the Steele dossier, and that its application to monitor his communications details suspicious activities he undertook during the 2016 presidential campaign. Multiple sources used, memo claimsThe memo also contends that the Justice Department provided "additional information from multiple independent sources that corroborated Steele's reporting" in the dossier. Republicans say they are just alerting the public to abuses they say they've uncovered at the Justice Department and FBI.

Source: CBC News February 24, 2018 22:35 UTC