Fox News touted the text exchange as an “exclusive,” but even some Republicans discounted its worth. The leaked communication also appears to fall in line with Warner’s duties on the intelligence committee. Both the timing of the Fox News report and markings on the documents they published indicated to the Senate committee that Republicans on the House committee were behind the leak, the sources told the Times. The documents containing the texts were leaked just days after one of Nunes’ staff members asked the Senate committee to share copies of the exchange with the House committee, one source said. Additionally, neither the documents sent to the House committee nor the ones published by Fox News contained page numbers, while the original copy possessed by the Senate committee did.

Source: Huffington Post March 01, 2018 22:54 UTC