The bitterness between Donald Trump and the FBI has intensified after the release of a controversial Republican memo, with the president calling its a "disgrace" while the agency's chief pledging to defend his agents. Sanders said the decision to release the memo was made with input from the president's national security team including law enforcement officials and members of the intelligence community. It is unclear whether Trump will use the memo to fire people involved in the Russia probe, including Deputy Attorney General Rod J Rosenstein, who oversees it. Former FBI Director James Comey, who was abruptly fired by Trump last year for his handling of the Russia inquiry, criticised the memo. Since he was fired, Comey has increasingly taken to Twitter to support the FBI and other intelligence agencies.

Source: dna February 03, 2018 07:42 UTC