US President Donald Trump attacked the integrity of the FBI and Justice Department on Friday in an extraordinary showdown over the expected White House release of a secret Republican memo alleging FBI bias against him in its Russia probe. Representatives for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department could not be immediately reached for comment. Trump, who has called Mueller’s probe a political witch hunt, has denied any collusion or obstruction of justice. The FBI expressed “grave concerns about material omissions of fact” in the Republican memo on Wednesday, in a rare public rebuke of the president and Republicans in Congress pushing to release the memo. There has been speculation that FBI Director Christopher Wray, appointed by Trump after he fired Comey, might resign if Trump allows release of the memo.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 02, 2018 14:03 UTC