The memo focused on the court-approved wiretapping of Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign who was put under electronic surveillance by the FBI. The memo accused the FBI and the Justice Department of using "unsubstantiated evidence" to obtain the October 2016 warrant. Democrats said the release of the memo was aimed at disrupting the probe into alleged links between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. Trump, who has consistently denied any such collusion, had in May 2017 even fired former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey over the probe. Asked about the contents of the memo, Trump said a lot of people should be "ashamed of themselves".

Source: bd News24 February 03, 2018 03:45 UTC