#ReleaseTheMemo is Russian supported social media campaign for the release of a document written by Rep. Devin Nunes that purports to show abuse by the Obama administration of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.[2][3][4] According to an unnamed source familiar with an internal analysis by Twitter, the accounts promoting the hashtag were mostly American, although a large number of Russian accounts were also involved.[5][6][7] The memo was produced by House Republicans and staff to explain the use of the Trump–Russia dossier by the FBI.[8] Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, led by Adam Schiff, drafted a document to counter the memo, which they claimed was to discredit the FBI probe into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. Schiff stated that “We need to produce our own memo that lays out the actual facts and show how the majority memo distorts the work of the FBI and the Department of Justice”.[9] The House Intelligence Committee has denied access to the memo by the Senate Intelligence Committee and to the FBI, who stated a desire to investigate any alleged wrongdoing.[10] The Justice Department sent a letter to Nunes and called the release of the memo reckless.[1]
References
- ^ a b Jarrett, Laura. "Justice Dept.: 'Reckless' to release Nunes memo without review". CNN. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ^ O'Sullivan, Donie. "Hundreds of newly created Twitter accounts pushed #ReleaseTheMemo". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
- ^ "Right's push to release memo on FBI 'abuses' endorsed by Russian bots". NBC News. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
- ^ "Russia-linked Twitter accounts are working overtime to help Devin Nunes and WikiLeaks". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ^ Ryan Sit (24 January 2018). "Russian Bots Might Be Behind Controversial #ReleaseTheMemo Campaign, Democrats Say". Newsweek. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ Eli Lake (25 January 2018). "Russian Bots Are Right: #Releasethememo". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ Collins, Ben; Ackerman, Spencer (2018-01-23). "Source: Twitter Pins #ReleaseTheMemo on Republicans, Not Russia". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ^ "House Republicans quietly investigate perceived corruption at DOJ, FBI". POLITICO. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ^ Demirjian, Karoun (2018-01-24). "House Democrats plan memo to counter GOP's, as calls to declassify files grow". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ^ CNN, Jeremy Herb and Manu Raju,. "Senate panel denied access to Nunes FISA memo". CNN. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
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