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Nunes reviewed classified memo with FBI director: report

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FBI Director Christopher Wray met with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) to view Nunes’s classified memo alleging that the Department of Justice abused a surveillance program, Politico reported Monday.

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The two men met to review the document on Sunday, after Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) lobbied Nunes to share the memo with Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, according to Politico. Rosenstein has not viewed the document.

{mosads}The GOP lawmaker told Wray to flag any information in the memo that was incorrect, could lead to national security issues or risk FBI sources, according to Politico.

The reported meeting came after several Republican lawmakers called for the FBI to view the memo.

The House Intelligence Committee is expected to vote to make the memo public on Monday night.

The document allegedly claims that the Department of Justice abused a surveillance program to spy on a Trump campaign adviser.

Some Republicans have said the memo proves a bias against Trump at the Justice Department and in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russia’s election interference, while some Democrats have disputed that account.

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