OPINION: Democrats Lose in the Memo War

Schiff misleads the public in his effort to refute Nunes’s account

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) (3rd from R) and members of the House Intelligence Committee talk to media on Capitol Hill, Washington, Jan. 29, 2018, after voting to publicly release a memo detailing potential abuse of power at the highest levels of the Department of Justice and the FBI. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

On Feb. 2, Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released his memorandum on the potential abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI.

The Democrats, led by Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), ranking member of the committee, vehemently opposed the release of the Nunes memo, calling it “distorted,” “misleading,” or “lies.” Unable to stop the Nunes memo, Schiff authored his own memo in response. After much redaction, the Schiff memo was publicized on Feb. 24.