The document has exposed the broken FISA court system and may lead to prosecution for former and current members of the FBI and Justice Department.
The president declines to express confidence in Rod Rosenstein, but two White House sources say Trump is not planning to fire the deputy attorney general.
The memo, prepared by Republicans on the House intelligence committee, says there was "a troubling breakdown of legal processes" in the Russia investigation.
Rep. Devin Nunes' constituents in central California care little about his controversial memo on the Russia probe. They care more about Nunes' championing of farmers' rights.
The five-page Republican memo counters the declassified and redacted Democratic document on Russian election interference released Saturday.
The declassified memo counters GOP allegations that the FBI abused its surveillance powers in its investigation into Russian election interference.
The White House says the document contains “numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages” and asks the intelligence committee to revise it with the help of the Justice Department.
The document, which aims to counter the Republican memo released Friday, now goes to President Trump, who has five days to decide whether to declassify it.
For all the hype, the Nunes memo was a legal dud that may cost the congressman from California.
Some politicians express hope that special counsel Robert Mueller's work will continue without interference.
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