Report: 'Changes' to Nunes Memo Were Minimal, Some Were Requested By Dems

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Feb. 01, 2018

Byron York of the Washington Examiner said Wednesday that the "changes" to Devin Nunes' memo which Adam Schiff is currently freaking out over to try and prevent the American people from seeing it were minimal, according to a House Intelligence Committee source.

Schiff sent this panicked tweet out earlier in the day:

BREAKING: Discovered late tonight that Chairman Nunes made material changes to the memo he sent to White House – changes not approved by the Committee. White House therefore reviewing a document the Committee has not approved for release. pic.twitter.com/llhQK9L7l6
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) February 1, 2018

York tweeted an hour and a half later: "Just talked with House Intel source. Said total changes to memo were: A) Unknown number of 'grammatical and clarifying' fixes. B) One change requested by FBI due to sources & methods concerns. C) One two-word change requested by Democrats for accuracy."

Just talked with House Intel source. Said total changes to memo were: A) Unknown number of 'grammatical and clarifying' fixes. B) One change requested by FBI due to sources & methods concerns. C) One two-word change requested by Democrats for accuracy. House Intel GOP statement: pic.twitter.com/ZkNuMBoLZK
— Byron York (@ByronYork) February 1, 2018

He embedded a statement which CNN's Manu Raju reported was from Nunes' spokesperson:

Nunes spox responds to Schiff: “In its increasingly strange attempt to thwart publication of the memo, the Committee Minority is now complaining about minor edits to the memo, including grammatical fixes and two edits requested by the FBI and by the Minority themselves.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 1, 2018

Schiff says Nunes made “substantive” changes to change memo. But Nunes spox adds: “The vote to release the memo was absolutely procedurally sound, and in accordance with House and Committee rules. To suggest otherwise is a bizarre distraction from the abuses detailed in the memo”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 1, 2018

After the FBI released a statement Wednesday saying they have "grave concerns" over the memo being released, Devin Nunes fired back saying "it's no surprise to see the FBI and DOJ issue spurious objections to allowing the American people to see information related to surveillance abuses at these agencies."

He hinted at the memo's content, saying "it's clear that top officials used unverified information in a court document to fuel a counter-intelligence investigation during an American political campaign."

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