Week In Politics: Release Of Nunes Memo Roils Washington

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Updated February 02, 2018

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., a close ally of President Trump who has become a fierce critic of the FBI and the Justice Department, strides to a GOP conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. House Speaker Paul Ryan is defending a vote by Republicans on the House intelligence committee to release a classified memo on the Russia investigation. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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President Trump gave his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night, but the week in politics was dominated by discussion surrounding the release of a Republican memo from the House Intelligence Committee alleging FBI surveillance abuse in the Russia investigation.

Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti and Jeremy Hobson discuss the latest with NPR's Phil Ewing (@philewing), and talk with White House correspondents Brian Bennett (@ByBrianBennett) of The Los Angeles Times and CNN's Abby Phillip (@abbydphillip).

This article was originally published on February 02, 2018.

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