Schiff: Memo Doesn't Vindicate Trump

The controversial memo released by the House Intelligence Committee does not vindicate President Donald Trump in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., tweeted Saturday.

"Quite the opposite, Mr. President," Schiff wrote in response to Trump’s tweet earlier in the day claiming the memo did just that. "The most important fact disclosed in this otherwise shoddy memo was that FBI investigation began July 2016 with your advisor, Papadopoulos, who was secretly discussing stolen Clinton emails with the Russians."

Quite the opposite, Mr. President. The most important fact disclosed in this otherwise shoddy memo was that FBI investigation began July 2016 with your advisor, Papadopoulos, who was secretly discussing stolen Clinton emails with the Russians. https://t.co/2rGOE1jGg2

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) February 3, 2018

Papadopoulos, a former foreign policy adviser to Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, in October pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and is now cooperating with the agency in its investigation.

Trump said the memo, released Friday, totally vindicated him.  

"But the Russian Witch Hunt goes on and on," he tweeted. "Their was no Collusion and there was no Obstruction (the word now used because, after one year of looking endlessly and finding NOTHING, collusion is dead). This is an American disgrace!

This memo totally vindicates “Trump” in probe. But the Russian Witch Hunt goes on and on. Their was no Collusion and there was no Obstruction (the word now used because, after one year of looking endlessly and finding NOTHING, collusion is dead). This is an American disgrace!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2018

Written by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., the memo discussed abused surveillance practices by the FBI during the 2016 presidential election

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