Cicilline: FISA Abuse Memo Part of an Effort to Undermine Mueller, Fire Rosenstein

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CICILLINE: "Let’s be clear about this. This is not an intelligence document. This is a document prepared by a partisan Republican, a person who was so partisan in fact, that he was removed from leading the investigation. This is his summary of documents that he has never even read. So I’m certainly going to read it so I understand the debate. But let’s not make any mistake about it, this is a partisan document, not an intelligence document, and frankly, it's part of a larger effort that I’ve seen with my own eyes by the Republicans in Congress to undermine the Mueller investigation, to set the predicate for the firing of Rod Rosenstein and Robert Mueller. This is part of an effort coordinated with the White House to undermine an ongoing investigation to continue to attack the FBI, attack the Department of Justice, really I think to set the ground work for what they ultimately want to do is stop this investigation and prevent the American people from learning the truth."