Sean Hannity has reportedly been advising Trump on the Nunes memo

Sean Hannity.
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Why listen to the FBI and Department of Justice when you can get Fox News host Sean Hannity's opinion on national security?

President Trump has been in regular contact with Hannity over the past few weeks, The Daily Beast reports, with the pair discussing the controversial memo put together by Republicans that purports to expose corruption at the FBI. The FBI and Justice Department have warned that the memo cherry-picks classified information and could harm intelligence gathering efforts, with the FBI even making a rare statement saying it has "grave concerns" about the document's release and accuracy.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.