James Comey rips into Nunes memo release: 'That's it?'

James Comey.
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Former FBI Director James Comey summarily dismissed a controversial memo released to the public Friday that alleges improper conduct by the FBI. "That's it?" he wrote on Twitter after the memo's unredacted release, which was ordered Friday morning by the White House.

The memo, authored by Republican Rep. Devin Nunes (Calif.), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, centers on the FBI and Justice Department's surveillance of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Republicans have claimed the memo is proof of bias against President Trump at the FBI, while the bureau itself as well as the Justice Department expressed "grave concerns" about the document's accuracy and urged Trump not to release it.

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Kimberly Alters

Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.