Trump orders declassification of documents related to former adviser

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President Trump on Monday ordered the declassification of intelligence documents related to his former campaign adviser Carter Page.

The sensitive documents include 20 pages of the surveillance application that gave the FBI authority to monitor Page; the interviews that went along with the warrant; and all text messages "relating to the Russia investigation, without redaction" from senior Justice Department and FBI officials, including former FBI Director James Comey, former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, former FBI agent Peter Strzok, and former FBI lawyer Lisa Page.

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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.