Donald Trump declassifies secret memo alleging FBI and Justice Department conspired against him in Russia probe
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Donald Trump has declassified a secret Republican memo that alleges bias against him at the FBI and Justice Department.
The US president has written to Congress to to say the document is now declassified, adding "a lot of people should be ashamed".
The four-page document was expected to be made public later on Friday, Fox News reported, citing unidentified sources.
Trump has repeatedly complained about his treatment by federal investigators who are probing possible collusion between his campaign and Russia to sway the 2016 presidential election.
He said on Twitter earlier today: "The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans - something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. Rank & File are great people!"
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The document has become a flashpoint in a battle between Republicans and Democrats over Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into alleged Russian collusion.
It was commissioned by the Republican chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes.
It allegedly shows the FBI and Justice Department misled a US court in seeking to extend electronic surveillance of Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, multiple sources have claimed.
Two days ago, in a rare public rebuke of the president and Republicans in Congress who are pushing to release the classified memo, the FBI said it had "grave concerns about material omissions of fact" in the document and it should not be made public.
Democrats have depicted the memo, which was crafted by Republican members of the intelligence panel, as misleading, based on a selective use of highly classified data and intended to discredit Mueller's work.
Russia has denied meddling in the election campaign.
Trump, calling Mueller's probe a political witch hunt, has denied collusion or obstruction of justice.