Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., is questioned by reporters as he arrives for a meeting of the House Intelligence Committee, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Brushing aside opposition from... (Associated Press) 
 
 WASHINGTON (AP) — Brushing aside opposition from the Justice Department, Republicans on the House intelligence committee voted to release a classified memo that purports to show improper use of surveillance by the FBI and the Justice Department in the Russia investigation. 
 
 The four-page memo has become a political flashpoint, with President Donald Trump and many Republicans pushing for its release and suggesting that some in the Justice Department and FBI have conspired against the president. 
 
 The memo was written by Republicans on the committee, led by chairman Rep. Devin Nunes of California, a close Trump ally who has become a fierce critic of the FBI and the Justice Department. Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election and whether Trump's campaign was involved. 
 
 Republicans have said the memo reveals grave concerns about abuses of the government surveillance powers in the Russia investigation. Democrats have called it a selectively edited group of GOP talking points that attempt to distract from the committee's own investigation into Russian meddling. 
 
 The vote on Monday to release the memo is an unprecedented move by the committee, which typically goes out of its way to protect classified information in the interest of protecting intelligence sources and methods. The memo was delivered by courier to the White House on Monday evening. Trump now has five days to object to its release by the committee. 
 
 The White House said late Monday that the president will meet with his national security team and White House counsel to discuss the memo in the coming days. 
 
 Republicans said they are confident that the release won't harm national security. They also said they would not release the underlying intelligence that informed the memo. 
 
 "You'll see for yourself that it's not necessary," said Texas Rep. Mike Conaway of Texas, who's leading the House's Russia investigation. 
 
 But Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the ranking Democrat on the committee, said the panel had "crossed a deeply regrettable line." 
 
 "Today this committee voted to put the president's personal interests, perhaps their own political interest, above the national interest," he said, noting that the memo's release could compromise intelligence sources and methods. 
 
 While Trump's White House signaled he would likely support the Republican memo's release, his Justice Department has voiced concerns. 
 
 In a letter to Nunes last week, Justice officials said releasing the classified memo could be "extraordinarily reckless" and asked to review it. Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd suggested that releasing classified information could damage the United States' relationship with other countries with which it shares intelligence. 
 
 After those complaints, FBI Director Christopher Wray reviewed the memo over the weekend. 
 
 Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., who was with Wray when he reviewed the memo, said the FBI director did not raise any national security concerns with him. Gowdy said the memo doesn't reveal any intelligence methods but it does reveal "one source." 
 
 But Schiff said that Wray told him Monday that the review didn't satisfy his concerns about the release of the memo. Wray wanted to brief the committee about FBI and Justice Department concerns ahead of any release, a request committee Republicans blocked, Schiff said. 
 
 The FBI did not respond to a request for comment Monday evening. 
 
 Privately, Trump has been fuming over the Justice Department's opposition to releasing the memo, according to an administration official not authorized to discuss private conversations and speaking on condition of anonymity. 
 
 At the behest of Trump, White House chief of staff John Kelly and other White House officials contacted Justice Department officials in the past week to convey the president's displeasure with the department's leadership on the issue specifically, the official said. In a series of calls, Kelly urged the Justice officials to do more within the bounds of the law to get the memo out, the official said. 
 
 It is still unclear exactly when or how the memo will be released. 
 
 Conaway said the memo could be released within the five-day window if Trump signals his approval for releasing it. But committee rules don't address how that approval must be given — or what happens if it comes in the form of a tweet. 
 
 Some Republican senators have said they don't want to release the memo, and Democrats have pushed back on Republican criticism of the FBI, saying it is an attempt to discredit Mueller's investigation. The probe has already resulted in charges against four of Trump's former campaign advisers and has recently moved closer to Trump's inner circle. 
 
 "They will trample on anything to protect the White House at this point in time," said Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., of the Republican move to release the memo. 
 
 Late Monday, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi blamed House Speaker Paul Ryan, who oversees the intelligence panel and has deferred to Nunes, whom she called a "stooge." She said on CNN that Ryan is allowing the release of a "false memo based on a false premise." 
 
 In response, Democrats on the panel have put together their own memo. On Monday, the committee voted to make the Democratic memo available to all House members — but not the public. Conaway said he was open to making it public after House members have a chance to review it. 
 
 The fate of the Nunes memo is only the latest flashpoint in the contentious relationship between Trump and the Justice Department. 
 
 Trump has frequently raged at Attorney General Jeff Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia probe, a move the president believes was disloyal and led to the appointment of Mueller. 
 
 Separately Monday, Schiff and Conaway said former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon will appear for a closed-door interview Wednesday. 
 
 Bannon was interviewed by the committee earlier this month but refused to answer questions about his time in the Trump administration at the direction of the White House counsel's office. Bannon served on Trump's campaign and was the chief strategist in the White House until he left in August. 
 
 Bannon's refusal drew a subpoena from Nunes seeking to compel him to answer the committee's questions. 
 
 On Monday, Conaway said, "I expect our subpoena will be complied with." 
 
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 Associated Press writer Zeke Miller contributed to this report. ||||| President Donald Trump has reviewed a controversial classified memo drafted by House Intelligence Committee Republicans accusing the Justice Department of political bias and is expected to formally consent to its release, multiple sources tell ABC News. 
 
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 The president, who has previously expressed support for publication of the memo, read the four-page document on Wednesday, the sources said. The White House is expected to inform the committee Friday that its review process is complete and that the administration has no objection to the release of the memo. 
 
 "Right now, I think it will be that we tell the Congress, probably tomorrow, that the president is okay with it," a senior White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity told reporters on Air Force One. 
 
 “I think you all know that the process is a House process, it is a congressional process. They sent over the memo. We have had over the last couple days to look at it to make sure it doesn’t give away too much in terms of classification," the official said. "I doubt there will be any redactions. Then it is in Congress’ hands after that.“ 
 
 Despite "grave concerns" expressed by the FBI, it will be up to the House Intelligence Committee to determine the exact timing of the release of the memo, administration and congressional sources said. 
 
 House rules do not clearly lay out how the memo would be made public should the president approve of its release before five days have passed, but sources familiar with the process told ABC News that they expect the memo to be released Friday after the committee receives notice from the White House. 
 
 The memo could be entered into the Congressional Record when the House is back in session on Friday afternoon at 4:30 p.m., barring any changes to the floor schedule. 
 
 Most House Republicans are in Greenbrier, W.Va., through Friday afternoon for a party retreat. 
 
 White House officials had said they were making redactions to the memo based on recommendations from the FBI, which has raised concerns about the document's accuracy and potential impact on national security. Those same sources later Thursday said the administration had determined few redactions, if any, would be needed. 
 
 Republicans “need to pay careful attention to what our folks who protect us have to say about what this,” Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters Thursday, and “how this bears on our national security." 
 
 White House Chief of Staff John Kelly met yesterday with five career FBI officials yesterday to review the memo. 
 
 The unusual public showdown between the White House and FBI over the memo has put Trump's handpicked FBI Director Christopher Wray in an uncomfortable position. 
 
 Multiple White House sources say there's no expectation that Wray will resign over publication of the memo and, they say, he has not suggested or threatened in any conversations that he would resign. 
 
 In a show of solidarity with Wray, the FBI Agents Association — representing 14,000 active and retired agents — released a statement affirming his leadership of the agency. “The FBI Agents Association appreciates FBI Director Chris Wray standing shoulder to shoulder with the men and women of the FBI as we work together to protect our country from criminal and national security threats," the statement reads. 
 
 House Speaker Paul Ryan, speaking at the GOP retreat in West Virginia, insisted the memo was “not an indictment” of U.S. institutions, the justice system or the FBI. 
 
 “If mistakes were made, it’s our job to conduct oversight over executive branch,” Ryan, R-Wis., told reporters. 
 
 Many Republicans who have reviewed the memo have enthusiastically claimed that its release will “embarrass” the FBI and unveil alleged bias and abuses they believe plague the law enforcement agency. 
 
 “If there are individuals who abuse power, it’s our job to shed light and transparency to the process,” Ryan added. 
 
 Democrats who have viewed the memo say Republicans are cherry-picking information to support their conclusions. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee who has viewed the underlying intelligence the memo draws from, told Politico that Republicans are “connecting dots that don’t connect.” 
 
 ABC News' John Parkinson and Devin Dwyer contributed to this report.
– The White House on Friday declassified a partisan and bitterly disputed memo on the Russia investigation, and a House committee immediately made it public. Media outlets were just beginning to assess it. You can read the document here, via the Washington Post. The White House move came over the fierce objections of the FBI and Justice Department, which have said the document prepared by Republicans on the House intelligence committee is inaccurate and missing critical context, per the AP. The memo alleges that the FBI abused US government surveillance powers in its investigation into Russian election interference. Trump, who has called the investigation a "witch hunt," has supported the release of the memo in the apparent hopes that it could help undermine the probe being led by special counsel Robert Mueller. The president, dogged by the unrelenting investigation into his campaign's ties to Russia, lashed out anew Friday at the FBI and Justice Department as politically biased against Republicans. "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!" Trump tweeted.