House Intel schedules business meeting as expectations for vote on secret memo grow

Source: The Hill

The House Intelligence Committee could vote as early as Monday evening to release a controversial memo authored by committee chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) alleging surveillance abuses at the Department of Justice.

The panel issued a last-minute notice of a business meeting at 5 p.m. for "consideration of pending committee business and other matters." The memo did not specify a vote on the memo, but one has been expected amidst a crescendo of calls from the right.

A committee spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment and Nunes has not committed publicly to holding the vote.

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