( CNN) Sen. John McCain explosion President Donald Trump on Friday for approving the release of the highly controversial GOP-Nunes memo, saying “if we continue to undermine our own rule of law, we are doing Putin's job for him.”
“In 2016, the Russian government engaged in an elaborate plot to interfere in an American election and undermine our republic, ” McCain said. ” … While we have no evidence that these efforts affected the outcome of our election, I dread they succeeded in fueling political dissension and dividing us from one another.”
In a written statement released around the same time the memo was declassified, the Arizona Republican characterized the memoranda and its release as “partisan attacks” on the FBI and the Department of Justice.
