A MEMO written by Democrats on the House intelligence committee as part of its investigation of Russian election interference was under review today at the White House, where President Donald Trump will decide whether to allow the public to read it.

Mr Trump declassified a document last week written by the committee's Republican majority that criticised methods the FBI used to obtain a surveillance warrant on a Trump campaign associate. Mr Trump said the Republican memo showed the FBI and Justice Department conspired against him in the Russia probe.

The House panel voted unanimously yesterday to release the Democrats’ memo, sending it to the White House for a legal and national security review. The memo, intended as a counter, has deepened a partisan divide on the committee, which is supposed to be jointly investigating Russian meddling and possible connections between Russia and Trump's presidential campaign.