N.D., Minn. Congressional delegation reacts to release of Nunes memo

Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., shared a series of tweets, saying that “no serious person disputes” Russia’s interference with the 2016 presidential election and it’s now known “that members of Trump’s team were aware of Russia’s meddling.”

Smith said the memo was a partisan effort by allies of the President “to undermine and discredit an investigation of the President himself.”

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., quoted the words of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Twitter: “The latest attacks on the FBI and Department of Justice serve no American interests – no party’s, no president’s, only Putin’s.”

Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., released the following statement:

“Our Constitution provides for a system of checks and balances between the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government. These checks are important so that the American people know what their government is doing on their behalf and to keep all branches of government accountable to the people. The memo provides this transparency to the people.”

Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., released the following statement:

“It is time for the people to take their government back. Political bias from independent government agencies is corruption when applied to our justice system. The execution of warrants based on incomplete and manufactured facts is the worst type of corruption. No agency of the United States government is independent of accountability to the people representatives.”

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., issued the following statement:

“It’s a distraction from a valid, important, and fact-based investigation into Russian interference in our election,” Heitkamp said. “And it’s a distraction to create a hyper-political food fight around a non-partisan and independent investigation. This memo is politics at its very worst.”

Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., did not provide any remarks to the memo. A request for comment sent to his office was not immediately returned Friday.