Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are calling for an immediate meeting with officials from the FBI and Department of Justice over the claims made in the memo drafted by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.).

The letter, spearheaded by ranking member Rep. Jerrod Nadler (D-N.Y.), is directed to committee chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.). In it, Nadler asks Goodlatte to arrange a meeting with FBI Director Christopher Wray and other representatives from the Justice Department to examine the “talking points” that he says Republicans are using to “discredit the work of the FBI and Special Counsel Robert Mueller.”

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“It is imperative that we hear directly from these officials about the security and law enforcement implications of making this information public,” Nadler wrote.

“It is also important that we hear about any inaccuracies or key omissions from the Nunes document,” he added.

I’ve requested that @HouseJudiciary immediately call FBI Director Wray and other DOJ representatives to appear on an emergency basis before the Committee and brief us about their concerns regarding the #NunesMemo. https://t.co/bwABWiNah9 pic.twitter.com/gzEpvQKcwy

— (((Rep. Nadler))) (@RepJerryNadler) February 1, 2018

President Trump plans to release a memo drafted by Nunes purporting to detail surveillance abuses by the federal government despite warnings from the FBI that the document contains inaccurate statements and omissions of fact.

“The president is OK with it,” a White House official told reporters traveling with Trump aboard Air Force One. “I doubt there will be any redactions. It’s in Congress’s hands after that.”

“As expressed during our initial review, we have grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo’s accuracy,” the bureau said in a statement.

Nunes has dismissed the FBI’s criticism and accused the bureau of running a counterintelligence operation based on unverified information during the 2016 election.

“It’s clear that top officials used unverified information in a court document to fuel a counterintelligence investigation during an American political campaign. Once the truth gets out, we can begin taking steps to ensure our intelligence agencies and courts are never misused like this again,” Nunes said.