Former Rep. John Dingell John DingellRaces heat up for House leadership posts Democrats flubbed opportunity to capitalize on postal delays COVID-19 bill limiting liability would strike the wrong balance MORE (D-Mich.) on Friday accused GOP lawmakers of being "complicit" in efforts to obstruct justice after the House Intelligence Committee released a controversial memo alleging surveillance abuses by the FBI.

“The memo was released, contains nothing of substance, and Congressional Republicans are quite clearly complicit in this White House’s efforts to undermine and obstruct justice,” Dingell tweeted. “Lock every single one of these bastards up.”

The memo was released, contains nothing of substance, and Congressional Republicans are quite clearly complicit in this White House’s efforts to undermine and obstruct justice.



Lock every single one of these bastards up. — John Dingell (@JohnDingell) February 2, 2018

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Democrats and some Republicans vocally opposed releasing the memo, which was previously classified, and the FBI took the unusual step of releasing a public statement expressing “grave concerns” over inaccuracies in the memo.

Dingell, 91, retired from Congress in 2014 after 59 years. A frequent tweeter, he frequently goes after Trump and Republicans.

Dingell joked that, since the memo was released on Groundhog Day, he was “having trouble processing the fact I likely trust groundhog meteorologist more than the President and half of Congress.”