The House Intelligence Committee's top Democrat announced Wednesday that the committee had drafted a memo to counter the claims of Republicans on the panel that law enforcement officials are biased against the Trump administration.

Top Republicans on the committee, led by Chairman Devin Nunes Devin Gerald NunesSunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election Sunday shows preview: With less than two months to go, race for the White House heats up Sunday shows preview: Republicans gear up for national convention, USPS debate continues in Washington MORE (Calif.), have sought the release of a classified memo compiled by Nunes's staff saying the FBI and Justice Department abused the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act's wiretapping provisions.

Rep. Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffTop Democrats call for DOJ watchdog to probe Barr over possible 2020 election influence Overnight Defense: Top admiral says 'no condition' where US should conduct nuclear test 'at this time' | Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings Overnight Defense: House to vote on military justice bill spurred by Vanessa Guillén death | Biden courts veterans after Trump's military controversies MORE (D-Calif.), the panel's ranking member, said Democrats had to draft their own memo "setting out the relevant facts and exposing the misleading character of the Republicans’ document" and to clear the air.

Schiff said he and his colleagues on Monday "will move that this new memorandum be made available to the full House in our classified spaces."

He called the Republican memo "another effort to distract from the Russia probe and undermine the special counsel."

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In his statement, Schiff mentioned an effort by conservative lawmakers to urge Trump to support the release of the "spin memo" on Tuesday, in an apparent attempt to badger the committee to release it.

"With this latest gambit, the majority seeks to selectively and misleadingly characterize classified information in an effort to protect the President at any cost," Schiff said.

Updated: 5:39 p.m.