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.) on Saturday hit back at President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE after the president defended his decision to block the release of a memo from Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee.

"Mr. President, what you call 'political' are actually called facts, and your concern for sources and methods would be more convincing if you hadn’t decided to release the GOP memo ('100%') before reading it and over the objections of the FBI," tweeted Schiff, the top Democrat on the committee.

Mr. President, what you call “political” are actually called facts, and your concern for sources and methods would be more convincing if you hadn’t decided to release the GOP memo (“100%”) before reading it and over the objections of the FBI. https://t.co/L48kAQOztL — Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) February 10, 2018

His tweet came after Trump asserted earlier in the day that Democrats "knew" their memo would have to be heavily redacted due to its sources and methods.

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"The Democrats sent a very political and long response memo which they knew, because of sources and methods (and more), would have to be heavily redacted, whereupon they would blame the White House for lack of transparency," Trump tweeted.

"Told them to re-do and send back in proper form!"

The White House announced Friday that Trump was not ready to approve the release of the Democratic memo, which is aimed at rebutting a document he declassified last week that was authored by Republicans on the Intelligence Committee.

The GOP memo alleges that senior FBI and Justice Department officials improperly secured warrants to surveil a former adviser to Trump's campaign. Trump has claimed the memo "totally vindicates" himself in the ongoing Russia probe.