The House Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat, 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 (Calif.), says he is pushing for the 3,000 ads purchased on Facebook by Russian actors during the 2016 presidential campaign to be released to the public.

The California Democrat says he hopes to make a “representative sampling” of the ads public by the time the House Intelligence Committee holds a hearing on the matter later this month. The committee expects Facebook, along with Twitter and Google, to send representatives to testify at the hearing.

“But I am also committed to making all of these ads public as soon as possible, working closely with Facebook to address any privacy considerations," Schiff also noted in a statement released Monday.

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"The American people deserve to see the ways that the Russian intelligence services manipulated and took advantage of online platforms to stoke and amplify social and political tensions, which remains a tactic we see the Russian government rely on today,” he said.

Facebook turned over the $100,000 worth of advertisements to congressional investigators on Monday. The company has not said if it will release the ads to the public.

Reports in the Daily Beast and Washington Post have revealed that some of the 3,000 ads were designed to provoke social divisions in the U.S. One set of ads encouraged Americans to attend an anti-Muslim, anti-immigration rally in Idaho. Another suggested that Black Lives Matter was a political threat.

Facebook has cited privacy concerns as a reason for not releasing the ads to investigators earlier. Schiff says he is working with the company to address this consideration though for a potential public release of the ads.