'It's a brainwashing memo': House intel Dem slams Nunes for 'poisoning the well' against the Russia probe

In an interview with MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace, a Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said he hopes Chairman Devin Nunes' (R-CA) memo supposedly detailing "abuses" at the Justice Department "never sees the light of day."

The memo, according to Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) "is riddled with deliberate inaccuracies that can only be intended to undermine [special counsel] Bob Mueller."

When Wallace asked the congressman why he thinks Nunes refuses to share the memo with Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC), his counterpart in the Senate, Swalwell said his superior knows it would be "counterproductive."

"I can only conclude that Richard Burr knows the true underlying facts here and that it would be counterproductive for Devin Nunes to show it to him because Senator Burr would not allow it to stand, knowing what he knows," the California Democrat said. 

"It is a brainwashing memo," Swalwell concluded. "Its only purpose is to poison the well of the members who would have to hold the president accountable if he were to fire Mueller by tainting their perception of the FBI."

Watch below, via MSNBC: