The fallout of the so-called Nunes memo is reverberating around Washington this weekend. As CGTN's Toby Muse tells us, Republicans say the memo shows the FBI abused its power, and the investigation into President Trump, is politically motivated. However, Democrats say the memo lacks information, and is misleading.

Now that the famous so-called Nunes memo has been released, it's being wielded by President Donald Trump and his allies to weaken the investigation into possible collusion between Trump's 2016 election campaign and the Russian government. The FBI has said it is worried that the memo is far from complete. Democrats say Republicans will use the memo to discredit the ongoing Russia probe and use it as the reason to fire U.S. Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein, who is overseeing the investigation. Even some Republicans dismissed the memo as nothing more than a partisan opinion piece.

Yet, President Trump has seized on the memo and used it to attack the ongoing investigation into alleged collusion between his election campaign and the Russian government. He tweeted: "The memo totally vindicates Trump in probe. Collusion is dead." Trump also made it clear that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's position was far from safe. When asked if Trump had confidence in Rosenstein, the president responded: "You'll have to figure that one out." Still, Democrats rejected the release of the memo:

REP. ADAM SCHIFF RANKING DEMOCRAT IN HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE "I understand the reactions that this is a big dud because they billed it as the greatest evidence of abuse since Watergate or the history of the republic and even the memo with the South, it heightens systemic abuse. We fought this because the precedent of releasing information, cherry picking evidence, it is a terrible line to cross."

Democrats have prepared their own memo as a rebuttal to that of the Republicans that could be released on Monday. The question is : will that be too late to save the Russia investigation. Toby Muse, CGTN, Washington.