The FBI and DOJ are part of the executive branch. When the House Intelligence Committee votes to release the Nunes Memo, they are in fact giving that memo to the executive branch (President Trump) prior to release.Are they setting up Trump?
President Trump is the head of the executive branch. The DOJ and FBI are within the executive branch. When Nunes releases the House Intel memo to the executive branch, they are giving the memo to the FBI and DOJ in advance of public release.
It is not up to Chairman Nunes to decide to give the memo to specific leadership within the FBI or DOJ; that decision is entirely up to President Trump who is the boss over the FBI and DOJ leaders who are demanding to see it.
Mueller is trying to get jurisdiction over both FBIgate and the Clinton e-mail investigation review. As the individual matters investigations get blurred together, the more likely Mueller will find some grounds to expand his purview to include the whole mess...
A very astute Freeper pointed out recently that these people were all brought on board from positions in large, established D.C. law firms. This means two important things:
1. Putting them in charge of this investigation precludes them from working as attorneys for any of the people who may be facing legal trouble over the any of the Obama-era scandals that are surfacing.
2. They can't claim lawyer-client privilege for any of their prior dealings with these Obama/Clinton cronies without compromising the whole Mueller investigation.