Updated at 6:48 p.m. The Justice Department has shown the House Intelligence Committee the document that Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., says prompted the FBI's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.
According to a Justice Department official, Nunes, ranking member Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and all members of the committee were provided access to the requested document on Wednesday.
Nunes sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray last week threatening to take legal action if the DOJ and FBI did not turn over the document, noting that the House Intelligence Committee issued subpoenas in August that "Remain in force."
"After numerous unfulfilled requests for an Electronic Communication related to the opening of the FBI's Russia counterintelligence probe, Chairman Trey Gowdy and I met this afternoon with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein," Nunes said.
The Intelligence Committee subpoenaed the FBI on Aug. 24, 2017 for a broad range of documents, including the two-page originating document, commonly called the Electronic Communication, or EC. Last week a top DOJ official wrote back to Nunes, saying the DOJ and FBI would make an "Extraordinary accommodation" to the House Intelligence Committee by allowing all of its members access to review Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act applications and renewals.
Nunes on Sunday said this was a "Nice" gesture, but maintained that it was "Crazy" the Justice Department would not produce an unredacted version of the two-page document.
According to a Justice Department official, redactions were "Narrowly tailored" to protect the name of a foreign country and the name of a foreign agent - redacting the names and replacing them with "Foreign government official," "Foreign government embassy," "Foreign official," "Foreign government," and "Foreign government identifier."
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According to a Justice Department official, Nunes, ranking member Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and all members of the committee were provided access to the requested document on Wednesday.
Nunes sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray last week threatening to take legal action if the DOJ and FBI did not turn over the document, noting that the House Intelligence Committee issued subpoenas in August that "Remain in force."
"After numerous unfulfilled requests for an Electronic Communication related to the opening of the FBI's Russia counterintelligence probe, Chairman Trey Gowdy and I met this afternoon with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein," Nunes said.
The Intelligence Committee subpoenaed the FBI on Aug. 24, 2017 for a broad range of documents, including the two-page originating document, commonly called the Electronic Communication, or EC. Last week a top DOJ official wrote back to Nunes, saying the DOJ and FBI would make an "Extraordinary accommodation" to the House Intelligence Committee by allowing all of its members access to review Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act applications and renewals.
Nunes on Sunday said this was a "Nice" gesture, but maintained that it was "Crazy" the Justice Department would not produce an unredacted version of the two-page document.
According to a Justice Department official, redactions were "Narrowly tailored" to protect the name of a foreign country and the name of a foreign agent - redacting the names and replacing them with "Foreign government official," "Foreign government embassy," "Foreign official," "Foreign government," and "Foreign government identifier."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/doj-shows-house-intelligence-the-document-that-prompted-russia-investigation-but-with-redactions
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