As criticism mounts for its delay in turning over documents detailing FBI investigations surrounding the 2016 presidential election to separate House and Senate Committees, the Department of Justice has invited committee members to review the files at its headquarters.
Assistant Attorney General Stephen E. Boyd sent a letter late Friday to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes inviting congressman and senators to privately view the documents.
The Justice Department missed the noon Thursday deadline to give the House Judiciary and House Oversight and Government Reform committees nearly 1.2 documents detailing the FBI decisions not to charge Hillary Clinton for use of a private email server, application and execution of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant for Trump campaign aide Carter Page, and the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility recommendation to fire former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
Congressman had asked for the documents in November, but when they felt the Justice Department was too slow to comply, they issued a subpoena.
Despite the power of a subpoena, the Justice Department still stalled in handing over the documents.
Republicans were quick to criticize the Justice Department once the deadline passed.
"We got no documents from the Department of Justice," tweeted Rep. Mark Meadows, North Carolina Republican, and a member of the Oversight Committee.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/6/justice-department-invites-senators-clinton/
Assistant Attorney General Stephen E. Boyd sent a letter late Friday to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes inviting congressman and senators to privately view the documents.
The Justice Department missed the noon Thursday deadline to give the House Judiciary and House Oversight and Government Reform committees nearly 1.2 documents detailing the FBI decisions not to charge Hillary Clinton for use of a private email server, application and execution of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant for Trump campaign aide Carter Page, and the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility recommendation to fire former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
Congressman had asked for the documents in November, but when they felt the Justice Department was too slow to comply, they issued a subpoena.
Despite the power of a subpoena, the Justice Department still stalled in handing over the documents.
Republicans were quick to criticize the Justice Department once the deadline passed.
"We got no documents from the Department of Justice," tweeted Rep. Mark Meadows, North Carolina Republican, and a member of the Oversight Committee.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/6/justice-department-invites-senators-clinton/
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