Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Congress Will Be Graned Access To Russian Probe Documents

The U.S. Capitol Building is lit at sunset in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Seattle Times/Washington Post: GOP lawmaker, intel officials will meet to discuss FBI source

WASHINGTON – White House Chief of Staff John Kelly plans to convene a meeting between top law enforcement and intelligence officials and GOP congressional leaders to “review highly classified and other information” the lawmakers have requested about the FBI’s use of a confidential source to aid an investigation of the Trump campaign, a White House spokeswoman said Monday.

President Donald Trump met for about an hour Monday with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats. The meeting came a day after the Justice Department asked its inspector general to investigate Trump’s claim that his campaign may have been infiltrated by the FBI source for political purposes, and amid continued demands from GOP lawmakers that the department produce materials on the person.

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Update #1: Republican Leaders Will Be Allowed to See Some Information on Russia Investigation -- The New York Times
Update #2: FBI, Justice to ‘review’ classified info sought by lawmakers -- AP
Update #3: GOP lawmaker, intel officials will meet to discuss FBI source -- Mercury News/Washington Post
Update #4: Trump charges John Kelly with getting Russia probe documents to Congress -- Washington Examiner

WNU Editor: House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes has been demanding for months an answer from the Department of Justice on the why/when was the exact decision made to open the file to investigate the Trump campaign on Russian ties .... Nunes: No More Talks with DOJ until It Turns Over Documents (NRO). I find it remarkable that in view of what has happened in the past year .... the public is still in the dark .... including Congress .... on what was the evidence that was used to start this investigation.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Maybe it could be cause it's a on going investigation...these effing banana Republicans are destroying everything.