And, if CF funds are being held by EO, she would have to “depend on the kindness of strangers”.
"We urge you to reconsider holding this meeting," wrote Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Chris Wray.They are making excuses for not attending. This is not a request to attend the meeting."However," they added, "if you have determined in your best judgment that Justice Department participation in the meeting is the only way to prevent this situation from devolving into an outright constitutional crisis, then we believe you must insist on the only appropriate mechanism for highly sensitive briefings that might implicate intelligence sources and methods -- a bipartisan Gang of Eight briefing that involves congressional leadership from both chambers."
Also, the material being revealed is classified (and can be revealed) at the executive department's behest. It isn;t for Congress to tell the president what, when, or how he may reveal classified inforamtion.
What a delicious thought!!!