Posted on 07/06/2018 7:45:56 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Newly available records do not fully comply with congressional House subpoenas, and barring new developments Friday, recent documents from the FBI and Justice Department do not meet deadlines set by a House resolution, according to a source close to the discussions.
Three House Republican committee chairmen, Trey Gowdy on Oversight, Devin Nunes on Intelligence and Bob Goodlatte on Judiciary, requested the records, with one subpoena issued as long ago as August of last year.
The source said House staffers -- who reviewed records Thursday at the Justice Department (DOJ) because lawmakers were out of town for the holiday recess -- concluded that Justice and the FBI have still not provided information and records about FBI activities before the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 elections officially opened on July 31 of that year.
"The House Judiciary Committee has been in contact daily with the Justice Department to ensure they produce all the documents subpoenaed by the committee earlier this year," a Republican House Judiciary Committee aide said. "The Justice Department has produced more documents over the past weeks and has requested more time to produce additional documents. This request seems to be reasonable, and we expect the department to comply with the terms of the subpoena.
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Contempt off congress is akin to impotence isn’t it?
If you could be punished for contempt of Congress... well, we’re all guilty of THAT, aren’t we?
I certainly find them contemptible.
Oh no, this is going to require another strongly-worded letter.
TRUMP should de classify the whole schlemiel!
Congress has the plenary power to jail anyone held in contempt. The current Republican leadership refuses to use it.
Why would that be?
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I don’t care that the house is not in compliance,
I’m telling q right now, I want to see some damn indightments or you can just STFU.
Show some testicular fortitude, hold in contempt, impeach and remove from office. What if I refuse to do the same? Nonsense!! Time to drain the swamp before they drain the common man.
Who is the MOFO that recommended wray to be FBI Director to TRUMP??!!!
Latest rumors from informed sources indicate bombshell revelations in July. Year not specified.
These do-nothing pussies in Congress are becoming even more contemptible than the deep-state seditionists.
LOL...Why do we call it deep state again?
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These do-nothing pussies in Congress are becoming even more contemptible than the deep-state seditionists.
They ARE the deep state.
Where’s Magoo?
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Jeff Sessions is the Democrat Savior.
Hes letting them hide the Acts of Treason.
If he expired during a nap, they would hide his death.
Weekend at Jeffries.
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And Rosenstein was Lois Lerners right hand man.
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can anyone explain trumps aquiescence on this issue
sessions has a boss
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