[jonrick46]

The U.S. House of Representatives has full authority to request any documents it want. Failure to fulfill such requests is contempt of Congress:

The criminal offense of contempt of Congress sets the penalty at not less than one month nor more than twelve months in jail and a fine of not more than $100,000 or less than $100.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

The U.S. House of Representatives has full authority to request any documents it want. Failure to fulfill such requests is contempt of Congress

Trouble is, DOJ is not going to charge contempt of congress against itself.