CONGRESSMAN CALLS FOR DOJ & FBI TO BE HELD IN CONTEMPT
TIM BROWN
FREEDOMOUTPOST.COM
JANUARY 1, 2018
While I applaud the rhetoric, isn’t this the same “non-response” that was issued against former Attorney General Eric Holder when he refused to turn over documents to the people regarding his illegal arms trafficking of over 2,000 weapons in Operation Fast and Furious?
Why yes, yes it is.
Still, Florida Rep. Francis Rooney told Fox News’ “America’s News Headquarters” on Sunday that the heads of the FBI and Justice Department “should be held in contempt” of Congress if they fail to turn over documents related to the debunked Trump Russian dossier.
“I think if they don’t produce those documents on the third of January, they should be held in contempt,” Rooney said.
Last week, Rooney called for a “purge” at the FBI of “people who are kind of the deep state,” and he specifically mentioned Peter Strzok.
Fox News also reports:
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes is blasting the Department of Justice and the FBI for its “failure to fully produce” documents related to an anti-Trump dossier, saying “at this point it seems the DOJ and FBI need to be investigating themselves.”
In a Thursday letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein obtained by Fox News, Nunes expressed frustration that information and witnesses subpoenaed by the committee in August related to the so-called Steele dossier had not yet been turned over. The salacious dossier includes unverified allegations about President Trump’s connections with Russia that he has denied.
“Unfortunately, DOJ/FBI’s intransigence with respect to the August 24 subpoenas is part of a broader pattern of behavior that can no longer be tolerated,” the California Republican wrote to Rosenstein.
Nunes demanded that all records – and available dates for witnesses to testify – be provided to the committee by Jan 3.
“As a result of the numerous delays and discrepancies that have hampered the process of subpoena compliance, the committee no longer credits the representations made by DOJ and/or the FBI regarding these matters,” Nunes said, calling the Justice Department’s initial response to subpoenas “disingenuous at best.”
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