In a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) complained that the Justice Department has been taking too long to produce the materials, some of which he and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) began asking the department for last October. Gowdy did not join Goodlatte in issuing any of the subpoenas. Goodlatte said the subpoena also covered documents related to McCabe’s firing because the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility appears to have recommended it partially because of “events related to the investigation surrounding former Secretary Clinton’s private email server,” Goodlatte wrote in the letter. In a statement, the Justice Department stressed that it was and would continue to work to fulfill his request. The spokesman said that department staff were reviewing information to make sure any documents passed to the committee would not reveal classified or confidential information, but that the committee staff were welcome to review unredacted documents at the Justice Department.

Source: Washington Post March 22, 2018 22:51 UTC