Alleging Trump's policy threatened national security, Schiff requested that the IC provide all documents made available to Attorney General William Barr, inform his committee prior to any declassification, provide an assessement on declassification's harms to national security, and an in-person briefing on what the administration requested up to that point. "The Special Counsel's report definitively establishes that the counterintelligence investigation was properly initiated based on credible information from an intelligence partner. Trump, according to Schiff, endangered national security by granting Barr the authority to declassify information without consulting with the IC. Schiff's words echoed those of former FBI Director James Comey, who led the Russia investigation during the 2016 presidential election. Former House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, told Fox News that Democrats weren't so much concerned with national security as they were with Trump uncovering their influence on the Russia investigation.

Source: Fox News June 01, 2019 15:55 UTC