(CNN) Two top Senate Republicans are pressing Justice Department officials to investigate whether special counsel Robert Mueller's team violated federal record keeping laws during a probe by the Justice Department's watchdog into the FBI's Russia investigation. In a letter to the Justice Department and FBI, Grassley questioned whether it was a "widespread intentional effort" given the "number of times and the stated reasons for the deletions." He demanded that DOJ turn over all phone records from the Mueller team and any recovered records to the committee. Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson asked that DOJ inspector general Michael Horowitz to investigate the matter and whether any wrongdoing occurred. The Justice Department told CNN it was reviewing Grassley's letter.

Source: CNN September 12, 2020 23:15 UTC