Lawmakers Threaten to Use ‘Constitutional Weapons’ if DOJ Continues Stonewalling Document Requests

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House Speaker Paul Ryan told lawmakers and senior officials from the FBI and the Department of Justice (DOJ) at a meeting on June 15 that he plans to take action on the House floor to break a longstanding impasse between Congress and the DOJ over two subpoenas for government records.

Lawmakers and representatives from the FBI and DOJ met on June 15 to review the details of the two subpoenas, House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy told Fox News on June 17. The record request includes documents related to the allegations of surveillance and spying on the Trump campaign, the conduct of investigators on the Hillary Clinton email investigation and the firing of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
Ivan Pentchoukov
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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