FOX: The Justice Department on Monday declined to answer requests by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., for more information about the reported use of FBI informants while investigating President Trump’s 2016 campaign.
Nunes had given Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein until 5 p.m. ET to say whether the FBI had used “informants against members or associates of the Trump campaign and if so, how many informants were used and how much money was spent on their activities?”
In his response to Nunes, Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd said: “Many of your requests relate to documents and information regarding issues surrounding confidential human sources that are solely in the custody and control of the FBI.”
“The FBI retains and has the ability to produce the documents requested in a manner consistent with its obligation to protect confidential human sources and methods,” Boyd added.
Soon after the 5 p.m. deadline passed, Adam Schiff, the Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat, accused Nunes of seeking information “for the purpose of assisting the Trump legal team or, if the Department of Justice refuses, using that refusal to undermine [Special Counsel Robert] Mueller’s investigation or give the President a pretext to fire Rod Rosenstein.
“For its part, in disclosing to Congress information about the pending Russia investigation, the Department of Justice is departing again from existing policy,” Schiff added.
In a letter sent Sunday, Nunes accused Rosenstein of “unilaterally” limiting access to subpoenaed materials so that they could be viewed only by the so-called “Gang of Eight” — the leaders of both parties in the House and Senate as well as leaders of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees. more
I made a comment on CTH along the lines that this was all bluster and no substance. A couple of people replied that I was a defeatist.
I don’t think I am a defeatist. I am just a realist. Nothing will come of this blustering from Congress.
The Deep State is demonstrating that it, not Congress, is the ultimate governing authority.
oh, this was a sitcom “who’s the boss”, right ?
@RadioMattM, As much as I would like to see, and believe deserving, serious jail time for all the resistance the likelihood of anybody above the pay grade of janitor III spending more than 30 seconds in jail ain’t gonna happen! I sincerely hope that we are both wrong to be realistic.
“Many of your requests relate to documents and information regarding issues surrounding confidential human sources that are solely in the employment and control of the FBI.”
FIFY
The progressive President who elevated Rod was?
Hints: Mueller, comes, Clapper!
Come on this liberal is a well known GOPe!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLpfbcXTeo8
Considering a rename to “Anymore”