2016 ELECTION/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday [6-26-18] approved a resolution that demands the Justice Department produce the outstanding documents Congress has subpoenaed related to the FBI’s actions during the 2016 election campaign. The resolution, which was spearheaded by House Freedom Caucus leaders Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan, is the latest step by conservatives who have been ratcheting up the pressure on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to comply with congressional demands related to the FBI’s Hillary Clinton and Russia investigations. The measure itself is effectively symbolic, but Republicans intend to send a message to the Justice Department that the full Congress is demanding compliance with their document requests — or else. But the resolution was approved only after a circus-like markup that included an hourlong delay — prompting a brief Democratic walkout in protest — a Republican member overriding a ruling from the panel’s chairman, a shouting match about committee procedure, and lengthy debates that devolved into fights about everything from whether President Donald Trump had stolen the 2016 election to how the 1980s Iran-Contra scandal was investigated.”
-Jeremy Herb, “House panel OKs resolution demanding Justice Dept. documents in raucous markup,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, June 26, 2018 3:59 pm