6/28/2018

FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray rejected assertions by Republicans Thursday [6-28-18] that their agencies hadn’t been forthcoming in responding to Congress’s requests for information about the Russia and Hillary Clinton email investigations. Mr. Rosenstein became testy at times in answering sharp questions from House Republicans, particularly those closely allied with President Donald Trump, who has called the special counsel’s Russia investigation overseen by the deputy attorney general ‘a witch hunt.’ At one point, Mr. Rosenstein engaged in a fiery exchange with Rep. Jim Jordan (R., Ohio), when the lawmaker pressed him on why he was ‘keeping information from Congress’ and asserting that lawmakers had caught him ‘hiding information…’ House Republicans have demanded records related to the investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 elections and to the Justice Department’s handling of the probe into Mrs. Clinton’s use of a private email server. The House Judiciary Committee, at which Messrs. Wray and Rosenstein were testifying Thursday, and the House Intelligence committee have subpoenaed a broad set of documents related to both investigations.”

-Del Quentin Wilber and Andrew Duehren, “Justice and FBI Officials Reject House Criticism Over Document Requests,” The Wall Street Journal, June 28, 2018 3:11 pm