The Administration tries to run out the clock on congressional oversight:
The Justice Department, which serves as legal counsel in court proceedings for other departments, has repeatedly gone beyond merely protecting its own actions from scrutiny. Even when Congress was in Republican hands, Justice Department officials advised other government departments on how to stonewall congressional review. These efforts now appear to be ramping up.
The Justice Department Legal Counsel’s office recently held meetings with lawyers of other departments to discuss strategy for responding to congressional requests for documents and hearing appearances. In January, Senator Grassley charged at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that the DOJ has started running training “events” for other offices of the executive branch, teaching them how to handle congressional inquiries and hearings. Grassley’s office says they were tipped off to this by someone in the Justice Department worried about this new program.
23 1/2 months to go . . .
