House GOP Escalates Push For Russia Probe Documents From DOJ

UNITED STATES - JULY 16: Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during the Republican Study Committee news conference to "call on the House and Senate to support the First Amendment Defense Act" on Thursday, July 16, 2015. ... UNITED STATES - JULY 16: Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during the Republican Study Committee news conference to "call on the House and Senate to support the First Amendment Defense Act" on Thursday, July 16, 2015. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is escalating efforts on behalf of the House GOP to demand documents from the Department of Justice related to the Russia probe.

The House Rules Committee on Wednesday will advance Jordan’s resolution — which requests that the DOJ turn over records related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation — forcing the House to consider the request this week, Politico reported. Jordan’s measure asks the DOJ to hand over the requested documents by July 6.

The measure is unenforceable, but would “for the first time put the Republican-led House on record demanding sensitive documents,” in Politico’s words.

A coalition of House Republicans have been demanding documents related to the Russia investigation for months, a request they think the DOJ is steamrolling in order to protect Mueller. The DOJ has been hesitant to hand over the whole trove of records in order to protect classified information and government sources.

Read the full Politico report here.   

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  1. The measure is unenforceable

    And that’s just the icing on the cake.

  2. Jim Jordon always looks like he’s just barely holding it together after a long night of booze and hard drugs.

  3. Um … I wouldn’t know?

  4. Avatar for jep07 jep07 says:

    The Congressional Conspiracy to Obstruct the Investigation into the Cover-up of Russian Collusion with the Trump Campaign.

    …plain and simple.

    In a world of true justice, that would mean RICO charges all-round.

  5. Yes, go on the record as trying to interfere with a federal investigation with an unenforceable resolution. Shout it from the rooftops. Please.

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