Two top Democrats on the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday asked the Justice Department to provide any information it has on a reported request from former FBI Director James Comey for additional resources to conduct an investigation into Russia’s election meddling.
The letter from Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the vice chairman of the committee, and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) cites Wednesday reports that Comey asked Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein for more resources to conduct the Russia probe before his abrupt ouster.
Leahy and Shaheen asked for information on any request Comey made and when the resources would be needed, as well as for information on whether the request was also sent to the White House or Congress.
The senators further asked for information on any response to requests Comey may have made. The senators said that they need the information to properly assess what funding is needed for the DOJ in the 2018 budget.
Read the letter below:
Puts DOJ on the spot as I heard on Maddow they denied receiving such request. Obviously they were lying then. Will they continue the obfuscation or set the record straight?
The sheer quantity and quality of bullshit from this Administration on the Russia issue, on levels big and small, has to imply seriously dirty dealings at work.
This is the part of the show where Rosenstein gets skewered.
Additionally, a number of folks are reporting that there are numerous Grand Juries already convened on the Russia matters, and, according to Charles Taylor, one of them is extremely close to wrapping up.
Oh, and Comey was seen at the Eastern District…aka “rocket docket” Court just a few days ago. Mensch is saying that the FBI has requested up to 6 new FISA warrants.
I think this is another case of, despite a lot of evidence clearly pointing to cover up, the media is going with “We have no idea what is happening, and why he was fired. But we are going to give more credence to the people who have continually lied to us a daily basis, and favor the theory that its all about Comey’s response to the emails. Because hey, what else could it be? There is literally no other working theory or evidence out there.”
Could you please explain (or speculate) why the FBI would want 6 new FISA warrants now, at what seems a relatively late stage of the Russian collusion thing? Who do you think are the targets?
Unrelenting, highly publicized pressure, Citizen’s. Pour it on.
I hear the DOJ has appointed a new spokesman - a real man of integrity. His name is John Barron.