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House Judiciary Committee subpoenas James Comey and Loretta Lynch

Former Atty. Gen. Loretta Lynch and former FBI Director James B. Comey. Credit: Associated Press

The House Judiciary Committee has issued subpoenas for former FBI Director James B. Comey and former Atty. Gen. Loretta Lynch to appear for closed-door interviews in a probe of how federal law enforcement officials handled investigations of Hillary Clinton’s emails and the Trump campaign’s alleged Russia ties.

The orders direct Comey to appear Dec. 3, while Lynch is to appear Dec. 4, to speak with members of the House Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform Committees. Both have already spoken with other congressional panels looking into matters related to Russian interference in the 2016 election, and have indicated they are willing to speak to the joint inquiry as well.

But Comey has already objected to the format of the interview, hinting that he may not show if the session remains closed.

View the complete November 22 article by Karoun Demirjian on The Los Angeles Times website here.

Comey memo fallout is mostly fizzle

The following article by Katie Bo Williams was posted on the Hill website April 20, 2018:

President Trump and former FBI director James B. Comey. (Evan Vucci, left, and Susan Walsh/AP)

The public release of seven memos written by former FBI Director James Comey documenting his interactions with President Trump has divided Washington down political lines.

The president swiftly tweeted that the fifteen partially-redacted pages show Comey leaked classified information. Some of his supporters have called for prosecution.

But outside of Trump’s core allies, the verdict is less certain.

Even some Republicans on Capitol Hill have privately acknowledged that the release of the memo might have been an unforced error, thrusting scrutiny back onto Trump’s alleged interactions with Russian prostitutes and off of Comey himself. Up until Thursday, the former director had been taking some heat for the personal shots he takes at the president’s appearance in his new book, which was released on Tuesday. Continue reading “Comey memo fallout is mostly fizzle”

Secret Memo Hints at a New Republican Target: Rod Rosenstein

The following article by Nicolas Fandos, Adam Goldman and Sharon LaFraniere was posted on the New York Times website January 28, 2018:

Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein at a hearing in December. Mr. Rosenstein is said to have approved an application for surveillance of a former Trump associate. Credit Pete Marovich for The New York Times

WASHINGTON — A secret, highly contentious Republican memo reveals that Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein approved an application to extend surveillance of a former Trump campaign associate shortly after taking office last spring, according to three people familiar with it.

The renewal shows that the Justice Department under President Trump saw reason to believe that the associate, Carter Page, was acting as a Russian agent. But the reference to Mr. Rosenstein’s actions in the memo — a much-disputed document that paints the investigation into Russian election meddling as tainted from the start — indicates that Republicans may be moving to seize on his role as they seek to undermine the inquiry. Continue reading “Secret Memo Hints at a New Republican Target: Rod Rosenstein”