Politico on Wednesday reported that the coalition is attempting to build a case that senior DOJ and FBI leaders improperly – and maybe criminally – mishandled a controversial dossier.
Four people familiar with the collective’s plans told Politico that the dossier is the one described alleged ties between President Trump and Russia.
A subset of the House Intelligence Committee’s GOP members is quietly working on the matter parallel to the panel’s probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential race.
Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) is leading the subset, which has not informed Democrats about its plans but has consulted with the House’s general counsel.
Politico’s sources said the goal is to illuminate what some panel Republicans view as conspiracy and corruption in the top ranks of federal law enforcement.
The group hopes to release a report in early 2018 explaining their concerns about the DOJ and FBI, and they might also seek congressional votes to declassify elements of their evidence.
Republicans in the effort suspect that the FBI and DOJ have worked to hurt Trump or help Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee he defeated in last year’s White House race. The separate inquiry was born out of steadily rising frustration with the DOJ’s refusal to share details of how the Trump dossier was used to start the FBI’s probe of his election bid last year. The examination is also interested in whether the dossier was the basis of any court-ordered surveillance of Trump’s associates.The group is using the same documents and testimony provided by....
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