DOJ To GOP: Don’t Hold Your Breath For Cooperation

Politico reports:

The Justice Department is signaling that it has the right to not cooperate with Hill Republicans’ requests to peek into their ongoing investigations, a top official wrote in a letter obtained by POLITICO.

“Consistent with longstanding policy and practice, any oversight requests must be weighed against the Department’s interests in protecting the integrity of its work,” Carlos Uriarte, DOJ’s legislative affairs chief, wrote in the five-page letter.

The letter, addressed to Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), acknowledges the GOP’s multiple requests for information during the last Congress but doesn’t divulge any new information.

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The Department of Justice signaled that it’s not going to share information about ongoing investigations with the GOP-led House, per a letter obtained by Politico. https://t.co/RFz3qEbBQV

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