Speaking to Fox News on Sunday House Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy issued a stern warning to the DOJ and FBI. He explained that is was imperative to comply with House subpoenas or Congress would come down on the hard.
According to The Daily Caller:
House Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy warned the DOJ and the FBI on Sunday that Republicans will come after them if they choose not to comply with subpoena requests.
.@TGowdySC tells Chris there will be action on the floor of the House if DOJ and FBI do not comply with subpoena request.
Watch the full interview 2PM & 7PM ET @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/N74dEVWxg0— FoxNewsSunday (@FoxNewsSunday) June 17, 2018
Gowdy told “Fox News Sunday” that House Speaker Paul Ryan led a meeting with FBI and DOJ officials on Friday night and “made very clear there’s going to be action on the floor of the House this week if FBI and DOJ do not comply with our subpoena request.”
“Paul Ryan led this meeting. You had Devin Nunes, Bob Goodlatte, myself and everyone you can think of from the FBI and the DOJ, and we went item by item on both of those outstanding subpoenas,” Gowdy explained. “We’re going to get compliance or the House of Representatives is going to use its full arsenal of constitutional weapons to gain compliance.”
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray were present at Ryan’s meeting, according to Gowdy.
.@TGowdySC adds “There is no ambiguity, the Speaker of the House was really clear: you’re going to comply or there’s going to be floor action.” Say floor action would include contempt of Congress. pic.twitter.com/LgCxCzhRCM
— FoxNewsSunday (@FoxNewsSunday) June 17, 2018
Top members of the House met with DOJ and FBI officials to express their displeasure and force them to comply. This battle could get ugly as the DOJ and FBI consistently obstruct the production of documents.
