Goodlatte, Gowdy, Nunes Request Copies of Comey Memos

Washington, DC – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Ca.) sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein requesting copies of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey’s memos.

Excerpts from the letter:

“The Committees request the Department of Justice make copies of the Comey memos available immediately. Copies of any unclassified memos should be produced to all three Committees in unredacted form. Copies of any memos containing classified information should be produced to all three Committees in both (1) unredacted form, in an appropriately secure setting; and (2) declassified form, with appropriate redactions.”

“There is no legal basis for withholding these materials from Congress.”

Full text of the letter can be viewed here.

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