The FBI sharply pushed back against the House Judiciary Committee chairman for a Christmas Eve deadline to finish reviewing more than 3,400 pages of closed-door interview transcripts that Chairman Bob Goodlatte wants to release.

In the letter sent to Goodlate, R-Va., late Friday, FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich says that releasing the transcripts without proper redactions “will result in the disclosure of law enforcement sensitive information.”

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