The Justice Department sent Congress the memos written by former FBI Director James Comey.
In a letter to relevant committee chairmen, the Justice Department said it consulted with “relevant parties” and concluded turning over the memos would “not adversely impact any ongoing investigation or other confidentiality interests” of the White House.
The Justice Department turned over both the redacted and unredacted formats of the memos, as well as an unclassified version of the redacted version.
The unredacted version remains classified, and House members will be able to view it in the House’s safe space on Friday, Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd said.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said in a letter to Justice Department officials earlier this week that there is “no legal basis for withholding these materials from Congress.”
Comey, who was fired by President Trump last May, said in congressional testimony that he kept memos memorializing conversations with President Trump.
