Trump rails against Justice Department over ‘slow walking’ documents despite subpoena

Published April 7, 2018 9:35pm ET



President Trump took a shot at the Justice Department on Saturday after the agency failed to turn over documents by a Thursday subpoena deadline set by the House Judiciary Committee regarding the FBI’s decision making during the 2016 presidential election.

“Lawmakers of the House Judiciary Committee are angrily accusing the Department of Justice of missing the Thursday Deadline for turning over UNREDACTED Documents relating to FISA abuse, FBI, Comey, Lynch, McCabe, Clinton Emails and much more,” Trump said, referring to former FBI Director James Comey, ex-Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who was recently fired. “Slow walking – what is going on? BAD!” Trump added.

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