The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee have asked for a briefing with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe on the status of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and ranking member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said in a letter that they want to schedule the hearing by the close of business Friday
“We request that Mr. Rosenstein and/or Mr. McCabe, along with others who have firsthand knowledge of that briefing, provide a similar briefing to the rest of the Committee,” wrote the two senators.
The briefing would be a follow up to former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony earlier this month. Rosenstein, who wrote the memo that was used to justify President Trump’s decision to fire Comey on Tuesday.
