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House Judiciary Committee passes resolution demanding DOJ hand over documents

By Kelly Cohen
Published June 26, 2018 9:37pm ET
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House Judiciary Committee passes resolution demanding DOJ hand over documents
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., left, with Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the ranking member at right, listen during a meeting on their months-long standoff with the Justice Department on the request for documents related to the origins of the FBI's Russia investigation and the handling of its probe into Democrat Hillary Clinton's emails, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Democrats charge the subpoena undermines special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign's Russia ties and whether there was obstruction of justice. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The House Judiciary Committee — which will host Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Thursday — passed a resolution demanding the Justice Department produce documents within 14 days that have been left over from outstanding subpoenas.

The resolution was spearheaded by Republican Reps. Mark Meadows of North Carolina and Jim Jordan of Ohio — the leaders of the House Freedom Caucus — and is the latest chapter of a long-running back-and-forth between Trump-allied lawmakers and the DOJ.

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