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GOP lawmakers ask Trump to intervene on Justice Department documents requests

By Kelly Cohen
Published May 16, 2018 8:31pm ET
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GOP lawmakers ask Trump to intervene on Justice Department documents requests
House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, right, and Rep. Ron Desantis, R-Fla., talk as FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a House Judiciary hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, on Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. | (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Three Republican lawmakers have asked President Trump to intervene to force Attorney General Jeff Sessions to hand over documents they’ve requested that relate to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.

“We write to request that you exercise your authority as president of the United States to instruct Attorney General Jeff Sessions to immediately produce all documents requested by Congress relating to our investigation of certain prosecutorial and investigative decisions made by the Department of Justice and FBI in 2016 and 2017,” Reps. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, Jim Jordan of Ohio and Ron DeSantis of Florida asked Trump in a letter that was sent Tuesday and made public Wednesday.

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