Lol, what is going on here?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/is-there-an-investigationgraham-demands-answers-from-fbi-on-russia/2017/03/15/9d98c330-097a-11e7-93dc-00f9bdd74ed1_story.html?utm_term=.1fb43b5f59f3
Tensions between congressional Republicans and the Trump administration are rising over Russia, as lawmakers probing alleged ties between the president’s team and the Kremlin accuse officials of trying to stymie their efforts.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), whose committee is one of several whose investigations are now fully underway, accused Justice Department officials Wednesday of lying outright when they promised to share information about ongoing department probes with lawmakers conducting oversight.
“Every time they come up here for their nomination hearing . . . I ask them: ‘Are you going to answer phone calls and our letters, and are you going to give us the documents we want?’ And every time we get a real positive ‘yes!’ And then they end up being liars!” Grassley said, screaming into the phone during an interview with The Washington Post. “It’s not if they’re treating us differently than another committee. It’s if they’re responding at all.”
In the House, Intelligence Committee leaders Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Wednesday they are prepared to subpoena the Justice Department for evidence to back up President Trump’s recent claim that the Obama administration wiretapped his phones, if the administration does not meet a Monday deadline to hand over those materials. The House Intelligence Committee is holding an open hearing Monday on various issues related to the Russia-focused probe, at which Comey and the National Security Agency director, Adm. Mike Rogers, are expected to testify.
Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), leaders of the Judiciary Committee’s panel on crime and terrorism, also sent Justice Department officials a letter last week asking for evidence of any wiretapping warrants or applications. On Wednesday, Graham threatened to subpoena that information imminently — until he heard in the afternoon that Comey would soon brief them behind closed doors on the matter. It is not clear when that briefing may happen — or if it will satisfy senators threatening to block Rosenstein’s nomination until they receive more information.